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Vol. 2, No. 37
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STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT ALBANY
August 2, 1971
Pettit To Head
Arts Planning
At New College
Paul B. Pettit, chairman of the De-
partment of Theater, will be on leave
from the university for the academic year
1971-72 to serve as Visiting University
Fellow and director of program develop-
ment in the fine arts for the newly-
established Empire State College. The an-
nouncement of his new post was made
jointly by Empire State College, part of
State University of New York, and
SUNYA.
Arthur W. Chickering, vice president
for academic affairs at ESC, said that Dr.
Pettit would be spending a year in de-
veloping programs for students in the fine
arts at the college where students will
earn degrees without attending tradi-
tional, structured classroom sessions at a
specific campus. He will be responsible
for developing self-study materials which
students can use on their own in con-
sultation with faculty members at the
learning centers. Additionally, he will be
engaged in identifying community re-
sources and regional professional organi-
zations concerned with the arts such as
museums, community theater groups,
theater activities at other institutions, and
local artists with whom students may
work or with whom they may affiliate to
have kinds of direct experiences which
would enlarge and enrich their academic
studies.
Dr. Chickering pointed out that in
developing the programs Dr. Pettit would
be working in cooperation with faculty
members at the coordinating center at
Saratoga Springs and at the learning cen-
ters in Albany, Rochester, and West-
chester County as those centers get un-
derway. He described Dr. Pettit’sextensive
regional, national, and international ex-
perience with the performing arts as “es-
pecially valuable in this period of de-
velopment of Empire State College.”
Dr. Pettit indicated that he was
honored by the invitation from ESC and
expressed appreciation for the cooper-
ation of the Albany campus which en-
abled him to accept.
Schedule Revamped
For Podium Cleaning
A saving of 26,000 man hours per
year is expected from a new cleaning
schedule for the academic buildings that
will go into effect on Monday, Aug. 23.
Under the new schedule, all cleaning will
be done from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m.
“Continued expansion of the evening
program and other on-campus evening ac-
tivities over the past few years has in-
troduced an untenable amount of lost
time in this evening custodial operation,”
said John F. Buckhoff, Jr., director of the
physical plant, in a recent memo. “It is
expected that approximately 26,000 man
hours will be saved per year by scheduling
the cleaning operation at a time of least
activity on the podium.”
Buildings will continue to be served
by a “building captain” between 6:30
a.m. and 3 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Paul Pettit
ABE Institute
Now in Progress
A three-week institute in Adult Basic
Education (ABE), currently in session,
will continue through Aug. 13. The con-
ference features a national workshop for
ABE teachers in curriculum design and
evaluation, It is being sponsored by the
Department of Curriculum and In-
struction of the School of Education.
Some 50 participants from most of
the United States and Puerto Rico are at-
tending the conference. Among subjects
being discussed are “Curriculum Making
as a Process”, “Determinants of Curricu-
lum”, “Task Analysis”, “Evaluation of
Curriculum at Classroom Level”, and
“Implementing Curriculum Change.”
Project director is John A. Ether and
program director is Harry Lewis, both of
the curriculum and instruction depart-
ment. Resident staff members include
John Camper, director of ABE for the
California State Department of Edu-
cation, and Garret Murphy, director of
the Albany Adult Learning Center.
Equal Employment Policy
Stresses Affirmative Action
Affirmative action -- that’s the key
phrase in the revised policy statement on
the Equal Employment Opportunity Pro-
gram for the university. The general
policy at SUNYA is “to provide equal op-
portunity in employment and upward
mobility for all qualified persons, to pro-
hibit discrimination in employment be-
cause of race, color, religion, sex, or na-
tional origin, and to promote the full
realization of equal employment op-
portunity through a positive, continuing
program of affirmative action throughout
the University.”
One change in the implementation of
the program is the designation by Presi-
dent Benezet of Vice President for
Management and Planning John W.
Hartley as responsible for Equal Employ-
ment Opportunity for the university. As
coordinator of Equal Opportunity, Leon
J. Calhoun will carry out specific imple-
mentation of the program. The Equal
Employment Advisory Committee, ap-
pointed by President Benezet, will meet
at least quarterly to receive a report
about the status of the EEO program and
will submit an annual report. Two sub-
committees to assist departments and of-
fices in the recruitment of minorities and
women and in the development of an af-
firmative action plan have been ap-
pointed.
