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• Enrollment Shows Biggest Single-Year Increase in 12 Years
• Learning About President Carter Firsthand
• EKU Alumni, Friends Invited to Homecoming 2003
• EKU to Host Lieutenant Governor Candidate Forum
• Future Teachers Get Hands-On Science Education
• EKU Presents Sherwin-Williams with First Employer of the Year Award
• Phi Beta Lambda Shines at Fall Leadership Conference
• Barak Will Be Spring 2004 Visiting Scholar
• EKU Marks Disabilities Awareness Month with Several Activities
• Klotter Receives Clark Award
• EKU Family of the Year
• RAAC Partners with EKU for Special Needs Art Classes
• Moving Forward Together: EKU Family Portrait
| | Fall enrollment figures represent the largest single-year increase in 12 years at the University. |
As of Oct. 1, 15,754 students are enrolled at EKU, up 5.8 percent from last year. After several years of declining enrollment in the latter 1990s, this marks the University’s third consecutive increase.
“We are delighted that more and more students are recognizing the value of an EKU education,” said President Glasser. “I believe these recent increases can be directly attributed to the quality of our academic programs and faculty as well as a renewed University-wide commitment to serving students and putting them first in all we do.”
The University reports significant increases in minority students, first-year freshmen, transfers and residential housing, as well as improvement in retention and six-year graduation rates.
At the same time, the average ACT scores for entering first-year students has increased from 19.3 to 20.2.
Also, in a survey of 2002-03 freshmen, 74 percent indicated that EKU was their first choice and almost 90 percent said they would “definitely recommend” Eastern to others.
“We have stepped up our marketing efforts for recruiting,” Glasser said, “but our best advertisements are our students and our graduates. When they’re happy with us, they tell their friends, and we’re seeing the results of that.”
| | David Johnson and Tina Messer were among the students who had a chance to chat with former President Jimmy Carter during a class field trip to Plains, Ga., on Sept. 27. Sixteen members of the POL 342 class taught by Dr. Kendra Stewart spent Sept. 26 at Carter's presidential library and museum in Atlanta before traveling to his hometown to meet with America's 39th commander in chief. (Public Relations Photo by Charlie Vance) |
| | Eastern Kentucky University graduates, their families and other friends of the University are invited to the Richmond campus Oct. 17-18 for Homecoming 2003. |
Thousands are expected for an event full of floats, football, family fun and fellowship.
“Eastern is fortunate to have so many loyal alumni and friends,” said Dr. Skip Daugherty, executive director of the University’s Alumni Association. “It’s always exciting to see them back on campus to reconnect with their friends and the University.”
Activities get under way Friday, Oct. 17 with a College of Justice & Safety Golf Tournament at Gibson Bay at 9 a.m. For more information about the tournament, call 622-6523 no later than Oct. 8. Also on Friday, the Department of Earth Sciences will host a cookout for alumni and friends at 5 p.m. on the front lawn of the Roark Building. Reservations should be made by calling 622-1273 or by e-mail to earthsciences@eku.edu.
Activities on Saturday, Oct. 18, include the annual Homecoming Race and Parade at 11 a.m. along the traditional Lancaster Avenue-Main Street route. For race entry information, call 622-1244. To register an entry in the parade, call 622-1260.
At noon, the Department of Technology will hold its annual cookout. The cost is $10.50 per person; for more information, call 622-3232 by Oct. 13. The Department of Family and Consumer Sciences will host a free Homecoming Brunch from noon to 1 p.m. in the Moss Living Center in the Burrier Building. For more information, contact Kathy Schieve, 622-3445. The Department of Agriculture will host its annual cookout at the Carter Building after the parade. Reservations should be made by Oct. 17 with Teresa Long, 622-2228 or teresa.long@eku.edu.
The largest tailgate party on campus, the Colonel Country Fair, follows from noon to 2:30 p.m. in the Alumni Coliseum Parking Lot. The fair will feature carnival booths, entertainment and a variety of foods on- and off-campus vendors and restaurants. In addition, numerous campus departments and organizations have scheduled reunions at the fair, as well as throughout the weekend at various locations.
At 3 p.m., the Colonels will take on Ohio Valley Conference rival Southeast Missouri at Roy Kidd Stadium. The coronation of a Homecoming king and queen will be held at halftime. Game tickets may be reserved by calling the EKU athletic ticket office at 622-2122, or toll-free in Kentucky, 1-800-262-7493, ext. 2122, or by visiting www.athletics.eku.edu.
