Campus Communique

UNCW Breaks Ground for New Center for Marine Science Research
Pouring buckets of seawater into an aquarium, UNCW officials signaled the beginning of a new era in marine science research at the ground breaking for UNCW's Center for Marine Science Research at Myrtle Grove.

The $17.5 million facility will replace the Wrightsville Beach complex which is made up of approximately 20 buildings/trailers. Construction begins this month and should be completed by summer 1999 in time for the opening of the fall 1999 semester. The facility was designed by Sharpe Architects. Miller Building Corporation will serve as the general contractor. Primary funding for the building was appropriated by the 1995 N.C. General Assembly.

UNCW Chancellor James R. Leutze thanked those legislators who were instrumental in the appropriation of funds for the facility, including Sen. Patrick Ballentine and Rep. Danny McComas.

A significant feature of the 70,000- square foot facility is the running seawater system that will bring raw, unfiltered and purified seawater into aquariums and a greenhouse. Located along the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, the facility will provide easy access to regional marine environments such as tidal marshes, mud and sand flats, tidal creeks, barrier islands and tidal inlets, nearshore marine environments, the Gulf Stream, hard bottom communities, sand dunes and maritimes forests and estuarine environments. The site includes a 769-foot pier with floating docks along the intercoastal waterway that can accommodate a large research vessel and several smaller ones.

The facility will house 25 permanent faculty and provide laboratory and office space for 10 visiting faculty. Administrative staff, operations staff, research associates and graduate students will bring the total served by the facility to approximately 80. The center will serve the following disciplines and agencies: oceanography, coastal and estuarine systems, marine geology, aquaculture, marine chemistry, marine biotechnology and public service.

Research space will be available for faculty from seven UNC campuses and three schools in the N.C. Community college system anhiextension offices for the N.C. SeaGrant Program, the National Undersea Research Program, the Marine Quest Program of UNCW's Division for Public Service and Extended Education and the N.C. Estuarine Research Reserve Program. Incorporation of all these services into the facility will create an unparalleled marine research and education campus at Myrtle Grove.

In addition to the ground breaking, the university also christened the newest addition to its fleet of research vessels, the RV/Cape Fear. Built in 1988, Cape Fear is 63 feet long, 20.6 feet wide, with a 4.5 foot draft. She has already begun missions and adds an important capability for overnight research opportunities at sea. Typical missions include diving operations, side scan and seismic surveys and oceanographic instrument deployment and retrieval.

Cameron Professor Joanne Rockness Wins N.C. Outstanding Educator Award

Joanne Rockness received the N.C. Association of Certified Public Accountants' 1997 Outstanding Educator Award at a certified public accountant meeting Oct. 3 in Greensboro. Rockness, director of the Cameron School of Business' Master of Science in Accountancy Program, is a member of the 10,000-strong state association of certified public accountants.

The Outstanding Educator Award recognizes one college educator each year who has made significant contributions through teaching and involvement in the accounting profession. Among the past winners of this award is Harold Langenderfer of UNC Chapel Hill, who has long been recognized by many certified public accountants as the foremost accounting educator in the United States.

Commenting on the award, Rockness said, "It is deeply gratifying to receive this prestigious award since it focuses on the importance of teaching."

Announcements

Big Band Holding First Concert of the Season

The UNCW Big Band, under the direction of Frank Bongiorno, will perform at 8 p.m. Oct. 23 in Kenan Auditorium. This will be the band's first concert in Wilmington since its European tour this summer. Arrangements being performed include John Coltrane's Impressions, Bunch of Blues by Les Hooper, Dave Eshelman's Pacheco and others. Tickets are $4 for general admission, $2 for faculty and staff and free to UNCW students with valid ID. Tickets available at the Kenan Auditorium box office.

Leuci Lecture

Bob Leuci will speak on "Ethics, Morality and the Police" at 7 p.m. Nov. 4 in the University Center Ballroom. Leuci worked as an undercover police officer in New York City. For more information call the Activities and Leadership Center at ext. 3827. This event is sponsored by the Association for Campus Entertainment (ACE) Lectures Committee.

Golden Alumni Tour

The next stop on the UNCW Alumni Association's Golden Tour is at the Waccamaw Academy Cafeteria in Whiteville. The tour is one of several ways the alumni association is celebrating the university's 50th anniversary. At each stop on the tour alumni have an opportunity to celebrate UNCW's growth and progress since the doors of Wilmington College opened in 1947.

