The UCF Report, Vol. 18 No. 1, July 14, 1995

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1 Unversty of Central Florda The UCF Report Newsletter The UCF Report, Vol. 18 No. 1, July 14, Unversty of Central Florda Fnd smlar works at: Unversty of Central Florda Lbrares Recommended Ctaton Unversty of Central Florda, "The UCF Report, Vol. 18 No. 1, July 14, 1995" (1995). The UCF Report. Paper Ths Newsletter s brought to you for free and open access by the Unversty Archves at STARS. t has been accepted for ncluson n The UCF Report by an authorzed admnstrator of STARS. For more nformaton, please contact lee.dotson@ucf.edu.

2 Report New campus buldngs near completon. See pcture spread on page 4. A7rkl«v/-k 1Q "\T«-k ^B ^^ TV*/-* nrtatclnwn* r\f ">rvt\ Volume 18, No. 1 The newsletter for faculty and staff July 14,1995 UCF steps up efforts to advse, speed academc progress UCF s makng sure ts always casually clothed students end up dressed for success n cap and gown. Long before the last Florda Legslature began to take up the ssue of graduaton rates and the tme many State Unversty System students take to earn degrees, UCF was ntensfyng efforts to keep students n school and hasten the day they would strde across the commencement platform for handshakes and dplomas. For UCF, the arrval last fall of Marbeth Ehasz-Sanz n the new functon of assstant dean for academc development and retenton n the Dvson of Enrollment and Academc Servces represented a shftng of gears n helpng students succeed. Fttngly, the accelerated pace of actvty drew energy from the UCF tenet, "Accent on the ndvdual." "The key to personal choces that enable students to succeed academcally s personal contact," says Ehasz-Sanz, who has put that belef nto operatonal practce here after seeng t work for her former employers, the Unversty of Toledo and Appalachan State Unversty. Nowhere s the personalzed approach more evdent than n the ntatves of the Academc Exploraton Program, Mnorty Student Servces, Academc Servces for Student-Athletes and the Student Academc Resource Center, all unts under Ehasz-Sanz's drecton. nstead of watng for students to seek advce or help, whch sometmes occurs after problems have ballooned nto crses, the staffers are fndng more ways to reach out pro-actvely. Durng the last academc year, for nstance, scores of students who dd not recognze the severty of potental academc troubles were reached before ther problems got out of hand. By means of a phonathon amed at undergraduates who had never sought advsng out of gnorance or schedules that left no tme for professonal advsement, UCF advsers n the Academc Development and Retenton unt were able to correct self-nflcted damage n The Student Unon Center s scheduled for openng next summer. t wll provde space for Student Government offces, meetng and conference rooms, a banquet room, a food covatf fast-food vendors, a pub, TV rooms, readng and study rooms, a game room and a retal area. course selecton, sequencng, choce of major and study plans. Smlarly, staffers wthn the Student Academc Resource Center have developed a plot summerassstance program for new freshmen whose SATs or hgh school grades rase suspcons they mght need some extra help on college course work. Attenton has been lavshed, too, on helpng undecded students defne ther academc drectons. "The lterature s rch wth evdence that students are rskng attrton f they don't have academc plans or goals," says Ehasz-Sanz, notng futher that freshmen across the Please see ADVSNG, page 3 Buldng projects thrve on campus n spte of fears that budget cuts would deral UCF's buldng plans, archtects are currently drawng up the fnal plans for a major UCF buldng and UCF's frst parkng garage as the completon dates for four other UCF structures draw near. UCF receved the fundng to go ahead wth a 81,000 square-foot Communcaton Buldng wth ts completon date set for 1997, and a parkng garage, whch wll open n fall 1996, as well as several other smaller structures and remodelng projects. Meanwhle, the Center for Research and Educaton n Optcs and Lasers and the nternatonal Student Center are scheduled for completon by ths fall. Computer Center wll open March The CREOL buldng s located Please see BULDNG, page 4 Computer scentst develops artfcal ntellgence for answerng questons At the touch of a few buttons, one can use a calculator to fnd answers to the most dffcult mathematcal equatons n just a matter of seconds. Now magne dong the same for questons, such as, "When was Lncoln's brthday?" or "Where do eagles lve?" or "What year dd Florda receve statehood?" Thus far, computer programs wth ths capablty only exst n the moves. But computer scentsts at the Unversty of Central Florda are workng toward makng ths concept a realty. Fernando Gomez, a UCF computer scence professor, has for the last 10 years worked to develop an artfcal ntellgence program, called SNOWY, that can acqure knowledge from encyclopedc texts, namely "The World Book Encyclopeda," and answer questons related to that knowledge. So far, the program beng developed by Gomez answers questons about the dets and habtats of anmals. t s currently beng extended to answer questons about bographes. "Once ths technology s fully developed, t wll become commonplace. Students wll be able to use t to do ther homework. Busnesspeople can use t to conduct research," sad Gomez. Next ssue of The UCF Report s August 4 Deadlne s noon, July 26 But answerng questons correctly s not the only concern. The speed at whch the program provdes answers s of utmost mportance. "The key to makng ths program a valuable resource s ts ablty to understand natural language, to acqure knowledge and to relay answers to questons n real tme," Gomez sad. The dfference between SNOWY Please see SCENTST, page 2 Unversty of Central Florda P.O. Box Orlando, FL Address Correcton Requested Non-Proft Organzaton U.S. Postage Pad Orlando, FL Permt No. 3575

