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May 30, 1995

Recently/soon to be published

.....Carl Bollwinkel, teaching - photographs used in the book, Global Science, 4th Edition by John W. Christensen; two Ecoquest unit kits with student activities and teacher's guide for grades 4-9, published by NASCO, a science supply company: "Tropical Rainforest Terrarium Kit," and "Tropical Rainforest Butterfly Kit."

.....James Chang, chemistry - "Visual Demonstration of Buffer Action" in the April issue of Journal of Chemical Education.

.....Chistopher R. Edginton, HPELS - "Toward the New Millennium: Charting a Path for Success" in the Spring 1995 issue of the Iowa Journal of Physical Education, Recreation and Dance; and co-authored "Camp AdventureTM: Promoting Cultural Diversity" in the April 1995 issue of the Journal of Physical Education, Recreation and Dance.

.....Christopher R. Edginton and Walter de Oliveira, HPELS - co-authored "A Model of Youth Work Orientations" in Humanics: The Journal of Leadership for Youth and Human Service. Spring 1995.

.....Louis Finsand, teaching - has had several items published: Planetarium Guide: North Polar Constellations and Planetarium Guide: Fall Constellations, both published by the Discovery Center of Boise, Idaho; 3 chapters in Project ITEACH Manual, Discovery Center of Boise, Idaho; 3 chapters in Project TEACH Manual, Capitol High School, Boise, Idaho.

.....Susan Hudson, HPELS - co-authored "Building Intraagency Relationships: 'Team Work'" in Humanics: The Journal of Leadership for Youth and Human Service, Spring 1995.

.....Tim M. Lindquist, accounting - "Fairness as an Antecedent to Participative Budgeting: Examining the effects of Distributive Justice, Procedural Justice and Referent Cognitions on Satisfaction and Performance" in the Journal of Management Accounting Research.

.....Gayle Pohl, communication studies - a book, Public Relations: Designing Effective Communication published by Kendall Hunt Publishing.

.....Philip W. Suckling, geography - co-authored "Variations in Heating and Cooling Degree-Days in the Southeastern USA, 1960-1989" in the April 1995 issue of International Journal of Climatology.

.....Katherine van Wormer, social work - "Whistleblowing Against the Company: A Case of Ethical Violations at a Norwegian Treatment Center" in The International Journal of Drug Policy 6.

.....Sherril York, HPELS - "Nurturing Leadership in Volunteers" in the Spring 1995 issue of Humanics: The Journal of Leadership for Youth and Human Service.

Presentations/lectures/exhibitions

.....Jeff Ashby, educational administration & counseling - co-presented "Facilitating peer supervision in a mental health practicum" at the annual meeting of the American Counseling Association, Denver, Colo.

.....Carl Bollwinkel, teaching - co-presented "How and Why to Explore Biodiversity" at the NSTA (National Science Teachers Association) National Convention, "Let Science Ring," held in Philadelphia.

.....Darcey Engen, theatre, and Susan Rochette-Crawley, English - presented a workshop, "Performing the Self," at the Mid-America Theatre Conference in Kansas City, Mo.

.....Dean Kruckeberg, communication studies - a paper, "Public Relations as Ideology," at the annual convention of the Eastern Communication Association in Pittsburgh.

.....Kevin C. O'Kane, computer science - presented "Language Independent Generation of Hierarchical Document Indices from Common Denominators in Large Document Collections" at a workshop on computer chemistry at the Institut fur Analytische Chemie, Technische Universität, Dresden, Germany.

.....Gayle Pohl, communication studies - a paper, "Daily Rituals on Home Shopping Channels: A Comparison of QVC and HSC" at the Far West Popular Culture convention held in Las Vegas.

.....Five faculty from the School of Health, Physical Education & Leisure Services presented papers at the AAHPERD (American Association of Health, Physical Education,

Recreation and Dance) National Convention in Portland, Ore.: Thomas M. Davis, "Nontraditional Methods of Delivering Programs in Health Education"; Jerome Kotecki and Thomas Davis, "A Survey of Family Physician's Opinions and Practices Related to Screening Techniques for Colorectal Cancer"; Susan Hudson, "Overview of the Ethical Environment in Leisure Services"; Larry Hensley, "How to Develop a Skill Performance Test;" and Sherril York, "Biomechanical Considerations in Teaching and Coaching Persons with Disabilities."

