Week of June 14, 1999



GOLDEN EAGLES TO PERFORM LOCALLY BEFORE HEADING TO SCOTLAND BOOTHEEL AREA EARLY CHILDHOOD AND CHILD CARE CONFERENCE SLATED FOR JUNE 26 IN MALDEN
GONG, DAHIYA RECEIVE COTTRELL COLLEGE SCIENCE AWARD SOUTHEAST STUDENTS DESIGN PROTOTYPE FOR SABBATICAL CABINS AT SAXON LUTHERAN MEMORIAL
NORMAN L. BRAASCH SCHOLARSHIP ENDOWED THROUGH FOUNDATION ROSINA KOETTING ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP ESTABLISHED THROUGH FOUNDATION
RUTH HUMPHREYS MUNGER SCHOLARSHIP ESTABLISHED THROUGH FOUNDATION JOHN SCHNEIDER ROOM ESTABLISHED IN KENT LIBRARY
PAUL VANCE ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIP ESTABLISHED THROUGH FOUNDATION SUMMER FIELD SCHOOL LECTURE SERIES UNDER WAY IN STE. GENEVIEVE

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GOLDEN EAGLES TO PERFORM LOCALLY BEFORE HEADING TO SCOTLAND

Nearly 100 members of the Golden Eagles Marching Band of Southeast Missouri State University will be on campus July 19-25 as they prepare for their performances at the 1999 Edinburgh Military Tattoo in Edinburgh, Scotland, during the entire month of August.

The Golden Eagles will be the featured guest artists at the Cape Girardeau Municipal Band performance on July 21 at the Cape Girardeau Band Shell in Capaha Park.

In addition, the Golden Eagles and the Studio Jazz Ensemble will be hosting a “Pre-Tour” performance of the selections they will be performing in the United Kingdom and Scotland at 7 p.m. July 24 at the Band Shell in Capaha Park. All friends and family are urged to attend this special “send-off” performance. The concert is free and open to the public.

The Studio Jazz Ensemble will open the Edinburgh International Jazz Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland on Aug. 1 as part of the Golden Eagles Tour to Scotland. The Golden Eagles also will perform in York, England, for the Lord Mayor of York; in the Edinburgh Festival Cavalcade Parade; and the Edinburgh International Jazz Festival Parade. In Glasgow, Scotland, the band will perform for the Lord Mayor of Glasgow and, in Crief, Scotland, for the Scottish Highland Games during their five-week-long trip to the United Kingdom. As participants in the Edinburgh Military Tattoo, the Golden Eagles will make 25 guest performances on the Esplanade of the Edinburgh Castle with a cast of more than 1,000 musicians during the month of August.

The Edinburgh Military Tattoo will be seen live by an international audience of more than 220,000 people and will be seen via delayed broadcast to the entire United Kingdom via the BBC on Aug. 28, and worldwide by millions on PBS on later dates. This trip marks the first international trip by the Golden Eagles and the Jazz Ensemble. The Golden Eagles will be participating as only the second U.S. university marching band to participate in this very prestigious international musical event in the 50-year history of the Tattoo.

The Golden Eagles and the Studio Jazz Ensemble are under the direction of Barry Bernhardt, director of University Bands at Southeast Missouri State University. Bernhardt is beginning his 10th year at Southeast, where he conducts the Golden Eagles Marching Band, the Southeast Show Band, the University Concert Band, the Studio Jazz Ensemble, and the Jazz Lab Band. In addition, Bernhardt is the director of the Southeast Summer Music Camps and is the chairman of the Department of Music Student Recruitment and Retention Committee, as well as holding membership to the University Athletics Committee and the University Fee Waiver and Scholarship Committee. Bernhardt is in high demand as a clinician, adjudicator, guest conductor, drill designer and consultant for many nationally televised events. He has recently been hired to write the halftime shows for the University of Notre Dame Band and for the Alamo, Gator, Liberty, Sugar and Insight.com Bowl Games for the NCAA. Bernhardt will conduct the 1999 Alamo Bowl in San Antonio, Texas, and the 1999 Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, Fla., for national television.

