Outlook / the University of Maryland, College Park (1993)

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OUTLOOK

A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER FOR FACULTY AND STAFF AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYUND AT COLLEGE PARK

Daniel Fallon Named New Vice President for
Academic Affairs and Provost

Daniel Fallon of Texas A&M Uni-
versity has been named vice presi-
dent for academic affairs and provost
at the University of Maryland at Col-
lege Park,

In announcing the appointment.
President William E. Kirvvan said,
"Tlie university is indeed fortunate in
having an administrator and scholar
of Dr. Fallon's stature join us as the
institution's top academic officer.
His diverse skills and strong leader-
ship will be invaluable as College
Park soiidifies its position as one of
the nation's preeminent research uni-
versities."

Fallon will assume his new posi-
tion by late Jul V, replacing Jacob
Goldhaber who for the past year has
served as acting vice president for
academic affairs and provost.

Fallon joined Texas A&M Univer-
sity as dean of the College of Liberal
Arts and professor of psvchologv in
1984. In his role as dean he had full
responsibility for budget, personnel
and academic quality for a college
that emplovs more than 3(10 tenure-
track faculty in 1 1 departments and
produced more than 14(S,(ini) credit
hours last semester.

In commenting on Falion's new
appointment, E. Dean Gage, senior
vice president and pro\'ost at Texas
A&M, observed, "Dan Fallon will be
greatly missed at Texas A&M Univer-
sity and we recognize his enormous
contributions to the College of Liber-
al Arts and the university. He has

provided a vision and leadership for
our College of Liberal Arts that has
been exemplarv."

Fallon is past president of the
Council of Colleges of Arts and Sci-
ences, and is a founding member of
the Council of Arts and Sciences in
Urban Universities, He also is a for-
mer member of the board of directors
of the American Conference of Aca-
demic Deans. With the assistance of
a Carnegie Corporation grant, he is
currentlv leading a national effort to
redesign the way prospective teach-
ers are educated at the nation's col-
leges and universities.

Prior to joining Texas A&M, Fal-
lon served as dean of the College of
Liberal Arts and Sciences and profes-
sor of psychology at the University of
Colorado at Denver. Earlier he held
faculty and administrative posts at
the State University of New York at
Binghamton, and served as visiting
professor of psychology at the Uni-
versity of Dusseldorf where he was
also a Senior Fulbright Research Fel-
low.

Trained as an experimental psy-
chologist, Fallon has contributed to
the scientific literature on the study
of learning and mL-)tivation. He also
has published widely on issues relat-
ing higher education to public policy,
including a prize-winning book on
the German university.

Fallon received his B.A. degree
from Antioch College, and was
awarded his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees

Daniel Fallon

by the University of Virginia,

Fallon was born in Cartagena,
Colombia, where his family had been
established since 1830, His great
grandfather was Diego Fallon, a
national poet of Colombia and one of
the founders of modern Latin Ameri-
can literature, and his father was Car-
los Fallon, who served as chief of
staff of the Colombian navy, I laving
arrived as an immigrant to the United
States at age three, he grew up in
Washington, D.C. and worked and
studied in Germany as a college stu-
dent.

— Kolami K'/i/c

University Defends Race-Based Scholarships
in Banneker Schoiarsiiip Decision/Report

Over Here, Over There The university has determined,

through an internal study growing

Stniie^ic Plan Coortlinates ^ out of an appeals court decision, that

rni\er,sity's Iniernaiioniil Programs,.:^ race-based merit scholarships remain

a necessary and effective tool in

Drop Out Factors attracting an equitable number of

African American students.

New Study I'.siahlj.shes .Nine -^ The decision and report were

Predictors' of ,Suident lieiention ^ issued last week by President

William E. Kirw-an. The report

Point of View acknowledges that, because of dis-

criminatory practices in Maryland

,. . „ , ,,, , ,. I, , schools until the mid-1950s, negative

hvt Heck Bids farewell /^ »

-v, , ,, .. ,^. , l~\ perceptions lincer with some mmori-

as Women s Studies Director W ^ f o

ty populations. These perceptions,

1002 q/ ritu A A ^'^^ internal study found, form a valid

lyJ5-n trIUi Awards ^^^-^ ^^^ ^^^^^^ proactive efforts as the

Banneker Scholarship program.
Graduate School Announces y Banneker Scholarships are four-

Ke,seaKh Awunls...,. / year awards given to academically-

talented African American freshmen.
Approximately 25 new awards are
made each year. The scholarships
provide full financial support for all
four years, covering tuition, room,
board, fees and book expenses.

The Banneker Scholarship pro-
gram, the report states, was foimdcd
in 1979 on the premise that increased
enrollment of "high achieving"
African Americans would move the
university toward its goal of educat-
ing African Americans equally with
other segments of society.

The program, according to the
report, "has increased the enrollment,
retention, and graduation rates of
African American students," and has

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MAY 3, 1993
VOLUME 7, NUMBER 29

U iN 1 V E R S I T Y

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PARK

Marcus Franda

Ambitious Strategic Plan Develops University's
International Programs

With the Cold War over, Hie world
getting smaller and the global mar-
ketplace looming ever larger, the uni-
versity has mounted a campus-wide
effort to move its international pro-
grams to a new plateau of develop-
ment and organization.

Along these lines, the Internation-
al Affairs Committee (lAC), headed
by Leslie Palmer, has spent almost
two years gathering input from more
than 200 faculty, staff and adminis-
trators on an expansive "Strategic
Plan for the Development of Interna-
tional Activities at UMCP."

The plan — tiriginally proposed by
President Kirvvan in June, 1*391 and
released in late February — recom-
mends significant increases in foreign
language offerings, study abroad pro-
grams, new and visiting faculty
appointments, and creation of a new
international center building.

