SEPTEMBER 2006
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Webster and SLCC Sign ‘Sample Webster’ Partnership Agreement
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Athletic Department Unveils New Gorlok Logo
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Ceremony Officially Opens New Residence Halls
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Web Initiative Allows Prospective Graduate Students To Apply Online
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New Way to Win a Day Off
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Ask the President
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Remembering 9/11
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Webster Tri-Athletes Meet the Challenge
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St. Louis Calendar Highlights
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Employees of the Month
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HR Corner
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Just for Laughs
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Kampus Kudos
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Service Anniversaries
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New Employees
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Condolences
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* Top Photo: (back row, l to r) George Wasson, James Staley, Bonita Campbell, Ruby Curry, Joan Finder and Al Cawns. (front row) John Ganio, Neil George, Benjamin Akande and Pat Masidonski. Photo by Jerry Seegers
 SLCC vice chancellor for education, John Ganio (left), and executive vice president Neil George sign the ‘Sample Webster’ agreement. Photo by Krissi Timmerman |
Participating in the ceremony from Webster University were: Neil George, executive vice president and vice president, and James Staley, associate vice president, Academic Affairs; Benjamin Ola. Akande, dean, Pat Masidonski, associate dean, and Al Cawns, chair and professor, Math and Computer Science, School of Business and Technology; and Joan Finder, associate director, Undergraduate Admissions.
Representatives from St. Louis Community College included: John Ganio, vice chancellor for Education; George Wasson, acting dean, Business Administration and Instructional Operations, SLCC-Meramec; Bonita Campbell, dean, Business Mathematics and Technology, SLCC-Forest Park; Ruby Curry, dean, Business and Human Development, SLCC-Florissant Valley.
The new program allows SLCC students who have earned associate degrees to attend business classes at Webster University at a reduced rate and to be eligible for business scholarships.
“This partnership is an institutional marriage between Webster University and St. Louis Community College,” said Benjamin Ola Akande, dean, School of Business and Technology. “The primary aim is to bring benefits to students by providing them the opportunity to complete their college degree in the area of their choice at Webster University.”
The agreement provides qualifying SLCC students enrolled in an associate degree program in business administration or other related disciplines the opportunity to be guaranteed admission to Webster’s bachelor degree programs in business administration, management or computer science. To be eligible, SLCC students must have earned at least 30 credit hours with a cumulative GPA above 2.5 and completed at least 12 hours in business-related courses.
In addition, the program will offer a select group of students enrolled at SLCC, whose GPA is above 3.0, the opportunity to take three credit hours of Webster coursework at the current SLCC tuition rate. This group will be limited to 50 students per academic year. Upon completion of their associate degrees at SLCC, Sample Webster students who have maintained a cumulative GPA of 3.0 will be eligible for a renewable $2,000 SLCC Business Scholarship.
“This is a wonderful opportunity for St. Louis Community College students to make a connection to a university with an international perspective and reach,” said George Wasson, acting dean, Business Administration and Instructional Operations, SLCC-Meramec.
Neil George said the agreement is significant to Webster. “We have always felt that many of our greatest students — with the highest levels of retention and a strong conviction of purpose and dedication for success — come from the St. Louis Community College.” George said Webster will continue to look for ways the two institutions can continue to help each other.
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 New Gorlok logo |
“The Gorlok isn’t going away,” Hart told the audience before presenting a banner with the new design in the University Center. “The classic Gorlok will remain in place to be used throughout the University. He’s everywhere, and that won’t change. This new logo is specifically for the athletic department.”
The name “Gorlok” was derived from the combination of two streets (Gore and Lockwood avenues) that intersect near the home campus in Webster Groves, Mo. The myth is that the Gorlok “embodies the highest standards of speed, agility and stamina in an atmosphere of fairness and good conduct.”
Deborah Dey, vice president, Students and Enrollment Management, said the development of a new logo recognizes the value of athletics within the University.
“When the Gorlok was first created in 1984, Webster was an independent college with only a few sports,” Dey said. “Today, we’re an NCAA Division III school with 13 varsity sports, and the number of student-athletes has tripled to approximately 220.”
