Campus Communique

Distinguished Visiting Professor First Recipient of International Arbuzovs Prize

Distinguished Visiting Professor Louis D. Quin of the Department of Chemistry at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington is the first recipient of the International Arbuzovs Prize. Quin received the award from Vice Prime Minister I. K. Khairullin of the Tatarstan Republic of Russia during a ceremony September 11 at Kazan State University. Named in honor of Russian chemists Alexander and Boris Arbuzov, the award recognizes Quin's 47 years of work in research and teaching organic phosphorus chemistry. While serving as a visiting professor at UNCW for the fall semester, Quin is studying organophosphorus compounds in lower marine animals. While phosphorus compounds mainly exist in these animals as derivatives of phosphoric acids, Quin is studying phosphorus compounds that have combined with carbon. He said these lower marine animals, such as sea anemones and mollusks, are relatively rich in this "unusual" type of phosphorus compound. Quin taught at Duke University for 30 years, chairing the university's chemistry department from 1970-76. He retired as James B. Duke Professor of Chemistry in 1986. Following his retirement, Quin taught at the University of Massachusetts, serving as chair of the chemistry department from 1986-94. A special organizing committee of scientists from Russia, Poland and Switzerland selected Quin for the award, given by the Arbuzov Institute. Dr. Quin called the institute "the world's premier research facility for organic phosphorus chemistry." The Arbuzovs, father and son, were pioneers in the field of organic phosphorus chemistry. According to Quin, research by the Arbuzovs served as background for other researchers in the later development of insecticides and herbicides, petroleum additives and other uses. He added that one field of organic phosphorus chemistry research currently involves the use of phosphorus compounds in the development of anti-AIDS medication.

Guided Tour to Begin at Bellamy Mansion

Public History Program Initiates African-American Heritage Tour Oct. 4

The UNCW Public History Program has published a brochure marking the first African-American Heritage Trail in Wilmington, a city the brochure calls "one of the most historically-significant African-American cities in the United States." The brochure was researched and written as part of a Community Studies class of the Public History Program under the direction of Margaret Mulrooney, formerly on the history faculty at UNCW and now at Marymount University in Arlington, Va. It was published by the Division for Public Service and Extended Education and the Chancellor's Office. The tour is also the first of its kind based on Mulrooney's contacts with the N.C. Historic Sites office of the Department of Archives and History. "In general, the history of African-Americans, women, working people and immigrants is not offered to the public," Mulrooney commented. "This bias is changing, but only slowly, so African-American tours (especially the published kind) are very few and far between." The product of extensive historical research, the brochure identifies 17 sites that Òspan more than two centuries and range from the homes of ordinary people to national historic landmarks. The 17 points of interest. . . highlight the contributions of Wilmington's black citizens to this city's collective heritage." The Public History Program will offer its first African-American Heritage tour at 10 a.m. Oct. 4 at the Bellamy Mansion. Everyone is invited to attend this guided tour featuring four of the 17 sites identified as being of particular significance to African-American history. Mulrooney will attend the event and make a presentation during the opening activities.

Announcements

Wilmington College Reunion

The UNCW Alumni Association is sponsoring a Wilmington College reunion Oct. 17 and 18. A reception honoring retired Wilmington College faculty and members of the Order of Isaac Bear will be held 7 to 9 p.m. Oct. 17 at the Wise Alumni House. A sock hop will be held from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. Oct. 18 at the Center Stage Cafe. Tickets for both events are $19.47 per person. Call 251-2682 by Oct. 15 to RSVP.

Women's Studies Meeting

Anyone who has taught or would like to teach a course for the women's studies minor is invited to an informal meeting of current participating faculty at 5 p.m. Oct. 17 at the home of Janet Ellerby. For more information, call ext. 3764.

Alumni Golden Tour in Jacksonville

The UNCW Alumni Association continues its Golden Alumni Tour tonight at the Jacksonville Country Club, 2201 Country Club Road, Jacksonville. The tour is one of several ways the Alumni Association is celebrating the university's 50th anniversary. It will include stops at six cities in North Carolina and Virginia, giving alumni an opportunity to celebrate UNCW's growth and progress since the doors of Wilmington College opened in 1947. Nearly 700 UNCW alumni live in Onslow County and the Jacksonville area and have been invited to the event which will begin at 6 p.m. with a social hour and cash bar. The dinner will begin at 7 p.m. followed by the program featuring the video "Promises Made, Promises Fulfilled"; a talk by UNCW alumnus Ron Choate '72; greetings from Kevin Jacques, vice chancellor for University Advancement; and comments from representatives of the Seahawk Club and UNCW Office of Admissions. There will also be door prizes and special giveaways throughout the evening.

