Volume 23, Number 8 GREENVILLE, NC

East Carolina University

The long-awaited renovation of theWellington B. Gray Gallery,completed last semester, is itself a

work of art. Although the two-year-oldproject is still being buffed and polished,the School of Art’s exhibition space hasbeen transformed into a gallery befittingthe largest school of art in the Carolinas,according to Gil Leebrick, gallerydirector.

“The space has gone from being anexhibition hall to a real gallery,” Leebricksaid as he readied the new space for thefirst show of 2001 — “Inventions andConstructions: New Baskets – Contempo-rary Trends in Fiber Arts,” to run Jan. 8-27.

Obvious changes to the GrayGallery, located in the Jenkins Fine ArtsCenter, include a new foyer area, newparquet wood flooring, a new acoustic-tileceiling, new lighting and a separategallery that opens into the main gallerybut has pocket doors to seal it off to createa separate exhibition space. What isn’t soobvious, to Leebrick’s delight, is theventilation system. It’s now built into the

By Nancy Gray

walls with small emission and intakevents unobtrusively placed in the custom-ized ceiling trim and baseboard. What thesystem replaced was “a very ugly configu-ration of ducts and hoods” throughout thegallery, Leebrick said.

Because climate control is critical inan art gallery, especially in one thatborrows and exhibits major works of art,coming up with a better ventilation systemwas one of the primary goals of theproject architect, Mike Newman. Thesolution required bringing in the existingwalls two feet on each side of the galleryto house the necessary ventilationequipment.

“We didn’t gain any space with thisplan,” Leebrick said. “In fact we actuallylost some square footage. But what wehave now is a restructured, better func-tioning, more appealing space.”

Especially appealing are improve-ments in lighting and sound. “We wentfrom a cement honeycomb ceiling with

horrible acoustics and very antiquatedlighting to this wonderful acoustic ceilingtile and the ability to light anything,anywhere,” Leebrick said.

The gallery also gained officespace, a preparation room and a securedstorage area in the reconfiguration.“Before we had none of these accoutre-ments which are usually associated witha gallery,” Leebrick said.

Although living through a two-yearrenovation was not always pleasant,Leebrick said as artists he and fellowfaculty members could appreciate theprocess. He said architect Mike Newman(of Price, Newman and Payne of Win-ston-Salem and Greensboro) is one of ahandful of architects who had suchextensive experience in designing artgalleries.

“It takes a special sensitivity todesign or redesign a gallery,” Leebricksaid. “There are unique requirements.You want the design to be elegant andexquisite, yet so simple that it candisappear when filled with artwork.

“As a gallery director I couldn’t bemore pleased with the design. We’vecome a very long way.”

The Chancellor Search Committee atECU conducted another candidateinterview Jan. 4, and plans to hold

additional interviews later this month.Phillip R. Dixon, chairman of the

committee and chair of the ECU Board ofTrustees, said the panel had receivedpermission from several candidates to doexpanded reference checks with individu-als who were not on the candidates’ listsof references.

The committee decided againstincreasing the number of people who areparticipating in the search. The ECUFaculty Senate had asked for the commit-tee to consider such an expansion.

The committee’s deliberations andinterviews have taken place in closedsessions, and the panel, following therecommendation of University of NorthCarolina President Molly Broad, has notreleased the names of candidates.

The 15-member committee includesfour faculty members as well as trusteesand representatives of students, staffmembers and alumni.

Dixon said that one candidate andthat individual’s spouse had alreadyvisited the ECU campus and at least threeothers plan to do so.

The committee also briefed mem-bers of the ECU Board of Trustees on theprogress of the search.

Winning is good! Just ask SteveLogan or Ann Bullock.

Logan, of course, is the coach ofthe ECU Pirates who won their Dec. 27bowl game in Houston against TexasTech. Ann Bullock is not as well known,but her team’s recent win is also a notableaccomplishment.

Bullock directs the ECU MiddleSchool Mathematics Teacher PreparationProgram that won the U.S. Department ofEducation’s new National AwardsProgram for Effective Teacher Prepara-tion.

In a ceremony held last month inWashington, D.C., Education SecretaryRichard W. Riley named the ECUprogram as one of four national winnersof the award.

ECU shares the recognition withelementary education programs at AlvernoCollege in Milwaukee, the FordhamUniversity Graduate School of Education

Teacher PrepScores Success

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By George Threewitts

Gray Gallery Renovation a Work of Art

Progress Madein Search

By John DurhamGray Gallery Director Gil Leebrick sets up a display of uniquely designed baskets in the renovated gallery for the firstexhibition of the year 2001. The exhibition began Jan. 8. (Photo by Tony Rumple)

~ a newspaper for ECU faculty and staff ~

For hours of operation and aschedule of exhibits for Spring,2001, see page 7.

