Campus News Network — July 6, 1999

Page	Title	Summary
1	Sue Koch named Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs	Sue Koch's new position began July 1, 1999; photo.
1	Design, Family and Consumer Sciences receives largest corporate gift to UNI	Computer Designs, Inc., gave UNI software valued at over $2.3 million for use in department; photo.
1	MEMFIS vendor selected	Oracle has been chosen to provide software for UNI's administrative system. MEMFIS project will be phased in over five years.
2	TIAA-CREF changes approved by Regents	Employees with TIAA-CREF now have two options for managing their accounts.
2	Community-wide discussion on ethnic diversity to be July 13	Discussion on promoting literacy and democracy in diverse areas will be held in conjunction with Pallischeck Seminar for Literacy and Diversity beginning July 13.
2	ACAD E-mail accessible via the Web	Individuals can view their e-mail on ACAD by going to http://www.uni.edu/email.
3	Profile: Weekley	Profile of Educational Talent Search Recruiter/Advisor Angie Weekley; photo.
	Michael Millar	Received Award for Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics.
	Diane McCarty, David Tallakson	Received Scholarly Activity Seed Grant for creating literacy book club. McCarty also won "Education's Unsung Heroes Award".
	Bob Washut	UNI Jazz Band I received 22nd Annual Down Beat Student Music Award for College Outstanding Performance.
	Diane McCarty	Presented paper on student teaching and phonics instruction at conferences.
	John Johnson	Was selected to participate in annual reading and scoring of College Board's Advance Placement Examinations.
	Chris Denison	Was accepted as National Intramural and Recreational Sports Association Certified Recreational Sports Specialist.
	Jim Langel	Received Region V Award of Merit for his contributions to the profession of recreation.
	Leigh Zeitz	Was awarded grant allowing him and his colleagues to use a curriculum proposed at seminar last year.
	Falvia Vernescu	Presented paper at Northeast Modern Language Association Convention.
	Leigh Zeitz	Presented papers on technology at several conferences overseas.
	Linda Walsh	Presented paper on brain anatomy and function at annual psychology institute.
	Phyllis Carlin, Jayne Morgan	Presented symposium "Narrative and Dramatic Scenes in the Performance of Illness/Health Experiences" at conference. Carlin also served as symposium chairperson and discussion leader.
	Randy Hayes	Presented paper on technology and people at conference in Russia.
	Lou Honary	Presented papers at several conferences and was keynote speaker at oil chemists conference. He will also present paper at Soybean Research Conference in August.
	Dean Kruckeberg	Presented paper at conference, was panelist at a conference, and will begin two-year term as division chair of International Communication Association.
	Chris Hadjiharalambous	Presented paper on state party organizations and the Internet at conference.
	Mary Bozik	Was a presenter on two panels on communication education.
	Julie Thompson	Presented conference paper on environmental prevention and policing.
	Kathy Gulick	Will present paper on budgeting campus programs and developing resource areas at conference July 11-16.
	Joan Thompson	Will present program demonstration on Sole Power project July 11-16 at conference.
	Carlin Hageman	Was interviewed on KNWS talk show on stuttering March 5.
	Joseph Smaldino	Was invited to provide technical presentations on Soundfield Amplification at symposium in March
	Dean Kruckeberg	Co-authored article on public relations education conference.
	Diane McCarty, Maribelle Betterton	Co-authored three articles on science education in "Teaching K-8".
	Penny Beed	Co-presented paper on home visits and literacy at conference.
	Leigh Zeitz	Co-authored paper and several articles on technology.
	Andrew Burstein	Was interviewed by "U.S. News and World Report" after his book, "Sentimental Democracy", was released.
	Katherine van Wormer, Joel Wells, Mary Boes	Published "Social Work with Lesbians, Gays, and Bisexuals: A Strengths Perspective".
	Chris Ogbondah	Published chapter on state-press relations in Nigeria in book.
	Harold Kaylor, Jason Streed	Published "Psychopharmacon" at Arizona State University.
	Taifu Yu	Published chapter on nationalism in China in book.
	Jane Wong	Co-authored article on sex differences on MMPI-2 substance abuse scale.
	Julie Bright	Bright was interviewed for article about collegiate licensing.