.....Penny O'Connor, communication studies - will be the featured speaker on three topics (Removing Bias from the Classroom, Interviewing Techniques for Administrators and Building a School-wide Forensics Program) at a Conference for Educators entitled, "Delivering the Dream: Theory to Practice" at Granville, June 26-28. The conference is sponsored by Spalding Catholic Schools, P2 Educational Services, and Learning Unlimited.

.....Tom Tiedmiller, International Programs/Culture and Intensive English Program - presented a workshop, "Up and about activities: Students learning on their feet," at the 29th Annual Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) conference in Long Beach, Calif.

.....Ron Roberts, sociology & anthropology - a paper, co-authored with Rich Kaplan, M.D., Medical School, University of South Dakota, "Herbal Palliative, Medicines, and Health in a Nineteenth Century Iowa Mining Town" at the 38th Annual Missouri Valley History Conference held in Omaha.

.....Kent Sandstrom, sociology & anthropology - two papers at the Midwest Sociological Society Meetings held in Chicago: "The Changing Dynamics Involved in Becoming a Person with AIDS" and "Redefining Sex and Intimacy: The Sexual Self-Images, Outlooks, and Relationships of Gay Men Living with HIV/AIDS." He also facilitated a discussion on "Interactionist Pedagogy" at the Tone Symposium for the Study of Symbolic Interaction which was held in Des Moines.

.....Sue Sherbet, Placement & Career Services - a workshop, "The World as Your Job Market," at the regional conference of the Great Lakes Association for School, College and University Staffing.

.....Jennie Wang, English - a paper, "The Myth of Kingston's 'No Name Woman': Making Contextual and Intertextual Connections in Teaching Asian American Literature," at the College English Association 26th Annual National Convention held in Cleveland.

.....Mike Yohe and Tom Peterson, Information Systems and Computing Services - presented "Managing a College World-Wide Web Space" at the Small College Computing Symposium held in Sioux Falls, S.D. Both also made presentations at a meeting of the Iowa Association for Communications Technology held at UNI's Center for Educational Technology. Yohe presented "Getting Wired/IREN," Peterson, "Exploring the World-Wide Web."

Awards/honors/service

.....Carl W. Bollwinkel, teaching - received an Iowa Global Change Education Planning Grant from the National Science Foundation.

.....Lyn Countryman, teaching - received the Excellence in Teaching Award given by Research representatives from American Cyanamid, AgrEvo DuPont, Dow Elanco, Miles, Sandoz, Uniroyal, Valent and Zeneca corporations, in Des Moines. She also has received the Early Adolescent Generalist Certification from the National Board of Standards.

.....Chistopher R. Edginton, HPELS - received the American Association for Recreation and Leisure "Honor Award." This is AALR's highest recognition for one of it's members who has contributed to leadership in the field through teaching, research, or administration.

.....Susan Hudson, HPELS - named president of the American Association for Leisure and Recreation at its annual convention in Portland, Ore.

.....John W. Johnson, history - named to the Fellowship and Grant Committee of the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library Association in West Branch. He begins a three-year term, joining five other faculty members from colleges and universities in Iowa. The committee evaluates applications from scholars around the globe who apply for travel grants to come to West Branch to study in the Library Archives. The committee also reviews book submitted by university presses in the annual Herbert Hoover Book Award competition.

.....Gerri Perreault, leadership studies - was one of 20 individuals nationwide to be invited to the founding meeting of the Coalition of Leadership Studies Programs held at North Central College in Chicago. The meeting was sponsored by Harvard University and NCC.

.....Gayle Pohl, communication studies - in coordination with Crisis Services of Black Hawk County, a division of Family Service League, was interviewed for a half-hour segment on Hog radio station in relation to Rape Awareness Month for which her students from PRide, the student-run public relations firm, implemented a public relations campaign. Also, Pohl, in coordination with Crisis Services, the Meryl Hearst Lecture Series and the UNI Speakers' Fund Committee invited Nancy Ziegenmeyer, a rape survivor, author, and movie subject, to speak on rape and empowering rape victims. Pohl and Ziegenmeyer were interviewed by KOWL radio.