"Very Httle, if any, of the funding
for the plan is expected to come from
state resources," says Marcus Franda,
director of International Affairs.
"Indeed, we see the plan as a way of
attracting resources from outside the
state, and outside the university."

With these recommendations,
Franda says, the university can avoid
large outlays and raise revenue by 1 )
creating a synergistic effect among
existing programs — "using what vvc
have and getting more out of it"; 2)

instituting programs that will gener-
ate their own funds, such as the inter-
national center which could provide
accommodations, for example, to ris-
ing numbers of guests from the
National Archives II; and 3) attracting
new funding sources for both new
and existing programs.

The plan's text points to a national
climate in which funding for interna-
tional programs is rapidly increasing.
University funds from the U.S. Agen-
cy for International Development, for
ex am pie, have jumped from 5224,000
in 1989 to over $7.3 million last year.
The federal government has also just
created the National Security Educa-
tion Program which allocates a
whopping $135 million — the most
since the Fulbright Program in the
194tls — for international programs in
higher education.

Under these conditions, the alter-
native to a strategic approach to
international activities is a critical loss
of competitiveness far the university,
says Franda.

The ma}or lAC recommendations,
which have been approved by Kir-
vvan and Acting Provost Jacob Goid-
haber, are listed below. For more
informaticm, call 405-4772,

Foreign Language Instruction

La nguage d epa rtment s vvi 1 1 1 )
offer more "special-domain" foreign

Banneker Scholars

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also increased the number of peer
mentors and role models available as
support to the uni\'ersity's African
American student population as a
whole.

The report notes that since the
mid-1950s the university has imple-
mented a number of programs to
recruit and retain minority students.
A 1992 study by the magazine Black
Issues in Higher Education, for exam-
ple, ranked the University of Mary-
land at College Park as number one
nationally among non-historically
black schools in the number of bac-
calaureate and doctoral degrees
awarded to black students.

As for retention, the university's
statistics show that the percentage of
black students who have either grad-
uated or are still enrolled five years
after entering as freshman has grown
from 35 percent in 1 98f> to 48 percent
in 1992. The five-year retention rate
for all students, however, was 53 per-
cent in 1 986 and 64 percent in 1 992,
showing that despite marked
improvement, the university still lags
in retaining black students when

compared to the student population
as a whole.

The legal controversy over race-
based scholarships at the university
began in 1990 when Daniel Pod-
beresky, then a freshman, challenged
College Park's Banneker Scholarship
program in District Court, on the
basis that the scholarships were
unfairly not available to him because
he is not African American. The Dis-
trict Court ruled that the Banneker
Scholarships did not violate the law,
but on appeal by Mr.Podberesky, the
U.S. Court of Appeals reversed the
lower court decision, ruling that the
District Court erred when it "failed to
make a specific finding" of "some
present effect of past discrimination."
The university's decision and report
released today establishes that pre-
sent effect, according to President
Kirwan.

The report concludes that the insti-
tution's programmatic efforts have
not yet succeeded in fully eradicating
the adverse effects of the university's
past history as it relates to African
Americans.

— Roland King

language courses in such areas as
business, engineering and translation;
2) increase offerings in less common-
ly taught languages; and 3) strength-
en their link with study-abroad
pirograms.

In addition, the university will cre-
ate five new visiting faculty positions

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Can You Host Foreign
Students?

The Maryland English Institute is
looking for American hosts for two
upcoming programs involving for-
eign students. This summer, a group
of Japanese university students from
Kawasaki Prefecture (Maryland's sis-
ter state in Japan) is coming for a
five-week English language program.
Hosts are needed for the weekend of
Saturday, July 31, to take one or two
students for an overnight stay. The
"Welcome Home to Maryland" pro-
ject will begin this fall. This project,
which is partially funded by the Unit-
ed States Information Agency, will
pair international students at MEI
and UMCP with "friendship fami-
lies" who agree to have their student
over for dinner or some other activity
at least three times during the
semester. If you are interested in
either of these programs, please call
405-8634 or 405-5188.

OUTLOOK

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students Living Off Campus Are More Likely to Drop Out

College students who live off cam-
pus are more likely to drop out of
school than students who hve on
campus, according to a recently com-
pleted study that identifies nine pre-
dictors of whether a college student
will drop out or remain in school.

Living off campus is the strongest
of the nine factors identified as
adversely affecting college retention,
followed by working more than 21
hours a week, paying more than 30
percent of expenses, commuting
more than 8 minutes from home to
campus, spending less than 2 hours
per day socializing on campus, com-
muting more than 13 minutes to
work from home, having less than 2
friends on campus, and working off
campus.

The study, conducted by psychol-
ogy professor Roger Mclntire, found
that students who meet six or more of
the nine predictors are more likely to
drop out than students who meet five
or less of the predictors. Most stu-
dents who drop out meet seven of the
predictors, while most students who
remain in school meet only two.

"Students who strive to take part
in campus employment, housing and
activities have the greatest likelihood
f a n e n r i c hed and cti m p I e te c o 1 le ge
education, while students consumed
by work and trax'el find the final step
of quitting college an easy one — a
simple schedule adjustment," con-
cludes the study.

The study was based on a survey
of 910 students, half of whom had
declared their intention to drop out.
According to Mcintire, only a small
proportion of the students dropping
out were in poor academic standing.
Many cited finances as a reason for
leaving college, even though they
often were able to meet college
expenses.

"This study assesses the balance
between value received from college
opportiniities, as reflected in time
and activities on campus, and
expenses endured, as reflected in the
work hours and percentage of
expenses borne by the student,"
explains Mcintire. "As the balance
deteriorates, the proportion of stu-
dents dropping out can reach over 90
percent."

To bring students back on campus,
Mcintire suggests that campus job
opportunities and convenient, attrac-
tive and affordable housing be made
available to students.

