Robert Nardelli, the president and chief executive officer (CEO) of GE Power Systems and a Western Illinois University alumnus, will be the Ninth Annual Ferguson Lecturer Wednesday, Oct. 22 for WIU's College of Business and Technology (CBT) Week.
Beginning at 2 p.m. in the Union Grand Ballroom, Nardelli will discuss building global leadership.
Nardelli began his career at GE in 1971, advancing through manufacturing management positions in the company's Appliances, Lighting and Transportation Systems business units. In 1988 Nardelli joined Case Corporation as executive vice president and general manager of parts and components. He was later promoted to executive vice president and general manager of Case's construction equipment business.
Nardelli returned to GE in 1991 as president and CEO of GE's Canadian Appliance Manufacturing Co. (CAMCO) and in 1992 was appointed president and CEO of GE Transportation Systems in Erie, PA. He was named to his current position in May 1995. Nardelli is also a senior vice president of General Electric Company and a member of the board of directors of GE Capital Corp.
Nardelli received his bachelor's degree in business from WIU and earned a master's of business administration from the University of Louisville. In addition to presenting this year's Ferguson Lecture, Nardelli has also been named CBT's Distinguished Alumnus of the Year. He will be honored at a luncheon Oct. 22.
The Robert and Mary Ferguson Lecture Series was established in 1989 to honor Dr. Robert Ferguson and his wife, Mary.
Dr. Ferguson was a business education instructor at WIU from 1947 until his retirement in 1986. He also served as business education chair for more than 20 years. The Ferguson Lecture is open free to the public.
Western Illinois University students and their families will have a variety of activities to enjoy during Family Weekend, which runs Friday through Sunday, Oct. 24-26.
"Strange Magic" with Penn & Teller highlight Family Weekend activities based on the theme "Tunes of the Times." The comedic magicians are scheduled to perform at 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 25 in Western Hall. The duo, which has made several appearances in Las Vegas as well as on David Letterman and Saturday Night Live, also will perform Friday, Oct. 24 for the WIU Bureau of Cultural Affairs series. Tickets for the performances are available through the Union Box Office, 298-1254, located at the Union Service Center in the Union Concourse. Show tickets are $16, $14 and $12 for adults and $13, $11 and $9 for WIU students.
Presented by the University Union Board, family activities begin Friday evening in the Union and include supervised children's activities from 7 to 10 p.m., the movie "Hercules" at 7:30 p.m. in the Sandburg Theatre, Karaoke from 7 to 11:30 p.m. in the Heritage Rooms, "Viva Las Vegas" casino night beginning at 7 p.m. in the Lamoine Room and "Rock Around the Clock" bingo from 7 to 11:30 p.m. in the Murray Street Cafe.
Saturday's events include the nationally- ranked WIU Fighting Leathernecks taking on the Southwest Missouri State Bears in Gateway-action football at 1 p.m. on Hanson Field. Follow the game with the 5:45 p.m. "Putting on the Ritz" banquet in the Union Grand Ballroom, with music provided by the WIU Jazz Quartet. And at 8 p.m. the place to be is Western Hall to enjoy the magic and antics of Penn & Teller. Supervised children's activities also are available from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday in the Union Capital Rooms.
A "We Are Family" brunch will be held from 9:30 a.m. to noon Sunday in the Union Grand Ballroom, and a craft show is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Union Prairie Lounge.
Advanced reservations are required for Saturday's banquet ($13 per person) and Sunday's brunch ($7 per person). Contact the Union Box Office for tickets.
Families may also tour and use WIU's new Student Recreation Center during Family Weekend. A family night is scheduled from 7 to 11 p.m. Friday, free of charge for students' families. A competitive family day will be held from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, again free of charge for family members. A community open house will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday for families and the general public to view the facilities.
For more information about Family Weekend activities, contact the Office of Student Activities, 298-3232.
The WIU Civil Service Employees Council and Education Committee invites all WIU civil service employees to an informational meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 21 in the Union Cardinal-Oak Room.
Representatives from the council and various offices will be available from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. to answer questions about independent study courses, tuition waivers, admissions applications, etc. The meeting will be informal.
Employees currently enrolled in courses will field questions about how to start the process and give advice on how to juggle work, home and study schedules.
Whether you are thinking about taking a course for the first time, have been sitting out awhile and would like to get back into the study scene, or are presently enrolled and want to pick up a tuition waiver for next semester, be sure to attend. Call 298-1929 for additional information.
The College of Education and Human Services (COEHS) at Western Illinois University is scheduled for a spring 1998 accreditation review by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE). Federal regulations require that accrediting agencies allow for public comment on the qualifications of institutions or programs under consideration for initial or continuing accreditation.
