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EMU's Office of Academic Service­Learning to help local communities

Robert Kennedy Jr. and Symms to speak Nov. 1

By Jennifer Harrison

EMU recently demonstrated its commitment to academic service­learning with the opening of the EMU Office of Academic Service­Learning.

The new office, located in 202 Rackham, held an open house Oct. IO to introduce EMU and the local community to its mission and location.

The office, in its second year funded by the National Corporation for Community Service, is designed to support faculty, students, community agencies and administration in their efforts to engage students in service that fills the needs and draws upon resources of the community while reaching course objectives.

It also will support and build capacity and infrastructure within EMU, in order to increase the number, quality and sustainability of academic service-learning

opportunities for students. Academic service-learning is a

methodology and a philosophy which extends education beyond the classroom. It provides a number of opportunities for students to perform meaningful service to their communities and to society while engaging in reflec­tion which relates that service to their course content.

It also reflects the belief that education must be Jinked to social responsibility and that the most effective learning is active and connected to experience in some meaningful way.

"In community service, the focus is on the recipient and in professional development, the focus is on the student in their profession. Service-learning is a combination of the two," said Dr. Dale Rice, director for the office, project director for the AmeriCorps program and professor of special

education. "It makes learning much more exciting."'

EMU officials alike seem to agree on the office's positive effect on the University.

"Academic service-learning does several things," said President William E. Shelton.

"It provides students with opportunities to translate theory into practice, encourages faculty to think about what's going on in the classroom and how it relates outside of the academy, and benefits the community by providing volunteers. Everyone is a winner."

"This is a time when service­learning is higher on a lot of agendas," said Dr. Ronald Collins, provost and vice president for academic affairs. "A formal office gives it structure and a focus of attention to make experiences more meaningful in

See Service, page 3

RobertF. Kennedy Jr., clinical professor and supervising attorney at the Environmen­tal Litigation Clinic at New York's Pace University Law Kennedy School and former U.S. Sen. Steve Symms will discuss the environment vs. jobs at Quirk Theatre Wednesday, Nov. 1, at 7 p.m.

Kennedy, a Harvard University graduate with law Symms degrees from the University of Virginia Law School and Pace University School of Law, has earned a reputation as an environ­mental defender. He successfully has prosecuted governments and companies for polluting the Hudson River and Long Island sound; won settlements for the

Hudson Riverkeeper; argued cases to expand citizen access to shoreline; and sued sewage treatment plants to force compli­ance with the Clean Water Act.

In addition to his work at Pace University, he serves as chief prosecuting attorney for the Hudson Riverkeeper and senior attorney for the Natural Resources Defense Council. He formerly was assistant district attorney and worked on several political campaigns, including his uncle's, U.S. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, 1980 presidential campaign.

Kennedy has published books including New York State Appren­tice Falconer's Manual, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and Judge Frank M. Johnson Jr., A Biography. He also has published articles in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post.

Symms, a former U.S. senator from Idaho, is a nationally known

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����s-��ti��--�����--�-=:�le WEMU Fall Pledge I Best Eastern Available Thanksgiving Buffet Color Copying Drive To Begin Oct. 27 For Overnight Guests Tickets To Go On Sale Available At u. Pubs Drive to be WEMU (89. l FM), EMU's Best Eastern at Pittman Tickets for the annual University Publications now public radio station will hold its Residence Hall is available for Thanksgiving Buffet hosted by offers color copying. rerouted annual fall pledge drive Friday, guests needing a place to stay on Dining Services and McKenny U Pubs' new Xerox Majestic Oct. 27, through Thursday, Nov. campus. The rooms feature a Union and Conferences, will be color copier can produce: color 2, participating in National Public refrigerator, double bed, telephone on sale Thursday and Friday, transparencies, color copies, color Radio's coordinated fund-raising (local and long distance), color Nov. 2-3, from 8:30 a.m. to Macintosh output and color week. television and cable, private 4 p.m. at the McKenny Union photograph enlargements.