During the past two decades, Webster University’s athletic department has evolved into one of the region’s most successful NCAA Division III programs. The Gorloks have won the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference’s All-Sports Award six of the past seven years.
The new athletics logo was designed by Jim Ward of Jim Ward Designs.
For more information about Webster University’s athletic programs, visit www.webster.edu/athletics.
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 Webster students, President Meyers (center) and trustees Marilyn Fox, Mark Burkhart and Joe McKee cut the ceremonial ribbon. Photo by Claudia Burris |
An exuberant John Buck, assistant dean of students, Housing and Residential Life, presided over the ceremonies. “This is a historic day and a major step forward for our University,” Buck said. “There’s no going back now. We are going to be doing amazing things in housing and residential life.”
President Richard Meyers was in equally high spirits. “Part of my dream for Webster when I came here 13 years ago was to have more residential housing on campus,” Meyers said. “I am one very happy university president because of this.”
Meyers said the new residence halls improve the quality of campus life at the University in every way. “With these new halls, the University can welcome more students who want to make a full-time commitment to study and live at Webster University. Making Webster their home will enrich both their academic and social experience, and also make for a campus full of activities and energy.”
Saying it took the cooperation of many to bring the new residence halls into being, Meyers thanked Webster Groves Mayor Gerry Welch and Webster Groves’ planning commission and city council members, who were all represented at the ceremony. “I want to thank everyone who had a part in the planning, building, furnishing and now maintaining these new residence halls,” Meyers said.
Mayor Welch thanked the University for working with the city in a positive way about the location and features of the residence halls. “The buildings are spectacular, both inside and outside, and they are a wonderful addition to the community and the University,” Welch said. “The success of the University positively impacts the city of Webster Groves, and as Webster Groves grows and continues to be an attractive, viable and unique community, the city positively impacts the University. We truly are tied together.”
Student leaders Dee Goines, interim student body president for the Student Government Association (SGA), and Kristin Price, president, Residential Housing Association (RHA), expressed their appreciation for the facilities. “Like Maria and Loretto Halls, these new residence halls — East and West — will soon be filled with precious memories and see many more in the years to come,” Price said.
Following the ribbon cutting, members of the Webster community were invited to tour the new buildings.
(Correction to Residence Hall Facts in the August 2006 article: The new residence halls added 143 students to the campus community, bringing the total from 480 to 623.)
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Contributed by Dan Perkins, director, Marketing and Interactive Media
Webster University’s ability to attract new students took a major leap forward this summer with the launch of ActiveAdmissions, the new graduate admissions portion of www.webster.edu. Now, prospective students can apply easily and quickly right online.
The impact of ActiveAdmissions was immediate, with more than 500 applications submitted electronically in the first six weeks the site was available. Correspondingly, the total number of applications received overall was higher than a year ago.
“In August, the first full month for ActiveAdmissions, more than 30 percent of all the applications we received were submitted electronically,” says Matt Nolan, director, Graduate and Evening Student Admissions. "Additionally, those who applied online commented that the process was quick and convenient, allowing us to give better customer service to help a prospective student become an enrolled student."
Developed in partnership with Datatel, Inc., ActiveAdmissions allows prospective students to inquire about University programs and receive content tailored to their personal interests.
For example, students who personalize the site and indicate that they are interested in pursuing an MBA at our Kansas City campus would see any news stories, events and/or student testimonials related to those interests ahead of other information. In addition, the Kansas City admissions office can follow up with all prospective MBA students easily with targeted email messages encouraging them to take the next step and apply online.
“While the long-term impact of ActiveAdmissions on the University’s enrollment is hard to predict, this new site certainly presents us with a powerful new tool,” says Deborah Dey, vice president, Students and Enrollment Management. “We are currently working with our graduate admissions offices worldwide to develop best practices for taking full advantage of ActiveAdmissions.”
One step in that direction was the decision to integrate the launch of ActiveAdmissions with the launch of the University's new advertising campaign in Fall 1.
"Through the advertising we were able to direct prospective students, for the first time, to go to a single, local Web page that contained essential program, contact, and application information,” says Tom Lauher, director, Marketing and Media Planning. “Those visits were tracked as one measure of the new campaign's effectiveness. And, for the first time, prospects were able to use the online process to apply immediately to Webster."
