1992-04-13; Central Michigan Life

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April 13, 1992
Teacher Ed program is re-accreditated
By John Dobberstein
LIFE Copy Editor
Central's teacher education
program got the thumbs-up from
a national accrediting agency
Thursday, and program officials
soon will make plans to improve
identified weaknesses.
A letter dated April 3 froi i The
National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education stated
evidence found by the Unit Accreditation Board shows support for
accrediting the University's program at basic and advanced levels.
Basic and advanced levels refers
to undergraduate and postgraduate levels, respectively.
The accrediting body identified
standards CMU "fully met," "met
with weaknesses" and those "not
met."
Standards met by CMU's program include faculty development,
governance, resources, relationships with graduates, relationships with schools, clinical and
field-based experiences, and content of curriculum in general education, specialty studies and professional studies.
Standards met with weaknesses include:
■ no   articulated   quality   control nor program evaluation plan;
■ upper division courses do not
always    represent    a   range   of
appropriate   practices  as  called
for by the model;
■ the   faculty   reflects   limited
cultural diversity; and
■ evaluation      for      tenured
faculty is optional.
Debbie Slade, assistant vice
provost for Curriculum and
Instruction, and Liz Hitch, director of teacher education, said
they are happy to be re-
accredited and ready to work to
improve the program further.
The UAB's standards for accreditation were revised just before
the group visited CMU, which
made the accreditation even
more rewarding, Hitch said. This
change of standards for accredi
tation was what prompted the
need for the re-evaluation by
NCATE.
"We are really pleased to have
a successful outcome." Hitch
said. "It was a successful bottom
line after we had five years of
changes and bringing standards
into line."
"I think the report they gave us
was fair," Slade said. "They said
they felt rushed when they were
here, but that is true of all the
agencies that come here."
A team of six NCATE officials
visited CMU for 2l/2 days in
November. The team interviewed
several school officials, met with
students,    visited    classes    and.
looked at administrative records
and faculty policies, Slade said.
"They do a thorough investigation to make sure what is in our
study (submitted to them) is
what is actuallv going on," she
said.
Although the report identified
a number of standards met with
weaknesses, Slade said program
officials were aware of many of
them before the team came.
"When the team came we had
an idea of what we needed," she
said. "We had a consultant group
come here in 1986. which was
able to give us a good report."
She said the knowledge-base
standards   category   was   tight
ened, and another item of importance was making sure visiting
teams were consistent and tough
in their grading.
"There had never been significant criteria or standards for
knowledge-base before," Hitch
said. "The standards now are
more specific, with specific numbers."
The NCATE team will next
visit campus during fall semester
1 996.
"We have to plan a strategy to
move ahead," she said. "All (of the
weaknesses) we need to work on."
The program's NCATE coordi-
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Past champs dominate
at Greek Week awards
By Shannon M. Russeli
1 IFE Staff Writer	
All good things must come to
an end. but some last longer
than others.
And it looks like good things
will continue for social sorority
Sigma Sigma Sigma, as the
group ran away with both the
Odyssey trophy and the most
spirited award.
The male counterpart awards
of the same name were split by
social fraternities Phi Sigma
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Some 500 Greeks filled Island
Park Sunday afternoon to witness the awards and take part
in the annual Greek picnic,
which signals the end of the
Greek Week.
The highlight of the more
than week of events is the
awarding  of the  Odyssey  tro
phy, which is given out based on
a variety of tabulations primarily based on Greek Week.
The award is divided into four
categories, said Rick Rachner,
Greek Week co-chair and
Brighton senior. "Spirit, philanthropy, meetings and attendance, and events are what
determine who wins the Odyssey award."
"The Odyssey award is like
the Super Bowl trophy of football," Rachner added.
For Sigma Sigma Sigma, the
win marked the third year they
won the Odyssey trophy and the
eighth victory in the spirit contest.
"Greek Week is very important to us," said Sigma Sigma
Sigma president Stephanie
Lundberg. "It brings our sisterhood together and helps us to
win. We pride ourselves on our
strong sisterhood."
"The spirit award means
more to us than the Odyssey
award," said Lundberg, Davison senior.
