‘Generous gifts’ = $1McPhee during the Oct. 6 football game between the Blue Raiders and the Louisville Cardinals at Nashville’s LP Field. McLean said he made the commitment

N early 23,000 students con-verging on the MTSU cam-pus—sharing classroom

space, restroom sinks and stalls, din-ing halls and keyboards—sounds likean ideal recipe for passing alongcolds, flu and other respiratory mal-adies.

Welcome to “Respiratory Etiquette101.”

“Eat, sleep and get lots of exer-cise,” Andre Fresco, RutherfordCounty public health director, advisesstudents, faculty and staff.

“People should recognize thatsimple cleanliness, hand-washing andstaying away from people who areinfected are all good practices formaintaining good health,” Fresco says.“It doesn’t guarantee that you won’tget sick, but it indicates that you’retrying your best not to.”

“But don’t exercise if you’re run-ning a fever,” cautions Dr. BartWarner, regional medical officer forthe State Department of Health. “Andget to health services immediately.”

Both Warner and Fresco are

IACUC, IRB APPLICATIONSDUE BEFORE MONTH’S END

Protocol applications for MTSU’sInstitutional Animal Care and UseCommittee and the Institutional ReviewBoard must be submitted this month.IACUC applications are due Tuesday,Oct. 24, at 4:30 p.m., and IRB applica-tions must be received by Tuesday, Oct.31, at 4:30 p.m. Both IACUC and IRBsubmissions can be made at the Office ofCompliance in Business and AerospaceRoom S245. For more information, con-tact university Compliance Officer TaraPrairie at 615-494-8918 or [email protected].

BONJOUR! BIENVENIDOS!JOIN STUDY ABROAD FAIR

The MTSU International Educationand Exchange Office has set its annualStudy Abroad Fair for Wednesday, Nov.1, from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. on the secondfloor of the Keathley University Center.The event will showcase the multitudeof study-abroad opportunities availableto students in various countries and dis-ciplines in semester, yearlong and sum-mer programs. For more information,call 615-898-5179 or visit www.mtsu.edu/~mtabroad.

CAMPUS WELCOMES PROSPECTIVESTUDENTS FOR FALL VISIT DAYS

Fall Visit Days 2006 will continueSaturday, Nov. 11, for current highschool seniors and juniors and transferstudents who are considering attendingMTSU. The tour, which is now closed toregistration, will begin at the CopeAdministration Building at 10 a.m.Registered attendees with questions maycall 1-800-331-6878 or 615-898-5670 formore information.

SUBMIT NOMINATIONS BY NOV. 22FOR 2007 JOHN PLEAS AWARD

Have you or another minority col-league demonstrated excellence in teach-ing, research and service at MTSU?Nominations are being sought now forthe annual John Pleas Faculty Award,established in 1997 to honor MTSU psy-chology professor Dr. John Pleas. Anelectronic copy of the candidate’s cur-riculum vitae/resume and justificationfor nomination should be submitted [email protected] no later than Wednes-day, Nov. 22.

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Expanding by 10EYH celebrates a decade of guiding girls to math, sciencesee page 2

Fine artWorld-renowned artists exhibit work at Todd Gallerysee page 8

Earning creditFormer economics professorreceives Nobel Prize for banksee page 5

B ob McLean, localphilanthropistand MTSU grad-

uate (B.S. ’72), hascommitted $1 millionto the MTSU Founda-tion to enhance both

academics and athleticsat the state’s largestundergraduate univer-sity.

McLean presentedthe check to MTSUPresident Sidney A.McPhee during theOct. 6 football gamebetween the BlueRaiders and theLouisville Cardinals atNashville’s LP Field.

McLean said hemade the commitmentto show the importance

of both athletics andacademics.

“I know that thisfine university has thetalent and vision topursue excellence inboth these areas of col-lege life,” McLeannoted.

“Well-roundedgraduates and futureemployees need a well-rounded educationalfoundation. I have

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by Tom Tozer

‘Generous gifts’ = $1.5M ‘Etiquette 101’ maykeep you (achoo! )healthy this winter

O fferings will be plentifulfor both MTSU alumniand students for the 2006

homecoming.

More than a week of activitiesfor young and old alike will leadto the 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 4,Sun Belt Conference football gamebetween the Blue Raiders andFlorida Atlantic at Floyd Stadium.

At 9 p.m. that day, the AlWilkerson Scholarship Dance,sponsored by the African-American Alumni Council, at the

by Randy Weiler

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M TSU’s annual EmployeeCharitable GivingCampaign is back and

bluer than ever with a vigorouseffort to help neighbors in need.

“It’s always a privilege to findways to give back to our communi-ty,” said Lucinda Lea, vice presidentfor information technology andMTSU chief information officer, whois serving as chair for the 2006 cam-paign.

“One of the most beautiful

things any human being can do is toprovide a helping hand to thosearound us who are in need.”

The 2005 campaign saw MTSUpledge a record-breaking $76,300-plus in contributions. The annualeffort at MTSU is conducted in uni-son with all Tennessee Board ofRegents institutions; this year’s cam-paign ends Nov. 10.

“We are blessed every day asresidents of this community and asemployees of this university,” said

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McLean, Kennoncommit funds to academic,athletic growth

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N EW ORLEANS—Gone are thesounds of city life

in the Bywater neighbor-hood of New Orleans: thesounds of music, thesounds of conversations inthe street, the sounds ofloud cars.

Hurricane Katrinatook all of that awaywhen the Industrial Canallevees broke following thestorm’s landfall on Aug.29, 2005.

The most commonsounds heard in Bywaternow? Hammers andpower saws—the soundsof an ongoing rebuildingeffort in the city.

More than 30 athleticadministrators from SunBelt Conference memberinstitutions, includingMTSU President SidneyA. McPhee, AssociateAthletic Director DianeTurnham and FacultyAthletics RepresentativeDr. Terry Whiteside, didtheir part Oct. 11 to helpwith that recovery effort.

The group gatheredearly in Bywater andworked on the neighbor-hood’s “Musicians’Village,” a collection ofhomes conceived through

plans made bylocal musiciansHarry ConnickJr. and BranfordMarsalis.

The groupof administra-tors, whichincluded uni-versity presi-dents, athleticdirectors, sen-ior womanadministratorsand faculty ath-letics represen-tatives, were intown for theSun Belt’sannual fallmeetings.Members of theNew Orleans-based leagueoffice scheduled one dayof the meetings to be setaside for this mission.

“I was really pleasedto see the level of commit-ment showed by the SunBelt Conference schools inhelping out,” said SunBelt Commissioner WrightWaters. “The leadership atour schools understandshow much assistance thisarea needs, and they havecontinually reached out tohelp those in need. I waspleased we were able tolend a helping hand.”

“It is really humbling

to see the amount of dam-age this area received, andit was great to see howmany representatives ofthe Sun Belt Conferencevolunteered their time tohelp out,” added McPhee.

“This is an example ofall that is good and rightin America and how somany in this country rallyaround the less fortunatein their time of need. I hada really good conversationwith one of the homeown-ers in the area [where] wewere working, and theentire experience really

puts everything in per-spective. I am so glad wedid this.”

The project was coor-dinated through Habitatfor Humanity, a nonprofitorganization that has beenresponsible for the con-struction of over 200,000homes around the world.

