By Barry O. Johnson
The President's Cabinet and the Deans have approved changes that, according to Joyce Carter, assistant vice president of human resources (HR), will make the performance review process "more flexible while enhancing the entire communications process."
The recommendations are:
The recommendations came out of five focus group meetings HR personnel held with faculty and staff over a one-month period.
"The groups had similar concerns," Carter said. "There was general agreement that supervisors needed more training. The classified staff, almost to a person, wanted more information about the process.
"The rating scale, as expected, generated the most concern," she said. "There was little agreement on what the ratings should be so we recommended discontinuing them altogether."
Wearing a Wright State sweatshirt is more than showing your school spirit now that the Trademark Licensing Program has established scholarships funded by royalty payments received from the sale of the university's official products.
Last quarter, a total of $15,000 was distributed to the recipients of the first annual Collegiate Licensing Scholarships. The 13 continuing undergraduate students who received scholarships were selected by the departments of financial aid and athletics.
"Every purchase of a product bearing Wright State's name or the Raider logo generates scholarship dollars," said Sally Clayton, coordinator of the program and chair of the Trademark Licensing Advisory Committee. "I think it is a real incentive to support university items.
"A seven-and-a-half percent royalty fee is attached to the price of any item bearing the university's mark. Currently, we have contracts with over 130 vendors who produce emblematic goods for the university."
The licensing program, coordinated through the Office of General Counsel, allows the university to protect and control the use of its marks. The university's seal, mascot, wordmark, and Nutter Center's identity mark are all registered trademarks, as well as the School of Medicine's and School of Professional Psychology's seals.
A videotape version of the first Thesis/Dissertation Preparation Workshop presented in November by the School of Graduate Studies is now available to faculty and students. Presentations at the workshop included Thesis/Dissertation Writing Styles by Maura Taaffe, director of the University Writing Center; How to Get Started by Peter Bracher, English; Statistical Planning and Analysis by Harry Khamis, director of the Statistical Consulting Center; Copyright Law and Fair Use by Wanda Harphant, copyright coordinator of Classnote Publications, and Wright State Thesis/Dissertation Guidelines by John Kimble, associate director of Graduate Admissions and Records. The videotape is available for check out from the Office of Graduate Studies in 106 Oelman Hall.
"Spirits Rising, Heritage and Contemporaneity in Figurative African American Art," is the exhibition presented this month at University Art Galleries. The show features works by three contemporary artists‹Jon Lockard, Valerie Maynard and Pheoris‹each of whom pursue a positive representation of the figure while incorporating traditional African patterning and visual rhythms. The exhibit will run from Feb. 18 through March 23.
Two lectures will be featured in conjunction with the exhibit. On Sunday, Feb. 23, artist Valerie Maynard will present a lecture on her work at 4 p.m. in room M252 of the Creative Arts Center. On Sunday, March 2, renowned art figure Lois Mailou Jones will present a lecture on her life and work at 4 p.m. in the same location. A reception will immediately follow both lectures. The exhibit, along with the lectures and receptions, are free and open to the public. For information, call 775-2978.
Engineering a good time is the purpose of National Engineers Week, and the students and faculty in the College of Engineering and Computer Science plan to do just that. Beginning Monday, Feb. 17 through Thursday, Feb. 20, Russ Atrium will be filled with antics and egg-citing activities including a Nerd Fashion Show and the perennial Egg Drop Competition. Below are the dates and times of E-Week:
Monday, Feb. 17
Tuesday, Feb. 18
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Wednesday, Feb. 19
Thursday, Feb. 20
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National Engineers Week is sponsored throughout the country each year by the 75,000-member National Society of Professional Engineers. The purpose of the week is to bring visibility to the profession. It is traditionally held during the week of George Washington's birthday because the first president was a noted civil and military engineer, and he was responsible for establishing the first U.S. engineering school at Valley Forge, Pa., which later became the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y.
Enter the world of romance and magic as Wright State University's Department of Theatre Arts presents William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, kicking off a multi-year celebration of the best of the bard. Journey into the woods with a quartet of confused lovers, as they're bewitched, bothered and bewildered by a group of fairies led by the mischievous Puck, one of Shakespeare's most memorable comic characters. In Shakespeare's immortal words, "I have had a dream, past the wit of man to say what...it was." This dream of a play will be at 8 p.m., Feb. 2023 and March 1; and at 3 p.m. on Feb. 23, March 1 and 2. Performances are in the Festival Playhouse of the Creative Arts Center. For ticket information, call the theatre box office: 775-2500.
Baaba Maal, described as "Senegal's most spiritual pop singer," will bring his unusual combination of African musical tradition and western technologies to the next Artist Series performance at 8 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 28, in the Student Union. Co-sponsored by CITYFOLK, Maal's performance will fuse Fulani musical traditions, found in the tiny northern Senegalese villages where he grew up, with the contemporary sounds of western music.
All tickets are $18. For more information, contact the Student Union Box Office at (937) 775-5544.