Slots are available from 6 a.m. shower and a clock radio. registration desk, located on the We also will be offering mouse to midnight every day - WEMU Available services include main level east of the information pads and T-shirts with a favorite asks that you commit to a parking in Hoyt Lot C, laundry center. photo or drawing. minimum two-hour shift if facilities, recreation in the Rec/IM The buffet will be held Call 7-3600 for more informa-possible to cut down on Building (fee required), A & W Thursday, Nov. 9, and Wednesday, tion. confusion. Restaurant and an ATM machine Nov. 15, in McKenny Union,

The station hopes to raise Best Eastern is only a IO minute with five seatings on each date $85,000 from 2,075 callers walk to anywhere on main campus. ( 11 a.m., 11 :30 a.m., noon, 12:30 during the seven-day drive, For reservations, call 7-1094 p.m. and I p.m.). which combined with the annual between 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. The menu will include fall mail solicitation which marinated pork loin, turkey, began Sept. 18, has a total goal Alumni Association stuffing, mashed potatoes, of $150,000 from 3,500 contribu- Meeting Is Nov. 11 gravy, carrots, penne pasta, tors. $30,469 has already been The Eastern Michigan Univer- Waldorf salad and a dessert raised from 554 mail-in contribu- sity National Alumni Association buffet. tors. will hold its annual meeting of its Tickets are $8 per person or $7

Popular area restaurants members Saturday, Nov. 11, at for students and must be purchased including Red Lobster, Amer's 9:30 a.m. in 205 Welch Hall. in person with cash, check or Deli. Tower Inn, and Theo's, are The slate of approved nominees requisition. donating food and beverages for for the retiring positions is as Canned food donations will be the drive. follows: David Artley ('72); accepted at the buffet door.

To volunteer to answer phones Dennis M. Beagen ('66); For more information, during the drive. call WEMU at 7- Jacqueline Brock Eden ('87); call (or e-mail) PJ Moffett at 2229. To contribute lo the drive, Charles W. Halash ('84); Annette 7-4108. call 7-8936 during the drive. Sabo Johnson ('94); Jodi Lambert

Graduate Coordinators ('88); Allen T. Sheffield ('88); and William J. Stephens ('60).

Meeting Is Oct. 24-25 For more information, call The Graduate Coordinators and the Alumni Relations Office at?-

Advisors meeting will be held 0250. Tuesday, Oct. 24, from 9 to I I Blood Drive Is Oct 23-a.m .. and Wednesday, Oct. 25,

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H II from 3 to 5 p.m. (the meeting n owmng a will be held on two different dates The Alpha Phi Omega service

to accomodate everyone). fraternity is having a blood drive

Admissions, records and Monday through Wednesday,

financial support will be dis- Oct 23-25, from I to 7 p.m. in

cussed. the main lounge of Downing

Please RSVP to Marsha Downs Hall.

via e-mail or call her at 7-0048. No appointment is necessary.

Reception To Honor Scholarship Recipients

A reception sponsored by the EMU Women's Association and the EMU Women's Commission to honor their 1995/95 scholarship recipients will be held Thursday. Oct. 26, from 3 to 5 p.m. in 205 Welch Hall.

14 scholarship recipients will be honored at the reception. which will feature light refreshments.

Students Sought For USA Today Team

USA Today currently is seeking nominees for its 1996 All-USA Academic Team, comprised of 60 of the nation's best and brightest college students.

The students will be featured in a two-color package in USA Today, with 20 members of the first team receiving $2,500 cash prizes, as well as being the guests at a special awards luncheon.

Winners will be selected by a panel of educators with the criteria designed to find students who excel not only in scholarship but in leadership roles on and off campus. A student's outstand­ing original academic or intellec­tual product also will be consid­ered.

For a submission form, call Public Information at 7-4400.

AA Meetings Are On Tuesdays/Thursdays

The schedule for Alcoholics Anonymous meetings this year are Tuesdays and Thursdays. from noon to I p.m. in the Huron Room in McKenny Union.

Call 7-4282 for more informa­tion.

In order to begin site prepara­tion for EMU's new library building, traffic on West Circle Drive will be rerouted permanently beginning Thursday, Oct. 26.

West Circle Drive, which starts at Oakwood Street and loops east past Bowen Field House, south to the current University Library and west past Rackham Building and Brown-Munson student apart­ments, now will exit south (toward Washtenaw) behind Mark Jefferson Science Building onto McKenny Drive, which leads back to Oakwood.

Until now, West Circle Drive completed its loop just west of Bowen Field House, running between the old Physical Plant building and Brown-Munson. As of Oct. 26, that road will be closed permanently.