.....Paul Rider, chemistry - re-appointed for another 3-year term as the executive director of the Iowa Academy of Science. He completed his seventh year in the position at the 107th Annual IAS Meeting recently held at Wartburg College. With almost 2,200 members, the IAS is the fourth largest state academy of science in the country. Its offices have been located on the UNI campus since 1967, with all three executive directors (including Rider) also being faculty members in UNI's Department of Chemistry.

.....Sue Sherbet, Placement & Career Services - elected to the board of directors of the Great Lakes Association for School, College and University Staffing. Also, she was appointed to the Research Committee of the national Association for School, College and University Staffing.

.....Jeannie Steele and Kurt Meredith, UNI faculty currently serving as co-directors of the Orava Project in Slovakia (a collaborative effort between UNI and Slovak officials), have written a successful grant to the United States Information Agency (USIA) for $10,500 to support the educational leadership component of the project. The competitive grant was selected on the basis of the strength and success of the Orava Project.

.....Muriel Stone, Placement & Career Services - elected secretary to the Midwest College Placement Association for 1995-96. The association represents college/university placement officials and employers from the business/industry and government sectors. Also, Stone recently attended the Near East/South Asia Conference for Teachers in Athens, Greece. While on this trip she also met with teachers (some UNI alum) at the American Community School in Athens, the Universal American School of Kuwait and the American School of Kuwait, all schools that recruit and hire from the UNI Overseas Placement Service for Educators.

.....The University of Northern Iowa Jazz Band One, directed by Robert Washut, music - won an outstanding performance award in the college big band category of Downbeat Magazine's annual Student Music Awards. This is the second "O.P."award for UNI Jazz Band One in three years. In addition, student trombonist J.C. Sanford and bassist Steve Charlson both won individual "O.P." awards in the college jazz instrumentalist category.

.....Lynn Dykstra, Sharlene Morgan, Bev Schomaker and Sue Smith of Price Laboratory Communication Center received four awards from the Iowa School Public Relations Association: best overall and best of category for the PLS Emergency Handbook, best of category for the Beginning Reading Conference Flyer, and best of category for the Pemst brochure. Sandra Hendrickson of the Center for Educational Technology-Graphic Imaging Services provided the logo design for the Pemst brochure.

.....KUNI awards: "Best Newscast" among radio stations of up to three full-time employees by Region Six of the Radio/Television News Directors Association.

Iowa Associated Press (AP) awards: Greg Shanley, first place , technical excellence, "Young Artist Competition," first place, public affairs, KUNI's Fred Grandy Forum; Bill Menner, second place, general reporting , "Branstad Wins," second place, features, "Jazz Group," second place, spot news, "Newton Wins," third place , farm reporting, "Farm Loan Program," third place in documentaries for "Legislative Preview"; Shanley and Menner, second place, public affairs , KUNI's monthly call-in program with Senator Tom Harkin. Also, UNI student Miki Smith, recognized for student excellence for her work as an intern with the KUNI news department.

Iowa Broadcast News Association (IBNA) awards: first place in general reporting for coverage of Gov. Terry Branstad's re-election, and honorable mention in overall news excellence. Menner, first place, actuality,"Jazz Group," honorable mentions, in-depth reporting of "Legislative Preview," farm reporting, "Farm Loan Programs"; Shanley, honorable mention, actuality for "Young Artist Competition."

Second place, farm reporting ,"CIRTA," a story produced by student news intern Craig Cronbaugh. For sport coverage, first place went to KUNI news intern Miki Smith, who was also named the Iowa Broadcast News Association Student of the Year.

.....Mike Yohe, Information Systems and Computing Services - served as coordinator of the management track at the 22nd annual Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Special Interest Group on University and College Computing Services (SIGUCCS) Computer Services Management Symposium (CSMS) in St. Louis. He will serve as program chair at next year's conference.