Interlibrary Service Helping 50th Celebration

Randall Library's Interlibrary Services Department is helping spread the word of UNCW's 50th anniversary by incorporating the 50th anniversary logo on book bands that go around every volume loaned to other libraries. Also, the department uses the bands on books borrowed from other libraries for UNCW faculty, staff and students.

Bowling League Update

The UNCW Bowling League competes at 5:45 p.m. Thursdays at Cardinal Lanes on Shipyard Blvd. There are eight four-person teams. As of Oct. 10, the team of Becky Chilcote, Gennie Beatty and Phillip Brown, advancement, and Herb Beatty was in first place. Stars of the week included Liz Johnson, accounting, with a 528 series, scratch; Linda Ferrell, enrollment affairs, with a 177 game, scratch; Paula Greene, registrar's office, with a 232 game, handicap; Sam Chance, information technology, with a 517 series, scratch; and Michael McQuery, telecommunications, with a 645 series, handicap.

Boykin Lecture

Keith Boykin will speak on the topic "Black and Gay in America" at 7 p.m. Oct. 22 in the University Center Ballroom. Admission is free and open to the public. For more information, call the Activities and Leadership Center at ext. 3827. This event is sponsored by the Association for Campus Entertainment Lectures Committee, Office of Minority Affairs, UNCW NAACP Chapter, and the P.R.I.D.E. Organization.

Halloween Carnival

Anyone interested in volunteering for the fourth annual Halloween Carnival for Children from 6 to 9 p.m. Oct. 29 in the University Center Ballroom should attend a volunteer meeting at 7 p.m. tonight in the University Union, Room 212. For more information, call ext. 3925.

Cahoon Speaking at New Hanover Library

Larry Cahoon, biological sciences, will speak and answer questions about the environmental impact of the hog industry and other intensive livestock industries at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 23 at the New Hanover County Main Library.

Dialogues on Racism

The Upperman African-American Cultural Center invites everyone to three dialogues to understand racism. "The Notion of Race: Its Origin, Its Validity, Its Use" by Dale McCall, sociology and anthropology, will be held at 3:30 p.m. Nov. 5. "How Has Racism Affected Communication Across and Within Racial Groups?" by Deborah Brunson, communication studies, and Robert Smith, specialty studies, will be held at 3 p.m. Nov. 14. "How Has Racism Shaped Our Social Organizations and Social Institutions?" by Robert Miller, sociology and anthropology, will be at 3 p.m. Nov. 19.

Poet Alice Fulton Returns

Poet Alice Fulton will return to UNCW for a week-long seminar beginning Oct. 27. As visiting writer-in-residence, Fulton will conduct a five-day workshop for students enrolled in the Master of Fine Arts Program. She will also hold a reading at 7 p.m. Oct. 29 in Cameron Auditorium. It is free and open to the public.

Also, Fulton will hold two informal sessions from 5 to 7 p.m. Oct. 28 and 30 in Randall Library. Oct. 28 is a question-and-answer session on contemporary poetics and poetry writing. The Oct. 30 session will be devoted to a taped performance of songs written by Fulton, as well as a discussion of the songwriting process. Both sessions are free and open to the public.

Note of Appreciation

Liz and Doug Johnson would like to thank everyone for their kind expressions of sympathy during the recent loss of Liz's brother Lewis Harvin, Sr.

BOT Approves Updated Concise Mission Statement

The following is an updated concise university mission statement approved by the UNCW Board of Trustees on Oct. 8.

"The University of North Carolina at Wilmington is an evolving comprehensive university dedicated to excellence in teaching, in scholarly and artistic achievement and in service to regional and global communities. As the only university in the region, it has a special responsibility to education and service. In fulfilling this responsibility, the university recognizes and accepts the primary importance of its undergraduate teaching mission, while at the same time offering strong graduate programs that complement its undergraduate programs. The university seeks to stimulate intellectual curiosity, imagination, rational thinking, thoughtful expression and love of learning in a broad range of discipline and professional fields. Knowledge of the humanities, the social and natural sciences and the fine arts is central to this curriculum. The university considers research and creative activities essential for effective learning and strives to create an academic environment in which faculty and students can reach their full potential for scholarship. The university's location in a historic Atlantic seaport provides special opportunities for teaching and research in a variety of fields, among them marine and environmental sciences, the humanities and business. In its public service role, the university serves as a resource and catalyst for regional growth and development."