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Alan Bailey – Academic Library ServicesGenelle Blue – Dept. of Child Dev/Family RelationsShonda Bullock – School of Allied Health Sciences

Sue Chapman – Police DepartmentMariam Ciesielski – Regional Development Institute

Theresa Cieslinski – Center for CounselingChristy Daniels – School of Nursing

Vickie Eubanks – Central Receiving & StoresMyra Fleming – Institutional Advancement

Josephine Grimes – Human Resources Benefits UnitCynthia Harper – Institute for Coastal and Marine Resources

Yolanda Hill – Dept. of Science EducationVickie Joyner – Sponsored Programs

Ruth Kilburn – Dept. of Special EducationNellie Lewis – Ledonia Wright Cultural Center

Linda Lilley – AccountingDebbie Little – Industry & Technology

Bettina Moore – Dean’s Office-Arts & SciencesPamela Ore – Information Technology and Computing Services

Jonathan Pender – Career Services Employment UnitSheniqua Reid – Equal Employment Opportunity

Kelly Reynolds – University UnionJohnnie Thompson – Central Receiving & StoresHerbert Vines – HVAC-Medical Sciences BldgKimberley Walters – VC for Academic Affairs

Gwendolyn Williams – Dept. of English

Housekeeping Services

Freddie AndrewsBernice Burrell

Kenn ChavisChris EtheredgeElizabeth MooreTakisha Payton

Ronald RandolphCarl Thorell

James Willoughby

Registrar’s Office

Connie BlakeFaye Hodges

School of Medicine

Debra Alphin – IM-Infectious DiseaseJane DeSomma – Pathology

Hilda McLawhorn – Patient ServicesBrenda Mills – Physiology

Phyllis Parker – IM-Hematology/OncologyBeverly Perry – Business Affairs

Joan Staton – Pediatrics-NeonatologyLeanne Turner – Business Affairs

Jennifer Vaughn – Health Information SystemKimberly Walker – Obstetrics & Gynecology

Vicki Whitehurst – Business AffairsJudy Williams - Billing & Reimbursement

Jonathan Young – Business Affairs

Jennifer Baysden- Division of Continuing StudiesClay Hallock - Information Technology and Computing Services

Eleanor Haynes – Environmental Health and SafetyVincent Roberts – University Housing Service

Rebecca Vaughn-Smith – Human Resources Benefits UnitKimberly Thompson - Registrar

Teresa Tripp – Division of Continuing StudiesDeborah Tyndall – Materials Management

Zepporah Wright – Parking And Traffic ServicesWanda Wynne – Student Loan Accounting

Housekeeping Services

Felisha AndersonAlfred Green

Nathaniel KeysDiane RandolphPatricia RascoeMichael Ruff

Facilities Services

Robert Cooley – Plumbing Shop – Main CampusEugene Langford – Facilities MaintenanceNeal Thorne – Steam Plant – Main Campus

School of Medicine

Darlene Garland – Group Practice AdministrationAlice Register- Business AffairsPetra Rouse – Business Affairs

Denethia Smith – Patient ServicesDebra Stevens – IM- Gastroenterology

Administrative Certification

Supervision Institute

While ECU’s Class of 2000feverishly completed exams andpresentations to meet a Decem-

ber deadline, 74 ECU employeesstruggled with their own graduationrequirements. These employees success-fully completed staff development andtraining programs offered by the Depart-ment of Human Resources during the fallsemester.

Twenty-four of these employeegraduates worked all semester on aproject addressing an issue or concern intheir own workplace. They developed andimplemented an action plan to address thesituation, then presented results for theirfellow classmates at a graduation cere-mony for the ECU Supervision Institute, atraining program designed to developeffective supervisory skills. Topics inweekly sessions included basic trainingskills, conflict resolution, team building,coaching skills, ethics, employee moraland goal setting.

Another 50 employees appliedthemselves to preparing for an end ofsemester open-book exam, testing whatthey had learned in the AdministrationCertification Program. The Administra-tion Certification program participantsstudied topics such as budget policies,employee leave, employee relations,interviewing and hiring, and salaryadministration. Participants were testedon ECU policies and procedures impact-ing SPA employees.

Human Resources Staff Develop-ment and Training offers the SupervisionInstitute and Administration CertificationProgram each semester, along with aworkshop on performance management,for supervisors responsible for evaluatingSPA employees. Two Pre-retirement andPlanning workshops are held each year, toassist employees in effectively planningfor retirement.

This semester’s SupervisionInstitute begins Jan. 26, with weeklymeetings through May 18. The Adminis-trative Certification Program runs fromJan. 17 through May 2. A two-dayPerformance Management Workshop isscheduled for March 19 and 20, and aPrepare for Tomorrow pre-retirementplanning workshop is scheduled for April10 and 11, for employees who have 20years of state service or are age 55 orolder.

Free of charge, the Staff Develop-ment and Training programs offeradvanced skill development opportunitiesto all ECU employees. Supervisoryapproval and pre-registration is required.The programs are offered each semester,and most Spring semester courses havealready filled. Additional informationabout the programs offered is available atwww.hr.ecu.edu/hr/staffdev.htm.

Fall semester graduates of theSupervision Institute and AdministrativeCertification Program are listed below.

Employees Complete Staff Development Programs

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News in Brief

ECU’s 2001 Holiday schedule is available online by accessing the ECUhomepage, www.ecu.edu, and clicking on Quick Links, Calendars, Holiday Calendar.

The east campus will once again observe a modified work schedule for thesummer of 2001, effective May 14 - Aug. 10. The School of Medicine will maintain itswork schedule.

Summer Schedule hours are 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. with one half hour for lunchMonday through Thursday, and 7:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. on Friday.

Permanent SPA employees on the summer schedule must offset the extra hour notworked on the July 4 holiday by taking an hour of vacation or working an additionalhour within the same workweek. For additional information about the summer sched-ule, contact Human Resources at 328-6352.

East Carolina University’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day observance will include acandlelight vigil, a march across campus and a remembrance program with ChancellorRichard Eakin as guest speaker.

