Campus Happenings

MSUCOM event spotlights faculty development

More than 40 community-based physicians from Michigan and the Midwest will be in East Lansing May 24 for the annual Statewide Campus System Faculty Development Symposium, hosted by the College of Osteopathic Medicine.

The theme of this year's symposium is "Collaborative Teaching and Learning: Creating a Context to Maximize Education." The community physicians will be sharing their research, educational strategies, professional development secrets and health promotion ideas through poster sessions, oral presentations and workshops.

In addition, a pre-symposium Skills Development Workshop for communityand on-campus faculty will be held on May 23.

Both programs will be held at the Marriott at University Place in East Lansing.

The symposium's keynote address will be given by Hilliard Jason, a family physician, educator and author. His address, titled "Collaborative Teaching and Learning: The Foundation of Health Care's Future" is at 8:45 a.m.

Other speakers will include Allen W. Jacobs, dean of the College of Osteopathic Medicine; Lou Anna K. Simon, provost; and Eugene A. Oliveri, president of the American Osteopathic Association.

The symposium is sponsored by the Michigan Association of Osteopathic Directors and Medical Educators, the Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine and the Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine.

There is no fee for either the symposium or the workshop; however, registration is required.

For more information, call 355-8301.

Gunn to serve as advertising professional

Donald Gunn, former director of creative resources worldwide for Leo Burnett, will serve as the Department of Advertising's summer semester visiting advertising professional May 22-26.

Gunn, who joined Leo Burnett out of Cambridge University in 1962, has served as Burnett's managing director in the Netherlands and Switzerland and creative director in South Africa and France. Gunn was appointed Leo Burnett's director of creative resources worldwide in 1984.

Based in Chicago, Gunn created several industry institutions, including the Great Commercials Library and the Global Product Committee, as well as spearheaded the worldwide study on creativity and effectiveness, "Do Award Winning Commercials Sell?"

After retiring from Leo Burnett, Gunn served as president of the Cannes Film Festival in 1998 and 1999.

"This is an exciting opportunity for students to learn about the most creative ads in the business from an international expert" said Bonnie Reece, chairperson of the Department of Advertising. "It is a wonderful supplement to the regular coursework in the major."

Enrollment for this one-credit lecture series course is limited to advertising students of senior level.

On May 25 Gunn will be joined by Paul Kemp Robertson, Leo Burnett's current director of creative resources worldwide. Together, they will predict which commercials will win Cannes' 2000 Gold Lions awards.

The Visiting Advertising Professional Program was endowed by Kensinger and Alice Guseman Jones.

The Jones endowment seeks to assure that students who plan careers as writers, producers or art directors, or in other creative areas, are stimulated and challenged by noted professionals who have made their own creative mark on the advertising industry.

Project FISH hooks up with funding support

MSU's Project FISH (Friends Involved in Sportfishing Heritage) will hook up with some funding support through sales at Gander Mountain stores in Michigan June 1.

The stores in Lansing, Kalamazoo, Grand Rapids, Flint, Sterling Heights, Utica, Pontiac and Taylor are pledging 10 percent of their profits between 5 and 9 p.m. that day to support Project FISH.

Gander Mountain currently is donating $5 from each sale of "Bobber the Gander Dog" a 12-inch stuffed animal that resembles a Labrador retriever, to the project.

Project FISH, which is managed by the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, was begun in 1998 with support from the Great Lakes Fishery Trust.

The purpose of the project is to introduce youngsters and teen-agers to Michigan's fishing resources and history.

Besides learning to fish in the Great Lakes and on inland waters, program participants are taught how to make and use fishing tackle and are introduced to environmental practices that sustain the sports fishery.

According to Mark Stephens, Project FISH program coordinator, the money raised at Gander Mountain stores will be placed in an endowed fund to sustain the program, which so far has reached more than 12,000 youngsters and has 200 trained adults who serve as sports angling mentors.

The program continues to look for adults or organizations interested in mentoring young people in the project.

"We are basically looking for folks who have an interest in the environment, like the out-of-doors and want it to be managed wisely in future years" Stephens says. "The way to do that is to teach kids how to appreciate the resource."

For more information, call 432-2700 or visit the Web at: http://www.projectfish.org

17th annual trip to Oxford set Aug. 26-Sept. 9

What dost thou think of taking classes on Shakespeare, great Oxford philosophers, influential British movers and shakers, and historic houses at one of the world's most famous centers for learning since the 12th century?

MSU, the University of Oxford and Northwestern University have joined together to offer the 17th annual Odyssey to Oxford, a two-week residential study program at Oxford University. Each participant will enroll in a course of study taught by Oxford tutors in the morning with afternoon field trips and general lectures in the evening.

The "Odyssey to Oxford" travel study program runs from Aug. 26 through Sept. 9. It is open to all adults.

Courses are "Shakespeare: Man of the Theatre" "Great Oxford Philosophers: 1200-1700" "Makers of Modern Britain" and "Historic Houses, Castles and Gardens."

Field trips to Cotswold countryside, the Gloucester Cathedral, Blenheim Palace and either Stratford or London are included in the program.

Participants will stay at Kellogg College in Rewley House, Oxford's Department for Continuing Education.

Cost of the program starts at $3,095 and includes tuition, lectures, excursions, accommodations, all but two meals and a play.

For more information, call 355-4562.

Archives to host public opening of Turner papers

University Archives and Historical Collections and the School of Criminal Justice are hosting the public opening of the personal papers of the late Ralph F. Turner on May 20.

Turner was professor of criminal justice and an internationally recognized expert in the fields of alcohol impairment, ballistics and firearms identification.

The program will be held in the Conrad Hall Auditorium beginning at 2 p.m. and will include an address by Robert Ressler, noted expert on serial criminals. Richard Turner, Ralph Turner's eldest son, will speak on behalf of the family.

Following the presentations, light refreshments will be served. University Archives and Historical Collections will be open for viewing. Selections from the Ralph F. Turner Papers will be on display.

Those who plan to attend are asked to call 355-2330.