In addition, a section of the Oakwood Parking Lot adjacent to the construction site will be closed. While this will reduce the number of available parking spaces in that lot, the University's construction of two new lots last summer still leaves a net increase of 216 new spaces when compared with available parking during 1994-95.

"We constructed the new lots and created two new parking exits (in the Oakwood lot and behind Mark Jefferson) in anticipation of the library construction," said EMU Vice President for Business and Finance Patrick J. Doyle. "And while some may feel inconve­nienced by the closures, the good news is our long-awaited library

See West Circle, page 3

2 Tuesday, Oct. 24, 1995 FOCUS EMU

Collection of over 200 jazz compact discs available at the University Library By Kirk Carman

While the shelves of the University Library once featured only books, periodicals and r ewspapers, they are now home to compact discs by jazz artiHS such as Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman. Ella Fitzgerald, Wynton Marsalis and Herbie Hancock.

The compact discs, which are housed in the Instructional Support Center (Room 102 Library), date from the early 1900s to the present and inclade the precursors of jazz and all jazz styles, including ragt me, Dixieland, the blues, big band. swing, modern jazz. be-bop, funky jazz, free jazz, jazzlrock fusion and neoclas� ic jazz.

The collection features over 200 compact discs which EMU faculty, staff and stude1ts may check out for one week. Jazz lovers also can uJe the compact disc players available in the center.

Instructional Support Cen.er Coordinator Patricia Ramsay believes the collection is an essential and natural addition to the University Library. "With jazz becoming extremely popular and findi� a more universal audience, the collection will certainly be of great interest to our patrons. In addition, the collection truly represents the wide spectrum that jazz has to offer - everything from be-bop to ragtime to big band."

Just a sampling of the University Library's collection of over 200 jazz CDs.

Librarian Fred Blum, who serves as the University Library's music specialist, built the collection with input from several Music Department faculty and Dr. George Klein, director of Academic Programs Abroad and WEMU­FM jazz music host.

Blum said that while the cJllection was acquired during the past year, new discs are frequently being added.

In addition to the artists foted above, the collection

showcases the works of Louis Armstrong. Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughn. Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Dinah Washington and many more.

The collection also features several compilation packages, including Jazz Piano: A Smithsonian Collection, a set of four compact discs, and The Smithsonian Collection of Classic Jau., which contains I 06 jazz works.

Instructional Support Center Coordinator Patricia Ramsay and the Library's jazz CD collection.

While a handout, alphabetized by artist, lists the compact discs available, the library's on-line computer system catalog (ECAT) also can be used to find a particular artist or title.

Compact discs can be searched by artist (by typing A=ARMSTRONG LOUIS), by group (by typing A=DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET) or compact disc title (T=DINAH WASHINGTON SINGS THE BLUES). In many cases, individual songs can be found by using the keyword option (by typing K=I A/NT GOT NOBODY or K=ST LOUIS BLUES). Because ECAT doesn't recognize punctuation, it must be omitted.

For a listing of jazz recordings, including both compact discs and LPs, type K=JAZZ.SU. AND SOUND AND M.FMT.

The University Library also features many books on jazz, both reference and circulating, including Ian Carr's Jau.: The Essential Companion, Barry McRae's Jazz Handbook, Frank Tirro's Jau.: A History, and Mark C. Gridley's Jazz Styles: History and Analysis.

The University Library is open Monday through Thursday, from 7:45 a.m. to midnight; Friday, from 7:45 to 11 p.m.; Saturday, from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m.; and Sunday, from I p.m. to midnight.

For more information, call the Instructional Support Center at 7-1380.

Women's Studies Week continues EMU's fall 1995 Women�s Swdies Week activities began Monday, Oct 23 and will continue with the following

activities: • The film Once Were Warrior.r Tuesday, Oct. 24, at 7 p,m. in 718 Pray,-Harrold. Dr. Karen Sinclair of the

Sociology Department wHl serve. as respondent. • The film Gas, Food •. LiJdging Wednesday, Oct. 25, at 8 p.m. in 718 Pray�Harrold. • The presentation BlacJ.. Women: Achievement Against the Odds by Janice Rowley Cooper of the African

American Studies Deplrtment Thursday, Oct. 26, from 6 to 8 p.nL in the McKenny Union Tower Room. • The graduate student Sflllposium What Women 'sStudles Means to Us Friday, Oct 27, f.rom 11 a.m. to noon in

the Multicultural Center Lounge on the second floor of Ooodison. The symposium will feature students YU.ki Hirano, Soncia Salter-Carroll, Jessica Kilbourn, and Dr. Raebel Harley of the Music Department as moderator.