Sigma Sigma Sigma not only
took home the top two awards,
but also chalked up wins in
other Greek Week events
including Mock Rock, Greek
Games and Greek Sing.   .
The Tri-Sigs weren't the only
ones returning to reclaim the
• top spot — Phi—Sigma -Kappa
took the fraternity Odyssey trophy for the second year in a row,
while Sigma Pi also repeated
the victory in the spirit contest.
"It's the best feeling in the
world," said Phi Sigma Kappa
president Ron Bussa, Midland
senior.
Sig Eps continue All-Sports tradition
By Shannon M. Russell
l.thff  Staff Writer
The Detroit Pistons isn't the only team ever to
win back-to-back championships.
Sigma Phi Epsilon social fraternity received
the All-Sports Trophy at the Greek awards ceremony Sunday at Island Park, and the group was
the first in recent history to take the award
consecutively.
Eric Gloudemans, president of Sigma Phi
Epsilon and Saginaw junior, said the fraternity
members has been striving for the goal all year.
"The guys get geared up for it every year.
Everyone was into it, and we had teams in every
sport," Gloudemans said. "The focus of our
fraternity is to win (the All Sports trophy) every
year.
"It hasn't been done in a while, and our goal
was to repeat (as champions)," he said.
Technically, the Sig Eps have not really won
yet, Gloudemans said.
"There are two games to play still — volleyball
and floor hockey," he said.
"It's impossible for the other teams to catch up
because they are so behind in points," Gloudemans added.
"Technically, we haven't won (the trophy) yet,
but we can't lose," Gloudemans said. "They
weren't going to give (the trophy) to us at the
ceremony, but they did."
The All-Sports competition, which begins each
fall, is made up of a variety of events which are
performed throughout both semesters, said
Gregg Nixon. Interfraternity Council athletics
chairman and Swartz Creek junior.
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Keith Knight, Muskegon senior, dance to "Freaks of the Industry" by Digital Underground at the
annual Greek picnic Sunday afternoon at island Park.
Neon sculpture finds
haven from vandals in
LIFE Photo/Brian O. Ball
Gary Fuller, associate professor of philosophy, takes a break next to
the neon sculpture whfch was moved to the Student Activity Center
Friday morning.
By Brian D. Bell
LIFE Assistant News Editor
The neon sculpture's disappearance from its site outside the
Dow Science Complex isn't the
result of further vandalism.
The sculpture now is place in
its new home — the Student
Activity Center.
Facilities Management workers moved the sculpture to its
new location on the west end of
the SAC's main corridor Friday
morning.
Since its installation Oct. 7 by
San Francisco artist Cork Mar-
cheschi, the neon sculpture has
suffered two attacks by vandals.
Repair costs are estimated at
$5,000, of which insurance will
cover all but $1,000.
Desires to prevent further vandalism motivated Russ Herron,
vice president for University
Relations, to look into relocating
it to the SAC, where Marcheschi
originally wanted it to stand.
But Friday's sudden move was
unexpected, Herron said.
"It was a surprise," he said. "I
would have preferred to get it up
and get it fixed."
Repairs are expected to take
place sometime within the next
two or three weeks, Herron said.
Repair work is done by St.
Elmo's, a commerical neon contractor in Minneapolis, Minn,
that has built Marcheschi's artwork since the 1970s.
Damage to the statue was first.
reported Oct. 31. Two CMU students tossed a bicycle rim onto it,
cracking a circular, yellow acrylic
panel about halfway up the sculpture. Vandals also tossed toilet
paper onto it and defecated at the
base.
A second attack was reported
Dec. 2. Vandals shattered two
yellow acrylic panels and interior
neon   tubing   of  the   previously
damaged circle.
Although University officials
wanted to move the artwork, they
couldn't do so, without state
approval because its funding was
provided in connection with Science II, and state law requires
placement near the building.
Correspondence between Herron and Department of Management and Budget officials
regarding the sculpture's safety
resulted in the University
receiving permission to move it in
February.
Tom Jones, director of Campus
Recreational Services, is happy
with the artwork's arrival.
"I'm delighted that it's here,"
Jones said. "We're very much
interested in having artistic-
kinds of exhibits in this place.
"This facility is not just a jock
palace."
Although he expected repairs
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