3 MEMORANDUM To: Unversty communty From: Gary Whtehouse, Academc Affars Subject* Exclusve off-campus "coursepacks" Based upon a student nqury, Janet Balanoff, drector for Equal Opportunty and Affrmatve Acton Offce, has recently completed a study on the mpact of exclusve rghts for "coursepacks," whch have been granted to offcampus sources. The ssue revolves around students wth dsabltes and veterans who are negatvely mpacted by not havng educatonal materals avalable on campus. Accordng to Balanoff s analyss, there s legal dscrmnaton aganst a protected class caused by the exclusve rghts approach. She recommended that a rulng be made that all materals recommended or requred for purchase by students must be made avalable through the campus outlets as well as others selected by faculty. Because of ths legal requrement, t s essental that all faculty supply one copy of all coursepacks or materals to the Unversty Bookstore or Computer Store, as approprate, at least two weeks before the start of classes. These agences wll then reproduce the materals and make them avalable for any students desrng them. Ths polcy has been dscussed wth the deans of the colleges and approved by them. apprecate your cooperaton n ths matter. r L Staff Members Complete Supervsory Class Another group of grad uates are recognzed by the Unversty Personnel Servces f completng the Supervsory Sklls Seres, Recent graduates n< de, standng, left to rght, Amy Perry, Barbara Brown, Wll n Hovanec, Jenne McCrone, Paul Fletcher, John Clark, Charles nton, Venus Gler, Beverly DeLong, Larry Fredt, Alce Hansen d Dale Mlner? sttng, left to rght, Arlene Rashy, Dorrs Cannc Chrstna Jennngs, Derek Johnson and Ophela Danel. The tpervsory Sklls Seres s ongong. For nformaton, contact axne Bowers or Deedre Duwve at nomnate: Offcal Ballot to Spotlght the UCF Employee of the Month (name) (campus address) to be UCF Employee of the Month. (Nomnee must have been a Unversty Support Personnel System employee at least two years.) Any employee, ncludng faculty and A&P, may nomnate a canddate on the bass of job performance, dependablty, atttude, etc. A name submtted remans n the pool of elgble canddates for one year. Sgned: (name) (campus address, phone) Cut ballot and return to personnel, ADM 230, EOM. (Mark envelope "confdental.") PAGE 2 1 J Annual awards to be presented to staff Durng the USPS Staff Councl Banquet on July 28, awards wll be gven by Presdent John Htt to USPS employees who have worked at UCF fve, 10,15, 20 and 25 consecutve years. The employee of the year wll be chosen from the 12 employees of the month. Employees beng honored for 25 years of servce are Margto Caro, Bernard Slessnger, Peggy Smth and Walter Teague. The 20-year recpents are Thomas Blanton, Dors Butcher, Albert Clark, Catherne Harward, Margaret Leclar and Charlotte Myers. Those celebratng 15 years of servce are Mary Andersen, Marlyn Brown, Jay Buckholdt, Barbara Carey, Davd Douglas, Martha Foramant, Mary Fredt, Brenda Kashow, Sharon Kaye, Charlotte Meade, Alene Rashym, Alce Smth, Ernest Studly, James Swam and Lnda Val. The 10-year honorees are Debra Amsden, Sharon Ballard, Gregory Bealer, Bobby Bennett, George Boeckel, Mchele Branham, Rta Carew, Rudy Cashe, Phylls Clarke, Edmund Dabedath, Larry J. Davs, Wanda Dutton, Los Engley, Charles R. Evans, Allan Garnet, Salva Heard, Russell Hll Jr., Raynette Kbbee, Denns Lafleur, Robert Laumer, Barbara McMahon, Awdra Montgomery, Alva Olver, Patrca Parker, Drk Rvers, Ann Schuster, Alana Shepherd, Barbara Sherwood, Frederck Smth, Mchael Smth, Gayla Swenson, Mary Swnton, Phlp Therren, Anthony Travagln, Robert Vncent, Mary Wolltz and Deborah Wyle. Employees wth fve years of servce are Rebecca Al-Hattab, Shela Anderson, Lnda Baker, Douglas Barrett, Glora Baskervlle, Elzabeth Benjamn, Earlene Bradley, Edward A. Brown, Wllam E. Brown, Sandra Bulger, Derdre Campbell, Athena Candela, Oscar Caraso, Scott Casamento, Robert Coch, Sara Concepton, Mldred Cunnngham, Elsa Dantes, Constance Dawson, Patrca Delaney, Patrca Dllng, Mary Dmcel, Robert Donaldson, Gllan Drelnger, John French, Danton George, Rchard Gossett, Lnda Hagle, Joan Hammon, Donald Harper, Lnda Herget, Mchael Hdalgo, Margaret Hghtower, Anh Lam, Joseph Lehmuth, Veronca Lndsay, Lee Logan, Helen Marmon, Betty W. Martn, Harry Megll, Alca Mercado-Ruz, Rosemary Monroy, Gary Montgomery, Ashley Morgan, Curts Moye, Vrgna Muzzy, Judth Odom, Barbara Ortalz, Rhonda Osborne, Wllam Parks Jr., Karen Poyser, Evelyn Ramrez, Dane Retz, Patrck Robnson, John Romansk, Barbara Rubrght, Lynda Russell, Andrea Savas, Joseph Scarrno, Thomas Shaffer, Audry Sebenrock, Arthur Smmons, Carmen Smon, Lnda Sobey, Nancy Stephens, Patrca Tber, Nancy Tmmons, Walter Tomon, Valere Truhan, Van Vangor, Matlde Vllalba, Sue Vonderbrnk, Doanh Vu and Jesse Wallace Jr. SCENTST, contnued from page 1 and computer encyclopedas s that computer encyclopedas requre users to locate and read specfc artcles n order to fnd answers to certan questons. n contrast, f SNOWY s asked a queston, such as "What do bears eat?" t frst tres to answer the queston from what t already knows about bears n ts memory. f SNOWY cannot obtan the answer from memory, then t reads the encyclopeda artcle on bears and retreves the answer. To select sentences n the artcle that are remotely related to the det of bears, a computer program called a "skmmer" s used. A skmmer s desgned to dentfy sentences wthn a text sharng certan key words. Sentences such as "Bears lke honey" are also detected. The selected sentences are passed along to SNOWY for full processng. Durng the processng stage, ther