• A luncheon reception Friday, Oct. 27, from noon to 2 p.m. in the Multicultural Center Lounge. For more information, call the Women's Studies Program at 7-1177.

Special Library exhibit to pay homage to jazz

A �pecial exhjbit paying homage to jazz and the Library's expanded jazz materials will be featured in the Library lobby today (fuesday, Oct. 24) through Friday, Nov. IO. The exhibit, designed by Librarian Carolyn Kirkendall, will feature items relating to jazz, including compact discs. posters, photographs and books. From noon to l p.m., jazz compact discs will be played in the lobby,

Kirkendall said the exhibit is an effort by the Univer­sity Library staff to broaden the Library's appeal through cx.panded resources and services. "The exhibit coincides with the Library's current educational 'campaign' which is titled 'Tomorrow Starts Today,'" she said. ''The campaign features new materials and electronic services which are being acquired in preparation for the move to the new Library in a few years."

LoetTUAR¥-v-� ___ I EMU Associate Professor Emerita

of English Virginia A. Cooper died Sept. 25, at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ann Arbor. She was 85.

Cooper, who retired from EMU in 1975, first joined the University in 1946 as a supervising teacher at the Roosevelt (High) Laboratory School. She held the position until 1969, when she joined the faculty of EMU's English Language and Literature Department.

Cooper

She previously was a high school teacher at the Duncan Township High School, Bergland High School and Ionia High School in the Upper Peninsula.

"Ms. Cooper was the kind of educator every serious student wants to have," said Dr. Thomas Gwaltney, EMU professor of teacher education. "She was demanding, inspiring and rewarding, and had a ruggedness and tenacity, coupled with warmth, characteristic of the Upper Peninsula. She also had infinite patience to work with students who needed to develop their academic and personal skills."

During her time at EMU, Cooper was involved in several University organizations, including the Faculty Council, the Interfaculty Council, the Faculty Women's Club and the Aims and Objectives Committee, which helped in preparing materials for EMU North Central Association accreditation.

She held a life certificate from Northern Michigan University and bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Michigan. She also received an honorary master's degree from EMU, when it was Michigan State Normal College in 1944.

Throughout her life, Cooper was active in several professional organizations, including the American Associa­tion of University Professors, the National Education Association, the U-M Classical Honor Society, Delta Kappa Gamma and Pi Lambda Theta. She also served as vice president of the Michigan Association for Student Teaching and as president of the Michigan Classical Conference.

She is survived by a brother, Gage Cooper, of Ann Arbor.

A memorial service was held Sept. 28 at the First United Methodist Church in Ypsilanti, where Cooper was a member. Memorial contributions may be made to the Gilbert Residence of Ypsilanti.

World College's Ray Schaub receives award from Germany Dr. Raymond Schaub, director of the World College at EMU, recently received the

prestigious Hohenstaufen Medal (Staufer-Medaille) from the State of Baden-Wuerttemberg in Germany.

Schaub was selected for the award in recognition of his work in the development and coordination of exchange programs between EMU and institutions of higher education, government agencies and corporations in Baden-Wuerttemberg. The programs have resulted in the exchange of rrore than 200 academic and intern studenL<;, government officials and trainees. teacher. lecturers and trainers.

Through an exchange with Baden-Wuerttemberg's Leadership Academy, which selects and prepares early- lo mid-career government officials for future state government positrons, Schaub has placed 20 trainee; in three-month. full-time internships in Lansing and Washing­ton, D.C.. including the Michigan Departments of Commerce, Education. Treasury, Natural Resources, Public Health and Transportation.

The award, the name of w 1ich originates from the Hohenstaufen Dynasty. that produced the most important emperors and kings of the Holy Roman Empire from I 079 to 1268, was presented to Schaub by Dr. Otto Rundel, president of the Leadership Academy of Baden­Wuerttemberg Sept. 21 in the Old Supreme Court Chambers in the Michigan State Capitol Building.