"Campus employment and living
enhances the cooperative nature of
the campus community and the stu-
dent d i sc o v ers m o re o f co 1 leg e
life — its career path opportunities
and intellectual and social diversity,"
says Mcintire.

Some schools are already taking
steps to make on -cam pus housing
more convenient, attractive and
affordable. For those students who
leave campus housing for financial

reasons, George Washington Univer-
sity has decreased housing costs,
while Towson State University allows
housing payments
to be made over
the course of the
year.

To attract stu-
dents who move
off campus to
escape the party
atmosphere of the
typical dorm, sub-
stance-free hous-
ing is now offered
by the University
of Michigan, Holy
Cross College, the
University of
Maryland at Col-
lege Park, and oth-
ers.

And to lure
those students who
simply want addi-
tional amenities,
Drew University
installed cable TV
and computer
modems in dorm
rooms. College
Park has plans to
follow Drew's lead.

Mcintire will present his findings
on May 27 during a meeting of the
Association for Behavior Analysis, in
Chicago, 111.

— Beth Workiiwn

Roger Mcintire

New Faculty-Staff Campaign Aims for Total Participation

Does y o 11 r d e pa r t m en t n eed n e w
lab equipment? Could it use new fur-
niture? Is the travel budget low?

You and your colleagues can help
meet these needs through the univer-
sity's Faculty-Staff Campaign.

Although this is the eighth year of
seeking support for College Park pro-
grams from those who work here, it
marks the first year of a "revised and
revitalized approach to our col-
leagues," according to Campaign
Chair Jonathan Rood, director of
Communications and Business
Services.

Changes include a new timetable,
with campaign materials sent early in
the year to avoid conflicts with other
solicitations that occur in the fall.

The campaign also targets an
impressive goat — $1 million, to be
raised over three years.

The "new" campaign kicked off
this spring when all past donors were
invited to inaugurate a three-year
campaign by pledging their support
for 1993, 94 and 95.

Representatives of all departments
also participated in a "working

lunch" to brainstorm ideas for mak-
ing the campaign successful. Some
groups have already started to plan
fund raising events to support specif-
ic programs, such as a cookbook to be
sold to benefit the Student Affairs
Scholarship Fund.

Donations that are unrestricted
will be designated by President Kir-
wan for the campus' most critical
needs. However, gifts may also be
designated for any campus program,
including the donor's own depart-
ment. In the past, departments have
made gifts for new equipment, pro-
grams, furniture, scholarships or
even funds for travel. The libraries
and specific scholarships are also
popular choices for support.

"Last year, more than $260,000
was raised by the Faculty-Staff Cam-
paign, demonstrating the exceptional
dedication of those who already give
so much to this campus," says Jan
George, executive director of Annual
Giving Programs.

George also notes that approxi-
mately 13 percent of the campus'
6,200 employees supported the cam-

paign. About 85 percent of the funds
raised last year were designated to
specific departments or projects.

During the first week in May, all
campus personnel will receive cam-
paign packets explaining the fund
drive and the methods for ctmtribut-
ing to it (payroll deduction cards for
the full three years of the campaign
will be available). As the year pro-
gresses, certain colleges and units
will also be highlighting the cam-
paign through special meetings or
events, and all faculty and staff will
receive periodic updates about the
progress of the campaign.

"This campaign is about commit-
ment. For every one of us who works
here, our daily commitment is the
reason this university keeps getting
better," says Rood. "Our financial
support shows that same commit-
ment. It is a message of pride in what
we have created together here at Col-
lege Park."

For more information, please coji-
tact Jan George at 405-7759.

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Nominations For Staff Leadership Conference Needed

The Lainjiiis ScMiate Staff Affair:^ CtimmitU'e is SL-ekiny nominations for per-
sons to attend the "Staff Leadership Conference: The Fundamentals of Shared
Governance," to be held June 23. Nominees should be interested in participat-
ing in the campus decision-making process at any level. Nominations are due
by May 21. For more information, or to receive a nomination form, call
405-5805.

Minority Achievement Award Winners Announced

The President's Com-
mission on Ethnic Minori-
ty Issues is holding its
annual award ceremony
May 5, 1993, from 3:00 to
5:00 p.m. in the garden of
the Rossborough Inn. The
Commission established
the Minority Achieve-
ment Awards to recog-
nize employees, students,
and individual units that
have made outstanding
contributions to the equi-
ty efforts on campus.

This year's winners
were chosen from the cat-
egories of graduate stu-
dent, associate staff,
faculty, classified staff,
non-academic unit and
academic unit.

The individual
awardees are Jairo
Fuertes, doctoral student
in counseling psychology
and graduate assistant
with OMSE; Rosemary
Parker, director of the Cen-
ter for Minorities in Science
and Engineering; Sheri Parks, associ-
ate professor, American Studies; and
Delores Rogers, secretary in the Cen-
ter for Math Education.

The Office of the Comptroller,
directed by Darryl Christmon, will

Pictured left to right are Rosemary Parker, Darryl Christmon,
and Sheri Parks

JaIro Fuertes, Susan Komlves, Delores Rogers

receive the non -academic unit award.
The College Student Personnel
Administration Graduate Program,
coordinated by Susan Komives, will
receive the academic imit award.
The campus community is invited

to the reception to join President Kir-
wan and the Commission in recog-
nizing these individuals and units for
their contributions to our goal of cre-
ating an institution of excellence
through diversity.

Billions Spent Unnecessarily by Consumers Looking for Best Quality

Consumers spent an average of
S5.3 billion more on home electronic
products than was necessary in 1991,
according to a study by College Park
researchers Adriana Jannuzzi and
Rachel Dardis.

In their study, "Consumer Loss
from Price Dispersion in the Con-
sumer Electronics Market," Jannuzzi
and Dardis found substantial price
variations in consumer electronic
products of similar quality.