syntactc structure and meanngs are analyzed. Also, durng processng, SNOWY "learns" about the dets of bears and about other anmals and events related to bears. Assstng Gomez n hs research are Carlos Segam, a math and computer scence professor at Barry Unversty n Mam and a former Fernando Gomez assstant professor of computer scences at UCF, and UCF computer scence students Rchard Hull and Bruce Martn. At present, all of the texts analyzed by the program have been n Englsh. However, the desgn prncples underlyng the program can be transferred to other languages. But for now, Gomez sad, he and hs team of scentsts are testng and retestng the program to make sure that t correctly nterprets nformaton from the encyclopeda and questons beng asked by the user. Recent nformaton about ths project was publshed n the proceedngs of the Assocaton for Computatonal Lngustcs Fourth Conference on Appled Natural Language Processng. The conference was held last October n Stuttgart, Germany. There are organzatons awatng the completon of ths project. Among them s NASA, one of the project's fnancal supporters. For the last sx years, some applcatons of ths research, ncludng the automaton of knowledge acquston for expert systems and automaton of database desgn from natural language nput, have receved support from NASA. Last March, the database desgn project receved a NASA grant for nearly $100,000. Once ths program for database desgn s complete, the Kennedy Space Center wll receve a workng prototype. THE UCF REPORT

4 Clps THS SSUE: Ths ssue of The UCF Report s for the weeks of July 14-20, July and July 28-Aug. 3. t s the frst ssue of fscal year WHAT HAPPENED THEN: July 26,1982^-The Central Florda Research Park offcals announce that they have ther frst tenant. July 12,1984 UCF archaeologsts Arlen and Dane Chase announce the dscovery of a 500- year-old cache of Maya rtual offerngs n Belze. WHAT'S HAPPENNG NOW: The UCF Alumn Assocaton s sponsorng a free workshop on how to buy a home and develop a budget you can stck to. Whether a frst-tme buyer or a seasoned veteran, the POWER (Provdng Opportuntes Wth Educaton and Resources) House workshop seres wll gve you tps on shoppng for a home, obtanng a mortgage, closng on a home and creatng a famly budget. The two-day workshop wll also provde you wth loan nformaton and a free personal credt report. They wll be held July 29 and Aug. 5, 8:30 a.m. to noon n the Busness Admnstraton Buldng. Call the Alumn Assocaton to RSVP at The unversty wll be hostng two open house events ths fall. Colleges, departments and student organzatons are represented at these events. Attendance n the past has been approxmately 900 students and parents per event. The events wll be held on Saturday, Oct. 7, and Saturday, Nov. 18. For further nformaton, call Keth Mulkay at UCF wll celebrate ts annual Dversty Week on Monday, Sept. 25, through Saturday, Sept. 30. t wll feature lectures, concerts, classes, exhbts, and other programs and actvtes related to race, culture, ethncty, gender, physcal ablty, age, relgon and other aspects of dversty. The event encourages and supports cross-cultural understandng and the development of relatonshps between and among dverse ndvduals and groups on campus and throughout the Greater Orlando communty. For more nformaton, call the Offce of Dversty ntatves at ADVSNG, contnued from page 1 country ncludng those at UCF, arrve at college wthout clear academc plans. To lower attrton rsks assocated wth not declarng a major and to speed progress towards graduaton, a four-week workshop was naugurated by the Academc Exploraton Program to help frsttme-n-college students fashon academc goals once they evaluated ther strengths, weaknesses and preferences. The plot program pad off and wll be expanded ths fall. An alumn academc support network, telephone advsng and ndvdually assgned advsers are added features. The Mnorty Student Servces staff also are ncreasng efforts to make early contact wth new freshmen. New student and parent meetngs are scheduled at each summer orentaton program; each FTC-to-be s assgned an ndvdual who becomes that student's academc advocate. Such nnovaton and cooperaton has proven nfectous and self-renforcng. The creaton of an nterdvsonal strategc plannng team for student orentaton has led to mandatory sessons, greater partcpaton by parents and the colleges, on-demand advsng and streamlnng that has cut the regstraton process n half, accordng to Ehasz-Sanz. Carol Wlson, a team member and assocate vce presdent for student servces n the Student Affars Dvson, pronounces the changes successful on the strength of the smles that lght up the faces of orentng students and ther parents. "We are dealng well wth all of the retenton and development ssues that are part of the larger orentaton process," she says. Meanwhle, the College of Engneerng s venturng nto new terrtory wth efforts to accommodate students who want to buck the growng natonwde trend of takng more than four years to graduate. ncomng freshmen ntendng to complete degrees n engneerng may now enter agreements that oblgate the college to provde fouryear degree completon programs. Under the agreement, students who stck to the schedule and mantan ther grades can antcpate graduatng at the end of four years. Hgh-tech advsement ads are lkely to supplement the "hgh-touch" strateges already deployed, Ehasz-Sanz says. Accordng to the Bowlng Green Unversty and Unversty of Toledo graduate, one of the current objectves s to lnk the student data course fle wth the electronc advser the Department of ndustral Engneerng and Management Systems has bult. That way all students could use the artfcal ntellgence-based system wthout havng to nput ther own course hstores. Beleved to be the frst applcaton of