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FAREWELL RECEPTION Please join us for a farewell reception in honor of Larry and Louise Isaacs. Hosted by Sara Kirkland - Acting President of Susquehanna University. Friday, September 15, 2000 from 4 to 6 p.m.in the Lore Degenstein Gallery, Degenstein Campus Center. Please R.S.V.P. to the President's Office by September 12, 2000, by calling Juanita Boyer at ext. 4439 or via email at boyer@susqu.edu * * * * * * TWO IN ONE MONTH … Please join us for a farewell reception for Cheri Little on Friday, September 8, at 4 p.m. in the Seibert Lounge. Light refreshments will be served. Donald Aungst * * * * * * PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE TO VISIT CAMPUS On Sunday, September 17, the Susquehanna University community will welcome the Presidential Search Committee's candidate of choice for a three-day campus visit. The candidate has a Ph.D., is a sitting college president who has led an institution for eight years, and would be coming to Susquehanna with a spouse and four children. Because of the confidential nature of the individual's candidacy, more complete biographical information will be made available closer to the time of the visit. Here is a list of the public opportunities for Board members, faculty, staff, and students to meet the candidate and spouse: Sunday, September 17 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. - Reception with members of the Board of Directors and the Search Committee in the Lore Degenstein Gallery, Degenstein Campus Center (candidate & spouse) 7:00 - 8:00 p.m. - Dinner with Board members in the Campus Center Meeting Rooms (candidate & spouse) Monday, September 18 8:30 - 10:00 a.m. - Session with members of the Board of Directors, Shearer Weber Dining Room 1, Degenstein Campus Center (candidate) 4:15 - 5:30 p.m. - Reception with the faculty, Lore Degenstein Gallery, Degenstein Campus Center (candidate & spouse; first of two opportunities) 7:00 - 8:00 p.m. - Meet with student leaders at the Student Government Association Meeting, Seibert Model Classroom (candidate & spouse) Tuesday, September 19 7:30 - 8:30 a.m. - Continental breakfast open to all staff, Lore Degenstein Gallery, Degenstein Campus Center (candidate & spouse; first of two opportunities) 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. - Open meeting with the faculty, Lore Degenstein Gallery, Degenstein Campus Center (candidate; second of two opportunities) 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. - Open meeting with interested staff, Lore Degenstein Gallery, Degenstein Campus Center (candidate & spouse; second of two opportunities) 4:15 - 5:30 p.m. - Meet with the University Council in the President's Office Conference Room in Selinsgrove Hall (candidate) 7:00 - 8:00 p.m. - Dessert reception with local alumni and community leaders, Lore Degenstein Gallery, Degenstein Campus Center (candidate & spouse) In addition, the academic deans, department heads and program chairs, and the Executive and Senior Staff will have opportunities to meet with the candidate. I will be in touch with these persons to arrange the specific times. Members of the campus community may share their reactions to the candidate by sending their comments to me via email or campus mail. These comments will be shared with the Search Committee. Following the visit, the Search Committee will make a formal recommendation to the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of the preferred candidate, with substantiation of its conclusions that the candidate meets the criteria originally set forth in the Position Specification document. It is expected that the Board will act on this recommendation at its meeting on Monday, October 30. So that we can order enough refreshments and make the necessary room arrangements, please send an email to Juanita Boyer (boyer@susqu.edu) by Wednesday, September 13, indicating which event(s) you plan to attend. Phil Winger * * * * * * SU NAMED AS TOP COLLEGE Great news! For the seventh year in a row, U.S. News & World Report has ranked Susquehanna University #1 among regional liberal arts colleges in the northeastern U.S. The annual college guidebook appears on newsstands today. Rankings can also be found on www.usnews.com. Betsy Robertson * * * * * * MASTER PLANNING The firms of Derck & Edson Associates and Spillman Farmer Architects were on campus in April of 1999 to kick off the campus master planning process that is underway. You may recall the "dot exercise" that was conducted in Mellon Lounge and other meetings to elicit comments from the campus community about Susquehanna's facilities. The "Design Team" of: · Mr. Steve Shilling: Board Member has worked on several versions of the Draft Campus Master Plan (Draft CMP) over the summer. The team asked that I present excerpts of the Draft CMP to continue to engage the campus community in the planning process. Four open forums have