Posted on May 1, 1994

Louisa Matthew, assistant professor of art history, is the author of “Patna, papal service and patronage: Nicolo Bonafede at Monte San Giusto in the Marches,” which appeared in Renaissance Studies, the journal of the Society for
Renaissance Studies. She has received a visiting fellowship for the 199495 academic year at the Harvard Center for Renaissance Studies in Florence, Italy.

Pilar Moyano, associate professor of Spanish, is the author of “La transformacion de la mujer y la nacion en la poesia comprometida de Gioconda Belli” in the winter issue of
Revista Canadiense de Estudios Hispanicos.

Carol Weisse, assistant professor of psy­chology, is the author with Kerry Evers '94 and
Emily Maute '93 of a paper titled “Role-play vs. modeling techniques in HIV prevention: Which is better for fos­tering long-term change?” The paper was presented by Evers at the seventh International Conference on AIDS Education in Chicago.

Posted on May 1, 1994

A recent survey of alumni who participated in the College's Dana Internship program found an overwhelming majority saying that their experiences were extremely rewarding.

Some, in fact, said the program changed their lives.

The program began in 1987, when the College received a $200,000 grant from the Charles A. Dana Foundation. The College raised $400,000 to match the grant and designed the Dana program to provide academically relevant and educationally meaningful work­study for students. The goal was to enhance academic opportunities while simultaneously reducing student financial needs and easing pressure on other kinds of aid, such as annual scholarships.

During the four years of the program, there were seventy-one work­study internships-twenty-one students in summer research, another twenty-five as teaching interns, and the remaining twenty-five as interns in a variety of other Union programs.

How well did it work?

One 1988 graduate said, “I came to school with limited funds with which to finance my education. The Dana internship helped me to earn money to help defray my costs while enabling me to gain experience in my major.”

The program also helped many students focus, change, or reconfirm their majors or career paths.

That 1988 graduate said that his fac­ulty mentor “was extremely helpful in his guidance and shared knowledge and advice with me which helped me to achieve my career goal.”

Another alumnus said, “Prior to this experience, I had been going through the motions of attending college without ever getting involved in a specific project. The summer before my senior year of college, I began to realize that I had no idea what kind of career I wanted to pursue. When offered the Dana fellowship, I realized that I would have time to participate in an internship and also be paid. As a result, I developed a relationship with several faculty mem­bers. My interest in the sciences took off from that point and I haven't looked back since!”

The program also enhanced student­faculty relationships. As one 1990 grad­uate commented, “Me professor I worked with helped me develop professionally and personally. He encouraged and supported me as his Dana Intern, then as his thesis student and advisee. After I graduated, I was hired as an economics instructor at an international college. Throughout my two years there, my Dana sponsor continued to support and advise me. Today, we remain very close, and he continues to support me and my professional development. Therefore, I would have to say that the Dana Experience really changed my life and led to numerous opportunities for me to grow.”

Faculty members also benefited. Peter Tobiessen, professor of biology and director of the Dana program, said the summer research internships were especially helpful and allowed many faculty to accomplish much more than they would have on their own.

The summer research interns lived on campus for a ten-week period while working on a faculty-directed research project. During the academic year teaching interns helped faculty supervise laboratories and quiz sessions and prepare bibliographies for courses. The program interns assisted in Union's Writing Center, the Calculus Crisis Clinic, and the Computer Center.

Dana Interns effectively reduced their student
loans an average of $500 per year.

Posted on May 1, 1994

The Board of Trustees has approved increases in tuition, room, board, and fees that will bring total charges in 1994-95 to $25,126.

Tuition will be $18,732; room will be $3,297; and board, considering the freshman food contract price, will be $2,907. The student activity fee will be $190.

Posted on May 1, 1994

College employees who serve their communities as volunteer firefighters or emergency medical personnel may leave work with pay to assist in an emergency under a new policy approved by President Hull.

The policy, proposed by an employee committee, requires approval of a supervisor to ensure that the employee's absence will not create a hardship. About a dozen employees are affected.

Posted on May 1, 1994

Since its start in 1988, the Union College Academy for Lifelong Learning (UCALL) has grown to a vital program that attracts more than 100 members each term.

From its beginnings, the academy has had one focus-to bring academic subjects to older learners. Today, cultural excursions, special programs (such as a cooperative venture with the Schenectady Symphony Orchestra), and seminars in such areas as literature and history are all part of UCALL.

Each UCALL term has several semi­nars, generally ten hours each. At some seminars, UCALL members lecture and lead the discussions; at others, members coordinate speakers, who have included lawyers, religious leaders, artists, journalists, and conservators of historic artifacts.

The strong involvement of members as leaders is a major difference between the UCALL of 1988 and the present version. Early seminars were taught by members of the UCALL advisory board and retired Union professors. The move to peer instructors began in 1990, after several UCALL representa­tives attended a “Learning in Retirement” conference and saw how to use the expertise available in the membership. That fall, four of the six UCALL seminars were taught or coordinated by members

Today, UCALL is affiliated with the Elderhostel Institute Network. Anyone wanting more information is invited to call the UCALL office at 518-388-6638.

Posted on May 1, 1994

Remembering Blue Moore

What a surprise when I turned the last page of the January Union College and saw the story about Harold Moore, the Garnet footballer killed while playing college football in the early 1900s. It brought back memories.

I arrived on the Union campus in 1946 after three year in the United States Navy. I had hoped to try out for the football team under coach Mel Hein, the former great of the pro New York Giants. He was a center and so was I. It never happened. I was required to attend Freshmen Camp. While there I broke my leg playing “touch” football.

Back on campus navigating on crutches and the football season approaching, I was getting edgy.

About then the campus radio station posted a notice that they would hold auditions for play-by-play announcers. With my association with the game through junior and senior high schools and the Navy, I decided to give it a try. I was picked to be the play-by-play announcer. It was an experience. With color man Bill Porter we traveled to many sites off campus to broadcast the action. This then extended to basket­ball, and I was also asked to do a sports show every Friday.

I wanted to add something extra to the show rather than constantly reviewing college football games at all levels being played the following Saturday. I decided on a history of the sport at Union. I spent a lot of time in Nott Memorial reading yearbooks, college publications, and old local papers. It was then I came across Harold “Blue” Moore. After I wrote my script and aired it, reaction was interesting. There were many on campus not aware of this facet of the game and its effect on foot­ball overall. Even some off-campus homes picking up our signal commented. As for play-by-play and the Harold Moore story, I was hooked.

It was the beginning of more than forty-one years in radio sports and broadcasting from minor league for the St. Louis Cardinals to the Miss America
Pageant in Atlantic City.

I didn't become wealthy, but I did meet and rub elbows with the power makers in this country. I retired in 1990 to spend more time with my patient and enduring wife. I never forgot how and why it began-campus station WRUC and the Harold Moore story. 

Alan Raber '50 Bethlehem, Pa.

Remembering the alcove

The most recent issue of your fine magazine held great interest for me regarding the Nott Memorial Building. I have “libraried” there, acted there, generally “goofed off' there, and, all in all, loved the ambience of the old place.

In the interest of accuracy, however, I must call to your attention the caption under the picture on page 14, “The reading room in 1936….” The Chi Psi alcove was not installed until the fraternity's 100th birthday, which was 1941. Therefore, the reading room picture has to be at least five years older than acknowledged.

It's a small point, but I thought you might like to know the whole truth.

John C. Alberts '44 Barrington, Ill.