Immediately following tht award presentation, Schaub, Rundel and Thomas Berg. executive director of the Leadership Academy and Hansjorg Pfliiger, Leadership Academy trainee now with the Michrgoo Department of Treasury, were introduced to the House of Representatives.

While Schaub is proud of the recognition from the award, he views it as an even larger honor for EMU. "The award is a great distinction for EMU because it represents interna­tional recognition of EMU's efforts to promote exchange programs," he said.

Schaub, who joined the El.AU faculty in 1969, holds a bachelor's degree and doctorate from Rice University.

From left to right: Thomas Berg, executive director of the Leadership Academy of Baden-Wuerttemberg; Dr. Raymond Schaub, director of EMU's World College; and Dr. Otto Rundel, president of the Leadership Academy of Baden-Wuerttemberg.

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Stevens devotes 25 years to elementary science education By Jenny Fox

For 25 years, Dr. Suzanne Stevens, Eastern Michigan University professor of biology, has given "hands on" experience to over 5,000 prospective teachers and graduate students at EMU in biology for elementary education.

Stevens was honored by the Michigan Science Teachers Association earlier this year as the first college level teacher to receive the 'Teacher of the Year" award. After receiving the award, she also was honored with a resolution from the Board of Regents. She received the William F. Hopkins award in 1983 for her leadership in conducting outdoor education classes with Huron-Clinton Metroparks.

Stevens, who holds bachelor's and master's degrees from EMU, said she uses techniques that she hopes her students will use in their own classrooms. "We don't just want to give the students the information, so we use the learning cycle, which allows the students first to explore and really get involved with the material," she said. "From the exploration comes the need to make sense of what is going on, and that is where we can introduce the concept or the students can come up with the concept.''

Stevens' ''hands on" method of teaching also has included outdoor education classes in collaboration with Huron-Clinton Metroparks and the Higgins Lake Environ­mental School for Teachers. She also has conducted two day workshops for teachers at the Toledo Zoo. The courses have included nature interpretation, the study of the relationships between the plant and animals in their environment and outdoor science and environmental education.

"I teach a course every summer for a week at Higgins Lake," she said. "I work in cooperation with a professor from Wayne State

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an academic and service sense."

University. The course, which usually consists of about 60 students, focuses on environmental issues for teachers. We have people come in from the Depart­ment of Natural Resources to work with the students. We focus on environmental issues in Michigan and how the students can relate these issues in a classroom at either an elementary or high school level."

Stevens also conducts travel­study courses for the students, which have included trips to Switzerland and Alaska. While in Switzerland, she took her students to the Swiss National Park and to an incinerator.

"We were probably the only group to go to Switzerland and have one of the first stops to be at an incinerator," Stevens said. "We were looking at how the Swiss handled their environmental problems."

Stevens' trip with the students to Alaska combined both biolog:Y and geology departments. They visited nature centers, glaciers and hiked part of the Iditarod Trail, which is famous for its dog sled race.

Stevens said the highlight of the trip was a visit to a fjord area, which is a narrow inlet of sea that lies between slopes. "From the boat we could see whales and sea lions out in the ocean, which I really enjoyed," she said.

Stevens said the resource people and naturalists are very helpful, which she believes to be important. "When we went to Alaska, I wasn't as familiar with the habitats as a naturalist or research person from the area," she said. "Finding a resource such as this to help us was wonderful. They really know what is going on. They could find things like the ice worms on the glaciers.

"It's these aspects that make travel-study courses through the

University so special for the students. On their own, students probably wouldn't have access to these highly qualified resource persons, but since we are going through EMU these resources are more readily available to us."

Stevens' next trip will be to Hawaii and will focus on natural history, cultural and communica­tions of Hawaii. It will be an interdisciplinary course with Dr. Gary Evans, professor of commu­nications and theatre arts.

"We'll be visiting four different islands," Stevens said. "We'll see everything - rain forests., desert areas and we' re even going to go snorkeling to study marine ecology. There are so many different habitats we'll have to explore."

Even though Stevens is busy with her classes and preparing for her travel-study courses, she manages to find time to work with professional organizations, including the Michigan Environ­mental Education Association and the Metropolitan Detroit Science Teachers Association.