For more information about other Homecoming activities, contact the Alumni Relations Office at 622-1260 or, toll-free in Kentucky, 1-800-262-7493, ext. 1260.
| | Democrat Charlie Owen and Republican Steve Pence will participate in a Lieutenant Governor candidate forum on EKU's campus on Wednesday, Oct. 15. |
Owen and Pence will field questions from panelists and audience members during the event, which begins at 8 p.m. in the Student Services Building Auditorium. The forum, co-sponsored by the Center for Kentucky History and Politics and the Student Government Association, is open to the public. A parking lot behind the building is accessible from the Alumni Coliseum lot.
Dr. Paul Blanchard, executive director of government relations at EKU, will serve as moderator. The panel will consist of Dr. Libby Fraas, Department of Communication; student Erin Michalik, chief of staff of the Student Government Association; and Richmond Register reporter Jodi Whitaker.
Prior to the forum, the SGA will sponsor a reception in the lobby of the Student Services Building.
| | Cristin Putnam of Nicholasville, left, Amy Nestor of Louisville, Pat Price of Lexington, and DeWayne Russell of Somerset were among the future middle-school teachers learning to identify birds in an Oct. 3 workshop held by Dr. Melinda Wilder at Maywoods.
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| |  EKU recently presented its first Employer of the Year award to the Sherwin-Williams Company.
“Sherwin-Williams has a great reputation on campus and has been an employer of choice for many of our students throughout the years,” said Laura Melius, director of the Division of Career Services. “Students find that Sherwin-Williams offers them not just a first job out of college, but a lifelong career with a solid Fortune 500 company.
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“They have worked hard on campus, not just hiring our students, but developing and maintaining a relationship with the University community,” Melius said. “This includes participating in career events, speaking to classes, meeting with faculty and maintaining a presence on campus, even when the economy was down and their hiring needs were not as great.
“Sherwin-Williams is a wonderful example of how organizations contribute to the success of our students.”
Sherwin-Williams employs 33 Eastern graduates according to Kevin Ryan, human resources manager.
“We get a lot of outstanding employees from EKU,” Ryan said. “We seek individuals with a strong work ethic, good communication skills and solid academic preparation. Not every school will produce graduates with this good a fit.”
Ryan saluted EKU’s leadership efforts to bring colleges and employers together.
“We’ve received outstanding cooperation at EKU since we started coming to the Richmond campus in 1971,” Ryan said. “We’ve gotten to the point where we’re working with friends on a first-name basis. They know what we’re looking for and they try to accommodate us.”
In cooperation with the University’s Division of Cooperative Education, Sherwin-Williams also employs EKU co-op students and interns. Many go on to full-time employment.
“Eastern does a good job following up with students to make sure they’re getting meaningful experience,” Ryan said.
Gladys Johnson, director of EKU’s Division of Cooperative Education, said, “Sherwin-Williams has been an outstanding advocate for our Cooperative Education Program as well as our state and regional professional organizations.”
President Glasser presented a commemorative Employer of the Year plaque to company officials. A plaque recognizing all Employer of the Year honorees will be displayed between the Career Services and Cooperative Education offices on the fourth floor of the Student Services Building.
| | Eastern’s chapter of Phi Beta Lambda (Professional Business Leaders) excelled at the 2003 Kentucky PBL Fall Leadership Conference Sept. 26-27 in Louisville. |
The chapter was awarded First Place in the “Battle of the Chapters” competition where it competed on knowledge about Phi Beta Lambda and FBLA. Members of the winning team were Honors Program student and finance major T. J. Phillips, management major Crystal Nichols, and marketing and psychology major Amber Land.
Phillips received first place in the individual “Battle of the Chapters” exam and Nichols placed in the Top 10. Both participants earned the title of “PBL Knowledge Master.”
“The conference was a wonderful learning experience,” said Phillips. “Participants learned more about being a member of Phi Beta Lambda but, more importantly, learned skills that would help them succeed as future professional business leaders.”
The EKU chapter also had the highest attendance at the conference of all PBL chapters in Kentucky.
“The conference gives students a time to network with other schools, form friendships, and get excited about being a part of Phi Beta Lambda,” said Dr. Marcel Robles, Eastern’s PBL adviser.
Phi Beta Lambda is the collegiate level of FBLA-PBL, a national organization of more than 250,000 students. EKU’s chapter was established in 1970 and is dedicated to the education and professional development of future professional business leaders.
| | Dr. Gregg Barak will be the first Distinguished Visiting Scholar with Criminal Justice and Police Studies in the College of Justice and Safety this spring. |
Barak will teach two seminars during the Spring 2004 sememster, participate in the University’s Chatauqua Series on war and peace, and headline the spring Justice and Safety Distinguished Lecture Series.