Both NCATE and Western Illinois University recognize graduates, parents, schools and community organizations have valuable perspectives on the quality of programs that prepare teachers and other school personnel. We invite interested parties to submit written testimony on COEHS services to: Board of Examiners, NCATE, 2010 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036-1023.
Comments must address substantive matters related to the quality of professional education programs offered at Western Illinois University, and should specify the respondent's relationship, if any, to the institution (i.e., graduate, present or former faculty member, employer of graduates).
Copies of all correspondence received will be sent to Western Illinois University for comment prior to the review. No anonymous or oral testimony will be considered.
Letters of comment should be received by Sunday, Jan. 18, 1998.
The Illinois Department of Transportation will hold a meeting on the design and possible road closings for Illinois 336, a proposed four- lane highway from Macomb to Carthage.
An informational meeting about the Macomb Area Study, which investigates bypass alternatives around Macomb, will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 5 at Edison School, 521 S. Pearl St., Macomb.
Effective Jan. 1 1998, the eligible child of an Illinois public university employee shall be offered a 50% tuition waiver at any public university in Illinois. Eligibility criteria for the undergraduate tuition waiver include: child of a current employee with an aggregate period of at least seven years of employment in the public university system of Illinois; under age 25 on the first day of the academic year; eligible under the generally applied admission requirements; and have used less than four years of this benefit.
Years of employment are determined on the first day of each semester. Student age is taken on the first day of the academic year of the annual award.
A universal application is being developed and will be available in human resources after Dec. 1. Call 298-1853 for details.
All academic advisers are encouraged to attend the Fall Adviser Workshop scheduled from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, October 29in the Union Nauvoo Room. Topics will include changes in financial aid, English 380, occupational information and placement updates and GradTrac. Call 298-1846, if you have not already responded via e-mail. The workshop is sponsored by the Council of Academic Advisors. Refreshments will be served.
The WIU Women's Center has organized a rally and march for Take Back The Night Day, Thursday, Oct. 23. All faculty and staff are invited to join students and the Macomb community on the front steps of Sherman Hall at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 23.
The purpose of the rally and march is to empower women and to bring about awareness of violence toward women. Speakers and singers will kick off the rally and march, which will end at Chandler Park on the Macomb Square.
The event is co-sponsored by the Western Illinois Regional Council (WIRC) Victim Services Programs. Call 298-2242 for more information.
To ensure mail is delivered to the appropriate person or department, faculty and staff are asked to follow these guidelines.
The correct mailing address for all on- campus departments:
Department name
Room #, name of building or hall
1 University Circle
Macomb, IL 61455-1390
When addressing mail to individuals, use:
Name
Department name
1 University Circle
Macomb, IL 61455-1390
WIU employees are asked to check the address on any mail or professional publications they receive, and relay the correct address to the sender if necessary. Direct questions to mailing services, 298-1509.
More than 60 law enforcement and government recruiting agencies will be on campus Tuesday, Oct. 21 during the Government and Law Enforcement Career Day. Booths will be open to students, alumni and the general public from 8:30 a.m. to noon and 1 to 3:30 p.m. in the Union Grand Ballroom.
Recruiters from Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Ohio, Wisconsin and Washington, D.C., representing private enterprise and local, state and federal government agencies, will be on hand to talk to prospective employees and interns about position openings.
Students from all majors are encouraged to attend. Recruiters are looking for potential police officers, undercover investigators, paralegals, customs inspectors, firefighters, border patrol agents, state troopers and security officers.
The job fair is sponsored by the Occupational Information and Placement Office and the law enforcement and justice administration department.
Individuals who wish to work as checkers for the 1997 firearm deer season in late November and early December must complete a training session and pass a jaw aging test which will be held at WIU.
Checkers, who earn $61.80 a day, verify that deer were taken legally and record information on data sheets. Checkers will work in one of 20 west-central Illinois counties.
Work dates are Friday through Sunday, Nov. 21-23 and Thursday through Sunday, Dec. 4-7. Hours are 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., or until all deer are checked.
All checkers must attend one mandatory training session. Training will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. nightly Tuesday through Thursday, Oct. 14-16 in Waggoner Hall 378. Past checkers must contact the Deer Check office by Thursday, Oct. 16.
Jaw aging tests will be given from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 21 and Wednesday, Oct. 22 in Waggoner Hall 336. Checkers should have their social security cards and drivers licenses to sign employment papers at this time.
Checkers are temporary employees of WIU and funded by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. They are responsible for their own lodging, transportation and food. For more information, contact Heike McConnellor Karen Harbin at the WIU Deer Check Office, Waggoner Hall 361, 298-DEER (3337
The Office of Campus Recreation invites faculty and staff to use the Student Recreation Center from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 20-24free of charge as part of appreciation week. Faculty/staff ID cards will be required.