"I think it's important for teachers to be involved with professional organizations," said Stevens. "They allow teachers to pick up new ideas to bring back to their classrooms. I have brought back new ideas every time I have gone to the National Science Teachers Association's National Conference, where I receive new teaching methods and materials. I like to keep my class up-to-date, so I can show prospec­tive teachers what materials will be available."

New technology with comput­ers also is an item Stevens must keep up with. While her students were working with elementary students from Estabrook Elemen­tary School in Ypsilanti to give them "hands on" science expert, ences, they discovered a fourth

For 25 years, Dr. Suzanne Stevens, professor of biology, has prepared nearly 5,000 prospective teachers in EMU's elementary science education program. Earlier this year, she received the 1994-95 College Teacher of the Year Award at the annual Michi­gan Science Teachers Association Convention in Lansing.

grade classroom with students actively working on computers. "Last year, the fourth and fifth grade students did a symposium on the gypsy moth," Stevens said. "They took pictures of the gypsy moth and presented the stages and life cycle of the gypsy moth on the computer screen, which was very impressive.

"Computers have made science more available for elementary

students," Stevens added. They now work with science investiga­tions on computers and other resources are more readily available through the new technology."

With more travel-study courses planned and more prospective elementary teachers likely to pass through her classroom, Stevens is likely to add another 25 years as a teacher to her credit.

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project is starting." "Many, many people at EMU will benefit from service­

learning," said Dr. Jerry Robbins, dean of the College of Education. "It makes education more meaningful for thousands of students. Faculty will continue to use this for many years to come."

a comprehensive review and presentation of research for the Center fo� Single Parents.

The program also has included the establishment of an after-school tutoring program at West Middle School in Ypsilanti by students of the "Curriculum and Methods" course. Georgea Langer, Pat Pokay and Rebecca Martusewicz, associate professors of teacher education, were instrumental in this project.

EMU Physical Plant Director William Smart said once the road is closed, fencing will be erected around the construction site and work, which includes preparation of the underground steam tunnels beneath the closed section of the Oakwood lot and demolition of the old Physical Plant building, will begin. A program highlight has been the implementation

of academic service-learning in Kathy Stacey's "Research in Communication" class, where her students conducted The Department of Special Education provided the

President William E. Shelton joined Dr. Dale Rice, director of the EMU Office of Academic Service-Learning, and Nancy Edwards, coordinator of the Center for Community Service in the Office of Campus Life, at the Oct. 10 open house of the EMU Office of Academic Service-Learning.

space for the new office, which the Physical Plant extensively renovated in nearly a month. Their work included painting, adding floor and ceiling tiles, plastering and carpentry work, staining, varnishing and installing new locks on the doors.

Nancy Edwards, coordinator of the Center for Community Service in the Office of Campus Life assists the office with the liaison to community agencies. Patricia Compton, Anne Roberts and David Lewis are graduate assistants, who, along with Todd Ethridge, assist in the program.

For more information, call the Office of Academic Service-Leaming at 7-0028.

When the new library is completed in 1997-98, the closed area of West Circle Drive will serve as a pedestrian mall and a new section of the road will be constructed to route traffic back to Oakwood.

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Tuesday, Oct. 24

WORKSHOP - The Center for Instruc­tional Computing will offer a workshop on UseNet News. For more information, call 7-1347.

SOCCER - The women's team will take on the University of Michigan.

PRESENTATION - A Food for Thought presentation on "Affirmative Action, Historically Considered" will be presented. The cost is $8. For more information, call 7-0407 or 7-681 5.

Wednesday, CONCERT - The Music Department will Oct. 25 present Organ Recital Series Number

Two. For more information, call 7-2255.

Thursday, Oct. 26

Friday, Oct. 27

Saturday, Oct. 28

Sunday, Oct. 29

Monday, Oct. 30

WORKSHOP - The Center for Instruc­tional Computing will offer an introduction to VMS (formerly VAX) mail workshop. For more information, call 7-1 347.

PRESENTATION - A Food for Thought presentation on "Duke Ellington and the Evolution of Jazz" will be presented. The cost is $ 15. For more information, call 7-0407 or 7-6815.

CONCERT - The Music Department will present The Plymouth Trio as part of the President's Series. The cost is $ 10. For more information, call 7-2255.

WORKSHOP - The Center for Instruc­tional Computing will hold a MultiMedia Overview workshop. For more informa­tion, call 7-1347.

PRESENTATION - A Food for Thought presentation on World War II will be held. The cost is $ 12.