The march begins Jan. 15 at 6:00 p.m., outside Belk Residence Hall and continuesto Mendenhall Student Center, where the program begins at 7 p.m., in Hendrix Theatre.Finalists in the student oratorical contest will present speeches at the program as well. Areception follows in the Multipurpose Room.

The celebration is sponsored by the MLK Observance Committee, the LedoniaWright Cultural Center, the Student Union Cultural Awareness Committee, the AlphaPhi Alpha fraternity and Allied Blacks for Leadership and Equality. The public isinvited to attend. For additional information contact the Cultural Center at 328-1680.

“Words, Music, Movement: Telling God’s Story in a New Century,” is the themefor the fifth annual East Carolina Religious Arts Festival, Jan. 25 – 27. St. Paul’sEpiscopal Church and The Memorial Baptist Church will host the festival events,presented by the ECU School of Music.

The festival, a conference focused on the celebration and growth of excellenceand creativity in the religious arts, will include both workshops and exhibits forregistrants, and three events for the public.

The free public events are “Dancing with God, The Music of Johann SebastianBach,” Jan. 25 at 7:30 p.m.; “An Evening of Storytelling with Donald Davis,” Jan. 26 at7:30 p.m.; and “Hymn Festival,” Jan. 26 at 3:00 p.m. Public events will be held at St.Paul’s Episcopal Church. To register, contact Janette Fishell at 328-1261.

Lawrence E. Babits, an ECUmaritime history professor who is morepartial to the plight of 18th century soldiersthan to early aristocrats with titles, nowhas one himself.

Babits is the newly named GeorgeWashington Distinguished Professor ofHistory, an honor given to only one otherNorth Carolinian by the state’s chapter ofthe Society of the Cincinnati.

It is a lifetime title recognizing aninterest in the founding era of the nation.Included with the recognition is $10,000to fund research over three years.

“Dr. Babits was our ideal choice,”said William Cheshire of Washington,N.C., former president of the Society ofthe Cincinnati and chairman of theorganization’s selection committee.

The program included comments byJames Cheatham, a Greenville attorneyand state president of the society, and byKeats Sparrow, dean of the College ofArts and Sciences, the society’s historian.

Babits succeeds Don Higginbotham,

Babits Earns Title of Honorprofessor of history at UNC-Chapel Hill.and the first state’s first recipient of thetitle in 1997. Fifteen professors hold thetitle nationwide.

Babits said his work has alwaysfocused on the average soldier who didhis duty during the Revolutionary War,stuck it out and saw it through.

“I will use the money to look atcommon soldiers who lived and foughtunder conditions that most people don’tthink about.”

Babits is the author of the popularRevolutionary War book, A Devil of aWhipping: The Battle of Cowpens. He isespecially interested in living history thatteaches through recreating and living theconditions that existed in American’s past.Last year, he participated as a re-enactorin the making of the Revolutionary Warmovie, “The Patriot.”

A small group of Continental Armyoffices that fought in the AmericanRevolution organized the Society of theCincinnati in 1783. Currently there areabout 3,500 active membership organiza-tions in 12 states.

by George Threewitts

Diana Henshaw, director of theDivision of Continuing Studies, wasnamed the new special assistant to thevice chancellor for academic affairs forcommunity college and military relations.Clayton Sessoms, associate director ofContinuing Studies, will serve as interimdirector of the division.

Henshaw will coordinate efforts toprovide ECU courses and degree pro-grams to military personnel at bases inNorth Carolina. She will work closelywith community colleges to promoteextension education programs and toencourage the graduates of two-yearprograms to enroll at ECU.

“I think it is vital to our future thatwe seek strong supportive partnershipswith community colleges and militarybases in our area,” Henshaw said.

“I’m delighted to have the opportu-nity to work with these important con-stituents and support their efforts toprovide educational opportunity.”

Before joining ECU in 1992,Henshaw was dean of continuing educa-tion and summer school at WesternCarolina University. She has worked inadult education positions at the Universityof Arizona and at Richmond CommunityCollege. She holds degrees from ECUand N.C. State University.

Henshaw Assumes New Post

Candlelight March Planned for Campus Celebration

‘Telling God’s Story’ is Festival Theme

Holiday and Summer Schedules Set

Founder’s Day Events Planned

Lawrence Babits earned the title of George Washington Distinguished Professorof History. (Photo by Tony Rumple)

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Editor: Joy Manning Holster

(4,700 copies of this issue were printed at an approximate pre-tax cost of $491 or 10 cents per copy.)

Pieces of Eight, a newspaper for East Carolina University faculty and staff, isissued on alternate Fridays during the academic year by the ECU NewsBureau (News & Communications Services).

Items may be sent to the Editor via campus mail addressed to Howard House,East Campus; delivered in person to Howard House, corner of East Fifth Streetand Rotary Avenue; or e-mailed to holsterj@mail.ecu.edu. Phone inquiries to328-1162.

Friends of School of Music Plan Benefit Gala

The Greenville Chapter of the Friends of the ECU School of Music plan aScholarship Benefit Gala, Jan. 27, 8 p.m., at Rock Springs Center. The event includeschampagne and dessert, and performances by School of Music faculty and students.

In the 20 years since the first Friends group was founded, they have raised morethan a quarter of a million dollars to fund scholarships for deserving music students atECU. There are five loosely knit Friends groups in Greenville, Washington, New Bern,Farmville and Edenton, with another forming in Morehead City.