"Consumers, in general, equate a
higher price with better quality," says
Jannuzzi, a master's candidate in eco-
nomics. "But our study shows that
there usually is no correlation
between the two."

Findings of consumer loss and
price- quality relations were based on
data found in Cojisiiiner Reports maga-
zine from 1982-1991. Types of home
audio and video equipment analyzed
included camcorders, compact disc
players, color televisions, audio
receivers, tape decks, television/
videocassette recorder combinations
and individual videocassette
recorders.

Jannuzzi and Dardis first calculat-
ed absolute consumer loss, or the
amount that consumers paid unnec-

essarily, using price and quality data.
They found that consumers lost about
$3.7' billion in 1990 and $5.3 billion in
1991. Consumption of consumer
electronics totalled approximately
$23 billion in 1991.

The absolute consumer loss for
individual consumer electronic prod-
ucts ranged from approximately $1 1
million for tape decks in 1982 to
approximately $2 billion for color
television sets in 1991.

Using Cotmiiiter Re^wrfs' quality
ranking, Jannuzzi and Dardis also
evaluated the association between
price and quality. Of the products
analyzed in their sample, only 33 per-
cent were of a quality to warrant a
higher price.

"Prices of consumer electronics are
not a reliable indicator of product
quality," concludes Jannuzzi, who
admits that uninformed consumers
tend to rely on price as one of the
means of judging product quality.

"Our study substantiates the exis-
tence of a consumer information gap
and points quite emphatically toward
the need for consumer educators and
policymakers to make consumer
information more accessible," says
Dardis, professor of economics.

From a product perspective, the
researchers say the information gap is
caused by the scope and diversity of
consumer products, the increasing
level of technology achieved by con-
sumer products, and the rapid rate of
change for many product characteris-
tics. As far as consumers are con-
cerned, Jannuzzi and Dardis point to
the monetary and time costs associat-
ed with information acquisition and
an imawareness of the benefits of
such information as causing the infor-
mation gap.

To help narrow this information
gap and reduce consumer loss, Jan-
nuzzi and Dardis recommend that
consumer educators and policymak-
ers develop accessible information
programs, including simplified and
standardized formats, and effective
presentation techniques; that busi-
nesses make advertising and sales
prt)motion more informative and
develop explicit owner's manuals
and informative labeling; and that
consumers take advantage of the
information found in product testing
magazines and on labels.

— Belli Workiiinu

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Counseling Center Helps Teachers Help Students

Thu- Ci)unsGling Center has developt'd n guide for faculty and staff mennbers,
"Helping Students in Distress," which can help you help your students. The
center also operates an emergency hotline, 314-7651, and has established tbe
Warmline, 314-7653, for advice on n on -emergency problems. For more infor-
mation, or a copy of the guide, call the Counseling Center at 314—7651.

International Executives Program Draws Four Distinguished
Leaders Witli Diverse Global Experience

Charles Miller was AT&T vice
president for Public Affairs for 12
years; Town send Hoopes was under-
secretary of the Air Force in the John-
son Administration and is an
a ward -winning author; Ben Kreme-
nak tried to promote democratic
reform in South Korea; and John
hlawes served for three decades in
U.S. embas.siies in Italy, Fthiopia,
India, Austria, Belgium and Morocco,

What do these four people have in
common?

All are participating in the Distin-
guished International Executives Pro-
gram. Miller and President William
Kir wan started the program in 1991
to foster cross-fertilization between
government, business and the univer-
sity.

For these executives, says Miller,
the university is "a place to come and
explore areas that we had interest in,
and at the same time be available to
the faculty, the school and the stu-
dents in a sort of senior ad visor status,"

The program is a return to campus
for Miller, who graduated from
Maryland with a B.S. in business in
1953. In his most recent role with
AT&T, Miller worked in Washington
with the federal government on
telecommunication issues.

On campus, Miller is affiliated
with Maryland's Center for interna-
tional Business Education and
Research (CIBER). For the past 20

months, he has used his considerable
AT&T planning experience to co-
chair UMCP's International Strategic
Planning effort (see article on page
two). He is due to lead an academic-
business delegation to Indonesia for
CIBER in mid-June.

Hoopes comes to the university
from a varied career in business, gov-
ernment and writing.

A Marine lieutenant in WWII,
HotJpes filled various roles in the
Defense Department and military
from the post-war period undl 1969.
He went on to write numerous books,
notably The Limits of Intervention,
which opposed American involve-
ment in Vietnam.

Among his many activities at
Maryland, Hoopes lias been chairing
a set of conferences on arms control
in the post-Cold War world.

Kremenak spent a large portion of
his professional life in South Korea,
working with the Asia Foundation to
support grass-roots democracy
efforts. He has also served in the
foundation's San Francisco headquar-
ters and directed its office in
Bangladesh.

Since fall 1991, Kremenak has been
with the Center for [nternational
Security Studies at Maryland
(CISSM) — along with Hoopes and
Hawes — and is writing a pair of
papers examining the foundations of
democracv and the roots of Korean

P

President KIrwan (second from the rigfit) poses with three Distinguished
International Executives in Residence, (left to right) Ben Kremenak, Charles
Miller and Townsend Hoopes. John Hawes, the fourth executive In resi-
dence, Is not pictured.

economic prosperity.

Hawes is the latest member of the
program, coming to campus last fall
after three decades as an American
foreign service officer, Currendv, he
is U.S. ambassador to negotiations for
the "Open Skies" Treaty, a pact
allowing member countries to ccm-
duct satellite surveillance over each
other's territories.

When he is not on Capitol Hill,
where the treaty is now working its
way through Congress, Hawes can
often be found on campus, writing
papers on arms control and partici-
pating in CISSM's Advanced Interna-
tional Seminar on Foreign Policy.

International Affairs

coiitinneii from poge 2

and a new masters-level foreign lan-
guage certificate program.

