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& College of Arts Sciences University of North Carolina at Wilmington Spring 2001 Cemetery Preservation Thepublichistoryprogramof vegetation,andvandalism the Department ofHistory has stress fragile materials," assembledacommunity saidDr. Virginia Stewart, coalitiontodevelopmaster directorofpublic historyat UNCW. preservationplansforWilmington's premiere Victorian cemeteries - Leaders from Oakdale Oakdale and Pine Forest. and Pine Forest endorsed a Founded in 1852, Oakdale consultationbynationally Cemetery is the first picturesque knownpreservationplanner cemetery in North Carolina, while the and conservator, Lynnette adjoiningPine ForestCemetery Strangstad, authorofA Graduate student Cyndi Cunningham, Stewart and (charteredin 1869)isWilmington's Graveyard Preservation Strangstad at Oakdale Cemetary principal African-Americanburial site. Primerand the National Trust ofRepose," on the historical and Linkedhistoricallyandgeographically information booklet. Preservation of cultural significance ofcemeteries at on woodedterrainalongBurntMill Historic Burial Grounds. Strangstad the Cape Fear Museum on Oct. 29"". Creek, they possess exceptional visitedWilmingtoninOctoberfora Local sponsororganizations for cultural significance as sacred preliminary assessment ofcemetery Strangstad'sinitialvisitincludedthe communityplaces,designed conditions and scope ofwork. She led HistoricWilmingtonFoundation,Cape landscapes, and archives ofmemorial apreservation"walk-through" Fear Museum, Lower Cape Fear UNCW art. "Their very age threatens their (including students) on Oct. HistoricalSociety, CapeFearCivil survival,aspollution, severeweather. 28, and gave a slide lecture, "Gardens Continuedonnextpage... Digital Library UNCW researchers received a investigatorand chairofthe alsobe involvedwiththeproject $1.14milliongrantfromthe Department ofChemistry. Assisting workingtocreate instructional National Science Foundation withtheprojectwill beco-investigators materials and catalogue files. tocreate a digital library ofreusable Dr. Jimmy Reeves, associate While otherdigital librariesexist. science and math resources for professor in the Department of Ward said this will be the first major undergraduate education. The grant is Chemistry; Drs. Gabriel Lugo and project toemploy the metadata tagging one ofthe largest ever awarded to the Russ Herman, associate professors system developed by the Instructional university. in the Department ofMathematics and Management Systems sponsored by "This library will help improve Statistics; Dr. Ron Vetter. chair ofthe Educause, a not-for-profit professional science and math education by Department ofComputer Science; and organization whose members work providingcollege instructors Dr. Richard Dillaman, professor in with computertechnology at the worldwidewiththetools todevelop the Department ofBiological Sciences. collegiate level. Eachobject included UNCW better lessons," said Dr. Charles graduate and undergraduate in the library will be assigned an IMS "Dick" Ward, lead project students from these departments will Contimu'donnextpiif;c.... , Dean Remarks 's Eyes on Future Growth The College ofArts and Sciences is establish the new B.F.A. degree really on the move now. Thanks programincreativewritingnextfall toanunusually quiethurricane season, (see related story, p.7), and we will be JoAnn Seiple construction on ournew classroom launching anewundergraduate buildinghasmovedalongnicelywith certificateprogramintechnicalwriting no majorinterruptions, andwe expect and a graduate certificate program in ourDepartments ofSocial Work, Spanish that semester as well. Those CommunicationStudies,Foreign programs maybejoinedby two Languages and Literatures, and ourinstructionalprogramsinart, additional ones, as wehave now PoliticalSciencetobemovinginto theatre, dance, music, creativewriting, submitted ourrequests to establish the their new quarters in July. Those andfilmstudies. Theuniversityis Master'sinPublicAdministrationand chairs are already planning the fall currentlyconductingafeasibility smdy the BachelorofArts in film studies for class schedule aroundthe occupation to determine whetheror not the region BOG approval. We expect to receive ofthe new building, as are those wishes to include alargeperforming full accreditationforourundergraduate whosedepartments will remainin hallfacility inthenew arts classroom degree programin social workthis Morton Hall andthe Social and building. We'rehopefulthatboththe spring andthenwillquicklygettowork BehavioralSciencesBuildingonce auditoriumrenovation andthearts on aproposal to estabhsh a M.S.W. those moves have occurred. All buildingconstructionwillbecompleted programtocomplementit. together, nine ofthe college's 20 within the next five years. Afterthey Most ofthe fall semester was academicunitswillgainmuch-needed are done, we'll be renovating Kenan devotedtocompletionofthedetailed growingroomfromthecompletionof Hall foruse by othercollege programs. self-studyrequiredfortheuniversity's We thisbuilding. are also looking forward to re-accreditation by the Southern Thanks to the voters in this state, renovating King Hall foruse by the AssociationofColleges andSchools in theremaining 11 unitsinthecollege DepartmentofSociologyandCriminal 