For additional information, call 328-6851. Tickets to the Gala are available at328-4270.

University officials are at work finalizing plans for an expanded Founders Daycelebration on March 8.

The day-long festivities, which will mark the university’s 94th anniversary, willinclude several new activities this year.

Among the events planned are a breakfast with city and county leaders; a wreath-laying ceremony at the grave of Gov. Thomas Jarvis, known as the father of theuniversity; and a mid-day outdoor lunch. Details of the schedule will be available nextmonth.

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‘This feels like the righttime . . . Thanks to the in-telligence, commitment andmagnificient spirit of theentire university family,East Carolina has achievedunparalled success. It hasbeen a rare honor andpriviledge to lead this uni-versity for the past 13years.’ – Chancellor RichardEakin, in announcing his retire-ment April 27, 2000.

‘We can’t continue to askpeople to make do with 40- and50- year-old laboratories. Wemust go forward.’ – Sen. TonyRand, co-chair of the Joint SelectCommittee on Higher Education Fa-cilities, following a March 2000 visitto ECU’s campus to see first-handuniversity capital needs.

‘Every comment, criticismand suggestion was re-viewed and considered, andmany of these are now in-tegrated into the site.’ –Ernest Marshburn (ITCS) on theimplementation of ECU’s newweb site March, 2000.

‘The system can createwalk-through environmentsand models. It’s a way ofconstructing things withouthaving to actually build.’ –Jeffrey Huskamp (associate vicechancellor - ITCS), on the newRAVE Technology installed atJoyner library in Aug. 2000.

‘We need you in a way theuniversity has never neededyou before . . . As a univer-sity and as a state, we can-not let this opportunity passby.’ – Molly Corbett Broad,UNC president, on the Nov.2000 bond referendum, to ECUparents during Parents Weekend.

‘Shaping the new schooland determining the direc-tions it will take will be anongoing process.’ – MichaelPoteat, interim dean of the newschool of Computer Sciencesand Communication., Sept.,2000.

‘If you’re not using it, pleaseturn it off.’ – George Harrell (as-sociate vice chancellor for facili-ties) on energy conservation andthe increase in utility costs, Oct.2000.

‘To cardiac surgeons, usingminimally invasive roboticdevices is comparable tothe Wright Brothers learn-ing to fly.’ – Brody School ofMedicine Heart Surgeon W.Randolph Chitwood on the sec-ond clinical trial of the da VinciSurgical System, Nov., 2000.

‘I’ve had the opportunity tolead a very talented anddedicated group who havemade an enormous impacton the lives of students, pa-tients and the basic level ofhealth services in easternNorth Carolina.’ – Dr. JamesA. Hallock on his retirement asvice chancellor for health sci-ences and dean of the BrodySchool of Medicine, Dec., 2000.

ECU Views and Viewpoints: Seasons Change in Year 2000

Voices from the Year 2000

Photos by Tony Rumple

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Presentations

PublicationsArticle by David Resnik (Medicine), “The MoralSignificance of the Therapy/Enhancement Dis-tinction in Human Genetics,” in the CambridgeQuarterly of Healthcare Ethics.

Article by Medicine faculty James Byrd, CarlosEstrada, Mary Hryniewicz, Vetta Higgs, andCathy Collins, “Anticoagulant Patient Informa-tion Material is Written at High Readability Lev-els,” in Stroke, Dec. 2000.

Article by Joseph Garry (Medicine), “Low BackPain in Adolescent Athletes: Lumbar Spondyloly-sis,” in Medicina Sportiva.

Article by Medicine faculty Linda Pololi, DonaldLannin, Melvin Swanson, Frances Swansonwith Jim Mitchell (Sociology) and Holly Mathews(Anthropology), “The Need for Culturally BasedBreast Cancer Education for Women Living inNorth Carolina,” in the Medical Encounter, Fall2000.

Article by Jim Mitchell (Sociology) and HollyMathews (Anthropology), “Differences by Racein Long-Term Care Preferences,” in Journal ofApplied Gerontology.

Article by Veronica Pantelidis (Library Studiesand Educational Technology), “Important Les-sons Learned from Teaching Online,” in Readingsand Resources in Global Online Education.

Article by Tibor Hortobágyi (Exercise and Sports

Science) with co-author, “Muscle Pre- andCoactivity during Downward Stepping are Asso-ciated with Leg Stiffness in Aging,” in Journal ofElectromyography and Kinesiology.

Article by Katherine Misulis (Education), “Lit-eracy 2000,” in Contemporary Education.

Article by Andrew Stuart (Allied Health), “Dis-tortion Product Otoacoustic Emissions in Childrenwith Sickle Cell Disease,” in American AuditorySociety Bulletin. Also by Stuart with co-authors,“Audiometric Threshold Changes Following Ex-ercise and Noise,” in ASHA Leader.

Articles by Kathy Treole and Andrew Stuart(Allied Health) with co-authors: “Effects of Age,Gender, Bolus Volume and Repeated Measures onSwallowing Apnea Duration and Swallow/Respi-ratory Phase Relationships of Normal Adults,” inDysphagia; and “Effect of Age, General and Re-peated Measures on Intraoral Air Pressure in Nor-mal Adults,” in Journal of Voice and ASHALeader.

