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
Zoologist, author, and Darwinist Richard Dawkins will discuss Universal
Darwinism in a lecture at Bradley on Thursday, March 5 at 7:30 p.m. in the
Student Center ballroom.
Dawkins is widely known for his best-selling books, The Selfish Gene and
The Blind Watchmaker, which won both the Royal Society of Literature Award
and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in Science. In 1995, be became the
first to hold the Charles Simonyi Chair of Public Understanding of Science
at Oxford University.
His name is often linked to Darwin's as a leader of the "ultradarwinists"
who believe in gene selection as the basis of evolution. His latest book,
Climbing Mount Improbable, celebrates improbability as the engine that drives
life.
Dawkins was born in 1941 of British parents in Kenya, and was educated at
Oxford University. After two years as an assistant professor at the University
of California at Berkeley, he returned to Oxford.
The lecture, sponsored by the Bradley University Intellectual and Cultural
Activities Committee is free and open to the public.
Central Illinois author is Visiting Writer at Bradley
The English Department will sponsor an evening of poetry and prose with
Jeff Gundy as part of its Visiting Writers Series on Wednesday, February
25 at 7:30 p.m. in the Wyckoff Room of the Cullom-Davis Library. The event
is free and open to the public.
Gundy, who grew up in Central Illinois, traces his Mennonite ancestry in
his autobiographic work, A Community of Memory, published recently by the
University of Illinois Press.
MVC Alumni Event
The St. Louis Area Bradley Alumni Chapter will sponsor a party at SchmeeZing's
Scoreboard (across from the Kiel Center) during the Missouri Valley Conference
Tournament February 27-March 2 in St. Louis. The time and date will be posted
at the Marriott Pavilion, Bradley's tournament headquarters, or call the
Alumni Office on ext. 2240.
www.bradley.edu/alumni
WCBU event tomorrow
A wine tasting party to benefit WCBU will be held tomorrow at 7 p.m. at
Weaver Ridge Golf Club on Charter Oak Road. Call Lee Wenger on ext. 2340
for reservations.
www.bradley.edu/wcbu
...Noteworthy...
Articles & Chapters
Dr. Hong Cheng, assistant professor of communication, "'Holding Up
Half of the Sky'? A Sociocultural Comparison of Gender-role Portrayals in
Chinese and U.S. Advertising," International Journal of Advertising,
Vol. 16, No. 4, 1997; "Can We Report on the Real China? Enormous Social
Change Sweeping Asian Giant Largely Ignored by Media as They Focus on Conflict,"
Quill, the Society of Professional Journalists' national magazine, December
1997.
Dr. Kalman Goldberg, distinguished professor of economics, with F. V. Gretchnikov
and A. Solovov, "Social and Economic Issues in Modern Russia, A Distance
Learning Course," Proceedings of the International Academic and Scientific
Conference, March 1997, Ministry of General and Professional Education of
the Russian Federation and the Scientific Research Institute of Mathematical
and Informational Basics of Education of Novosibirsk State University.
Dr. Claire-Lise Tondeur, professor of French, "Spécularité
destructrice: mère et fille dans La femme déserte de Bernadette
Richard," Romance Languages Annual 1996, Vol. VII, Purdue Research
Foundation, 1997.
Dr. Christine Villani, assistant professor of education, book review of
Teachers and the Law (4th edition), Law Notes, Education Law Association,
January 1998; "The Interaction of Leadership and Climate in Three Urban
Schools, ERIC, December 1997.
Papers & Presentations
Stacie Bertram, assistant professor of physical therapy, "The Internet
and Problem Based Learning in Physical Therapy Education: Applications for
Classroom Instruction," American Physical Therapy Association combined
sections meeting, Boston, February 1998.
Dr. Christine Villani, assistant professor of education, "Search and
Seizure and Tort Liability," Edison Middle School, Pekin, January 1998.
Professional Activities
Dr. Edward Lamoureux, associate professor of communication, completed an
interactive CD-ROM training program, Demonstrate the Difference: Professional
Public Speaking--Effective, Efficient, Engaged, for Caterpillar Inc. with
program/product co-designer Josh Richards, an advertising major working
on the project as part of the course, Advanced Multi-Media, taught by Howard
Goldbaum, associate professor of communication. The CD contains some of
Ed's speech pedagogy and Speech Team member Ryan Morris is featured in performance
throughout the CD.