Study Abroad & Faculty Exchange

Ten percent of the undergraduate
graduating class should be studying
abroad by 1998. By year 2008, that
figure should reach 20 percent. To
achieve these goals, the university
will work to boost revenue for study-
abroad scholarships, particularly for
in-state and minority students.

The university also plans increases
in faculty exchanges, overseas study
for graduate students and staffing of
the Study Abroad Office.

Undergraduate Education

The university will "develop...a
program of curriculum transforma-
tion similar to that which so success-
fully incorporated women's work
and women's issues into existing
courses," according to the plan. This
June, faculty will participate in a
retreat devoted to this topic and the
creation of a new International Schol-

ars Program. Ira Berlin, acting dean
of Undergraduate Studies, will lead
the meeting.

International Faculty

A new Distinguished Visiting Pro-
fessor Program will draw at least six
world-class foreign faculty members
per year. In addition, an inter-college
search committee is being formed to
recruit six faculty members per year
with foreign language skills or other
expertise in crucial areas such as
international business and engineer-
ing. This program is especially criti-
cal to maintain competitiveness with
other universities for research fund-
ing and students, according to Fran-
da.

Cross-Disciplinary Cooperation

Funding increases for the major
cross-disciplinary committees in
international affairs have been recom-
mended. Outside money is also
being sought for annual seed or
incentive grants of $30,000 and
$50,000 for faculty research across
college and departmental lines.

An International Center Building

A self-sustaining international
center is being proposed. The center
will provide accommodations for
UMCP's 2500 annual international
visitors and serve as a focal point for
international programs, in addition to
thousands of annual guests of the
National Archives II. The center
would be housed either in a new
building to be constructed near Park-
ing Lot 1 or in a presently unoccu-
pied dorm.

World-Wide Alumni

A campus-based International
Alumni Committee has already creat-
ed an alumni organization in Taiwan.
The plan calls for similar groups to be
formed in other selected regions
within five years. President Kir wan
visited Taiwan for 10 days in January
to charter the alumni organization.
Taiwan was selected as a test-case
because of its large community of
affiliateti UMCP alumni.

^Solly Granatstein

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Women's Studies Director Reflects on Nine Year Tenure

This article appenri'ii in the A\pri!/Mii\/
1993 is5r(t'(i/ Bridging, the )h-u''slettcr
of the Women's StiiiUes Pw^miu.

As most of you probably know
by now, I have decided to step
down as Director ot the Women's
Studies Program. Since so many
people seem to think that "step-
ping down" means "stepping out"
of Maryland, I hasten to assure you
that after a semester off for renew-
al, I plan to return to the Women's
Studies faculty with enthusiasm,
full of ideas for new courses and
projects.

But the fact that this is the last
time in which I will be writing for
Brht^iiig as "Director" makes it
extremclv difficult to write any-
thing at all. 1 will therefore try to
follow the advice 1 ha\'e always
gi\'en to others wlien tliev were
stuck: "Problematize the issue!"
However, as most academics
know, it is not so easy to translate
theory into practice-
Mow to begin? Several
approaches come to mind. I could
give an tu'ervieiv of developments
in the program in the nine years 1
have been its Director. In which
case 1 would mention the growth
of the core faculty from two to
seven and its diversification in
terms of cultural and disciplinary
differences, 1 would mention the
institutionalization of major annu-
al events, such as the August
retreat followed by the September
Assembly-of-the-Whole, the
February Research Forum, the Poi-
yseminar Lecture Series with its
classes and faculty/staff study-
group, the Mav Graduation cere-
mony; programming for Women's
History Month, Black History
Month and beyond; the success of the
Graduate Certificate Program which
has accepted sixteen students in its
first year and is still growing; the
"almost" major in Women's Studies
which, if approved by the Senate
PCC Committee and The Maryland
Higher Education Commissit)n, will
be a reality in September of 1994. But
those of you who are part of our

Evelyn Torton Beck

I don't remember exactly when
things began to change, but
incrementally, with each success, I
finally had to face the fact that we
at Women's Studies were no longer
entirely' "outsiders," but were grad-
ually becoming valued members of
the institution.

Women's studies community know
these details. Still, I am finding it
rather comforting to detail them here,
for once not as part of an effort to get
money for the program, but just for
the sheer pleasure of recogni;;ing our
development.

But the program is not the only
entity to have developed in the time i
have been its Director. This has been

the most gratifying work 1 have
ever done, and it has also been
(pardon the expression), one of
the most "growth producing"
experiences 1 have ever had. In
this job 1 have teamed to work
within a patriarchal institution as
a member of multiple minorities,
and to assert what 1 believed in,
even when it was not popular
opinion. I have learned to ask
forcefully for what 1 believed the
program deserved, 1 have learned
not to be afraid. And amid the
many major frustrations and
annoyances that are part of any
administrative job, I have had the
most wonderful colleagues and
the most supportive staff imagin-
able. I have also worked with
delightful and creative students.
One of the most surprising
_ things 1 have had to learn was to
accept success. 1 came to feminism
in the early years of the Second
Wave, and bv the time I came to
this campus Women's Studies no
longer had to fight for its exis-
tence. However, in my first years
as Director it was clear to me that
the program was not being given
the respect it deserved — that
Women's Studies was still viewed
with suspicion as a "soft" disci-
pline, as if it itself were "a
\yoman." In the beginning, I had
to fight for evervthing — hard, I
don't remember exactly when
things began to change, but incre-
mentally, with each success, I
finally had to face the fact that we
at Women's Studies were no
longer entirely "outsiders," but
were g ra d It a 1 1 y beco m i n g va 1 u ed
members of the institution. Key
_ administrators supported us and
were proud of our program and
said so publicly. While I certainly
didn't win every battle, 1 feel confi-
dent that we will keep what we have,
and that the new director (soon to be
named) will bring vitality and cre-
ativity for the next phase — the devel-
opment of a Ph.D. in Women's
Studies — as once again we "dare to
dream the impossible,"

— Eviii.kM. Eveh/it Torton Beck

English Garden Tour Set For July

The university's Center for Archi-
tectural Design and Research, with
the University of Maryland Study
Center at Kiplin Hall, North York-
shire, is sponsoring a study tour of
historic English gardens and land-
scapes this summer.