2002. As dean, I have been gratified will also be able to expand as a result Justice after the Watson School moves to see the impressive developments ofthe $108millionUNCWwillreceive outandintoitsbeautifulnewbuilding, that have occurred in the CAS since innewconstructionandrenovation which will actually bethe nexttobreak our last self-study ten years ago, and I fundingfromthe$3.1 billionbond groundoncampus. Wewillbe amlookingforwardtocontinuingto approved for the state's community renovatingtheSocialandBehavioral work with the department chairs and colleges anduniversities inthe Nov. 7 Sciences Buildingtogivemoreroomto programdirectorsinimplementing election. The first projects for CAS the Department ofPsychology as well. additionalinitiativestobuildonthese will be amassive, much-needed The CAS also continues to grow successes. I'll have more to say about renovation ofKenan Auditorium anda programmatically. The UNC Board of someofthoseinitiativesinthe next brand-new state-of-the-art facility for Governors (BOG) gave its approval to issue. Cemetary Preservation Digital Library ...continuedfromcover ...continuedfromcover WarRoundtable,WilmingtonHistoric metadata tag which will allow amore "Because the database is for UNCW Preservation Commission, precise search, enabling instructors to educational purposes, the userwill Department ofHistory, as well as findmaterialsquicker. have a higher success rate finding privateindividuals. Ward saidthe library wouldinitially materials than searching the entire In November, the National Trust be stocked with objects created at World Wide Web," said Ward. "In for Historic Preservation awarded the UNCW, such as still photos, animation, addition, teachers who use the public history program aPreservation audioandvideoclips, instructional materials have the assurance that the Services Fund grant to continue the modules, anddigital lessons. He added information is accurate because ofthe planningprocess. Strangstadwill thatthe librarycouldeventuallycontain independent review process that each return toWilmington inMarch, 2001 an entire digital course such as objectwill undergobefore itis forfurtherconsultation. Chemistry 101. catalogued." UNCW Internship Anyone? Evan Vetter, an honors student sphere used for filming The Titanic. minoringinfilmstudies, recently As the camera intern Vetter did not go had an extraordinary opportunity - the into theAlvin but assisted the producer chance to be a camera intern on a ofthe documentary, Tom Cole, by researchexpedition in the Gulfof filming footageofthe voyage and Mexico that would go extremely deep interviews with scientists on boardthe in the Gulfand to places no one had Atlantis. ever seen. Vetter started out the voyage as The internship was made available Cole's assistant. "Tom told me from Evan Vetter films aboard The Atlantis byEcologyCommunications, Inc. a thebeginningthathe wouldallowme lot by being a part ofthat producer- Maryland-basedproductioncompany to shoot with the camera equipment, cameraman relationship. I gained that makes documentaries about but we had to feel our way into that. respect for the level at which a environmentaltopics. Sponsored Astonishingly, bytheendofthetripI professional has to work." primarilyby NOAA'sNational was operating the 50bit Sony camera The experience has broadened Undersea Research Program, and and carrying it around the ship. This Vetter's career horizons. "I still want organizedby theprogram's National was alittlenerve-rackingconsideringit to direct amajornarrative film Undersea Research Center at cost more than the car I drive." someday, but I now have a new look at UNCW, the research project entailed Although Vetteris primarily how much fun and how powerful a a voyage on the ship Atlantis and a interestedinnarrativefilmmaking,he documentary can be. Nothing is more series ofdeep-sea dives in the deep learnedhow demanding it is to make a real thanreality itself." watersubmersible,Alvin, thediving documentary film. "I feel I learned a MALS Program With nearly seventy students, the Children Is 'More than a Notion' in Master ofArts in Liberal Wilmington Parent. Doug Kesling Studies (MALS) Program, inonly its has recently co-edited Technical second year, has far exceeded initial MikeWentworth Diving Forum: Assessment and Director projectedenrollmentfigures. Ranging Feasibility' of Technical Diving in age from 23-89, students currently Operations for Scientific enrolled in the program represent a Exploration, Proceedings of the fascinatingdemographic mix,with Sense of Place, Science and American Academy of Underwater disciplinarybackgroundsinEnglish, Pseudoscience, Shamanism, and Our Sciences, and also served as guest psychology,history, sociology,drama, Cultural Heritage through Dance. editorofa special issue ofMarine film, medicine, education,recreation, On a national level, the Association Technology SocietyJournal devotedto business,communications,public ofGraduate Liberal Studies Programs scientificdiving. administration,andphilosophyand has awarded the program associate Future program goals include the religion. membership status, apreliminary development ofa post-masters "Enrollment growth has been requisitetoattainingfull-membership certificate ofadvanced study, the accompanied by an increasing number