The College, a Kentucky Program of Distinction, initiated the Distinguished Visiting Scholar program to enhance the scholarship provided to students and Kentucky citizens in the area of criminal justice and social justice. Barak, widely recognized by his peers, was chosen to be our first scholar because of his outstanding contribution to the concept of social justice through his many articles, lectures and books.
| | EKU is blessed with 500 students who have identified themselves as having disabilities. Some of the disabilities are visible; others are hidden.
In order to heighten awareness campuswide about those disabilities, EKU is planning several events in October in observance of Disabilities Awareness Month.
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“Many people don’t think about disabilities unless they are impacted,” said Teresa Belluscio, assistant director of the Office of Services for Individuals with Disabilities. “In the general population, one of out of 10 people have some form of impairment as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act.
The month-long observance includes Disabilities Awareness Day on Thursday, Oct. 16, a special presentation by ADA State Coordinator Norb Ryan on Wednesday, Oct. 22, and several other programs, displays and demonstrations. The campus community and public are invited to all the activities.
“This observance fits with the students-first mission of our University,” said Dr. Marlene Huff, director of EKU’s Social Work Program and chair of the ADA Awareness and Accessibility Committee. “All people have abilities, and we need to remind each other that diversity does not mean less able or less valued. It simply means different.”
Disabilities Awareness Day will be Thursday, Oct. 16, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. outside the Powell Building (or in the Powell Lobby in the event of rain). The annual campus event will include informational displays and simulations of disabilities so others can see the challenges those with disabilities face.
The complete schedule of the month’s activities follows:
Oct. 1-31
Libraries Disabilities Book Display
Crabbe Library entrance lobby and Grand Reading Room
Thursday, Oct. 16
Disabilities Awareness Day
Powell Square weather permitting, if inclement weather Powell Building Lobby
9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
Tuesday, Oct. 21
Brown Bag Lecture Series
“Exploring Hidden Disabilities on Campus”
Speaker: Ms. Teresa Belluscio, Assistant Director of the Office of Services for Individuals with Disabilities.
Powell Building, Jaggers Room
Noon
Wednesday, Oct. 29
“The Letter and the Spirit of Disability Law in Post Secondary Education”
Speaker: Dr. Kim Naugle, Associate Chair of the Counseling & Educational Leadership Department
Powell Building, Jaggers Room
Noon
“How Technology Can Assist College Students with Disabilities”
Ms. Jean Kalscheur, Associate Professor of Occupational Therapy and Bob Cunningham, Assistant Professor of Occupational Therapy
Student Services Building, Room 364
Noon
Wednesday, Oct. 22
Special Awareness Speaker
“An Overview of Employment Rights for Individuals with Disabilities”
Norb Ryan, State ADA Coordinator
Student Services Building Auditorium
10:15-11:15 a.m.
Friday, Oct. 24
Deaf University
Powell Building, Jaggers Room
Building, simulations to show challenges faced by deaf individuals on a college campus.
9 a.m.-1 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 29
“Trail of Technology”
Disabilities Office Open House
Demonstrations of assistive technology that “levels the playing field so everyone has an equal chance to succeed,” said Huff.
Student Services Building, Room 361, Disabilities Office
10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
“How Technology Can Assist College Students with Disabilities”
Jean Kalscheur and Bob Cunningham, Ocupational Terapy Fculty
Student Services Building, Room 364
Noon
“The Letter and the Spirit of Disability Law in Postsecondary Education”
Dr. Kim Naugle, associate chair, Department of Counseling and Educational Leadership,
Powell Building, Jaggers Room
Noon
Blue ribbons will be passed out to all campus offices and at Disabilities Awareness Day.
For more information about Disabilities Awareness Month at EKU or about services available to those with disabilities, call 622-2933 or visit access.eku.edu.
| | Thomas D. Clark, state historian laureate, right, presented the EKU Center for Kentucky History and Politics' Clark Award for Excellence in Kentucky History to Dr. James C. Klotter, professor of history at Georgetown College and the State Historian of Kentucky, on Oct. 8. Klotter was on hand to speak at a program sponsored by the Center. |
|  Dr. James Conneely, vice president for student affairs at Eastern Kentucky University, left, and EKU President Glasser, right, offered congratulations to the Beall family from Dayton, Ohio, on being named the 2003 EKU Family of the Year. EKU students were asked to nominate their families for the award by submitting an essay to Student Affairs. During an awards ceremony at halftime of the Oct. 4 EKU-Samford game, Conneely and Glasser recognized, left to right, John Beall; Vanessa Beall, a forensic science major who wrote the winning essay; and Madeleine and Ian Beall. (Public Relations Photo by Charlie Vance) | |
| | The Richmond Area Arts Council is working with EKU Occupational Therapy students this fall to offer a series of arts and crafts classes for special-needs persons in the community throughout October. |
The class activities will be multi-sensory and multi-motor focused, but are open to everyone. Classes are free and will be held at the Arts Center, located on 399 West Water Street.