The tour will be led bv John Hill,
professor and former dean of the
School of Architecture here, and
Catherine Mahan, a local landscape
architect and president of the Mary-
land Society of Landscape Architects.

The tour, which lasts from July 5
througli July 18, will visit Stourhead,
Tintinhull, Hestercomb, Fountains
Abbey, Castle Howard, and 12 tither
wc»rld class gardens. The itinerary
also includes an outing to Kiplin
Hall, the ancestral home of the first
Lord Baltimore.

The cost is S2912 per person,
which includes all travel, hotel, meal,
and admission costs. Interested par-
ties should contact John Hill at
405-63(18.

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Last Campus Senate Meeting Set for May 6

The Campus Senate will meet for the last time this semester on May 6 from 3:30
to 6:30 p.m. in Room 0126 of the Reckord Armory. Aciring Provost Jacob Gold-
haber will speak and answer questions. Other agenda items include action on
the UMCP retention policy, staff representation on the Academic Planning
Advisory Committee, Athletic Council membership selection, a report from the
Campus Parking Advisory Committee and a proposal to establish a bachelor of
arts in Women's Studies. Call 405-5805 for more information.

Graduate School Announces Research Awards

The Office of Graduate Studies
and Research has announced the
1993-94 Graduate Research Board
Competition and Performing Arts
Winners. Award categories include
Distinguished Faculty, Creative and
Performing Arts, Semester Research,
and Summer, Fall and Spring
Research Support.

Because of space limitations, pro-
ject descriptions of the semester
awards could not be included. The
1993-94 award winners are as fol-
lows:

Distinguished Faculty Awards

History: Alison Olson, "A Study
of the Reception of Refugees in Early
Modern England;"

Government and Politics: Stephen
Elkin, "Constituting Republican
Regimes;"

Sociology: Harriet Presser, "Work
Schedules and Family Time: A New
American Dilemma;"

Physics: Jordan Goodman,
"MILAGRO— TeV Gamma Ray
Obsen'atory;"

Chemistry: John Moore, "An
Experimental Investigation of Elec-
tron Correlation in Atoms."

Creative and Performing Arts
Awards

Architecture: Matthew Bell, "An

Urban Design Project for Baltimore;"

Art: Terry Gips, "Mnemosyne's
Dream: An Installation which
Addresses the Relationship Between
Technology and Nature;"

Dance: Meriam Rosen, creation of
a work for presentation on Fall '93
Dance Department program and for
the Spring '94 American Dance Festi-
val Association regional meeting;

English: Joyce Kornblatt, novel in
progress;

Music: Thomas DeLio,

"EQUINOX— an Opera;" Linda
Mabbs, "The Performance of Alban
Berg's Early Songs."

Semester Research Awards

English: Jonathan Auerbach, Mar-
shall Grossman, Susan Leonard! and
William Holton;

French: Pierre Verdaguer;

History: James Gilbert and
Winthrop Wright;

Philosophy: Raymond Martin;

Government and Politics: Eric
Uslaner;

Psychology: Arie Kruglanski;

Mathematics: Isaac Efrat;

Physics: Howard Drew;

Curriculum and Instruction: Beth
Davey;

Chemistry: George Helz;

Zoology: Gerard Wilkinson.

Summer Research Awards

American Studies: Jo Paoletti;

Art History: Mark Sandler;

Classics: Judith Hallett;

English: Susan Handelman, Mar-
ilee Lindemann, Thomas Moser and
William Peterson;

French and Italian: Celeste
Kingingerand Madeleine Therrien;

Germanic and Slavic Languages:
Vivian Greene-Gantzberg;

History: William Bravman;

Linguistics: Linda Lombardi;

Music: Marie McCarthy;

Spanish and Portuguese: Jose
Naharro-Calderon;

Theater: Catherine Schuler;

Afro-American Studies: Marilyn
Lashley and Francille Wilson;

Criminology and Criminal Justice:
Raymond Paternoster and Sally
Simpson;

Economics: Plutarchos Sakellaris;

Geography: Paul Groves, Michael

Kearney and Robert Mitchell;

Government and Politics: Virginia
Hauflerand Linda Williams;

Psychology: Paul Hanges;

Business and Management:
Michael Fu, Daniel Ostas and Sanjit
Sengupta;

Mathematics: Joel Cohen;

Counseling and Personnel Ser-
vices: Mary Ann Hoffman;

Curriculum and Instruction:
B. VanSledright;

Human Development: Kathryn
Wentzel;

Policy, Planning and Administra-
tion: Steven Selden;

Electrical Engineering: Linda
Milor, Yavuz Oruc;

Kinesiokigy: Bradley Hatfield,
Marc Rogers;

Zoology: Dennis Goode, Richard
High ton.

Fall Research Support Awards

Entomology: Robert Denno,
Michael Ma, Pedro Barbosa;

Community Planning: Alexander
Chen;

English: Jane Donawerth;

Music: James McDonald;

Psychology: Dana Plude;

Entomology: James Linduska,

Spring Research Support Award

Agronomy: Scott Glenn;

French and Italian: Madeleine
Cottenet-Hage;

History: Miles Bradbury, Stuart
Kaufman, Leslie Rowland;

Spanish and Portuguese: Ineke
Phaf;

Psychology: Pamela Alexander;

Nuclear Engineering: Ira Block;

Botany: Elisabeth Gantt;

Chemistry: Richard Armstrong;

Entomology: Barbara Thorne.

