Aug. 30, 1999 
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 Doug Tattershall Taunya Phillips, a new engineering faculty member, said her goal at UK is to foster an environment where minority students feel they can be successful. |
"I want to create an environment
where minority students feel comfortable and where they feel
they can succeed," she said. Phillips said the retention of African-American engineering students is her top priority. "You want the student to graduate," she said. "You've got to recruit minorities, but once they get here, they've got to be able to perform academically." |
Over the summer, family studies professor Greg Brock literally
ran past some milestones in his life. He jogged his 9,000th mile
this decade and won his first gold medal in the States Games
of America.
Brock participated in the games, the amateur
version of the Olympic Games, in St. Louis after winning a gold
medal at the state-level Bluegrass Games earlier this year. In
St. Louis, he won the gold medal in the 50 to 54 age group in
the 5K run.
| "I didn't think I would do that well,"
Brock said. "I was in good shape but not great condition.
When you go to such an event, you know the competition will be
tough. I was just hoping to do well." In winning the race, Brock set a record time of 17:18, which he will hold at least until the next games in two years. But winning was not on Brock's mind as he prepared to run. "Racing, for me, is a goal that keeps me running and exercising," he said. "Feeling fit and feeling good are the reasons I run." Although he ran track in high school, Brock was not a serious runner until the early 1990s. To combat health problems, he had to choose between medicines and exercise. |
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Donald C. Haney, director of the Kentucky Geological Survey
and geology professor at the University of Kentucky, has been
named the recipient of the 1999 William E. "Bill" Lyons
Award for Outstanding Service to the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
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Haney was recognized for broadening the scope of the geological survey in a number of areas, including environmental protection, resource availability and water supply. "Time after time, when he recognized needs, he organized support from government officials and private citizens to attack the problem. He wrote legislation, found legislative sponsors and gave persuasive testimony about the needs for programs," according to the Lyons Award citation. |
Donald C. Haney |
Gibbs wins Nestor Award
Robin E. Gibbs, auxiliary services general manager/food services,
was awarded the Nestor Creativity Award in July. The University
award is given to a staff member of a Lexington Campus administration
sector who makes suggestions for more efficient operations, safer
operations, improved productivity, cost savings or otherwise
demonstrates distinguishing attitudes, initiative or creativity.
Other nominees for the 1998 award were Norma
Jean Coleman, agricultural communication services; Patia L. Hanlin,
Kentucky EPSCoR; Frank Hawks, treasurer's office; Connie G. Johnson,
Human Resource Services; Richard E. Mundell, agronomy; and Bill
Young, Center for Robotics and Manufacturing Systems.
Lovell wins international award
Mike Lovell, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, recently
found himself in the international spotlight as the winner of
the 1999 Milton C. Shaw Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer
Award given by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers. Only 11
people received the 1999 Shaw Award.
Lovell's work includes the creation of finite
element software for manufacturing process simulation. His virtual
simulation software reduces a product's design cycle and overall
cost. Cross wedge rolling, a new metal forming technique, is
the subject of his current research.
He holds a joint appointment with mechanical engineering and
the Center for Robotics and Manufacturing Systems.
Publications
- The University Press
of Kentucky has published two new books in its Irish studies
series edited by Jonathan Allison, English department. The books
are: "But the Irish Sea Betwixt Us: Ireland, Colonialism
and Renaissance Literature" by Andrew Murphy and "Passage
to the Center: Imagination and the Sacred in the Poetry of Seamus
Heaney" by Daniel Tobin. Two more books will be published
in 1999: "Tongue of Water, Teeth of Stones: Northern Irish
Poetry and Social Violence" by Jonathan Hufstader and "Beckett
in Black and Red: Samuel Beckett's Translations for Nancy Cunard's
1934 'Negro Anthology'" by Alan Friedman.
Presentations
- Jonathan Allison, English,
was an invited speaker at the New York W.B.Yeats Society April
17 where he gave a lecture titled "Yeats' Poetry of the
Irish Civil War."
- Greg Copley, Kentucky Business Environmental Assistance Program,
gave two presentations at the Small Business Ombudsman/Small
Business Assistance Program's annual conference. One presentation
centered on the program's successes in developing partnerships
with other small business assistance organizations. The second
presentation discussed the program's marketing efforts. He also
moderated a session at the National Pollution Prevention Roundtable
on "Establishing Partnerships."
- K. Clark Dorman, Kentucky Business Environmental Assistance
Program, gave a presentation on "Working with Enforcement"
at the Small Business Ombudsman/Small Business Assistance Program's
annual conference.
- John Erickson, French, presented papers on French-speaking
African authors at two conferences: the Conference on African
Literatures North-South and Diaspora Linkages held in Fez, Morocco,
March 10-13 and at the Conference on Globalization and Multiculturalism
held at the University of North Carolina March 25-27.
