The UCF Report, Vol. 06 No. 34, April 18, 1984

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The UCF Report
Volume 6, Number 34
for the Faculty and Staff
Wednesday, April 18, 1984
1.100 graduates require
LOUIS ODDO
...Mets' powerhouse
Computer's
Oddo stars
in baseball
If the New York Mets win the pennant
this year, start lining up for Lou Oddo's
autograph.
Oddo (systems coordinator/Computer
Science) has raised scouting to the level
of electronics wizardry.
As of April 12 he's riding high. The
Mets were off to their best-ever season
start with a six wins/one loss record.
Team manager Dave Johnson, who
calls Orlando his home town, found Oddo
early this year through President Trevor
T      Colbourn. Johnson told Oddo he owned
an IBM personal computer and he
needed statistics put into a software
package to help him outsmart the
opposition.
Oddo came qualified for the
assignment. In the first place he calls
»      New York home and has always been a
Mets fan. And he has the computer
know-how.
So at night in his garage at home, Oddo
* input the info that Johnson furnished him
about the opposition teams' pitchers and
their record against Mets' hitters and
»     came up with a program for Johnson to
put into his computer to help him
outgeneral all the other managers.
In spring training at St. Pete the Mets
* people treated Oddo like one of the
family. The assignment is complete
except that Oddo would really like it to go
on and on and he's prepared to come up
with refinements indefinitely.
He doesn't mind being mentioned in
the New York Times and Sporting News
* as Johnson's "guru." He's also pleased
with the free admission to games in New
York that he's counting on when he goes
there in May, and all the recognition and
the T-shirt they gave him.
If this wave crest keeps on he could be
the first systems coordinator offered a
* contract by the majors! He could be the
pioneer figure in computerized baseball.
* Easter egg hunt
for tots under 7
The Student Center's annual Easter
egg hunt for children of faculty, staff
and students is Saturday, April 21 at 10
a.m. A movie will be shown before the
0     egg hunt and refreshments will be
served for children up to seven years
old.
For information, call x261 1.
3 speakers at 3 commencements
The chairman of the Florida Board of
Regents, a veteran Volusia County Legislator, and the recently appointed
executive director of Florida's community college system will speak to more
than 1,100 graduates in three separate
commencement ceremonies Friday,
April 27.
The decision to conduct three separate ceremonies stems from the limited
seating available for graduates, families
and guests in the UCF Gymnasium.
Each graduating group will represent
specific colleges at UCF and will be of
approximately the same number
Board of Regents Chairman Robin
Ellis appoints search committee
to find new Health College dean
A search and screening committee to pick a new dean of the College of
Health got under way last week with
the appointment of members.
Academic Vice President Leslie Ellis
named Robert Kersten (dean/Engineering) to chair the committee.
Other members are: Lynda Kuyper
(director/Medical Records Administration), Steve Lytle (director/Respiratory
Therapy), Thomas Mullin (associate professor/Communicative Disorders).
Also, Mike Sweeney (professor/Medical Technology), Kay Mercer (assistant
professor/Nursing), Tim Worrell (assistant professor/Respiratory Therapy),
John Bolte (associate vice president/
Academic Affairs).
Also, Karen Matthiesen (staff assistant/Health), Charles Gutierrez (student), Juanita Green (assistant professor/Nursing), Thomas Edwards
(assistant professor/Radiological Sciences), and Ray Ramage (vice president/Medical Education, ORMC College
of Health Advisory Board).
Frank E. Juge (associate vice presi
dent/Academic Affairs) said the committee will meet first to discuss guide-
Genius is the power of lighting
one's own fire.
— John Foster
lines and a timetable for the search. The
committee will recommend criteria for
the position and suggest appropriate
announcements to be published during
the Spring and Summer terms.
Interviews and final screening are
expected late in the Spring term of the
1984/85 academic year.
Dr. Tom Mendenhall will assume the
position of the interim dean on July 1.
He and Dean Elder will work closely
through the remainder of the Spring
term and Summer Term A to ensure a
smooth transition. Dr. Juge said.
If you care enough
seat belts work
"Wearing safety belts and
encouraging others to wear them
shows you care.
"When you know what can happen to
people in accidents and how safety
belts provide protection, you realize how
dangerous not wearing belts really is.
"When you fasten your safety belt,
you're taking good care of yourself.
When you encourage others to fasten
their belts you're showing that you care
a great deal about them."
(From the office of Florida Insurance
Commissioner Bill Gunter)
Gibson, Lake Wales, will address the
first group of graduates at 8 a.m. They
will receive their degrees from the College of Education, Health, and liberal
studies.
A second group, from the College of
Arts and Sciences will hear State
Rep. Sam P. Bell, of Ormond Beach,
member of the House Appropriations
Committee, at the 11 a.m. ceremony.
Clark Maxwell, formerly a state
senator from Brevard, who now heads
the community college system, will
speak at 2:30 p.m. to graduates in
Business Administration and
Engineering.
Ministry invites
all to worship
during Holy Week
United Campus Ministry invites the
UCF community to an ecumenical Good
Friday celebration at noon, April 20 in
the Student Organizations Lounge of
the Student Center. The service will feature music from the UCF Gospel Choir
and will be led by Father Pat Powers,
Rev. Hal Burke and Rev. Bob Gibbs.
There will be a Catholic Mass on Holy
Thursday at noon, April 19 in the SOL,
also.
Easter Sunday celebrations will
include Roman Catholic Mass at Lake
Claire at 10:30 a.m. led by Father Pat
Powers.
Protestant Worship Service will be
held in Rm. 227 of the Student Center,
the Study Lounge. The service will be at
10:30 a.m. and will be led by Rev.
Gibbs.
All of these Holy Week observances
are open to anyone who would like to
attend.
Bacchae chorus
Aimee Jillison, Lori Robinson, Mary Stott and Daryl Samuel, I. to
r., are part of the chorus in The Bacchae, the classic play by the
Greek playwright Euripides, showing at UCF Theatre Thursday,
Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. The young god, Dionysos, played by
Mark Driggers, returns with converts to his home in Thebes to
establish his new religion, a theme good for reruns since the 5th
century B.C.