The first Truman State University Track and Field Open will take place March 28 at 11 a.m. on the new Kenneth L Gardner Track at Stokes Stadium. The Open will include 11 women's and 12 men's teams from around the Midwest.A track meet has not been held at Truman in more than 20 years. The last meet at Stokes Stadium was believed to have been held in 1977, when the men's team played host to Lincoln University on the old cinder track. The old track was highly susceptible to bad weather and forced many cancellations; it had become outdated by today's standards.
Construction of the Gardner track was completed in summer 1996, and it was dedicated to long-time Truman coach and athletics director Kenny Gardner.
Priscilla Hill-Ardoin, president of Southwestern Bell-Missouri is this year's Raymond F. Bentele/ Mallinckrodt Executive-in-Residence. She will visit Truman April 7-8.Hill-Ardoin will be involved in discussions with students, in and out of the classroom. Emphasis will be placed on examining how the executive handles challenges in a "real-world" setting.
This executive-in-residence program was established in 1994, through the support of the IMCERA Group, in honor of Raymond Bentele. Bentele, a 1960 graduate of Truman, was president and CEO of Mallinckrodt from 1981 until his retirement in 1992.As a result of interaction with executives-in-residence, students will better understand the programmatic as well as the theoretical, and faculty members will gain insights that will enable them to remain current on issues in today's changing classroom environment.
Prior to being appointed in October 1997 to her current position, Hill-Ardoin served as associate vice president-corporate services for Southwestern Bell's parent company, SBC Communications, Inc., and as chairman of the board for the SBC Foundation, the company's philanthropic entity.
In addition, she represented SBC in an Executive Exchange Program where she served on the International Operations Subcommittee of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives handling international telecommunications issues.
Before joining Southwestern Bell, she started the Communications Department at Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, Texas.
Hill-Ardoin is a native of Houston, and holds degrees from Washington University (Masters of Business Administration), St. Louis University (Juris Doctorate), Drury College (Bachelor of Arts in theatre arts) and Purdue University (Master of Arts in communications).
Hill-Ardoin and her husband, James, have two sons, Aaron and Evan. More information and a schedule of events will follow in the March 30 issue of Truman Today.
Karl Schneider has been named Physical Plant director and will assume duties July 6. He succeeds Gene Schneider, who retired this year after 31 years with the University.
For the past 16 years, Karl Schneider has held facilities and construction management positions with the U.S. Navy Civil Engineer Corps. He managed all aspects of facilities planning, budgeting and maintenance operations, and contracting for facilities design, construction, repair and maintenance. Most recently, he served as deputy head of the Contract Management Office for Engineering Field Activity Midwest in Great Lakes, Ill.Schneider holds a Master of Science degree in systems management from the University of Southern California and a Master of Science degree in civil engineering from the University of Illinois. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in civil engineering.
The Women's Studies Committee is sponsoring a Women's Studies Conference: Radical Women March 27-28. A schedule of events follows.
March 27
1:30 p.m. Feminist Pedagogy (Ophelia Parrish 116)
2:30 p.m. Liberation Struggles (Baldwin Hall 218)
3:30 p.m. Radical Politics (Ophelia Parrish 300)
4:30 p.m. Queer Theory and Practice (Ophelia Parrish 300)March 28
9:30 a.m. Radical Religion (Ophelia Parrish 117)
10:30 a.m. Spiritual Art (Ophelia Parrish 117)
11:30 a.m. The Captivity Narrative (Ophelia Parrish 117)
2 p.m. Redefining Language (Ophelia Parrish 117)
3 p.m. Feminine" Writing (Ophelia Parrish 117)
4 p.m. Radical Writers (Ophelia Parrish 117)
7:15 p.m. Before the Play (Baldwin Little Theatre)
8 p.m. As You Like It (Baldwin Little Theatre) 10:30 p.m. After the Play (Baldwin Little Theatre)
International Week, "Around the World in Seven Days" is March 30-April 5. Events include a parade of flags and opening ceremonies, carnival night, fashion show, panel discussion and a soccer game. A schedule of events will be printed in the March 30 issue of Truman Today.