In New Orleans alone,Habitat’s Operation HomeDelivery has begun con-structing or completednearly 400 homes with thehelp of more than 14,000volunteers from across theUnited States and Canada.

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M ore than 30 years ago, agroup of women in northernCalifornia asked themselves

why so few women were studyingmathematics. As a result of these con-versations, the Math/Science Networkwas born.

The Math/Science Network devel-oped several strategies to encouragewomen to enroll in extra math and sci-ence classes in middle and high schoolin preparation for studies in thesefields in college. Since 1974, theExpanding Your Horizons in Scienceand Mathematics Conference has hadthe strongest impact on encouraginggirls to pursue math and sciencecareers.

A primary goal of EYH is toencourage young women in gradesfive to eight to consider math, engi-neering and science careers. OtherEYH goals include:

• increasing the interest of youngwomen in math and science throughpositive hands-onexperiences;

• fosteringawareness of careeropportunities inmath- and science-related areas;

• providingyoung women withopportunities to meetand interact withpositive role modelswho are active in math- and science-related careers; and

• involving young women withlimited opportunities for success inmath and science.

Today, the Math/Science Networkis called the Expanding Your HorizonsNetwork in recognition of this now-international program.

I have had the joy of volunteeringwith EYH conferences since 1991. Withthe help of many MTSU colleagues,the Girl Scout Council of CumberlandValley (Nashville region), the Collegeof Basic and Applied Sciences and theMurfreesboro branch of the AmericanAssociation of University Women, thefirst EYH was held at MTSU InOctober 1997 with more than 300 girlsfrom all across Tennessee attending.

To date, we have served morethan 3,000 girls, and we are expectingabout 350 girls when we celebrate our10th EYH on Oct. 28. We are the onlyEYH conference in Tennessee and oneof three in the southeastern UnitedStates. We want to thank the MTSUcampus community and volunteerswho have made the MTSU EYH sosuccessful.

Although Marie Curie earnedNobel Prizes in both chemistry andphysics, she was denied admission tothe French Academy of Sciences. Withso many bright, talented, young girlsand women in Tennessee, we don’tneed them to be denied an opportuni-ty to pursue science, technology, engi-neering or math fields.

Dr. Judith Iriarte-Gross, associateprofessor of chemistry, serves as MTSU’sEYH director. Visit www.mtsu.edu/~eyh.

Sun Belt leaders lend hand in NOLA from SunBeltSports.org

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EYH enjoys decadeof guiding girls into math, science

FINISHING TOUCHES—Dr. Sidney A. McPhee pauses for a photo whilehelping to finish a new house in the Bywater neighborhood of New Orleans.

photo courtesy SunBeltSports.org

by Dr. Judith Iriarte-Gross

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M TSU alumnus John E. Ellington and aerospaceprofessor Joe Hawkins will join three otherswho have made extraordinary contributions to

aviation or aerospace at the Fifth Annual TennesseeAviation Hall of Fame Gala and Induction CeremonyNov. 11 at the Tennessee Museum ofAviation in Sevierville.

Ellington, a Murfreesboro resident,graduated from MTSU in 1956 andjoined the U.S. Army as an aviationmaintenance specialist. In 1959 he joinedCapitol Airways of Nashville and flewDC-3s, the C-46, DC-4 and the LockheedConstellation. He was employed by DeltaAirlines in 1962 and became Delta’schief pilot in 1988.

After 32 years at Delta, Ellingtonretired in 1994 and returned to Rutherford County asdirector of operations at Corporate Flight Management.After working with America Trans Air of Indianapolis,the Smyrna/Rutherford County Airport Authority andWorld Airways of Herndon, Va., he retired again in 2003.

Still an active pilot with more than 22,100 hours offlight time, Ellington is past president of the MTSUFoundation and past president of the MTSU NationalAlumni Association. He continues to serve on the

Advisory Council to the College of Basic and AppliedSciences, which includes the Aerospace Department.

Ellington and his wife, Barbara, are sponsors of theJohn & Barbara Ellington Aerospace EndowedScholarship at MTSU. Barbara Ellington is retired after 30years as a flight attendant with Delta Airlines.

The Tennessee Aviation Hall of Fame also will presenta Special Citation to Hawkins, associate professor of aero-

space, during the event to recognize himas the recipient of the prestigiousFederal Aviation Administration Awardas the 2006 National AviationMaintenance Technician of the Year.

Hawkins made aviation history forhimself and for the state as the firstTennessean to ever receive the honor,formally awarded to him in July atOshkosh, Wisc.

Others selected for enshrinement atthe Nov. 11 ceremony are:

• James W. “Pete” Campbell of Union City, a WorldWar II bomber pilot and nationally recognized expert onflight training and safety;

• Dr. Charlie R. Smith of Nashville, a Korean Warveteran and former American Airlines pilot who serves asone of Middle Tennessee’s FAA Medical Examiners; and

• Robert A. “Bob” Wilson of Memphis, an Air ForceCommand Pilot and founder and president of Wilson Air,Inc.

Ellington, Hawkins earn aviation honorsfrom Staff Reports

Ellington Hawkins

Y ou can hike a rain forest andraft the Pacuare River whenyou travel with Campus

Recreation on a Costa Rican Adven-ture this spring break, March 2-10.

The adventure also promises aview of a live volcano and experienc-

ing La Fortuna waterfall and otherrain forest beauty, as well as twodays of sun, fun and relaxation onthe Caribbean coast.

Cost for the trip is $1,200 for stu-dents, $1,250 for staff and $1,300 forguests. The price includes all trans-portation, lodging and 15 meals dur-ing specified activities. A $200 non-

refundable deposit is due by Nov. 16.A passport is required but no visa isnecessary. Passports must beobtained by Jan. 31.

The first informational meetingwill be held Thursday, Nov. 2, at 5:30p.m. in the Recreation Center confer-ence room. For more information, callScott Pruett at 615-898-2104.

Get ready for adventure in Costa Ricafrom Staff Reports

H igh above the children, an open-mouthed whitecarp with green and gold scales and a bright pur-ple butterfly share the ceiling. A flaming red

dragon with a flowing tail and sunburst mane seems to becrawling up the wall to join them.

These are only some of the creatures awaiting youngvisitors to the new Asian exhibit at the Discovery Centerin Murfreesboro. With generous donations from Toshiba,Nissan, the Foreign Ministry of Japan and the Japan-U.S.Program of MTSU, curators have formed an environmentthat transports the imagination to Japan, China andIndonesia.

“We’re trying to help kids understand the differentparts of these cultures that they’ll be experiencing,” SteveHoskins, Discovery Center exhibits director and Ph.D.candidate in public history at MTSU, says. “This is thekind of thing that we feel good about being able to dobecause it really does give the kids a chance to … stop andrealize just how big their world is.”

Of course, a large dose of fun makes learning moreappealing. The 20-inch LCD TV with DVD player donatedby Toshiba America Consumer Products not only playskabuki theatre and changes of seasons, it also introducesthe American children to Astro Boy, whose jet-propelledfeet and wide, engaging eyes make him one of Asian tele-vision’s most popular animated superheroes.

The interactivity of the Foreign Ministry’s Kids WebJapan site has been captured on DVD so that kids canaccess numerous Japanese folk tales complete with musicand animation. These include “Nezumi No Yomeiri (TheMouse’s Marriage)” and “Sannen Nataro (The Young ManWho Slept for Three Years).”