Articles by Monica Strauss (Allied Health), “Pho-nemic Retrieval: Anomic Aphasia Revisited,” inJournal of Neurolinguistics, and “Incidence ofWord Finding Deficits in Normal Aging,” in Jour-nal of Communication Disorders.

Article by Scott Lecce (Geography), “Seasonalityof Flooding in North Carolina,” in SoutheasternGeographer.

Presentations by Medicine faculty at the AmericanPublic Health Association meeting in Boston: byChris Mansfield and Denise Kirk,“MeasuringDisparities in Life Span and Disease-SpecificMortality;” and a poster presentation by Mansfieldand Kirk with Matthew Curry and MichaelWeigand, Karen Mulcahy (Geography), andformer colleague Jim Wilson, “A GeographicAnalysis of Disparities in Mortality in N.C.”

Also by Mansfield, “An Empirical Assessment ofHealth Disparities in North Carolina,” at a state-wide conference, The Great Divide: Understand-ing and Eliminating Health Disparities.

Presentation by Christian Robiou (Medicine), onhepatic and gastroenterology case studies at the94th Annual Scientific Assembly in Orlando, Fla.

Presentation by Kathy Kolasa (Medicine), NancyHarris (Human Environmental Science) andAnnette Peery (Nursing) on the Food LiteracyVolunteers Program at the AAFP/STFM PatientEducation conference in Albequerque, N.M.

Paper by RavindraKumar (Physics), “Neu-tron Verification of X-Ray Derived Thermal Pa-rameters in Ni-substitutedCuAu I Alloys,” at theDenver X-Ray Confer-ence. Research done aspart of a collaboration todevelop an inter-univer-sity team for the use ofUniv. of Missouri neutronpowder diffractometer.

Performance by Charles Bath and Joanne Bath(Music) in recital at the American Suzuki Institute,University of Wisconsin, and by Joanne Bath atSuzuki Institutes in N.C. and Colorado. CharlesBath also performed a recital and masterclasses atthe N.C. Music Teachers Association Conferencein Greensboro.

Performance by Thomas Huener (Music) with theDayton Bach Society Chamber Orchestra.

Performance by Music faculty George Broussard,Chris Ulffers and Mary Burroughs with the TarRiver Orchestra. Broussard also performed withthe Jazz Foundation of N.C. in Oct. Burroughsperformed with the Chamber Orchestra of theTriangle in November.

Music faculty Britt Theurer, Vincent DiMartinoand Jonathan Wacker presented instrumentalclinics to students at White Oak High School.

Presentations by Music faculty at the N.C. MusicEducators State Convention: by Chris Knighten,“Great Music Not on the N.C. Contest List;” byRodney Schmidt and Christopher Ulffers, “Fo-cus on Distance Education with Technology;” byJonathan Wacker, “Creative Approaches to JazzEnsemble Drumming;” by Linda High, “Univer-sity-Public School Partnerships: Integrating Mu-sic, Art, Dance, and Drama at the High School;”and by Christina Chang, “Teaching North Caro-lina Standards in the Band Class.” Also performingat the convention was the Wind Ensemble, andJeffrey Jarvis as soloist with the JacksonvilleHigh School Symphonic Wind Ensemble.

Performance by Nathan Williams (Music) and histrio, Strata, in a concert sponsored by the RossmoorChamber Music Society.

Paper by Kevin Moll (Music), “Texture and Coun-terpoint in Four-Voice Liturgical Works of Machautand his Contemporaries,” at the national confer-ence of the American Musicological Society inToronto, Canada.

Paper by Michael Duffy (Art), “Charles Ashbee’sReconstructed Workshop and the Meaning ofCraft,” at the Southeastern College Art Conferencein Louisville, Ky. Duffy also chaired a session on

English Art and Theory, 1750 –1 950.

Paper by Lauriston King (Coastal ResourcesManagement and Political Science), “Policies atthe Margins: Four Decades of United States OceanPolicy,” at the Southern Political Sciences Asso-ciation meeting in Atlanta.

Presentations as Academy Speaker for the CollegeDivision for the Texas Alliance for Health, Physi-cal Education, Recreation and Dance, by SteveEstes (Exercise and Sports Science), “The Evolv-ing Undergraduate Teacher Preparation Major,”and “Technology Assessed? Reconsidering theUse of Technology in Physical Education in HigherEducation.”

Presentation by Marjorie Baldwin (Economics),“Who are Working-Age People with Disabili-ties?” at a policy education seminar, DisabilityIncome Policy: Opportunities and Challenges inthe Next Decade, in Washington, D.C.

Presentation by Carmine Scavo (Political Sci-ence), Applications on Non-Linear Dynamics inthe Policy Sciences: The U.S. Experience,” at theConference on Non-Linear Dynamics and theHumanities in Saratov, Russia. Scavo also deliv-ered lectures on U.S. elections in classes at SaratovState University.

Paper by Monica Strauss (Allied Health), “Vari-ability in the Production of Multisyllabic Words byConduction Aphasic Adults and Adults withApraxia of Speech,” at the Conference on MotorSpeech Disorders and Speech Motor Control inSan Antonio.

Paper by Strauss, Jerry Cranford and GreggGivens (Allied Health), “ElectrophysiologicalMeasures of Selective Attention in Stroke Patientswith Aphasia,” at the N.C. Speech-Language-Hearing Association convention.

Presentation by Nell Lewis (Student Life), “Cul-tural Diversity on the College Campus,” at Pitt

Community College.