F.W. (Frederik Willem) de Klerk, former president of South Africa will present "Politics for Peace: The Transition of South Africa" at 8 p.m. April 4 in Baldwin Auditorium.De Klerk was born in Johannesburg March 18, 1936 to a prominent Afrikaner political family with a history of public service in South Africa.
He graduated with Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Law degrees from the Potchefstroom University for Higher Christian Education. After 11 years of practicing law in Vereeniging, Transvaal, he won the local seat in Parliament for the then-ruling National Party in 1972. In 1978, he was appointed to the South African Cabinet.
From 1982-89, de Klerk served as leader of the National Party in the Transvaal. He also served as chairman of the Ministers' Council and later as Leader of the House of Assembly. In February 1989, he was elected as his party's national leader. Seven months later, after President P.W. Botha resigned, de Klerk was unanimously elected president of South Africa.
On May 10, 1994, de Klerk was sworn into office as one of two executive deputy presidents in South Africa's new Government of National Unity under President Nelson Mandela. The inauguration was the culmination of the process of negotiation and reconciliation which ended the apartheid era and transformed South Africa into a nonracial democracy. He resigned from his office as deputy president in May 1996.
De Klerk retired from active politics in September 1997. He is now devoting much of his time to lecturing throughout the world, and to writing his autobiography.
He was a co-recipient with Nelson Mandela of the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize for the leading role he played in the democratization of South Africa.
During an interview with Time magazine after he was named Time's Man of the Year with Mandela, Yitzak Rabin and Yasser Arafat, de Klerk described how he would like to be remembered: "I would hope that history will recognize that I, together with all those who supported me, have shown courage, integrity, honesty at the moment of truth in our history. That we took the right turn."
Free tickets for students, faculty and staff are available in the Student Activities Board Office, Student Union lower level.
Two advancing Truman freshmen, plus alternates, are selected for this program annually.
Students selected for this program are offered acceptance to the UM-C School of Medicine conditional upon achieving certain academic standards.
Acceptance in the Missouri Medical Scholars Program is based upon high academic achievement, commitment to a career in medicine, possession of personal characteristics expected for quality physicians, and a small town or rural background. Selection preference is given to students who reside in communities of 18,000 people or less.
Mike Tannenbaum, associate professor of biology, is Truman's contact person for students interested in this program. Up to five students will be selected for interviews in the fall with a committee consisting of UM-C Medical School faculty and alumni. Applications are available through Tannenbaum in Science Hall 6B (785.7253). Deadline is May 1.
Adam Davis, associate professor of English, has been notified that his article "Writing Festival" has been accepted for publication by the Rhetoric Review.
Notables
Mark Hatala, assistant professor of psychology, and several of his students attended the Eastern Psychological Association Meeting in February. While there, he presented "The Influence of Alliteration, Imagery, Concreteness, Meaningfulness, and Rating on Brand Name Recall" with Daniel Baack; "The Effects of Gender on University Professors' Ratings of Undergraduate Student Essays" with Baack and Katherine A. Milewski; and "A Pictorial Mnemonic for History and Systems of Psychology Classes" with Jason E. Schiek, Janette Mialkowski, Erika Waldschmidt and Baack.
Juniors Tony Hernandez, a right cornerback on the Truman football team, and Courtney Jeter, the Bulldogs' No. 2 singles player and part of the No.1 doubles team, have been selected to participate in the second annual NCAA Foundation Leadership Conference, presented by Entergy Corporation, which will be held May 25-28 at Disney's Coronado Springs Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. They were selected from more than 850 nominations.
Steven H. Klein, associate professor of accounting, and Dimitry Korolenko, graduate accounting student, had their second article titled "Russian Tax Collection Practices" accepted for publication by the International Tax Journal, which is read by international tax practitioners. This is the second article the two will have had published in the journal.
James McCurley, philosophy and religion major, presented his paper "Socrates' Condemnation: Some Philosophical Lessons from the Laws of Athens" Feb. 6 at the Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Research Conference at Drury College.