been scheduled, as follows: · Monday, September 11, 2000, 7:00-9:00 a.m., Meeting Rooms 4 & 5 at the Degenstein Campus Center The complete Draft CMP can be viewed with your web brower by visiting the Derck and Edson Web site as follows: www.derckandedson.com/susqu you will be prompted for a password:type "su2000" The web page allows you to provide your comments online. The "Design Team" is anxious to have the campus community's input concerning the planning. I hope you will be able to attend one or more sessions, and that you will comment using the web page. Don Aungst * * * * * * THANK YOU I'd like to extend a heartfelt and sincere thank you to all Susquehanna faculty and staff, including ARAMARK and bookstore personnel, for helping to make the opening of the new academic year a smooth one. A lot of work goes into preparing for the arrival of students and I appreciate the good humor and attentiveness shown toward new and returning students in these often hectic first days of the semester. Sara Kirkland * * * * * * 2000 - 2001 GOALS Susquehanna's achievements have resulted from the outstanding contributions of the members of this University community - students, faculty, staff members, Board members, volunteers, and donors. With deep appreciation to all who have made these achievements possible, I offer the following goals for the year ahead. I hope they will help to focus our efforts to serve Susquehanna students well. In each case we will be aiming toward the targets set in the planning statement, Susquehanna University Planning Priorities, 1998-2004, approved by the Board of Directors in May 1998. 2000-2001 Goals Note: The 2000-2001 academic year will see the arrival of Susquehanna's 14th president. The theme of transition to new leadership underlies each of the following goals; the process of transition also appears as a special goal this year. 1. Achieve high quality teaching and learning. By keeping this goal at the head of the list, we emphasize that Susquehanna's highest commitment is to provide our students with an outstanding undergraduate education. The development last year of strong identities for the three schools brings the opportunity this year to explore issues of integration and coordination, as the schools work together to enhance the overall mission of the University. The academic deans, dean of academic services, and vice president for academic affairs will work this fall to draft a proposal for the development of the academic program to attract additional well-qualified students and enrich the University's academic diversity. The curriculum committee has completed an alumni survey on the impact of the core curriculum and has the opportunity this year to engage the faculty in evaluating the core. The second phase of the Associated New American Colleges' project on faculty work has been completed and was a topic at this summer's Woodrow Wilson Institute on "Renewing the Faculty Compact with Their Institutions." The results will inform continued discussions at Susquehanna this year on faculty roles and rewards. All these initiatives will bring the opportunity to explore an important question that has emerged from the presidential search process: what kind of institution should Susquehanna aim to be five and ten years from now? 2. Recruit and retain a capable and diverse student body, in line with the University's goal to bring full-time student enrollment to 1800 by 2003-04 with further increases in both quality and diversity (e.g. SAT averages to at least 1160, percentage of students in the top fifth of their high school classes to at least 70%, and percentage of American minority students to at least 10%). Increases in the academic credentials of new students, and increases in the number of American minority, international and Jewish students will again be important priorities for the university community. We need to examine the recruitment of Honors Program students in order to restore new student enrollment to at least 10% of the first year class. New retention initiatives begun last year will be further developed under the leadership of the University's retention committee, as we seek to achieve a five-year retention-to-graduation rate of 80% by 2003-2004. Deans and department heads will work towards the goal of building the percentage of minority faculty to at least 14% by 2003-2004. 3. Implement the new information technology plan. With the plan completed and a new director of computing services in place, this should be a year of implementation. A major step towards the development of a mobile computing environment was taken with the approval of a pilot project to require laptops for junior business majors as of fall 2001. Detailed plans still need to be completed regarding funding alternatives, staffing and infrastructure, and faculty and student support so that efforts to develop appropriate coursework and other learning opportunities take full advantage of this significant investment. The continued development of the University's Web site will focus on issues of security and stability; we must also continue to develop the site's ability to serve internal and external audiences. Overall network security in general will be an important priority. A decision will be made by January on the future of the University's Hewlett Packard 3000 minicomputer, which will affect the future of most of our administrative software systems. 