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Garcia sculpture of Bolivar presented to city
A life-size bust of Simon Bolivar, sculpted by Hector Garcia, Associate Professor of Fine Arts, was presented to the city of Fort Wayne December 17 by four ethnic groups at the Public Library. Bolivar was the acknowledged liberator of South America. The presentation, by officials of the Educational Center for Latino Affairs, Latin American Educational Center, League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), and Mexican American Business Association, marked the 100th anniversary of Bolivar’s death. Chancellor Joseph P. Giusti, present for the unveiling, commented, “I just want to commend Professor Garcia for the bust of the great South American liberator which he has sculpted for the Fort Wayne Public Library. It is, I think, an outstanding example of one of the many ways our dedicated faculty serve this community for the lasting benefit of all who live here.” Garcia has taught sculpture in Fort Wayne since 1966. His works include the 10-foot bronze statue of Chief Little Turtle at the Old Fort, the statue of the unknown Jesuit priest at the confluence of Fort Wayne’s three rivers, all the busts in the Main Library, and other works.
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Volume One, Number Nine January 26, 1981
INTERCOM is a bi-weekly publication for the faculty and staff of Indiana University-Purdue University at Fort Wayne.
Building features diverse facilities
A new era for IPFW athletics will be heralded next fall when the health, physical education and recreation building opens. “The most exciting thing about the new building is that it will serve as an activity focal point for the student body and faculty and staff,” said Dr. David Skelton of the Athletic Department. "The kind of campus atmosphere the building will provide is manyfold over the hurdles in getting the building built." The structure, located to the northwest of Walb Memorial Union, contains 60,000 square feet and will house the physical education faculty, coaches and the Student Health Services, in addition to two classrooms and one lecture hall. The complex will also feature five handball courts, three full-size basketball courts, an indoor jogging track elevated above the basketball courts, plus facilities for indoor tennis, volleyball, gymnastics, wrestling, weightlifting, fencing and dancing. When equipped with bleachers, the building will have a seating capacity of 2,550 surrounding the main basketball court. "All of our current programs will benefit tremendously with the new facility," stated Skelton. "The program can become much more functional."
Faculty uses
Skelton believes the building will encourage greater support from faculty and staff, as well as the obvious support from students. "Our athletic program hasn't been easy to identify with since it was off campus," he believes. A special feature, which may entice many to the new facility, is the one-tenth mile jogging track which wraps around the building facade on the second floor. It may be a popular place as the building also features faculty and staff shower rooms. An athletic committee is currently formulating building use guidelines. Some community access may be available, with a minimal fee, said Skelton.
Health, physical education and recreation building
Athletic program experiences slow growth
Big Ten sports have always been resplendent with pageantry and tradition. Both Indiana University and Purdue University are leaders in that athletic special interest group, and supply IPFW with a firm legacy to live up to. The sporting life at IPFW is generated through the auspices of the Athletic Office, providing a competitive forum in which students can carry on those traditions. During the past decade, however, IPFW athletics has experienced a difficult and extended infancy, said Dr. David Skelton, of the Athletic Department. The first major step to enhance the comprehensive development in the intramural, recreational and intercollegiate programs, he added, will be the new health, physical education and recreation building, which is scheduled to open next fall semester (see story above.) Currently, the athletic program has evolved into nine intercollegiate sports, which include: women's and men's volleyball, women's and men's basketball, women's and men's tennis, men's soccer, women's track and men's baseball. "Our program has developed with some growing pains," explained Skelton. The teams, known as the Tuskers, participate in NCAA sports. Indoor sporting events are held in the gymnasium of Concordia Theological Seminary. Support is growing for the basketball team this winter, as the team has a city Sertoma Tournament trophy on their court. One of the more positive influences on the current program has been the interest and support of the Red and Gold Booster Club. Founded half a decade ago as a “pep” club, the Red and Gold Booster Club now will be providing financial support in the form of athletic scholarships. Although the funds rank far below the Big Ten level, now IPFW athletes may receive some aid in conjunction with athletic participation. Skelton believes this is an exciting time for the athletic program, with interest growing and a new building under construction. An athletic committee is honing a two to four year master plan for the future. With the additional space and programming planned for the athletics program, the growth should be phenomenal, signaling another IPFW program literally on the run.