Workshops, by PeterMakuck (English) oncreative writing, at theNorth Carolina Net-work’s Fall Conferencein Raleigh.

Presentation by AlexAlbright (English) inhonor of A.R. Am-mons's induction intothe N.C. Literary Hall

of Fame. Albright, editor of A.R. Ammons: TheNorth Carolina Poems, read four Ammons poemsat the ceremony, held at the Weymouth Center forthe Arts & Humanities. Southern Pines, Oct. 15.

Presentation by Edward Schumacher (Econom-ics), “Wages, Quality Sorting and the Job Charac-teristics of Workers with Disabilities,” at the Inter-national Atlantic Economic Conference in Charles-ton, S.C.

Presentations by Geography faculty at the South-eastern Division of the Association of AmericanGeographers (SEDAAG) 2000 meeting in ChapelHill: by Derek Alderman, “School Names asBoundaries: The Case of Martin Luther King, Jr.;”by Holly Hapke, Dennis McGee and DeborahDixon, “Coping with Floyd: Patterns of Impact,Assistance and Community Response;” and byPaul Gares with graduate student S. White, “Volu-metric Analysis of Overwash Fans Resulting fromTropical Cyclonic Storms on the Outer Banks ofNorth Carolina.” Department chair RonMitchelson, vice president of SEDAAG, servedas program chair. Participating on the programcommittee, as paper discussants, and/or panelmoderators were Alderman, Gares, Scott Lecce,Jeff Popke, and Yong Wang. Three graduatestudents presented posters.

Facilities Services Awards for Excellence for fourth quarter, 2000,were given to Facilities Services employees Dean Morris, Roy Briley,Patrick Sherrod and Randy Jones. Housekeepers’ Awards for Excel-lence for the quarter were presented to Roger Battle, Harvey Wootenand Irene Daniels.

Business Services Department Spotlighted Employees, noted forcommitment and dedication to ECU in the quarter, are Diane Rogers(Dowdy Student Store), Carol Rose (Parking and Transportation), andPolice Department employees Darlene Henderson, James Willis, andChris Sutton.

Employees Awarded

Industry and Technology professor James Toppen (left) thanks Irving Welchons(right), vice president of US Filter, who presented two $500 scholarships to theSchool of Industry and Technology. Behind the two men is the US Filter truck,which was on campus Nov. 30 for a demonstration to Industry and Technologyclasses. (Photo by Tony Rumple)

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Appointment/Elections

In the SpotlightNewsMakers

Service, Honors andProfessional Activities

Nell Lewis (Student Life) to Boardof Directors for the Mental HealthAssociation of Pitt County.

Kris Smith (Student Life), selectedto participate in Leadership NorthCarolina, which meets twice monthly tolearn from state leaders about criticalissues facing the state and its citizens.

Veronica Pantelidis (LibraryStudies and Educational Technology) tointernational program committee for theInternational Association of Science andTechnology for Development Interna-tional Conference on Computer Graphicsand Imaging.

Alice Arnold (Art) to secretary, theU.S. Society for Education Through Art.

Peter Makuck (English) to a four-judge panel for the Taylor Aiken PoetryPrize, sponsored by The Sewanee Reviewand the University of the South.

Derek Alderman (Geography) tochair-elect of the Southeastern Division ofthe Association of American GeographersHonors Committee (SEDAAG) atSEDAAG’s 2000 meeting in Chapel Hill.

An essay by Peter Makuck(English), “The Trouble with Smitty,” waslisted under “Notable Essays of 1999,” inRobert Atwan’s Best American Essays of2000. The essay originally appeared inThe Hudson Review and was reprinted in

David Conradt (Political Science)on German TV, ARD, throughout theircoverage of the U.S. election, Nov. 7.Televised from Washington, D.C., it wasthe top-rated program that evening.

Ron Rouse (Medicine), WITN-TVNews, on the Telemedicine Center’sinternet research activities, Nov. 30.

Chuck Phillips and Amy Novello(Medicine), quoted in the Nov., 2000issue of Skin and Aging Journal, on theuse of telemedicine in dermatology.

James Kleckley (Planning andInstitutional Research), as panelist on theCarolina Business Review, broadcastweekly on public television in N.C. andS.C., Dec. 15. Kleckley was interviewedin Dec., by the Kiplinger Editors inWashington, D.C., on the economies ofthe Carolinas. Kleckey presented informa-tion to numerous news media outlets inN.C. and S.C. on an Economic RankingsReport he produces.

John Fitzpatrick (Medicine),WITN-TV News, on esophageal atresia,Dec. 13.

Brian Smith (Political Science),WCTI-TV News, on the Supreme Court

decision regarding the election, Dec. 13.Mary Kirkpatrick (Nursing)

WITN-TV News, on ECU’s geriatricnursing care program, Dec. 15.

Debra Warner (Medicine) WITN-TV News, on medical websites, Dec. 18.

Randolph Chitwood (Medicine)noted in an article, “Surgeons of Steel, inThe Boston Globe, Dec. 19, and also in“Innovators 2000,” in the U.S. News andWorld Report, on da Vinci robotic surgery.

Jeffrey Engel (Medicine) WITN-TV News, on new antibiotics, Dec. 20.

Thomas Ellis (Medicine), WNCT-TV News on hypothermia, Dec. 21.

Anne Wennerberg (Medicine) inThe Daily Reflector, on an area bloodshortage, Dec. 29.