An open house at the new recreation center will be held Friday, Oct. 24 through Sunday, Oct. 26. There will be a family night, which includes open recreation, from 7 to 11 p.m.on Friday, Oct. 24. Family Fun Day, which offers games for the entire family, will be held from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Oct. 25. The facility will be available for member use only during the Community Open House from 1 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 26. Call 298-1228 for details.
Campus Recreation will hold the second annual Family Halloween Party from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 30 at the Student Recreation Center. Participants in costume will receive prizes. Free pumpkins will be given to those who paint pumpkins. Pre- register by calling 298-1228.
WIU faculty and staff may purchase memberships for the Student Recreation Center for $180, which is good until Aug. 31, 1998. Yearly membership, beginning Sept. 1998, will be $198 for faculty and staff. Daily guests passes for faculty and staff are available for $6.
The recreation center is open from
6 a.m. to 11 p.m. weekdays, from
8 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday and from
10 a.m. to 11 p.m. Sunday. Contact the Campus Recreation Business Office,
298-2797, for more information.
Concerning the 1997 Holiday Schedule, Friday, Dec. 26 is not a holiday as reported in the Oct. 3 issue of Campus Connection. However, employees will be excused with pay on that date.
The correct holiday schedule follows: The University will be closed to the public Wednesday, Dec. 24 through Thursday, Jan. 1 and will reopen Friday, Jan. 2.
December 24, 25, 31 and Jan. 1 are official holidays. Employees will be excused with pay Dec. 26, 29 and 30. As in the past, only those employees providing essential services (public safety, heating plant, etc.) will be required to work as assigned during this period.
If an employee must work on Dec. 26, 29 or 30, overtime will not be incurred and arrangements for equivalent time off should be made with the supervisor. Questions regarding the holiday schedule should be directed to human resources, 298-1971.
Twelve new faculty have joined Western Illinois University's College of Business and Technology.
They include John Callens, marketing and finance; Janice Gates, Stephen Gray, Bonnie Lindemann, Richard Mpoyi and Douglas Peterson, management; In Lee, information management and decision sciences; Rick Hirshi and Marietta Loehrlein, agriculture; and Marzena Makuta, Oliver Gottwald and David Solt, computer science.
Callens is a temporary assistant professor in the department of marketing and finance. He is currently completing his doctorate degree in finance at Louisiana State University. He received his master of business administration and bachelor's degree from Arkansas State University.
Gates is a temporary instructor in the department of management. She received her bachelor's and master of business administration degrees from Western Illinois University.
Gray is a temporary instructor in the department of management. He received his bachelor's degree from Western Illinois University and is currently completing his master of business administration degree.
Lindemann is a temporary instructor in the department of management at
the WIU Regional Center. She received her doctorate and master of business
administration degrees from the University of Iowa. She was an adjunct assistant
professor at the University
of Iowa.
Mpoyi is a temporary assistant professor in the department of management. He received his master of business administration degree from WIU in 1991 and is completing his doctorate degree in strategic management at Southern Illinois University. Peterson is a temporary assistant professor in management. He recently received his doctorate degree in organizational behavior from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln.
Lee is a temporary assistant professor in information management and decision sciences. He received his master of business administration degree in management information systems from the University of Texas-Austin.
Hirshi was hired by the agriculture department as assistant professor. He received his doctorate degree in agricultural economics from the University of Illinois. He received his master's and bachelor's degrees from Utah State University.
Loehrlein is an assistant professor in agriculture. She received her doctorate degree in genetics from Pennsylvania State University. She received her master's and bachelor's degrees in agronomy from the University of Arizona.
Makuta is a temporary instructor in the department of computer science. She received her master's degree from the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada.
Gottwald is a temporary instructor in computer science. He received his bachelor's degree from WIU and is currently completing his master's degree in computer science.
Solt is a temporary instructor in the department of computer science. He is currently completing his doctorate degree in computer science at the University of Illinois.
Laura Barden, biology, co-authored the paper "A Multiple Perspective Analysis of the Role of Language in Inquiry Science Learning: To Build a Tower" in the Electronic Journal of Science Education [On-line], Vol. 2 No. 1. The URL is: http://unr.edu/homepage/jcannon/ ejse.html.
Giri Raj Gupta, sociology and anthropology, authored a review
of "Psychotherapy for Mothers and Infants: Interventions for Dyads
at Risk" by Eva R. Gruber, published by Greenwood Press, in the Journal
of Comparative Family Studies, Volume
28, Spring 1997.
Netkal M. Gowda, chemistry, co-authored "Palladium(II)—Phenothiazine Complexes: Synthesis and Characterization," with WIU students Ravindra K. Vallabhaneni and Indira Gajula. The article was published in the Journal of Molecular Structure, Vol. 407.
Syndy Conger, English and journalism, published Iconoclastic Departures: Mary Shelley After Frankenstein.
Laura Barden, biology, presented "Strategic Behavior Exhibited by Students in Lab" at the annual meeting of the Illinois Science Teachers Association held in Peoria.
