September 1, 1998

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Calendar now online

The 1998-99 Calendar of Deadlines is posted on the Bradley home page. Select general information and then calendar of events.

calendar/deadlines.html.

Lydia Moss Bradley, founder of Bradley University, was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame on July 11. President John Brazil accepted Mrs. Bradley's medal from Lyn M. Bedell, president of the Hall of Fame board of directors, during the induction ceremony held in Seneca Falls, New York (right). Mrs. Bradley was one of 21 women inducted into the Hall of Fame this year. Her selection was based on her accomplishments in founding the University as well as her achievements in business and philanthropy. For more information about the Hall of Fame see www.greatwomen.org.

Mergen nominations due

Faculty and staff are invited to nominate a Bradley employee for the Francis C. Mergen Memorial Award for Public Service. The award, given each year on Founder's Day by the Central Illinois Bradley Alumni Chapter, was established by friends of the late Dr. Mergen, a member of the Bradley faculty.

Nominations should be returned to the Office of the President, Swords Hall, no later than 5 p.m. on September 18. Nomination forms are available in the Alumni Office.

Briefs available by email

Bradley news briefs are now available to faculty and staff via email from the Office of Public Information. Get the Bradley headlines first. To subscribe to the free service, send your email address to mkc@bradley.

Bradley ranked 6th in America's Best Colleges

Bradley University was ranked 6th among midwest regional universities in rankings released August 21 by U.S. News & World Report. The rankings appear in the magazine's 12th annual America's Best Colleges. In addition, Bradley was ranked 7th in the midwest region on U.S. News' list of best college values.

"Once again, we are pleased to see that Bradley is recognized as one of the top institutions of higher education in the country," said Dr. Scott Friedhoff, Associate Provost for Enrollment Management. "We are

particularly pleased that more and more people are becoming aware that Bradley is truly a 'best value.' To move from 11th to 7th position in one year says volumes about Bradley's academic strength and affordability."

The best values rankings were devised to provide a realistic measure of where students can get the best education for the money. They relate the cost of attending an institution to its quality. The rankings are available on U.S News Online at www.usnews.com.

No t e w o r t h y

Dr. Nancy Sherman, assistant professor of education, "All Individuals Deserve Support: Collaborating to Prevent HIV/AIDS Among Homeless Youth," HIV/AIDS Education Conference in Honolulu, June.

Professional Activities

Dr. Kyle Dzapo, assistant professor of music, is the recipient of the 1998 Henry Pindell Slane College of Communications and Fine Arts Faculty Achievement

Articles

development, and Lori A. Russell-Chapin, associate professor and chair of the department of educational leadership and human development, "Creating a Culture of Diversity Management: Moving from Awareness to Action," Business Forum.

Chapters

Dr. Helja Antola Robinson, assistant professor of education, "Empowerment: Links to Teachers' Professional Growth" in Promoting Teachers' Personal and Professional Growth.

Papers and presentations

Mahmoud Basraoui, graduate student in the department of electrical and computer engineering and technology, "Wideband, Planar, Log-Periodic Balun," co-authored with Dr. S. N. Prasad, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering and technology, IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium in Baltimore, June 1998.

Dr. Himat Batra, associate professor of computer science and information systems, "Performance Modeling in Operating Systems Course Using Stochastic Petri Nets," at the 12th annual Midwest Computer Conference at Purdue University, March 1998.

Dr. June Pilcher, assistant professor of psychology, and Michael Coplen of the Department of Transportation, Volpe Center, "The Effects of Shorter-than 24-hour Work/Rest Cycles on Sleep and Alertness in Locomotive Engineers," North American Rail Alertness Partnership, April 1998, Calgary.
Dr. Joan Sattler, dean of the College of Education and Health Sciences, chaired the conference planning committee for the HIV/AIDS Education Conference in Honolulu in June and chaired several conference sessions. The conference was co-sponsored by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and AACTE.

