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Volume 1, No.4 GSU L�NDSC�PES October 23, 1981

A Publication of the Office of University Relations, Governors State University, Park Forest South, IL 60466

Care-for-Dying Seminar at GSU GSU and Hospice Suburban South will co-sponsor a two-day conference on "Hospice: An Alternative Way to Care for the Dying" at the Park Forest South campus on November 6-7.

While the conference Is available for college credit to professionals and students In the field, It Is designed also to be relevant to volunteers, those facing death and their families.

Topics Include, among others: "Models of Hospice Care," a panel discussion; "Pain Control and Use of Medication In Hospice Patients;" and "Affectlonal Needs of the Patient and Family." In addition, there will be a workshop on listening skills entitled "I'm Dying: Who Hears Me?" Other sessions In­clude "What It Is Like to Live with Cancer . . . ", "The Role of the Volunteer

"

Joan Coogan and Tom Lydon, of Hospice Suburban South, will be among the presenters. Others Include Audrey Gordon, Strltch School of Medicine and community professor at GSU, as well as representatives from Little Company of Mary Hospital, Evergreen Park, and University of Il­linois College of Pharmacy. Beth Walston and Kay Dowell, of the Illinois Department of Public Health who have conducted more than 100 death educa­tion seminars using the holistic ap­proach to training will also be among the presenters. Walston, director of education for the Illinois Department of Public Health, has served on the state governmental task force to develop hospice guidelines. Dowell, staff

Participants In SHP worlcshop.

development specialist, has completed studies of the models of hospice pro­gramming In the U.S., England and Central America.

One of the highlights of the conference will be the presentation by Audrey Gor­don, a nationally recognized authority on the subjects of death and dying. An educator and consultant, Gordon Is co­author of the book "They Need To Know: How To Teach Children About Death." She also was a contributing editor for Elizabeth Kubler-Ross's book, "Death, The Final Stage of Growth." She has authored many articles In pro­fessional and consumer magazines. She Is an Instructor at Loyola Universi­ty Strltch School of Medicine, and she has taught at Oakton Community Col­lege as well as at GSU.

Sessions will be from 6:30 to 10:00 p.m. on Friday and 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. on Saturday.

Ann Fry (SHP) and Joyce Bluth and Mildred Laken of the SHP staff, are coordinating the conference.

Registrations may be made until November 2. For further Information about college credit call Sharon Green, Office of Special Programs and Con­tinuing Education, at (312) 534-5000, Ext. 2549•

Get that pack off your back. Give cigarettes the boot on November 19, the American Cancer Society's Great American Smokeout Day.

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Published

Burgest

Mwalimu David A. Burgest (HLD), has been notified that his article "Theory on White Supremacy and Black Op­pression," published in Black Books Bulletin, Spring, 1981 has been ac­cepted for publication in a forthcoming edited book by Dr. Joseph A. Baldwin and Dr. Na'im Akbar entitled Readings in African Psychology (publication date to be announced)•

GSU Sculpture Featured in Peoria Exhibit

Several artists represented in the Nathan Manilow Sculpture Park at GSU and some of the works which grace the campus were featured recently in a special exhibit called "30 Years of Public Sculpture in Illinois," on view in the Lakeview Museum of Arts and Sciences in Peoria.

The show consisted of photographs, slides, or models of works by John Payne (CAS), and Richard Hunt, Mary Miss, John Henry, Jerald Jacquard, Jerry Pert, Edvins Strautmanis and Jene Highstein.

Specific works from GSU's Manilow collection which were spotlighted in the Peoria show through October 18 and included Payne's "Forms in Blue," "Mock I" and "Mock II:" Henry's giant "Illinois Landscape No 5" (featured on the nameplate of GSU Landscapes): Strautmanis' graceful "Phoenix;" and the recently completed Mary Miss en­vironmental sculpture, "Field Rotation "•

Educational Travel to China Christmas in China can be turned from a fantasy into a reality. A 17-day educational travel package titled "Christmas in China" Is being offered through the College of Human Learn­ing and Development.

Departing San Francisco on December 19 and returning on January 4, a max­imum of 30 persons will be led by Dr. Michael Lewis (HLD), a veteran China traveler and human development ex­pert. The total educational experience will include travel, visitations, sightsee­ing and discussions. Participants can earn 6 hours of undergraduate or graduate credit for two University courses: Community Counseling and Human Service Systems. Lewis' most recent visit to China was in 1977 as part of a study group invited by the Peoples Republic of China.

