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A Publication fol Employees of William Rainey llarper CollcgeVolume 9, l{umber 2

llarch 1994

Come, Gentle Spring!

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t7tside

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The President's

Messoge

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Focus On:

Heolth Service

4lnsider's View of

Julie Flennig

5lnside Horper

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Deportmentol

Developments

During a winter beset by snowstorms, subzelo temperatures and electrical outages thatresulted in campus closings, there was a beauty to the-campus. College photogjraphy tech.nician Stefan Adam captured glimpses ol it in these photos. .

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The Boord of Trustees here ot Horperis on octive ond professionol group ofcommunity leoders whose influence

extends for beyond the compus. I

wont to use this column to better

ocquoint oll of you with our Boord

ond to illustrote how they corry the

messoge of the College to the commu-nities in our district, ond to the stote

ond the notion.

Borboro Borton of Polotine ioined the

Horper Boqrd in 1985 ond hos

served os Boord choir. She nowseryes on ihe budget review commit-tee ond is o member of Friends ofHorper. As post president of thelllinois Community College Trustees

Associotion, she served on the publicrelotions, Excellence in Educotion,federol relotions ond stote relotionscommittees ond hos served on the

governonce ond bylows committee forthe Associotion of Community CollegeTrustees. She olso seryes os presidentof the Proirie Center for the Arts ondis o chorter member of the Women'sAlumni Group of the University ofSouthern Colifornio. Borboro is olsooctive in the Leogue of Women Votersond the Americon Associotion ofUniversity Women. She is retired fromher position os division soles monog-er of Avon Products, lnc.

Soroh Born of Arlington Heights is

serving her first term on the Horper.Boord, where she is octive on the

budget review committee. She is the

current Boord lioison to ihe lllinoisCom munity College Trustees

Associotion. ln oddition, she hos

served os president of United Woy ofArlington Heights ond Friends ofHorper, where she now seryes on the

boord. Soroh is olso octive in the

Arlington Heights Youth Commission,

hoving served os its choir, ond on the

Arlington Heights Environmentol

Commission ond lllinois Proirie GirlScout Council. She is the owner ofSoles by Soroh, on estote sole busi-

ness.

John Coste of Schoumburg ioined theHorper Boord in 1983 ond nowseryes on the budget review commit-tee. The former villoge monoger forthe City of Schoumburg, John hos

olso been o generous contributor to

ond volued supporter of the HorperCollege Educotionol Foundotion.

Kris Howord of Borrington hos been omember of the Horper Boord since1981, hoving served os its choir forsix yeors. She hos served on both the

budget ond benefits review commit-tees ond is olso o founding memberof Friends of Horper. Professionolly,Kris is director of morketing ond com-munity offoirs ot the Suburbon Bonkof Polotine ond olso served os theexecutive director of the GoldenCorridor economic development coun-cil. She currently seryes on the boordof directors of the United Woy/Crusode of Mercy for the metropolitonChicogo oreo ond choirs the steeringcommittee of Northwest 2001, o vol-unteer group thot oddresses regionolissues. A former choirmon of the

boord ot Northwest CommunityHospitol, Kris currently seryes os choirof its community services committee

ond on its finonce ond medicol offoirscommiltees. A former Girl Scoutleoder ond community choir, she olsoserved os the orgonizotion's councilpresident ond spent nine yeors on the

Notionol Boord of Girl Scouts of the

USA. She hos olso been octive withPEO, Bridge Youth Services, Resource

Center for the Elderly ond lnfont

Welfore. She wos instrumentol in the

estoblishment of Horper's onnuolWomen's History Week observonce.

Richord Kolze of Polotine, elected lost

foll, is the newest member of the

Horper Boord. Hoving served os

superintendent of High School District211 for 22 yeors, Dick is now on \

ossociote with Hozord, Young ondAssociotes, Ltd., o firm thot ossists

school districts in locoting ond hiringsuperintendents. A former member ofthe Horper Educotionol Foundotion,he hos olso been octive in ProirieCenter for the Arts, Resource Centerfor the Elderly, United Woy/Crusodeof Mercy, the Privote lndustry Councilond Rotory lnternotionol.