Barden also co-presented "A Potpourri of Biology Activities" with six WIU undergraduates, Christopher Crowson, Stacy Cook, Alicia Davis, Quoc Giang, Patrick McMillan and Travis Squire, at the annual meeting of the Illinois Science Teachers Association held in Peoria.
Cecelia Benelli, elementary education and reading, presented "Practical Strategies for Observation and Recording" at the 5th Illinois Statewide Collaborative Early Childhood Conference in Springfield.
John Beaver, Kevin Finson, Maurice Kellogg, Don Nelson and Don Powers, elementary education and reading, presented "Teacher-Friendly, Activity-Based Science Inservice" at the Illinois Science Teachers Association 1997 Leadership Conference in Peoria.
The following faculty and students from the department of elementary education and reading gave presentations at the 30th Annual Illinois Science Teachers Association Convention in Peoria.
Kevin Finson and graduate student Heidi Libby presented "Student Perceptions of Scientists: Using the Draw-A-Scientist Test"
Don Powers and students Kori Wolters and Irene Neal presented "Soda Can Science"
John Beaver presented "Slime Mold: The Creeping Fungus"
Don Nelson presented "Riverboat Science: Playing with Probability"
Don Powers and students Lisa Venverlothand and Amy Sappingfield presented "Give Your Students Some Static"
Maurice Kellogg, emeritus faculty, presented "Standards/Instruction/ Assessment: Addressing the State Standards in the Elementary Classroom"
M. Bazlul Karim, political science, was the discussant for the panel, "Civil-Military Relations in Post-Colonial Societies," at the 15th Annual Meeting of the Association of Third World Studies in Hartford, Conn.
Michael C. Onwuemene, African American studies, presented "Toward an Appropriate Variety of English for Nigerian National Literature" at the Breaking Barriers: Literature and Emerging Issues International Conference in Princess Anne, Md.
Paul Dennhardt, theatre, completed one year of training toward becoming a certified teacher of the Alexander Technique while on sabbatical leave. Accomplishments include:
Appointed Secretary of the Society of American Fight Directors (SAFD) and certified as a fight director by the SAFD.
Directed "Zorro" for the Birmingham Children's Theatre in Alabama.
Directed fights for the Birmingham Children's Theatre production of "Young King Arthur."
Taught broadsword technique as an assistant teacher at the National Stage Combat Workshop in Las Vegas, Nev.
Chaired a panel on "Cultivating Professional Networks for Student Actors" at the National Conference of the Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE) and presented "The Cutting Edge: A Guide to Developing a Career as a Swashbuckling Actor!"
Directed fights for "Kite's Book" at Illinois State University.
Directed fights for the Opera Illinois production of "Faust."
Directed fights for "The Legend of Daniel Boone" and "Shadows
in the Forest" at Fort Harrod Drama Productions outdoor amphitheatre
in Harrodsburg, Ken.
Appeared on an episode of "Sightings" for the Science-Fiction Network.
Patricia Hutinger, elementary education and reading/Macomb Projects, has received supplemental funding in the amount of $60,000 from the U.S. Department of Education for the project "Early Childhood Comprehensive Technology System (ECCTS) - Year 3."
Danny Terry, agriculture, has received funding in the amount of $226,058 from the Illinois Department of Agriculture for his project entitled "C-FAR Project, Year 3."
Jacquelyn Holan, non-traditional programs, was awarded an Outstanding Adviser Certificate of Merit from the National Academic Advising Association (NACADA).
WIU physical education professors emeritus Dee Hinds and Alice Kellogg of Macomb ran away with top honors at the 21st annual Illinois State Senior Olympics held Sept. 25-28 in Springfield.
Hinds, competing in the 55 to 59 age group, captured eight first- and four second-place finishes. She beat the field in four cycling events and four field events.
Kellogg, competing in the 65 to 69 age group, captured six first-place finishes, while setting records in two events: the 200-meter run (40.12) and the high jump (3-6).
FirstSearch Workshops will be held from 2 to 3 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 5, from noon to 1 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 6 and from 3 to 4 p.m. Friday, Nov. 7 in the Library Computer Classroom (3rd floor). Register for only one session; seating is limited to 10 participants per session.
OCLC FirstSearch provides a broad selection of databases that can be searched from home or office. Dozens of different databases help users identify books and articles on the topics needed; and help locate films, journals, internet resources, conference proceedings and phone numbers.
Attendees will learn how to access FirstSearch via the World Wide Web or telnet, the difference between the two tiers of FirstSearch databases, tips for moving around within the screens, search tips for individual databases and how to initiate an interlibrary loan request from FirstSearch.
All workshops will include the use of the World Wide Web. A familiarity with the Web is required.
Register with Nita Burg, faculty development, 298-2434.
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