The Sun. Makuck and Luke Whisnant(English) participated in a fiction readingfrom their work at Quail Ridge Books inRaleigh, promoting This is Where WeLive, the stories of 25 N.C. writers.

Jim Westmoreland and BrianNewton (Career Services) attended theSoutheastern Association of Colleges andEmployers Annual Conference.

Lathan Turner (InterculturalStudent Affairs) was named Omega Manof the Year by the Omega Psi Phi Frater-nity at their Achievement Week banquet,Nov. 16.

Peter Kragel (Medicine) tochairman of the Section of Pathology forthe Southern Medical Association, duringthe Annual Scientific Assembly, Nov. 1–5.

Frank Knight (ECU Police) earnedhis Advanced Special Law EnforcementCertificate.Qualification includes agraduate degree, four years of civilian lawenforcement experience and over 220hours of law enforcement training.

David Hillis (Industrial Technol-ogy) was awarded the Region III Out-standing Industrial Technology ProfessorAward by the National Association forIndustrial Technology (NAIT), at theNAIT convention in Pittsburgh, Penn.,

Nov. 1 – 4. Region III includes 12 states.

JANUARYFRIDAY 12

Blockbuster Film: Shaft, Hendrix, 7:30p.m. (through 1/13), and Jan. 14, 3 p.m.

SUNDAY 14

Women’s Basketball, ECU vs. Richmond,Minges, 2 p.m.

North Carolina Symphony Orchestra,Wright Auditorium, 4 p.m.

Mercury Cinema: Hamlet, Hendrix, 7:30p.m.

MONDAY 15

Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday – Holiday.Candlelight March, Belk Residence Hall,6 p.m., Program, Hendrix, 7 p.m.

WEDNESDAY 17

School of Music Broadcast, WTEB, clari-netist Nathan Williams and pianist PaulTardif, 8 p.m.

Men’s Basketball, ECU vs. Old Domin-ion, Minges, 7 p.m.

SATURDAY 20

Family Fare Series, Robin Hood, WrightAuditorium, 2 p.m.

School of Music Guest Artist, New YorkVocal Arts Ensemble, Fletcher, 8 p.m.

SUNDAY 21

Women’s Basketball, ECU vs. OldDominion, Minges, 2 p.m.

MONDAY 22

Travel Adventure and Theme Dinner,Will is Moore’s Royal Netherlands,Hendrix, 4 p.m., 7:30 p.m., Dinner, 6 p.m.

School of Music Faculty Recital, Fletcher,8 p.m.

WEDNESDAY 24

School of Music Broadcast, WTEB, Or-gan concert, Janette Fishell, 8 p.m.

THURSDAY 25

Religious Arts Festival, St. Paul’s, 7:30p.m.

FRIDAY 26

Religious Arts Festival, St. Paul’s, 7:30p.m.

Jazz at Night, Carroll Dashiell, director,Mendenhall Great Room, 8 p.m.

SATURDAY 27

Religious Arts Festival, St. Pauls, 3 p.m.

Men’s Basketball, ECU vs Va. Common-wealth, Minges, 7 p.m.

Friends of School of Music Gala, RockSprings Center, 8 p.m.

WEDNESDAY 31

School of Music Broadcast, WTEB, Voicerecital by John Kramar, baritone, accom-panied by John Keene, piano, 8 p.m.

The newly renovated Gray Gallery is open during the semester on Monday throughFriday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., with extended hours until 8 p.m. on Thursday. The Galleryis open on Saturday, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. (Photo by Tony Rumple)

Enjoy a catered meal and meet the2001 Pirates Baseball Team, Jan. 27, 4 p.m.to 6 p.m. at Harrington Field. Cost is $5per person and pre-registration is required.Call 328-4530.

Meet the Pirates

Exhibitions

North Carolina Foodways, the NorthCarolina Collection at Joyner Library(through Jan. 31).

Wellington B. Gray GallerySpring 2001 Schedule

Jan. 8 - 27 Inventions and Constructions: New Baskets –Contemporary Trends in Fiber Arts

Jan. 18 Glen Kaufman lecture/reception, 5 p.m.

Feb. 9 – March 7 International Photography & Digital Image Biennial

Feb. 9 Evon Streetman lecture/reception, 5 p.m.

March 23 - April 18 School of Art Undergraduate Exhibition

March 23 Awards ceremony and reception, 5 p.m.

April 27 – May 19 School of Art Graduate Thesis Exhibition,Reception, April 27, 5 p.m.

Mediations, Art by Beth Hall and MarkCooley, Mendenhall Gallery, Jan. 8 -Feb. 2.

Gray Gallery Exhibitions, see schedule atright.

January 12, 2001

East Carolina University

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On Campus

The Food Literacy Partners Volun-teer program will train volunteers Feb. 10and Feb. 17, 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., at ViQuestWellness Center. Volunteers are needed tocommit 20 hours teaching in the commu-nity. Register by Jan. 31. For information,contact Kathy Kolasa at 816-5462 or by e-mail at kolasak@mail.ecu.edu.

All ECU employees are subject to anew OSHA standard for workplaceergonomics effective Jan. 16.

ECU’s Office of EnvironmentalHealth and Safety (EH&S) has establisheda website at www.ecu.edu/oehs, to assistemployees in complying with thisstandard. The website includes a sum-mary of the standard, a training package,descriptions of potential musculoskeletaldisorders and a set of tools to helpemployees reduce related risks.

Employees with limited access tothe Internet may find this information inprinted form at the EH&S office inRagsdale 009.