Dr. Paul Gullifor, assistant professor of communication, was one of 75 faculty
members nationwide selected to participate in a faculty-industry seminar
sponsored by the International Radio and Television Society Foundation in
New York February 18-22.
Dr. Ibrahim Nisanci, professor of engineering and director of research and
sponsored programs, participated in the review panel to evaluate Instrumentation
and Laboratory Improvement proposals in Washington, D.C. at the invitation
of the National Science Foundation. He also presented "Modeling of
Flexible Manufacturing Systems Pallet/Fixture Contention Rules" and
chaired a session on "Production Systems Applications" at the
Computer Simulation Conference, Arlington, Virginia.
Global crime is subject of lecture March 3
Arnaud de Borchgrave, senior advisor at the Center for Strategic and International
Studies in Washington, D.C., will speak on "Global Organized Crime:
Is America Safe?" on Tuesday, March 3 at 6:30 p.m. in the Student Center
Marty Theatre at Bradley University. The event, sponsored by the International
Affairs Organization, is free and open to the public.
Mr. de Borchgrave has been Newsweek magazine's chief foreign correspondent
and senior editor, covering world news events since 1950. He is the recipient
of the Best Magazine Reporting from Abroad Award, the Best Magazine Interpretation
of Foreign Affairs award and the George Washington Medal of Honor for Excellence
in Published Works. He was editor-in-chief of the Washington Times and
Insight magazine from 1985 to 1991, and has written several best-selling
books, including The Spike, an investigation of KGB operations in the Western
media and Minimbo, which dealt with Cuban-sponsored international terrorism.
Mr. de Borchgrave directs projects on global organized crime at the Center
for Strategic and International Studies and is a member of the Council on
Foreign Relations.
Feminist to speak
The Women's Studies Program will sponsor "The Shoulders We Stand On:
An Illustrated Talk about Women's History," to be presented by Louise
Bernikow on Tuesday, March 24 at 7 p.m. in Neumiller Lecture Hall. The
event is co-sponsored by the Intellectual and Cultural Activities Committee.
Ms. Bernikow, a leading feminist, is the author of five books, including
Among Women and The World Split Open. Her most recent book, The American
Women's Almanac: An Inspiring and Irreverent Women's History, was published
by Berkeley/Putnam in association with the National Women's History Project.
Ms. Bernikow was one of the founders of the University Seminar on Women
and Society at Columbia University and Women Writing Women's Lives at the
City University of New York.
She was a nationally recognized journalist in the 1980s, writing a monthly
book column in Cosmopolitan, being a contributing editor at Savvy and publishing
in numerous popular magazines. She has been a consultant to 60 Minutes
and NBC News, as well as a guest on many national television talk shows.
Ms. Bernikow's presentation, based on her latest book, traces how women
of all races have, individually and together, challenged narrow definitions
of womanhood, and in doing so, changed history. Accompanied by slides taken
from more than 250 rarely seen photographs and illustrations, the presentation
compresses historical information gathered from more than 30 years of research
in a down-to-earth and often humorous way.
Other related Women's History Month events in March, sponsored by various
campus organizations, include a Common Ground-sponsored conference, "Gay
Expectations," featuring Candace Gingrich on March 8 from 11:30 a.m.
to 5:30 p.m. in the Student Center Ballroom, and the third annual poetry
recital sponsored by the Bradley Feminist Alliance on March 31 at 7:30 p.m.
in the Student Center Ballroom. A complete list appears on the Women's Studies
website.
www.bradley.edu/las/wms/events.html
Kentucky Cycle panel
A second panel discussion on Bradley's upcoming production of Robert Schenkkan's
The Kentucky Cycle, will be held on Tuesday, March 3, at 7:30 p.m. in the
Meyer Jacobs Theatre of the Hartmann Center.
The panel, "When History Becomes Entertainment," will be moderated
by Dr. Richard Hansen, assistant professor of theatre arts. Issues to be
discussed include revising or re-interpreting real events for a popular
audience, dramatizing historical figures in literature, and balancing fact
and fiction on the stage and screen.
Participants include Dr. John Brazil, president; Dr. James Ballowe, professor
of English; Dr. Timothy Conley, associate professor of English, and Paul
Kassel, assistant professor of theatre arts. Admission is free.
The Kentucky Cycle opens April 1 in the Meyer Jacobs Theatre of the Hartmann
Center. Tickets will be sold for parts I and II as a unit for $15 for adults
and $5 for students. For tickets and availabilities, call the Box Office
on ext. 2650.