expert systems technology to the student advsng Marbeth Ehasz-Sanz process wthn the SUS, the nteractve course selecton system logcally consders many of the complcated varables students face when decdng what courses to take to graduate wthn the tme lmts they set for themselves. Busness Admnstraton Staff Recognzed The Graduate Teachng Assstant Workshop wll be held on Aug. 23 n the Busness Admnstraton Buldng, room 119, at 8 a.m. All new graduate teachng assstants are requred to attend. The unversty's accredtaton requres that all graduate students attend a workshop on teachng before they are allowed to partcpate n teachng actvtes. Also, legally, the unversty s responsble for nformng graduate students about equal opportunty ssues and gradng polces. For further nformaton, call Ange Mojca at UPCOMNG HOLDAYS: The next holday wll be Labor Day on Sept. 4., makng t a three-day weekend. t wll be a unversty-wde holday. The UCF Report The UCF Report s a publcaton of the offce of publc affars, Dvson of Unversty Relatons, Unversty of Central Florda, P.O. Box , Orlando, FL , (407) Publcaton of announcements and offcal memoranda about unversty polcy and procedures n The UCF Report consttutes offcal notce to faculty and staff. Joanne Grggs, edtor Shela Anderson, edtoral assstant Rcardo Agular, photo edtor Lous Fernandez, photo assstant The College of Busness Admnstraton recently held ts second Staff Assocaton Recognton Award Ceremony. Far left, Dean Rchard Huseman presented Outstandng Performance Awards to, front row, left to rght, Mckey Mullen, offce manager, Economcs Department; Veronca Lndsay, senor secretary, Offce of Student Support; and Bll Dorough, program assstant, Offce of Student Support; back row, left to rght, Deborah Culp, senor secretary, Offce of Student Support; Fran Percval, program assstant, Offce of Student Support; Ellen Lawrence, offce manager, Hosptalty Management Department; Loretta Wolltz, senor secretary, Offce of Student Support? Clare McClure, offce manager, Fnance Department; Lnda Val, retred offce manager, Dr. Phllps nsttute; and Carolne Sully, program assstant, Offce of Student Support Far rght, also on hand for the ceremony was Rchard Hofler, char for the Economcs Department Two Exceptonal Achevement Awards were presented to McClure and Mullen. FRDAY, JULY 14, 1995 PAGE 3

5 BULDNG, contnued from page 1 near the Engneerng Buldng; Computer Center s just north of Computer Center and ; and the nternatonal Student Center s west of the Wayne Densch Sports Center, off Central Florda Boulevard. The Student Unon Center, whch sts n the campus' nner core on Pegasus Crcle, wll be completed by the summer of 1996, though ts completon could be delayed f more mones become avalable to add more space. Currently, the Student Unon s n Phase of ts constructon. Phase V allows for the addton of space, whch may be done at some later date. The parkng garage, whch wll have 1,300 parkng spaces, wll be located at the parkng lot just north of the Educaton Buldng. t wll most lkely have fve stores. Accordng to Azta Dashtak, archtect for UCF's Facltes Plannng, the desgn for the garage wll be completed by early December. "t wll have a brck facade so that t fts n wth the other buldngs on campus. The archtects, Burke, Bales & Mlls Assocates, have lots of experence wth parkng garages and a record of payng attenton to the esthetcs. They'll make sure that t blends n wth the rest of the campus." The Communcaton Buldng s also n the desgn stage, though the "footprnt," that s, the basc, tentatve form, s set. Hunton Brady Pryor Maso Archtects wll have that process completed ths fall. "The bd for constructon wll be out n November. The groundbreakng wll follow shortly after," Dashtak sad. The Communcaton Buldng wll be bult next to the Lake Clare Apartments just north of the Vsual Arts Buldng wthn the nner academc core of campus along Apollo Crcle. The two-story buldng wll have an audtorum that seats 300 and approxmately 12 classrooms. The frst floor wll also nclude a TV classroom, a darkroom, a flm screenng classroom, flm demonstraton room, flm audton room and a rado complex wth a control room. There wll also be a large flm sound stage and a vdeo/tv studo. The top floor wll house the school's headquarters, the faculty offces, plus sx labs for wrtng, typography, speech and observaton. Besdes mones for remodelng Computer Centers and and the Wastewater Treatment Center, UCF also receved funds for a Housng Ths shows the four-story atrum from nsde the unfnshed Student Unon Center. The atrum s 86 feet hgh and covered wth a skylght, whch s the hub of the buldng. Admnstratve Faclty and a Solar Energy Audtorum, whch wll be stuated at the Florda Solar Energy Center. The housng faclty wll nclude two buldngs an offce to house the Resdental Housng staff and a warehouse. The buldngs wll be near the dorms across from the Physcal Plant. "Those buldngs wll complete that resdental quad," Dashtak sad. Ponkvar & Assocates have been named the archtects for the project. The desgn wll be completed ths summer. Below, the new CREOL Buldng s located between the Engneerng Buldng and the Arboretum. Bottom left, the nternatonal Student Center, whch wll house nternatonal Student Servces, s located just off Central Florda Boulevard. Both buldngs are scheduled for completon ths fall. Rght, the glass structure n the lobby of the CREOL Buldng s the elevator. Below, Computer Center s located drectly behnd Computer Center and across from the Student Unon Center. PAGE 4 THE UCF REPORT

