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Volume 2, No. 17

GSU L�NDSC�PES

March 4, 1983

A

Publication of the Office of University Relations, Governors State University, Park Forest South,

IL 60466

Jazz Festival Set at GSU

Musicians from eight community colleges and 14 high schools will gather at GSU on March 11 and 12 to learn, demonstrate, be judged and just plain "jam It up" at the University's Twelfth Annual Community College Jazz Festival.

Workshops will begin at 9:00 am on March 11, to be followed by the high school preliminary competition at 12 noon. The community college competition begins at 12 noon on March 12 and continues throughout the day. The climax will be the finals In both categories at 8:00 pm, to be followed by a "judge's jam session." The GSU jazz band will perform on both days under the direction of Dr. Warrick Carter, CAS professor of music and chair of the Division of Fine and Performing Arts.

The finals on March 12 will be taped by WBEZ·FM, National Public Radio, for broadcast on March 24 from 12 noon to 4 pm. Larry Smith, jazz programming director of WBEZ, will be master of ceremonies.

Judges and clinicians for the festival will be three nationally prominent jazz artists: Peter Erskine, percussion, George Ross, reeds, and Dale Hopper, brass. They will be joined In the late evening jam session by Ken Chaney, GSU community professor of jazz, at the plano.

E:rsklne began his career as the youngest child to be accepted at the Stan Kenton Summer Jazz Clinics. His formal musical training commenced at Interlochen. He did a three-year stint

with Kenton before resuming his studies at Indiana University. Following a year of study with George Gaber, he left Indiana to perform with the Maynard Ferguson Band where he was featured for two years. He has played and recorded with a variety of well known stars and jazz groups.

Dr. George Ross Is coordinator of jazz studies, director of jazz bands and assistant professor of music at the University of Maryland. He received the Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the Eastman School of Music. As a

saxophonist he has performed with many well known jazz groups. Dale Hopper Is director of bands and associate professor of music at Western Illinois University. He received both the B.S. and M.S. degrees from the University of Illinois. He has 14 years of public school teaching experience and served 12 of those years as director of bands at Herscher (Illinois) High School.

He received the Benny Goodman "Outstanding Jazz Band Director" award at the Oak Lawn Jazz Fest (1970) and was named the

"Outstanding Marching Band Director" In the midwest (1974). He has over 60 compositions and arrangements to his credit, numerous articles and a text and paper on marching bands. Participating community colleges Include Carl Sandburg, Lake County, William Rainey Harper, Thornton, Lincoln Land, Malcom X, Triton and Elgin.

High Schools competing for awards

Warrick Carter, right, rehearsing jazz group.

2/GSU LANDSCAPES

New Registrar

SeHiing In

Sarah A. Crawford, GSU's new registrar, got into her present area of expertise because there were too many teachers. She is a graduate of Purdue University, an education major who received her B.A. with highest distinction in 1974 and her M.S.Ed. in 1976.

"I started in elementary education at a time," she says, "when most people were getting out of it." Crawford taught one year as a replacement for a teacher on leave and decided to go back to graduate school for more skills, majoring in counseling and personnel services.

While pursuing her new course of study at Purdue Hammond, she worked as a graduate assistant both in the counseling center and teaching in the English department. Because she was so involved in campus life, she also became accepted as a member of the university community. At the time she was ready to graduate the job of assistant registrar became available. She applied and was hired. Crawford found that she really enjoyed the work with its balance between people orientation and computerized systems. Purdue was just setting up an on-line student information/registration system at the time she was hired and, she says, "I became involved in designing the system. I merged into the work and stayed involved with it."

Crawford, who was elevated to associate registrar and coordinator of institutional research at Purdue Hammond in 1981, has had a wide range of experience in information retrieval, data analysis, educational research, requests for student and academic data and the many other areas of responsibility that are

necessary to the smooth functioning of the registrar's office.

Because of its responsibility for data on enrollment, the registrar's office is in a position to note trends, not only locally, but nationally because of affiliation with national professional organizations. At Purdue for instance, because of the declining birth rate, a downward trend in enrollments had been projected. Surprisingly, they went up. The reason: many people were going back to school to update their skills or prepare for more marketable careers. There is now a greater number of students in programs such as BPA and the Management Program at

Sarah A. Crawford

Purdue. While recognizing the attraction of such programs, the new registrar hastens to add that she is in no way downgrading liberal arts. On the contrary, having come out of a liberal arts background, she credits that broad area of study with providing her the flexibility to make the switch from teaching to her current interest. Personally, Crawford feels that she is just beginning to get acquainted with GSU and her office, and she is enjoying the process. The Dolton area resident is a candidate for the Ph.D. at Loyola University, Chicago. As GSU's registrar, Crawford, whose husband Larry is dean of students at Purdue Hammond, has an orientation toward serving the student and feels her obligation is to strive for ways her office can be more responsive to student needs.

