The UCF Report, Vol. 03 No. 31, April 1, 1981

              University of Central Florida
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Wednesday, April 1, 1981
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News and Announcements for the Faculty and Staff of the University of Central Florida
Knight Notes
If you've caught the
exhibition of Dan Biferie's
photographic work in the Art
Department Gallery, you'll
be interested to learn that
Biferie, a professor of art
and president of the Daytona
Beach Community College
Photographic Society, will
be on campus April 9 for a
noon lecture in HFA 305. The
exhibit will be on display
through April 14.
What's one of the biggest
irritants on any campus?
Parking—the lack of it and/or
the cost of it. But don't
scream too loudly. Michigan
State University surveyed
20 institutions while deciding
whether to double its parking
fees, and found that the
yearly costs for faculty and
staff range from $156 at the
University of Minnesota to
free parking at Penn State.
The average fee was $59.
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You always knew
education was good for
you—but good for your
health? The February 1981
issue of Self reports that the
American Heart Association
has finked high-density
lipoproteins—or "good"
cholesterol—with, among
other things, education.
Seems HDL's appear to
interfere with atherosclerosis
by blocking the production of
artery-clogging, low-density
lipoporteins, or "bad"
cholesterol. The report says
long-distance runners,
joggers, moderate consumers
of alcohol, and the college
educated—who eat more
sensibly and learn more
about protecting their health—
have higher levels of HDL's
than those who are
overweight, smoke, or have
little formal education.
Have a nice day — no
foolin'.
President Colbourn expressed his gratitude to faculty and community leaders at Monday night's annual
meeting of the UCF Foundation "for their unselfish support" of UCF in its continued quest for quality education.
At Foundation dinner
Faculty, area leaders honored
Eleven UCF faculty members
were honored Monday night for
their outstanding teaching and
research accomplishments during
the past year.
Nearly 200 community leaders
and friends of the University
attended the UCF Foundation's
annual dinner, which recognized
the faculty achievements as well
as the contributions of a number
of local individuals and
corporations.
Bruce Pauley, professor of
History, was presented the
University-wide award for
Excellence in Research, and Jack
Brennan, associate professor of
Physics, received the University's
award for Excellence in Teaching.
Both faculty members received   .
checks for $1,000 and plaques
from the Foundation in
appreciation of their
accomplishments.
Committees from each college,
working through a peer-review
procedure, selected an
outstanding researcher and an
outstanding teacher from their
individual colleges (because of its
size, the College of Arts &
Sciences selected two researchers
and two teachers). In turn, the
college award winners were
reviewed by the Research Council
and the Learning Resource
Council which selected the
University-wide honorees
respectively.
Each college representative also
received a plaque from the
Foundation in recognition of their
contributions.
The Foundation began its
program of encouraging and
recognizing faculty
accomplishments in 1975.
Previous winners of the teaching
award are J. Gary Wolf, Patricia
Manning, Stuart Lilie, James
Koevenig, Ronald Rubin, and Chris
Clausen. Awards for excellence in
research and creative scholarship
have gone to Yousef Yousef, Roger
Handberg Jr., David Kuhn and
Glenn Cunningham, Martin
Wanielista, Charles Dzuiban, and
Ronald Drabman.
See profiles on faculty
award winners beginning
on page 3.
Receiving 1981 College Awards
for excellence in teaching were
Paul Riley (Arts & Sciences),
Robert Hicks (Business
Administration), David Ingram
(Health), Chris Bauer (Engineering)
and Michael Hynes (Education).
College Awards for excellence in
research and creative scholarship
went to William Oelfke (Arts &
Sciences), Duane Davis (Business
Administration), Ronald Phillips
(Engineering) and Betty Anderson
(Education).
In addition to the faculty awards,
a number of community members
were honored for their
contributions to the Foundation
during the past year. Membership
in the Society of President's
Medallion, conferred on
individuals who have provided an
exceptional level of private support
to UCF, was granted to nine people
for the second consecutive year:
Jack Holloway (ABC Liquors, Inc.);
Gordon J. Barnett Foundation;
Mrs. J.K. Galloway; Robert J.
Whalen (Martin Marietta
Aerospace); Charles N. Millican;
Ben Moss (Florida Brace Corp.);
Col. and Mrs. E.L. Strohbehn; and
Buell G. Duncan Jr. (Sun First
National Bank of Orlando). Named
recipients of the President's
Medallion designation for the first
time were C. Ross Ault; Joe R. Lee
(General Mills Restaurant Group,
Inc.); Truman Myers (Orange
Blossom Roasts and Toasts); H.E.
Johnson (The Dr. P. Phillips
Foundation); and Jay Schenck and
Virgil Schenck (Schenck
Company).
Inducted as 1980 President's
Ambassadors—individuals,
organizations and associations
who have extended a sustained
FACULTY, page 7