6 Math department presents annual awards to students The UCF Mathematcs Department held ts annual awards ceremony for math students, accordng to Lokenath Debnath, char for the department. The department has been presentng awards for the last 12 years. Each recpent receved a $100 cash award and a plaque. Parents were nvted to the event, whch ncluded a pzza party. Deborah Kelly receved two awards, the Graduate Research Award and the Graduate Teachng Award. The research award wnner s selected by the Mathematcs Graduate Commttee for an outstandng master's research thess or research report. Kelly's thess, "Analyss of Heat and Mass Transfer of a Vdeoelastc, Electrcally Conductng Flud Past a Contnuous Stretchng Sheet," mproved the exstng results on ths problem. A research note, based on the thess, was submtted for publcaton. Kelly was chosen from a pool of 23 graduate teachng assstants by four senor faculty members for recognton as an outstandng nstructor of mathematcs. Kelly graduated from Florda State Unversty n 1986 wth a bachelor's degree n physcs and mathematcs and a mnor n chemstry. She earned a master's degree n mathematcal scences from UCF before enterng the doctoral program. Robert Anschuetz receved the Dr. Ed Norman Graduate Award as the graduate student wth the hghest grade pont average n mathematcs (3.8). The award was establshed by Elane Norman n memory of Ed Norman, a former UCF mathematcs professor. Ths was the second year ths award was gven. Anschuetz graduated from Eastern Mchgan Unversty wth majors n mathematcs and computer scence. He wll earn hs master's degree from UCF ths summer. He currently works n the smulaton feld at Velda nc. Faculty vote won Jennfer Home the Hernandez Mathematcs Award, whch s presented to the most Students show off the plaques they receved at the Mathematcs Department's annual awards ceremony. Front row, left to rght, are Lsa Zarkan, Debra Kelly and Robert Anschuetz. Back row, left to rght, are math professors Rene Rodrguez, Potr Mkusnsk and Lee Armstrong. Rodrguez served as the char for the Undergraduate Awards Commttee; Mkusnksk was the char for the Graduate Awards Commttee; and Armstrong was the co-char for the Ed Norman Graduate Award, the Advanced Calculus Award and the Hernandez Mathematcs Award. outstandng senor n mathematcs. Home graduated ths sprng from UCF wth a degree n pure mathematcs. She partcpated n the Student Work Study Program durng her fnal semester and was employed part-tme by Lockheed Martn Corp. Each year a student s presented the Advanced Calculus Award for the best class performance and grade by the nstructor of the Advanced Calculus class. Ths year, the nstructor, Howard Sherwood, selected Lsa Zarkan, who graduated wth a 4.0 n pure math and statstcs ths sprng, was the recpent, Publc Affars World Wde Web Addresses (URLs) Publc Affars Home Page* - Calendar - UCF Report - Experts Gude - Fact Fnder - httpv7www.or.ucf.edu/publc_affars/ffndex.html Pegasus magazne - * All related stes can be accessed va the Publc Affars Home Page UCF Football Season Tckets 20 percent dscount avalable for faculty and staff. Call UCF "WalkAmerca" Team Members Rase Funds UCF "WalkAmerca" team members gather followng the Aprl 29 WalkAmerca event UCF was represented by 138 walkers, who rased more than $6,200 for the March of Dmes. The UCF team also placed second n Dvson for dollars rased. The team wll walk agan on Oct. 28 for Juvenle Dabetes. All those nterested n jonng ths walk, call Betty Conkln at the UCF Communty Relatons offce at FRDAY, JULY 14, 1995 PAGE 5

7 People «> «Name: Donna Hckson Ttle: Collectons manager Department: Student Accounts Job descrpton: She handles collecton for tuton, short- and long-term loans, lbrary fnes, health servce fees and other fees ncurred by students. She montors all of the unversty's accounts that are past due. Frst, she places "holds" on records to prevent people who owe money from regsterng, graduatng or anythng else untl the fee s taken care of. f necessary, she sets up a payment plan or works wth a collecton agency. She also works wth other types of "holds" that nvolve requred health forms, transcrpts, competency exams and tests scores. Length of servce: She's worked at UCF for 15 years n the same offce, but had been a student assstant there snce She started as a full-tme employee n 1980 whle she contnued to work on her college degree. She earned a degree n fnance wth a computer mnor from UCF n Background: She was born n Wsconsn, but was rased n Redlands, Fla., whch s near Homestead. Her father wanted her to go to college at the Unversty of Florda, but she ddn't want to because the school was too bg. nstead, she came to UCF because she lked the dstance between downtown Orlando and the unversty. She started as an accountng major. She and her husband have a 12-year-old son Danel. Hobbes: She s an avd water sker, havng been one of the frst women water skers to jon the sport at UCF, whch w She also loves lookng at and shoppng for era nvolves beng outsde, such as gardenng, b salng. Quote: " lke the varety of my poston. lke a few are dffcult. have an excellent job. 'm day, but work wth faculty and staff. worked manufacturng company, and dd everythng why swtched from majorng n accountng t nteracton wth people. My job nvolves a cor tv at that tme, dng that dng and >nly every day s dfferent. hear a whole new set of stores each day as to why the fees weren't pad. t's funny can remember the stores better than anythng else about the people deal wth. Regardless, ask everyone ther names, so they're not just numbers or stores to me. also try to personalze any correspondence wth them. want them to know that a real person s dealng respond to me." n Prase: Collectons organzed and have a have to be able to tell collecton, so you hav very specfcally You' tme. Donna s able to You three thngs at the same and can handle any ren't gong to walk all can talk to her. And Carol Bast, assstant professor, Department of Crmnal Justce and Legal Studes, recently