One session will be especially for special needs children, ages 5-12. The classes will be held Oct. 14, 21 and 28 from 4-5 p.m. The fun fall activities for children will be focused on gourd painting, fall trees, scarecrows and candy corn.
Adult arts and crafts sessions will be held Oct. 16, 23 and 30 from 10-11 a.m. These classes will be open to ages 18 and up. Activities for adults will include making key chains, flower pots, clay pot wind chimes and Halloween crafts.
RAAC invites individuals to attend all four sessions for each specific age group, but it is not necessary. Please call RAAC at 624-4242 for more information or to register for a class.
|  Marianella Machado, Visiting Assistant Professor in Spanish | Learn more about EKU faculty and staff and their part in moving EKU forward. |
Marianella Machado
Visiting Assistant Professor in Spanish
How long have you been in this position?
Since the beginning of this semester, last Aug. 20.
What’s the most rewarding part of your job?
Teaching a foreign language brings me the opportunity to help people expand their sensitivity, knowledge and understanding about foreign cultures. That's a nice reward to me.
If you weren’t doing this job, what would you like to be doing?
I have two degrees: one is a Doctor of Musical Arts in Music Composition and the other is a Ph.D. in Hispanic Literature. I would probably like to be teaching Music Theory or conducting an ensemble.
What did you do before coming to EKU?
I was teaching at the Catholic University in my home city.
Where were you born?
In Caracas, Venezuela.
How long have you been in the States?
A little bit over 14 years, approximately. I lived five years in Bloomington, Ind., from 1981 until 1986. Then I went back home for three years. I came back to the U.S. in 1989. I lived nine years in Cincinnati from 1989 until 1998. After that, I lived five years in Caracas from 1998 until last August 2003, when I moved to Richmond.
What do you miss most about your home country?
The weather and the tropical fruits.
What is your favorite place to vacation?
Los Andes, in Venezuela.
What are your hobbies and interests?
Besides music and literature, I love art. I like to collect children's drawings.
If you could travel back in time to any place or occasion, what would it be?
Paris, 1912.
What is your favorite food?
Salads and desserts.
What is in your CD player at home right now?
Suite 1 and 2 for Solo Violoncello by Benjamin Britten.
The Kentucky statewide orientation directors meeting will be hosted this year by the EKU Office of First Year Programs. Approximately 40 directors will be on campus Nov. 21 for the National Orientation Directors Association one-day workshop. The American Criminal Justice Association/Lambda Alpha Epsilon will sponsor a clothing drive on Sunday, Nov. 2, to benefit the needy in Third World countries. Items such as clothing, light jackets, towels, belts, purses, shoes, linens, sheets and curtains (no heavy snowsuits or snowshoes) should be placed in plastic garbage bags and dropped off in the Alumni Coliseum parking lot, next to the football stadium, between noon and 5 p.m. ACJA/LAE will work with the American Recycling Company to distribute the clothing and linens to those in need. The American Recyling Company will contribute money toward the ACAJ/LAE national conference trip, based on the amount of clothing collected. For additional information, call 623-4998 or 625-1687 or visit www.acjalae.org. Dr. David Coleman, assistant professor of history, is the author of a new book focusing on Christian-Muslim relations in early modern Spain. “Creating Christian Granada: Society and Religious Culture in an Old-World Frontier City, 1492-1600” has already garnered considerable praise by scholars in the field, said Heidi Steinmetz Lovette, publicity manager for Cornell University Press, which will publish the book in November.
The new work provides a detailed examination of a critical episode in Spain's march to global empire. The city of Granada--Islam's final bastion on the Iberian peninsula--surrendered to the control of Spain’s “Catholic Monarchs” Isabella and Ferdinand on Jan. 2, 1492. Over the following century, Spanish state and Church officials, along with tens of thousands of Christian immigrant settlers, transformed the formerly Muslim city into a Christian one.
