Perspectives, Volume 3, Number 8, May 1981 Page: Back Cover
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Around
the Campuses
Dr. Barry Munitz, UHCC chancellor, is one of six edu-
cational leaders cited by Next magazine as having the
potential to shape the future of education. The magazine
indentified 100 Americans who will shape the future of the
world during the next few years in areas including public
interest, the arts, science, religion, business, the media,
and education.
Dr. Earl L. Dachslager, UHCC associate professor of
English, has been invited to participate in the International
Shakespeare Congress, which is held once every five
years. This year, the Congress is being held in early August
at Stratford-upon-Avon in England. Dr. Dachslager will
participate in a seminar devoted to analyzing the non-
literary sources of Shakespeare's plays.
Dr. Ira Wolinsky, UHCC associate professor in the depart-
ment of human development and consumer sciences, is
joint author of Nutrition and Nutritional Diseases, The Evo-
lution of Concepts, recently published by the Collamore
Press, D.C. Health and Company.
Dr. Thomas W. Ford, UHCC professor of English, has
written the first book on the Western realist author, A. B.
Guthrie, Jr. The study, A. B. Guthrie, Jr., focuses on
Guthrie's quintet of novels which deal with the opening,
settlement, and development of the West from the 1830's
to the 1940's.
Dr. Allen R. Warner, chairman of the UHCC department
of curriculum and instruction, has been appointed to rep
resent the Association of Teacher Educators on the National
Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education.
Two members of the UHCC history department, Dr.
Robert I. Giesberg and Dr. Thomas F. O'Brien, Jr., have
been named Danforth Associate Program Fellows for
1981-86. They have been cited for their special interest in
and contribution to enhancing faculty and student rela-
tionships as well as working toward an expansion of efforts
to humanize the learning process.
Dr. F. H. "Ted" Waskey, UHCC professor of foods and
food sciences at the Hilton College of Hotel and Restau-
rant Management, has been elected to the American Acad-
emy of Chefs. Dr. Waskey is among 400 of the 10,000
members of the American Culinary Federation to have
received the honor.
Dr. Daniel E. Jennings, dean of the UHCC Graduate
School of Social Work, has been elected secretary-treasurer
of the National Conference of Deans of Graduate Schools
of Social Work.
UHCC associate professors of architecture, Robert E.
Griffin and Robert Timme received design awards in
residential competition co-sponsored by the Houston chap-
ter of the American Institute of Architects and Houston
Home/Garden.
Dr. David A. Thomas, UHCC associate professor of com-
munication and director of forensics, received the Distin-
guished Service Award, presented by the national foren-
sics honorary fraternity, Delta Sigma Rho-Tau Kappa Alpha,
at its annual convention at Mankato State University.
Dr. Rinaldo A. Petrini, UHCC associate professor of archi-
tecture, has been elected vice president of the Texas
chapter of the Industrial Design Society of America.
UHCC Professor Burdette Keeland of the College of
Architecture has been appointed vice chairman of the
Houston City Planning Commission for a two-year term.
He has been a member of the commission since 1964 and
is also president of the Park People, a group organized to
secure more open space and parks in Houston.Petroleum Training Institute
Serves Victoria Industries
Petroleum companies in the Victoria area will soon be
able to save money by improving their operations, thanks
to UH Victoria Center's new Petroleum Training Institute.
The institute, which has been established as a unit of
the Victoria campus' continuing education division, will
offer short courses and seminars to assist petroleum indus-
try personnel in developing, maintaining, and upgrading
their professional skills, according to the announcement
made by Chancellor Robert Maxson.
"Through this training, companies are expected to ben-
efit from improved safety records and more efficient oper-
ations that will result in significant monetary savings," said
Claude F. Gilson, director of continuing education who will
be in charge of the new program. "UH Victoria Center
intends to continue to provide a high quality of training for
the petroleum industry."
The institute has developed out of an overwhelming
response to non-credit petroleum courses which the Vic-
toria campus began last year. Gilson said that six courses
drew a registration of 269 students and that a request for
an expanded program by participants and executives of
petroleum-related companies in the area prompted the
initiation of the institute.
The courses the first year included fundamentals of
petroleum, applied math for the petroleum industry, oi
and gas production technology, field handling of natural
gas, and oil and gas well drilling.
Qualified instructors are selected from among the area
employees of the petroleum industry. Full-time professional
instructors from nationally recognized firms also supple-
ment local instructors.
Shafik Rifaat, UHCC associate professor of architec-
ture, has won an international competition and has been
awarded a contract by El-Shams Company to design
El-Shams New Town, 300 kilometers south of Cairo, Egypt.
Dr. Joel Bloom, UHCC associate professor of health,
physical education, and recreation, has been elected to
the Longfellow Society of the American National Red Cross
for outstanding teaching abilities in the field of aquatics
Professor James Kirby Martin, chairman of the UHCC
history department, has been named to the board of direc-
tors of the Texas Association for the Advancement of
History.
UHCLC was recently accepted for membership in the
American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education.
The AACTE is a national voluntary association of institu-
tions of higher education which prepare well over ninety
percent of the teacher force entering American schools
each year. It is a major resource for inservice activities for
teachers and school personnel.
The annual Chickenman Golf Classic will be held at the
Wortham Golf Club on Wednesday, May 6, 1981. This
tournament is dedicated to long-time UHCC golf coach,
Dave Williams. Play will begin at noon and will feature a
putting and pitching wedge contest. A cocktail party and
steak dinner will be held in the UHCC University Center
beginning at 6:15 p.m. For additional information, call
Bill Scott at 749-1246.
Perspectives
Perspectives is published monthly by the UH
System University Relations Office. Executive
Director: Farris Block, 749-4149. Editor: Haise
Johnson.
The University of Houston seeks to provide
equal educational opportunities without regard
to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin,
handicap, or veteran status.
This policy extends to all programs and activi-
ties supported by the University.Perspectives
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