Kathleen Conver, Editor
Linda Yoder, Public Information Assistant Summary is a newsletter for Bradley University faculty and staff.
(309) 677-2242; fax 677-2251; mkc@bradley.edu
The University has announced the appointment of Dr. Stanley R. Liberty as
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs.
Dr. Liberty, who began his duties with Bradley this month, has been associated
with the University of Nebraska - Lincoln since 1981 serving as Professor
of Electrical Engineering, Dean of the College of Engineering and Technology,
Interim Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, and Associate to the Vice
Chancellor for Research.
In 1995, he joined Transcrypt International, a manufacturer of secure communications
products, in a part-time position as director of advanced research and planning.
He also has served as a director of two small corporations.
"Bradley offers an exciting new academic environment and administrative
leadership challenge," said Dr. Liberty. "I am eager to begin
contributing to Bradley's continuing advancement as its Provost."
Previously, Dr. Liberty held faculty and administrative positions at Texas
Tech University and Old Dominion University and conducted National Science
Foundation, NASA, and Office of Naval Research sponsored research.
In Nebraska he served as science and technology advisor to two governors,
and represented the state on the Science and Technology Council of the States,
a working group of the National Governor's Association. He also was appointed
to the Nebraska Industrial Competitiveness Alliance by Nebraska Governor
Ben Nelson in 1993.
A native of Maine, he holds bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees in
electrical engineering from the University of Notre Dame. After receiving
his baccalaureate degree from Notre Dame in 1965, he became a design engineer
for the Naval Facilities Engineering Command, and in 1966 worked as a civilian
on a voluntary assignment in South Vietnam.
'King's Dream' is subject of January 29 talk
"King's Dream: Are you awake?" will be the subject of an address
on January 29 by Cheryl Brown Henderson and Linda Brown Thompson, the children
of the late Oliver Brown, plaintiff in the 1954 Supreme Court case: Brown
v Board of Education.
The Multicultural Student Services office will sponsor the presentation
as part of the University's annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration.
The presentation will begin at 7 p.m. in the Student Center ballroom and
is free and open to the public.
Ms. Henderson and Ms. Thompson, as spokespersons for Brown v Board of Education,
were featured in a documentary on the Supreme Court, have appeared on numerous
news broadcasts, and have extensive public speaking experience at universities
and national and community groups and organizations. They are co-owners
of Brown & Brown Associates, an educational consulting firm, and have been
recipients of various awards and recognition for work in education and community
service. They, along with other participants in the Brown cases were invited
to the White House in 1994 for a reception hosted by President and Mrs.
Clinton in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Their personal story brings
this historic case to life in a presentation which is informative and motivational.
Black History Month
Lectures, performances, art and poetry readings are among the scheduled
events for Black History Month in February.
Highlights include a lecture by former ambassador and presidential candidate
Alan Keyes, two theatrical performances, two evenings of literary reviews,
and an African American cultural arts festival.
An exhibition of African American Art, sponsored by the NAACP, will be presented
in the third floor gallery of the Library throughout the month. For a complete
schedule, contact the office of Multicultural Student Services on ext. 2646.
www.bradley.edu/events
Scholastic Art Exhibition
The galleries of the Heuser Art Center and the Hartmann Center for the Performing
Arts will showcase the work of junior and senior high school students in
February.
The exhibition of the 1998 Central/Northwestern Illinois Region Scholastic
Art Awards Competition, sponsored by Bradley University with support from
Dick Blick Art Materials, will open February 2 and continue through February
22. www.bradley.edu/events
N o t e w o r t h y
Awards & Grants
Dr. James Lumpkin, dean, Foster College of Business Administration, recently
received the Outstanding Reviewer Award in Marketing for 1997 for the Journal
of Business Research. Dr. Lumpkin is a past marketing editor for the publication
and currently serves on the editorial review board.
Articles & Chapters
Dr. Edith Baker, lecturer in English, "Cultural Diversity Breeds Tolerance
in the Multiversity," Multicultural Prism: Voices from the Field, J.Q.
Adams and J.R. Welsch, ed., Macomb: Western Illinois University Press.
Dr. Gregory Guzman, professor of history, "The Testimony of Medieval
Dominicans concerning Vincent of Beauvais," Lector et compilator: Vincent
de Beauvais, frère prêcheur un intellectuel et son milieu au
XIIIe siècle, edited by Serge Lusignan and Monique Paulmier-Foucart,
University of Nancy II and University of Montreal Presses, 1997.
Dr. Jean Jost, professor of English, "Ambiguous Brotherhood in the
Friar's and Summoner's Tales," Masculinities in Chaucer: Approaches
to Maleness in the Canterbury Tales and Toilus and Criseyde, Peter G. Beidler,
ed., Cambridge: D.S. Brewer.
Dr. Richard Hansen, assistant professor of theatre arts, "Filling Seats
and Handling Intro to Theatre Students," Theatre Management Journal,
December 1997.
Dr. James Lumpkin, dean, Foster College of Business Administration, "Retirement
Housing and Long-Term Health Care: Attitudes of the Elderly," co-authored
with Drs. Karen Martin Gibler and George Moschis, Senior Housing, Winter
1998.
Dr. Sandra Perry, associate professor of business administration, and Dr.
Ross Fink, associate professor of operations management, "Doe v. City
of Belleville: Should the Employer Differentiate Between Horseplay and Same-Sex
Sexual Harassment?", Labor Law Journal, December 1997.