Computer World Meets Art World With Ceramic Glazes

Since 1976, when he started using
a mainframe computer that stored its
memory on punch-cards, Harold
McWhinnie has been seeking to com-
bine the technology of the computer
age with the finesse of art.

McWhinnie, an associate professor
of art education, originally started
combining art and computers with a
grant from the National Endowment
for the Arts. His Ceramic Glaze
Research Center began with 3,000
ceramic glaze formulas stored on an
early mainframe computer.

Since then, the invention of the
personal computer and several pro-
grams that analyze ceramic glaze
have enabled McWhinnie to offer
glaze analysis as a free service to art
teachers across the country.

Along with clay, ceramic glaze is
used to make pottery. Minerals such
as silica and flint are mixed with

chemicals and water, and can be
made into an infinite number of com-
binations. Some of these work, and
some don't

These formulas, which people
without a chemistry background can
find hard to understand, can be easily
analyzed by computers.

"It's a very simple use of the com-
puter," McWhinnie says. "Just plug
in the materials, and it will do all of
the calculations. It will say, 'You
don't have enough of this; you don't
have enough of that.'"

Ceramic glaze can be purchased
commercially, but what a manufac-
turer sells for $7.30 can be made from
materials costing 25 cents.

McWhinnie says that most of the
computer programs available now
range from S15-$40, are usually com-
patible with IBM or Apple computers
and don't require much memory.

But teachers without computers
who have problems with their glaze
formulas need not fear.

"Any art teacher can send me a
glaze problem or formula, and 1 will
send them back an analysis that will
hopefully solve their problem,"
McWhinnie says.

Through word-of-mouth and
advertisements in such publications
as CtTrtRi/c Month! I/, McWhinnie gets
enough requests to keep himself
busy.

"I've heard that there is someone
who charges for what I do," McWhin-
nie says. "But since I'm only offering
my service to art teachers, 1 don't feel
that I'm undercutting his business.
I'm just doing what I've always
enjoyed doing."

— Stephen Sobek

Alison Olson

Harriet Presser

Meriam Rosen

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MONDAY

Masters of Fine Aits Thesis Eichlbitlon.

works by Fall 1992 MFA goduates and
Spring 1993 MFA candidates, the Art
Gallery. Exhiil^ltlon runs thrOLigli May 20
Cail 5-3763 for info.

Art Exhibit: 'Spnng Visions.' featuring
works by littiogfapher Tadeus; Lapinski.
UMUC Center of Adult Education, S
a.m.-8 p.m. daily, tiirougti July 18, Call
5-7154 for rnfo.

Hispanic Faculty, Staff ani Graduate
Student Association Colloquium: Tfie

Nortri American Free Trade Agfeement:
Problems and Prospects." Sergio
fJegrete-Cardenas, noon-l p.m., 0100
Mane Mount. Call 5-1253 for mfo.

Jazz Ensemble and Jas Lab Concert.

Chris Vadala, conductor, noon- 2 p.m.,
Stamp Student Union Atrium. Call
4-3375 (or info.

Returning Students' Worksliop:

"Managing E*am Anxiety.' 2-3 p.m.,
2201 Stoemaker. Call 4-7693 for info,

UM Baseball vs. Florida State, 3 p.m..
Sfiipiey Field. Call 4-7122 for info.

Graduate Student Government Meeting,

3-5 o.m , 1143 Stamp Student umor^.
Call 4-S630 lor info.

Horticulture Colloquium: 'Blocrtemical
Role of Sucrose-Priosphate Synthetase
(SPS) m the Swettening of Potato
Tub€rs in Low Temperature Stor^e.*
Dona llJeperuma, 'i p.m., 0128
Holrapfel Cad 5^374 for info.

Computer Science Colloquium: 'Some

Contrasts in the Cunent Machine
Translation Scene." Yorick Wiilks, New
Mexico State, 4 p.m.. 0111 CLB
Building 106. Call 5-2661 for mfo.

Entomology Collo(|ufuni: 'Ecology of
Solas Spiders: Aggressive Chemical
Mimicry of Insect Pheromones.* Ken
Veargan, U, of Kentucky, 4 o.m,, 0200

Symons. Call 5-3911 for info.

CIDCfifl lecture; 'Peace in the Laws of
the Tfiree Traditions." Seth Mandell,

Holly Utmer. and AlKtel Rahim Omram. 5
p.m.. 2309 Art/Ssc, Call 4-7703 for
info.

American Heart Association CPR
Course, 'o; adult, cri'id, and infant skills.
May 3 and 4. 6-9:30 p.m. Registration
required, S20 fee. Also offered May 5
and 6. Call 4^132 for info,'

TUESDAY

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Seminar: 'Vocaiizalions of a Captive
Juvenile and Free-Ranging Adult-Calf
Pairs of Bryde's Whales. Baiaenoptera
edeni," Peggy Walton, noon, 1208
Zoo /Psych. Call 5-6949 for info.

Wrtters Here and Now, student readings
by tvinriers of me Kathenne Anne Porter
Fction Prize and ttie Academy of Poets
Pnze, 3:30 p,m., U20 South Campus
Surge, Call 5-3820 for info.

Committee on History and Philosophy
of Science ftoundtable Discussion:

"Assessing the Scientific Data

Revolution.' Michael Fisher. 4:15-6
p.m., 1407 Chemistry. Call 5-5691 for
info.

WEDNESDAY

Personnel Services Employee
Development Seminar: Strategies to

Enhance Vour Career and Image.' 9
a.m.~4 p.m.. May 5 and 6, IIOIU
Administrative Services, $135 fee. Call
5-5651 foi info.'

Counseling Center Research and
Development Meeting, topic to Oe
announced, noon-l p.m,, 0106
Shoemaker. Call 4-7591 for info.