status. explorationofdistance-learning ofcourse offerings, with five courses Several students in the program initiatives withothergraduate liberal scheduled forspring 2001 and two haveachieved notable recognition in studies programs in the state, and a courses for summer 2001,"said Dr. various areas. Jason Thompson, the graduate liberal studies conference Mike Wentworth, program director. program's first out-of-state student, is that would draw upon the scholarly The interdisciplinary focus ofthe the first recipient of the MALS New activity ofstudentsenrolled in the program is reflected in course titles Scholar Award. Linda MacRae. seven graduate liberal studies such as Relifiion and Sex, Culture together with Dr. Deborah Brunson, programs in North Carolina. Wars and the Origin of Difference, DepartmentofCommunication Studies, For more information about the The Shaping ofAmerica: Cultural published an article Stepnumis and MALS program, contact the Graduate Lxuulscapes and the American Missteps: Raising Other People's School office at910-962-3135. LINOV CAS Alumni... expansionsandacquisitions.These efforts ledtothe acquisition ofThe LearningChannelandthelaunchofthe McLamb Eric company'seducationaldivision,ledby Assignment:Discovery. Healso B.A. English '78 maintainedhisconnectionswith Cousteau,etal.,whileexpanding contactswithnumerousorganizations suchasNationalWildlifeFederation, WorldWildlifeFund,CenterforMarine Research, andmany others. EricMcLamb,anative Englishandcommunicationsskillswith Discovery's early growth days and Wilmingtonian,isproudofhis acareerintelevision. In spring 1982, successhingedon thedevelopmentand timeatUNCW."Icertainlyheld hewashiredintothecorporatedivision marketingofenvironmental theEnglishandcommunicationsfaculty ofTBS as amangerofpublicrelations programming. But as Discoverygrew, inhighesteemandwas abletogain fortheentertainmentdivision.He theenvironmenttooklesspriorityand deeperinsightintothesemanticsoftheir coveredpressrelations forTBS and ultimatelybecamearotatingitemof teachings, notjustthe mechanics ofthe TurnerProgramServices (syndication). interestratherthan acommonthreadof subjects," Eric said recently. "I was Inthisposition,hespearheadedthe itsprogramming. In 1993, Eric left particularlyimpressedwithandfondof corporateandpublicrelationsefforts Discoverytobeginbuildingonhis Dr. JoAnne Corbett, whohelped me forthecompany'senvironmentaland visionforanenvironmentaltelevision understandmoredeeplythemechanics socialprogramsandseries,including networkcalledTheEcologyChannel. ofourlanguage, its structure andhow it servingasaprincipleliaisonwithsuch This vision, which was planted can be most effectively put to use. program producers as Jacques duringEric's tenure atTBS, would Betty Jo Welch taught me how to CousteauandTheCousteauSociety, growtobecomeamultimediacompany analyzewhatIhavelearnedand NationalGeographicSocietyand thatproduces anddistributes effectivelycommunicateitverbally." NationalAudubonSociety. Healso programmingfortelevision,theInternet Aftergraduatinghejoined developedstronginsightsintothe andancillaryvideoplatforms—allof SoutheasternCommunityCollege(SCC) entertainmentindustry,representinga whichfocus on ecology andthe as apublic information officerfortwo numberofTBS' operationsin environment. Today, thatcompanyis years. During this time, he also worked Hollywood. Suchprojectsincluded calledEcologyCommunications,a WW parttimeinproductionat AY-TVin originalsitcoms,colorizationoffilms, divisionofThe J-NetGroup, Inc. His MGM Wilmington wherehewas acamera andTurner's acquisitionofthe visionhasbeenrealizedprimarilybythe operatorforthe 6:00p.m. and 1 1:00 libraryandrelatedassets. support ofhis partners in Boston, Jack p.m. news and as director ofthe In 1987, Eric found an opportunity Hoagland and NettyDouglass, who weekend news. tolearncabletelevisionatthecable hadpreviously servedasthechief In 1980, Eric moved to Greenville, operatorlevelandjoinedWashington, executivesofTheChristianScience SC, where he worked as a field and DC-basedHauserCommunications PublishingSocietyandTheMonitor studioproducer, technicaldirectorand (now Comcast) as vice president of ChannelTelevisionNetwork,among creativeservicesdirectorforlocal CorporateCommunications. In 1988, manyotherrelatedhigh-tech WGGS-TV. This ledtoEric'shiring in Eric followed whatturned out to be a involvements. Together,theyhave the spring of 1981 as a videojockey keycareermove when hejoined successfullybuilttheEcologybrandand (camera, tape playback) atCNN DiscoveryCommunications,Inc. reputationwithinthecable, HeadlineNews,thencalledCNN2. (DiscoveryChannel)asdirectorof environmental,educationalandscientific Within fourmonths atCNN, he became communicationsandlatervice communities,aswell asanestablished atechnicaldirectorandaudioengineer president.AtDiscoveryhespearheaded presence ofthe Internet for the live news broadcasts. thecompany'snationalandinternational (www.ecology.com). But it was exactly a year after he media, press, salesandprogramming Today, he resides in EllicottCity, wenttoCNN Headline Newsthathe development and support efforts, as MD, with his wife. Amy, daughters found theopportunitytocombine his well as the company's coiporate Michelle and Lyndsey, and son Jamie. UNCW " i Dr.Ami E. Wilburrecently joinedthe Depaitmentof