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BOOTHEEL AREA EARLY CHILDHOOD AND CHILD CARE CONFERENCE SLATED FOR JUNE 26 IN MALDEN

The Southeast Missouri Regional Training Consortium will sponsor a half-day Bootheel Area Early Childhood and Child Care Conference June 26 at the Harry L. Crisp Bootheel Education Center (BEC)in Malden, Mo.

The conference, which is slated for 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the BEC, is designed to address the child care training needs of people living in Southeast Missouri. Those who attend will have the opportunity to increase their knowledge in current child care practices and will learn tips for working with children of all ages. The conference also will include a special session for parents.

Topics to be addressed include: “Children with Special Needs, Understanding Angry Preschoolers;” “Guidance and Discipline;” “Parent Partnerships;” “Healthy Infant Care Practices;” “Outdoor Learning Environments;” “Parenting in the New Millennium;” and “Observation as an Assessment Tool.”

All conference sessions will be presented twice, once each during two different break out sessions. Participants will be able to choose the sessions they wish to attend. Conference sessions will be offered on a first come basis and will be limited to 25 participants due to room sizes. A closing panel discussion will be open to all participants.

Those attending will be eligible to receive three hours of in-service training credit. Drawings will be held for 10 pieces of equipment for the early childhood classroom.

The cost of attending the conference is $5. Pre-registration is required. On-site registration will be permitted as space allows. For more information concerning the conference, call the Workshop on Wheels/Child Care Resource & Referral office at (800) 811-1127.

Members of the Southeast Missouri Regional Training Consortium are: Educare of Cape Girardeau and Scott City, Mo.; Parents as Teachers of Cape Girardeau and Scott City, Mo.; Perry County Health Department of Perryville, Mo.; Jefferson County Community Partnerships and Educare of Barnhart, Mo.; the American Red Cross of Cape Girardeau; St. Francis Medical Center of Cape Girardeau; Caring Communities of New Madrid and Cape Girardeau; Cape Girardeau County Community Health Center; Mississippi County Health Department of Charleston, Mo.; Southeast Missouri Hospital of Cape Girardeau; Workshop on Wheels/Child Care Resource & Referral of Cape Girardeau; Southeast Missouri State University; Missouri Department of Social Services of Jefferson City; EMAA Head Start of Cape Girardeau; Treehouse Training Team of St. Louis; University Outreach & Extension of Jackson, Charleston and Hayti, Mo.; Missouri Department of Health, CCSL, Southeast District of Cape Girardeau; Idea Factory of Nevada, Mo.; Hamilton & Associates of North Little Rock, Ark.; Project Reach of Lilbourn, Poplar Bluff and New Madrid, Mo.; Ripley County Caring Community Partnership of Doniphan, Mo.; Missouri First Steps, Southeast Missouri District of Cape Girardeau; Bootheel Healthy Start of Sikeston, Mo.; Success by G and the United Way of Cape Girardeau; St. Francis Medical Center of Cape Girardeau; and the Missouri Department of Health, Jefferson City, Mo.

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GONG, DAHIYA RECEIVE COTTRELL COLLEGE SCIENCE AWARD

Dr. Jin Gong, associate professor of chemistry, and Dr. Jai Dahiya, professor of physics, both at Southeast Missouri State University, recently received a $42,462 Cottrell College Science Award from the Research Corporation.

The award will support their research titled “Enhanced Reactivity of Carbon Dioxide Via Microwave Activation,” in which Dahiya and Gong are attempting to convert carbon dioxide into a useful molecule by activating it in a microwave chamber.

“We are very proud to have received this award,” Gong said, adding this is the third Cottrell College Science Award he has received. “We must be doing something right.”

Carbon dioxide is the molecule that causes the “Greenhouse Effect” in the earth’s atmosphere. The use of carbon dioxide is a great challenge to scientists, Gong said, adding that he has been researching the topic for some nine years at Southeast. He says the successful use of carbon dioxide as a carbon source to replace petroleum in the chemical industry would be extremely significant. By working to reduce carbon dioxide in the earth’s atmosphere, Gong hopes to be able to lessen pollutants in the air. He also hopes to use carbon dioxide as a carbon source to replace petroleum in the manufacturing of chemicals.