Lorry Moots of lnverness begon serv-

ing on the Horper Boord in 1969 os

the student trustee. He wos first elect-

ed to the Boord from 1972-1975 ondbegon his present tenure in 1987.During this time, he hos served os the

Boord's vice choir ond secretory ondhos choired the budget, negotiotions,procedures ond cost effectivenesscommittees, ond he currently choirsthe technology oversight commiltee.Lorry hos served Friends of Horper os

director, president ond choir of the

group's 1 S-yeor onniversory commit-tee. On o community level, he is

octive with youth sports, lndionGuides ond Princesses, the Chomberof Commerce ond hos served os oboord member of the Northwest

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The doy storts eorly for the stoff inHorper's Heolth Service. Potients

often orrive before the office opens,seeking odvice on concerns fromheodoches, colds ond ollergies toorthopedic iniuries, sexuolly tronsmit-ted diseoses ond substonce obuse.

"We reolly see o brood ronge ofheolth concerns," soys BeckySonteler, College nurse, noting thotpotients vory in oge, ethnicity, eco-nomic stotus ond personol heolth corephilosophies. She odds thot ot onymoment the stoff moy be summonedocross compus to treot broken bones;osthmo, onxiety or heort ottocks;occidents; or folls.

"We don't iust give ospirin ondbondoidsl" stresses RosemoryMurroy, the Service's director. "The

Heolth Service is o crisis center. Weossess the problem ond determinewhot the next stoge of core shouldbe," she odds. Sometimes potientsore treoted ond releosed-or they moybe seen by the doctors who ore ovoil-oble in the Heolth Service on onoppointment bosis. At other times,

they ore referred to speciolists orother medicol focilities for more inten-

sive medicol core.

More ond more often the stoff sees

potients with emotionol crises-ill por-ents, depression, relotionship prob-lems or ocute onxiety. "We referthese potients to the counseling stoffhere on compus," Murroy soys.

The gool of the Heolth Service is toprovide medicol services thot will helpretoin students ond ensure them o suc-

cessful college experience. ln odditionto treoting heolth concerns, therefore,

the stoff is olso committed to provid-ing educotion ond troining in physi-col, emotionol, intellectuol, sociol,occupotionol ond spirituol wellness.

Throughout the yeor the HeolthService stoff plons seminors ond dis-

ploys on vorious wellness topics. Nextmonth's Wellness Week observonceis on exomple of this type of progrom-ming. On April 12-14, experls will beon compus to oddress such topics osnutrition, oddictions, menopouse, relo-tionships, stress, self-esteem ond fitness. All Horper employees oreencouroged to ottend these events.

Look for o schedule of events in the

Bulletin Boord. For odditionol informo-tion, contoct Mory Polnioszek otextension 6268.

Rosemary Murray, standing, directorol the College Health Sewice andWellness Programs, discusses theprevious day's patient load withadministrative secretary llaryPolniaszek.

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Nurses in Harpel's Health Serviceadmit that no two days are alike intheir office. This winter they havetreated students and stafl for colds,flu and numerous bad.weatherinjuries. Here l{arper's evening nurse,Phyllis Zabrocki, center, administersan inoculation to student Rupal Shahas Gollege nurse Becky Santeler pre.pares medications for another.

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Working ot Horper hos offered JulieHennig the opportunity to grow both

personolly ond professionolly. As

coordinotor of ESL registrotion ondthe port-time ocodemic ESL progrom,she works with students from Z0 coun-

tries who represent 40 spoken lon-

guoges. "l feel os though I trovel the

world doily," she exploins. "l leorn os

much obout the students' lives ond cul-

tures os I teoch obout ours!"

ln the post few yeors she hos olso

served os president of the profession-

ol/technicol employees' union, co-

choired the College's lnstitutionol

Plonning committee ond occepted the

presidency of the College's newlyorgonized chopter of the AmericonAssociotion for Women in CommunityColleges. ln oddition, she hos token

numerous fitness ond sign longuogecourses-os well os o course on writ-ing obout her fovorite hobby, myster-

ies.

"l love mysteries!" she soys, oddingthot she ottended lost foll'sBouchercon convention, o gotheringof mystery publishers, writers, reoders

ond buffs. "Mony of the top writerswere there," she soys, exploining thot

porticiponts were oble to meet them

ond get signed first editions of books.

She odds thot she hqs olso troveled to

mystery weekends in Vermont ondMossochusetts qnd porticipoted in omystery troin ride from Chicogo toMilwoukee ond bock lost month.

