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Volume 30, No. 14
November 20, 1998
Scott A. Miller
Contact: Scott A. Miller 662-4844
NEWS
Jones family, Noye honored with first-ever Eberly Awards
The Robert M. Jones Family and Fred C. Noye, Class of 1968, were recently honored with Eberly Awards for Philanthropy and Volunteerism, given by the Fund for the Advancement of the State System of Higher Education Inc.
The awards, presented for the first time this year, recognized 30 individuals, corporations and foundations who are leaders in the advancement of the public higher education mission in the Pennsylvania.
The Robert M. Jones Family received an Eberly Award for philanthropy. The late Robert Jones was a longtime MU trustee, community leader and businessman. He and his wife, Marion, a 1938 graduate, provided a lead gift in the campaign to renovate North Hall. Their daughter Carol Jones Tama is now a trustee for the university, while their son, Robert, is a physician.
Noye received an Eberly Award for volunteerism. He has been an active member of the university's Alumni Association board of directors and the Mansfield University Foundation Board of Directors. As a state representative, he worked to acquire state funding for the North Hall renovation and chaired the steering committee to raise private funds for the project.
"The recipients of these awards deserve much of the credit for the continuing success of our universities," Chancellor James H. McCormick said. "The outstanding contributions they have made of both their resources and their talents have helped to make the State System of Higher Education one of the leading public university systems in the nation. We owe much to their proven commitment to public higher education."
The Robert M. Jones Family and Noye were nominated for their awards by the university and approved by the university's Council of Trustees. The award recognizes the Eberly family of Uniontown, PA, for its support of higher education in Pennsylvania and nationwide.
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Sunday, Nov. 22, 3 p.m., Steadman. The MU Wind Ensemble, will give its Fall Tour Concert.
Monday, Nov. 23, 9 p.m., Steadman. The ensemble Five O'Clock Shadow will perform.
Wednesday, Dec. 2, 8 p.m., Steadman. The university's Low Brass Ensemble will perform concert of holiday music.
Friday, Dec. 4, and Saturday, Dec. 5, 7:30 p.m., Steadman. Get in the holiday spirit at the music department's annual Holiday Concert.
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- The Black Students Union will sponsor a Kwanzaa Celebration Friday, Dec. 4, at 6 p.m. in North Dining Room. Kwanzaa is an African-American cultural celebration based on traditions surrounding the Swahili phrase "kwanzaa," which means first fruits of the harvest. This year's event will feature the Afro-Caribbean and Latin-American music of "Humano." All are welcome. Tickets are $6 general and $2 for students under 12 years old. MU students with meal tickets are admitted free; tickets for MU students without meal tickets are $2. Reservations are due by Tuesday, Dec. 1, and can be made in the B.S.U. office, Pinecrest 110, or by calling 4987 or 4381. The celebration is co-sponsored by the MU Diversity Board, Office of Multicultural Affairs and student activities funds.
- The Updater will not publish on Friday, Nov. 27, due to the Thanksgiving holiday. The Updater will resume publication on Friday, Dec. 4, for the final edition of the semester.
- For the third year, the Office of Development will give MU employees that opportunity to say "happy holidays" to our coworkers while at the same time giving the gift of scholarships to talented and deserving students. Here's how it works: make a gift of any size to the Christmas Card Fund/MU Foundation and send it to MU Foundation, Alumni House, by Dec. 11. Your name will be included in a letter sending holiday wishes to everyone. Since the tradition began, the university has been able to offer four $1,000 scholarships to entering freshmen. Need more information? Contact Leslie Folmer, vice president for development, at 4292.
- Draft Two of the university's Strategic Action Plan is available on the World Wide Web at http://www.mnsfld.edu/depts/publrela/sap.html. Faculty, staff, students, alumni and others are encouraged to read it send their comments to cabinet.
- Want to make a child feel special this holiday season? Be a part of the annual Santa's Gift Bag charity. All you have to do is contact Liv Mitcheltree at 4811 to obtain the name and age of a particular child. Then wrap your gifts with the names and ages of the children and deliver them to Mitcheltree no later than Tuesday, Dec. 1. It couldn't be any easier to make the holidays a little brighter.
- Marilyn Lapps, residence life, is collecting items for the Women's Coalition in Wellsboro. Some of the items they could use are: toilet paper, tissues, sanitary napkins, tampons, hand/body lotion, shampoo (other hair care products), cosmetics. Those interested in donating items should contact Lapps at 4933 or by E-mail (mlapps@mnsfld.edu).
- Notice to Pine E-mail users: The Pine mailer application will be removed from general use at the end of the fall 1998 semester. Please start the migration to other E-mail program alternatives. Technical services staff in the library are available to provide assistance.
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Ira Newman, philosophy and liberal studies, presented a paper in a session on the aesthetics of the portrait, at the 56th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Aesthetics, in Bloomington, IN, on Nov. 7. The paper was titled "The Power of Picasso: Reconciling Realism and Antirealism in Pictorial Art." Newman also has a review of Dominic Lopes' Understanding Pictures [Oxford UP, 1996] in the October issue of the British journal Philosophical Books.
Stephen Brown, psychology, recently attended the conference "Primary Attachments: Mapping Out Lifelong Behavior" sponsored by the Child Development Council of Tompkins County in Ithaca.
Robert Amchin, music, was an invited speaker at the "Meeting of the Minds" session at the American Orff Schulwerk Association conference in Tampa recently. The topic of the panel was "What makes a Good Teacher." At the same conference, Amchin performed timpani and percussion at the opening session.
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Sports Information Director Steve McCloskey's story about football player Lee Brannon becoming the first 1,000-yard rusher in MU history has gone national. Written by Associated Press national football writer Richard Rosenblatt, the story has appeared in USA Today, the USA Today web site, CBS Sportsline web site, Yahoo Sports web site and the national AP football column.
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Student Jackson Burnette, a virtual unknown on the local racquetball scene, is unknown no longer. Burnette never dropped a game on his way to the championship of the First Annual Provost's Racquetball Tournament Saturday, Nov. 14, at the Rod C. Kelchner Fitness Center. Shaker Ramasamy, chemistry, finished second in the double-elimination tournament. Provost Joe Moore battled to a third-place finish. Others competing were Carmen Bianco, housing operations; Joe Miller, residence life; Scott Miller, public relations; Bill Yacovissi, business and economics; and students Che Regina, Terry Kimble, Theo Soufflas, and Matt Fries.
The men's basketball team dropped an 87-72 decision to Lock Haven Wednesday night to fall to 1-1 on the season. The Mountaineers were led by the second straight double-double performance of senior Steve Shannon who recorded game-highs in both points with 27 and rebounds with 15.
Running back Lee Brannon became the first player in the 105-year history of MU football to break the 1,000-yard barrier when he ran for 223 yards in MU's season-ending 51-24 loss at East Stroudsburg. In other football news Mark Bristol and Matt Hanley were named to first-team All-Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference East (PSAC) honors while Nate Davis and Karl Buzak were selected to second team in voting conducted among the PSAC East head football coaches.
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"All the required courses in the world will fail to give us a liberal education if, in the act of requiring them, we forget that their purpose is to nurture human freedom and growth."
William Cronon, a professor at Wisconsin-Madison arguing in the autumn issue of "The American Scholar" that educators have lost sight of the purpose of a liberal education.
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