Dahiya says that one of the results of Gong’s work in the past, in attempting to convert carbon dioxide into a useful molecule by developing reactions in a lab, is that he has been left with a byproduct. Dahiya, who specializes in microwave spectroscopy, said he suggested to Gong that they team up and try using microwaves to activate carbon dioxide in a microwave reaction chamber. If successful, this would be a more cost effective means of converting carbon dioxide, Dahiya said. This would pave the way, too, for Dahiya and Gong to submit a large-scale research proposal to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) or the U.S. Department of Energy.

Gong says he and Dahiya are the first to experiment in this area using microwave technology. If they are successful, their work will be a major breakthrough in research surrounding carbon dioxide.

One student majoring in chemistry and another majoring in physics, both at Southeast, have been hired to begin working this summer with Dahiya and Gong on the project. The two faculty researchers say they have done preliminary experiments on a small scale. The Cottrell College Science Award has allowed them to purchase a reaction chamber. Now they are ready to proceed with experiments on a larger scale.

Gong came to Southeast in 1990 as an assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry. He received his bachelor of arts degree in the English language in 1978 and his bachelor of science degree in chemical education in 1982, both from East China Normal University in Shanghai, China. He received his doctoral degree in 1990 from Purdue University.

Gong has developed an active research program in which many undergraduates have been involved. His work has led to regular peer-reviewed publications and presentations at national and international meetings, and successful grant proposals. A participant in the NASA/JOVE Program at Southeast, Gong also works with NASA colleagues in space-related research.

Gong’s research results were published with six undergraduates as co-authors in the Journal of American Chemical Society in 1996. Their work also was recognized by a well-known international magazine, Chemistry & Industry in January 1997, in which their research was recognized for making “a significant breakthrough” in carbon dioxide chemistry.

Dahiya has been teaching at Southeast for 15 years. He currently teaches “Materials Science,” “Calculus Based Physics” and “Experimental Methods II.” The focus of his research, which he has been doing for the past 10 years, is on microwave spectroscopy. This is the study of the dielectric properties of various materials -- metals, ceramics, chemicals, liquid crystals, polymers, semiconductors and superconductors -- at microwave frequencies.

Over the years, Dahiya has involved 40 undergraduates at Southeast in his research. Several have co-authored papers with him, presented papers at the Missouri Academy of Science and participated in regional conferences with him.

Dahiya holds a bachelor of science degree in physics, chemistry and mathematics from Punjab University in India; a master’s degree in physics from Meerut University in India; and doctoral degree from North Texas State University.

The Research Corporation is a foundation for the advancement of science. The Cottrell College Science Program supports basic research in chemistry, physics and astronomy at public and private, predominantly undergraduate colleges. The involvement of students in the research is encouraged. Projects proposed for Cottrell College Science Awards are judged on the basis of originality, significance and feasibility. The potential of the research for involving undergraduate students in a collegial relationship also is taken into account. After review by the foundation staff and outside referees, proposals are evaluated by an advisory committee of scientists drawn from the academic community. Awards are made to institutions on behalf of the individual researchers following approval by the foundation’s board of directors.

One of the first U.S. foundations and the only one wholly devoted to the advancement of science and technology, Research Corporation was established more than 80 years ago to make inventions and patent rights “more available and effective in the useful arts and manufactures ... “and to provide means for the advancement and extension of technical and scientific investigation, research and experimentation” at scholarly institutions.

The foundation was launched by Frederick Gardner Cottrell, scientist, inventor and philanthropist, who established it in New York in 1912 with the assistance of Charles Doolittle Walcott, secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. Research Corporation’s funds are derived from Cottrell’s invention, the electrostatic precipitator for controlling industrial air pollution, and from inventions contributed by other public-spirited scientists.

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SOUTHEAST STUDENTS DESIGN PROTOTYPE FOR SABBATICAL CABINS AT SAXON LUTHERAN MEMORIAL

The National Board of Governors for Saxon Lutheran Memorial near Frohna, Mo., will have an opportunity next week to view a small-scale model cabin and topographical maps developed by students at Southeast Missouri State University charged with designing a study retreat center on the Memorial grounds.