4. Steward the continued development of the Susquehanna campus. The sports and fitness complex is the largest construction project in Susquehanna's history, and we must work to see that it remains on schedule and within budget. Conceptual plans have been finalized for the new music and art complex; our goal is to be ready to seek bids for the project this spring, since it is possible, but not certain, that we could break ground in 2001. The inadequacies of Pine Lawn have led the Executive Committee of the Board of the Directors to authorize a renovation and expansion of the president's home. An important goal for the fall will be to complete a first draft of a new campus master plan. The architectural firms Derck and Edson and Spillman Farmer began work on the new plan last spring. It will be a comprehensive document, dealing with issues ranging from potential land purchases, options for additional housing and academic space, aesthetic considerations, to parking. 5. Develop and implement a presidential transition plan. Our presidential search consultant suggests that when a new president has been elected, the community is about one-third of the way through the transition process. We should see the year ahead as an ongoing process of preparing for, welcoming, introducing, and getting to know our new president -- and giving that person ample opportunity, formal and informal, to get to know us. An ad hoc and informal presidential transition team, including search committee members, alumni, faculty, staff, and students will likely be enlisted to help us coordinate this effort. We should also recognize that transition brings all the usual stresses and uncertainties that come with change. Normal patterns of communication and decision-making are in flux. We should remind ourselves that Susquehanna is a strong institution, well positioned to flourish even in transition. This is perhaps an especially good year to be attuned to opportunities to celebrate small and large achievements. The campaign celebration planned for October 28th, next February's 25th anniversary of the Project House system, and the presidential inauguration will offer special occasions to reflect on Susquehanna's strengths, but our goal should be to seek frequent, less formal opportunities to celebrate Susquehanna and each other Sara Kirkland * * * * * * FACULTY/STAFF NEWS Adam John, assistant professor of French, recently gave a paper entitled, "Overseeing the Intellectual Field in Overseas France: Writers and the Mass Media in Contemporary Martinique," during the 22nd annual meeting of the Association of Caribbean Studies, July 26-28, which was held in Guadeloupe, French West Indies. * * * * * * Neil Potter, professor of chemistry, hosted 33 chemists at the annual MADCP meeting in June. This is a group that delves into the inquiry/discovery method of learning. Outside speakers came from The University of North Carolina, University of Wisconsin and the University of West Virginia. He also held his first on-campus "science" workshop for elementary teachers. The two-day workshop sent a number of teachers away all set to use science demonstrations in their classrooms this fall. Last year Neil took the chemistry road show to ten high schools in the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton area and Long Island. * * * * * * Katherine Miller (chemistry) and Jim Brock (SWSB) made a panel presentation on Integrating the Liberal Arts and Business at the Network for Academic Renewal Conference in Tacoma, Washington, on April 7. Sponsored by the AAC&U in cooperation with the Associated New American Colleges, the overall conference theme was dedicated to "Integrating Liberal and Professional Studies: From Aspiration to Improved Practice." Miller and Brock described the "Business of Science" pilot program at SU, including the experimental sophomore-level course taught spring term by Miller and Paul Dion (management). The program is funded in part by a grant from the Hewlett Foundation. * * * * * * Sandra Kohler, adjunct instructor, had poems published in The New Republic, The Notre Dame Review, West Branch, The Louisville Review, Flyway, and The Evansville Review. * * * * * * Gary Fincke, director of the Writers' Workshop, has a new book of poems, The Almanac for Desire, which was released by BkMk Press (University of Missouri at Kansas City). He will be giving a publication reading on Monday, September 18, at 7:30 p.m., in Greta Ray