“Why don’t we use tools of civilization, especiallysince Japan is famous for electronics?” Dr. KiyoshiKawahito, director of the Japan-U.S. Program, says.

If any of the kids fail to be mesmerized by the sightsand sounds of technology, they can play dress-up by don-ning hand-made sarongs from Indonesia and kimonosfrom Japan. They can practice the ancient art of chanoyuand stage their own tea parties. A hand puppet theaterwith a complete Asian family and their animal friends isavailable for impromptu plays.

A pen-pal e-mail program will enable children toexchange photos and information about their lives withJapanese children. Dominating one wall of the exhibit is anine-foot-tall, 10-foot-long map of the world so teachersand parents can show the youngsters where their pen palslive.

With brightly colored paper, markers, scissors, tape,plastic stirrers and helpful picture outlines, kids will beable to make their very own Asian kites. On a kid-sizedtable below the map of the world are papers and instruc-tions for practicing origami, the art of folding paper intoeverything from butterflies to frogs.

Plastic Chinese tangram puzzles invite children to testtheir appreciation of spatial relationships. All seven puzzlepieces must be positioned so that they touch and lay flat,but none may overlap.

“You’re given different scenarios on cards, differentlooks, different pictures, and you have to take the puzzlepieces out and arrange them in this one little setting,”Hoskins says. “And it’s actually pretty challenging stuff toget all those shapes in the right order.”

A pagoda made of Keva planks, wooden pieces thatresemble more elegant versions of Lincoln Logs, is on dis-play to entice children to make their own Keva creationson the second floor. Hoskins says eventually the kids willuse the thousands of planks available upstairs to buildpart of their very own “Great Wall of China.”

And, as if all this was not spellbinding enough, awalk-through exhibit explaining the Chinese legend of“The Monkey King” is slated to arrive in February 2007.“The Monkey King” is based on a centuries-old legendabout a powerful flying monkey who accompanies amonk to India to retrieve Buddhist scriptures.

“Most of (the Discovery Center’s) school groups thatcome in are grades K-4,” Hoskins says. “Our missionstatement (specifies children) 12 and under, but most ofour visitors are nine and under.”

Hoskins says the center benefits from a 20-year rela-tionship with the schools. The center welcomes an estimat-ed 18,000 youngsters each year.

The Discovery Center is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.Monday-Saturday and from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday.Admission is $5 for anyone age 2 and up. Special rates areavailable for groups. For more information, contact thecenter at 615-890-2300.

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T he Tennessee Iron FurnaceTrail, which includesresources from the historic

19th century iron industry in 12counties along the WesternHighland Rim, kicked off Oct. 14 aspart of the Cumberland FurnaceHistoric Villages Fall Festival inDickson County.

During the festival event, visi-tors interested in the history andlocation of places associated withthe iron industry, from Stewart toDecatur counties, were invited topick up a new guidebook and viewa 15-minute video that introducesthe history and some of the peopleand places along the state’s IronFurnace Trail.

“These (furnaces) include iron-master Montgomery Bell’s 1818 tun-nel at Narrows of Harpeth StatePark, the 1873 Bear Spring Furnacein Stewart County and Cedar GroveFurnace in Perry County,” saidCaneta Hankins, assistant directorof the Center for HistoricPreservation.

Other sites listed in the guideinclude the Brownsport Furnace inDecatur County, Sugar Creek (orLee & Gould) Furnace in HickmanCounty, the Pinkney Area of IronCity in Lawrence County, Buffalo/Steele Ironworks and Napier Minesalong the Natchez Trace Parkway inLewis County, the remains ofLouisa and Tennessee Furnaces inMontgomery County, the site of theWayne Furnace in Wayne County,and Williamson Furnace inWilliamson County, as well as thelimestone kilns in Houston County.

“Cumberland Furnace, locatedin Dickson County and listed on theNational Register of Historic Places,is the only existing iron villageremaining in Tennessee,” Hankinsobserved. “Its history parallels thatof the entire iron industry in thestate from the late 1700s until themid-20th century.

“Here the visitor can begin tovisualize the layout of the large ironplantations that covered acres ofland and were integrated villagesthat operated round the clock. Onthese plantations, men, women,children, free and enslaved blacks,as well as Irish, Scots, German andother races worked at various jobs.”

Hankins said that each of thecounties participating in theTennessee Iron Furnace Trail willreceive copies of the guidebook andDVD, which will be placed in pub-lic and school libraries and avail-able for distribution to interestedindividuals.

A newly created Web site forthe Iron Furnace Trail also is avail-able at http://histpres.mtsu.edu/histpres.

To request a copy of the guide-book, please contact the CHP at615-898-2947 or via e-mail [email protected].

Discovery Centeropens new worldwith Asian exhibitby Gina K. Logue

KONICHIWA!—Exhibit Director Steve Hoskins shows offsome of the items on display at the new Asian exhibit at theDiscovery Center at Murfree Springs in Murfreesboro. Theexhibit, co-sponsored by the Japan-U.S. Program of MTSU,aims to help children understand and enjoy different cultures.

photo by Jack Ross

Follow trail ofiron furnacesacross state by Lisa L. Rollins

P rofessional actorand mime BillBowers will visit the

MTSU campus Monday,Oct. 23, to perform his crit-ically acclaimed off-Broadway play, “It GoesWithout Saying,” begin-ning at 7:30 p.m. in TuckerTheatre.

Described as “zestfuland endearing” by TheNew York Times and “sur-prisingly engaging” and“winning” by the New YorkPost, “It Goes WithoutSaying” is a 75-minutejoyride in which Bowers“shares funny, heartbreak-ing and unbelievable truestories from both his careerand his lifelong explo-ration of the role silenceplays in all our lives,”

observes Jeff Gibson, assis-tant professor, speech andtheatre.

The one-night-onlyperformance by Bowers—who also will teach a mas-ter class about the art ofmime and dis-cuss careerplanning withMTSU stu-dents enrolledin TheatreSeniorSeminar—isfree of chargeand open tothe public.

As anactor and amime, Bowershas performedthroughout theU.S., Canadaand Europe.He appeared

on Broadway as Zazu inDisney’s “The Lion King”and as Leggett in “TheScarlet Pimpernel.” Hisoriginal mime shows,“‘Night Sweetheart, ‘NightButtercup” and “Under A

MontanaMoon,” havebeen producedoff-Broadwayand receivedcritical raves.

Havingstudied withthe legendaryMarcelMarceau,Bowers hasperformed onsome of themost presti-gious stages inAmerica,includingRadio City

Music Hall, MadisonSquare Garden, TheKennedy Center andregional theaters nation-wide. His television creditsinclude “Law and Order,”“One Life to Live, “All MyChildren, “RememberW.E.N.N.” and Disney’s“Out of the Box.” He alsowas featured in “TwoWeeks Notice,” a film withSandra Bullock and HughGrant.

The recipient of a mas-ter of fine arts fromRutgers University and anhonorary Ph.D. fromRocky Mountain College,Bowers’ MTSU stopoverand performance are fund-ed in part by theDistinguished LectureSeries.

Theatre tonight? ‘It Goes Without Saying’from Staff Reports

Actor Bill Bowers willvisit MTSU Oct. 23.

photo courtesywww.bill-bowers.com

“Middle Tennessee Record”Cable Channel 9Monday-Sunday-5 p.m.NewsChannel 5+ Saturdays-1 p.m.