Now that the graduate admissions site is live, the next step is to complete the undergraduate component of ActiveAdmissions. That initiative is on schedule to launch in November.
This is an exciting time at the University because we are taking advantage of technology to make it easier for prospective students to learn about and apply to Webster. It has been a true partnership between Information Technology, Marketing, International Admissions and Graduate and Evening Student Admissions to get us to this point. We still have a lot of work ahead of us, but the immediate positive reaction to our graduate admissions site is proof that prospective students want to communicate with us using the Web, as well as through traditional media.
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Jay Perry has a tough job. As development officer for the University’s annual fund, it’s Perry’s job to solicit funds from faculty and staff. “We have faculty and staff who give to the annual fund each year,” Perry says. “It’s good now, but it’s still low. I wish each person knew how much even a $5 gift can help.”
Perry’s recent collaboration with Betsy Schmutz, director, Human Resources, has given him something to smile about. For the first time, a series of incentives will be offered to full- and part-time faculty and staff who make gifts prior to December 31. They include:
• An added “Jeans Day” on Jan. 5, 2007, the first day back from Winter Break;
• Entry into a drawing for one of five paid vacation days (staff only);
• Entry into a drawing for one of five credits of $50 in Bonus Bucks for use in campus dining facilities (full and part-time faculty only);
• A special recognition reception with President Meyers in the spring semester;
• Recognition in the annual Honor Roll of Donors for gifts of $100 or more.
Perry reminds faculty and staff that they can designate their gifts to a particular department or program they want to support. “Faculty and staff know Webster’s mission and programs best and, subsequently, know what areas need the most financial support.”
If you run into Perry in the hallway, at least give him a smile. Remember, he has a tough job.
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Q: We all care about the budget. How is the budget looking? Have the cuts we made brought about what was intended?
A: We've all had challenges in the last couple of years with budget. Webster is not immune from the economic conditions that most universities face from time to time. Yet, we were able to move ahead with salary increases, some fringe benefits, hiring of many replacements and modest purchases of select supplies and equipment. We can celebrate our quickness of foot and our ability to respond to our resource realities. I greatly value and personally appreciate the initiatives of all the members of our University community who have worked to advance our University mission, worldwide. Once again, I wish to thank everyone for what they did to meet our challenges in the past. The Webster family is indeed special.
This year, so far, we are right on our budget projections, with the probability that our enrollments will slightly exceed our budget projections. I am "cautiously optimistic" about the budget. The development campaign is going ahead and that looks great. It will be in the silent phase for 1-2 years as we test the amount we think we can raise. Mr. Jerry Ritter of our board is doing an exemplary job in heading the campaign. The development calls that Jerry and I have gone out on, plus the calls Ed Glotzbach and I have made on current trustees, have so far been very successful. In this 91st year of Webster University, I’m seeing the probability of this year being very successful without the downsides we’ve recently endured. If we continue to work together, we will have a banner year.
Send your questions for Dr. Meyers to kirkma@webster.edu
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 Student flag display honors 9/11 victims. |
Student Flag Display Honors 9/11 Victims
If you walked by the Quad on Sept. 11, it was impossible to miss the display of 1,500 American flags and the sign that said, “We Must Never Forget.”
The officers of College Republicans: Jennifer Love, president; Ben Barges, vice president; and Ashley Moore, treasurer, spent three hours erecting the display, which included one flag for every two lives lost on 9/11.
“We did this because it’s important that we take time in our busy lives to take a moment today and reflect on what happened,” Love said.
Love explained the decision to use 1,500 flags, instead of 3,000 was based solely on economics. “The College Republicans did what we felt was the right thing with the resources we had available,” Love said, adding the important thing was the students who took time to appreciate what the memorial meant.
Eyewitness Account
Out of Tragedy, A New Beginning
In a sense we are all survivors of 9/11, however, our co-worker Nicole Roach, accounting assistant, Collections, was an eyewitness to the events that unfolded in New York that tragic day.