MOVIE - Showcase EMU will present "Batman Forever." The cost is $ 1 . For more information, call 7-1470.

WORKSHOP - The Benefits Office will hold an orientation workshop for new EMU employees. For more information, call 7-3195.

SOCCER - The men's team will take on Kentucky State University.

FOOD AND CLOTHING DRIVE - The V.I.S.1.0.N. project will conduct a food and clothing drive for "Make a Difference Day." For more information, call 7-3045.

THE UNDERGROUND - The Under­ground will present "Karaoke Night." For more information, call 7-3045.

FOOD AND CLOTHING DRIVE - The V.1.S.1.0.N. project will conduct a food and clothing drive for "Make a Difference Day." For more information, call 7-3045.

CROSS COUNTRY - The men's and women's team will compete at the MAC Championships. For more information, call 7-0317.

SOCCER - The women's team will take on the University of Toledo.

FOOTBALL - The Eagles will take on The University of Toledo.

MOVIE - Showcase EMU will present "Batman Forever." The cost is $ 1 . For more information, call 7-1470.

CONCERT - The University Choir will perform "Carmina Burana. "For more information, call 7-2255.

SEMINAR - The EMU Women's Center will sponsor a seminar on assisting women student leaders in projecting professional images.

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31 1 Library, 2 p.m.

Ann Arbor, 4 p.m.

EMU Depot Town Center, 32 E. Cross St. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Organ Recital Hall, Alexander Music Building, 8 p.m.

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EMU Depot Town Center, 32 E. Cross St. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Pease Auditorium, 8 p.m.

21 1 Library, 2 p.m.

EMU Depot Town Center, 32 E. Cross St. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Roosevelt Auditorium, 9 p.m.

205 Welch Hall, 8:30 a.m.

EMU's campus, 3:30 p.m.

EMU's campus, all day

Lower Level, Eastern Eateries, 9 p.m.

EMU's campus, all day

Akron, Ohio, 1 1 a.m.

EMU's campus, noon

Toledo, Ohio, 2 p.m.

Roosevelt Auditorium, 9 p.m.

Pease Auditorium, 4 p.m.

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spokesman for conservative causes. While senator, he served on the Finance and Armed Service Committee, the Environment and Public Works Committee, the Joint Economic Committee and the Budget Committee. Following his retirement from the Senate in 1993, he formed his own consulting firm, Symms, Lehan and Associates Inc.

Symms has received awards from the National Federation of Independent Business, the Freedoms Foundation and Americans for Constitutional Action. He is national chairman of the Conservative Victory Fund and the Free Society Forum and he recently was elected president of the Freedom Alliance.

Symms also serves as director of the corporate boards of Albertson's, Boise Air Service and Symms Fruit Ranch and is a member of the boards of directors for the American Conser­vative Union and the Foundation for Economic Education.

The presentation, which is part of EMU's Office of Campus Life Spectrum Lecture Series, is free and open to the public.

For more information, call Campus Life at 7-3045.

L(jPENINGS ...... _ __,;;,._..._ _____ � To be considered for vacant positions, all Promotional Openings Application Forms

MUST BE SUBMITTED directly to the Compensation/ Employment Services Office and received no later than 5 p.m. on the expiration date. NOTE: LATE OR INCOMPLETE FORMS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

The Compensation/Employment Services Office announces the following vacancies. The expiration date for applying for these positions is Monday, October 30, 1995. Detailed job descriptions may be reviewed in Room 3 1 0 King Hall. Posting Boards across campus also highlight necessary and desired qualifications. Locations of these boards are main traffic areas in: King Hall, McKenny Union, Roosevelt Hall, Business & Finance Building, Si l l Hall, Pray-Harrold, Rec/IM Building, Physical Plant, Mark-Jefferson, Hoyt Meeting Center, DC # 1 , University L ibrary, Pierce, and the College of Business Building.

Vacancy information may also be obtained by calling our 24-hour Jobs Line al 7-0016. Compensation/Employment Services office hours are Monday through Friday 8, from

a.m. to 5 p.m.