MTSU Guys & Dolls Swing Dance ClubFree dance lessons 6-7 p.m.,open dancing 7-9 p.m.Murphy Center Dance Studio AFor information, e-mail: [email protected].

General Election Early VotingFor information, visitwww.rutherfordcounty.org/election/.

Oct. 23-25Domestic ViolenceAwareness Month: “Silent Witness” Exhibit11 a.m.-2 p.m., KUC 2nd floorFor information, contact: 615-898-2193.

Monday, Oct. 23Eid ul-Fitr (end of Ramadan)

Honors Lecture SeriesDr. Terry Whiteside, “How DoWe Decide Who Is to ‘Blame’for Tragedies and Disasters?”3-3:50 p.m., HONR 106For information, contact: 615-898-7611.

Guest Bassoon Recital:Jennifer Rhodes5:30 p.m., Hinton Music HallNo admission chargeFor information, contact:615-898-2493.

Stones River Chamber Playersfaculty chamber ensemble7:30 p.m., Hinton Music HallNo admission chargeFor information, contact:615-898-2493.

Tuesday, Oct. 24Promotion & Tenure Reception3-4:30 p.m., JUB Tenn. RoomFor information, contact: 615-898-2880.

Tuesday, Oct. 24Annual Grand Slam Fish Frybenefiting Blue Raider Baseball6 p.m., Tenn. Livestock CenterTickets: $15 in advance, $20 at the door; children 6 and younger admitted freeFor information, contact: 615-898-2984 or 615-898-2450.

Distinguished Lecture Series:Author David McCullough,“Qualities of Leadership”7 p.m., Tucker TheatreFree admission; seating limitedFor more information, contact615-494-7628.

Wednesday, Oct. 25Information TechnologyDivision and LT&ITCShareFair10 a.m.-4 p.m., Peck Hall 106For information, contact: 615-494-7671.

Domestic Violence Awareness Month: “It’s Love, Isn’t It?”4-5:30 p.m., KUC TheatreNo admission chargeFor information, contact: 615-898-2193.

MTSU Brass Ensemble8 p.m., Hinton Music HallNo admission chargeFor information, contact:615-898-2493.

Oct. 26-28Society of Composers Inc.Regional ConferenceMcLean School of MusicFor information, visitwww.mtsumusic.comor contact: 615-898-2493.

Thursday, Oct. 26Blue Raider Basketball Fan Jam6:30 p.m., Alumni Memorial GymFor information, visitwww.goblueraiders.comor contact: 615-898-2103.

Friday, Oct. 27Women’s Soccer (Senior Day)vs. Western Kentucky7 p.m., Blue Raider FieldFor information, contact:615-898-2450.

Saturday, Oct. 282006 Expanding Your Horizonsin Math and Scienceconference for girls grades 5-88 a.m.-3 p.m., campuswideFor information and to register,visit: www.mtsu.edu/~eyh.

Contest of Champions10 a.m. preliminaries,7 p.m. finals, Floyd StadiumFor tickets and information,contact: 615-898-2103.

Blue Raider Footballat Louisiana-Lafayette4 p.m., Lafayette, La.For information, visitwww.goblueraiders.comor contact: 615-898-2103.

Sunday, Oct. 29Daylight Savings Time Ends2 a.m.; turn clocks back 1 hour.

“MTSU On the Record—Trip to Russia”Guest: Dr. Andrei Korobkov7 a.m., WMOT 89.5-FMPodcast at www.mtsunews.com.

Faculty Viola Recital: Sarah Cote´3 p.m., Hinton Music HallNo admission chargeFor information, contact:615-898-2493.

MTSU Wind Ensemble andVanderbilt Wind Ensemble7:30 p.m., Hinton Music HallNo admission chargeFor information, contact:615-898-2493.

Monday, Oct. 30Honors Lecture SeriesDr. Kevin Smith, “Catastrophesand Calamities ARE AncientHistory: Cultural Change,Collapse and Transformation...”3-3:50 p.m., HONR 106For information, contact: 615-898-7611.

Trick or Treat at the Grove5-7 p.m., Walnut GroveOpen to children of all ages;costumes encouragedFor information, contact: 615-828-2433.

Tuesday, Oct. 31Halloween

MTSU Commercial MusicEnsemble7:30 p.m., Hinton Music HallNo admission chargeFor information, contact:615-898-2493.

Wednesday, Nov. 1Women’s Basketball vs. Henderson State7 p.m., Murphy CenterFor information, visitwww.goblueraiders.comor contact: 615-898-2103.

Thursday, Nov. 2Men’s Basketball vs. York University7 p.m., Murphy CenterFor information, visitwww.goblueraiders.comor contact: 615-898-2103.

MTSU Jazz Artist Series7:30 p.m., Hinton Music HallAdmission: $15For information, contact:615-898-2493.

Friday, Nov. 3First Friday Star Party“The Big Bang,” Dr. E. Klumpe6:30-8:30 p.m., WPS Room 102For information, contact: 615-898-5946.

Saturday, Nov. 4Blue Raider FootballHomecoming/Hall of Fame vs. Florida Atlantic2:30 p.m., Floyd StadiumFor information, visitwww.goblueraiders.comor contact: 615-898-2103.

Sunday, Nov. 5“MTSU On the Record—Trip to Venezuela”Guest: Dr. Sekou Franklin7 a.m., WMOT 89.5-FMPodcast at www.mtsunews.com.

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Healthy from page 1participating in a university task force charged withthe responsibility of putting together a contingencyplan in the unlikely event of an outbreak of H5N1Avian Flu.

While no human cases of avian flu have beenreported in the United States, travelers comingfrom countries where the strain has emerged couldbe infected. MTSU and other universities across thenation have decided to be prepared, no matter howremote such a pandemic would seem.

On a more practical note, however, bothWarner and Fresco think it’s a good idea to remindthe university population about common-sensehealth practices. Unfortunately, many children areno longer receiving that reinforcement in the ele-mentary and secondary grades, they contend.

For example, Warner says, health education isnow part of physical education class, which itselfhas been drastically cut back in many schools. “It’snot nearly what it should be,” he notes.

Health educators from the U.S. Department ofEducation used to visit schools and talk to students

about hygiene, including brushing teeth and wash-ing hands, he recalls.

“Our priorities have shifted more toward theunderprivileged adults and children,” Warner says.“We’re just not in the classroom like we were yearsago. Education now must meet performance stan-dards, and they don’t have time to dwell on exer-cise, P.E. and health,” he says.

Because children are not receiving the properhealth education, both health professionals feelthey also must reach the college population.

“The problem with students in transition is thatthey tend to want to do everything,” Warner says.“Things that can harm their immune systeminclude not getting enough rest, not eating proper-ly, waiting until the last minute to do things such ascramming, which creates stress. The bottom line isthey have to keep their immune systems up.”

“Upbringing and background influence healthhabits,” Fresco emphasizes.

“College freshmen have lived with their fami-lies all their lives, and now they come into contact

with people from various backgrounds, eat withthem, use the same public facilities and so on.Respiratory etiquette is important—sneezing intoyour arm, washing your hands, even changingclothes after you’ve been in contact with illness.”

Warner adds, “A dorm is like a military bar-racks, and studies have proved that close quartersincreases the risk of passing illness.”