A native St. Louisan, Roach moved to New York in 2001 to pursue a career in media communications. Two years of working in the finance department at KSDK News Channel 5 helped her realize she had a passion for broadcasting. Colleagues in the newsroom advised her that to pursue a communications career, she should move away from St. Louis for a while to gain experience.
“For several months, I considered my options,” Roach says. “After much thought and prayer, I decided to gamble it all, sold everything, and gave KSDK my two weeks’ notice May 25, 2001.”
Three weeks later, Roach moved to New York with a temporary place to stay and no job. Very soon, however, she found employment at Banco Popular in the World Trade Center. On Sept. 3, she was transferred to a new assignment in Brooklyn, in a building across the bridge from Manhattan, with a window view of the World Trade Center.
“It wasn’t until I made it to work on Sept. 11 that I became aware of the first airplane crashing into one of the towers,” Roach says. “When I arrived, people were gathered in front of the window facing the towers and I joined them, staring in disbelief.”
“Not long after that, we saw the second plane hit. Everyone went into a panic. Cell phones popped out everywhere and people began scrambling to figure out what to do and how to get more information on what was happening. When we realized that all forms of communication were cut off, the anxiety increased.”
Roach’s new supervisor, Ellen Holman, came to her rescue. “Since the transit system was down indefinitely, she helped me try to find a place to stay overnight,” Roach says. After trying a number of hotels and shelters and even the YMCA, to no avail, Holman took Roach to her home.
Around midnight, Roach heard on the news that two transit trains were back in operation, so she decided to try to get back to her apartment in upper Manhattan. When the train arrived at Wall Street and the doors opened, smoke filled the train, along with the passengers.
“Tears ran down my face as I watched people covered in ashes and soot searching for a seat,” Roach recalls. “Some were missing articles of clothing. When I closed my eyes, I could hear the rhythms of sorrow in the air.”
The train’s last stop at 125th street on the east side of Manhattan was miles from Roach’s apartment on the west side. Having no choice but to walk, she says it seemed like forever before she got to her apartment. “With no way to call or reach out to anyone, I cried myself to sleep.”
The next day, communications were restored and Roach was able to call her parents and assure them she was OK. “They were overjoyed to hear my voice, as they were unaware my work assignment had changed.”
Roach decided to go to the Easy Everything Internet Café in Times Square to email family and friends. “As I headed there, I passed makeshift memorials adorned with teddy bears and flowers throughout the 42nd Street substation. On the walls were signs with pictures and phone numbers to call if you had information about someone who was missing.”
As she was leaving the Café, Roach got a call on her cell phone from Q95.5 FM radio in St. Louis. Eric Rhone, Freeman Bosley, Jr., Darrion Phelps and Craig Black were doing a special segment about the tragedy. “They asked me to do a live, on-air interview about what was going on in New York. I stood on an island at Broadway and 42nd Street as we carried out the interview.”
When the interview ended, the station asked Roach to do a follow-up, so she called the Freeman Bosley Jr. show every Sunday morning for the next month. “Things went so well, the idea of a regular New York report developed, and for the next seven months, I called the show every Sunday morning with an entertainment report.”
In April 2002, Roach moved back to St. Louis and started working at Webster two weeks after she returned. She also came back with a media communications job as the producer and on-air talent for the Freeman Bosley Jr. Show. “I guess they were right in telling me to go away and come back,” she says with a smile.
In the past four years, Roach completed her undergraduate and graduate degrees in media communications at Webster, while working full time in the Collections office and producing for the Freeman Bosley Jr. Show on KATZ-FM. For her exemplary work in the Collections office, she received the University’s August 2006 Employee Spotlight Award.
Roach says her experiences on 9/11 make her no longer take anything for granted. “So many lessons have been learned. I now truly live every day to the fullest — as if it’s my last — and I’ve adopted the attitude of not sweating the small stuff. Being alone and unable to communicate with anyone during the tragedy caused me to trust God to see me through.”
“I didn’t realize just how precious family and friends were until I was all alone with no way to reach them. I consider each moment with my family and friends an honor and privilege. I’ve been raised to a greater level of compassion in every aspect of my life.”