MID-YEAR CELEBRATIONS - December was a month of celebrations on campus as two departments saluted students with traditional ceremonies. Twenty first-year dental hygienists were "capped" as they began the next phase of their Dental Auxiliary Education program (left). The traditional ceremony was held in the Neff Hall auditorium and Dr. John Ulmer, Dean of Student Services, addressed the graduates and guests. Forty-five students became Department of Nursing graduates in a pinning ceremony in the Neff Hall auditorium (below.) The ceremony processional for the two-year program graduates is shown. The five men and 40 women received Associate of Applied Science in Nursing degrees. Another group of Nursing students will graduate in May. Pinning ceremonies are held twice each year.
Budget emphasis explained
Chancellor’s Message
An all-time high enrollment for a spring semester coming on the heels of record fall enrollments would be cause for jubilance were it not for one distressing reality: even with the forecasted substantial fee and tuition increases and strong enrollments, the coming biennium may be a very lean one for higher education in Indiana. Indeed, recent information concerning legislative appropriations indicates that higher education in the State will be funded at approximately the same level for fiscal years 1981-83 as for this year. Because of the pressures caused by unavoidable cost increases (such as Social Security, medical benefits, and utility costs), it is crucial that we budget out limited resources carefully in order to preserve the economic well-being of our faculty and staff and to maintain essential services and program quality. Given this immediate need for systematic budget planning, I approved last week a tentative schedule for the 1981-82 internal planning and budgeting procedure. The intent of this measure is to provide an opportunity for each unit’s plans and priorities to be considered carefully as part of the budget process. Although our Presidents continue to work toward a more favorable level of appropriations, and we are hopeful that their efforts will be fruitful, the uncertainty of the situation increases significantly the importance of taking this positive action to preserve our fiscal integrity. I have asked our administrative officers to make arrangements to give this budget planning activity the attention it merits and have assured them that their efforts are deeply appreciated. I would ask that you lend them your cooperation and support during this period of fiscal uncertainty so that we may work together to produce a budget that, as events unfold, may require upward rather than downward revisions. - Chancellor Joseph P. Giusti
RED AND GOLD CARPET DAY - The first Red and Gold Carpet Day, designed to give high school students an initial look at IPFW, was a success January 18 as approximately 300 students and parents attended. Chancellor Joseph P. Giusti welcomed the guests in the Ballroom of the Walb Memorial Union. Other speakers included Dr. Phil Kennell, Director of Admissions (shown above) and Mark Franke, Financial Aids. Dr. Franklin Kenworthy, Assistant Vice Chancellor and Dean of Academic Services, served as master of ceremonies. After the hour-long presentation, student guides led the guests on a tour of the campus. The event was sponsored by the Alumni Office and the Admissions Office.
Women’s Studies series slated for spring
The IPFW Women’s Studies program and the Fort Wayne Feminists are cosponsoring a series of evening seminars for spring semester. “Women and our relationships with men” is the topic of a February 17 seminar, with Jeanette Clausen as coordinator. Susan Junk will host the March 17 seminar, “I’ve got the 9 to 5 blues,” and “A minority woman’s double problem: racism and sexism,” on April 21, will be coordinated by Rosanna Herber. Completing the series are May 19 and June 16 seminars. The first topic, “Are religion and feminism incompatible?” is hosted by Stephany Holmes and the final seminar “Struggling to be a healthy woman in a sexist society” is coordinated by Bobbi Kreicker. The seminars begin at 7:30 p.m. in Walb Memorial Union, Room 226.
PIT production advances to regionals in College Theatre Festival
The cast of “Runaways,” a PIT theatre production which touches upon some relevant social issues, participated in the regional contest of the American College Theatre Festival in Akron, Ohio last weekend. Of the 43 entrants in the Region III (Great Lakes area states), IPFW and five other schools were selected to participate at the regional level. The production was viewed locally at a December 5 performance by a team of two judges, who reviewed and critiqued the show for the cast and crew the following day. Not only was PIT’s production singled out as one of the best six in the region, but it was also one of only three to be voted on by the judges on the first ballot, ranking “Runaways” in the top three productions of the region. The best of the six productions will represent the region at the national level with performances at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. PIT has taken three previous productions to the regional competition, “Dames at Sea” in 1973, “Marathon 33” in 1975 and “Hair” in 1976. "Dames at Sea” and “Hair” were both selected to perform at the Kennedy Center. As a result of his performance in “Marathon 33” in 1975, Dan Butler, an IPFW student at that time, won the Irene Ryan Award for Best Actor at the Kennedy Center. Director Larry L. Life, Assistant Professor of Theatre, termed the regional contest, “the most important part of the American College Theatre festival.” Life admits he feels “very positive” about the show. “We’re doing more than just theatre with this play, it is making a social comment,” Life admits. “We are making people aware of a social problem we’ve only read statistics about in the newspaper. A statistic is not very moving. This show gets inside the problem of runaways and asks for help.” Results from the regional competition will be available at the end of February.
