Volume 30, No. 19
January 29, 1999
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NEWS
ABC News vet Sam Donaldson to speak here
MU will host award-winning ABC News veteran Sam Donaldson Tuesday, April 20, for a series of events including a public address, "The View from Washington," at 8 p.m. in Decker Gymnasium.
Donaldson's Mansfield engagement, which is sponsored by Citizens & Northern Bank and the university, is part of a series of events celebrating the April 16 inauguration of MU's 25th President John R. Halstead.
Donaldson has won numerous awards and honors as ABC's chief White House correspondent and co-anchor of ABC's "Prime Time Live." In 1998, he received the National Press Foundation's "Broadcaster of the Year" award. He also was named "Best Television White House Correspondent" in 1985 and "Best Television Correspondent in the Business" in 1986, '87, '88 and '89 by the Washington Journalism Review. Donaldson is the winner of three Emmy Awards and a George Foster Peabody Award.
With more than 30 years of Washington reporting experience, Donaldson has covered -- and uncovered -- some of recent history's most compelling news and events, including the Vietnam War, Watergate, the House Judiciary Committee impeachment investigation of 1974, the Gulf War, the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, and the tragedy of TWA Flight 800.
He also has interviewed and reported on some of the world's most important, influential and infamous people including Bill Clinton as a presidential candidate, former President George Bush, Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, General Colin Powell, billionaire fugitive cocaine trafficker Pablo Escobar and Nazi war criminal Erich Priebke.
He has reported from inside the White House and from inside the Kremlin. He's also reported on places that make news, like the former U.S. Naval base in Bermuda that appeared to remain open as a vacation playground for military brass and the area of Northern Italy where former senator and presidential candidate Robert Dole was injured during World War II.
Donaldson's appearance marks the third time in as many years a major national speaker has addressed the university and community. Previous speaker's included actor James Earl Jones and Former First Lady Barbara Bush.
Woodcarver to present work here Feb. 1
Professional woodcarver Nancy Jones of Coudersport will give a presentation of her work on Monday, Feb. 1, at 1 p.m. in Allen Hall G-10.
The talk is co-sponsored by the university's Center for Arts and Folklife and the Pennsylvania Humanities Council, the state affiliate for the National Endowment for the Arts.
Jones has been carving for more than 20 years. She specializes in highly detailed "in the round" pieces carved from wood native to Potter County: maple, cherry, oak, walnut, poplar, hemlock, basswood and butterwood. Her signature pieces include carousel horses, Early American dolls and face carvings in found pieces of wood.
Her work has been featured in regional newspapers, magazines and books including MU's "Headwaters and Hardwoods," a text on the traditional arts of Pennsylvania's Northern Tier.
Among her honors was an invitation to serve as a master carver for the New York State Empire Carousel, the first full-sized wooden carousel built since the Depression. She's also been selected by the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts to serve in their master-apprentice program, teaching the art of woodcarving to Susie Karchner of Wellsboro.
Jones' work is currently on display through Feb. 14 in the exhibit, "From Heart to Hand: Folk Arts of the Northern Tier" in MU's North Hall Gallery.
Monday, Feb. 1, 8 p.m. Steadman. Pianist and composer David Mattingly will perform the Goldberg Variations by Bach, Book of Changes by Mattingly and Ballade #4 by Chopin. Mattingly has enchanted audiences throughout the United States and Europe as a guest soloist with over a dozen American orchestras. He has also performed with the Württembergische Philharmonie, the Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Stuttgart, the Stuttgart Ballet, and the Musik der Jahrhunderte. He has recorded for Süddeutscher Rundfunk, Südwestfunk, FONO Records, National Public Radio, Norwegian Radio, and the Voice of America. Also active as a scholar, Mattingly's "The Szymanowski Collection" was published by Universal Edition last year. He is assistant professor of music at Susquehanna University.
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Mike Crum, communication and theatre, spent part of Christmas eve visiting with his friends in the Crowe family in his hometown of Kennett, MO, including their now-famous daughter, rock singer Sheryl Crowe.
Lori Cass has been promoted to coordinator of academic records. Mark Doherty is now a part-time assistant coach of track and field. Denise Hopkins is a fiscal assistant in the revenue office. Michael Carpenter has joined the public relations and publications office as assistant writer/editor. Phillip Ogden is an instructional developer in technical resources. John Maslar is a temporary full-time computer operator in technical resources. Gauitana Martin is a temporary full-time clerk typist 2 in records. Bedelia Nowak is a temporary part-time clerk-typist 1 in admissions.
Jim Davies was named the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Eastern Division Men's Basketball Rookie of the Week Monday for the third time this season. Davies, a 6-3 freshman swingman, averaged 9 points per game while connecting on 57 percent of his shots from the field as the Mounties split a pair of PSAC East games last week.
The men's and women's indoor track teams competed in the Roberts Wesleyan Invitational Saturday with the men winning the three team affair with 56 total team points. The women were able to finish in a tie for second with their 36 points. Lamar Crawford repeated his MVP performance of a year ago by again gaining MVP honors by winning four individual events and being a member of the winning 4x400 meter relay team. For the women Colleen Ryder tied her school record in the 1500m with her time of 5:18. She also finished second in the 800m with a 2:36. She was also a member of the 4x400m relay team.
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