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Several members of the Webster community challenged themselves physically and mentally by participating in triathlon events this month. Team Webster Works took part in an event the weekend of Sept. 9-10, while others took part in the Lake Saint Louis Triathlon on Sept. 2.
 Team Webster Works 2006 |
Team Webster Works, the University’s MS150 bicycling team, participated in the two-day event near Columbia, Mo., with most riders covering 75 miles each day. Each member of the team collected a minimum of $250 to support Multiple Sclerosis research and services to St. Louis area families.
“Last year 14 riders raised $6,000, and our goal this year was to double both the number of riders and the amount raised,” says Team Webster Works member Ken Nickless, development officer, Development. “We increased participation to 30 riders, and so far, we have raised $10,000 toward our $12,000 goal. I believe we will make it.”
 Karen Burch, Debbie Stiles, Sarah Sander (overall women’s winner), and Pete McEwen at the Lake Saint Louis Triathlon. |
The event included biking, running and swimming, with a choice of short- course or long-course distances. Krug says he did the Olympic distance of a mile swim, 25-mile bike ride and 10 kilometer run. “It took me entirely too long to complete it — about three and a half hours,” he says.
Krug Faces His Fear
Krug says the swimming was his greatest fear, as he had never before swum any distance close to a mile. “When I started training in February, I couldn’t swim more than 50 yards without resting,” says Krug, “And that really isn’t an option in the lake.” Krug also struggled through some injuries that hampered his running practice and had never run more than half the distance he did at the event.
“I was happy and proud that I was able to accomplish my goal of completing the event,” Krug says. “I was able to do more, longer and faster than I had ever done before, which is a feeling I’d like to take into my personal and professional lives.”
Jezek-Taussig — One Hill at a Time
Jezek-Taussig says she and husband Fred “decided in January to go from couch potatoes to triathletes in eight months” with the triathlon as their goal. “We hired a personal trainer and met with him weekly for guidance, working out 4-6 times a week.”
Over the summer, the Taussigs coupled biking with running and also spent a lot of time swimming in the lap pool. To get the feel of competition, they did a sprint distance triathlon at Alligator Creek in St. Charles a couple of weeks before the Lake Saint Louis event, where they ran into professor Debbie Stiles. “She’s a pro at this sort of thing,” Jezek-Taussig says.
“I remember standing waist-deep in the lake on Saturday morning of the Labor Day weekend thinking a mix of, ‘What have I done?’ and ‘One buoy at a time,’” Jezek-Taussig says. She was able to swim the required .932 mile with no problem and then took the bike ride “one hill at a time” for close to 27 miles. Then came the run. “I’m not a runner by nature, but I made it!” Her time was three hours and 53 minutes, and her husband’s was three hours and ten minutes. “What an incredible feeling of accomplishment,” she says.
With two small children, Jezek-Taussig says she couldn’t have trained or competed without the help of family and babysitters. Her four-year-old son Freddy wanted to know if his mom and dad had won their race. “We told him the fact that we finished was winning,” says Jezek-Taussig. “He seemed to buy it.”
Debbie Stiles — The Pro
“I began doing triathlons in the early 1980s and now I’ve competed in well over 100,” says Stiles. She says training for them is fun because it involves “three of our favorite childhood activities: swimming, riding bikes and running around with our friends.”
Stiles says her best accomplishment was finishing Ironman Florida, a 140.6-mile triathlon race. “My best triathlon finish was second place overall, of 75 women, in the Lake St. Louis Trathlon in 2000,” Stiles says. “I was 51-years-old and finished second overall.” Stiles says she doesn’t have time to train these days, but she still likes to compete.
“I am most proud of my former student and Webster alum Sarah Sander, who had an outstanding race and was the overall women’s winner in the 2006 Lake Saint Louis Triathlon,” Stiles says. “She was on the Gorlok swim team and I believe she also competed in cross-country. She is now an art teacher, and this is the second triathlon she won overall.” (Note: Sander is in group photo, above.)
Injury Sidelines Holtzmann
Linda Holtzmann, associate professor, School of Communications, had trained to participate in the Triathlon, but a head injury sustained the day before kept her home on concussion watch. Referring to herself as a “wannabe mini-triathlete, “ Holtzmann says she rode 12 miles on her bike and swam a half mile the day before the event. “I was nervous, but ready to go.”