Alumni Association Seeks Nominees

Each year the UNCW Alumni Association sponsors two awards to honor individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the university and the community. The awards are presented during Homecoming festivities. The Alumnus/a of the Year Award is open to all who attended and/or graduated from Wilmington College or UNCW. The Distinguished Citizen Award is open to anyone for notable service to the university and the community. In 1997 the awards were presented to two couples. John Manly '70 and Caroline Smith '73 Pollard were named Alumni of the Year, and Lillian and Leslie Boney were recognized with the Distinguished Citizen Award. Nominations for both the alumni association's 1998 Golden Alumni Awards can be made by writing a letter of recommendation to the UNCW Alumni Association Board of Directors. Specify the award category and describe why you think the nominee merits the award. Include the nominee's name, address, daytime telephone number and work place. Letters should be mailed to Patricia Corcoran, UNCW alumni relations director, Wise Alumni House, 1713 Market Street, Wilmington, N.C. 28403. Additional information can be obtained by calling the alumni office at 251-2682 or 1-800-596-2880. Deadline for nominations is Nov. 24.

Art and Theatre Production Set

The Department of Art and Theater's first production for the 1997-98 season is Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme by Frank McGuiness. Performances will be Oct. 23-25 at Thalian Hall's Main Stage. The production is the story of eight boys from Northern Ireland sent to France during World War I to fight at the Battle of the Somme. Tickets are $8 for general admission, $4 for faculty and staff and free for UNCW students with valid ID.

Third Annual UNCW Jim Humphries Memorial Golf Tournament

The UNCW Triad Alumni Chapter invites everyone to play in the Third Annual Jim Humphries Memorial Golf Tournament noon Oct. 4 at Greensboro's Longview golf course. Tournament proceeds will benefit a scholarship for a UNCW student in memory of Jim Humphries. Humphries, SGA president from 1989-90, died on July 3, 1995, after a battle with brain cancer. For more information about the tournament, contact Bret Kinney at 910/643-2008 or Wes Ward at 910/282-6118.

Wellness Safari

The Wellness Safari had more than 800 participants attend. More than 30 community and campus organizations sponsored an exhibit with a safari theme. Student votes determined the following winning exhibitors: Most Educational, (three-way tie) School of Nursing, Crossroads/Substance Abuse Prevention and Education Program and the Writing Place; Most Creative, The Learning Center; Most Interactive, Spiritual Wellness from United Christian Campus Ministry; Most Inviting, Ecological Concerns Organization; and Best in Show, Crossroads/Substance Abuse Prevention and Education Program.

Bookstore Bosses Day Special

In celebration of Bosses Day Oct. 16, the bookstore will deliver a custom-designed 9-inch cake for your boss, along with one Bosses Day balloon and two latex balloons for $15. Or, the bookstore will deliver a bosses day mug filled with eight ounces of selected favorite jelly bellys and one bosses day mylar balloon and two latex balloons for only $9.95. For early morning delivery place your cake orders prior to Oct. 10. Call ext. 4021 or ext. 3054 to order.

Coastal Educational Technology Conference and Vendor Fair

The Consortium for the Advancement of Public Education (CAPE) in the Watson School of Education is sponsoring "Surfing for Solutions, Strategies and Successes" Oct. 9 and 10 in King Hall. This Coastal Educational Technology Conference and Vendor Fair will feature more than 70 sessions presented by educators. Keynote presenters include Tim Fleck, author of HyperStudio for Terrified Teachers and Caroline McCullen, creator of the award-winning Midlink Magazine. Vendor exhibits will be held in the University Center Ballroom and will be open to the public. For more information concerning the conference, contact Wendy Marshall at ext. 7287.