 Chief Justice of the Kentucky Supreme Court Joseph E. Lambert was recently on campus to teach an EAD 828 School Law and Ethics class at the invitation of Dr. Bill Wesley, course instructor. The Chief Justice spoke on the Kentucky Court System and related Kentucky Revised Statues to a group of 17 students in three different locations via the Kentucky Telelinking Network. Students not only heard a two-hour lecture, but were able to participate in a question and answer session with Lambert. “ I was thrilled at the opportunity to hear from an individual who had the experience, knowledge and background in the court system of a Supreme Court Justice," said Ed Rhodus, a student in the class. "His presentation made the law less abstract for me.”
 Two EKU Housing professionals received awards at the annual Kentucky Association of Housing Officers conference Oct. 2-3.
Angela Lemke, the graduate assistant in Telford Hall, was selected as outstanding graduate assistant for the 2002-03 academic year. Tamara Stephens, Palmer Residence Hall coordinator, received honorable mention for the outstanding new professional award.
"Most, if not all, of Kentucky's Colleges and Universities compete for these awards," said Helen Grace Ryan, associate director of University Housing. "We were fortunate enough to be selected for two of them."
Monday, September 29, 2003 - Friday, October 24, 2003 Robert Fry, sculpture, and Neil Jussila, painting, Giles Gallery, Campbell Building, call 622-8135 for Gallery hours.
Monday, October 13, 2003 No classes; University offices closed.
Tuesday, October 14, 2003 "Weapons of Mass Destruction," Eric Welling, FBI supervising agent, 6:30 p.m., Posey Auditorium, Stratton Building, sponsored by the Departments of Government, Loss Prevention and Safety, Chemistry and Criminal Justice Training, the Forensic Science Program and the Chautauqua Series.
Wednesday, October 15, 2003 8 p.m., Alumni Coliseum. Student tickets on sale (limit of 4 per student) for $12 each in the Powell Building. For general admission tickets ($18), call TicketMaster at 859-281-6644 or visit www.ticketmaster.com. Presented by EKU Student Activities Council.
Wednesday, October 15, 2003 8 p.m., Brock Auditorium.
Thursday, October 16, 2003 "Wars Last Forever: The Grim Legacy of the Vietnam War," Robert Topmiller, 7:30 p.m., SSB Auditorium, part of yearlong lecture series on war and peace.
Thursday, October 16, 2003 “Wrongful Conviction and Public Policy,” Dr. Ron Huff, dean and professor of criminology, law and society, School of Social Ecology, University of California, Irvine, 3:30 p.m., Room 434, Stratton Building, part of the Justice & Safety Distinguished Lecture Series.
Thursday, October 16, 2003 Dr. David Saladino, Director of Choral Activities, will host EKU's first Fall Choral Festival featuring up to 25 high schools who each will send four singers. The festival will include all day rehearsals of five festival choral works, a master class for selected members of the festival chorus and a workshop for teachers hosted by vocal coordinator Hunter Hensley and Vertrelle Mickens, Patrick Newell and Joyce Wolf of the EKU voice faculty. The visiting choristers will also receive a tour of the EKU campus. The day’s finale concert, at 7 p.m. in Gifford Theatre in the Campbell Building, is free and open to the public. The concert will feature brief performances by two outstanding regional guest high school choirs—the South Laurel High School Chorale, directed by Mark Felts, and the Model Laboratory School Women’s Ensemble, directed by Senica Taylor and two outstanding high school soloists who participated in the morning vocal master class. The EKU University Singers will also perform at the evening concert.
Saturday, October 18, 2003 EKU vs. Wittenberg, 1 p.m., Intramural Fields.
Sunday, October 19, 2003 Chris Lunsford and Jason Dye, 8 p.m., Gifford Theatre.
Tuesday, October 21, 2003 8 p.m., Brock Auditorium.
Tuesday, October 21, 2003 "Aside from Obvious Economic Benefits, Does College Education Have Any Other Value?" with speakers Dr. Laura Newhart, Dr. Ron Messerich and Dr. Bonnie Gray, and moderator Dr. Patrick Nnoromele, 7:30 p.m., Adams Room, Wallace Building.
Wednesday, October 22, 2003 "Carbon Flux Through Karst Aquifers," Joe Meiman, 4:40 p.m., Roark 205.
Wednesday, October 22, 2003 Kerry Evans, 8 p.m., Gifford Theatre.
Thursday, October 23, 2003 Nathan Combs, 8 p.m., Gifford Theatre.
Tuesday, October 23, 2003 “Criminal Bodies,” Dr. Nicole Rafter, College of Criminal Justice, Northeastern University, 3:30 p.m., Room 434, Stratton Building, part of the Justice & Safety Distinguished Lecture Series.
Friday, October 24, 2003 EKU vs. Tennessee State, 7 p.m., Paul McBrayer Arena.
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