A nonrefundable deposit of $100 is re­quired by October 31. For further details on registration, cost and schedules, contact Lewis, Ext. 2526, or Joyce Newman in Special Programs, Ext. 2121•

Real Estate Seminar

Set

GSU will present a one-day real estate financial seminar on using a modern slimline calculator on Friday, November 20, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

The seminar offers techniques helpful to residential salespersons, investors, owners and others who must be able to execute fast financial calculations. In one day, those attending will learn how to use the T.l. Business Analyst II to calculate mortgage payments, mortgage balances, etc. as well as amortization schedules.

Participants must bring their own Texas Instrument Business Analyst II calculator. The seminar will be con­ducted by Frank A. Bella, C.C.I.M., a broker for over twenty years and a senior instructor on the faculty of the Realtors National Marketing Institute. Bella has also taught real estate in­vestment analysis classes at Prairie State College and GSU.

For more Information contact Peg Donohue, Special Programs, Ext. 2549•

Gavin Brown, (right), coordinator of real estate studies at GSU, accepts a gift to the Unl�erslty of periodicals, monograms and books on real estate e�aluat/on gf�en by the American Institute of Real Estate Appraisers (AI REA). The gift, �alued In excess of $300, was presented on behalf of the Institute by Ste�e Cummins (left), Park Forest, staff �Ice president of AI REA, and Al�ln L. Wagner, Jr., Flossmoor real estate appraiser and member of the AI REA public relations committee. Both Cummins and Wagner also are members of the Real Estate Ad�lsory Committee of the GSU Col­lege of Business and Public Administration.

Ted Curson to Perform With GSU Jazz Ensem­ble

Ted Curson, a 20-year veteran of the jazz world, protege of Miles Davis and considered the most commanding of the post-Davis era trumpeters, will be at GSU during the week of October 26 -29. In addition to presenting lectures, he will give demonstrations and per­form with the GSU Jazz Ensemble at their Halloween concert, Thursday, the 29th at 7:30 p.m.

Curson's schedule Is as follows:

Monday, 10/26 & Thursday, 10/29 10:30 a.m.· 12:30 p.m. Clinic/Demonstration 1 :30 p.m. · 4:30 p.m. Working with students individually and Improvisational sessions with students

Tuesday, 10/27

10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Work with Ken Chaney's Improvisa­tional Jazz Piano class

1 :30 - 3:30 p.m.

Rehearse with small Jazz Ensemble

Wednesday, 10/28

7:30 p.m. - 9:45 p.m.

Rehearse with the Wednesday Night Jazz Band

Thursday, 10/29

7:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.

Annual Halloween Jazz Concert (In costume If you wish)

The clinics and demonstrations, as well as the Halloween concert, an an­nual event, Is free and open to the public.

This program is being made possible through a grant from the National En­downment for the Arts •

american smd<eout

NOV.l9

SA Coffeehouse Aileen & Elkin Thomas, this month's Coffeehouse attraction, have toured with such well-known folk-rock and country stars as Charlie Daniels, Bob Johnston, and Ron Cornelius. They toured Canada, America, and Europe in 1970.

Elkin's song, "Joli Girl," was recorded In 1970 by Marty Robbins, who had a top ten country hit with it.

Aileen and Elkin Thomas

GSUings CLYDE E. GARDNER (SHP), being elected to the board of directors of the Illinois Alcoholism and Drug Dependence Association at their September meeting. The group pro­vides public awareness programs in substance abuse, continuing education for professionals and paraprofes­sionals In the field of alcohol and drugs, and an active legislative and public policy program In the state. Gardner, one of 37 volunteers who ser­vice this nonprofit organization, has been active in the field of substance abuse for many years. He directed the "first free drug treatment clinic" in the United States, the Haight Ashbury Free Medical Clinic in San Francisco, California.

ANN FRY (SHP) being re-elected to the Board of Directors of the Illinois Alcoholism and Drug Dependence Association. In addition, she will con­tinue her position as secretary of the Executive Committee of this active Board.