Ami Wilbur BiologicalSciencesasan assistantprofessor,delightedtoreturn B.S. Biology '85 to where she got her start as abiologist. Amigraduatedwithaninterestin PatrickGaffney attheUniversityof aquaculturegainedthroughherwork Delaware. Herdissertationresearch, withDr. Larry Cahoon. completedin 1995, focused on the Ami attendedtheUniversityof geneticvariationandreproductive SouthCarolina hopingtogetinvolved biology ofbay scallops. It was there ResearchInstitute, Ami workedwith inshrimpaquacultureresearchgoingon thatshegainedanappreciation forthe thebayscallop. Sheremainsheavily attheWaddellMaricultureCenter.While powerofmoleculargenetictechniques involvedinamulti-agencyeffortto shedidnotworkon shrimp atUSC, she foransweringquestionsthathavelong restore bay scallops to the GulfCoastof didlearnthe insandoutsofalgal plaguedshellfishbiologists. Florida.Thiswilldevelopabetter culture. HerM.S. work atUSC focused While continuing herpostdoctoral understanding ofsteps that mustbe onthebioenergeticsofbivalvemolluscs researchattheUniversityofDelaware taken to produce enhancementefforts andwascompletedunderthedirection she,withcollaborators,usedmolecular thatmaximizethebiodiversity,adaptive ofDr. ThomasJ. Hilbish in 1987. She toolstoresearchwood-boringbivalves. potential,andsustainabilityofrestored remained atUSC fortwo years, Shehopesthesestudieswill leadto populations. culturingbivalvesandfollowingupona better,moreenvironmentallysensitive AtUNCW, Ami has expandedher newlyacquiredinterestinpopulation managementstrategiesforreducingthe research to include projects on oysters, genetics. damagetowharves andpilingscaused crabs and freshwaterbivalves. She is Ami combinedherinterestin bytheseanimals. alsoenjoyingthemanyopportunitiesfor geneticsandbivalveaquacultureinher Recently as a postdoctoral teaching,research,andcollaboration doctoral researchundertaken withDr. researcheratTheFloridaMarine with students andfaculty atUNCW. Dr. Julian R. Keith returned to UNCW aftercompletingthe Julian Keith master's and doctoral B.A. Psychology '83 programsattheUniversityofColorado & B.A. Philosophy Religion '83 atBoulder,wherehespecializedin Honors cognitiveneuroscience.Thisisthe disciplineofpsychologythatseeksto relateprocessesofattention, memory, Julian is alsoaleaderin putting learning,andthinkingtotheunderlying technology intheclassroom. His anatomyandphysiologyofthebrain students are partofa "paperless" and nervous system. andperformacquiredskills. The course where they are in class Now, as an associate professor of knowledgegainedshouldenhancethe interactingwithoneanother, whilealso psychology atUNCW, he hasjust basicunderstandingofthe linkbetween havingtheworldattheirfingertips completed a series ofstudies on the brainandbehaviorprovidingdirection through the Internet. It is thisoverall effects ofheart bypass surgery on forfuture research to improve treatment dedicationtohis students' development neuropsychologicalfunctioninareas ofthose whoexperienceproblems in that is the basis forthe Chancellor's such as attention and memory. He learningresultingfrombrain injuryor TeachingExcellence Awardhereceived hopes this research will increasethe illness. lastyear. understanding ofthe effects ofthis As valuable as this work is Julian is truly a memberofthe UNCW operation,which isperformedannually potentially, italsoplaysacentral rolein family. Hisfather. EdgarKeith. on600.000Americans. He isalso Julian'scontributions as ateacher. He isanalumnusofWilmingtonCollege. participating inaseriesofstudies that heavily involvesundergraduatesinhis His wife. Amy. is a graduate ofthe willexamine howdrugs with known research,solicitingtheirassistancewith history program. Perhaps hischildren, effects on the biochemistry ofthe brain designingthe studiesas well astheir GabrielandAmelia,willcompletethe influencetheabilityofanimalstolearn presentationtothescientificcommunity. circle. IINCNV Faculty GarnerResearch, CurriculumAwards Thirty-twofacultyfrom 14 Santaballa, foreignlanguagesand writing, abook-lengthworkof departments have been awarded literatures;theVirginofGuadalupe; creativenonfiction, "GhostArmy"; CAS summerresearch initiatives or Michael Seidman, history, food, the Christopher Halkides, chemistry, for curriculumdevelopmentinitiativesfor role ofthe state andrevolution; the project "Synthesis ofPhosphonates 2001, while another 18 havereceived Douglas Smith, mathematics and withPossibleAntimicrobial theuniversity'sCahillAwardsto statistics, combinatorics; Robert Properties"; James Johnson and support their research projects. Toplin,history,violenceinmovieand Len Lecci, psychology, assess the Summerresearch initiative award television entertainment; and Renee impact ofexternal constraints onblack recipients and their research topics Vincent, art and theatre, the Super observerpropensity to perceive are: Robert Argenbright, earth 8mm film camera and the Cinema racism; ThomasLankford,biological sciences, the construction of Anamorphic Lens. sciences, for the project "Trade-offs in Moscow's "Third Ring"; Diana Ashe, Curriculumdevelopmentinitiatives theEvolutionofSomatic GrowthRate: English, US Navy'scontroversial went to: Maria Cami-Vela, Alison Field-testingforCostsofRapid retreat from Camp Garcia; Denis Murray, and Oliver Speck, foreign Growth in Estuarine