Following her practice session, Holtzmann went grocery shopping for her father who lives in a retirement center with elevators. “My sandal caught in the crack between the elevator and the floor and launched me like a human cannonball — head first into the metal back of the elevator,” Holtsmann relates. “I went to the hospital and was on concussion watch for two days and am now fine.” Well, there’s always next year …
Workout Buddies Burch and McEwen
To prepare for the triathlon, Burch and McEwen spent many lunch hours swimming, working out in the fitness center, or going on walk/runs around Webster Groves, but they both say they could have trained more consistently.
“I rode my bike in the evening, played racquetball to keep my aerobic conditioning up and occasionally hit the fitness center,” McEwen says.
Burch, who also participated in last year’s triathlon, says, “I had a lot more on my plate this year and was more relaxed about training, but I enjoyed the challenge.”
McEwen says he had a problem with hydration during the triathlon’s biking segment, which he paid for in the running segment by getting cramps in his calf, which slowed his time down.
“My goal was to complete it, and I did,” says McEwen. “I think these self-imposed challenges are good for the soul.”
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 Ray McGovern |
CIA Truths: How the U.S. Got Into Iraq and How It Can Get Out
• A Talk by Former CIA Analyst Ray McGovern, sponsored by the Center for International Education.
• Oct. 3, noon to 1:20 p.m., Moore Auditorium, free
 Theatre students Kelslan Scarbrough, Maria Tholl and Matt Timme perform in “Night of the Iguana.” Photo by Claudia Burris |
The Night of the Iguana by Tennessee Williams
• Williams’ play involves three desperate souls struggling against their personal demons on a hot night in Mexico’s coastal jungle. The Night of the Iguana won Williams his fourth New York Drama Critics Award.
• Oct. 4-8; 10-4; 7:30 p.m.; Sundays, 2 p.m.
• $10 to general public; free to Webster faculty, staff and students with photo I.D.
• Emerson Studio Theatre, 130 Edgar Road
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Contributed by Ashley Marshall, student editorial assistant
SEPTEMBER 2006 SPOTLIGHT AWARD
Dan Perkins, director, Marketing and Interactive Media, Marketing; and Don Johnson, evening assistant, San Diego Metropolitan Campus, share the September Employee Spotlight Award honors.
 Dan Perkins |
Perkins' nominator says, "He is always easy to work with. I am so lucky to have him as a co-worker, and I feel his contributions should be recognized."
Over the past few years, the Marketing Department has been trying to launch graduate and undergraduate modules online, allowing students to apply from the Web site. Perkins was asked to coordinate the development of the graduate site. In the first full month of the new site, over 30 percent of the applications were submitted online.
"The most enjoyable part of working at Webster is the people and their willingness to work together to solve problems rather than pointing fingers," says Perkins. "As we move forward with new marketing initiatives, our success will depend on these continued partnerships."
Perkins chose to take the day off as his reward.
 Don Johnson |
Johnson has worked for Webster for 12 years and has a very positive reputation among the students. According to his nominator, Johnson’s punctuality and the pride he takes in his work would make him a difficult person to replace.
Johnson is valued by the San Diego campus faculty and students for all the assistance he provides to them. “Don is the person most students thank at our local commencement ceremony and also the person they most often ask about when they call or email,” the nominator says.
“It’s a real honor to be chosen for this award,” Johnson says. “The San Diego faculty, staff and students are extremely easy to work with, which makes my job fun. It’s great to know the staff appreciate the work I do here.”
Johnson chose the $100 savings bond for his prize.
Employees everywhere are eligible for the monthly Employee Spotlight Award.
Using the nomination form is easy!
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Mitchell Carnell, adjunct professor, Charleston Metropolitan Campus, wrote the booklet “Say Something Nice: Be a Lifter,” quoted in the article, “Happy ‘Say Something Nice Day,’” in the online publication, The Post and Courier Charleston.net online, 6/1/06. Carnell, who is a certified speech pathologist and communications workshop leader, has taught at Webster’s Charleston Campus since 1980.