In line with this philosophy, she has already introduced a new grade processing technique, developed by Jim Lohman, assistant registrar at GSU. The process starts with the Block

2, Winter 1983 courses. Grades will be input into the central computer via an optical scanner. Faculty will receive a new Grade Record Form for each Block 2 course taught during the Trimester. It will virtually eliminate the keypunching of data cards since the optical scanner picks up marks made with a -2 pencil. The method should improve on the time it takes to send out Student Status Reports and should facilitate grade reporting in the future, a big plus for all those GSU students who have waited anxiously in the past, worrying about their status.

WRC Topic

The Women's Resource Center at GSU will feature a talk about "The Stress of Unemployment" Wednesday, March 9 at 7 to 9 pm in Engbretson Hall. Lawrence Kahn, program director of Vocational Services at the Northwest Mental Health Center in Arlington Heights will be the speaker. Kahn, who holds the M.A. in

developmental psychology, frequently acts as facilitator for support groups interested in dealing with the problems of being unemployed.

Published

Hugh Rank, CAS, two articles about the language of advertising. "Friendly Persuasion," published in the

November, 1982 Forum, a national magazine for consumer educators; and "The Need For Persuasion Analysis," in the Quarterly Review of

Doublespeak, (January, '83). Rank's recent book, The Pitch is now featured in the NCTE's 1983 catalogs.

Mwallmu D. R. Burgest, HLD, an

article, soon to appear in "Principles of Social Work and the Third World," in the Journal of International Social

Work, for May, 1983.

Lowell Culver, BPA, an article, "Changing Settlement Patterns of Black Americans, 1920-1980," which was published in the Fall, 1982 issue of the Journal of Urban Affairs.

A UNIVERSITY RELATIONS PUBLICATION

Director: William H. Dodd Publlcatlona Director: Joan B. lewis Publication• Editor: Betty A Kott

OSU landacapea Is produced by the Office of University Relations. Governors State University, Park Forest South, Illinois 60466 and Is the University's official bl·week/y publication. The title and logo are derived from "Illinois Landscapes No. 5," a sculpture by John Henry which Is located In the Nathan Manllow Sculpture Park at GSU.

The next Issue of Landscapesllnscapes will be published on March 18, 1983. Deadline for copy to be Included In that Issue Is Tueaday, March 15.

Photojournalism Lecture

Features Sun-Times'

Perry Riddle

Perry Riddle, Chicago Sun-Times

photographer, will lecture on "Photojournalism" on March 18 at 7 pm in the Media Dome under the sponsorship of Infinity Photographers Association. The public is invited. Riddle is one of nine professional photographers to present a series of free monthly lectures during the 1982-83 academic year at GSU. He worked for the Chicago Daily News for eleven years before joining the Sun­ Times in 1978 as a staff photographer. He began his professional career as chief photographer for the Topeka (Kansas) Capitol-Journal.

Riddle has been named "Photographer of the Year" by the National Press Photographers Association (1968) and the Illinois Press Photographer Association (1977). He has won

numerous awards in several categories of press photography and been cited for his work by the Inland Daily Press Association, Scripps-Howard

Foundation of New York, Better Government Association and the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Infinity Photographers Association is one of the largest student groups on the GSU campus. The organization is responsible for Infinity Gallery, which has monthly displays from local as well as nationally known

photographers.

Children's Class, Chorus

Two events for children are scheduled to begin in March at GSU. The first, a children's music and movement class, will begin March 15. "Come Children, Sing!" is a program which features musical activities for child and parent, according to instructor Mary Ellen Pinzino.

The eight week course is open to children aged five months to five years. Thirty minute classes will be held on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays at 10 am and 10:45 am as well as on Thursday at 1 pm.

Pinzino is also beginning rehearsals Wednesday, March 16, 4:14 · 5:15 pm

for a GSU Children's Chorus. No audition is required.

GSU LANDSCAPES/3

Illinois Township Officials Meet to

Discuss Issues and Impact

Township officials throughout northern Illinois will meet at the Sheraton­ Walden, 1725 Algonquin Road,

Schaumburg, on Saturday, March 26, to discuss local, state and federal issues and their impact on township

government.

The event, the Third Annual Spring Training Seminar is cosponsored by the Illinois Department of Commerce and Community Affairs (DCCA), Institute for Public Policy and Administration (IPPA) of GSU and Township Officials of Illinois (TOI). The all-day meeting is one of five being held around the state in March and April.

Among those expected to participate in the Schaumburg meeting are Senator David Barkhausen (A-30th) and

Representatives Doris Karpiel (A-49th), Daniel M. Pierce (D-58th) and Kathleen Wojcik (A-45th). George Stavroulakis and Richard Bynke, revenue and fiscal advisors at the DCCA, will be

panelists, along with David J. Regner, former state senator and president of David J. Regner & Associates, financial consultant, of Mt. Prospect.