Fish, Menidia Auger, HPER, travel monitoring languages and literatures, new courses menidia"; Michael McCartney, system for the state of NC; Michael forthe critical studies concentrationin biologicalsciences, fortheproject Benedetti, earth sciences, large filmstudies;DonHabibi,philosophy "CloningandCharacterizationof floodsontheUpperMississippiRiver; andreligion, newcoursesforfilm MicrosatelliteLociforGenetic Studies James Blum, mathematics and studies; Robert Hawkins, social ofColor Pattern Morphs in Coral Reef statistics, thevaryingco-efficient work,partnershipwiththepolitical Fishes, Genus Hypoplectrus; John model; Randy Bobbitt, science master's program in public Manock, chemistry, develop amulti- communication studies, theuseof administration; James Herstine, residuemethodforqualitative and publicrelationstechniquesinthepublic HPER, courses in the parks and quantitativeanalyses ofherbicides debate overthe legalizationof recreation management core and usedinregionaltankmix spraying; gambling; C. Sue Combs, HPER, the assessment ofthe leisure services Alison Murray, foreign languages and sport education model; Reid Counts, management option; Alex Sargeant, literatures, forthe project "Quelle sociologyandcriminaljustice,the art and theatre, image database for the France?Ruralism andNationalismin Orangeburg massacre; Michael theatre division; and Gene Tagliarini Jean Benoit-Levy's Cinema"; Mariela Freeze, mathematics and statistics, and Jack Tompkins, computer Shirley,psychology, screenforalcohol specialized Maple software; Douglas science, revisionofcomputer problemsanddepressionincommunity Gamble, earth sciences, identifying architecturecurriculum. health center patients; Michael spatialvariabilityinprecipitationon Cahill Awards will supportthe Seidman, history, fortheproject "Food San Salvador Island; Daniel Guo, researchprojects of: GurAdhar, and Revolution"; David White, mathematics and statistics, numerical computer science, design and test a chemistry, fortheproject"Silicon simulationsofwind-drivencirculations platformforembeddeddigital signal Microchips: An Answerto an in the coastal ocean; Christopher processing; Michael Benedetti, earth Environmental Problem?"; andAmi Halkides, chemistry, signal sciences, for the project "Quaternary Wilbur,biological sciences, genetic transduction; Melody Kyzer, HPER, Environments ofthe Lower Cape Fear evaluation ofendemic freshwater pediatric obesity in the state ofNC; River Valley"; Dale Cohen, mussels ofthe genus Lampsislis in Scott McEIheney, art and theatre, psychology, assess how a person's NC. training seminarontheatricalrigging intuitive senseofthe amount is systems; Sarah Messer, creative associatedwith numerical labels; writing, non-fictionmemoirRed Darwin Dennison, HPER, a nutrition House; Lynn Mollenauer, history, interventionstudyformiddle school criminals and courtiers in the affairof students; Donald Furst, art and the poisons; Katherine Montwieler, theatre, forthe project "Chemical I English,writingoftraditional women's Milling Film AdaptedforArt; Douglas verse; SridharNarayan, computer Gamble, earth sciences, investigate science, usinggenetic algorithmsto rainfallspiral variabilityalongcoastal evolve neural networks; Sylvia southeast NC; Philip Gerard, creative UNCW Creative Writing B.F.A. UNCW recently received the UNC inthesocio-cultural,historicaland programs. According to Lavonne Board ofGovernors' approval to intellectualcontextsofthetraditionin Adams, coordinatorofundergraduate establish a Bachelor ofFine Arts which they work. We want to offer advising, thisprogrampresentsunique degree in creative writing. "We are students an atmosphere in which they opportunitiesfor undergraduate extremely pleasedto have ourmajor in canprepare themselves professionally, students. "The B.F.A. should create a place," said Mark Cox, chair. "The while being encouraged to ask the more substantial linktothe M.F.A. programwillprovideanintensive importantquestions aboutwhothey program. I anticipate additional apprenticeshipinwriting,informedby are and how they will choose to live opportunitiesforourundergraduates to the close study ofliterature, to serious, theirindividuallives." interact with graduate students, as well aspiringwriters." The degree, the first ofits kind in as the visiting writers that we bring Cox explained that the B.F.A. UNC, will prepare students seeking from aroundthe nation." degree programbridges thehumanities careers as professional writers or in The major will consist of51 credit andfine arts disciplines. "Itis designed other literary professions such as hoursofcoursework, including toofferstudents an exciting, sound editingorpublishing. TheB.F.A. also workshop,literature, andrequired liberal arts education. The degree prepares graduates to pursue a hours inotherdisciplines. Theprogram requirements are based in a beliefthat master's degree in creative writing or willbeofferedFall2001. writers and artists need to be grounded graduate study inotherprofessional New Chair, Directors Dr. Wei Feng d:r. Phil Furia Dr. Jim Sabella, was appointed 'was appointed professor of chairofthe director of UNCW's anthropology, was Department of interdisciplinaryfilm appointeddirectorof Mathematics and Statistics in August, studies program in August. He first the newly independentanthropology