Lounge. His long poem, a nine-part sequence "The Museum of Memory," is featured in the current issue of The Southern Review. * * * * * * Lecturer in Music Diane L. Scott has accepted the position of music director/choral conductor for the Susquehanna Valley Chorale Children's Chorus and High School Ensemble. The chorus provides an opportunity to experience fine children's choral music, and provides a positive musical environment that will nurture tomorrow's adult choral musicians. The High School Ensemble seeks to provide excellence in vocal production, exposure to fine choral literature and to continue the development of musicianship in high school students. Membership is open to all by audition. Plans for the 2000-2001 season include a concert in Zion Lutheran Church on Nov. 12 and in the Basilica of St. Cyril's and Methodist Church in Danville on April 22. The Children's Chorus will also perform with the Susquehanna Valley Chorale the evening of Dec. 16 and the afternoon of Dec. 17 in the holiday pops concert in Weber Chapel. * * * * * * Professor of Music Susan Hegberg presented a literature workshop on the Austrian composer Johann Nepomuk David at Seattle 2000, the national convention of the American Guild of Organists, in July. On August 3 she was organist for Choral Evensong at the Regional Convention of the Association of Lutheran Church Musicians at Oberlin College in Ohio. * * * * * * An opinion piece of Tony Rusek of the Dept. of Economics, "Cyber Raids Aren't a Joke Anymore," appeared in the May 16 Harrisburg Patriot-News. The author identified emerging concepts of cyber warfare as the major threat to national security in the globalized world of the 21st century and suggested some countermeasures. * * * * * * Rick Davis, assistant professor of accounting, co-wrote an article with Dennis Gaffney, professor of accounting at Le Moyne College in Syracuse and Maureen Smith, a consultant in Okemos, Michigan. The article entitled, "Taxpayers Face New Burdens In Overcoming 482 Reallocations By The Service," was published in the August edition of Journal of Taxation. * * * * * * NEW SUSQUEHANNA WEB SITE Susquehanna's new Web site was launched on August 18 despite delays in the initial design stages. Many thanks to those who worked throughout the summer to implement the new design. For those departments that have taken advantage of the design compliancy grace period, as set by the Web Steering Committee, the September 15 deadline is fast approaching. A new virtual campus tour (http://www.susqu.edu/tour/) was also added to the new Web site last week. It includes several 360-degree images provided through QuickTime Virtual Reality and iPIX browser plug-ins. If you have any questions or notice any problems with the new Web site, please contact call x4348 or email webmaster@susqu.edu. Eric Knepp, Webmaster * * * * * * CONGRATULATIONS: CINDY ACKLEY - SUSQUEHANNA'S 2000 SECRETARY OF THE YEAR!!!!!!!! Cindy has been employed by Susquehanna since 1992 as the secretary in the Human Resources Office. Her award, which included an engraved silver bowl and check, was presented at the Opening Dinner held August 23, 2000. Cindy also received congratulatory flowers from Susquehanna's Clerical/Secretarial Association. Married to Pete Ackley, she is the mother of 3 sons, Matthew, a graduate of Susquehanna, Class of 1997; Adam, who is a junior at Bucknell; and Scott, a freshman at Bucknell. The winner's hobbies include attending auctions and yard sales, antiquing, reading, cross-stitch and jig saw puzzles. Congratulations to you, Cindy, on this honor. Marsha Young * * * * * * LECTORS WANTED One of the traditions at Susquehanna University's Sunday morning chapel services is having scripture lessons read by members of the faculty and staff. Typically, those who volunteer are called upon once or twice per academic year. The date is always confirmed with the individual before it is assigned, and the appointed readings are sent via campus mail thereafter. Chapel is at 11:00 a.m. each Sunday classes are in session. I invite you to serve as a lector this year. If you are interested in doing so, please speak with me or send Nancy Musser or me a message via email, voice mail, campus mail or phone (x 4303). Thanks in advance, and all best wishes for an excellent year. In God's peace, * * * * * * BE A FAMILY WEEKEND BED AND BREAKFAST HOST Ever envision your home as a bed and breakfast? Many Susquehanna alumni, faculty and friends in the Selinsgrove area put out the welcome mat each year for the University's annual Family Weekend. For the 14th consecutive year, the Susquehanna University Women's Association will be helping out-of-the-area parents locate bed and breakfast accommodations for this busy weekend. This program has raised over $35,000 for the Women's Association Scholarship Endowment Fund. We are currently looking for volunteer hosts for Family Weekend 2000, October 27-29. For more information or to