
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: TUESDAY, November 8, 1994                   TAG: 9411080075
SECTION: CURRENT                    PAGE: NRV-3   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
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NAMES ON CAMPUS

Art Professor Z.L. FENG won the Dorothy and Jacob Goldman Award for his pastel work "Aunt Chen" at the Pastel Society of America's 22nd annual Open Exhibition in New York. Feng and his wife, MEI SHU, also recently displayed their works in Tresors '94, an international art show in Singapore.

SKIP WATTS, geology professor and director of the university's Institute for Engineering Geosciences, advised the U.S. Forest Service and the Chelan County Fire Rehabilitation Team in their efforts to stop fire-related landslides in the Pacific Northwest.

BETTY JONES, substance abuse and sexual assault educator, received the Virginia Alcohol Beverage Control Board's "You Made A Difference" Award. The board gives the award annually to one person who has made significant contributions in alcohol and substance abuse educational programs in an academic environment.

JACK BARR is now news bureau manager in the university's office of public information and relations. In addition to holding many writing, editing and media relation responsibilities, he will serve as editor of RU News.

Economics Professors DOUGLAS WOOLLEY, ADRIENNE BIRECREE and LINDA DOBKINS are helping high school teachers give students a better understanding of local economic development. They developed an economics curriculum guide and compiled data from counties and cities in Southwest Virginia to use as background information.

PAUL LANG, criminal justice chairman, discussed effects of social programs, early intervention and rehabilitation on crime rates on Virginia public radio's "With Good Reason" program. The show will air Dec. 12 at 7:30 p.m. on WVTF (89.1 FM) and Dec. 14 at 1:30 p.m. on WVRU (89.9 FM).

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