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Valparaiso
and Drake Respond to September 11 The responses of ANAC members Valparaiso University and Drake University illustrate the extent of campus activity in the wake of the September 11 tragedies. That day Drake activated a resource center for students, staff, and family members needing assistance or counseling, cancelled evening classes, held a campus forum, and responded to media requests for comment. Later in the week another campus forum was held, along with a memorial service, a candlelight vigil, and a "Stand Up for America" event hosted by President David Maxwell that featured members of the Iowa congressional delegation. Additional forums were held during September and October on topics including domestic and international implications of September 11, emotional reactions to traumatic events, resentment of the US, role of the university in times of crisis, religion and diversity in times of national crisis, and "The Creation of the Other" (on stereotyping and prejudice). Valparaiso activities have focused on relief contributions and volunteerism and have included:
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of Redlands Linguist Promotes Airline Safety Marjo Mitsutomi, assistant professor of education at Redlands and holder of a Ph.D. in applied linguistics, received the Federal Aviation Administration's "Commitment to Safety Award," October 4, for her advocacy and development of English language standards and English proficiency testing for airline pilots. Through her efforts, vague FAA regulations for pilot English knowledge have been improved. English is the official international aviation language. Mitsutomi, who is married to a flight school owner, became aware of unsafe conditions due to poor communications involving non-native English speaking pilots and air traffic controllers. Working with the Long Beach Flight Standards District Office, Mitsutomi began briefing aviation groups on the need for testing for English speaking and competency skills in 1998. Elon
University Polls North Carolina Views on Terrorism, Politics, and
the Economy Established in September 2000, the non-partisan Elon Poll in the Elon Institute for Politics and Public affairs has conducted eight statewide polls since its founding. Polls are conducted by students who work under faculty direction in political science at a campus computerized polling center with 27 telephone polling stations. Its late October poll of 491 North Carolina adults provides a sample of popular opinion in the wake of issues associated with September 11. The results:
Hampton
University Offers Summit, "On the Road to the Presidency" President William R. Harvey of Hampton University takes very seriously the responsibility to prepare others for higher education leadership. Through his mentoring and support, eight of his administrative colleagues at Hampton have ascended to college presidencies and a ninth has become a bank president. Believing that leadership development involves a set of attitudes and skills that can be learned, President Harvey organized an executive training summit, "On the Road to the Presidency," for college and university faculty and administrators with aspirations to senior leadership positions. The summit was held November 2-3, and special invitations were made to ANAC members to sponsor participants. Deans of education and teacher educators
at ANAC member institutions have created an organization—the
Association of New American Colleges of Teacher Education—to
"serve as a bridge" between liberal arts and professional
teacher preparation and to enable teacher educators at ANAC institutions
to discuss issues of mutual interest. ANACTE plans a session at
the American Association for Colleges of Teacher Education conference
in New York in February 2002 to plan the direction of the new organization.