Steven Tippett, assistant professor of physical therapy, "Lower Extremity
Injuries in the Young Athlete," Orthopaedic Physical Therapy Clinics
of North America, December 1997.
Papers & Presentations
Dr. Jeannette Davidson, assistant professor of family and consumer sciences,
"Nutritional screening and body composition in the frail elderly: a
critical appraisal of anthropometric methodology," Nutrient and Energy
Metabolism in the Elderly: Basic Mechanisms and Integrative Physiology,
a national symposium, University of Vermont, September and "Nutrition
screening in the frail elderly: a critical appraisal of anthropometric methodology
in the clinical setting," the American Dietetic Association annual
meeting, Boston, October.
Dr. Edgar Chapman, associate professor of English, "Alternate History:
Science Fiction Gimmick or Serious Fabulation," International Conference
on the Fantastic in the Arts, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, March.
Janet Lange, executive director, Division of Continuing Education and Professional
Development, "Continuing Education: A Growing Trend," Council
for Advancement and Support of Education, District 5, December.
Professional Activities
Dr. Linda Anglin, professor of nursing, received recertification as a Gerontological
Nurse by the American Nurses Credentialing Center. Recertification required
1,500 hours of clinical practice, 75 hours of continuing education and demonstration
of active participation in the care of elders. Some 30 hours of offering
continuing education, inservice and staff training also was required.
Dr. Jeannette Davidson, assistant professor of family and consumer sciences,
presided over a roundtable session, "Applying the New Accreditation/Approval
Standards: Redesigning Didactic Programs in Dietetics for Future Practice
Roles," at the Dietetic Educators section of the American Dietetic
Association, Boston, October.
Dr. Kenneth Kolb, professor of chemistry, emeritus, was a tour speaker for
the American Chemical Society in December, giving presentations on "Glass:
Its Many Facets," in Orlando, Lakeland, Tampa, and St. Petersburg,
Florida.
Job Fair is February 5
The Smith Career Center will host its 10th annual Multicultural Job
Fair on Thursday, February 5, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Student Center.
More than 120 employers, including CEFCU, Caterpillar Inc., the Federal
Bureau of Investigation, Hughes Aircraft Co., the Peoria Journal Star, State
Farm Insurance, and the U.S. Customs Service, will be represented. In just
two years the fair has doubled in size, according to Jane Linnenburger,
executive director of the Smith Career Center.
The purposes of the fair are to assist employers diversify their workforce
by identifying top minority candidates, attract graduating students for
full-time positions and identify candidates for co-op, internship, and summer
positions, and to inform undergraduates of career opportunities.
The Center also will sponsor career seminars on Wednesday, February 4 from
6 to 7 p.m. at several locations on campus covering engineering options,
selling ideas and products, and careers in music, art, and public relations.
Faculty, students and alumni are invited to attend. www.bradley.edu/scc
Kentucky Cycle playwright on campus
Playwright Robert Schenkkan, winner of the 1992 Pulitzer Prize in Drama
for The Kentucky Cycle, will visit Bradley for two days and give a public
lecture on Thursday, February 5, at 7:30 p.m. in the Meyer Jacobs Theatre
of the Hartmann Center. Admission is free.
His topic, "Taking The Kentucky Cycle to Broadway, or What a Long Strange
Trip It Was," marks the first of three events sponsored by Bradley
University Theatre prior to its production of The Kentucky Cycle, opening
April 1. The exciting drama, presented in two parts, covers 200 years of
American history in nine one-act plays and has a total running time of more
than six hours. Tickets go on sale March 2, with additional opportunities
to purchase tickets immediately following theatre arts department panel
discussions in February and March.
Although Schenkkan's work as an actor makes him easily recognizable to the
general public, particularly his appearances in "Star Trek--The Next
Generation," he has built a reputation as a playwright and screenwriter.
Heaven on Earth won the 1989 Julie Harris/Beverly Hills Theatre Guild Award,
participated in the Eugene O'Neill Playwright's Conference, and premiered
Off-Broadway at the WPA Theatre. Final Passages premiered at the Studio
Arena Theatre, and Tachinoki, which premiered at the Ensemble Studio Theatre
in Los Angeles, was designated a Critic's Choice by the LA Weekly. Schenkkan
has also written several one-act plays, including "The Survivalist,"
which premiered at the Humana Festival sponsored by Actors Theatre of Louisville,
and went on to the Ensemble Studio Theatre Marathon in New York, Canada's
DuMaurier Festival, and the Edinburgh Festival, where it won the "Best
of Fringe" Award.
But his masterpiece is The Kentucky Cycle, the only play in history to win
the Pulitzer Prize without first having appeared on Broadway. The play took
years to develop. It was awarded the largest grant ever given by the Fund
for New American Plays and had its world premiere in 1991 at the Intiman
Theatre in Seattle, where it set box office records. In 1992, it became
the centerpiece of the Mark Taper Forum's 25th anniversary season and went
on to win the LA Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play. The next year
saw it produced at the John F. Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. and, finally,
on Broadway, where it was nominated for a Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics
Circle awards.
As a screenwriter, Schenkkan has written for Oliver Stone, Denzel Washington,
Ron Howard, and Kevin Costner, for whom he has adapted The Kentucky Cycle
as a three-part mini-series for HBO.
Gospel Music Fest
The Multicultural Student Services office will host a Gospel Music Festival
in conjunction with the University's Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration.
The festival will be held January 31 at 5 p.m. in the Student Center ballroom.
Keith Butler and the Delegation for Christ Chorale of Chicago, two soloists,
two local choirs and the Bradley University Gospel Choir will perform.