- Rupert Pickens, French, presented a paper this summer on cultural
interaction in 12th-century France and England at the International
Arthurian Society meeting at the University of Toulouse.
Awards
- Five Lexington Community College
employees received awards as outstanding staff members during
the college's annual year-end celebration in the spring. The
awards honor staff members who exhibit a high degree dedication,
commitment to students, professionalism and enthusiasm. The awards
worth $600 were presented to Sydney Baseheart, Kelly Bevins,
Beverly Drake, Ginger Porter and Rick Rydz.
- David Gater, physical medicine and rehabilitation, has been
selected to receive the 1999 Physician Scientist Award from the
University of Kentucky Hospital under the Physician Scientist
Program.
- Robert Harmon, animal science, received the George E. Mitchell
Jr. Outstanding Faculty Award for Service to Graduate Students
from the Kentucky Chapter of Gamma Sigma Delta agricultural honor
society in April.
- George Heerschee Jr., animal
science, received the M.D. Whiteker Award for Excellence in Extension
from the Kentucky Chapter of Gamma Sigma Delta agricultural honor
society in April.
- Susan Jordan, finance, was recently named the "Outstanding
Finance Faculty Member" by the Financial Management Association.
She also was honored for outstanding service to the finance profession
as president of the Midwest Finance Association.
- A.D. Karathanasis, agronomy, has been awarded a Fulbright grant
for Greece during the 1999-2000 academic year.
- The Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center was presented
the Destiny Award by the Kentucky Employers Mutual Insurance
Co. at the Governor's Safety and Health Network annual meeting
in Louisville May 6. This award is for leadership and excellence
in improving workplace safety.
- Joy V. Long, administrative staff officer in the College of
Agriculture, was presented the Gamma Sigma Delta Distinguished
Service Award by the Kentucky Chapter of Gamma Sigma Delta agricultural
honor society in April.
- Sue Nokes, agricultural engineer in the College of Agriculture,
received the Gamma Sigma Delta Master Teacher Award from the
Kentucky Chapter of Gamma Sigma Delta agricultural honor society
in April.
- Christopher L. Schardl, plant pathology in the College of Agriculture,
received the T.P. Cooper Research Award from the Kentucky Chapter
of Gamma Sigma Delta agricultural honor society in April.
Research and other funding
- Patsy Anderson,
Kentucky Transportation Center, $100,000, "FHWA/LTAP Technology
Transfer to Local Agencies."
- Warren Anderson, Kentucky Geological Survey, $100,000, "Generating
1:100,000 Scale Geologic Maps from Digital 1:24,000 Geologic
Quadrangle Maps for the Kentucky River."
- James Applegate, communications, $127,700, "Senior Fellow
at the Council of Postsecondary Education."
- Joseph Berger, neurology, $111,827, "University of Cincinnati
AIDS Clinical Trials Unit."
- Robert Blouin, pharmacology/toxicology, $120,130, "Mechanism
of Chloroquine Induced Retinopathy."
- Thomas Curry, obstetrics and gynecology, $196,148, "Metalloproteinases
in Human Ovarian Physiology."
- Sylvia Daunert, chemistry, $128,000, "Optical Sensing
Based on Inducible Bacterial Luminescence."
- Steven Estus, physiology, $196,151, "EPA and Plasmin Modulate
Amyloid Beta."
- James Geddes, Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, $122,053, Alzheimer's
Disease Research Center: Project 2."
- Stephen Gedney, electrical engineering, $155,000, "DOD/DEPSCoR:
Fast High-Order Boundary Element Solutions of Planar Microwave
Circuits and Devices."
- Myron Jacobson, pharmaceutics, $300,343, "Cyclic ADP-Ribose
Metabolism in Oxidative Cell Death."
- Charlotte Kaetzel, pathology, $189,908, "Regulation of
the Polymeric Immunoglobulin Receptor."
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Robert Littrell, pharmacy clinical practice, $867,109, "Performance
Measurement System."
- William Markesbery, Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, $358,917,
"Alzheimer's Disease Research Center: Clinical Core C;"
$109,625, "Alzheimer's Disease Research Center: SDTC No.
2;" $139,546, Alzheimer's Disease Research Center: Neuropathology
Core D."
- Mark Mattson, Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, $147,182, Alzheimer's
Disease Research Center: Project 1."
- Kenneth Olsen, Interdisciplinary Human Development, $400,000,
"Inclusive Large Scale Standards and Assessment Tennessee."
- Ok-Kyon Park-Sarge, physiology, $198,144, "Regulation
and Function of Estrogen Receptor B in Ovary."
- B.K. Parekh, Center for Applied Energy Research, $122,068,
"Development and Demonstration of Integrated Carbon Recovery
System from Fine Coal Processing Wastes."
- Jeffrey Peters, French, received an NEH Summer Stipend. He
spent the summer working on the topic of allegorical maps in
17th-century France. Peters' article, "Ideology, Culture
and the Threat of Allegory in Chapelain's Theory of 'la vraisemblance,'"
appeared in the "Romanic Review."