after serving as interim chair in the joined UNCW as professorofEnglish program in July. Dr. Sabella, who is in spring semester, andpreviously as in 1996, and served as chairofthat his 26'" year at UNCW, previously assistant chair for two years. She department for four years. He then served as chair of the former UNCW began her teaching career at served as interim chair for the DepartmentofSociology, as a visiting assistant professor in Department ofCreative Writing in Anthropology,CriminalJustice,and 1988, and has risen through the ranks 1999. He has written several nationally Social Work for over five years. He until herappointment as professorin acclaimedbookson American lyricists also co-conducted the Summer Study 1997. Dr. Feng is one ofthe such as Ira Gershwin and Irving in Costa Rica program from 1987- department's most active scholars, Berlin, andiscurrently workingon a 1997, where he instructed about fifteen publishingnumerousarticlesandgiving book devoted to the history ofsongs in students per semester. He currently UNCW several professional presentations each films. He has lent his expertise to serves as the faculty athletics year. In addition, she has served as a A&E's Bioi^raphy episode on Irving representative, a position he has held thesis advisor to seven master's Berlin, and has been interviewed on a for over ten years. For the last two students since 1993, with two ofthese numberofradioprograms, including years he has been researching the students receiving UNCW's Graduate The Lciiry Kiny Show and All Thini^s permanent migrationofHispanics into Student Achievement Award. Dr. Considered. Dr. Furia received his southeastern North Carolina. Dr. Feng received her Ph.D. in applied Ph.D. in English from the University of Sabella received his Ph.D. in cultural mathematics from North Carolina Iowa. anthropologyfromCornell University. State University. LiNqv CAS Depart ArtandTheatre In addition, Drs. AnnPabst andLaelaSayighhostedthe AtlanticCoastalDolphinConferencefor 120scientists. As Thedepartmentwelcomedtwo visiting assistantprofessors, always ithas been abusyyear, andnextyearis expectedto Dr. Tom Pender andAaron Wilcox. Pender (Ph.D. in beevenmorechallenging.Wehopetobeginthelongawaited theatre history) is teachingcourses intheatrehistory and doctoralprograminmarinebiology,thefirstdoctoralprogram hteratureaswell asworkingwithallfourUniversityTheatre ontheUNCWcampus. productions. Wilcox (M.F.A. inceramicsfromCranbrook AcademyofArts) is teachingceramics and sculpture during Chemistry the 2000-2001 academic year. Hereplaces Stephen LeQuire who retiredthis past summer. Dr. Terry Rogers entered InJune, Dr. Bill Cooperturnedoverthereins ofthe phasedretirementattheendoflastacademicyear, giving a departmentto Dr. Charles"Dick" Ward, and settledintohis three-yearnotice thatthecurtain will come downon a new office atthe CenterforMarine Science. The department valuableandmuch-admiredteachingcareer. Thedepartment has hadavery active semesterin terms ofexternal funding hasbeen moving aheadonthe technology front, inboth art withgrantstotaling$1,909,627.00beingawardedtoDrs. andtheatre. Drs.JohnMyers and KemilleMoorereceiveda Jimmy Reeves, David White, Ned Martin, Steve Skrabal, TechnologyInnovationsGrantfromUNCW'sInformation Bob Kieber, Cooper, andWard. Thedepartmentis serving as TechnologySystemsDivisiontoestablishadigitalimage the leadin an excitingnewprojecttoexplore theuse of databaseforarthistory. Researchandinitialimplementation handheldcomputers andwirelessnetworks forteaching ofthe databasebeganoverthe summer. Myersuseddigital chemistry. Thisisaninterdepartmentaleffortinvolving ARH images from the database in teaching 202:Artfrom the chemistry, mathematics, andcomputer science. Details of RenaissancetoEarlyModern thispastfall. Thedatabase, theseprojectsandotheractivitiesinthedepartment, including UNCW whichcontainsmorethan50,000licensedimages, willbe theupcoming5* SymposiuminChemistryand used in more courses in 2001, includingcostumehistory, Biochemistry, can be foundatwww.uncwil.edu/chem. history oftheatre, and 20"" century art. CommunicationStudies Biological Sciences Activityhasbeenbriskandthefacultyandstaffare anxiously Thedepartmentcontinuestofocus onundergraduate eyeing progress on theirfuture home, the new classroom educationwhilepreparingfortheimplementationofadoctoral building. The departmentofferstwo scholarshipstomajors, programinmarinebiology. Recentlyaddedcoursesinclude: bothhonoringthe memoryofremarkable women: Dr.Betty CoralReefEcology,EcologyofHarmfulAlgae, Forensic JoWelch and Shirley Gilbert Farr. This year, Lou Leiner EnvironmentalSciences, FieldMethodsinMarine receivedtheShirleyGilbertFarrScholarship.James Mammalology,Mariculture,andSymbiosis.Dr.LindaPotts Mendillowas selectedasthefirstBettyJo WelchScholarship led 86undergraduatesinaninductionceremonyforthe recipient.ThedepartmenthostedtheCarolinas BiologicalHonorSocietyofBetaBetaBeta.Eightstudents CommunicationAssociationAnnualConferenceinOctober. completedtheirundergraduatehonorsthesis inbiological The eventbrought togetherover80 scholars and practitioners sciences, whilethe departmentsupportedover80directed ofcommunication studies from North andSouthCarolina, as independentstudies. Thefacultypublished63 