Credit hour totals up
An additional 7,181 credit hours for spring semester 1981 represents a ten per cent increase over spring semester 1980, and the biggest enrollment ever for a spring semester at IPFW, reports Registrar Jack C. Dahl. The total number of enrolled hours for spring semester 1981 is 78,798, while spring semester 1980 total hours were 71,617. “Although a number of students did have some difficulty getting to registration because of the weather, the extra day of registration seemed to resolve most of those problems,” commented Dahl.
Faculty members awarded grants, attend conferences
Around IPFW
Mark C. Leach, Associate Professor of Fine Arts, has been awarded a $400 research grant from the President’s Council on International Programs. Leach will use the funds to supplement further study on the project “Illustrated Bartsch.” Dr. James D. Woolf, Professor of English, has also received a grant from the President’s Council on International Programs. His project is “The poetry of Thomas Hardy - a study in development.” Associate Professor of Political Science Gerald L. Houseman has accepted an invitation from Professor Martin Shapiro of the University of California at Berkeley School of Law to participate in a panel on civil liberties at the 1981 American Political Science Convention. The convention will be held in New York City in September. Houseman presented a paper “City of the right: urban application of conservative thought,” at the 1980 APSA Convention in Washington. Three members of the IPFW faculty, who are active in the Women’s Studies Program, attended the 95th annual convention of the Modern Language Association of America in Houston, Texas, during December. These faculty members are: Dr. Jeanette Clausen, Assistant Professor of Modern Foreign Language; Dr. Linda Fox, Assistant Professor of Modern Foreign Language; and Dr. Marthe Rosenfeld, Associate Professor of Modern Foreign Language. Rosenfeld co-chaired a session entitled “How to integrate woman’s studies into basic foreign language courses” and also read a paper on “New trends, new writers.” At the November meeting of the Board of Directors of the Academy of Social Sciences, Dr. Paul Jean Provost, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, was made a member of the board as well as chairman of the anthropology section of the academy. John Carnaghi, Vice Chancellor for Financial Affairs, will present a budget seminar for interested faculty and staff on February 4 at 3 p.m. in Kettler Hall, Room 146. Carnaghi will discuss the process of university budget planning. Wen-hui Tsai, Associate Professor of Sociology, has been awarded a grant from the President’s Council on International Programs. His topic is “Socio-economic development in South Korea and Taiwan.” Dr. Soon T. Kim, Assistant Professor of Physical Geography, presented a paper entitled “Monitoring suspended sediments in a river channel with Landsat” at the 1980 American Geography Union Fall Meeting in San Francisco during December 8-12, 1980.
Changes
New Assistant to the Vice Chancellor and Dean of the Faculty is Ann Merrill. Named Vice Chancellor for Financial Affairs is John Carnaghi.
IPFW INTERCOM
Volume One, Number Nine January 26, 1981 U.R.-1/81-01
INTERCOM is published by the Office of University Relations, Indiana University-Purdue University at Fort Wayne (IPFW), 2101 Coliseum Boulevard East, Fort Wayne, IN 46805. Used as a means of internal communication for faculty and staff, INTERCOM is distributed twice monthly.
Executive Editor: Jerry Morgan Medley
Editor: Amy L. McVay
Calendar: Lorane Hamblin
Writer: Jeffrey Armstrong
Carnaghi “well versed” on university finances
Spotlight on staff
Thirteen years of professional experience with the finances of Purdue University have given John Carnaghi, Vice Chancellor for Financial Affairs, the background and expertise to aptly handle his new position at IPFW. The newest member of the IPFW administrative team got his first job with Purdue in 1967. He spent the next 13 years at the West Lafayette campus, serving in various university jobs, including business representative for the Department of Education and School of Humanities, Social Sciences and Education, Assistant Budget Director, Budget Director and Assistant Director of Personnel Services. Although all the jobs involved university finances, the position with Personnel Services gave Carnaghi a more “people-oriented” consciousness. “In moving to Personnel Services, I felt I needed the experience of dealing with people. While the job was only for a short stint, I found the time very valuable.” Carnaghi is now in a job, as Vice Chancellor for Financial Affairs, which requires both human and financial relations. “What is so exciting about this job is joining a relatively new team that has a lot of new ideas and philosophies,” he commented.
