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Governors State UniversityOPUS Open Portal to University ScholarshipFaze 1 University Newsletters3-11-1974Faze 1, 1974-03-11Office of CommunicationsFollow this and additional works at: http://opus.govst.edu/faze_1This Newsletter is brought to you for free and open access by the University Newsletters at OPUS Open Portal to University Scholarship. It has beenaccepted for inclusion in Faze 1 by an authorized administrator of OPUS Open Portal to University Scholarship. For more information, please contactopus@govst.edu.Recommended CitationGovernors State University Office of Communications, Faze 1 (1974, March 11). http://opus.govst.edu/faze_1/121\ II MARCH 11, 1974 Vol. 3, No. 27 FEBRUARY UNIVERSITY ASSEMBLY MEETING ... Feb. 28, with newly elected �embership, took some impor­tant actions ... elected new Executive Committee (see below) ... Announced was process for reconsti­tuting all Standing Committees (Conunittees on Educational Programs and Policies, Governance, Human Services, Physical Resources, Fiscal Resources, and Future). Any faculty, staff, student, or community individual is eligble. Gontact PAM MADSEN (ext. 2345) if you've not already applied and are interested. }t�asures passed and sent on to the President: 1. Amendment to Professional Personnel Systems ( cument---eliminating two-year appointment as one possible step toward tenure and calling for three successive one-year appointments before eligibility for seven-year cyclical tenure. 2. Cvclical Tenure Criteria -- passed measure which becomes appendix to Professional Personnel Sys­tems Document. Approved amendment to proposal changing criterion from doctorate or terminal de­gree to 60 hours beyond the Bachelor's degree with exceptions to this eligibility requirement possible for unusually qualified people. 3. Copyright Amendment -- altered previously passed Copyright Policy to allow University to recover 10% of the first $5000 of revenue produced with substantial University contribution with creator receiving the balance. 4. Use of University Facilities -- passed measure allowing and encouraging community use of University facilities but giving instruction and intra-University functions highest priority. Policies themselves will be given wide dissemination after action by the President. NEWLY ELECTED ASSEMBLY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: Student Rep -- TOMMY DASCENZO Civil Service Rep -- BERNARD BUSH Faculty Rep -- CHRIS LIEBSCHER Support Rep -- DAVID CURTIS Assembly Chairman -- DANIEL BERND Assembly Vice Chairman -- DONALD DOUGLAS Assembly Secretary -- CELIA-ANN TOLL Meeting time: Friday, 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. Place: President's Conference Area ( ·�n elected, the Chairman of the reconstituted Standing Committees are also non-voting members of the Executive Committee. PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTEES TO THE UNIVERSITY ASSEMBLY: TERESA ABBOTT -- Comm. Rep. from Harvey RICHARD L. ISMOND -- Comm. Rep. from Homewood HERBERT WILLI�tS -- CHLD Student and Co-Editor, Innovator ROY T. COGDELL -- Dean, CHLD HERBERT OLIVERA Faculty, CBPS VIRGINIO PIUCCI -- Y.P., R & I WILLIAM BRAZELY -- Mgr., Space & Facili­ties, B & PO WILLIE MAE LAWRENCE -- Civil Service, R & j ..---:-\,J..JIV.&.II!J.3• • •• &'-.&.l•uu ••'-'u-•• ..., • .__ \.-··-- _, _4 .... in America, 1776-1877" • • •  The CCS presentation Feb. 16 directed by KATHLEEN SIMS drew :1 packed "'­house of 400 at the mini-campus ... KATHLEEN SIMS (CCS Comm. Prof.) was also the subje�t of an extensive feature recently in South Suburban Advertiser in Lansing, I 11. .. Another pol i ticnl c:mJ­idate in the GSU family is JANET MUCHNIK (wife of MEL MUCHNIK, C<l\fM), running for the rnrk For<':;t School District 163 Board of Education ... MARY ENDRES (AA) speaking to the LaGrange branch of�� American Association of University Women (AAUW) on "Governors State: An Experiment in Learnt.t,_r' ... while P.1EL MUCHNIK (C{).