Dr. Edgar Chapman, associate professor of English, three essays on the fiction of Robert Penn Warren, Beecham's Popular Fiction.

Dr. Kee Y. Foo, assistant professor of civil engineering and construction, "Adapting Superpave Technology to Design of Hot Recycled Mixes," co-authored with Privthi S. Kandhal, Journal of Testing Evaluation, Volume 26, No. 3, May 1998.

Dr. Heather Fowler-Salamini, professor of history, "Decentering the 1920s: Socialismo a la Tamaulipeca," Mexican Studies/Estudios Mexicanos, August 1998.

Dr. Lisa Gardner, Gerald D. Stephens chair in risk management and insurance, review of "Litigation Management," Journal of Risk and Insurance, Spring 1998; and "Changing Attitudes About Insurance through Education," co-authored with Ellen Thrower, president of the College of Insurance, and James Barrese, Arthur Goerlich professor and director of graduate studies at the College of Insurance, CPCU Journal, Fall 1998.

Dr. Heather Fowler-Salamini, professor of history, has won a Fulbright-Garcia Robles Senior Teaching/Research Grant to begin September 1. She will teach a graduate seminar on the historiography of the Porfiriato at Veracruz University in Xalapa, Veracruz, and will conduct research on gender in Veracruz coffee production.

Dr. Lisa Gardner, Gerald D. Stephens chair in risk management and insurance, will serve as an accreditation evaluator for the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools.

Dr. Donna Konradi, assistant professor of nursing, served as the commencement speaker at Saint Francis Medical Center College of Nursing graduation ceremony. The address, "Nursing's Unique Contributions to Health Care," was presented May 9.

Dr. Kerry Walters, associate professor of music, recently sang the soprano solos in Mozart's Requiem with the Galesburg Community Chorus and the Bruckner Te Deum at Western Illinois University with the WIU symphony orchestra and combined choirs.

Dr. James R. Lumpkin, dean of the Foster College of Business Administration, "Sources of Generalized versus Issue-Specific Dis/Satisfaction in Service Channels of Distribution: A Review and Comparative Investigation," co-authored with Rajiv P. Dant and Mohammed Y. A. Rawwas, Journal of Business Research, Vol. 42, May 1998.

Dr. Iqbal Shareef, professor of manufacturing, "Machinability of As-Compacted P/M Parts: Effect of Material Chemistry," co-authored with Senthil Rajagopalan, Gerry Gegel, and Keith Boswell from Caterpillar Inc. SAE Technical Paper #980635, SAE International, February 1998.

Dr. Charles R. Stoner, McCord professor of executive management

New computer training lab opens

Work of John Paul Caponigro featured in exhibit

The digital and traditional photographs of artist and writer John Paul Caponigro are featured in an exhibit in the Heuser Art Center. Caponigro, whose work is exhibited nationally, will be on campus October 1 to give the Bunn Lecture in Photography at 7 p.m. in the Global Communications Center. The exhibit will close October 9.

Caponigro teaches at the Maine Photographic Workshops; Santa Fe Photographic Workshops; the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston; Palm Beach Photographic Workshops; the Center for Photography at Woodstock; and the International Center for Photography in New York. He is a featured columnist for Southwest Photographic, View Camera, and Camera Arts magazines. In 1993, as part of a year-long residency at the Center for Creative

Imaging in Camden, Maine, Caponigro began working digitally. The digital platform has become a meeting place for the variety of disciplines he practicesdrawing, painting, calligraphy, and a number of traditional and alternative photographic processes. Born in Boston and raised in Santa Fe, he studied photography with his father, Paul Caponigro, and has had several apprenticeships with other artists. He attended Yale University and the University of California at Santa Cruz, earning his B.A. in both art and literature in 1988. The lecture is sponsored through the generosity of Bradley alumni Jacob and Lorrie Bunn.

The Bunn Lectureship, established in 1988, has brought eminent photographic artists and photojournalists to campus for student workshops and public lectures.