According to Green, this is the most ambitious undertaking since the township officials training program began. "By holding similar seminars in five regions throughout the state, any township official who wishes to attend should be able to do so conveniently. We anticipate topping last year's total attendance of 650. We will show state legislators and members of the Governors' administration that township government in Illinois not only is doing well, but that it also is the most active branch of government in the state," he declares.

Following the Schaumburg seminar, the final meeting will be held in Rockford at Rockford College on April 9.

To assure a place, township officials are requested to register at least ten days in advance. The cost is $30 for individuals or $150 for the entire township board. Registrations should be sent to Beverly Goldberg, Institute for Public Policy and Administration, Governors State University. For further information, contact Goldberg at Extension 2267 or 2241.

Registration for the music and movement class is on a first-come, first-served basis. For information on registration and fees for "Come

Children, Sing!" and the GSU Student (left) participates in Red Cross blood drive held In Hall of Governors, March 1.

March 4, 1983

Veterans of

Innovation

Twelve Years Henry Jablon, BO 3/1 Ten Years

Paul Schranz, CAS 3/1

Nine Years

Charleyn Oliver, SHP 3/1

Michael Reilly, PPO 3/1

Mary Taylor, Reg 3/12

William Miller, PPO 3/16

Eight Years

Frank Dash, Pres. 0 3/10

Alis Ellis, ICC 3/10

Adrienne Kelly, CAS 3/25

Seven Years Pat Fares, BO

(Cent. Dup.) 3/1

Alice Gardner, ASR 3/8

Haddon Anderson, Reg 3/29

Six Years

Young Kim, HLD 311

Hector Ortiz, CS 3/15

Margo Ellman, ASR 3/21

Five Years

Lynn Deslierres, CAS 3/1

Willette Jones, Pers 3/1

Mark Payne, SPCE 3/1

Get Well Wishes

To David Curtis, recovering at home after a hospital stay for pneumonia. Cards and letters can be sent either to his office or home.

Congratulations

To Toni Williams (CLA), on her recent marriage to Michael Rucker.

Sympathies

To Anthony Wei (CAS), on the death of his father in Peking, China, Saturday, February 26 after a long illness.

Note of Thanks

From Anthony Wei:

Both my family in Peking and I would like to thank all the faculty, students and friends who were concerned about my father's illness during the past two months.

INSCAPES

GSUings ...

Larry McClellan (CAS), serving as facilitator for the All-Village Conference in Bellwood, Illinois, February 19.

Judith Cooney (HLD), presenting a keynote speech, "PPS: The Good, The Bad, and The Possible," at the Arlington Heights H.S. District 214 Pupil Personnel Services Institute on February 18.

Paul O'Brien (BPA), giving a seminar February 15 on "Evaluation of Tax Software Systems," to the Tax

Executive Institute, Milwaukee chapter. Dave Matteson (HLD), conducting an inservice in Family Counseling for junior high school counselors in the Valley View School System

(Bolingbrook), January 14. Also, leading a psychology seminar at Prairie State on homosexuality, February 14 and, being interviewed re his study of men's sex roles for a Suburban Star article on house-husbands, (February 17.)

Akkanad M. Isaac (BPA), presenting a paper, "Transaction Processing Strategies for Distributed Data Base Systems," at the 11th Annual

Computer Science Conference (ACM), Orlando, Florida, February 17-18. Helen Hughes, (HLD), conducting an all-day workshop in neuropsychology at the Midwest Four State Conference of School Psychologists, in Kansas City, February 12.

Lowell Culver (BPA), presenting a talk on the "Historical Roots of National Socialism (The Nazi movement) in Germany," 7 pm Sunday, March 6 at the Flossmoor Community Church.

Mary Hughes (SD), being interviewed as part of an article on "Job Outlook

'83" for the Placement Director's Corner section of the February/March issue of Black Collegian magazine.

GSU Club Gets Official

Status

The Phi Delta Kappa Club at GSU has achieved status as an official chapter of Phi Delta Kappa International. The monthly meeting on Thursday, March 3, was devoted to the plans and activities for the initiation and installation of the chapter. Regular Phi Delta Kappa members are asked to help initiate new members into the GSU club.

Meet ··rhe Gov''

The winner of the "Name the Grand Leo" con­ test is Doris Carter, who sent in the winning name: "The Gov." Congratulations, Doris. You will be contacted soon.

Job Opportunities

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN • EAU

CLAIRE

Position: Vice Chancellor Deadline: March 10, 1983

Apply To: Dr. Charles Larson, Chair, Vice Chancellor Search and Screen Committee, University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire, 204 Schofield Hall, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, 54701

STOCKTON STATE COLLEGE Position: President

Applications or Nominations: Robert Trow, Stockton State College, Pomona, New Jersey, 08240, (609) 652-1776 NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY

Position: Outreach Coordinator

Salary: $1,500 - $1,600 per month depending on qualifications.