{M) speaking to the South Suburban Branch of Mtn� and hosting a tour of Phase ! ... visiting the campus last week, also, were 50 teachers from Bloom Township on an Insti-tute Day ... ROY COGDELL (CHLD) addressing Crete-Monee High School PTA on a session titled "The Community College and You" • • •  CHRIS LIEBSCHER (CBPS) representing GSU at 37th h'orld Trade Conf. at the Palmer House, Chicago, also attending seminar "Energy Crisis vs. Environment" sponsored by University of Chicago ... DAVE BURGEST, BILL BOLINE (both CHLD) attending the 3rd National African Association for Black Studies Conference with Burgest delivering paper on "The Black Scholar" and Boline serving on panel of "Community Services as a Mechanism for an African Reality Workshop" ... JOHN AND KAY CANNING (COMM) serving as AFS chaperones for foreign high school stu­dents' visits to the Chicago Urban League, Chicago's Harlan H.S. and Johnson Publishing . • .  ELMER WITT (CAMPUS MINISTER/CCS) in Washington, D.C. as rep. to Lutheran Council of USA at annual con­vention of Association of Junior and Community Colleges. SPRING AND POETRY ... Poetry Forum of CCS resumes March 11 at 1:00 p.m. with PHYLLIS NELSON read­ing her "Clonings." (Room C3326) FREE DAYS ... The President has declared April 29 through �fay 5 as "free days" for professional staff. These days are between M/A 74 and M/J74 sessions. Units will still have to be covered during this period. A ROMA IN THE SPRINGTIME? ... GSUers can take ad­vantage of relatively low tour-based fare from Chicago to Rome for 9 days and return (April 24 - f.fay 2) for $362 including air fare and ho­tel and breakfasts. Contact FRANKIE BARNES (STUD. SVCS.) if interested. EXOTIC MODULE ... offered by BOB PRESS (CCS) is a 4-week Sunday School class at Temple Anshe Sholom called "Exotic Jewish Communities." The module deals with African values and the Jewishv communities in Ethiopia and North Africa. GSU WC*ffiN ... has its next general meeting scheduled for Thursday, March 14 at B:QO p.m. in E-1109. Guest speaker is SANDRA WHITAKER (CCS). CONGRATIJLATIONS ... to BARBARA JENKINS (CHLD) on her becoming GSU representative to the Association for Women in Science, the larg­est interdiscip!ina�y association for women in the scientific professions in the country. INVITED TO PARTICIPATE . . •  in workshops bye- -gonne National Laboratory in Illinois were HERM SIEVERING (CEAS) (1mrkshop on "Trace f.fetal Analysis") and DON DOUGLAS (CEAS) (Workshop on "Detection of Pesticides by TLD" and "Radiotracers in Biology." GSU SIDELIGHT IN TI-lE NEWS ... LOWELL CULVER (CBPS) was one of the founders of the food distribution program in Washington State now being emulated by the Hearst Foundation in the Patricia Hearst case. THE SEARCH IS ON ... for DirC'ctor of Student Services. According to OTIS LAI\'RENCE (CEAS). Chair­man of the Conunittee (composed of DAVE BURGEST, WARRICK CARTER, DAVE CURTIS, DICK VORWERK, GERALDINE WILLIAMS, PAULA WOLFF, MARY ENDRES, MAXWELL BENNETT, GENE BILOTTO, PAT CEBRZYNSKI, BECKY KELLER, CORLIS �ruSE and ELLEN SILBER), the follolring qualifications have been established for prospective candidates: l. a person who has had considerable administrative experience in higher education 2. a person with an earned Ph.D. degree is preferred but �taster's candidates with adequat� perience will be considered - the content area of degree should be in higher education dent personnel administration, higher education personnel management, higher education dent guidance, or related areas ex­stu­stu-3. a person \iith one or more years of successful higher education administrative experience working with college students, especially minority and older students. The Committee welcomes applications from within the GSU community and has agreed to intervie"' �ach qualified GSU applicant. Please send names, addresses, and relevant information regardir qunlifications of prospective candidates to OTIS LAWRENCE (CEAS) on or before Harch 15, 1974. ..., •• •• .._ •·--•---••••• ... v .. uvau"'• • •••• """""" au..tr.'-6..J"" v� tUV\1..1.11� O.UU \..VH�LJ.U\..L.J.VUI UJU J...!