The UCF Report, Vol. 12 No. 19, April 18, 1990

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Volume 12, Number 19 The University of Central Florida Newspaper for Faculty and Staff
April 18,1990
News Clips
• Congratulations to Editor
Rick Bigelow and his staff on
the inaugural issue of The
Cypress Dome, the student
literary magazine.
• Approximately 100 students
from 16 community colleges in
Florida competed for individual and team awards during
the Mathematics Olympics
held on March 31 here. Individuals and teams were tested
on their knowledge of mathematics through intermediate
calculus at the all-day event.
The Mathematics Olympics
was sponsored by the Central
Horida Research Park, UCF's
Center of Excellence in Mathematics, the mathematics
department and the Office of
Academic Affairs.
• Forty outstanding Central
Horida African-American
students will be recognized for
academic excellence and
cultural accomplishment by the
UCF Center Of Excellence on
April 21. The Mt. Olive A.M.E.
Church in Orlando will host
the 5 p.m. installation of
elementary and secondary
students into the McKnight
Achievers Society.
• During a regularly scheduled meeting, April 12, the
Faculty Senate elected Glenn
Cunningham, chairman;
Robert Flick, vice chairman;
and Karen Biraimah, secretary.
• The UCF Community
Orchestra will give an outdoor
concert at the reflecting pond
April 18 at 7 p.m.     □
Council To Draft UCF Strategic Plan
President Steven Altman has
charged a broadly-representative
council with the job of shaping a data-
based, action-oriented strategic plan
that will guide UCF's development
through the rest of the decade.
In his first meeting with the council
earlier this month, Altman told the
panel (See membership listing on
page 7) that the completion of a
strategic plan is a high UCF priority.
While it will build on the planning
document completed in 1987, he said
it will differ from the earlier document by being more action-based and
priority-driven, and must spell out
ways of implementing goals.
Altman, who directed the crafting
of a strategic plan at Texas A & I after
assuming the presidency there, said
the UCF theme will differ from the
one at his former institution, which
Please See Strategic Page 7
Cobb-Hooker Chair Occupied By
20-Yr. Veteran of Optics Research
A national search for an
eminent scholar to occupy the $1
million Cobb-Hooker Chair in
Optical Sciences and Engineering
at UCF has ended with the appointment of George I. A. Stege-
man of the University of Arizona
Optical Sciences Center.
Stegeman brings with him an
international reputation in optics-
related research that began more
than 20 years ago as a postdoctoral
fellow at the University of Toronto,
where he was awarded his undergraduate and masters degrees and
doctorate.
Stegeman will be a full professor in the department of physics
and is being considered for joint
appointment with the department
of electrical engineering.
The Cobb-Hooker Chair was
established in September 1988 with
a gift of $625,000 from Cobb
Partners Development, Inc., of
Jacksonville, and L. J. Hooker
Homes, the U.S. home building
arm of Australia-based Hooker
Corporation Limited. The gift was
matched by the state to create the
total endowment.
The Cobb-Hooker Chair is the
fourth to be fully funded at UCF.
Additional chairs in banking, accounting and business administration have been pledged.      □
Stay Tuned
WUCF Report 2 Weeks Away
A written report addressing
questions regarding the mission of
WUCF is two weeks in the offing
after a three member committee
heard comments Friday from
individuals representing diverse
listening preferences.
Committee chairman Ted
Clevenger, FSU dean of the College
of Communication, Robert DuBord,
U. of Miami; and Jim Fletcher, U. of
Ga. Grady School of Journalism
will present the committee's written findings to President Steven
Altman in two weeks, according
to Frank Juge, associate vice president, academic affairs.
Juge described the committee
as "very knowledgeable about
university radio."
The committee, having heard
Friday's testimony from students,
Earth Awareness
Presidents Paul Gianini, Valencia,
left; Steven Altman, UCF; and Thad-
deus Seymour, Rollins, right; plant a
tree on the HPB Green to mark the
beginning of the 20th Anniversary of
Earth Day. For information on other
Earth Day activities, see page 8.
faculty and community members, will
address questions concerning WUCF's
mission or goal; the station's relationship to educational programs; WUCF's
administrative structure; and the
station's staffing arrangements.     Q
Increased Fees Mean More Lots, Garage
Faculty, staff and students who
were squeezed out of parking spots
by last fall's near record enrollment
increase will have some 1300 new
spaces available this fall when parking decal fees rise to provide for still
more parking, including UCF's first
garage.
The increased cost of decals will
partly fund additional
parking areas while a
portion will be placed in a trust fund
for a future parking garage, according
to John Bolte, vice president for administration and finance.
Bolte said, 'The fee increases are
significant but the parking problems
faced by students, faculty and staff
during the past year have also been
significant."
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Parking Decal Fees^
Proposed 1990-91
Category
89-90
Fee
90-91
Fee
$$
Increase
The 1990-91 decal fees (See Chart)
will permit the university to continue
construction of additional parking
spaces and maintain existing parking
lots.
Parking gains result from the
newly paved lot near the education
complex (600) and a soon-to-be
established temporary lot between
the student union site and the arena
(1100). The net gain of 1300 spaces
Please See
Parking Page 3
Reserved (A)
$120
$170
$50
Faculty (B)
$ 36
$ 50
$14        J
Staff (C)
$ 21
$ 30
$ 9       l
Student (D)
$ 16
$ 30
$12      1
Index
Classified Ads  8
Grant Opportunities  8
Official Memoranda. 2
And in this issue:
Birthdays 6
Calendar 6
Earth Day 8
Employee of the Month ....... 6
Incentive Program 3
Letter from President 3
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