Ergonomics is the science of fittingjobs to the people who do them, ratherthan bending employees to fit the task.

The goal of an ergonomics programis to reduce work-related musculoskeletaldisorders (MSDs) developed by workerswhen their jobs involve reaching, bendingover, lifting heavy objects, using continu-ous force, working with vibrating equip-ment and doing repetitive motions.

Employees who suffer from MSDsmay experience painful joints; pain,tingling or numbness in hands or feet;neck, back and limb pains; swelling andinflammation or stiffness.

Symptoms may result from

exposure to risk factors at work, home ormirror symptoms of common diseasessuch as arthritis.

If MSD signs and symptoms are notreported early, permanent disability mayresult. MSD symptoms should be reportedto the employee’s supervisor and then toEH&S for follow-up.

The new standard requires employ-ers to respond to MSD signs in employeesat risk, to provide protection of wages andbenefits if light duty or leave time isneeded, and to take steps to reduce MSDhazards. The current ECU Worker’sCompensation and Return to Workprograms successfully manage MSDsidentified on campus. The new programexpands upon these services to placegreater emphasis on prevention.

For jobs with MSD risks, elementsof the new standard include managementleadership, as demonstrated by aneffective MSD reporting system and opencommunication with employees; em-ployee participation in the implementa-tion, evaluation and development of thesystem; and job analysis and control.

Employees in jobs with routine riskfactors who report continuing signs ofMSDs must be provided with access to ahealth care provider at no cost. Temporarywork restrictions determined necessary bythe health care provider must be allowed.An evaluation and follow-up is required.

Employees will receive a card fromEH&S directing employees to the EH&Swebsite for details of the new ergonomicsstandard and job evaluation assistance.

For additional information, contactthe EH&S office at 328-6166, or e-mailsafety@mail.ecu.edu.

in New York, and Samford University inBirmingham, Ala.

“These cutting-edge programs willprovide powerful examples for othersseeking to ensure that their graduatesmake a measurable difference in theachievement of K-12 students,” Rileysaid.

He said the department “looked forprograms that could provide compellingevidence that their graduates wereeffective classroom teachers capable ofadvancing the learning of all students.”

In keeping with the department’spriorities on reading and math, the firstyear of competition focused on theeducation programs that prepare elemen-tary teachers or secondary mathematicsteachers.

Applicants were asked to demon-strate the link between their teacherpreparation programs and their graduates’ability to improve student learning inreading and mathematics.

The ECU program is a partnershipeffort that combines the faculty andresources of the School of Education withthe Department of Mathematics in theCollege of Arts and Sciences.

Bullock said the recognition is acredit to ECU’s middle grades mathprogram and shows that ECU “graduatesare effective teachers and are well-prepared.”

She said ECU competed for theaward by submitting a report that con-tained interviews with school principalswho employ ECU graduates, interviews

with several recent graduates, case studiesand data collected from end-of-gradetesting in classes taught by teacherstrained at ECU. It was followed by a firsthand visit to ECU in September by a four-member U.S. Department of Educationteam.

In determining the finalists andsubsequent winners, the department useda non-federal panel of experts andcomprehensive site visits. A blue ribbonpanel conducted the final review andmade recommendations to Riley, whoselected the final honorees.

“High quality teachers are critical tothe academic success of students,” Rileysaid in announcing the winners.

“More than half of the 2.2 millionteachers needed over the next decade willbe first-time teachers who need to bewell-prepared to teach an increasinglydiverse student population to highstandards. The time is right to drawattention to those teacher preparationprograms that are particularly effective inpreparing teachers who can have apositive impact on learning for allstudents,” he said.

The U.S. Department of Education,according to Riley, will study the winnersand feature them at conferences andmeetings. He said, “identifying effectiveteacher preparation programs and study-ing and disseminating what we learn fromthem will significantly advance efforts toimprove teacher preparation in America.”

Studying ECU’s system for footballsuccess might prove useful to otherschools too, but those strategies are bestkept under wraps.

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Program Scores Success

Volunteers Needed

New Ergonomics Standard Affects All

ECU national award winners were honored at a ceremony Dec. 7 in Washington,D.C. Left to right are Keats Sparrow (dean, College of Arts and Sciences),Marilyn Sheerer (dean, School of Education), Ronald Preston (Mathematics),Ann Bullock (Education), Richard Reilly (U.S. Dept. of Education) and Sid Rachlin(Mathematics). (Contributed photo)

Charles Martoccia (retired,Psychology) died Dec. 12.

Debra Leder Cain (Medicineand Psychology) died Dec. 13.

In MemoriamVital Records

Quarterback David Garrard helped the Pirates football team amass an ECU bowlrecord 481 yards of total offense as East Carolina defeated Texas Tech 40-27 inthe inaugural galleryfurniture.com bowl in Houston, Dec. 27. For his efforts, Garrardwas named the game’s Most Valuable Player. With this victory, the Pirates endedthe season with an 8-4 record. The Pirates face the 2001 season without 10-yearveteran Jeff Connors, strength and conditioning coach, who has accepted aposition with the football program at UNC – Chapel Hill. (file photo)

BORN: to Linda Bolin (StudentHealth Services) and Paul Bolin(Medicine), a son, Wesley Paul,Nov. 2.

BORN: to Scott Griffin and BeckyGriffin (Medicine), a son,Matthew Kyle, Dec. 5.