Wilmington in Black and White

"Wilmington in Black and White" is a series of Thursday evening conversations being sponsored by the Philosophy and Religion Department and the Division of 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 "Woodward's Burden of Southern History" featuring Melton McLaurin and Fred McRee. The October 9 topic is "Race Issues in Police Work" with Terry Gandy and Ricky Simpson. Attendance is free. To pre-register call ext. 3195.

Candidates Forum

The City Council and Mayoral Candidates Forum will be at 7:30 p.m. October 2 in the University Center Ballroom. Faculty and staff are invited to attend this SGA-sponsored event.

Spring International Travel

Faculty requests for financial help with international travel for spring 1998 are due by October 15 in the Office of International Programs. Forms are available from departmental chairs or by calling international programs at ext. 3685.

Fiftieth Fact

Student organizations have played an important role in campus life throughout Wilmington College and UNCW history. Familiar academic groups including the Dramatic Club and the Accounting Club were mixed in with such unusual organizations as the Pen Pushers, the Out-of-Town Club, the Cotillion Club, the Archery Club, and the Isshinryu Karate Club. Today more than 130 student organizations enhance student life.

Focus on Faculty and Staff

Khoon Koh, HPER, in coauthorship with Nancy Gladwell of UNC Greensboro had their book chapter "Commercial Recreation in N.C." published in Introduction to Leisure Services in North Carolina, edited by Paul L. Gaskill. Also, Koh and coauthors, Ute Jamrozy of Appalachian State University and Heather Gibson of UNCG, had their book chapter "Tourism in N.C." published in Introduction to Leisure Services in North Carolina.

Robert Wicklund, CMSR, received funding for his project "Redirection of Funds from West Coast NURC to UNCW NURC."

Lawrence Cahoon, biological sciences, received funding for his project "South Brunswick Water and Sewer Authority Storm Water Quality Monitoring Program."

Lynda Rolfes, music, attended a master class held at New York University conducted by violin pedagogue Dorothy Delay of the Julliard School. Rolfes was one of four performers in the master class that had 28 participants representing Schools of Music and string programs nationwide.

N. Samuel Murrell, philosophy and religion, published "Hermeneutics as Interpretation and the Caribbean Student: Part 1" in BINAH a journal of religious and cultural issues published by the Caribbean Graduate School of Religion.

Arthur Spivack, earth sciences, co-authored the papers, "Stable Cl Isotopes" and "The Origin of High-Chlorine Magmas of the Stillwater Complex, Montana" in the journal, Geology, and "Boron Isotopic Geochemistry of Carbonates and Pore Waters, Ocean Drilling Program Site 851" in Earth and Planetary Science Letters. He also co-authored the presentation "Stable Chlorine Isotopic Compositions of Normal and Enriched Type Mid-Ocean Ridge Basalts" at the RIDGE/NORDVULK meeting in Iceland.

Michelle Howard-Vital, vice chancellor for public service and extended education, and Maurice M. Martinez, specialty studies, have co-authored an empirical study, research analysis and future-oriented, interactive text Entering School Leadership. This book, published by Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co., is recommended for teachers to engage in self-assessment regarding their role in educational leadership.

Lee Schweninger, English, had his essay "Irony and the Balance of Nature in Mathews's Talking to the Moon" published in Sail: Studies in American Indian Literatures. In his book Mathews recalls the ten years he spent living in a cabin on the blackjack ridges in Oklahoma.

William J. Cooper, chemistry, presented an invited paper "The Application of High Energy Electron Beam Irradiation in Pollution Control: An Overview And Research Needs" at a symposium on radiation chemistry in the physical chemistry section at the 214th American Chemical Society National Meeting held in Las Vegas, Nev. September 7-11. Additionally, Cooper co-authored the paper "Dye Decolorization Using Fe2+ and High-Energy Electron Beam Irradiation" that was presented at the Ninth Emerging Technologies Symposium, Division of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry of the American Chemical Society, held in Pittsburgh, Pa.

Andrew Hayes, specialty studies, received funding for his project "Research on Family Literacy."

Patricia Kelley, earth sciences, received funding for her project "Escalation and the Role of Mass Extinction in the Cenozoic Evolution of the Naticid Gastropod Predator-prey System."

