Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: TUESDAY, October 4, 1994 TAG: 9410040031
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-4 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
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DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
Junior CAROL CLYDE was elected as an international trustee for Circle K International. She chairs the student government's diversity promotion council, conducts workshops on prejudice reduction and has served as a university tour guide. Circle K, affiliated with Kiwanis, is the largest collegiate service organization.
Mathematics professor JUERGEN GERLACH developed a way to obtain answers more quickly when using the Newton-Raphson Method. Scientists have been using the method, devised by Sir Isaac Newton, for nearly 300 years. His work was published in the quarterly publication of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics.
Assistant dean of students JOHN J. MCGUIRE served as dean for Chi Phi Fraternity's seventh annual College of Excellence, a summer leadership school for select undergraduate chapter officers, in Memphis, Tenn.
Counselor education professor ALAN FORREST is president-elect of the Virginia Association of Marriage and Family Counselors, a division of the Virginia Counselors Association and chapter of the International Association of Marriage and Family Counselors. The association assists counselors in Virginia who are interested in providing services to couples and families.
Anthropology professor MELINDA WAGNER and students have been chosen by Citizens for the Preservation of Craig County to study cultural attachment to place as a factor in the controversy over possible placement of Apco's high-voltage power lines in Craig County.
The Pittsburgh Public Schools Arts Committee invited MARGARET DEVANEY, dance department chairwoman, to introduce and teach dance to eight classes at an area junior high school. The committee requested hands-on experience for the students and special attention to the male students. Devaney has been invited to return next year for more intensive work with the students.
Professor of education GARY ELLERMAN has received an $18,300 grant from the Virginia Commission on Secondary Schools of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to support the continuation of the Virginia Secondary SACS Committee office on campus.
Biology professor SALLY D. DENNIS, biology department associate KAY McGRAW and MICHAEL CASTAGNA, professor emeritus and adjunct faculty member, have been awarded a $64,192 grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration-U.S. Department of Commerce to fund a study on clam population in the oceanside lagoons and tidal creeks of Virginia.
ROBERT C. SMALL JR., College of Education and Human Development dean, and ANTHONY OLIVERA received a $25,122 grant from the Virginia Department of Education to fund its regional office located on campus. The office is responsible for creating linkages between higher education, school districts and the Virginia Department of Education; overseeing activities; and addressing needs of advancing student learning in area school districts.
PETER BALSAMO, associate dean of the Graduate College and director of continuing education, received two grants from the Virginia Department of Education. A $55,000 grant was awarded to fund the 1995 Dissemination Institute, a three-day seminar which facilitates collaboration among adult education practitioners across the state. A $23,693 grant was awarded for the publication of the statewide adult education newsletter.
Balsamo and CHRISTI C. LEFTWICH, continuing education office program coordinator, also received a $1,402 grant from Wythe County Schools to conduct a one semester-hour course on computer telecommunications applications during the fall 1994 semester for up to 24 students in the Wythe County area.
Center for Counseling and Student Development director J. KENDALL LOTT and LINDA A CONRADS, disabled student services counselor and coordinator, received a $5,850 grant for Project UNITE, that attempts to increase the retention and the potential for success of students with documented disabilities registered with Disabled Students Services at the university.
Nursing professors MARGARET BASSETT and JANET HARDY BOETTCHER, nursing department chairperson, were awarded a $2,000 grant from the New River Valley Head Start Program for nursing services provided to the program.
Chemistry lab coordinator DIANE CATLEY and chemistry professor CINDY BURKHARDT received an equipment grant from Hewlett-Packard for a gas chromatograph mainframe valued at $21,065. The instrument will be used for upper-level chemistry classes and the forensic science class.
by CNB