papersinpeer- wellasVirginia,MissouriandHawaii. Participantsenjoyeda reviewedjournalsthisyear; 32ofthesepublicationshad varietyofpanelsattheHiltonHotel andtheUSS North studentco-authors. Anew ichthyologist, Dr.Thomas CarolinaBattleshipMemorial. Dr.RickOlsencoordinated Lankford,joinedthefaculty, whileDrs.EricBolen, Robert local arrangements. Drs. Bill Bolduc,Deborah Brunson, UNCW George,andDavid Royebegan phasedretirement. PatComeaux, Olsen, CaroleTallant, and David Weber, received a special awardthis yearfromthe U.S. Department presentedon various panels, and Drs.Joanne Nottingham ofCommerce to supportcoastal ocean monitoring. Dr. Larry and Lloyd Rohlerchairedpanels andpresented. Students Cahoonledeightfaculty inthis 1.2million dollarresearch PamEppersonandHeatherMurdockattendedon program. In addition, faculty continued workon 62 other merit-based scholarships, andAshley Fugundushelpedplan funded programs, in total $ 3.2 million forthis year. Drs. the local arrangements, worked with local merchants and Joseph PawlikandMartinPoseyhostedthe annual meeting preparedmaterialsaspartofadirectedindividual study. ofthe Benthic Ecology Society inthe spring. Over700 scientists from across the US attended the four-day meeting. IJNCW & Programs ts ComputerScience the firstGraduate MentorAwards bestowedthis yearby the Graduate School. AlumnaNancyJ.Jones' novelMolly The departmentcontinues to grow andmature with the appearedfromCrownPublishers in March. Student success ofits programs and graduates. This year we publicationshaveappearedinsuchperiodicalsasthe The welcomedtwofull-timefaculty members: JackTompkins AlleghenyReview, The VermontLiterary Quarterly, The and Ralph Bradley. Tompkins' firstcareerwas with the ChattahoochieReview, The Virginia QuarterlyReview, and U.S. Navy. Afterretiring in 1994, heearnedhis M.S. in TheNorth CarolinaLiteraryReview. appliedmathematicsatUNCW. Bradleyjoinedthedepartment EarthSciences in August aftera successful career in industry, most recently as director, data services, for Edward D. Jones in St. Louis, Missouri. Dr. Clayton Fernerandundergraduate student Thedepartmentrecentlywelcomedtwofaculty members in AllenRandallpresentedtheirjointwork"Parallelizing physical geography. Dr. MichaelBenedettirecently ACM CompilersforDistributed-MemorySystems"atthe completedhisPh.D. attheUniversityofWisconsin. Hisareas Mid-SoutheastChapterConferenceinGatlinburg,Tennessee. ofexpertisearefluvialgeomorphology,soil science,and Dr. GeneTagliariniandTompkins presentedtheirpaper quaternarygeology. Benedetti'sresearchinvestigates "TeachingDigitalLogicandComputerOrganization"atthe geomorphicresponsestonaturalandanthropogenic sameconference. Dr.SridharNarayanandTagliarini environmentalchange. Dr. Douglas Gamblecomes from UNCW receiveda InformationTechnologyInnovationaward Mississippi StateUniversity,wherehetaughtforthreeyears. fortheirproject"Web-basedTravel RoutePlanningSubjectto HereceivedhisPh.D. fromtheUniversityofGeorgia. His TransientRoadConditions." Dr.GurAdhar'spaper researchinterestsincludeappliedclimatology,hydrology,and "DominationinBoundedIntervalToleranceGraphs,"was islandandcoastalenvironments. Hisfieldprojectsare inthe publishedintheproceedingsofthe2ndInternational Bahamas, PuertoRico, andGuam. Otherfacultychanges in WorkshoponMultimediaNetworkSystemsheldin thedepartmentincludetheresignationofDr.ArthurSpivack UNCW conjunctionwiththe SeventhInternationalConferenceon (nowatUniversityofRhodeIsland). alumnusRoger ParallelandDistributed Systems. Theconferencewasheldat Shew(B.A. 1976,andrecentlyretiredfromShellOil)isfilling Iwate Prefectural University, Iwate, Japan. Dr. Ron Vetter's in forSpivackinoceanographythisyear, andalso paper"MobileE-commerce: ANewFrontier"waspublished coordinatingtheGeology 101 labs. Searches are underway in the October2000 issue ofComputermagazine. Dr. David forahydrogeologistandanisotope specialist.Thelatter BermanreceivedascholarshiptoattendtheACM positionisaKenanProfessorshipwithajointappointmentat ConferenceonObject-OrientedProgramming, Systems, theCenterforMarine Science. Languages,andApplicationsinMinneapolis,Minnesota. Laurie Patterson was recognized as an outstanding faculty English memberbytheUNCWGreekcommunity. This summerDrs. Paula Kamenish and Richard Veit, along Creative Writing with theirfamilies,traveledtothe ArcticCircle innorthern Finlandto attend the weddingoftheirformerstudent Mika Thedepartmenthasreceivedapproval toestablish its major, a Elovaara, class of'98. Kamenish was recently awarded a B.F.A. degree (see related story, p.7) and continues to offer DistinguishedTeachingProfessorshipandtheBoardof highquality literary events tothecommunity. TheKing's TrusteesDistinguishedTeachingAward. The English RoadWritersSeriesfor2000-2001 includesreadingsby curriculumrecentlyunderwentacompleterevision, including novelistDaniel Wallace, poets HeatherMcHughand the requirements forthe majorand minor. The department is AlbertGoldbarth, andfiction writerRichard Bausch, as also institutingaCertificate in ProfessionalWriting. Students well asaspecial holidaycelebrationofIrving Berlin, hosted in all majorsareeligibletoearnthisvaluablecredentialby by PhilipFuriaandpianistGrenaldo Frazier. Facultyhave completing 2 hours ofcourse work from an array of 1 garnered numerous awards and honors. Michael White won courses in