Vice Chancellor at 35
Although the 35-year-old Carnaghi moved up the administrative ladder very swiftly, he does not see his youth as detrimental. “Age is neither a help nor a hindrance,” he believes. “I have 13 years of solid, diversified university finance experience which supersede my chronological age.” The new Vice Chancellor views his position as a means to potential growth. “If I had not felt that I could not only grow, but contribute to the job, I would not have been interested,” he stated.
Native of Illinois
Carnaghi is a native of Herrin, Illinois and attended undergraduate school at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. He met his wife Judy, there. The couple has a five-year-old son, Jason. The new Vice Chancellor, who has a master’s degree in educational administration from Purdue at West Lafayette, enjoys hunting and fishing, and playing tennis and racquetball. He is also a great fan of athletics, loves Purdue teams and the L.A. Dodgers, and has coached YMCA football. “Spotlight on Staff” is a regular INTERCOM feature and appears in each issue.
ADMINISTRATIVE ADDITION - Comptroller Phil Grote (left) discusses a financial matter with Vice Chancellor for Financial Affairs John Carnaghi (right). Carnaghi recently became a part of the IPFW administrative team after 13 years of university finance experience with Purdue University at West Lafayette.
Ohio resident named Assistant to Vice Chancellor
Former Troy, Ohio resident Ann Merrill has assumed duties as Assistant to Vice Chancellor and Dean of the Faculty Edward Nicholson. Merrill assists Nicholson with special projects and serves as a faculty liaison for the Vice Chancellor’s Office. Merrill has a B.A. in sociology from Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio, an A.B. in business from Miami Jacobs College in Dayton, Ohio, and has studied at the Air Force Institute of Technology at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. From July 1979 until she came to IPFW, the new Assistant to the Vice Chancellor was administrative assistant to the Dean of the College of Business at Wright State. She has previously served as secretary to the Wright State Business Dean, contract specialist and secretary at Wright-Patterson, secretary to the Director of Admissions at the University of Dayton, secretary to a Dayton physician and assistant secretary at Greenfield Elementary School, Greenfield, Ohio. Merrill’s husband, Greg, is an engineer in the Water Pollution Control department of the City of Fort Wayne.
Novak is creative force behind “Windless Orchard”
Focus on faculty
“The exciting thing about teaching is that you get to talk about what you love and get paid for it,” said Dr. Robert L. Novak, Associate Professor of English. What the teacher of English loves is this: doses of Salinger and Vonnegut and whatever piece of literature he happens to be mentally digesting at the time. Novak’s affinity for his craft and for literature yields a unique and casual approach to teaching modern literature courses here at IPFW. “I like both the heart and the mind to get excited about literature and for the soul to also be excited,” he explained, “The world’s worst written paper will make me interested in where that student is coming from and how I can help him.” In his 25 years of looking at student compositions, Novak’s approach to grades has changed somewhat. “I look for different things now,” he stressed. “I now appreciate an essay with some kind of organization, and a well-turned phrase.” Writing itself, the professor believes, has evolved over the past quarter century. “Writers are not quite so certain of absolute values, as Hemingway was, for example,” he commented. “Today’s writers are a strange mixture of irresponsibly and lightheartedness.”
Personal writing
Novak himself writes and is perhaps the antithesis of Bernard Shaw’s adage, “Those who can do - do; those who can’t - teach.” He is both a spectator and a player in the writing game as he has published more than 120 poems in various publications. He is currently working on several works about “King Tut in America,” poems which relate to a hypothetical journey the Egyptian monarch might make if he were alive today. One of Novak’s local written pursuits is the literary journal dubbed “Windless Orchard.” The quarterly poetry publication contains material of writers from all over the country and is indexed in 25 places. The “Windless Orchard” project began ten years ago with works from local persons. Novak is currently putting together an anti-haiku issue.