publshed an artcle "The Plght of the Mnorty Motorst" n "New York Law School Law Revew." She also publshed an artcle "A Soluton to the Evaluaton Dlemma" n the "Journal of Paralegal Educaton and Practce." C. Dense Caldwell, professor, Department of Physcs, was apponted a member of the Scentfc Advsory Commttee by the Board of Drectors of Sncrotrone Treste. Located n Treste, taly, ths prvate company owns and operates ELLETRA, one of the newest and most modern synchrotron radaton laboratores n the world. Synchrotrons are bult to produce radaton n the vacuum ultravolet and x-ray regons of the spectrum, energes whch lasers are not able to acheve. Caldwell was chosen for ths poston as a consequence of her nternatonal reputaton for research n atomc and molecular physcs usng synchrotron radaton. Lokenath Debnath, char, Mathematcs Department, has recently publshed another graduate-level textbook, "Contnuum Mechancs." The book, 660 pages long, was publshed by Academc Press and wrtten jontly wth professor D.S. Chandrasekharah of Bangalore Unversty, nda. Ths project began n the 1980s and was completed when Chandrasekharah came to UCF as a Fulbrght Fellow for one year. t was prmarly wrtten for a graduate course n appled mathematcs, or mechancal and aerospace engneerng or engneerng mechancs. Ths s also ntended to serve as a ready reference to the audence nterested n research n appled mathematcs, sold and flud mechancs, engneerng scences and mathematcal physcs. Both Debnath and Chandrasekharah conducted extensve research on contnuum mechancs, sold mechancs and elastcty, and publshed many papers on the subject. They also taught graduate-level courses on the subject and prepared a set of lecture notes. t s the expanded verson of ther lecture notes on contnuum mechancs, normally a requred course for graduate students n appled mathematcs, engneerng scences, mechancal and aerospace engneerng. Ths s the 11th advanced-level book publshed by Debnath. Mram Fnegold, M.D., Student Health Servces, was awarded the Physcan Recognton Award by the Amercan Medcal Assocaton, whch ncludes the perod from June 1995 to January The award s gven to physcans who have voluntarly completed programs of contnung medcal educaton. Madelyn Flamma, assocate professor, Englsh Department, edted "Perspectves on the Professon of Techncal Communcaton," publshed by the Socety for Techncal Communcaton, Arlngton, Va. She also presented a paper ttled "Portfolos: How to Create Them, Assess Them, and Use Them to Get Hred" at the Socety for Techncal Communcaton Annual Conference, Washngton, DC, Aprl Dan Jones, assocate professor, Englsh Department, presented a paper ttled "Your Portfolo and the nternet" as a panelst on "Portfolos: How to Create Them, Assess Them, and Use Them to Get Hred" at the Socety for Techncal Communcaton Conference n Washngton, DC, Aprl He also presented a paper ttled "nvolvng Techncal Communcators n Portfolo Assessment" as part of a panel called "Lnks Between Academc and ndustry" at the Conference on College Composton and Communcaton n Washngton, DC, March Jn Km, professor, CREOL and the Physcs Department, was apponted as a research professor on a permanent bass at the Research Center for Delectrcs and Advanced Matter Physcs (RCDAMP) of Pusan Natonal Unversty, Pusan, South Korea, and s supported by the Korea Scence and Engneerng Foundaton. Km's appontment was arranged n an effort to establsh an nternatonal collaboratve research program between CREOL and RCDAMP. As a research faculty member, Km has been awarded research funds drectly from RCDAMP. He wll conduct research n lasers and nonlnear optcs and supervse doctoral students at Pusan Natonal Unversty. Joyce Mastran, executve assstant, Unversty Relatons, was elected Woman of the Year by the members of her chapter of the Amercan Busness Women's Assocaton. Specal recognton wll be gven to each of the award wnners at the annual conventon n Portland ths fall. Stuart Omans, professor, Englsh Department, was named to the natonal advsory board of the Southern Shakespeare Festval. Major Hook proclamed March 24 to be Stuart Omans Day n Orlando, to honor Omans for hs Please see PEOPLE, page 7 PAGE 6 THE UCF REPORT

8 CLASSFED For sale/rent Alpne Tape Deck, wth CD changer controller and Alpne 5952V (CD changer has 8 changer magaznes-6 dscs capacty), $450/OBO. 2 Kenwood KAC941 AMPS/bult-n crossover/coolng fans/4/40 watts, also brdgable, $200 each. 2 Bazooka 6-1/2" tubes, $150 for par. Dan or Patt or leave message, Bcycle Frame, Trek 2000, 58cm, alumnum, lghtweght, blue, excellent condton. $300/OBO. Also, 1978 Colnago frame, 56cm. Peter, or (leave message). Condo for rent, avalable Sept. to May. 3-bedroom, 2- bath condo near downtown Orlando. Gated communty wth carport, pool, tenns courts, sauna. Partally furnshed. $725 per month. Non-smokers only Condo for rent, 2-bedroom, 2-1/2 bath townhouse n Hdden Oaks. Goldenrod/Unversty Blvd. area. Washer/ dryer, eat-n ktchen, wet-bar, new carpet, newly decorated. Communty pool. $550 per month. Davd, or or leave message. Condo for sale, Hunter's Reserve 1.5 block north of UCF on Alafaya Tral. Askng $56.5k, but wll work wth UCF faculty staff. Address: 100 Reserve Crcle, #104, Ovedo, FL or Lsted wth Buy Owner. Corvette, 1979, fully loaded, two sets of t-tops, excellent condton, whte, apprased at $9,000.00, wll sell for $7, or best offer. Please call Bll at All mantenance records kept. Engagement rng, 1/3 caret soltare damond, S-l, n whte gold settng. Lke new, must sacrfce. $350 frm. Km, evenngs. Home for rent, Ovedo, 6 mles from UCR 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, freplace, n ground pool, mcrowave, dshwasher, washer/dryer, heavly wooded area. $ per month. For more nformaton contact Karen