The Board will gather at the Memorial on June 16, when they will be asked to approve the concept and design. The plan calls for the development of a study retreat center for seminarians, theologians and secular faculty wishing to have a quiet place to write and reflect.

“The area is so rich and exciting,” said the Rev. James Marten, Village curator. “It’s great for contemplation.”

Marten said the students became involved in the project after he discussed it last fall with Southeast President Dale F. Nitzschke. Nitzschke and a group of faculty representatives later toured the site and agreed to develop the project into an experiential learning opportunity for Southeast students.

Twelve students developed three-dimensional topographical maps of the area, a three-dimensional log cabin with a removable roof, and a set of architectural blueprints with elevation perspectives. Most of the students are majors in interior design, who took on the project as part of a “Professional Practice” class last spring in the Department of Human Environmental Studies, College of Health and Human Services. Visiting professor Dr. Lucia DeBauge-Harcum taught the class.

The 12 students used computer animation and simulation in designing the cabin prototype. The plan calls for developing eight such retreat cabins that would house two to four people each. The cabin model, which was designed to fit with the period of other Memorial structures, calls for a bedroom, entry/sitting area, and bathroom in each. Meals for those retreating at the center would be obtained in Altenburg or Frohna, Marten said.

The students presented their model and plans at a formal presentation May 18 on campus. Those attending included Nitzschke; Provost Charles Kupchella; Dr. Paula King, chair of Southeast’s Department of Human Environmental Studies; Dr. Frank Nickell, director of the Center for Regional History at Southeast Missouri State University; Rev. Daniel Preus, director of Concordia Historical Institute in St. Louis; George Thurm, chair of the Memorial’s local advisory council, and his wife, Verna Thurm.

Marten said he was “absolutely thrilled” with the students’ work. “I would also like to express my personal thanks to Dr. DeBauge-Harcum,” he said.

Saxon Lutheran Memorial was designated as a memorial/museum site on Oct. 31, 1964. The memorial/farmstead consists of two small cabins, which are thought to have been slave cabins; a log cabin barn dating back to 1820; a post-Civil War granary, which has been converted to a country store; a machine shed; the curator’s home, one log-cabin portion of which dates back to 1820; a Visitor’s Center, which houses an historical museum and a conference room; the Fenwick Cabin, a display cabin dating back to a Spanish land grant; the Schuppan Haus Cabin; and the Hamilton-Goehring Cabin.

Saxon Lutheran Memorial is operated by Concordia Historical Institute in St. Louis, which is a national archival division of the Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod.

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NORMAN L. BRAASCH SCHOLARSHIP ENDOWED THROUGH FOUNDATION

The Norman L. Braasch Scholarship has been endowed recently through the Southeast Missouri University Foundation.

Friends of Dr. Norman L. Braasch made a gift of $10,000 to the Foundation to endow the scholarship.

The first scholarship award will be made for the fall 1999 semester. The College of Science and Technology will select the recipient. The scholarship is open to juniors and seniors majoring in biology with 60 credit hours. Recipients must have a concentration in zoology and have an overall 3.25 grade point average and a 3.5 grade point average in all completed zoology courses. Financial need will not be a consideration.

Braasch was a Southeast Missouri State University faculty member in the Department of Biology, College of Science and Technology, from 1963 to 1994. During these years, he served as major advisor for the pre-professional students, including dental.

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ROSINA KOETTING ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP ESTABLISHED THROUGH FOUNDATION

The Rosina Koetting Scholarship recently has been endowed through the Southeast Missouri University Foundation.

Friends of Koetting made of gift of $10,000 to the Foundation to endow the scholarship, which is designed to assist students from Ste. Genevieve or Perry counties.

The first award will be made for the fall 1999 semester. First preference will be given to students from Ste. Genevieve County. Second preference will be give to students from Perry County.

A native of Ste. Genevieve, Koetting joined the faculty of Southeast Missouri State University in 1936 and served as head of the Department of Physical Education from 1946 until her retirement in 1974. In 1974, she was designated “Professor Emerita of Health, Physical Education and Education.” Koetting was instrumental in achieving greater academic recognition of the role of women in physical education.

