Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: TUESDAY, June 5, 1990 TAG: 9006020254
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV5 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: compiled by Kim Sunderland
DATELINE: LENGTH: Long
The program is payed for by a multimillion-dollar gift from John Lee Pratt. It provides a stipend, all tuition and fees and $5,000 in research support for up to three years for doctoral degree students studying animal nutrition.
Recipients are: PAMELA L. FERRANTE of Framingham, Mass.; JOHN M. MORTON of Madison, Wis.; SHIPING WANG of Wuhan, Peoples Republic of China; VINCENT J.H. SEWALT from Wageningen, Netherlands; DAVID G. HEWITT of Greeley, Col.; YADVENDRADEV V. JHALA from Wadhwan City, Gujarat, India; and ZHAIQI WANG of Henan in the Peoples Republic of China.
\ KENT B. MONROE, the Robert O. Goodykoontz marketing professor in the Pamplin College of Business, was appointed to a three-year term as editor of the Journal of Consumer Research. His term begins in January 1991.
\ RONALD D. JOHNSON, associate dean for graduate programs and director of the MBA program, was appointed to serve a second year as the annual conference chair of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Division 14, of the American Psychological Association.
\ RICHARD E. SORENSEN, dean of the college, accepted a one-year appointment as vice-chair of the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business Standards Committee, which determines the curricula of graduate and undergraduate programs in U.S. business schools.
\ JOSETTA S. MCLAUGHLIN, a doctoral student and management instructor, received the college's Jack Hoover Memorial Award for Teaching Excellence. She is also the 1989 Contributor of the Year for the "Cause/Effect" journal.
\ MAGDOLNA CSATH, visiting professor of management since 1987, was named the L.J. Buchanan Distinguished Professor by Beta Gamma Sigma, the national business honor society.
\ KIM O'ROURKE, a part-time accounting student and executive secretary senior in the College of Architecture and Urban Studies dean's office, was inducted into the Pamplin College of Business chapter of Beta Gamma Sigma, the national business honorary.
\ PHILIP Y. HUANG, a management science professor, will lead a team of business and engineering professors to assist leaders in Shanghai, China, in rebuilding their economy through modern management and economic concepts.
\ KEVIN STANTON BARRETT, a doctoral candidate, was selected as an Indiana University Fellow in Non-Profit Governance for the 1990-91 academic year.
Top architecture students in the College of Architecture and Urban Studies received recognition during the annual awards ceremony.
\ ROB MARKUS of McLean received the Alpha Rho Chi medallion for outstanding leadership; MEREDITH WIRSCHING of Canton, Ohio received the Alumni Association plaque for outstanding senior; CECELIA TAM of Baltimore received the Phi Kappa Phi medallion for the highest academic record in the fourth year. ANNE LILLY of Boise, Idaho received an American Institute of Architects certificate for academic achievement and also received the AIA medal.
Other presentations went to NATE OGLE of Wytheville who received the Juris Jansons Memorial Award for excellence in design; JESSICA GIBSON of Afton and WILLIAM WITHER of Woodbridge both recognized with the Werner Graeff Memorial Award for excellence in design products; DOMINICK SEAH of Malaysia who received $1,000 from Pella Window for excellence in senior thesis; BARBARA WASHINGTON of Blacksburg who received the faculty award for professional promise; and CHAYA PRABHU of Lexington, Mass., who received the Henry Weiss Prize for academic excellence in theory and history of architecture.
Two College of Architecture and Urban Studies professors and six Greek organizations were awarded the first Town and Gown Award in Community Relations for their work on a neighborhood relations project on Blacksburg's Roanoke Street. They are: ELLEN B. BRAATEN, an architecture instructor and assistant to the dean; DONNA W. DUNAY, associate professor of architecture; the sorority Phi Mu and fraternities Lamda Chi, Theta Xi, Sigma Nu, Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Zeta Psi.
\ ERIC A. WIEDEGREEN, assistant professor of housing, interior design and resource management, received first and second place awards in the Interior Design Educator's Counsel competition.
\ JANET KANE, vice president for interior design at Smithey and Boynton in Richmond, was elected chairwoman of the board of the Interior Design Advisory Board.
\ ROBERT E. MARSHAK, distinguished professor of physics, emeritus, published "The Khrushchev Detente and Emerging Internationalism in Particle Physics" in a recent issue of Physics Today.
\ DEAN CARTER, a sculpture professor in the department of art and art history, was represented by a large bronze titled "Dollar" in the Artemis exhibition at the Art History Musuem in Danville. Carter has numerous pieces on exhibit in North Carolina and Pulaski.
\ E. SCOTT GELLER, a psychology professor, RICHARD WINETT and JACK FINNEY, both faculty members, and THOMAS D. BERRY, a doctoral student, have been elected to thestaff of the Jornal of Applied Behavior Analysis, a research journal in applied psychology.
\ Five undergraduate students were awarded research internships this summer by the Center for Innovative Technology, which provides students with $6,000 to pursue a technology-based research problem in industry. They are: ROBERT CUNNINGHAM of Sterling; GERARD ENGELEN of Blacksburg; VINCENT HATCHER of Floyd; SONNIE KIM of Alexandria; and CRAIG HEATWOLE of Annandale.
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