GSU LANDSCAPES/3

After 1970 Aileen and Elkin took a 4Yz year leave of absence to live on a boat. These peaceful years produced most of the songs that they do and the style In which they present them. Elkin plays 6 and 12-string guitars and 5-string ban­jo, and Aileen plays bass. Their desire to share the joy they have both in their music and In their lifestyle has brought them back before the public again •

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MWALIMU DAVID A. BURGEST (HLD), lecturing at the Association of Black Educators on November 8, 1981, at Roosevelt University on "The African­American Scholar at an African Univer­sity."

TULSI SARAL (HLD), presenting a workshop on "Imagery and Human Consciousness" at the Fifth American Conference on Mental Imagery held at the Radisson Hotel in Chicago on Oc­tober 11. Again, October 18, conduc­ting a workshop on "Mental Imagery for Sex Therapy" at District IV Annual Meeting of the American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors and Therapists held in Milwaukee, Wiscon­sin. Saral will present a scholarly paper titled "Transpersonal Communication in Hypnosis" at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Society for Clinical Hypnosis in Boston, November 8-14, 1981•

INSCAPES

I thought how sadly beauty of lnsca pe was unknown and buried away and yet how near at hand It was it if could be called out everywhere again

Stress Workshop

Are you aware that you have become up-tight, Irritable and "out-of-sorts"? Then you are probably suffering from stress. Stress and Its symptoms are common problems that can Interfere with normal dally activities.

Causes, prevention and treatment of stress will be the topic of the November 7, workshop offered free to the GSU community through the Office of Student Development. The workshop will use both cognitive and experiential approaches to Identify the stressors In your life and Investigate ways to modify and control them. Techniques for alleviating stress will be demonstrated and creative coping strategies will be generated.

The workshop presenters are Mary Jo Jahn, assistant director for the In· stltute of Psychological Services at the Illinois Institute of Technology and Susan F. Brown, counselor In the Of· flee of Student Development at GSU. The workshop Is scheduled from 9:30 a.m. to noon on Saturday , November 7. For more Information call Ext. 2413, 2142 or 2431e

Plan Benefit for Bosco Simic

A benefit to be held November 11 has been organized In honor of Bosco "Bob" Slmlc, the associate dean at Moraine Valley Community College, recently convicted of espionage In Yugoslavia.

According to Bob Van Raes, assistant to the MVCC president, College employees are working together to show support for their co-worker. What Is made above the cost of presenting the benefit, consisting of a dinner, fashion show and entertainment at the Sabre Room In Hickory Hills, will go to Mrs. Zlata Slmic, Bosco's wife.

Among those who will represent their employees and help organize the benefit at MVCC Is Student Activities Director Diane Stormer-Johnson, wife of Ken Johnson (A&SR).

For further Information and tickets, contact Ken Johnson, Ext. 2518•

Planning Consultant Here

The Office of Institutional Research and Planning announces that Dr. Frank Terry, consultant for GSU's Title Ill Grant on University Planning, will be available In Dr. Virglnio Plucci's office on October 26, 1981 from 3 · 4 p.m. to talk with anyone who is Interested regarding the Planning Model at GSU.

There will be an additional Planning Committee Meeting on October 28, 1981, 9:30 a.m. In the Administrative Conference Room •

Special Programs Party

GSU faculty and staff are Invited to what has been billed as "Special Pro­grams First (and probably only) Annual Octoberfest Touch Football End of Fall Registration Party." This special event takes place at Krabbe House Friday, October 30, from 4:30 p.m. til . . . ?

The word Is: If you don't want to play touch football, well . . . just come and touch. The cost, which Includes hot dogs, beer and/or soft drinks, Is $3.00.

RSVP Linda (Krause) Maurer by Wednesday, October 28 with payment In person or Internal mall only•

Job Opportunity

SECRETARY IV STENOGRAPHER, CHLD/BIIIngual Education Grant, 10/27/81. Contact Personnel Office, Ext. 2194

It Is a miserable state of mind to have few things to desire, and many things to fear.

... Francis Bacon

If you want to kill any Idea In the world today, get a committee working on it.