He follows with what some would consider theobvious—that students shouldn’t go to class whenthey have fever or are coughing incessantly.

“If you’re running a fever, go to health services,because there are antivirals that can be adminis-tered,” Warner urges. “If you catch the virus in thefirst 48 hours, you can nip it.”

“We’re also talking to faculty and staff whenwe advise that students should stay away fromclass if they are feverish,” Fresco notes. “If a stu-dent is sick, he or she should talk to the professorand remedy the situation regarding homework orlectures or tests.”

SGA Schedule:• Friday, Oct. 27—

7 p.m., MTSU Idol, TuckerTheatre

• Saturday, Oct. 28—4 p.m., Fight Song compe-tition, Murphy Center

• Monday, Oct. 30—T-Shirt Swap Day (allweek); 5-7 p.m., Trick orTreat at the Grove; Paintthe Town Blue (all week)

• Tuesday, Oct. 31—4 p.m., Make-Up Artist atKUC

• Wednesday, Nov. 1—8 p.m., Theme PartyDecade Dance with liveband The WootenBrothers featuring RockWilliams; costume contestfor student organizations

• Thursday, Nov. 2—9 a.m.-4 p.m., “DirtyLaundry Tour”; 4 p.m.,horseshoe competition atKUC Knoll

• Friday, Nov. 3—Noon, floats due at KUCKnoll; 4:30 p.m., ChiliCook-Off, KUC Knoll;5:30 p.m., Pep Rally/student vote, KUC Knoll;7 p.m., National Pan-

Hellenic Council StepShow at Murphy Center

• Saturday, Nov. 4—10 a.m., HomecomingParade; 12:15 p.m., RaiderWalk, Walnut Grove.

For more informationabout SGA Homecomingevents, contact: 615-828-2433.

Alumni Schedule:• Friday, Nov. 3—11

a.m., Homecoming GolfTournament presented byWilson Bank & Trust,Indian Hills Golf Course;4:30 p.m., Golden Raiders;6 p.m., CooperativeEducation Awards Dinner,JUB Tennessee Room

• Saturday, Nov. 4—9:30 a.m., Mixer onMiddle homecomingparade-watching party,Alumni House lawn, 2259Middle Tennessee Blvd.,with free continentalbreakfast and $10 bever-age bands; 10 a.m.,Homecoming Parade,including Baby Raiders;all day, reunions for Bandof Blue, past homecoming

queens and cheerleaders;noon, Tennessee’s BestAlumni Tailgate, a “tentcity” for alumni from allMTSU colleges, WalnutGrove; 12:15 p.m., RaiderWalk, Walnut Grove; 2:30p.m., MT vs. FloridaAtlantic, Floyd Stadium;9 p.m., Al WilkersonScholarship Dance spon-sored by the African-American AlumniCouncil, $20 per person,Doubletree Hotel.

Other events includeHall of Fame Celebration(6 p.m. Nov. 3, KennonSports Hall of Fame) andHall of Fame induction(noon Nov. 4, outsideKennon Sports Hall ofFame), open house hostedby Darrell Freeman at hishome in Brentwood(R.S.V.P. to 615-898-2718or e-mail [email protected]), Horace JonesField sign rededicationceremony, Varsity Clubreception and more.

Visit www.mtalumni.com for details or call1-800-533-MTSU.

2006 Homecoming highlights

Welcome from page 1Doubletree Hotel will conclude thecelebration.

“We have several new and excit-ing events to offer everybody thisyear,” said Patience Long, MTSUAlumni Relations assistant director.We think there’s something for every-one. We hope to see you on campus.”

The new events will include the9:30 a.m. Nov. 4 Mixer on Middle andTennessee’s Best Alumni Tailgate,where the Colleges of Basic andApplied Sciences, Jennings A. JonesCollege of Business, Liberal Arts,Mass Communication and Educationand Behavioral Science will have a“tent city” atmosphere in WalnutGrove for alumni from these respec-tive colleges.

“The Mixer on Middle is a newtradition,” Long said, adding thatalumni can receive a free continentalbreakfast, pay $10 for a beveragewristband and watch the parade fromthe Alumni House lawn at 2259Middle Tennessee Blvd.

“With the Tennessee’s BestAlumni Tailgate,” Long said, “wehope alumni reconnect with facultyand staff and reunite with formerclassmates. Individual colleges mayuse this opportunity to establish andcultivate relationships with alumniand friends of the university whilesupporting student and alumni inter-action.”

For Shane Fortner, homecomingdirector, and the Student Government

Association committee, “one of themain focuses was to include groupsthat haven’t previously participated(in homecoming) and small organiza-tions. We also want to have a goodmix of competitive and noncompeti-tive events.”

Small student organizations maywant to enter the small float categorywith future hopes of advancing to thelarge float category, Fortner said.

One of the main midweek eventsfor students will be a theme-partyDecade Dance, which will be heldstarting at 8 p.m. in the JUB TennesseeRoom. It will be headlined by TheWooten Brothers featuring RockWilliams.

“There will be free entry for a tooldonation,” said Fortner, who addedthat Habitat for Humanity will be theprimary recipient for the tool dona-tions.

Fortner said a new student eventwill be a horseshoe competition fortwo-man teams in the KUC Knollarea. Winners will receive a new iPod.

The Chili Cook-Off will be “aneven bigger event this year,” Fortnersaid. “We’ll have a carnival-likeatmosphere.”

For children, there will be Trick orTreat at the Grove from 5 until 7 p.m.Monday, Oct. 30, and kids and BabyRaiders can walk in the homecomingparade at 10 a.m. Nov. 4.

A schedule of homecoming eventhighlights is shown at right.

T he Norwegian NobelCommittee announced Oct. 11that the 2006 Nobel Peace

Prize will go to a former MTSU pro-fessor, Dr. Muhammad Yunus, andhis brainchild, Grameen Bank.

Yunus, who earned a Ph.D. fromVanderbilt University, was an assis-tant professor of economics at MTSUfrom 1969 to 1972. Dr. Hans Mueller,department chair from 1969-1973,hired him in 1969.

“I needed somebody around toask questions on economic theory,and Yunus was always on the cut-ting edge,” Mueller recalls.

A colleague of Yunus, economicsand finance associate professor Dr.Kiyoshi Kawahito, says Yunus was“scholarly and a global thinker. He

also had a good sense of humor.” Yunus, a pioneer in the field of

microcredit in his native Bangladesh,was lauded by the Nobel committee“for [his] efforts to create social andeconomic develop-ment from below,”according towww.nobelprize.org.

“Loans to poorpeople without anyfinancial securityhad appeared to bean impossible idea.From modestbeginnings threedecades ago, Yunushas ... through Grameen Bank, devel-oped micro-credit into an ever moreimportant instrument in the struggleagainst poverty.”

Yunus started by lending $27 toa group of 42 people in 1976 to help

them purchase weaving stools. Byusing the weaving stools to improvetheir economic status, the borrowersrepaid Yunus in short order. Fromthis humble start, Grameen Bankwas created. According towww.grameen-info.org, the institutionoffers credit to “the poorest of thepoor” without demanding collateral.

Mueller notes that this was arevolutionary concept when it wasintroduced because the World Bankand the International Monetary Fundwere bankrolling huge projects thatnever really seemed to do much forpoverty-stricken areas of the world.

“This was the oppositeapproach, beginning with very smallincentives,” Mueller says. “Thesepeople really wanted to work. Theyjust needed to get started.”