Born: Chicogo

Educqtion: B.S. SecondoryEducotion, Rockford College, ondgroduote courses in odult educotionot Northern lllinois University

Fomily: husbond, Tim; doughter,Erin, 'f 5; ond sons, Poul, 12, ondScott, 9

lnteresls: Outlet shopping ond mys-

teries

Best qdvice my pqrents gqveme: My porents' lives hove been veryinspirotionol to me-becouse theywere olwoys so vitol. My mother, forexomple, though now blind, still

bowls weekly ond olso volunteers ot ofood pontry!

lf rime qnd money were nol oproblem: lwould open o mystery

bookstore ond coffee shop. l'd reod,tolk to other mystery buffs ond write omystery book.

I would like ro leorn: to ploy the

guitor.

One rhing l've leorned in life:Alwoys be reody for o chonge or sur-

prise. You never know whot cordsyou'll be deolt.

Fqvorite food: onything with choco-

lote quolifies.

Book l've been recommendinglorely: Deod Mon's lslond, o mystery

by Corolyn G. Hort

Julie Hennig

President's Messoge(continued from poge 2)

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Congrotulotions ore in order for members of ihe Horper foculty ond stoff whoreoched hollmork employment onniversories in i 993. During ceremonies held on.

Jonuory 26, owords were presented to employees with five, 10, 15,20 ond 25yeors of service to the College.

Those honored for 25 years of service include Diane Gallin, Mike Garroll, DanielCohen' Fran Dionisio, Marshall Fisher, Lester Hook, William Mitler, Frank Oliver, LeeOwens, Marilyn Shaver, Frank Smith, June Steffen, Gil Tierney, Bob Tillotson,George Voegel and Joe Yohanan.

Culturol Council. He is the presideniof Arlington Electricol ConstructionCompony, lnc. ond AEC AutomotionSystems, lnc.

Alfred Norris of Polotine is the

College's student trustee. A computerengineering moior, Al hos served onthe boord of trustees of his homeown-ers' ossociotion ond hos been octivein vorious community events. He hos

olso served on the College's ocodem-ic computing ond ossessment ond test-

ing committees.

Molly Norwood of Rolling Meodows,the Boord's current choirmon, hos

been o member of the Boord sincel9B3 ond now represents Horper onthe lllinois Boord of Higher Educotionoccountobility committee. She is olsochoirmon of the legislotion committeefor Delto Koppo Gommo Societylnternotionol ond the long ronge plon-ning ond children's ministry commit-tees of the Prince of Peoce MethodistChurch in Elk Grove Villoge. She is omember of the lllinois Committee onBlock Concerns in Higher Educotion,the lnternotionol Reoding Associotion,the lllinois Reoding Council ond theNorthern lllinois Reoding Council. Aformer clossroom ond reodingteocher, Norwood is now the ownerond president of Blue Ribbon Press

ond serves os on educotionol consul-tont.

These individuols hove oll committedmuch time ond energy to our Boord.We ore proud of their work ondoppreciote the efforts thot they hovemode to ensure thot Horper remoins oquolity institution.

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Awards for 20 years ol service werepresented to Lea Bartow, Pat Bourke,John Gallahan, Ed Downs, Peter Gart,Juan Lopez, Garol ileuhauser andDee llorning (who also retired lastyearf.

Employees who celebrated 15 yearsinclude Teresa Bachara, FrancesBrantley, Dennis Brennen, BettyBrooker, Daniel Garay, AnnaHarshbarger, Lorel Kelson, HillardKerstein, Kevin King, MichaelLackey, Bobbye Levine, PatMulcrone, Halina Polakowski, VickyRowe and Linda Sorenson.

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...and awards for five years of servicewere presented to Dianne Batzkall'Gerald Bochum, Sandra Glarkr GwenGlayborne, Pat Goleman, LudinilaGruz, Donna Drake, Julie EllefsonKuehn, Joellen Freeding, KimFrendreis, Luz Guadalupen MarkHealy, Doris Howden, Veta Jareckyi,Terry Karow, Sharon Kirmse, MichaelKlasa, Ghris Kranz, Sandra KruegertBeth Krueger, Margaret Kukula,Janette Kwitchoff, Pierre LacocquetMarcie Landeros, Jorge Lopez, KarenLustig, Gal Meltesen, KathleenNoworolnik, Juli Peterson, JenniferPitek, Sandy Rea, Neil Schanker'Bandy Schietzelt, Jan Schleser' GhrisStaub, Joyce Stewartr PaulThompson, AnnMarie Wadas andPhyllis Zabrocki.