Van McElwee, professor, Electronic and Photographic Media, had three of his video works purchased by Kyoto Teikyo University in Kyoto, Japan. Two of McElwee’s early pieces were shown at the Camden Arts Centre in London England.
Monte Hancock, adjunct professor, Space Coast Metropolitan Campus, was listed in the “Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers,” 10th Edition, which was designed to recognize the top five percent of America’s teachers. College students who have been selected for either the National Dean’s List or the Chancellor’s List are invited to nominate one teacher from their academic career for inclusion. Hancock, who works at Essex Scientific Systems Group as chief cognitive research scientist, teaches a variety of courses at Rollins College and New Covenant Christian School. He also serves on advisory committees at the Florida Institute of Technology and Brevard Community College.
Karin Kneissel, adjunct professor, International Relations, Webster Vienna, recently published the book, Der Energiepoker: Wie Erdšl und Erdgas die Weltwirtschaft beeinflussen, about the geopolitics and economics of oil and natural gas. She also is teaching a Fall I course on the subject.
Michael Schneider, adjunct professor, Art, Webster Vienna, was featured in the book, Printmaking on the Edge, (A & C Black, London), by Richard Noyce.
Chris Kummer, adjunct professor, Business, Webster Vienna, has established a research institute at the campus to advance knowledge and promote the improved use of mergers, acquisitions and strategic alliances. In addition, Kummer was appointed the honorary position of visiting scholar of the Business and Law faculty at Kingston University in London until October 2006.
Michael Freund, adjunct professor, Media Communications, Webster Vienna, prepared “On the Couch,” an exhibit of cartoons on psychoanalysis that have appeared in The New Yorker magazine since 1927 for the Austrian Foreign Ministry. The exhibit was first shown in the Museum of the City of New York this spring and is scheduled to travel to other cities, including Los Angeles, St. Petersburg, London, Prague and Nikosia in Cyprus. It will be shown at the Freud Museum in Vienna in 2007.
James Herndon, adjunct professor, Orlando Metropolitan Campuses, will present the paper, “Ten Years on a Hostage Negotiation: Insights from a Sheriff’s Psychologist,” to the Society for Police and Criminal Psychology Congress, in Washington, D.C., on October 2. Herndon’s review of the book, Practical Police Psychology: Stress Management and Crises Intervention for Law Enforcement, will appear in the “American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis.”
Jeff Reddout, adjunct professor, Lakeland and Brandon Metropolitan Campus, a practicing neuropsychologist, appeared on a Dr. Phil show featuring one of his clients who had been shot by her former fiancée.
David Knichel, adjunct professor, Fort Leonard Wood campus, recently received the Commander’s Award for Civilian Service from the Army Management Staff College (AMSC) for academic excellence , leadership contributions and the promotion of Army values. While attending the Army Management Staff College, Knichel organized a student volunteer program to support a local homeless shelter project, the Hypothermia Response Program, for which he received a Certificate of Recognition for Volunteer Service. Ten student volunteers worked 216 hours at the shelter under Knichel’s leadership.
Barry Hufker, associate professor, Electronic and Photographic Media, recorded the initial concert of the St. Louis Chamber Chorus’ 51st Season at Grace United Methodist Church in St. Louis. The concert included the premiere performance of Howard Helvey’s “Three Teasdale Madrigals,” based on the poetry of St. Louis poet, Sara Teasdale.