Mr. Calhoun pointed out that the re-
port of the Department of Health, Edu-
cation, and Welfare has focused “at-
tention in areas where the unconscious
acts on the part of personnel in selecting
people for positions in professional and
professional areas have thwarted EEO
goals. We need to indulge in more af-
Lay-off of Four Security Officers
Makes Manpower Lowest in Years
Four security officers have been dis-
missed from their positions within the
last two weeks as part of a state-wide plan
to lay off provisional employees in favor
of permanent employees laid off from
other agencies.
James Williams, director of security,
in a recent Albany Times Union story by
Marty Schwartz said he was told he will
be allowed to fill the four posts from a
preferred list of permanent employees
laid off from jobs as prison guards or
similar positions.
Two of the men recently fired in-
clude one of the force’s college-educated
officers and an officer who recently was
involved in the arrest of an armed man,
although the officer was unarmed. The
two were provisional, Mr. Williams said,
only because the state has not adminis-
tered an examination recently.
The four men fired “all have the tem-
perament and the bearing to be decent in
the soft image tradition that is becoming
important on college campuses,” Mr.
Williams said.
While campus crime is up between
100 and 200 per cent over 1969 figures
and the force’s workload on non-criminal
matters is up as much as 400 per cent
over last year, the security force is now at
its lowest manpower level in several years.
firmative action for the equal employ-
ment opportunities at SUNYA. This
policy reflects the focus on affirmative
action and it presents an affirmative
action plan to move toward an increase in
employment of women and minorities.
This plan should be completed and
presented to the university community
around the beginning of the fall se-
mester.”
Stressing that all qualified persons
would be considered for positions, Mr.
Calhoun commented, “I don’t interpret
the program as being one that will pre-
clude the appointing of non-minority per-
sons. It is a program to overcome un-
conscious preclusion of women and
minority people.”
Copies of the policy statement are
available in Mr. Calhoun’s office where he
will answer any questions about it.
Trustees Seek
Approval of D.A.
At a meeting of the executive com-
mittee of the State University of New
York Board of Trustees last Wednesday
approval of a Master Plan amendment
which would authorize State University
of New York at Albany to award a
Doctor of Arts degree in English and eco-
nomics was requested. The trustees are
seeking approval by the Board of Regents
and by Governor Rockefeller of amend-
ments to the State University’s 1968 Mas-
ter Plan which would incorporate the
Doctor of Arts program.
The trustees’ resolution calls for es-
tablishment of Doctor of Arts programs
which will be “of such rigor that the de-
gree will be respected as are other equiva-
lent degrees such as Doctor of Philoso-
phy, Doctor of Education, Juris Doctor,
and Doctor of Medicine.”
In other action, the committee ap-
proved the appointment of Louis R.
Salkever as dean for graduate studies, ef-
fective Sept. 2. He will retain continuing
status as professor while holding the ap-
pointment. Vincent J. Schaefer, director
of the Atmospheric Sciences Research
Center, was granted a waiver of man-
datory retirement until Aug. 31, 1972.
°71-’72 Pinkerton Professor Named
Walter B. Miller, of Cambridge,
Mass., will become the Robert A. Pinker-
ton Visiting Professor in Criminal Justice
for 1971-72 at SUNYA in September. He |
is currently a senior research associate at
the Joint Center for Urban Studies of the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
and Harvard University. He holds a mas- |
ter’s degree from the University of
Chicago and a Ph.D. from Harvard.
As Pinkerton Professor in the School
of Criminal Justice, Dr. Miller will teach
an advanced seminar and serve as a re-
source person in seminars taught by other
faculty members. The position was made |
possible by a three-year grant of }
$150,000 from the Pinkerton Foun- |
dation. Dr. Miller’s past positions include |
teaching and research posts at Boston,
Brandeis, and Harvard universities. He is
the author of more than 30 articles pub-
lished in his field over the past 15 years.
“ Walter Miller
Orientation Film Provides
Kaleidoscopic
Imagine viewing Albany State from
the seat of an airplane. Imagine seeing all
the events that take place on campus ka-
leidoscoped for you in 20 minutes. Im-
agine seeing President Benezet addressing
you from the middle of the main foun-
tain, and you will have imagined this
year’s Summer Planning Conference film.
The film, which contains very little
dialogue per se, is in color and was done
by Kenneth C. Blaisdell, a member of the
Student Activities staff, and Gary D.
Gold and David G. Riley, both students
here. Student life, activities, and attitudes
are depicted through a blending of cre-
ative as well as “stock” shots plus a back-
ground monologue which ranges from
pass-fail grading to philosophies on the
meaning of college.