Wilmington in Black and White

"Wilmington in Black and White" is a series of Thursday evening conversations sponsored by the Philosophy and Religion Department and the Division for Public Service and Education. The conversations will be held from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Thursdays through November 20 in the new Science Building, Room 103. Tonight's topic is "White Supremacy at Home and Abroad in 1898" with Chancellor James R. Leutze and John Haley. The Oct. 23 topic is "Communicating in Black and White" with Stephanie Richardson and Robert Smith. Attendance is free. To pre-register call ext. 3195.

Leadership Giving for the State Employees Combined Campaign

Leadership Giving is a personal gift of 1 percent or more of gross annual salary to the State Employees Combined Campaign. The Leadership Giving Society is being introduced this year as a way to encourage and recognize state employees who give at one of three leadership levels. State employees contributing 1 percent of gross annual salary will be recognized with membership in the Dogwood Club. Contributions of 1.5 percent merit membership in the Cardinal Club and 2 percent in the Emerald Society. Members of these levels will be recognized in the 1997 Leadership Giving Society brochure and will receive a token of appreciation recognizing the North Carolina symbol of their club.

Fiftieth Fact

The first college bookstore consisted of a box of five-cent Milky Way candy bars sold on the honor system from a closet in the basement of the old Isaac Bear Building. The bookstore was formally established by the student government in the early 50's, but remained, in effect, a snackbar since the sale of textbooks took place in the bursar's office.

Focus on Faculty and Staff

Submissions for this section are published in the order received. Due to the volume of submissions there may be a two-to-three-week delay in publication. Your patience is appreciated. Also, grant information is not published until official confirmation is received from the Graduate School and Research.

Teresita J. Parra, foreign languages and literatures, participated in the Foreign Language Faculty Development in International Business Conference at Duke University. The conference's main purpose was to integrate international business issues into the foreign language curriculum.

Sharon Bourque and Deborah Dowd, HPER, presented at the 1997 International Conference on Aging and Physical Activity in Austin, Texas.

Ann Conner, art and theatre, is exhibiting 47 woodcuts in the solo exhibition "Relief Prints" through Oct. 31 at Mimms Gallery, Dunn Center for the Performing Arts, N.C. Wesleyan College in Rocky Mount. The exhibition features "Appalachia 1­4" suite of relief prints, created during her fall 1995 Faculty Reassignment Award. The artist gave a gallery talk Oct 2.

Peter Thomas, foreign languages and literatures, had his article "La ciudad de Quito como signo del laberinto en la novela ecuatoriana" published in Estudios Ecuatorianos, the humanities journal of the Catholic University of Ecuador.

John Clifford, English, had an essay-review of Rhetorics, Poetics and Cultures published in JAC: A Journal of Composition.

Charles Lewis, HPER, presented a paper "All Educated and No Where to Go" to a Region II and III Conference of the N.C. Recreation and Park Society at Ft. Fisher State Recreation Area.,

Rex Pringle, campus recreation, and Charles Lewis, HPER, coauthored the chapter "Campus Recreation and Intramurals" in the third edition of Introduction to Leisure Services in North Carolina recently released by Kendall Hunt Publishing Co. Lewis also coauthored a chapter on "The Private, Non-Profit Sector."

Jonathan Geller, biological sciences, presented "Molecular Ecology of Marine Invasions" at the International Marine Biotechnology Conference in Sorrento, Italy.

William Overman, psychology, gave an invited address to the Psychology Department at Duke University. The presentation concerned research conducted by Overman and his students on early childhood learning and memory and gender differences in mental ability. Three UNCW psychology students also attended and interacted with Duke graduate students on a similar research project.

John Bennett and Charles Lewis, HPER, participated in the Citizens for Progress Forum at Carolina Beach. The forum focused on revitalization of business and tourism, law enforcement needs and trends and recreation and youth services for the millenium. Bennett delivered a keynote address.

Moorad Alexanian, physics, had a letter accepted for publication in Physics Today, published monthly by the American Institute of Physics. Alexanian proposed that major research universities use the Internet-based interactive conferencing service known as the Multicast Backbone (Mbone) network to disseminate seminars, conferences and other events that take place on their campuses.

Sally Sullivan, English, attended the 13th Annual Southern Writers Symposium at Methodist College in Fayetteville, which was devoted to Fred Chappell's writing. She read her paper "Irony and Allegory in I Am One of You Forever: How Fantasy and the Ideal Become the Real."