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RUTH HUMPHREYS MUNGER SCHOLARSHIP ESTABLISHED THROUGH FOUNDATION

The Ruth Humphreys Munger Scholarship has been established through the Southeast Missouri University Foundation.

Eugene M. Munger Jr. and Martel Munger recently made a gift of $2,750 to establish the scholarship in memory of their mother, Ruth Humphreys Munger.

First priority in awarding the scholarship will be given to interscholastic athletes majoring in journalism. Second priority will be given to journalism or communications majors. The scholarship will be awarded for the first time when the principle reaches $10,000.

Ruth Humphreys Munger was the daughter of the Rev. William A. Humphreys Munger. She was born in 1900 at Arcadia, Mo. She married Eugene M. Munger in 1920. They had two children, Martel and Eugene M. Munger Jr. Ruth Humphreys Munger received a teaching certificate from Southeast Missouri State Teachers College in 1926. She subsequently taught in elementary schools in Bloomfield, Mo., and surrounding rural schools. In her later life, she became an executive secretary and a librarian. A voracious reader, she was a strong advocate of education, the arts and the humanities.

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JOHN SCHNEIDER ROOM ESTABLISHED IN KENT LIBRARY

The John E. Schneider Room has been established in Kent Library for the use of all retired faculty and staff at Southeast Missouri State University.

The room, which is located on the third floor, was established through the generosity of John E. Schneider’s children: Ann and Steve Hamilton of Town and Country, Mo.; John Arthur and Susan Schneider of Concord, N.C.; Joe and Laurie Schneider of Cape Girardeau; and James and Susan Schneider of Great Falls, Mont. The room was dedicated during a ceremony in March.

John E. Schneider is a former athletic director, coach, teacher, administrators and N.A.I.A. All-American football player at Southeast.

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PAUL VANCE ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIP ESTABLISHED THROUGH FOUNDATION

The Paul Vance Athletic Scholarship recently has been established through the Southeast Missouri University Foundation.

A. Paul Vance of Fredericktown, Mo., recently made a $5,000 gift to the Foundation to establish the general athletic scholarship fund. Priority in awarding the scholarship will be given to women student athletes. Additional priority will be given respectfully to women student athletes from Madison County, Bollinger County, Cape Girardeau County and Southeast Missouri’s 21 counties, and Missouri residents. The scholarship will be awarded only to incoming freshmen.

The scholarship will be awarded for the first time when the endowment reaches $10,000. A committee consisting of the University’s athletic director, athletic development director and one of Southeast’s women’s team coaches will select the recipient.

Vance is a 1942 graduate of Southeast Missouri State University, where he received a bachelor of science in education degree with majors in chemistry and general science. He is the chief executive officer of Aviation Fluids Service, Inc., of St. Louis, Fire Safe Products, Inc. and Filtration Products, and main Street Products, Inc., in Fredericktown, Mo. Vance was a 1993 Alumni Merit Award recipient from the College of Science and Technology.

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SUMMER FIELD SCHOOL LECTURE SERIES UNDER WAY IN STE. GENEVIEVE

Topics of historical and archaeological interest are being discussed during the Ste. Genevieve Summer Field School Lecture Series under way in Ste. Genevieve.

The Wednesday evening lecture series is free and open to the public. All lectures begin at 7 p.m. in the Ste. Genevieve County Services Meeting Room at 255 Market Street in Ste. Genevieve. The series began June 2.

“Mississippian Archaeology in the Ste. Genevieve Area” will be the topic of the June 16 lecture to be presented by Dr. John Kelly of Central Mississippi Valley Archaeological Research Institute. On June 23, Dr. David Cameron of Southeast Missouri State University will present “The French Revolution.” “French Colonial Archaeology in Illinois” will be the topic of the June 30 lecture to be presented by Dr. Floyd Mansberger of Fever River Research Institute.

The series will come to a close July 7 with a roundtable discussion titled “Research in Ste. Genevieve -- What’s Next?”

The Ste. Genevieve Summer Field School Lecture Series is sponsored by Southeast Missouri State University, the Missouri Department of Natural Resources and Murray State University.

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