... Charles F. Kettering

... Gerard Manley Ho pkins

Open House for Mary Jane Berndt

The GSU faculty and staff are Invited to an Open House for Mary Jane Berndt (ICC), who Is moving to the state of Washington. Refreshments will be served In the ICC on Thursday, Oc· tober 29 from 2:00 · 4:00 p.m. Please join us in wishing Mary Jane and her family a bright new life In their new home•

Welcome back to CHRIS TOLBERTI (BO) recovered from surgery. She returned to her job, Monday, October 19•

Congratulations to ROSE MOST (BO) and her husband Bill on the birth of their 6 pound 15Yz ounce daughter, Rebecca Marie, born Monday, October 19 at Riverside Medical Center, Kankakee. Rose worked a full day Fri· day, the 16th•

Mini-Grants

Joyce S. Kennedy, Occupational Education Project Coordinator an­nounces a mini-grant series for pro· jects related to career and occupa· tional education. Funds for mini-grant projects are to be used by June 30, 1982. GSU faculty, administrators, and staff Interested In submitting an ap­plication for a mini-grant activity related to career or occupational education should contact the Occlpa· tlonal Education Project Office at Ex· tension 2589 for further Information and application. The deadline date for the submission of applications Is November 18, 1981•

From the Cashier

Service fees on any checks returned, regardless of reason (Insufficient funds, account closed, stop payment, etc.) will be $10 each occurrance effec­tive 11/1181e

There lives the dearest freshness dee p down things.

... Gerard Manley Ho pkins

INSCAPES

Editor's Note: There has been some confusion as to the nature of the new "lnscapes." This Insert Is the personal newsletter for faculty and staff and Is meant to be for Internal publication only. If you have news of Interest to the GSU communi· ty, such as weddings, Illnesses, births, etc., or If your group, such as a bowl· lng team or a society Is having a get­together or has won recognition, then send that information on to Betty Kott, Editor, Landscapes, c/o University Rela­tions. We need your cooperation in get­ting the news in! Remember, deadline for both Landscapes and lnscapes Is Tuesday noon.

Events Saturday, October 24, 1981

7:30 a.m. · 5:30 p.m. Insurance Testing (A1102) 8:00 a.m. · 4:00 p.m. Workshop: "Planets and

Moons" (EH)* 8:00 a.m. · 6:00 p.m. Conference: South Suburban

Housing Center (MRH)* 8:30 a.m. · 12:00 noon ADD/DROP: Fall Trimester

Block 3 (Front Entrance) 10:00 a.m.· 1:00 p.m. Workshop: "What To Do In

Case OF A Job Search" (B1107)

Monday, October 28

3:00 p.m. · 8:00 p.m. ADD/DROP: Fall Trimester Block 3. Through October 28. (Front Entrance)

Wednesday, October 28

9:30 a.m. University Planning Committee Meeting (ACR)*

12:00 noon· 1:00 p.m. Theology for Lunch: "Sign, Symbol and Ritual In Personal Development" (HDR)*

1:00 p.m. · 3:00p.m. Student Senate (EH)* 4:00 p.m. & 5:00 p.m. Coffeehouse: Aileen & Elkin

Thomas (HG)* 7:30 p.m. · 10:20 p.m. Lecture: U.S. & Illinois Elec-

tions (EH)*

Thursday, October 29

10:00 a.m. · 11:30 a.m. DPS Workshop: Basic Emer­& 3:00 p.m. · 4:30 p.m. gency Aid - Staff Training

4:30 p.m. · 7:30 p.m.

5:00 p.m. · 7:00 p.m.

7:00 p.m. • 9:30 p.m.

7:30 p.m.

Friday, October 30

7:30 p.m.

Saturday, October 31

9:00 a.m. · 4:00 p.m.

9:30 a.m.· 12:30 p.m.

Sunday, November 1

4:00p.m.

Session (EH)* Seminar: Credit through Evaluation of Experiential Lear­ning (CEEL) (BOG Conference Area) President's Reception: For II· llnols Community College Faculty Associations (B Wing Lounge) Advisory Committee: HLD Divi­sion of Education (A Wing Lounge) Halloween Jazz Concert (MRH)*

Master Class In String Quartet Chamber Music: Recital (MRH)*

Master Class In String Quartet Chamber Music (MRH)* BOG Seminar (EH)*

Master Class In String Quartet Chamber Music: Student Recital (MRH)*

* Engbretson Hall Music Recital Hall Hall of Governors Administrative Conference Room Honors Dining Room

DEADLINE to submit news for GSU Landscapes is Tuesday NOON each week. Send to Editor, University Relations.

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