technical writing, business writing,jounialism, atwo-month international fellowshiptothe Artist's Residency writing forthe sciences, andcomputer-related writing. Program in La Napoule, France. Wendy Brennerwas honoredwith aNational Endowment forthe ArtsFellowship. ClydeEdgertonreceivedthefirstAlumni Achievement AwardfromUNCChapel Hill. PhilipGerardreceivedoneof UNCVV ForeignLanguages and Literatures History Thedepartmentwelcomed two tenure-trackfaculty. Dr. "TheTimesTheyArea-Changin."BobDylan'spoignant Oliver Speck, assistantprofessorofGerman, specializes in lyrics accuratelyportrayedconditionsinthedepartmentasa contemporaryGermanfilmandcoordinatestheGerman the academic yearunfolded. Dr. Bruce Kinzer, amuch program. Dr. Sylvia Santaballa, assistantprofessor of beloved,long-timememberofthedepartmentandDr. Spanish,specializesincolonialLatinAmericanliteratureand Marguerite (Peggy) Shaffer, avaluablememberofthe supervisesthelower-divisionSpanishprogram. Dr.Terry publichistoryteam since 1995 havereturnedtotheirnorthern Mount, professorofSpanish, was electedpresidentofthe rootswithKinzeracceptingthechair'sjobatKenyonCollege MountainInterstateForeignLanguageConference(MIFLC) (Ohio)andShafferacceptinganappointmentintheAmerican andwillorganizenextyear'sconferencetobeheldatUNCW. StudiesProgramatMiamiUniversity(Ohio). Thedepartment MIFLCattractsnationalandinternational scholarswho welcomed Dr. Lynn MoUenauer, arecentPh.D. from specializeinforeignlanguagefikn,civilization,pedagogy, NorthwesternUniversity,whoseexpertiseinearlymodem literature,andculturalstudies. Dr.MariaCami-Vela'sbook. Europeanhistorywillstrengthenbothundergraduateand Labusquedadelaidentidaden laobra literariade Carme graduatecourse offerings. Thisfall sherevived, andrevised, Riera, was publishedthis spring. AstherecipientofaCAS acourseonEuropeinthe seventeenthandeighteenth SummerInitiativeGrant,Dr.AlisonMurraycontinuedher centuries. This spring shewillchallenge studentswitha archivalresearchonFrenchdocumentaryfilmsinParis and provocativenewseminaron"CrimeandCriminals"inearly Rouen. Fourfaculty will accompany groups on study abroad modemEurope. Muchto ourregret. Dr.John Haley programs in summer2001: YokoKano (Nagoya, Japan); Dr. announcedhisretirement, effectiveMay2001. The JoannMcFerranMount(Santander,Spain);ValerieRider departmentis now searchingforthree replacements. The (AlcaladeHenares, Spain); andDr.OliverSpeck(Bremen, scholarlyachievementsofthefacultysinceJanuary2000 Germany). Thedepartmentisconducting a Spanish search havebeenmostnoteworthywiththreebookspublishedby thisyearintheareaofgenerallinguisticsorsecondlanguage Drs. Otis Graham,David LaVere,andRobertToplin, 16 acquisition.ThissearchwillreplaceAidaToplinwhoretired peer-reviewedarticlesauthoredbyDrs.AndrewClark, this summer. Faculty and staffcontinue to makeplans for MeltonMcLaurin,SusanMcCaffray,LisaPollard, relocationtothenewclassroombuilding. MichaelSeidman,MarkSpaulding,LarryUsilton,Alan Watson,Graham,LaVereandToplin, and 11 encyclopedia Health,PhysicalEducationandRecreation entrieswrittenbySpaulding. Thedepartmenthasbeenbusythisyeardevelopingnew Mathematics and Statistics programs withthe additionof facultyhiredin Fall 2000. Dr. WaylandTseh,assistantprofessor,hasbeenbuildingand Dr. Wei Feng, a member ofthe faculty since 1988, was improvingtheexercisephysiologylab.Theathletictraining selectedasdepartmentchairfora4-yeartermbeginningFall program is in its secondyearofcandidacy foraccreditation. 2000. Thedepartmentwelcomedthree tenure-trackassistant UndertheleadershipofTomLemleyandKirkBrown,the professors: Dr. James Blum (Ph.D., Oklahoma State UNC athletictrainingprogramwillseekaninitialaccreditationsite University),Dr.MichaelFreeze(Ph.D., ChapelHill) visit scheduledforthefall of2001. A new concentration in andDr.DanielGuo(Ph.D., Indiana University). During the healtheducationhasbeendevelopedandsubmittedfor 1999-2000academicyear,thefacultyhad 18 publications in approvalwiththegoalofimplementingitFall2001. Dr. professionaljoumals,24presentationsatprofessional MelodyKyzerjoined HPERintheareaofhealtheducation meetings, and 16intemalorexternalgrants. Anothernotable and will be an integral partofthecurriculum. The parks and achievementwastheNationalScienceFoundationgrant recreationmanagementcurriculumhasbeen strengthened receivedby Drs. Russ Herman and Gabriel Lugo tocreate with the addition ofDrs. Denis Auger and Jim Herstine. adigital libraryofreusable science andmathresources (with Both haveexpertise in the areas ofnatural resources facultyfromchemistry, computerscienceandbiological managementandtravelandtourism. Finally,thetherapeutic sciences - see related story, p.1) New objectives developed recreationcurriculumisbeingsignificantlyrevised. When bythedepartmentinclude: enhancingtheleaming completed, the program will be one ofthe strongest in the environmentofstudents, increasingthe numberof nation. Dr. Carl Stockton, chair, thanks all ofthe HPER undergraduatemajors, strengtheningthegraduateprogram, faculty and stafffor their support and encouragementas the developingdepartmental involvementwithotherdepartments, departmentcontinuestostriveforexcellence. studying the potential foramajorin statistics, andworking to establishastatisticalconsultingcenter. UNCW

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