volunteer, please contact the Bed and Breakfast co-chairs below. Genevieve Mease (374-1130), Jonica Potter (374-2009) or Pauline Lauver (374-4901) As a co-chair since our Bed and Breakfast began in 1987, I would like to personally thank faculty, staff and other friends who have helped make our program a success. With your support, it will continue under the capable leadership of Gibby Mease, Jonica Potter (my replacement) and Polly Lauver. Louise Isaacs * * * * * * HELP US FIND THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST! There are many factors that influence a student's decision on where to go to college. Off-campus contact with someone from the SU community can be one of those factors. Would you consider incorporating a recruiting visit into any of the business trips you'll be making? We'll brief you and provide you with the appropriate materials necessary to make important connections with prospective students. If you would like to discuss recruiting opportunities with the admissions staff, please contact me at x4153 or cavanagh@susqu.edu. We look forward to working with you! Katie Cavanagh * * * * * * 10 AND 25 YEAR EMPLOYEES At the Opening Dinner on August 23 the following employees were recognized for their service to the University. For 10 years of service we were pleased to honor: Sandra Aiello, housekeeper; George Cravitz, clincal coordinator in the Education Department; Thomas Evangelista, athletics custodian; Glenn Fausey, part-time football coach; Mary Hannigan, part-time lecturer in music; Karen Heeter, secretary to the dean of students; Marie Hunt, housekeeper; Christine Jaegers, director of continuing education; Kevin Kinney, electrician; ML Klotz, associate professor of psychology and head of the department; Wanda Kreitzer, housekeeper; Blandina Lecce, director of human resources and risk management; Valerie Livingston, associate professor of art; Chris Markle, director of admissions; Helen Misanin, laboratory assistant in the psychology department; Susan Moyer, manager of software support; Thomas Peeler, associate professor of biology; Betsy Robertson, director of public relations and publications; Renee Sosland, Act 101 counselor; Brenda Starr, duplicating services supervisor; Cindy Styers, public safety officer; Wayne Weller, carpenter; Susan Welteroth, part-time lecturer in education; Donald Wilhour, clinical coordinator in the education department; Philip Winger, executive assistant to the president. For 25 years of service to Susquehanna University we were pleased to honor: Robert Fessler, maintenance athletics coordinator; Ethel Foor, alumni relations secretary; Gene Linn, electrician foreman. Phil Winger * * * * * * THE SUSQUEHANNA E-NEWSLETTER? What is it and what is its purpose? The Susquehanna University Electronic Newsletter is a service provided by the Center for Computing Services. The goal in initiating this service was to eliminate the problem of mass email on campus while not taking away the ability to inform the members of the University community about meetings, events, lost and found items, et cetera. The electronic newsletter links up with the school electronic bulletin board. All germane items posted to the bulletin board will be included in the twice-weekly e-newsletter. The newsletter provides many advantages over the alternative of mass mail. The first advantage is the reduction of the stress that is placed on our mail server when there are frequent and large mass mails. You will remember that last year, the mass mail caused the crash of the student email system. A quick glance at the Newsletter reveals the number of mass mailings that would have occurred to date. When you get the E-Newsletter, you can quickly scroll through the topic areas that apply to you and fully read any posting that is relevant to you. This newsletter also contains links to email and Web sites that allow the reader to click and get more information about the event. Another advantage of the E-Newsletter and the partner bulletin board is that when you post, your information stays up for 2 weeks or the passage of the event. Readers can check the bulletin board at any time and do not have to wait for the newsletter to find items of interest. Computing services encourages you to read and post to the Bulletin Board and the E- Newsletter. Please send your feedback regarding this service to newsletter@susqu.edu Sue Moyer * * * * * * WACKY WEDNESDAYS Join other SU faculty and staff the second Wednesday of every month at Applebee's Restaurant from 4:30 to 7 p.m. The next gathering will be September 13. Bring your SU faculty and staff ID card to receive great food and drink specials. Specials include: Free chips & salsa, buffalo wings for 25¢ each, rib dinner only $7.99, dinner entrees 20% off (or 10% if less than fifteen SU people attend), and domestic beer $1.50 per mug. If you have any questions, contact me at ext. 4107 or e-mail fitzgkm@susqu.edu. Karen