Court Denies Petition
To Change Grades
A petition by an Albany art student
to have two incomplete grades changed to
satisfactory has been denied by the State
Supreme Court, Third Judicial District, in
Albany. Joris Reintsema, a master’s de-
gree candidate, brought the action against
SUNYA after a similar petition through
internal university channels was unsuc-
cessful.
Mrs. Reintsema’s request was re-
viewed by the Committee on Admissions
and Academic Standing of the Graduate
Academic Council. The committee ruled,
and the council concurred, that she be
given until November of 1971 to com-
plete the courses.
On July 9, State Supreme Court
Justice John H. Pennock supported the
university’s decision by dismissing the
case as having been prematurely insti-
tuted.
Latin Workshop
The Classical Association of the Em-
pire State (CAES) will hold its 1971 Sum-
mer Workshop at Albany, Aug. 15-20,
with the cooperation of SUNYA’s Latin
education department. The five-day
workshop will feature study, discussion,
and demonstration aimed at critical needs
of teachers of Latin.
Theme of the program is “The Imple-
mentation of the New Latin Syllabus”.
No formal graduate credit will be given,
but “Certificates of Attendance” will be
awarded. All teachers of Latin are eligible
to attend, with preference being given to
members of CAES,
SUNYA faculty participating in the
workshop will include Nelson Armlin,
Charles F, Graber, Harriet S. Norton, Lois
V. Williams, and Mary D. Wilson.
Foreigners Compete
The National Association of Foreign
Student Affairs recently sponsored com-
petition in ping pong and cricket here.
International students from the Albany
and Stony Brook campuses participated,
with the Albany team winning in both
sports.
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Campus View
The film has been shown to all in-
coming freshmen and transfer students
who have attended the Summer Planning
Conferences. Parents of the new students
have also been given an opportunity to
view it.
This is the second year that a local-
ly-produced film has been used as part of
the university’s orientation program.
Round the Campus
The attention of the university community is called to the error in the calendar
published in the Undergraduate Bulletin. Final examinations for fall 1971 are sched-
uled for Thursday, Dec. 16, through Wednesday, Dec. 22. Intersession will be from
Thursday, Dec. 23, through Sunday, Jan.
16. Please make the corrections where in-
dicated... .The School of Nursing has received $20,416 in loans and $15,755 for
scholarships from the National Institute of Health of the U.S. Department of Health,
Education, and Welfare. . .During the weekend an international student leaders work-
shop was held on campus. Discussed were orientation program improvement, com-
munication among international student leaders, and student involvement within the
National Association for Foreign Student Affairs...Robert A. Stierer, assistant vice
president for management and planning, has been named a division leader for the 1972
United Fund campaign in the Mohawk-Hudson area. . .Norman Rice, director of the
Albany Institute of History and Art, has
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the “Encyclopedia Britannica” from Robert DiNovo, manager of the Bookstore. Her
name was selected in the first of three drawings held as part of Britannica’s 200th
Anniversary Celebration, All summer session students and faculty are eligible to
register in the Bookstore for the remaining drawings. They are scheduled for
Wednesday and for Aug. 13.
Faculty Notes
DON ARNOLD, accounting, and ALDEN
BEAN, management, were initiated as
faculty brothers into the International
Professional Business Fraternity, Delta
Sigma Pi.
JACK BULLOFF, history and system-
atics of science, participated in a panel
“The Energy Crisis” held at the Ninth
Annual Institute of the Capital District
Chapter of the American Society for
Public Administration.
ROBERT CREEGAN, philosophy, has
been appointed as an abstractor for a
number of journals in philosophy and hu-
manities. The appointment was made by
the editors of Psychological Abstracts.
JOHN DEWEY, geology, participated in a
symposium on plate tectonics at the
Annual Meeting of the National Academy
of Sciences in April.
DEWITT ELLINWOOD, history, was a
member of a panel on “Imperialism” at a
Victorian Studies Conference, held at the
five colleges in the Amherst area in April.
N. CAROL EVANS, English, has been
awarded a grant-in-aid by The American
Council of Learned Societies for the
study of “Alphabetical Index to the Sta-
tioners’ Company Register, 1640-1708”.
MARGARET FARRELL, mathematics
education, has been elected to the Board
of Directors of the Diocesan Inter-racial
Council for 1971-72.