- Asit Ray, chemical and materials engineering, $160,000, "Role
of Particle-Vapor Interactions on the Fate of Various Constituents
of Indoor Air."
- Brian Rymond, biological sciences, $197,527, "Function
of snRNP Particles in Pre-mRNA Splicing."
- Kevin Sarge, biochemistry, $330,000, "Regulation of Proto-Oncogene
Expression by Heat Shock Transcription Factors."
- Eric Smart, physiology, $200,000, "The Role of CD36 and
Lipoproteins in Hypertension."
- Daret St. Clair, Graduate Center for Toxicology, $206,963,
"Mechanism of MnSOD Expression in Normal and Tumor Cells."
- L.S. Stephens, mechanical engineering, $178,628, "Electromagnetic
Suspension Two Axis Gimbal Satellite Phase II."
- Sadia Zoubir-Shaw, French, has been awarded a grant by the
Cultural Services of the French Embassy for a "stage professional"
to take place July 20-Aug. 6. The training will be in "French
for Business and Economics" at the International Center
for Linguistic Studies in Strasbourg.
- Phyllis Wise, physiology, $299,863, "The Molecular and
Cellular Basis of Brain Aging."
Housing
- House for rent: Jan. 15-July
15, 2000. Furnished seven-rooms, five minute walk to UK and grocery
shopping. $600/month plus utilities. Call 268-0107 or 257-2852.
- House for rent: 103 Clyde St., attractive 2-story, 3-bedroom,
1.5-bath, garage, basement, central air. Spectacular interior,
newly-renovated kitchen. 2.7 miles from campus. $675. Non-smokers
only. Contact Eric Durbin, 257-4581, ericd@delos.kcr.uky.edu.
Deaths
- Vasant P. Bhapkar, associate
professor in the Department of Statistics, died July 23.
- Joseph A. Bryant Jr., retired professor in the Department of
English, died May 4.
- Caroline R. Busseni, retired supervisor in the Department of
Food Services, died July 19.
- Patricia A. Butler, long-term disability, staff assistant with
the UK Research Foundation, died June 22.
- Martha G. Carr, retired co-chairperson of the Department of
Physical Education, died July 15.
- Dorothy L. Clark, retired county extension clerk in the Department
of Area Extension Programs, died July 8.
- Jayne B. Douglass, long-term disability, clinical nurse manager
in the Department of Operating Room Services, died July 20.
- Mark A. Gall, programs systems senior in the Department of
Hospital Applications, died April 27 in an auto accident.
- Helmut Albert Gordon, retired professor and acting chairman
in the Department of Pharmacology, died July 19.
- Frank George Ham, retired assistant football coach, died Aug.
1.
- Brian Harden, active flight paramedic in the Department of
Hospital Transport Service, died in a helicopter crash June 14.
- Eleanor L. Hewins, retired staff assistant in the Department
of Area Extension Programs, died July 4.
- Ishmael Johnson, retired animal care supervisor in the Department
of Animal Care, died May 11.
- Betty L. Lee, account clerk III in the Department of Cooperstown/Shawneetown,
died April 28.
- Jean Ellyn Moon, long-term disability, fatality assessment
and control evaluation project manager at the Chandler Medical
Center's Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center, died
May 3.
- Mary M. Gooch, retired machine operator in the Department of
Central Duplicating, died May 3.
- Carl Hatton, retired lab technician in the Department of Animal
Science, died May 15.
- Leslie T. Jones Jr., retired lab technician in the Department
of Agronomy, died June 6.
- Mrs. Willie J. King, long-term disability, acting development
associate in University Relations, died Aug. 1.
- Frank A. Pattie, retired professor in the Department of Psychology,
died Aug. 6.
- Vivian A. Shraberg, retired clerk assistant in the Department
of Agricultural Economics, died July 7.
- Catherine Priscilla Stotz, retired secretary in the Department
of Steno Bureau, died July 27.
- Olga Angelucci Varrone, retired administrative assistant in
the Department of Alumni Association, died June 18.
- Lucille E. Warren, retired home demonstration extension agent
in the Department of Agricultural
Extension, died July 14.
- Harry E. Wheeler, retired professor in the Department of Pathology,
died July 10.
- Sheila M. Zellers, active clinical nurse in the Department
of Hospital Transport Service, died in a helicopter crash June
14.
Appointments
- Cheryl Huffman, registered
dental hygienist in the Periodontics Residency Program, College
of Dentistry, was installed as president of the Kentucky Dental
Hygienists' Association at the KDHA annual session April 9 in
Louisville and represented the association as its delegate to
the American Dental Hygienists' Association's annual session
June 17-22 in San Diego.
- Mary Stone, French, has been selected to teach in the Kentucky
Institute for International Studies program in the summer of
2000.
- Susan Jordan, finance, recently was elected to the position
of academic director of the Financial Management Association.
