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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 13, 1979)
London hails more Americans Extra pounds, extra dollars Editor's note: Former Emerald Politics Editor Ann Treneman is now attending school at the University of London, pre sumably in what she would call, “a total tiz." By ANNE TRENEMAN Of the Emerald LONDON — It’s rare that college prog rams run into the problem of receiving more money than expected. Yet, that’s the state of affairs for the Northwest Interinstitutional Council on Study Abroad in London this term. “Twenty-five or 30 students were ex pected when the budget was drafted,” says journalism Prof. Pete Steffens, academic director for the 10-week program. “And then 51 showed up... We’ve got 2,000 pounds extra to spend.’’ Two thousand pounds roughly translates into $4,000 but program administrator Daniel Whetsell does not view the money as “extra ’’ funds. “Extra money from extra people is used for extra expenses,” he says. “X amount of money is received for the term. Three fourths of it is committed, and the remainder is used to plan during the term.” However, he notes that because of the r enrollment, those plans have ballooned. “Instead of the usual one or two excur sions, and possibly, that’s possibly, a night out at the theater, we now have five excur sions —one overnight — one play, and five walking tours of London planned,” Steffens says. The 51 students who paid approximately $1,400 each to brave London’s strikes and snow compose the largest group ever for the NICSA’s winter term. Participants, who come from universities scattered through out the West, live with English families and attend classes in London. Faculty, and academic emphasis change each term, but class content is geared to allow studies to coincide with location. Uni versity students can apply to the London program or for identical programs in Avig non, France or Cologne, Germany for one to three terms. Interested students may contact Kathy Allely. Room 172, Oregon Hall. The 8-year-old program is a result of an agreement between 15 Western colleges, which organize the academic end. Ameri can Heritage, a non-profit educational or ganization based in Lake Oswego, handles the program’s logistics, which include matching students up with English families, renting classroom space and acquiring London Transport Passes, hostel cards and International Student identification cards for participants. Although the large turnout for the histori cally tiny winter enrollment caught NICSA by surprise this term, Peggy Whip ple, who interviews interested students, points to positive word-of-mouth advertis ing by students and “excellent” faculty. In addition, “it makes sense to study certain things where they happened,” she says, explaining the increased interest. Students in London are reaping the be nefits from that upsurge in interest this term, but those benefits could dwindle if the growth trend continues. As Whetsell poiftts out, if the group gets much larger, certain expenses — such as chartering buses — may double, which would result in fewer “extras.” Education faculty rates 13th, survey shows By TAMARA SWENSON Of the Emerald The University College of Edu cation has been ranked 13th in the nation by an independent survey. The survey, distributed to 4,000 faculty members at four-year col leges and universities, asked re spondents to name the five de partments in their discipline with the most distinguished faculties. Eleven percent of the respon dents put the University in the top five, and two believed it to be the best in the nation. The college s emphasis on scholastic research, writing and teaching was cited by Robert Gil bert, dean of the college, as reasons for its national recogni tion. Gilbert says the faculty of the College of Education has been very "visible,” professors have been publishing, graduates of the program have become known, and the "word just gets around.” Don Essig, principal of North Eugene High School and a graduate of the college’s master and doctoral programs, says the strength of the college’s program lies in its “freedom to explore’ the education field. Essig, who worked in the edu cation field while obtaining his de grees, also rated the school's cooperation with education out side the school. Gilbert also says the college is strong in its service both in the state and beyond Oregon s bor FREE BEER SPECIAL “When the Green Light Glows The FREE beer flows” ' Every Tuesday from 8 pm to midnight watch for [ T : the Green Light - it's your signal for free beer! "" \ / ; 1 woodside W' brewery RESTAURANT • TAVERN . DISCO 2165 W. 11th Ave. UNIQUE IN THE NORTHWEST! THE ATKINSON GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ADMINISTRATION WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY | SALEM, OREGON 97301 A Two-Year Master’s Program to Provide the Educational Foundation for Careers in the Management of Business, Government, and Not-For-Profit Organizations. All interested students should see: Tim Nissen, Director of Admissions Monday, February 19, 1979 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Career Planning & Placement Office 686-3235 Information on Placement, Internships. Curriculum and Financial Aid available on request. ders. The college, he says, has 1 worked as a service function nationally, much as other groups serve locally. * The ability of the college to at- | tract top students also helped the § college s ranking, Gilbert says. It is the college’s graduate prog- * ram, Gilbert believes, that is the | main reason for the high ranking. The college, he says, has a repu tation of a strong graduate level program. Although the entire University is underfunded, Gilbert says he can’t “help but be proud of a fa culty that can achieve that ranking while underfunded. “It has to be something that doesn't hinge on funding,” he says. Education Dean Robert Gilbert Grants supplement University in job, algebra and cell research Newly received grant money has continued Uni versity research in the areas of abstract algebra, cell membranes and job commitment. An award of $15,600 from the National Science Foundation is for continued research into various algebraic structures entitled "Rings and Forms." According to mathematics Prof. David Harrison, who has directed and performed the research over the past six years, a total of $32,000 has been granted for the study so far. The current funding will end in November of 1980. In studying abstract algebra, Harrison says, one realizes that "math builds on itself." Some of the structures "built” through various algebraic equa tions have been termed "rings and forms," he says. The purpose of the research, Harrison adds, is to develop theorems that help explain the nature of those structures. A University research chemist is probing into the chemical and physical makeup of cell membranes with grants totaling more than $150,000. Bruce Hudson, assistant chemistry professor, is using lasers and other instruments to "light up” cell membranes to find out why they selectively allow some substances to go in and out of the cell, while rejecting other substances. "Cell membranes,” Hudson explains, "are made up of proteins and have ‘little pumps' which push some substances in and other substances out — and what we’re trying to understand is how those pumps work." Hudson also views the cell activity with a "fluorescent probe,” a light-bearing chemical sub stance called paranaric acid. Paranaric acid is pro duced from Mikita seeds which are only found in the Fiji and Solomon Islands. Hudson is working under a five-year Research Career and Development Award.” The award was presented to him last year by the Public Health Ser vice in Bethesda, Md. Before coming to the University, Hudson served on the faculty at Stanford He received his bachelor’s and master's degrees in chemistry from the Califor nia Institute of Technology and his doctorate degree in chemistry from Harvard University. The University also has received funding from the Oregon Department of Education to send “visit ing teams' to 100 Oregon School districts to review their compliance with the federal Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975. According to education Prof. Robert Mattson, who is in charge of the teams participating in the review, the state is legally required to perform such reviews over a three-year period to assure that hand icapped persons are receiving appropriate education in public schools. Oregon has 300 school districts, 100 of which are being reviewed this year. Teams of faculty members and doctoral stu dents from the College of Education will begin their visits this week, Mattson says. The reviews should be completed by the end of spring term, he says, and reports will be submitted to the department by Aug. 31, when the funding period ends. A total of $119,669 was granted to the University for the reviews.