Andrew Mun, assistant professor of business administration, has been notified that his paper titled "Hedge Ratio and Performance of Alternative Hedging Methods" has been accepted for presentation at the Midwest Finance Association annual meeting and that his paper titled "Bank Futures Hedging" has been accepted for presentation at the Eastern Finance Association annual meeting.
Jean Peterson, assistant professor of counseling, had two articles, "The Burdens of Capability" and "Six Exceptional Young Women-At Risk," published in the winter 1998 issue of Reclaiming Children and Youth, a special issue focusing on at-risk gifted children and adolescents.
Adam Potthast, senior philosophy and religion major, and Patricia Burton, associate professor of philosophy, presented their paper "Which Way is the City? Ostensive Language in Augustine" at the Mid-America Medieval Association Conference at the University of Kansas Feb. 21. Their paper was featured in a session titled "Language, Subversion and the Pleasure of the Text." Potthast also presented his paper "Why Commonsense Sets Cannot be Mathematical Sets: The Incongruity of Infinity and Ordinary Language" Feb. 28 at the Mid-South Undergraduate Philosophy Conference at the University of Memphis.
Sigma Tau Delta has announced that Jill
Goodheart, Sally Lucas, Scott Paccagnini,
Shawn Hixson and Dawn Citrin will present
at the Sigma Tau Delta International
Convention March 19-21 in Annaheim,
Calif.
Philip Wilson, assistant professor of science history, reviewed Shirley Burgoyne Black's book, An 18th Century Mad-Doctor: William Perfect of West Malling for the Bulletin of the History of Medicine.
The 1998 AIDS Walk for compassion and awareness, sponsored by Lifestyle Advocacy Program, is March 28.
LAP Sponsors 1998 AIDS Walk
The one and a half mile walk will begin at 1 p.m. with participants meeting on the Quad. Monetary pledges will be collected from organizations and individuals. A bandfest will follow the walk at 3 p.m. on the Quad.
Proceeds from the event will benefit RAIN (Regional AIDS Interface Network), located in Columbia. The mission of RAIN is to provide non-medical compassionate care to AIDS patients and to supply prevention education to a 25-county area.
Emmanuel Nnadozie, associate professor of economics, will lead a discussion with Truman faculty, students and guests at 7 p.m. March 24 in the Truman Bookstore. The discussion will focus on the problems and conditions with African and American relations, African political and economic issues and African culture and American business in Africa.
Nnadozie to Discuss Political and Economic Issues in Africa
An expert in international trade, African business and quality management, Nnadozie has published three books on the subject; all are available at the University Bookstore.
Nnadozie's books and discussion will appeal to anyone interested in Africa or African business.
"Africa is a market ripe for picking by American Business. But the American businessman and woman must understand that they must compete with Europeans who have several centuries of historical relationship with Africans as well as Asians, who are currently are aggressively pursuing African markets," Nnadozie said.
A book signing and refreshments will follow the discussion.
An Institutional position is available in the Athletics Office-10 hrs/week. Computer skills (especially Office `95, Excel and databases), organizational and communication skills are required. Applications are available in Pershing 213.
Notes
The Vice President for Academic Affairs along with Student Affairs and Residential Colleges is providing two teleconferences for faculty and staff involved in Freshman Week and new student courses/activities. "Teaching New Student Seminars" is April 2. "The Changing American College Student" will be April 21. Conferences are noon-3 p.m. in the SUB Activities Room. Light refreshments will be served; brown bag lunches are welcome.
CAOC is accepting applications through April 2 for student office assistants for the fall semester. Applications are available outside the CAOC office.
The 1998 Educator of the Year Banquet is
April 16 at 6 p.m. in the SUB Georgian
Room. Tickets are $10 for general admission,
$4 for students and $3 for students with a
meal plan. Call Meghan McCormick at
627.5186 or Bekka Meyer at 785.5878
for additional information.