University of Maryland Police
Department 3rd Annual Citizen
Appreciation Day Picinic, noon, picinic
area by Byrd Stadium South Gate. 1
p.m. address by Kenneth W. Krouse,
Food and games provided. Call 5-7031
for Infp and R,S,V.P.

Oveteaters Anonymous Meeting, 1-2

p.m.. 3100 E Heal tfi Center, weekly
meeting open to campus community.
Call 4^142 for mfo.

UM Baseball vs, UMBC. 3 p.m.,
Field Can 4-7122 for ir>fo.

Sfiipley

Astronomy Colloquium; "Comets: One
Unlike tde Other— A Comparison of
Coma Morphologies," Rita Schult^,
UMD/ESA. 4 p.m., 1113
Computer/Soace Sciences. Call 5-3001
for into,

Latin American Studies Center Lecture:

"Frontier Economies and Slate

Building: Argentina. Araucania

and Chile," t^nstina L, Jones, 5

p.m., multipurposeroom.

Language House. Call 5-6441

for info.

Masters of Fine Arts
Candidates Opening Reception,

,,, works Oy Fall 1992 MFA gradu-
ates and Spring 1993 MFA can-
didates, opening 5-7 p.m.. the
Art Gallery, Call 5-2763 for info.

Tadeusz Lapinski, Winter Tales

THURSDAY

Returning Students' Woriisdop:

"Multiple Roles," weekly discus-
sion and support group to help
women manage a variety Of
roles. 11 a.m.-noon, 2201
Shoemakei. Call 4-7693 for
info.

Campus Affairs Committee
Open Forum: 'Parking and the
Campus Facilities Master Plan,"
1-3 p.m., Maryland Room,
Mane Mount. Call 5-5805 to
sign up to speak and for info.

Campus Senate Meeting,

3:30-6:30 p.m.. 0126 Reckord
Armory, Call 5-5805 for info,

fleliabiifty Seminar:

"Nondestructive Methods for
Materials Characterijation,
'George Alers. NIST, 5:15-6:15
p,m,, 2110 Chemical and
Nuclear Engineering, Call
5-3887 for info.

Physics Is Phun Lecture-
Demortstraitlon: 'Seeing the
Light." Richard E, Berg. 7-8:45

The Concert Society at IVIaryiand presents Sequentia on May 7.

p.m.. May 5. 7, and 8, Physics Lecture

Hall. Call 5-5994 for Info,

FRIDAY

Geology Seminar; "Volcanic Rocks and
Kenoliths from the Mexican Basin and
Range," Jim Lutir, Smithsonian, 11 a,m„
0103 Hornbake, Call 5-4089 for info,

Flret National Bank of Maryland
Research Colloquium in Finance:

"Equiiy Offenngs Following the IPO:
Theory and Evidence,' Ivo Welch, UCLA.
1-2:30 o.m., 1203 MPA Bidg. Call
5-2256 for info.

Dance Department, Infomial Stwwing. 5
p.m.. Dorothy Madden Studio..-'TTieater.
Call 5-3180 for mfo.

Concert Society at Maryland, Sequentia

celebrates women musicians of the
Middle Ages, 8 p.m.. National
Presbyterian Cburch. Pre<oncert discus-
sion. 6:30 p.m. Admission is $18 stan-
dard, tl5.20 faculty and staff. 115.50
seniors and $7 students. Call
403-4240 for mfo.'

University of Maryland Symphony
Orchestra, William Hudson, conductor.
music of Beethoven and Brahms, 8
p,m„Tawes Recital Hall, Call 5-5548 for

info.

Math Stpdent-Faculty Colloquium; "How

Do We Walk and Fish Swim' A Case
Study in Applied Mathematics
Modeling.' Avis Cohen, 3 p.m., 3206
Math. Call 5-5021 for info.

Entomology Colloquium: "Lygus.
Lymantna and Leplinotarsa; Bringing a
Spaciai Dimension to Insect Populations
and 1PM Programs." Shelby Fleisher.
Penn, State. 4 p.m.. 02OO Symons. Call
5-3911 for info.

UMUC Center for Professional
Development Course: GRE Workshop.

May 10. 13, 17, 20 and 24 (3 Mondays
and 2 Thufsdaysi, 6-9 p.m., UMUC

Conference Center $175. Call
985-7195 for registration Info,'

Reckord Armory Gym Closes until
September. 9 p,m„ . Call 4-7218 for

info.

WED^ESDAY

SATURDAY

University of Maryland Chorale Annual
Pops Concert, Roger Folstrom, director.
8 p.m,. Tawes Recital Hall. Call 5-5548
for info.

Personnel Services Employee
Developrnent Seminar: Rnancial
Success in a Recovering Economy:
Buying and Selling for the Speculative
Investor," 10 a.m.-noon, UOIU
Administrative Services. Call 5-5651 for
info.

Counseling Center Research and
Development Meeting: Cniicai
Incidents in White Racial Identity
Developments," Jill Scarpellini, noon-1
0,m.. 0106 Shoemaker. Call 4-7691 for
mfo.

m MONDAY

speech Communication Colloquium: "f

Feminist Perspective on Rhetonc: A
Reconceptualization of Ethos,' Sonja
Foss, Ohio State, noon. 0104 Skinner.
Call 5-6524 for mfo.

Calendar Guidelines

The OUTLOOK Calendar publishes university-sponsored events, subject to space
availability. Preference is given to free, on^campus events. The deadline Is two
weeks before the Monday of the week in which the event occurs. Mail listings
with date, time, title of event, speaker, sponsoring organization, location, fee iit
any], and numtjer to call for information to: Calendar Editor, 2101 Turner Lab, or
fax to 314-9344. Calendar phone numbers listed as 4-k);k* or 5-xx)ik stand for
the prefix 314- or 405- respectively. Events are free and open to the public
unless noted by an asterisk | '). For more information, call 405-7339,

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