CLERICAL/SECRET ARIAL _(Minimum Bi-Weekly Salary)

CSSA9608 CS- 04 $706.58

PROFESSIONAL/TECHNICAL (Minimum Bi-Weekly Salary)

PTPR9601 PT-07 $985.74

ADMINISTRATIVE/PROFESSIONAL (Minimum Semi-Monthly Salary)

APAA9603 AP- l 3a $2789.79

APAA9606 AP-13a $2789.79

CAMPUS POLICE (Minimum Bi-Weekly Salary)

CPBF9603 CP-0 1 $880.41

FACULTY

Secretary II, Financial Aid.

Instructional Cost Analyst, UPBA.

Academic Department Head, Sociology, Anthropology and Criminology.

Academic Department Head, Economics.

Officer, Campus Police, Public Safety.

F9605 Assistant Professor, Mathematics. Academic Year.

F96 12 Assistant Professor, Coordinator, Exercise Science, HPER&D. Academic Year. Leadership for exercise graduate and undergraduate program.

F96 1 3 Assistant Professor, Exercise Science, HPER&D, Academic Year. Neuromuscular and biochemical exercise physiology.

F96 14 Assistant Professor, School Health Educator, HPER&D, Academic Year. School and Community Health Educator.

*The pay rates stated above reflect the probationary minimum rate for a newly hired EMU employee. The pay rate or salary for current employees will be established according to the respective employee group union contract, and/or University salary administration policy guidelines.

An Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer

Michael Jordan Foundation The Michael Jordan Foundation targets youth who are disadvantaged or at-risk by funding

projects which promote participation in education, recreation, cultural and social activities. The foundation awarded 50 grants last year.

Howard and Vira I. Heinz Endowment The Howard and Vira I. Heinz Endowment will fund $75 million worth of grants in the next

year. Proposals which promote alternative energy resources, achieve resource efficiency, or conserve natural resources used in energy-making techniques are sought. Urban design projects which are energy efficient, transportation efforts which conserve energy, and pollution reduction measures will also be funded. Grants will range from $20,000 to $200,000. There is no deadline. Letters of inquiry are reviewed before a submission of a proposal is requested.

American Honda Foundation The American Honda Foundation (AHF) supports programs which introduce and interest

elementary school children to the world of science. Projects may center around math, environ­ment, biology, or earth science. Topics should include national interests. AHF disseminates information learned from the project it funds. Grants awarded start at $40,000.

Wal-Mart Foundation The Wal-Mart Foundation has over $15 million set aside each year for community giving.

Program interest areas include health, welfare, children, schools, and community involvement and development programs.

For more information concerning any of these programs, call 7-3090.

EMU health care open enrollment Is Oct. 16 - Nov. 3 EMU's annual open enrollment period for health care is scheduled for October 1 6 through

November 3, with an effective date of January 1 , 1996. During this period, staff and faculty will have the opportunity to change their health care coverage, as well as make additions to their plan, which were not previously made within 30 days of the event.

The Your Health Care Options booklet will be mailed to each staff and faculty member's home and will provide information on each of the available plans so one may evaluate and choose the best health care for one's family needs. Be sure to review these options.

Representatives of the health plans will be on campus to answer questions on Wednes­day, October 25, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the King Hall Lounge. If you are unable to attend and have questions, they can be reached by telephone:

•Blue Cross/Blue Shield (810) 448-4041 Wayne Sanford (Leave message on answering machine)

•Care Choices (800) 852-9780 Member Services or (800) 261 -3452 Linda Hartwick

• M-Care (800) 658-8878 Member Services or (313) 747-8700 extension 318 Deitra Gates

Clerical Secretarial (CS); Food/Maintenance (FM); and Professionalfrechnical (Pn employees who have health coverage with another employer may elect during this period to waive health care with EMU for a $75 per month reimbursement. Documentation must be provided verifying medical coverage. Employees who have waived coverage for 1995 must waive coverage each year. Details and waiver forms are included in the Your Health Care

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Options booklet. The Blue Cross/Blue Shield traditional plan will be enhanced to include coverage for both

medical and accidental emergencies effective January 1 , 1996. This rider eliminates the $15 limit for first aid treatment of accidental injuries. Instead, payment will be based upon BC/ BS's reasonable and customary amounts. As emergency condition is defined as a life threatening illness and/or accident, such as heart attack, acute appendicitis, coma, convul­sions, stroke and shock.

All enrollment forms must be received by the Benefits Office, 301 King Hall, no later than Friday, November 3, at 5 p.m.