> W¥t:UU . .1J&� J.t...S way tO-Ward accreditation. The University's Self Study, based on the three Task Force reports and the recommendations of tne Universitr planning group, is now in preparation by DANIEL BERND. The report is due back to the planning group by March 15 for review with final submission slated for �y 1. The Task Force reports on the Achievement of Objectives and on Future Plans will be dis­{ ibuted to Unit Heads shortly. Individual copies will be available through the Unit Head. If all goes well after the North Central Staff Review in May and June, a team from the North Central Association will visit GSU at the end of the year or early 1975 with the March, 1975 meeting of the Association making a decision on the University's application for accreditation. The Report of the Task Force on the University is so voluminous that only limited copies will be available. THE RTA ROAD ... will be discussed by RTA suppor­ters on Tuesday evening, March 12, 7:30 p.m. -9:3 0 p.m. in the Community Conference Center. FINAL DISCUSSION? . . •  How's this for jazzy title of topic discussion: "Do the Doomsday Prophets Really Know What They're Talking About, or, Will the World Really End in 1975?" -- It's the an­nounced theme for the next Theology for Lunch session, Monday, March 18, Noon - 1:00 p.m., in the Conference Room of Student Services Area. Brown bag lunch. No membership required. Every­one welcome. ALL THAT JAZZ ... festivals abound for GSU award winning jazz. The GSUers have been invited to compete in big band and sextet competitions at the Elmhurst College Festival March 15-16 and then return to the scene of their initial ft�-iumphs, the Notre Dame Festival, April 4-6. \ .e Third Annual Junior College Jazz Festival is scheduled for GSU �lay 3 -4. C®1ENTS ON STREAKING ... noted one GSUer, it gives men and women a chance to air their differences. AND THE FARMERS ALMANAC ... notes a doctor's com­ment to an elderly man: "Sure, you can chase women. Just make sure you don't catch any." GSU STUDENT JOLIET POLICEMAN OF YEAR ... TOM FITZGERALD (CBPS Student in Public Service) has been named "Policeman of Year" by the Joliet Exchange Club. Fitzgerald has been with the Police Dept. for 5 years, and has received several commendations ranging from aiding citi­zens in response to service calls to the suc­cessful capture of an escaped felon. BUS FARES ... on the GSU-Richton ICG Station Line are as outlined in the last issue of FAZE I for faculty and staff. Students will ride free with valid ID card and Visitors sign for their free ride. Student fares are being ;sidized by SSAC. (. l • HONOR FOR AlJ.1A WALKER ... on Thursday, t-tarch 14. School District 169 will honor ALMA WALJ<ER (CCS) for her outstanding contributions to to community. "A Night with Dr. Walker" at Cottage Grove Elementary School begins at 7:30 p.m. with all members of the University community invited to join in this celebration. TELEPHONE OPERATOR ENDURANCE ... by those staff. ing the switchboard at the minicampus. Amid moves, open doors and falling walls, service to the minicampus continuea. It must have seemed like a ship being abandoned as the switchboard slowly became the only thing re­maining in the mini campus. FIRST GSU MUSIC EVENT IN PHASE I . . •  occurs this week on Wednesday when the Maple Hill String Band performs from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the Com­munity Conference Center. Bluegrass, folk, and original compositions will be the fare offered by four musicians from Chelsea, �tass. "There I was • • .  boss of 81 men in my department, when someone suggested I take the aptitude tests, too." MONDAY, MARCH 11 8:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m. 1:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. TUESDAY, MARCH 12 9:00 a.m. 1:30 p.m. - 3!00 2:30 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7 : 30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13 8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. 3:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. THURSDAY, MARCH 14 9:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. 1:30 p.m. 8:00 p.m. FRIDAY, MARCH 15 8:00 a.m. 12:00 noon - 1:30 p.m. SUNDAY, MARCH 17 7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. Academic Affairs Staff R & I Staff Turnbridge Meeting (President's Conference Area) Poetry Reading, Phyllis Nelson, CCS (C3326) Coop Ed Staff (D1120) BHE Meeting, Edwardsville, Southern Illinois Univ. Academic Wing (President's Conference Area) LRC Staff CCS Theatre Faculty/Students (Dll20) Discussion on RTA (Community Conference Center) Dean's Meeting (President's Conference Area) Maple Hill String Band (Community Conference BOG Meeting, Western Illinois CEAS Faculty Women's Advisory Council The Union of Afrikan People (01120) GSU Women, Sandra Whitaker-Speaker (E-1109) V.P. 's meet with President (President's Conference Area) Executive Committee (President's Conference Area) Sunday Evening Drop In t{ 

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