WILLIAM FENTON, anthropology, was a
guest speaker on a panel commemorating
the 50th anniversary of the Central States
Anthropological Society held in Detroit
in April. He reported on “Making Ethno-
graphic Collections More Useful for Re-
search”,
MORRIS FINDER, English education,
has been appointed to the Conference on
English Education Committee to Evaluate
Educational Resource Information Center
Documents for Teaching of English.
FRANCINE FRANK, Romance lan-
guages, has been awarded a Fulbright-
Hays grant as senior lecturer at the Uni-
versity of Rome (Italy) for the 1971-72
academic year.
LEONARD GORDON, educational
psychology and statistics, is the co-author
of an article, “The Comparability of the
Forced-Choice and Q-sort Measurement
Approaches: An Other-Cultural Study,”
which appeared in the fall 1970 issue of
the Journal of Social Psychology.
DREW HARTZELL, music, read a paper
on “Music at St. Albans before the
Norman Conquest” at the spring meeting
of the New York chapter of the American
Musicological Society at Mansfield
Teachers College (Pa.) in May.
MARGARET STEWART, biology, pres-
ented a paper, “Population Changes in
the Mink Frog and Associated Species,”
at annual meetings of the American So-
ciety of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
in Los Angeles in June.
more events...
MONDAY - Film:*‘Reflections in a
Golden Eye”, LC 18, 7 and 9 p.m.;
also Tuesday.
TUESDAY - Discussion:“‘The China-U.S.
Thaw”, CC Assembly Hall, 7:30 p.m.
WEDNESDAY - Film:“The D.1.”, LC 18,
Tand 9 p.m.
THURSDAY - Ice Cream Social, CC For-
mal Gardens, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
Film:“The Birds, The Bees and The
Italians”, LC 18,7 and 9 p.m.
announced the 197] purchases from the
Exhibition of Artists of the Mohawk-
Hudson Region, currently shown at the
Schenectady Museum. The new acquisi-
tions are “X”, dyed Plexiglas, by Dennis
Byng, and “Arthur Gregg’s House”, oil on
canvas, by Edward Cowley, both of the
art faculty, and “Pulsation II’’, acrylic by
Shirley Penman, graduate assistant in the
art department...Chandler Stein, at-
torney for the Faculty-Student As-
sociation and a faculty member here, has
been elected president of the board of
managers of the Albany Home for Chil-
dren... Business manager this season at
The Weston Playhouse in Weston, Vt., is
Langdown Brown, a graduate student
here and active in many facets of
Capitaland theater during the winter
months. . .William G. Short, of the Milne
School faculty, and Mrs. Short recently
were guests of honor at a reception and
formal dinner given by the British Consul
in Merida, Yucatan, Mexico. Dr. Short
gave the commencement address at Com-
mercial Bank Institute, Mexican Col-
lege. .. The university has been advised
by the Division of the Budget of a re-
duction in the expenditure figure of
$558,000. Program cuts totaled
$1,050,000 and the imposed savings
figure is $956,000. The original gross ap-
propriation recommended in Governor
Rockefeller’s budget was cut by
$2,564,000. Approved by Central Office
for submission for the 1972-73 budget
has been approximately $990,000 for im-
provements and new items. . .The secre-
taries of state of the nation’s 50 states,
composing the National Association of
Secretaries of State, will visit the campus
on Aug. 31,
Student Fees Total
$192,000 for Spring
The Student Association collected a
total of $192,549.70 in athletic and stu-
dent activity fees during the past se-
mester. The amount represents an average
payment of $28.45 from the 6,733 stu-
dents who paid their fees.
The largest group paying the fees
were the classes of °72 and ’73 each to-
taling 28% of the revenue.
Six hundred students appealed for
waivers or refunds of the student fee; 56
were rejected. The total assessment value
waived or refunded amounted to
$16,027.86.
Campus Exchange
FOR RENT: 3-bedroom apartment, en-
closed back porch, yard, street parking;
Wilkins Avenue, Albany; available Aug. 1;
$125 plus utilities. Call HO2-2451.
FOR SALE: 1966 Saab 2-door sedan,
standard shift, Michelin X tires. Call
TBS ees Nikon FTN camera body,
brand new; 50mm f/1.4 lens, used a few
times; camera case, brand new; list price
over $550, asking $300. Call T. Lee,
7-8299 from 3:30-4 p.m. or 456-9580
from 10-11 p.m. Wedding gown,
size 12, fall, floor length, long sleeved,
white, silk organza, antique lace. Call
371-9343 after 6 p.m.
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