IPFW veteran
The Associate Professor of English is a graduate of Wabash College with an A.B. in English. He has an M.A. and Ph.D. in English from the University of Oklahoma. A veteran of IPFW, Novak joined the faculty in 1960. His creativity is evident also through his hobbies, which include photography, piano music, gardening, cross-country skiing and karate. “Focus on Faculty” is a regular INTERCOM feature and appears in each issue.
ON WRITING WELL - Robert Novak, Associate Professor of English, emphasizes strong organization in student’s written pieces.
CRYSTAL PALACE - The campus glowed last week as Jack Frost painted the trees.
February
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3 Soc/Anthro Forum, “The Plain People of Indiana,” Noon, Walb 114; Men’s Basketball, DePauw at IPFW, 7:30 p.m.
4 Budget Seminar, KT146, 3 p.m., with John Carnaghi
5 IU Faculty Senate meeting, KT101, 3 p.m.; Women’s Basketball, IPFW at St. Joseph, 6:30 p.m.
6 Supervision Alumni Night, Harley Hotel Ballroom, 8 p.m.; Men’s Volleyball, IPFW at Ohio State Invitational, TBA
7 WIPU, 89.1 FM, Mozart’s opera “Die Zauberfloete,” 2 p.m.; Men’s Volleyball, IPFW at Ohio State Invitational, TBA; SUBOG movie “Every Which Way But Loose,” 7 & 10 p.m., Walb Ballroom
8 “Music from Indiana-Purdue,” recorded at IPFW-TV and performed by faculty members, Masson Robertson and Anthony Adessa, will air on 57/39, 4:30 p.m.; WIPU, 89.1 FM airs Gilbert and Sullivan Delight, “The Mikado,” 2 p.m.
9 Women’s Studies, “What is CR?” Walb 116, Noon 1:15 p.m.
10 Soc/Anthro Forum, “Assessing the Needs of the Elderly,” Noon, Walb 114
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12 Men’s Basketball, St. Francis at IPFW, 7:30 p.m.; Women’s Basketball, Tri-State at IPFW, 5 p.m.
13 ENT Academic Review, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m., Kettler 178
14 WIPU, 89.1 FM, Verdi’s opera “Un Ballo in Maschera,” 2 p.m.; Men’s Volleyball, IPFW at Pittsburg, TBA; Women’s Basketball, Purdue-Calumet at IPFW, 5 p.m.; Men’s Basketball, Aquinas at IPFW, 7:30 p.m.; SUBOG movie “Animal House,” 7 & 10 p.m., Walb Ballroom
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17 Women’s Studies seminar, “Women and Our Relationships with Men,” Walb 226, 7:30 p.m.; Soc/Anthro Forum, TBA, Noon, Walb 114; Men’s Basketball, IPFW at Marion, 7:30 p.m.
18 Women’s Basketball, Grace at IPFW, 6:30 p.m.; Men’s Volleyball, Ohio Northern at IPFW, 8 p.m.
19 Joint Senate meeting KG46, 3 p.m.
20 PIT “Tartuffe,” 8 p.m.
21 PIT “Tartuffe,” 8 p.m.; WIPU, 89.1 FM Rossini’s opera “L’Italiana in Algeri,” 2 p.m.; Men’s Basketball, IPFW at Bethel, 2 p.m.; Men’s Volleyball, IPFW at Earlham/State Tourney, TBA; SUBOG movie “It Came from Outer Space,” (3D), 7 & 10 p.m., Walb Ballroom
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23 Women’s Studies, “Are Therapists a Menace to Your Health?” Walb 116, Noon- 1:15 p.m.
24 Women’s Basketball, IPFW at Goshen, TBA; Soc/Anthro Forum, TBA, Noon, Walb 114
25 Men’s Volleyball, IPFW at Ohio State University, 8 p.m.
26 PIT “Tartuffe,”8 p.m.; Men’s Basketball, IPFW at St. Joseph’s, 8:30 p.m.; Women’s Basketball, Northern Districts, TBA
27 PIT “Tartuffe,” 8 p.m.; Women’s Basketball, Northern Districts, TBA
28 SUBOG movie “The Blues Brothers,” 7 & 10 p.m., Walb Ballroom; Women’s Basketball, Northern Districts, TBA; Men’s Volleyball, IPFW at Cincinnati, TBA; WIPU, 89.1 FM Poulenc’s opera “Les Maumelle’s de Tiresias,” 2 p.m.; PIT “Tartuffe,” 8 p.m.