Knox of the Jander Group, nc. at Home for rent, 2 bedroom, 1 bath duplex n the Matland/Fern Park area. Newly refunshed, new carpet, pant, celng fans, Orkn pest control and storage shed. Washer and dryer ncluded. Avalable n August. $ per mnth, $ depost On a cul-de-sac. Home for sale, a unque envronment n Old Ovedo. Artst's home, 1,200 sq. ft., mult-level studo/ workshop/apartment under canopy of trees on approxmately one acre. Courtyard, pool, spa, Mexcan tle, Florda porch, prvacy. $170,000's Honda Accord LX, '86, 3 D, auto, 4 cly, p/1, c/c, p/s, p/w, a/c, AM/FM, 126k /OBO Lakefront home, 3 mles west of UCF. Beautful home. 4 bedrooms, 3 baths. Over 3,000 square feet. Teakwood floors, gorgeours open deck area. Must see. Majestc lake vew. $349,900. Jerry Gunn, Ocean-front condo for rent 3 bedrooms, 3 baths, at Daytona Beach Shores. Unfurnshed, a year's lease. An hour and 10 mnutes from UCF. $l,200/month One-bedroom apartment for rent n a brand new complex off Colonal, half a mle east of Alafaya, 5 mnutes from UCF, sparklng clean pool, ftness room. Second floor, northern lake exposure, w/d, gas, only $438 per month Plymouth Volare, 1978, red, 2-door, standard shft, slant-6 engne. Ths engne s usually good for at least 200,000; has 113, owner car. $950/OBO. Mary, Pontac Bonnevlle, '88, ce cold a/c, power everythng, cruse runs great, blue nteror, cool whte exteror, askng $3,950. Matt, or Portacrb, 25"x38" ncludng mattress, sheet, bumper pad and comforter. $ Professonal male needs 1 roommate F/M, N/S to share 4 bedroom, 2 baths, Waterford Lakes home. Lots of room and extras. $500 ncludes all except phone. Good references. Todd, or Avalable June. Sofa and char, $100; cocktal table wth glass top, $45; end table, $19; full sze mattress, $19 (excellent condton). Call after 9 a.m. Sofa and loveseat, manufactureed by Klaussner, green and whte strpes. Excellent condton. Cornces to match n same fabrc ncluded (7' and 4.5') $550 frm. Chrs, Tme share condo for sale, ocean front, red tme, w/d n unt, second floor, Daytona Beach. Sacrfce $2,000. All dues pad Tme share unt, July n Sapphre, NC 40 mles from Ashevlle. 2-bedrooms wth washer and dryer and telephone. One sde has hot tub n bathroom. Area amenttes nclude restaurant, lake, beach, ndoor pool and horseback rdng. $300. Janet, or Toyota Camry, '86, excellent condton. ce cold a/c, stereo cassette, new tres. Must sell. $2,600 OBO Toyota Camry, '86, a/c, sunroof, rebult automatc trans., hgh mles, but well mantaned. $2,400 OBO. Erc, days or Toyota Pckup Truck, 1982, wth camper top, 133,500 mles, good runnng; 22R engne, auto/ar/rado, good tres. $2, or Twn bed set, orthopaedc wth frame, $100. Comforter set, female dresser wth mrror, $100. Everythng lke new, or Wanted Copy of "Hooked on Phoncs" vdeotape. Tna, House to rent or st for July, August and possbly Septemeber for famly whle house huntng. Jacke Allen-Bond, academc drector, ASPECT, Lookng for a college student for babysttng for a 11- year -old daughter. Transportaton would be a plus, but not necessary. Karen, or Bob, Math tutor, for 4th grade elementary student. John or Postcards, scenc postcards depctng daytme vews of cty skylnes, stadums, arenas, colseums and colleges. Wll gladly remburse for cost. Greg, or , extenson Rder(s) to Seattle/Portland area. Leave June 23 and return Aug. 14. '94 Volvo. Bette Sommer, Rde wanted to and from Chrstmas, FL to work at UCF. Wll pay generously Share home, 3 bedroom, 1-1/2 bath. n ground pool, washer/dryer avalable, share utltes n SE Orlando. $200 per month. Day or evenngs Someone to sew/make slp covers for couch, love seat and char. Tna, Used Mac color w/68030 (.e., S) computer, or Used truck, Nssan, su., or Mazda. Jm, or Edtor's note: Classfed ads can be faxed ( ) maled or hand delvered to Publc Affars, Admnstraton Buldng, room 338. They must be receved no later than copy deadlne date prnted on the bottom of page 1. No ads wll be accepted over the telephone. For further nformaton, call PEOPLE, contnued from page 6 contrbutons to the artstc and cultural lfe of Orlando through the foundng of the Orlando- UCF Shakespeare Festval. Lous Roney, professor, Musc Department, and founder and board char of the Orlando Celebrty Concerts Assocaton, receved fundng for the three-year project "Festval of Orchestras" for ts season. The Unted Arts of Central Florda granted the festval $220,500 ths sprng. Ernest Smth, assocate professor, Englsh Department, publshed an essay ttled '"How the Speakng pen has been mpeded; The Rhetorc of Love and Self-hood n Mllay and Rch" n "Mllay at 100: A Crtcal Reapprasal," publshed by Carbondale: Southern llnos Unversty Press. Davd Scott Jr., holder, Phllps-Schenck Char n Amercan Prvate Enterprse, executve drector, Dr. Phllps nsttute for the Study of Amercan Busness actvty, and professor, Fnance Department, has been apponted to the Board of Economsts of "Florda Trend: The Magazne of Florda Busness." Scott's latest artcle dealng wth the Florda economy, ttled "The Water-Slde Economy," appeared n the June ssue of "Florda Trend." Bhmsen Shvamogg, professor, Mathematcs Department, recently returned after two months of conductng research n Japan. He was vstng professor at the Research nsttute of Mathematcal Scences at Kyoto Unversty and a senor fellow of the Japan Socety for Promoton of Scence. Durng the trp, he presented research semnars n flud dynamcs and plasma physcs at Kyoto Unversty, Nagoya Unversty, Nagoya nsttute of Technology, the Natonal nsttute for Fuson Scence at Nagoya, Unversty of Electro-Communcatons at Tokyo and the Unversty of Tsukuba. Jan Dossey Terrell, drector, Qualty Management, was selected to serve on the 25-member Natonal Plannng Councl for Qualty n Hgher Educaton, sponsored by the Conference Board. She