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The University extends its appreciation to the following individuals who have served the institution for many years:
SEPTEMBER 2006
Mary Petersen, director, Administrative Information Systems, 35 years
Pat Simons, accounting assistant, Business Office, 35 years
Pat Sager, regional director, Jacksonville Metropolitan Campus, 25 years
Mona Al-Shehbaz, technical services assistant, Emerson Library, 15 years
Diane Fagan, director, Fort Smith Metropolitan Campus, 15 years
Sarah Beaman-Jones, literacy program developer, LIFT-Missouri, 10 years
Gayle Faucett, department associate, Development, 10 years
Anthony Rubin, lab assistant, McConnell Air Force Base, Kans., 10 years
Carl Dettlebach, supervisor, Community Music School, 5 years
Michele Franzen, service clerk, Financial Aid, 5 years
Mary Lou Gotman, coordinator, Community Music School, 5 years
Joanne Henderson, coordinator, Community Music School, 5 years
Tiffany Jackson, department assistant, Kansas City Metropolitan Campus, Mo., 5 years
Yunhsiao (David) Liu, coordinator, Community Music School, 5 years
Krista Maring, department assistant, Undergraduate Admissions, 5 years
Susan McDonald, coordinator, Community Music School, 5 years
Margaret Reed, director, Los Angeles Air Force Base, Calif., 5 years
Kimberly Schultz, department assistant, Community Music School, 5 years
Justin Young, maintenance technician, Facilities Operations, 5 years
Julie Walbridge, coordinator, Community Music School, 5 years
Evelyn Williams, receptionist, Community Music School, 5 years
Karen Zelle, coordinator, Community Music School, 5 years
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We extend warm welcome to the newest members of the Webster family:
SEPTEMBER 2006
Natalie Acevedo, service clerk, Fort Sam Houston, Tex., (210) 226-3373 or Speed Dial #6 027, replaces Mary West.
Javaris Allen, general clerk, Pope Air Force Base, N.C., (910) 436-0014 or Speed Dial #6 024, replaces David Brown.
Angie Birdwell, lab assistant, Lakeland Academic Center, Fla., (863) 687-9309 or Speed Dial #6 111, replaces Laureen Brown.
Alane Breitmeyer, Instructional Designer, Academic Distance Learning Center, (314) 961-2660 ext: 8754, replaces Lynn Jay Richards.
Mary DeVasto Callahan, department assistant, Undergraduate Admissions, (314) 961-2660, ext. 7601, replaces Krista Maring.
Armelle Depays, teaching assistant, International Languages and Cultures, (314) 968-7048.
Norgremar Duran-Malave, lab assistant, Scott Air Force Base, Ill., (618) 746-4747 or Speed Dial #6 010, replaces Joshua Williams.
Paula Eschmann, representative, Academic Affairs, (314) 961-2660, ext. 7949, replaces Barbara Cartwright.
Gisela Fortuna, teaching assistant, International Languages and Cultures, (314) 968-7048.
Keiko Hata, teaching assistant, International Languages and Cultures, (314) 968-7048.
Janice Lambe, department associate, Athletics, (314) 968-6984, replaces Sue McClintock.
Irma Marquez, general clerk, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, (210) 226-3373 or Speed Dial #6 027, replaces Charles Fox.
Jeffery Nelson, representative, Old Post Office Campus, (314) 968-5966 ext: 3128, replaces Caryn McVey’s former position.
Md. Najeebur Rahman, web services analyst, Administrative Information Systems, (314) 968-5990.
Jennifer Rowland, help desk assistant shift leader, Help Desk, Information Technology, (314) 709-0646, replaces student employee Marlena Carabajal.
Christine Salmen, teaching assistant, International Languages and Cultures, (314) 968-7048.
Angela Sherman, service clerk, Academic Advising Center, (314) 968-7674, replaces Sharon Phillips.
Herbert Silverman, Community Relations Coordinator, Ocala Metropolitan Campus, Fla., (352) 861-9330 or Speed Dial #6 106, replaces Honorine Baxter.
Deborah Straubinger, community relations coordinator, North Orlando Metropolitan Campus, Fla., (407) 869-8111 or 8287, or Speed Dial #6 093.
Sally ‘Krissi’ Timmerman, communications coordinator, Public Affairs, (314) 968-7456, replaces Molly Alter.
Carolyn Trachtova, lecturer/coordinator ESL program, International Languages and Cultures, (314) 961-2660, ext. 7757.
Chris Fletcher, assistant director, Undergraduate Admissions, (314) 961-2660 X7670, replaces George Winston.
Dawn Glasmeier, department associate, Memphis Naval Support Activity, (901) 873-1531 or Speed Dial #6 086, replaces Lana McBroom
To learn more about job opportunities at Webster, go to the Human Resources Jobs site.
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The University extends sympathies to Caprice Moore, School of Business and Technology, in the loss of her husband, Byron, and also to Marilynn Shelton, Byron’s sister.
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