Official Notices

Self Defense Classes

University police is offering two three-week self defense classes for women called Rape Aggression Defense (RAD). The classes will be from 7 to 9:30 p.m, Tuesdays and Thursdays Oct. 14-30, and Mondays and Wednesdays Nov. 3-19. To sign up for either class, contact university police at ext. 3184.

Board of Trustees Meeting

The regular quarterly committee meetings of the UNCW Board of Trustees will be held Oct. 7. The full board meeting will be at 8:30 a.m. Oct. 8 in Wagoner Hall's Madeline Suite. The Business Affairs Committee will meet at 8 a.m. Oct. 7 in Alderman, Room 211. The Academic Affairs Committee will meet at 10 a.m. Oct. 7 in Alderman, Room 215. The Long Range Planning Committee will meet at noon Oct. 7 in Trask Coliseum's Golden Hawk Room. The University Advancement Committee will meet at 2 p.m. Oct. 7 in the University Center, Room 104. The Student Affairs Committee will meet at 2 p.m. Oct. 7 in Alderman, Room 215.

Events on the Web

Information placed on the Facility Management System (FMS) can be accessed on the UNCW homepage. On the main menu select News and Events. On the News and Events menu select Events. A calendar will appear that you can "surf."

Flu Shots

Flu shots will be available to faculty and staff from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Oct. 13-17 at the Student Health Center in Westside Hall. The cost is $10. No appointment is necessary. For more information, call ext. 3280.

Chancellor's Student Hours

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

UNCW-TV Mission

UNCW-TV, under the auspices of the Division for Public Services and Extended Education, shares the university's educational and cultural resources with the service region by providing quality educational, cultural and unique television programming to our viewing audience. Anyone interested in having a class or original program videotaped and edited for broadcast on UNCW-TV, contact Michelle R. Howard-Vital, vice chancellor for the division at ext. 4138. Anyone interested in having your event videotaped only, not for broadcast, contact telecommunications.

Randall Library Fall Break Schedule

Randall Library will observe the following schedule during fall break: 7:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. Oct. 8; 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Oct. 9; 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 10; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Oct. 11; and 1 p.m. to midnight Oct. 12.

Student Paychecks

Effective Oct. 15 student payroll checks will be in student post office boxes. The payroll checks will not be distributed at the cashierÕs office. Call ext. 3538 with any questions.

Cellular Discount 360û

Communications will offer permanent UNCW employees discounts on some equipment and service. The discount rate plan will be $16.95 with 60 minutes of local airtime. All equipment and service purchases must be made through 360û account executive Ann Downing. 360û Communications representatives will be on campus from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 6 and 7 in the University Center Ballroom and from 1 to 5 p.m. October 8 and 9 in the University Center, Room 104. For more information, call Gia Todd Long at ext. 3920.

Staff Development

Come Sign with Us - Part III, 2 to 3:30 p.m. Thursdays, September 4 to November 20.

Yoga, noon to 1 p.m. Wednesdays through November 25.

Budget Procedures, 9 to 11 a.m. October 7.

Business Etiquette, 2 to 5 p.m. October 13.

Supervision for Managers and Professionals, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. October 22 and 23 and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. October 24.

Interaction Management, 8:30 a.m. to noon October 27-31.

Please refer to the Staff Training and Development Booklet for registration information or call ext. 3274. To register for computer classes, call ext. 4357.

Welcome

Please welcome the following new employees: Donnie Autry and Jennifer Judah, university police; Wendy Larimer, SBTDC; Oscar New, printing services; and Kathleen Williams, biological sciences.

"Heart Walk"

The American Heart Association will hold its annual "Heart Walk" Oct. 25 at Wrightsville Beach Park and Recreation area. Dan Cameron is the honorary chair for the walk. Registration beings at 9 a.m., and the walk begins at 10 a.m. Funds raised by this event benefit research to prevent heart disease and stroke. Anyone interested in walking or sponsoring a walker, contact Jeanne Harmon, recruiter for the walk at ext. 3406 or e-mail HarmonJ.

Book Sale

The Friends of New Hanover County Public Library is sponsoring a book sale Oct. 2-4 at the main library basement, 201 Chestnut St.

Biology Seminar

David Padgett, biological sciences, will present the seminar "A Tale of Two Kingdoms" at 2 p.m. Oct. 3 in the new Science Building, Room 103.

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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