Mueller, who regularly lunchedwith Yunus, remembers him as a

very warm person.“He was very serious when he

talked about serious things. He waswell-read and could talk well aboutmany different things,” Mueller says.

As a teacher at MTSU, Yunusspecialized in both macroeconomictheory and microeconomic theory, acombination that is rare in today’seconomics professors, Mueller says.

Dr. Billy Balch, professor emeri-tus, economics and finance from1964 to 1998, says Yunus was “a verylikable person” and “a very profes-sional person, very intelligent.

“Although he wasn’t the type ofperson who socialized very muchwith other faculty, he was very stu-dious and a very hard worker. I’mnot surprised that he has succeed-ed,” Balch says of his former col-league.

Former MTSU economics professor receives Nobel Peace Prizeby Gina K. Logueand Tom Tozer

Yunus

D r. Cindi Smith-Walters keepsthe MTSU Center forEnvironmental Education’s

award-winning tradition alive.On Sept. 23, Smith-Walters, center

director and professor in the biologydepartment, received the TennesseeEnvironmental Education AssociationDistinguished Service Award. It waspresented during the organization’sannual meeting, held this year atMontgomery Bell State Park in Burns.

Environmental education col-league Dr. Padgett Kelly earned thesame distinction in 2005.

“I was very surprised, very hon-ored and very flattered, because a lotof environmental education folks do alot of things on theirown time and withour own money anddon’t get a lot ofrecognition or appre-ciation,” Smith-Walters said. “To berecognized by peo-ple I respect is thehighest kind ofhonor.”

TEEA officialswrote on the plaque she received thatthe award was being given “for years

of inspiring untold numbers of stu-dents and volunteers to learn moreand share their knowledge about thenatural world through hard work,excellent instruction, unparalleledleadership and by never being afraidto take the cat by the tail!”

Added center colleague KarenHargrove, “Cindi is someone who hasspent years doing environmental edu-cation to a broad audience of infor-mal—adult organizations, Boys andGirls Clubs, Girl Scouts and naturecenter presentations—to formal,where it’s in the classroom. She hasdone environmental education in theclassroom for 20 years in Tennessee.

“Cindi taught me. She has taughtpeople how to think about issues andthe multiple sides of an (environmen-tal) issue.”

Smith-Walters has served on theTennessee Environmental EducationAssociation’s board as secretary andconference chair and conference com-mittee member.

Her many past awards includethe MTSU Foundation Award forteaching and public service, TEEASpecial Recognition Award for out-standing service and the TennesseeForestry Association’s TennesseeForest Resource Award.

TEEA thanks Smith-Walters for ‘distinguished service’

page 6 The Record Oct. 23, 2006

by Randy Weiler

Smith-Walters

GREAT WORK!—Christopher Crowell, left, chairman of MTSU'sEmployee Recognition Committee, presents Michelle Higdon,executive aide for the Department of Computer Science, with theuniversity's Second Quarter 2006 Secretarial/Clerical Award asdepartment chairman Dr. Richard Detmer looks on. TheEmployee Recognition Committee salutes staffers who make out-standing contributions and demonstrate excellence in their roles.To nominate an administrative, secretarial/clerical, classified ortechnical/service co-worker for the award program, downloadan Employee Recognition nomination form at hrs.web.mtsu.edu/forms.html and submit it to Human Resource Services, CAB 217.

photo by J. Intintoli

Rewarding excellence

I van Pulinkala, director of dance at Kennesaw State University, wasscheduled to begin a week’s visit at MTSU on Oct. 22 to work withmembers of the MTSU Dance Theatre to produce a show at the end of

his stay. Also during his stay, Pulinkala will lecture and teach a modern dance

class. All classes are open for participation, and rehearsals are open forobservation.

According to his biography, available online at www.kennesaw.edu/theatre/ BIOs/Pulinkala.htm, Pulinkala is originally from New Delhi, India,and has worked professionally in the field of dance and musical theaterboth in India and the United States. He served as the choreographer-in-res-idence for Delhi Music Theatre and was named among the 25 Indianartists of the Millennium by India Today Magazine in its December 1999issue.

“This is a great opportunity for our students and for the campus com-munity,” said Jeff Gibson, assistant professor of speech and theatre.

Pulinkala’s residency schedule includes the following (all in Room 140of the Fairview Building):

• Monday, Oct. 23—Modern Dance I (12:40-2:05 p.m.), rehearsal (6-9p.m.);

• Tuesday, Oct. 24—Modern Dance III (8-9:25 a.m.), rehearsal (7:30-10p.m.);

• Wednesday, Oct. 25—Ballet II as Modern Dance (4:10-5:35 p.m.),rehearsal (6-9 p.m.); and

• Thursday, Oct. 26— Modern Dance II (4:20-5:45 p.m.), rehearsal(7:30-10 p.m.).

On Friday, Oct. 27, Pulinkala will present a lecture in the UniversityHonors College Amphitheatre on “The Sensuality of Indian Movement.”The 9:10-10:15 a.m. lecture is free and open to the public.

On Saturday, Oct. 28, Pulinkala will conduct an MTSU Dance TheatreClass (9-10:15 a.m.) in Fairview 140, followed by a staging of the work at10:15. For more information about Pulinkala’s visit, call 615-904-8392.

Kennesaw dance instructorbegins residency this weekby Thad Mitchell

T he historic Ryman Auditoriumwill resound with the spirit ofthe arts when prize-winning

singer Ginny Owens and other artistsfrom Vision, Strength and ArtisticExpression, also known as VSA artsTennessee, take the stage for VSA atthe Ryman at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday,Oct. 25.

The concert, which is open to thepublic, will feature the talents of DoveAward winner Owens, Laura Dodd,Carol Ponder and Chris O’Brien—four acclaimed musicians who havenot let their disabilities get in the wayof their success, said Lori Kissinger,executive director of VSA artsTennessee and an instructor forMTSU’s speech and theatre depart-ment.

The program also will feature per-formances by Daniel Janvrin, WesHeydel, Seth Link and Angela Mosley,winners of the VSA arts TennesseeYoung Soloists Award.

Additionally, Kissinger noted, theevening will honor TennesseeCommissioner of Education LanaSeivers, who has been a strong sup-porter of VSA arts Tennessee, whichcreates opportunities for people withdisabilities to learn through, partici-

pate in and enjoy the arts.Kissinger said that VSA arts

Tennessee, which was founded in2000 as an affiliate of the Washington,D.C.,- based VSA arts International,will present Seivers, an MTSU alumna(B.S. ‘72), with the 2006 VSA arts

Tennessee Award ofExcellence for anarts supporter dur-ing the concert.

“Seivers hasbeen instrumental insecuring state andfederal funding forVSA arts, includinga Challenge Americagrant from the

NationalEndowment for the Arts,” Kissingernoted. “(And) she also helped arrangea performance for children with dis-abilities that will take place earlier onOct. 25 at the Ryman.”

Among the initiatives VSA artsTennessee has launched are astatewide Arts in Education program,Kissinger said, and a statewide careerforum for artists in partnership withthe Tennessee Arts Commission.

Tickets to the Oct. 25 event are$20 and may be purchased online atwww.VsaArtsTennessee.org or by calling615-826-5252.