recently presented a post-conference workshop ttled "Benchmarkng Best Practce n Hgher Educaton" and partcpated n a panel presentaton ttled "Examnng CQ: Graduate Research on Qualty n Hgher Educaton" at the 10th Annual Conference on Assessment and Qualty n Boston n June. She also partcpated n a panel presentaton ttled, "TQM n Hgher Educaton A Realty Check" at the Florda Assocaton of nsttutonal Research Annual Meetng. John Walters, documents lbraran, Lbrary, was named the 11th recpent of the Bernard M. Fry Award for the best artcle to appear n the "Journal of Government nformaton" durng the precedng year. The award was presented n June durng the Government Documents Round Table Recepton at the annual meetng of the Amercan Lbrary Assocaton n Chcago. Walters won for hs artcle "Toy Presses and the Rse of Fugtve U.S. Government Documents." n 1993, Walters won the award for hs artcle "Poltcs as Usual: the Congressonal Jont Commttee on Prntng and Executve Agency Publshng." n the 12-year hstory of the award, Walter s the only one to wn the prze twce. FRDAY, JULY 14, 1995 PAGE 7

9 July 14 Small Busness Development Center: Loan Proposal, 9 a.m.- noon. Detals: Contnung Educaton Semnar: Buldng Energy Effcent Homes. Detals: Krk Speraw Team Basketball Camp, Arena. Detals: Center for Professonal Development Summer Camp: CA Cheer. Detals: Small Busness Development Center: Fnancng Your Busness, 1 p.m.-3 p.m. Detals: Small Busness Development Center: Busness Plan, 5:30 pm.- 8:30 p.m. and mplementng ED (Orlando) 9 a.m.-noon Detals: Small Busness Development Center: ABC's of Exportng, 9 a.m.- noon, and mplementng ED (DeLand), 9 a.m.-noon. Detals: CAS Orentaton. Detals: Superstar JUCO Basketball Camp, Arena. Detals: Small Busness Development Center: Bascs of Sellng to the Government (Orlando), 9 a.m.- noon. Detals: Center for Professonal Development Summer Camp: Score Cheer Camp. Detals: CALENDAR 25 Small Busness Development Center: Bascs of Sellng to the Government, 9 a.m.-noon. Detals: Small Busness Development Center:NAWBO Busness Breakfast-Communty Health Purchasng Allance (CHPA), 7:15 a.m.-9:15 a.m.; Tax Forum, 7:30 a.m.-9:30 a.m.; Practcal Personnel Tps, 10 a.m.-noon.; Loan Proposal, 5:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m. Detals: Twenty-thrd Annual USPS Awards Banquet. Detals: /2237. Contnung Educaton Semnar: Commercal Roofng Semnar. Detals: Aug. 1 Center for Professonal Development Summer Camp: Eastern Cheerleaders Assocaton. Detals: Aug. 1 P.O.W.E.R. House Workshop: Home buyng workshop, (free), 8:30 a.m.-noon. Detals: (407) UCF- ALUM 31 Small Busness Development Center: MBE Certfcaton Requrements (Orlando), 9 a.m.- noon. Detals: UCF Volleyball Camp, Arena. Detals: August Small Busness Development Center: MBE Certfcaton Requrements (Cocoa), 9 a.m.- noon. Detals: Center for Professonal Development Summer Camp: UCA Cheer. Detals: Small Busness Development Center: Fnancng Your Busness, 1 p.m.-3 p.m. Detals: Small Busness Development Center: Busness Plan, 9 a.m.-noon. Detals: Fees due for fall early regstrants 5 Commencement FTCE, TOEFL 5-6 Lbrary Closed 6 AlumKds Day Out at Kds at Play, 1-4 p.m. Detals: (407) UCF- ALUM 7 Small Busness Development Center: deas to Dollars - New Product nnovaton Workshop, 5-7:30 p.m. Detals: Center for Professonal Development: Modelng of Moble Source Ar Qualty. Detals: / Volleyball Camp, Arena. Detals: Small Busness Development Center: OSHA's Most Wanted, 8-10 a.m. Detals: Advanced Open Water SCUBA Dver Certfcaton Course. Detals: Small Busness Development Center: Franchsng: s t Rght For you? 1-3 p.m. Detals: Lbrary closed 16 Small Busness Development Center: Fnancng Your Busness, 1-3 p.m. Detals: Small Busness Development Center: mplementng ED (Cocoa), 9 a.m.-noon; Busness Plan, 5:30-8:30 p.m.; Detals: Resdence Halls open for Fall Semester Art: Aug. 25-Oct. 11 Dorothy Gllespe Pantng and Sculptures: , openng recepton Frday, Sept. 1, 7-9 p.m. Detals: Concert: Aug. 25 Megadeth/Korn/Flotsam & Jetsam/Fear Factory, Arena, 8 p.m. Detals: Athletcs: Aug. 22 Women Soccer Exhbton, Arena, 4 p.m. Detals: Lbrary Dsplay: July Flowers and Brds by Teresa Lee. Vetnamese Culture and Art, by Pham Luyen, Vetnamese-Amercan Student Assocaton, and Ncholas Hoan, Engneerng, Dean's Offce. Responsble Decson Makng: Alcohol and Drugs, by Erc Brown, Health Educaton coordnator, Health Resources Center. Theses and Dssertatons, by Specal Collectons, Lbrary. Faculty Senate Faculty Senate Phllps Hall, room :15 p.m Aug. 31 Sept. 28 Oct. 26 Nov Jan. 25 Feb. 22 March 21 Meetng Schedule Steerng Commttee Busness Admnstraton Buldng, room :30 p.m Meetngs may be scheduled durng the summer term Sept. 14 Oct. 12 Nov Jan. 11 Feb. 8 March 7 March 28 THEATRE UCF Theatre UCF has announced ts productons for ths summer and for the academc year. The summer season s presentng ts fnal producton. Maxwell Anderson's "The Bad Seed" s July Theatre UCF's season w consst of the comedes " Hate Hamlet," "'m Not Rappaport" and "A Flea n Her Ear." Dramas wll nclude "Rashomon" and "Good." The muscal "Camelot" wll also be performed. For more nformaton, call Do you have an dea that would save UCF money, generate revenue or just mprove campus condtons Or Safety? Faculty, students and staff can submt those deas to the Suggeston Award Program. Adopted suggestons could wn you przes or cash. Two 1994 prze wnners won a total of $12,000. Whether your suggestons are adopted or not, you could wn a prze through the Suggeston of the Month Contest. Ths contest s ongong, and przes are awarded each month to the two best suggestons that were submtted the prevous month. Suggeston forms are avalable n the Unversty Personnel Servces Offce, Admnstraton Buldng, room 230. Your deas can make $en$e. PAGE 8 THE UCF REPORT