Fitzgerald * * * * * * PIGSKIN ON THE MENU The Susquehanna University Quarterback Club kicked off its weekly luncheon meetings on Friday, September 1, one day before the Crusaders opened the 2000 season on the road at Middle Atlantic Conference opponent FDU-Madison. The luncheons will be each Friday beginning at noon in the Shearer Weber Dining Rooms of the Degenstein Campus Center. As in past years, the luncheons will feature the team's weekly Gus Weber Crusader Football Player of the Week, sponsored by the Golden Corral Family Restaurant of Routes 11 and 15 in Shamokin Dam. The award is named in honor of the late Susquehanna president and former head football coach Gustave Weber, who was Susquehanna president for more than 18 years from 1959 through 1977. A collegiate football standout at Wagner College, Weber was an avid Crusader athletics booster who actually served as head football coach for the final two games of 1965. Golden Corral will once again present $100 each week in the name of the Gus Weber Crusader Player of the Week to that player's favorite charity. This is the fourth year Golden Corral has sponsored the program - donating $2,400 to charities in its first two seasons. The Player of the Week will be featured each week on WQSU-FM's "Coach's Corner Show," which airs 20 minutes before the station begins its live on-site coverage of Crusader football. He will also be the guest speaker each Friday at Quarterback Club, where former Crusader player and Golden Corral Manager Ron Laniewski, will present the player the $100 check for the charity of his choice. The team begins its quest for a third consecutive Middle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth League championship and 15th consecutive non-losing season. The Crusaders return 28 letterwinners and 16 starters from last year's squad and were tied with Widener for first place in balloting by the league's six head coaches in the annual preseason poll. The meetings are open to the public and cost $6.95 each week for lunch. Quarterback Club membership for the year is $20. Quarterback Club members receive tickets to the club's annual post-season awards banquet. More details concerning the Quarterback Club may be obtained by calling the Athletic Office at ext. 4270. Jim Miller * * * * * * SUSQUEHANNA FOOTBALL IS ON THE AIR Susquehanna University football fans will once again be able to follow the Crusaders this season with live play-by-play broadcasts on WQSU-FM (88.9), Susquehanna's 12,000-watt student radio station, and via telephone through TEAMLINE from TRZ Sports Services. WQSU will broadcast the entire 10-game Susquehanna football schedule, both home and away. Coverage will begin each week 30 minutes before kickoff with The Coaches' Corner program, which features a 20-minute review and preview of each Crusader game with Susquehanna head football coach Steve Briggs. Live coverage from the game site will begin immediately following. Veteran area sport broadcaster/journalist Jack Burns of Mifflinburg will team up with Susquehanna senior broadcasting major Jim Wagner and WQSU Sports Director and public relations major Bill Thomas to provide all the live play-by-play football action. All three will also join in producing The Coaches' Corner, which will be hosted by Wagner. Susquehanna's continued association with TEAMLINE offers fans the opportunity to catch the live play-by-play broadcasts of all the Crusader football games this season, even if they are outside the 12,000-watt radius of WQSU-FM. They can listen to any part or all of the game from any phone by utilizing the TEAMLINE service, which offers similar arrangements for hundreds of collegiate and professional sports teams nationwide. All fans need to do is dial 1-800-846-4700, ext. 1787, and charge the broadcast to a major credit card for 50 cents per minute for the first hour and 20 cents for each additional minute. A frequent user can save up to70 percent by ordering a pre-paid TEAMLINE Season Ticket. They can call TEAMLINE's customer service line at 1-800-846-4630 or visit www.teamline.cc for more information. Jim Miller * * * * * * VACATION HOME FOR RENT Lovely vacation home overlooking Lake Wallenpaupack in the Pocono Mountains. Perfect for swimming, fishing, boating, and hiking, with easy access to nearby golf courses, ski slopes and riding trails. Sleeps 6-8. For rent by the week and on weekends beginning September 1. Contact Leona Martin, ext. 4267 or at home, 523-0984. Leona Martin * * * * * * THE INSIDER SCHEDULE The Insider is published every first and third Monday of the month, except June, July and August when it is published only the first Monday. Any information you'd like to include should be sent to the public relations office by the Wednesday preceding the Monday publication date. Information or questions may be directed to Brenda Balonis at balonis@susqu.edu. * * * * * *
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