The Writing Center is accepting applications for writing consultants. Qualified candidates should possess excellent writing and interpersonal skills. Students from all majors may apply. For more information and an application, visit the Writing Center, McClain Hall 303 or call 785.4484.
Order of Omega is hosting the Golden Apple Faculty Recognition Banquet at 7 p.m. April 5 in the SUB Georgian Room.
A discussion of English and education MAE degrees will be 7:30-8 p.m. March 26 in Ophelia Parrish 116. Chett Breed, Language and Literature representative to the Council on Teacher Education, will lead a discussion and brainstorming session to generate advice from students for faculty of English and education divisions.
Mark Appold, Sam Kincaid and Johanna Shafer will share experiences from their archeological digs at 7:30 p.m. March 30 in Ryle Hall main lounge.
The Division of Fine Arts is presenting Shakespeare's As You Like It March 27, 28, 31 and April 1-4 at 8 p.m. in Baldwin Little Theatre. Admission is free.
The Division of Social Science is conducting a workshop titled "Deciding About Graduate and Professional Schools" for sophomore and junior social science majors at 1:30 and 3 p.m. March 24 in SUB 2 and 3. The workshop will outline early steps students must take to keep their graduate school options open.
Accounting Club will offer free income tax assistance March 28 and April 4 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Barnett Hall 202C.
The Ekklesia devotional, focusing on Bulgaria, is 7-8 p.m. March 30 in SUB 5.
Lambda Chi Alpha is sponsoring Jail `n Bail from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. March 26-27 at the Truman Bookstore, as part of their March of Dimes philanthropy project. Faculty/staff interested in putting co-workers in "jail" should contact John at 785.4914.
Campus Music Collective is sponsoring "Evolution:" An all-night journey in electronic dance 10 p.m.-sunrise March 28 at 106 E. Illinois. DJ Henry Navarro of Dreamcatcher in Columbia will provide the music. Cost for the event is $3.
Women's Resource Center presents Sabrina Sojourner, an African-American lesbian in U.S. Congress, at 8 p.m March 24 in Ryle Hall Main Lounge.
Catholic Newman Center's Palm Sunday Mass is at 11 a.m. April 5 at Greenwood School. Meet at the SUB fountain for the processional.
Habitat for Humanity will have a spaghetti dinner 4-7 p.m. March 29 at First Methodist Church on Washington Street. The dinner is $5 for community members, $4 for students and $2 for children. Spaghetti noodles, sauce, bread or soda donations are needed and may be dropped off in the Student Affairs Office, Kirk Building 112.
Piano Faculty Recital by Eun-Joo Kwak, scheduled for March 23 has been cancelled.
The recipients of the remaining endowed scholarships will be published in the March 30 issue of Truman Today.
Leadership Recognition Program applications are available and due in the CAOC March 26.
23 Monday
On Campus
24 Tuesday
noon-Baseball vs. Southwest Baptist,
baseball field
8:30 p.m.-Lutheran Student Fellowship
presents motivational speaker Norman
Dietz, SUB Down Under
25 Wednesday
9-10:30 a.m.-The Faculty Development
Committee presents A Basic Introduction
to Digital Imaging: Video Capture,
Scanning and Digital Cameras workshop,
PML 203, call 785.4391 to RSVP
12:30-1:30 p.m.-The Wednesday Faculty
Development Lunch Series presents
"Serving the Community, Learning from
Service" by Kees Koutstaal and David
Hoffman, SUB Spanish Room
1 p.m.-Baseball vs. Quincy, baseball field
26 Thursday
3-4:30 p.m.-The Faculty Development
Committee presents an Image Manipulation
workshop, PML 203, call 785.4391 to
RSVP
8 p.m.-SAB presents The Drunkard,
SUB Georgian Room
9:30 p.m.-Student Memorial Service for
Joshua Byron Brooks, Carrie Lyn Newson
and Vicky Sue Van Wye, flame to the
second century plaza
28 Saturday
Men's and Women's Outdoor Track Open
noon-Baseball vs. Central Missouri,
baseball field
29 Sunday
1 p.m.-Baseball vs. Central Missouri,
baseball field