Ten.year celebrants include Jane Allendorph, Nancy Brunke, Bob Gampbell' DanielGastellanos, Richard Gowan, George Gwik, Karen Evans, Robert Gadbaw' Edna GoldbergtKarla Hill, Marianne Holt, Jan Jacobsonn Bruce McGonnell, Sue McGinty' Geetha MurthytDarrell Richie, Gerry Schuenke, Carot Schweitzer, Sherilyn Sorem, Dawn Spannraftr MarkSteffen, Mary Strama and Garol Tucker...

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D ep artmentnl D ea elopmentsWe welcome new foces on compus this month! Robert Butts joins the

Corporote Services stoff os o coordinotor; Solino Abbos ioins the stoff of theTutoring Center os o receptionist ond Virginio Kifoni os secretory; StorrHelgemo hos been hired os o receptionist in the lnformotion Center; KoroAkers will serve os o secretory in the President's Office; ond Gerqld Gnqsterhos been hired os o custodion in the Physicol Plont. And we send our congrotulo-tions to Kqren Steltmon, LRC, who hos been promoted to circulotion supervi-

sor.

We olso congrotulote Art Professor Rusty Herzog, whose orticle, "A Rose byAny Other Nome: Violet Ookley, Jessie Wilcox Smith, Elizobeth Shipper Green,"wos published in the Foll 1 993/Winter I 994 issue of Women's Art Journql.

During the Jonuory Boord meeting, eight foculty members were gronted sobboti-col leoves for the 1994-1995 school yeor. Jock Dodds ond Peter Sherer,LIB ARTS, will spend the foll semester in Europe on o "Grond lour," studying the

literoture, ort ond orchitecture of the continent. Corole Rae Lissy, BUS/SS, willstudy woys to improve the College's morketing progroms, with the gool ofincreosing enrollment ond revenues to the College. Dubne Sell, TM/PS, plonsto rewrite loborotory experiments for Chemistry I 3l ond

,l32 ond prepore multi-

medio presentotions thot will incorporote modern technology, criticol thinkingond colloborotive leorning into the courses. John Eliosik, PEAR, will porticipotein the Educotionol Exchonge Progrom, troveling to Europe to ieoch ond coochfootboll ond meet with Europeon instructors ond odministrotors to leorn moreobout their opprooches to fitness, exercise, heolth educotion ond wellness.Michoel Lockey, LAC, will spend the spring semester studying Horper'sEnglish 098 curriculum, reviewing the College's plocement policy, exploring thewoy computers con be used to deliver olternole modes of inslruction (vio modem,for exomple) ond the best woys to ensure thot concepts ore leorned ond mos-

tered. Jeon Chopmon, AE/LS, plons to updote her mostery of linguistics ondTESOL (Teoching English to Speokers of Other Longuoges) next yeor throughextensive reoding ond visits to other colleges ond universities thot offer excellentprogromming. Dom Mogno, TM/PS, will spend o semester studying C++ ondObiect Oriented Progromming in order to updote his skills ond prepore timelycurriculum for Horper computer science progroms.

Will Hoffmon, of Horper's Humon Performonce Lob, hos onnounced thotHewlett-Pockord will oword wo $S00 scholorships to students in the CordiocTechnology Progrom. These owords con be used ot the Hewlett-Pockord troiningfocility in Noperville. ln oddition, the compony sent speciolists to compus lost

month to troin students on its cordioc ultrosound equipment.

We send our best wishes to Rick Mqnetfi, CAD/MFG, ond his wife, Jockie, onthe birth of their doughter, Veronico Potricio. Our condolences go to VicBerner, BUS OFF, on the deoth of his mother-in-low, ond to Borbi Bokel,TM/PS, on the deoth of her nephew.

Retirees

CornerTwo longtime members of the Horperstoff hove onnounced thot they willretire this spring. Borboro Schmeltz,odministrotive ossistont for AcodemicEnrichment ond Longuoge Studies, is

sloted to retire on April 15, ond AnnoHorshborger, senior clerk of chorge-bocks ond ioint ogreements in the

Registror's Office, will retire in June.

We send our best wishes to both!

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Tha l{arper lneider ic the monthlyl{arper College newslettsr pro.duced by Fubllcations andGommunication Services. Wecordially invite all employees tocontribute storisc and inforrna.tion before thd twenty'fifth ol themoath lor tha l*cue published thefollowing rhonth. Plsaso scndcontributions to PUB or callextencion 6125,

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