The Division of Continuing Education and Professional Development will offer a variety of non-credit computer classes in a new training lab in the CampusTown shopping center.

Courses offered this fall include Java, C++, Visual Basic, HTML-Website Design, and more. Other classes will be developed to fit the needs of corporate clients. The lab is also available for rental by qualified groups.

The new lab features two servers, Microsoft Windows NT and UNIX; 16 computer workstations; an instructor's workstation and projection system; full Internet access; a laser printer; and overhead projector.

Bradley offers courses for its accelerated master's degree in computer science in the new lab.

Tapestry opens theatre season

Carole King remains the most prolific female songwriter of the century having produced award-winning songs from the 1950s through the 1970s. Now her work lights up the Bradley University Theatre stage with Tapestry, A Musical Revue Based on the Music of Carole King.

Opening the 1998-99 season with a general admission preview on Thursday, September 10, at 8 p.m., shows continue on September 11, 12, 18, and 19 at 8 p.m., with a 7:30 p.m. curtain on September 17 and a matinee on Sunday, September 20, at 2:30 p.m. Ticket information is available by calling 2650.

Tapestry features a student ensemble performing more than 30 of King's songs. Numbers include Up On the Roof, Natural Woman, One Fine Day, I Feel the Earth Move, Jazzman, and You've Got a Friend.

Pamela Hill is guest director for the production. She has taught, acted, managed, and directed in the theatre

profession. Among her favorite experiences are working at Actors Theatre of Louisville and attending the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London.

Conference remarks

The full text of presentations given by President Brazil and Provost Liberty at the University Conference are posted on the web site at

pubinfo/Conference.html

Facilities guide

Faculty and staff are reminded that a guide to University Facilities appears on the Bradley web page. The guide was prepared to assist faculty, staff, and students as they plan programs and events to be held in University facilities. The guide contains the names and numbers of persons who can assist with room reservations, food service, and other items.
pubinfo/FacilitiesGuide

Ca m p u s C a l e n d a r

Performing Arts

September

10-12 Tapestry, a Musical Revue, Hartmann Center, 8 p.m.*

13 Faculty Recital, Dr. Kerry Walters, voice, Dingeldine Music Center, 3 p.m.

13 Tapestry, a Musical Revue, Hartmann Center, 7:30 p.m.*

18 Olin Quad Concert (Bradley Bands) Olin Quad, 3 p.m.

18-19 Tapestry, a Musical Revue, Hartmann Center, 8 p.m.*

19 Gospelfest (Gospel Choir) Olin Quad, noon

20 Tapestry, a Musical Revue, Hartmann Center, 2:30 p.m.*

20 Music Scholarship Cencert Series, Marcia Henry, violin, Dingeldine Music Center, 3 p.m.*

Lectures

October

1 Dr. Douglas North, Pulitzer Prize Winner, Baker B51, 7 p.m.

1 John Paul Caponigro, Bunn Lectureship in Photography, Global Communications Center, 7 p.m.

Events

September
26 Mid-America's Book and Paper Fair, Exposition Gardens, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.*

Athletics

Soccer

September
12 Eastern Michigan, 3 p.m. (Becker Park)

Women's Tennis
September
20 Chicago State, 10 a.m. (Peoria Racquet Club)

Men's Tennis
September
20 Chicago State, 1:30 p.m. (Peoria Racquet Club)

Galleries

through October 2
Harold Linton: A Survey of Works
Hartmann Center Gallery
Hours: Mon.-Fri., noon-4 p.m.

Figurative Speaking
Global Communications Center

through October 9
Photos by John Paul Caponigro
Heuser Art Center

Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Important Dates

October
1 Founder's Day

2-4 Homecoming

*admission will be charged

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For additional information call
The Scoop Line 677-3366
Cultural Events Box Office 677-2650
Athletic Ticket Office 677-2623
or visit the Bradley web site
pubinfo/TodayBU

Entertainment

September

13 Shuckey Duckey, comedian (ACBU) SC Ballroom, 10 p.m.