Deadline: March 15, 1983

Apply To: Dr. Jerry B. Olson, Director, Chicago Teacher's Center,

Northeastern Illinois University, 5500 N. St. Louis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, 60625. Send vitas, recommendations, pertinent background information and credentials.

CHICAGO COMMUNITY TRUST Position: Summer Intern

Salary: $1,000 per month

Deadline: April 16, 1983

Events

Tueaday, March I 10:30 am · 3:30/4:30 pm 12 noon· 2:00pm 3:00 · 8:00 pm 5:30pm 5:30pm 5:30 · 7:30 pm Wedneaday, March 9 12 noon· 1:00pm 1:00.3:00 3:30pm 4:00 · 6:00 pm 7:00 · 9:00 pm 7:30 · 10:00 pm 9:30pm Thursday, March 10 1 :00 · 3:00 pm 6:00pm Friday, March 11 9:00 am · 5:00 pm 9:00am· 10:00 pm Saturday, March 12 8:00 am · 5:00 pm 8:30 am · 1 :00 pm 9:00 am · 5:00 pm 9:30 am· 12 Noon Sunday, March 13 1:00 ·5:00pm GSU LANDSCAPES

Office of University Relations Governors State University Park Forest South. IL 60466

All Student Art Show, M·Th (through 3/31) VIsual Arts Gallery, EWing Lounge (closing hour variable) Reception, March

9, 5:30pm

Local 743 Monthly Meeting (EH)• Block 2 Add/Drop, Winter '83,

Registrar's Office (also Wed, 319) GSU Views, Ch. 46: Harts

GSU VIews, Metrovlslon: Harts Society for the Advancement of Management 01792

Theology for Lunch "High Technology & Low Religion," Rev. Elmer N. Witt (HOR)•

Student Senate (EH)•

GSU Views, 46: Harts

President's Conversation with Students (HG)•

Women's Resource Center, "The Stress of Unemployment," Lawrence Kahn (EH)•

Special Programs Telecourse: "Contemporary Health Issues" F1107

GSU Views, Joyce Cable: "Black History Month In Perspective," Peggy Williams

Executive Committee of Faculty Senate E Wing Lounge

GSU Views, Ch. 50: "Short History of Jazz" Warrick Carter

Special Programs Workshop: "Alcohol & Black Americans," (Session 1) 01701 Twelfth Annual Community College Jazz Festival, various locations (also 3i12, 12:30 · 10:30 pm MRH, UT)•

Insurance Testing F1200

Special Programs Workshop: ACT Review F2101

Student Development Career Workshop 03201

Special Programs Telecourse: History of Jazz" F1108

Fifth Annual Illinois State Conference on Alcoholism begins (Managed by GSU·SHP Alcoholism Sciences Program), Inn of Chicago (through 3117)

5:30pm Monday, March 14 9:30pm Tueaday, March 15 8:30pm Wedneaday, March 11 12 noon· 1:00pm 3:30pm 9:30pm Thursday, March 17 4:30pm 7:30 · 10:00 pm Friday, March 11 5:00 & 9:30 pm 7:00pm 7:30pm Saturday, March 19 8:30 am· 1:00pm 9:00 am · 5:00 pm 11:00 am 11:00 am 11:00 am Sunday, March 20 12 noon · 8:00 pm 4:00pm 5:30pm

•(EH) Engbretson Hall (HDR) Honors Dining Room

(HG) Hall of Governors

GSU Views, Metro: Harts GSU Views, Joyce: Williams

GSU Views, Metrovlslon: Williams

Advance Registration, Spring/Summer Trimester (through April 13)

Theology for Lunch "Human Experience: A Basis for Techologlcal Religious Reflection," Steven Murphy (HOR)•

GSU Views, 48: Williams

GSU Views, Joyce: Williams

GSU Views, Ch. 50 "Progress In Economic Education" John Morton Social Work Club Meeting E Wing Lounge

Film Showcase: Paclnofest "Serpico" (EH)•

Photography Lecture Series:

"Photojournalism," Perry Riddle, Infinity Gallery

Film Showcase: Paclnofest, "Author, Author" (EH)•

Special Programs Workshop: ACT Review F2101

Special Programs Workshop: "Black Holes, Quasars and the Universe," (Session 1) F1201

Third World Conference: Historical orientation session

Third World Conference: Humanistic orientation session

Third World Conference: Sociopolitical orientation session

Or. Charles E. Gavin Foundation Meeting (EH)•

Faculty Voice Recital: Karen Blunk, soprano (MRH)•

GSU Views, Metro: Williams

(MD) Media Dome (MRH) Music Recital Hall