The UCF Report, Vol. 07 No. 01, July 11, 1984

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The UCF Report
Volume 7, Number 1
For Faculty & Staff
Wednesday, July 11, 1984
Po wer firm
underwrites
energy class
Center for Economic Education has a
pilot program in progress to teach public
school teachers the economics of
energy.'
The idea, according to Center Director
Robert Pennington, is to introduce at
grade levels four through six, a
knowledge of energy sources and the
economics that affect power costs.
Florida Power Corp. has provided a
grant for UCF to incorporate the study
in its ongoing program of teaching
teachers the American economic system and how to teach it in grades K-12.
Teachers selected for the pilot program have attended classes on campus
and gone on field trips since June 25.
That phase ends this week and the
teacher students will spend another
week preparing a project report.
Speakers brought in to talk to the
class included C. Richard Tillis, director
of the Office of Energy and Environmental Education, Department of Education; Jack B.Critchfield, vice president, Florida Power Corp., and George
Marks, director of energy control, Florida Power Corp.
Three hours post-graduate credit was
available to teachers completing the
summer seminar.
Office Supply
leaves Admin
for Bookstore
Office Supply changed location as of
Monday of this week from Admin 1 52 to
up front at the Bookstore.
The vacated Admin room will be
taken over as an ID center, moving that
function for students from the lobby of
Admin's second floor.
Room 1 52 will also be the place
where people seeking refunds from
vending machines will go. That service
used to be provided in Admin 362.
Dick Scott, director of Auxiliary Services, said Office Supply will be closer to
the future center of the University, and,
located in the Bookstore, will be able to
offer a more full-line of office supplies.
He also announced that Office Supply
will now offer delivery service in
response to telephone orders.
Pix and tapes
tell UCF story
Sandy Freeman, a photographer with
Learning Resources Network, will be on
campus July 16-18, documenting highlights of UCF life.
The firm will put together a video-
audio tape to be placed in 200 high
schools where students can get a preview of colleges.
Cecelia Rivers, high school liaison
officer, is coordinating Freeman's visit.
When tapes have been edited to 10-
minute length UCF will get to review
results before the finished product is
distributed, she said.
Law alters faculty retirement terms
Change in ministry
Rev. Bob Gibbs, (left) former director of campus ministry, is
leaving to pastor a church in Tallahassee. Rev. Hal Burke (right)
is the newly-elected director. Center, giving a plaque of appreciation to Gibbs is the newly-elected chairman of the Committee
for University Interfaith Center, Ashmun Brown.
Canada '84 seminar directed
at area 10th grade teachers
The second annual Canadian Studies
summer institute for social studies
teachers will be conducted at UCF for
four days, beginning July 30.
Known as Canada '84, the seminar
will be directed at area 10th grade
teachers, though others may be
included, if openings exist.
The objectives, noted Dr. Henry
Kennedy, director of UCF's Canadian
Studies Programme, are to acquaint
teachers with the nation that shares a
4,000-mile border with the U.S. and to
understand Canadian history, geography, government and economics.
"We will show the close relationship
which exists between Canada and the
United States in trade and geopolitics,"
said Kennedy, a professor of political
science.
The daily sessions will meet from
9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Each teacher accepted
for the summer institute will receive a
stipend to defray transportation and
meal costs. Teachers from Orange and
Seminole counties will receive 24 in-
service credits. Those from other counties should check with their social studies coordinators on credits.
For applications and additional information, call Kennedy at x2079.
Emma Lee Twitchell
takes new position
Emma Lee Twitchell, director of
alumni relations and annual fund in the
Office of University Relations, has left
the university to accept the position of
senior development officer for annual
giving at Orlando Regional Medical
Center.
They're on their way!
UCF's mUCF's
Savings Bond Drive
July 23 — Aug. 23
United Way
Campaign
Sept. 25 — Oct. 25
YOUR HELP will be needed
Rehiring will
mean loss of
year's benefits
Frank E. Juge, associate vice president/Academic Affairs, notifies faculty
considering retirement of amendments
in the retirement statutes that became
law July 1, 1984.
Faculty retiring after after July 1,
1 985, who are re-employed by an
agency participating in the Florida
Retirement System, forfeit retirement
benefits for a 1 2-month period.
Any employee retiring before July 1,
1 985 will lose only one month of
retirement benefits.
Another change lifts the limitation of
reemployment.
Current law restricts reemployment
with an agency for employees under
age 65 to 780 hours or $4,000 per
calendar year, whichever permits the
longer employment.
After July 1, 1985 amendments eliminate any hourly or dollar employment
limitation. Employers are free to reemploy retifees on a full or part-time basis,
at any hourly basis.
Juge said these effects of the law
changes were brought to his attention
by James J. Parry, director of personnel
programs for the State University
System.
Parry's advisory to all the universities
said that contract negotiations this fall
may bring out as-yet unknown effects of
the amendments.
Public forum
airs opposite
nuclear views
A public forum on U.S. nuclear arms
policies will be conducted at 7 p.m. Saturday, July 16, in the engineering
auditorium.
The encounter of opposing views was
arranged through the College of
Extended Studies. Dean John O'Hara
said he is still making arrangements for
a neutral moderator.
Speaker Barbara Shilson will present
her views on "Pro Life/Pro Defense,"
while Bruce Gagnon will present a case
for "Pro Life/Nuclear Weapons Freeze."
Shilson will represent Americans for
the Defense of America; Gagnon the
Florida Coalition for Nuclear Weapons
Freeze.
The two will discuss options in the
event of an attack on the U.S., the possibility of war, and whether an attack on
the U.S. is preventable.
The meeting is open to all interested
groups and individuals. There will be
ample opportunity for discussion, questions and answers.
For further information on the program, call Shilson at 339-7059, or
Gagnon at 422-3479.
ENGLISH EXAM
The English Department has scheduled the next proficiency exam for
Wednesday, July 11, at 7 p.m. in HFA
126. Sign up in the English Department,
Stuart Omans, chairman, advises.