Official Notices

Chancellor's Awards Reception

The Chancellor's Achievement Awards reception will be held from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Oct. 22 in the University Center Ballroom. The campus community is invited to attend the reception honoring students who received an "A" average carrying a minimum of 15 credits during the spring semester.

Basketball Season Tickets

Faculty and staff can purchase home season basketball tickets for $65 a person. Ticket purchases are payroll deductible. Seating is located in Trask Coliseum's east and west upper end zones. To order, call Mack Moore at ext. 3233 before Oct. 24.

Seahawk License Plates for Students

The UNCW Alumni Association has a donor willing to fund the $25 application fee for the first 20 UNCW students who apply for a UNCW Seahawk license plate from the N.C. Department of Motor Vehicles. Renewal fees would be the responsibility of the students. Applications can be obtained from auxiliary services, advancement or the alumni association and returned to Pat Corcoran, executive director of the UNCW Alumni Association, at Wise Alumni House on Market Street. For more information, contact the alumni association at 910/251-2682.

Be the Pulse

Be the pulse of the campus. UNCW students will see these words more in the upcoming weeks as part of a new initiative from the Division of Student Affairs. The division is beginning a marketing campaign for this new e-mail account developed for students to share their perspectives on the campus life experience. The vice chancellor's office will monitor the account and respond to students' comments and questions.

Travel Contract News

Purchasing has added Twin Travel and Cruises to its list of travel agencies on contract. Allen Travel and IN Travel remain along with Travel Agents International, now known as Carlson Wagonlit Travel. Contact any of these agencies to arrange for travel needs: airfare, lodging and car rentals. A travel expo is planned for Nov. 11 to exchange information with all travel partners.

Student Timesheet Deadline

The deadline for student timesheets and departmental recaps for Nov. 15 payment is 3 p.m. Oct. 31 in the payroll office. Students should submit timesheets to department representatives, not payroll. Students not listed on departmental recaps sheets may require additional paperwork. Check with Frances Carr in career services to make sure that all paperwork has been received prior to adding students to recap sheets.

Spring Event Calendar

Oct. 31 is the deadline to submit events for the 1998 spring calendar. If possible, include photographs and any details about the events. The calendar will be ready for distribution by Jan. 5. All students, faculty, and staff will receive a copy. Send information by e-mail to Bennettm or to the Activities and Leadership Center office in the University Union, Room 214. If you have any questions, call ext. 3827.

Art and Theatre Production

The Department of Art and Theatre will present Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Toward the Somme by Frank McGuinness Oct. 23-25 at Thalian Hall. The play follows eight volunteers of the 36th (Ulster) Division from the beginning of WWI through the battle of the Somme on July 1, 1916. For more information, contact the Department of Art and Theatre at ext. 3440.

Staff Vacancy Announcements

The following are vacant staff posititions with application deadlines:

09-006 Police Officer I, Oct. 31; 98-034 Office Assistant IV, Oct. 17; 98-047 MIS Systems Liaison, Oct. 17; 98-050 Graphic Designer, Oct. 17; 98-051, Office Assistant IV, Oct. 17; and 98-052 General Utility Worker, Oct. 24.

Additional information is available in the vacancy announcement distributed Fridays, the UNCW Jobline at ext. 3791 or the human resources website at www.uncwil.edu/hr. The state application can be downloaded from this website.

Project HOPE

Project HOPE is a federally-funded grant program that focuses on identification, assessment, networking and education regarding physical and emotional aspects dealing with hurricanes. Two one-hour sessions, from 9 to 10 a.m. and 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., will be offered on Oct. 23 in the University Center Ballroom. To register, call ext. 3274.

Welcome

Please welcome the following new employee:

Sheryl Donaldson, printing services.

Midnight Madness

UNCW kicks off its pre-season basketball drills Oct. 17 during "Midnight Madness" at Trask Coliseum. The men's and women's basketball teams will take the floor at 12:01 a.m. Oct. 18. Also there will be an appearance by Charlotte Hornets mascot Hugo and autograph sessions starting at 5 p.m. in the Trask Coliseum lobby.

Chancellor's Student Hours

The chancellor will hold student hours from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Oct. 16 and 10 to 11 a.m. Oct. 24 in Alderman Hall, Room 110.

The Campus Communique is UNCW's weekly faculty/staff newsletter. It is published every Thursday. The deadline for Communique submissions is noon, Tuesdays. E-mail submissions to Communique, send faxes to 962-3847 or mail to 108 Alderman Hall. Phillip Brown can be contacted at ext. 7223.

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