VSA arts Tennessee setsperformance at Rymanby Lisa L. Rollins

Seivers

been impressed with the direction andsignificant achievements of MTSU, andI am convinced that even more remark-able achievements in athletics and aca-demics lie ahead.”

“Bob McLean’s extremely gener-ous gift that emphasizes both academ-ics and athletics represents the totalityof what a university should be,”McPhee said. “We are grateful beyondmeasure to Bob for his commitment toMiddle Tennessee State University.This will affect the lives of thousandsof students and many faculty for gen-erations to come.”

McLean, principal of McLean &Company Investments and longtimefriend and supporter of his alma mater,established MTSU’s School of Music as part of thenational and international landscape in 2002 whenhis $1.5 million donation provided for the purchaseof 54 Steinway pianos.

Earning the designation as an “All SteinwaySchool,” MTSU joined a select company thatincluded The Juilliard School, Oberlin CollegeConservatory, Vassar College, the University ofMelbourne Faculty of Music and Beijing’s ChinaConservatory of Music.

A year later, McPhee announced the newlynamed MTSU Robert W. McLean School of Music.“We are delighted and honored to put BobMcLean’s name on our School of Music,” the presi-dent said at that time.

“I believe that MTSU is the single most impor-tant asset in this community,” McLean responded.“If you look at all of the things it adds to thisregion—the economic impact, the cultural benefits,the access to education—you see the impact itmakes on the quality of people’s lives.

“I sincerely hope that others will follow mylead and support this great university that has con-tributed so much to so many,” he added.

Chairman of the board of the McLean Family

Charitable Fund, McLean also is anavid supporter of the Blue RaiderAthletic Association, the KAMemorial Scholarship, the ChuckTaylor Golf Tournament, the John T.Bragg Sr. Scholarship and thePresidential Scholarship program.The Robert W. McLeanDistinguished Assistant ProfessorAward in the Jennings A. JonesCollege of Business is named forhim, and he and is a member of theJones College Advisory Board.

In addition, McLean serves as anMTSU Foundation trustee and is amember of the Board of Officers ofthe Country Music Hall of Fame andMuseum. Recently, McLean pro-duced the feature film “Our VeryOwn,” a story about his hometown of Shelbyville,Tenn.

Emmett Kennon, Blue Raider baseball and foot-ball letterman (B.S. ‘38) and the $1 million donor,along with his wife, Rose, for whom MTSU’sKennon Sports Hall of Fame is named, also was

recognized during the Oct. 6 game for his donationof $500,000 to the capital campaign for the universi-ty’s new $5 million baseball stadium.

Construction of the 3,000-seat facility at ReeseSmith Field is due to begin next spring with com-pletion targeted for the first pitch of the 2008 base-ball season.

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Gifts from page 1

MUCH APPRECIATED—Alumnus Bob McLean,standing center in the photo at left, poses with a $1 mil-lion check earmarked for MTSU academics and athlet-ics during a break in the MT-Louisville football game atLP Field in Nashville. With McLean are, from left,MTSU First Lady Liz McPhee, President Sidney A.McPhee and Director of Athletics Chris Massaro. In thephoto below, alumnus Emmett Kennon, center left, isrecognized during the same game for his $500,000donation to the new MTSU baseball stadium. JoiningKennon are, from left, Massaro, former Blue Raiderpitcher Steve Smith (for whose father, Reese Smith Jr.,the baseball field is named), the McPhees and baseballHead Coach Steve “Pete” Peterson.

photos by Jack Ross

Giving from page 1Dr. Sidney A. McPhee, MTSU presi-dent.

“To share our blessings in whatev-er way we can with our neighbors inneed, neighbors who may indeed bestriving for a new beginning, is anopportunity we can’t pass up.”

Faculty and staff can give by pay-roll deduction to any charitable organ-ization included on a list of nine inde-pendent charities and three federatedcharitable organizations, Lea said,including Community HealthCharities, Community Shares andlocal United Ways.

Pledge forms arebeing distributednow following theOct. 19 campaignkickoff.

The pledge formand campaignbrochure read thesame as in previousyears, but this yearthey’re availableonline. The cam-paign Web site,

www.mtsu.edu/givemtsu, has additionalinformation.

Pledge forms should be returnedby Nov. 10.

“Fellow employees, this is onevery important way we can exhibitour true-blue spirit to this communi-ty,“ Lea said.

“Please contribute to MTSUBuilding a Brighter Tomorrow forMurfreesboro, Rutherford County andbeyond.”

For more information, contact Leaat 615-898-2512.

Lea

A my Dolan, a Broadway actress who also servesas an outreach coordinator for the Actors’ EquityAssociation, will present an interactive session

on “Equity’s Student Outreach Seminar” at 4:30 p.m.Tuesday, Oct. 24, in the Cason-Kennedy NursingBuilding’s Room 123.

The AEA, commonly referredto as Equity, is the labor union thatrepresents more than 45,000 actorsand stage managers in the UnitedStates, and Dolan’s free seminar isdesigned to help preprofessionalactors and stage managers considertheir career options with regard toEquity, said Jeff Gibson, assistantprofessor of speech and theatre.

The multimedia seminar “is designed to informfuture members about the advantages of union member-ship, as well as to encourage them to carefully weigh the

decision of becoming a member,” Gibson said.In the past year, Dolan has visited universities from

New York University to the University of California inSan Diego. During her MTSU stopover, “students willexperience a dynamic presentation and candid, honestdescriptions of Amy’s experiences in the entertainmentindustry,” observed Gibson, who describes the Oct. 24event as “a great opportunity for any student consider-ing a career in the performing arts.”

In addition to working as an administrator and edu-cator for AEA, Dolan is a seasoned actor whose experi-ence includes roles on Broadway and as part of nationaltouring companies, including portraying Rizzo in“Grease,” roles in Hal Prince’s “Showboat” in Londonand the role of Anytime Annie in the Broadway revivalof “42nd Street,” among many other productions in theUnited States and Europe.

Dolan became an AEA member at age 7 and joinedthe association’s staff in 2005. Her MTSU visit is spon-sored in part by the university’s Distinguished LectureFund.

Equity rep slates seminar for studentsfrom Staff Reports

T he Midgett name continues tostand tall at MTSU. DonMidgett, the son of noted for-

mer MTSU professor and administra-tor E.W. “Wink” Midgett, and brotherof former Blue Raiders golfing stand-out Dan Midgett, showed Oct. 4 thathe also knows what to do with a golfclub in his hands.

Don Midgett helped his team to afirst-place showing in the 13th annu-al Danner Invitational Golf Tourna-ment at Nashville’s Hermitage GolfCourse. Midgett, Steve Cope, alum-nus Jamey King (B.S. ’79) and Frankie

Bowers recorded a 15-under-par 57on the President’s Reserve.

“We teamed well,” Midgett said.“The weather was perfect.”

“The course was in great shape,”King added.

The late “Wink” Midgett, forwhom the Midgett Building andparking lot near Floyd Stadium arenamed, also has the UniversityHonors College’s E.W. “Wink”Midgett Room (106) named in hishonor. He was a faculty member andDepartment of Business Educationchairman in the then-School ofBusiness and Industry.

The late Dan Midgett played for

MTSU Hall of Fame Coach E.K.Patty’s 1965 NCAA College Divisionnational championship team.

The Danner tournament raisedabout $50,000 (before expenses) forthe Neill-Sandler Scholars at MTSUprogram, which has awarded schol-arships to 75 students since 1999.