ANACTE could have an important agenda in the face of pressing issues
ranging from the national teacher shortage to the crisis in inner-city
schools. Those wishing more information about ANACTE may contact
Barbara Landau (barbara_landau@redlands.edu)
at the University of Redlands or Terry Hudson (thudson@drury.edu)
at Drury University. Quinnipiac
University Professors Launch "Mummy Road Show" Two professors, Jerry Conlogue and Ron Beckett—radiographer and endoscopic imaging specialist, respectively, and co-founders of Quinnipiac's Bio-Anthropological Institute—have joined forces with Engel Brothers Media and the National Geographical Channel in producing The Mummy Road Show. Airing weekly, The Mummy Road Show, takes viewers on an odyssey to various parts of the world to unearth with advanced imaging techniques the remains and reconstruct the life history of mummies and other humans preserved in some instances for thousands of years. A sampling of episodes in the series:
University
of Dayton's Award-Winning Technology Innovations In July, the 2002 Kaplan/Newsweek College Catalog identified the University of Dayton's web site as one of the top five college web sites in the nation. This recognition is just one of several milestones in Dayton's effort to become a leading campus innovator in technology. In previous articles, the ANAC Bulletin has covered the opening of UD's state of the art learning center and its Pew technology project to put psychology courses online. "Yahoo! Internet Life" calls Dayton the most wired school in Ohio. During the summer of 2001, UD offered incoming first-year students the opportunity to participate in an ongoing, summer-long orientation to supplement the traditional on-campus orientation. Allowing students to explore the campus online and to "chat" with their future classmates, the orientation attracted 97% of incoming freshmen who sent 13,000 online messages to each other. Dayton also uses technology to stay in close touch with alumni, including career networking. North
Central College Experiments with Student Housing Facing a shortage in on-campus housing
and an all-time high in student requests to live on campus, North
Central College has leased ten two-bedroom apartments for forty
juniors and seniors at Railway Plaza, one stop west of the main
Naperville stop on the Chicago Metra line. The College has issued
student residents at Railway Plaza a Metra pass that enables them
to commute the one stop to classes and campus activities. A student
life counselor lives in the complex and campus housing regulations
and expectations apply. Among the amenities—washer/dryers and
exterior patio or deck for each apartment and access to the complex's
24-hour fitness center and heated pool. All for a price identical
to that of premium housing on campus. Susquehanna
and Elon Complete New Athletic Facilities Susquehanna and Elon universities have opened new athletic facilities this fall. During homecoming in October, Susquehanna dedicated the James W. Garrett Sports Complex in honor of a successful 1960's Susquehanna football coach. The new Complex includes O.W. Houts Gymnasium, Nicholas A. Lopardo Football and Track Stadium, Clyde H. Jacobs Fitness Center, Harold Bollinger Baseball Field, and a 51,000 square-foot field house, racquetball courts, new offices and meeting spaces, and a student lounge with café dining. Elon has opened Rhodes Stadium, the first on-campus football facility
in Elon's 92 year football history. Hosting Eastern Kentucky University
on September 15, Elon finally had an opportunity to enjoy "home
field advantage." Rhodes Stadium seats 8,200, but is constructed
to expand to a 20,000 spectator facility if fans materialize in
support of Elon's recent shift to Division I football status. University
of Hartford Opens Magnet School The University of Hartford Magnet School opened with the new school year, a project implemented in cooperation with the Hartford-area Capitol Region Education Council, the state education department, and seven nearby school districts. In a new $21.5 million, 76,000 square foot facility, the school will serve approximately 400 students from pre-kindergarten through fifth grade. It will offer a wide array of parent and community support services through its family wellness/health center and a parenting support center, as well as an extended school-day program for its inner-city and suburban constituents. The school and facility are the first in the country developed specifically around the theme of Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences which holds that students learn in a variety of ways beyond the traditional linear-logic approach of the classroom. The school will act as a "laboratory school" for the University, the site of internships, research projects on the assessment of teaching and learning, studies of current educational practices, and professional development activities. Butler
and Mercer Universities Name New Provosts William Berry, who formerly held provost positions at the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga and the University of Central Arkansas, has joined Butler University as provost. Peggy DuBose will return as provost at Mercer University where she will replace Russell Warren. Russ, a member of the executive committee of the ANAC institutional representatives, has left Mercer to become a fellow at the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities where his principal project is the research and writing of a book that will provide guidance to new academic deans. Fall
Visits to Hampton, Hartford, and Quinnipiac Jerry Berberet likes to say that his favorite ANAC activity is to visit member campuses. Since Labor Day his travels have taken him to Hampton, Hartford, and Quinnipiac, where he enjoyed the loveliness of fall colors and the striking architecture and landscapes of these three campus settings. Pre-September 11 innocence made time spent at Hartford and Quinnipiac especially pleasant, as the focus at Hampton on being a "community of character" was memorable. These visits provide opportunities to meet numerous faculty and administrators and to learn first-hand of the concerns and priorities at each institution, critical information for a national organization seeking to advance the interests of its college and university members.
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