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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 7, 1995)
Gift expands journalism school Brian Womack Ctap&n i Plans to remodel and expand tin* University's S< hool of Jour nalism and Comnmnu .ition took an important first step thanks to a $4(10.000 gift from the widow of a University grad uate The gift contributes to the school's .$•» million fund raising goal, which is part of the Oregon Campaign, a University fund raising effort to colln< t $150 mil lion The gift will he in the name of Willis S Duniwav, a 1932 Uni versity graduate A long-time Oregon reporter, Duniwav worked with United Press Inter national and The Oregonian. Dorothy Duniwav. his widow, made the gift Willis Duniwmv's Journalist)) history extends beyond his own life, however His grandmother, Abigail Duntway. was a women's suf frage leader in Oregon and founded and edited the suffrage newspaper ,Wv% \nrthnest His great uncle wax the editor of The Orvgonian ami a well known < nt» of woman's nght to vote 'What's so impressive about the gift is were looking ahead to what we re going to he in the 21st century and to have a gift so stooped in Oregon history is amazing," said Dmu an Me Don ald. school dean The gift sets the stage for c hange in Allen Hall University Provost John Moseley said the journalism school is one of the areas on campus w ith the largest financial need The expansion and remodel ing of Allen Hall tnnv inc hide new classrooms for seminars and presentations and a too seat amphitheater style room, McDonald said An electronic - media studio could include video production facilities, a television news room and a radio studio. A new media center would "examine the convergenc e of TV, computers and telephone communications." he said We need 12 to 15 thousand square feet " Finding that space could irnwi moving the printing press from the school's first floor to another pert of i ampin "Faculty, classrooms, labs ami programs need to be in the cen tral part of the campus Muse let said Oregon Hail servo es dormitories and the printing press should all be positioned at the edge of campus, he said Other options for creating space include a new floor or a new building "hi another month, we'll hast* a better idea |if the printing press will move- Mi Donald said • if it weren't for the [Duni way! gift we couldn't even think of the possibilities ' he said "You could not have hoped for a better start.'' I'he campaign for the S-i mil lion ends in long, hut ' we're going to get it before then," McDonald said. “The question for the si hool is how do we hon or the past and prepare for the future? Duniwav's gift answered the first question Museum to offer nature excursions Regina Brown OfWQOfy t r*h&f 3k3 Education and ecology will he the focus of a series of 11 nature excursions offered In the Uni versity's Museum of Natural History The series represents the museum's "Learn the Landscape" program offered every summer The trips occur twice monthly, beginning this Sunday, and run through September. All trips are day-long except for one. which is a three-day trip to Newberry Crater The other trips are local and involve only an hour or two of dri ving, said Joseph Minuto, one of the trip leaders The first trip is April l), and will explore Ore gon's coastal forests. These forests generate inter national interest because of their rarity. Minato said "tt is one of the last remnants of Oregon coastal rain forests," he said Minato recommends that people register for the trips early bee ause they ( ould fill up fairly quick 1\ The number of people allowed on each trip ranges from 12 to 15 Oregon law requires that groups traveling into a forest have a maximum of 12 people to minimize ecological damage The museum likes to keep its field trips small bei ause of their educational focus, Minato said The first two trips still have openings. The trips aim to educate people about the archaeological history and the ecology of the places each group visits, said Minato. He said it's important for people to rei eive a range of knowl edge about the environment "We try to be well rounded when we ft« us on .1 plane," he said Minnto stress’d the impact humans have on the environment and emphasized wavs m which peo ple can limit the Amount of damage they causa while visiting natural sites Because the trips focus on education, they require only 0 moderate amount of physical fit ness, but participants must he able to walk three miles, he said Minato stressed that the trips are geared toward adults, not t hildren. who are often not ready to handle a dav-long educational excur sion. Minnto is the founder of Nearby Nature, a lot tl group that teaches nature education to elementary si hoot students He also teat ties natural history classes in Eugene through Antioch University tit Ohio Half of the trips w ill be led by Mmato anti tin other half by Dennis Lueck. svho tenches field classes in natural history at lame Community Col lege and leads nature walks on Sunday afternoons l b# day trips i ost $20 for museum members and S25 for noiuiiemhers The groups will meet at H a m in the museum parking lot and will return to the museum by It p in. The trip to Newberry Crater < osts Slot) dollars for museum members and $120 for nomnumbers Transportation will be provided for more information, contact the Museum of Natural History at I4fi- t02-t FIND THINGS IN ODE CLASSIFIEDS (ROOMMAT ES, TICKETS. STUFF YOU LOST, BICYCLES, CARS, JOBS. 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