“This is one of the great days wehave at MTSU,” said Joe Bales, vicepresident of development and uni-versity relations. “It's one of the mostunique scholarships in the nation. Itrecognizes and rewards studentswho've overcome significant adversi-ty.”

Midgett tradition continues at Danner tourney by Randy Weiler

Works by Erin Anfinson (art) areshowcased in the ticket lobby ofNashville International Airportthrough Dec. 3 as part of the facility’s“Arts at the Airport” autumn 2006exhibit. To view her work, visitwww.flynashville.com/arts and click onthe “Current Art Exhibits” link.

Dr. Yang Soo Kim (speech andtheatre) presented “InterculturalLeadership in the GlobalizedBusiness Environment” at the 2006Tennessee CommunicationAssociation’s annual meeting Sept.29-30 at MTSU.

Dr. Kim Cleary Sadler (biologyand Center for EnvironmentalEducation) and graduate biology stu-dent Karen Metius-House presenteda poster, “Hands-on and Hypothesis-Based Learning in the MiddleTennessee Cedar Glades” Oct. 10 atthe Fourth NAAEE (North AmericanAssociation for EnvironmentalEducation) Research Symposium inSt. Paul, Minn. Sadler serves as amember of the NAAEE Research

Commission. Sadler also co-presenteda session with Dr. Jean DeSaix (UNC,Chapel Hill) on “MentoringLaboratory Graduate Students inInquiry-Based Methods” Oct. 12 atthe National Association of BiologyTeachers Conference in Albuquerque.

Drs. Gerry Scheffelmaier (busi-ness communication and entrepre-neurship) and Victoria Dawn Shelar(recreation and leisure services) pre-sented “Dreamweaver Tutorial:Making it Simple” at the TennesseeBusiness Education Conference Sept.22-23. Scheffelmaier, Shelar and col-leagues from Utah State Universityand the University of Wisconsin-EauClaire also presented “An EmpiricalStudy of the 110 Largest E-CommerceSites Comparing Website Features toConversion Rates” at the Internation-al Association of Computer Informa-tion Systems Oct. 5 in Reno, Nev., andScheffelmaier and colleagues fromUtah State also presented “WhyVisitors Leave Websites WithoutBuying: Toward a Unified Theory ofWebsite Design” at IACIS in Reno.

Drs. Victoria Dawn Shelar andTara Perry (recreation and leisureservices) presented “Are YouConsidering a Career in Recreational

Therapy?” at the Health ScienceSymposium Oct. 4 in Nashville.

Dr. Mark Anshel’s (health andhuman performance) chapter,“Perfectionism and CompetitiveSport,” is included in Volume 2005 ofthe Stress and Anxiety ResearchSociety’s Stress and Anxiety—Application to Health, Work Place,Community, and Education, recentlypublished by Cambridge ScholarsPress. His article “What is Missingfrom Current Exercise Interventionsand What to Do About It: TheImportant Role of Health Psychol-ogy” is included in the Fall 2006 issueof The Health Psychologist.

E-mail your faculty/staff accom-plishments to [email protected] or faxto 615-898-5714, Attention: The Record,Faculty/Staff Update. If your depart-ment isn’t receiving enough copies ofThe Record, please e-mail [email protected] with “Record Circulation” inthe subject line.

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Faculty/Staff Update

Events Around Campus

M asaaki and Chikako Tanaka,two distinguished Japaneseartists, will display their

work through Friday, Nov. 3, in theTodd Gallery at MTSU.

A reception for the Tanakas isslated for 9 a.m. to noon Saturday,Oct. 28, in the gallery. The reception isfree and open to the public.

In addition, the Tanakas will par-ticipate in interactive seminars andworkshops with MTSU students andfaculty during their stay in America.

Dr. Kiyoshi Kawahito, director ofthe Japan-U.S. Program at MTSU,introduced Masaaki Tanaka toThurston Moore of Nashville severalyears ago.

“Thurston became Tanaka’s U.S.agent almost instantaneously, as hewas impressed by Tanaka arts,”Kawahito recalls.

“(Masaaki Tanaka) is a master inthe use of the paper stencil techniqueof screenprinting, the process bywhich colors and shapes are layeredonto paper and coalesce, after manyapplications, into the finished image,”Dr. Lon Nuell, professor of art, says.

“Tanaka’s imagery ranges fromthe great tradition of the Japanese cel-ebratory festival to landscapes,”Nuell observes. “His festival imagesare bold and full of energy—a resultof his technical mastery of the paper

stencil process, his strong under-standing of the power of compositionand use of color.”

By contrast, Chikako Tanaka’stempera paintings display a more del-icate technique, Nuell says.

“Her work is fanciful, ethereal insome instances, suggesting thedream-like imagery of the surreal-ists,” Nuell says. “Other imagesreflect the people and objects whichshe knows from everyday life in away that reflects the quietness foundmore in the past than the present, butthat is an essential part of life.”

The exhibition is made possibleby The Tennessee Players, Inc., whichrepresents the Tanakas in the UnitedStates, the Japan Foundation of NewYork, the Japan-U.S. Program ofMTSU and MTSU’s College of LiberalArts and Department of Art.

Masaaki Tanaka was born inTokyo in 1947. He graduated fromMusashino Art University in 1971,majoring in oil painting. He educatedhimself in silkscreen after learningwood-block printmaking and stonelithography while making repeatedvisits to Europe and the UnitedStates. His solo exhibition at theMatsuri Festival in Tokyo in 1974included 38 silkscreen artworks.

For 10 years, Tanaka presented aseries of his work on the cover pageof Shukan Shincho, one of the mostfamous weekly magazines in Japan.In the United States, Tanaka exhibitedhis prints in such venues as NewYork, Boston, Los Angeles, Chicago,San Francisco, Seattle, Dallas/FortWorth, Nashville, Hawaii andMemphis.

Tanaka's work can be found inthe collections of the Art Institute ofChicago, the Honolulu Museum of

Art, the AlbrechtFine Art Museum,the JapanFoundation of NewYork and others.His artwork coversthe entire longwall of theAsakusa Stationof the recentlyopened TsukubaExpress railwayin Tokyo.

MasaakiTanaka’s Websites arehttp://tanaka-fineart.com andwww.masaakitanaka.co.jp.

ChikakoTanaka grad-uated fromMusashino Art University, majoringin oil painting. She married Masaakiimmediately upon graduating, work-ing for the next 20 years as a motherand homemaker. In 1994, she present-ed her art at the Ichiyo Exhibition.

The Tanakas offered joint exhibi-tions at Ando Gallery in 2000 and inNashville in 2002 and 2004. In 2003and 2004, Chikako hosted a solo dis-play at North Carolina Gallery. HerWeb site is www.chikakotanaka.jp.

The Todd Gallery is open from8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday.Admission is free.

Guest parking permits areavailable at the MTSU ParkingServices building just off EastMain Street in Murfreesboro.

For more information, callNuell at 615-898-5653 or 615-898-2505.

World-renowned artists’ work on displayby Gina K. Logue

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‘BOLD’ AND‘FANCIFUL’—MasaakiTanaka’s“Nebuta”(1974), shownat left, and

ChikakoTanaka’s“Sunset” (2003),below, are

among theworks on dis-play throughNov. 3 in theTodd Gallery.

artworksubmitted