Briefly

Gates named to board of British music education journal
J. Terry Gates, associate professor and coordinator of music education in the Department of Music, has been named to the International Advisory Board of the British Journal of Music Education (BJME). A key international music publication, BJME covers curriculum development and research in music education, as well as encouraging reflection on teaching in schools, colleges and studios.

Gates, who will serve on the board through 2002, is the former chair of the UB music department. He joined the UB faculty in 1986. His major performance areas are conducting, the doublebass viol and tuba.

Gates' professional publications include the 1988 book, "Music Education in the United States: Contemporary Issues."

Mahoney receives first place in national competition
Martin C. Mahoney, clinical instructor in the Department of Family Medicine in the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, has received the first-place award in the 1998 American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) Resident Scholars Competition. The award was given for his paper, "Correlates of Anticipated Infant Feeding in an Urban, Indigent Family Practice Setting."

The AAFP represents nearly 84,000 family physicians, family-practice residents and medical students nationwide.

Mahoney holds master's, doctoral and medical degrees from UB. He also serves as an assistant professor in Roswell Park Cancer Institute's Graduate Division and an assistant professor of epidemiology in SUNY Albany's School of Public Health.

St. Rita's Lane closed during Oozfest Saturday
St. Rita's Lane on the North Campus will be closed to all but emergency vehicles from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday to accommodate the annual Oozfest tournament. Members of the university community and the general public are asked to use an alternate route.

CFA to present Winnie the Pooh
The Center for the Arts will present a Rochester Children's Theatre production of the children's classic, Winnie the Pooh, at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Saturday in the Mainstage theater, Center for the Arts, on the North Campus.

Children and their families can join Christopher Robin's best friend, Winnie the Pooh, bear of Very Little Brain, for an educational experience unlike any other. A.A. Milne's classic and witty world of make-believe teaches lessons in friendship, loyalty and good snacking. Whether helping Eeyore fix his tail or hunting the dreaded Heffalump, Pooh meets adventure at every corner on a journey of Important Missions.

The performance is part of the Center for the Art's Family Adventure Series. Tickets are $10 and $8, and can be purchased at the Center for the Arts box and Ticketmaster locations.

New PSS chair to put communication high on agenda
Increasing communication and organizing focus groups are two goals of H. William Coles, III, recently elected chair of the Professional Staff Senate.

Coles, associate director of the Educational Opportunity Program, took office on April 15, assuming the second year of the two-year term held by Michael Stokes.

Stokes, director of the Office of Student Multicultural Affairs, left UB last month to take a position as assistant dean of arts and sciences at the University of Delaware.

Coles defeated Tommie L. Babbs, an academic advisor in the Division of Undergraduate Academic Services, and Keith C. Herms, senior programmer/analyst in Administrative Services in University Facilities, in a special election held earlier this month.

Herms, vice chair of the PSS, had been acting as interim chair in Stokes' absence.

Another election will be held in Spring 1999 to elect a new chair, vice chair and secretary of the PSS.

Coles noted that professional staff is "an integral part of UB and their considerable talents and efforts must be considered, encouraged and coordinated if UB is to achieve the prominence that we all desire.

"Every effort must be made to inform professional staff about changes in university policy, organization and objectives," he said. "Their input is essential in the formative stages of such developments."

To that end, Cole said he will establish a listserv for all area senators and officers, and a listserv for each area, its senators and PSS officers to increase the flow of information and communication among the professional staff, the area senators and PSS officers.

He also said he will conduct focus groups this summer with representatives from each area to review results of the survey circulated by the senate's Quality of Work Life Committee, discuss the function of senate committees and possible committee changes and determine concerns, perceptions and expectations of professional staff.

Graduation, Student Honors for Reporter Commencement Extra
The Reporter will publish its annual "Commencement Extra" edition on May 14. If you have not done so already, please send us lists of students receiving graduation or other honors, identifying honors concisely. Information must be received no later than May 1.

Because of production requirements, the Reporter only will accept information electronically. No fax submissions will be accepted. Information may be submitted on disk, specifying the program in which it is written and including a printout of all information contained on the disk, or by e-mail to reporter@ubnews.buffalo.edu

All submissions must include a contact name, department, campus address and daytime telephone number. Disks may be delivered to 136 Crofts Hall, North Campus. For more information, call Christine Vidal, Reporter editor, at 645-2626.

Want to lead a Life Workshop?
The Office of Student Life is looking for leaders who are willing to share their special talents, knowledge and/or skills to lead a Life Workshop for the Fall 1998 semester. Student Life is looking for a workshop leader to cover any one of the many topics including, but not limited to, aerobics, calligraphy and business techniques.

If you would like the opportunity to get involved and gain valuable experience, contact the Office of Student Life at 645-6125 by May 7.

Photo exhibit focuses on Appalachian blacks
Blacks in two rural Appalachian communities will come to life in a exhibit of photographs on display through May 29 outside the Mainstage theater in the Center for the Arts on the North Campus.

The exhibit, "It Takes Some Kicking: Voices in Black Appalachia," features 40 photographs by Wilburn Hayden, former associate dean of social work at UB; his brother, Ronald, and one of Hayden's former graduate students, Derek Williams.

Hayden, director of the Master of Social Work program at California University of Pennsylvania, is recognized nationally for his research on blacks in Appalachia. The exhibit, which records the lives of black residents of two former coal-mining towns in Virginia, also includes narratives excerpted from interviews with its subjects.

Soto has exhibition at Buffalo Arts Studios
Ceremonial Lands," an exhibit by Leandro Soto, artist-in-residence in the Department of Theatre and Dance, is on display through May 30 at Buffalo Arts Studios, 2495 Main St., Buffalo. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays.

The exhibition, which consists of paintings and installations, celebrates the conference, "Mayan Culture at the Millennium: Retrospect and Prospect," sponsored by the departments of English and anthropology, that will take place Saturday and Sunday at UB.

Soto, a renowned native Cuban artist, has been involved in the art world for the past 25 years, participating in 94 group exhibitions and 41 personal shows on the international level.

A recent critical essay said that "the essence of Soto's art resides precisely in his reverence for the land...his admiration of ancient cultures, his refined feeling of expression and his distinctive approach to art as a spiritual quest."

Alumnus to discuss the "beauty quark"
The so-called "beauty quark" will be the subject of a talk to be given at 7:30 p.m. on April 30 in Room 201 of the Natural Sciences Complex on the North Campus.

Ronald Poling, professor of physics at the University of Minnesota who has built his career on the study of the beauty, or b quark, will discuss "The Pursuit of Beauty: An Adventure in Particle Physics." He will be in Buffalo to receive the Clifford C. Furnas Memorial Award from the UB Alumni Association. Poling graduated from UB in 1976.

The talk, sponsored by the Department of Physics and the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, will be free and open to the public.

Women's Club has flower sale
The annual UB Women's Club Spring Flower Sale, which benefits the Grace Capen Academic Award Fund, is now in progress. Flowers available through the sale include geraniums in 4-1/2-inch pots at $1.80 each or $20 a dozen in scarlet red, pink and white; impatiens at $1.50 per pack of 6 plants in red, pink, white and mixed; ivy geraniums in 10-inch hanging pots at $10 each in red, pink and purple; and impatiens in 10-inch hanging pots at $10 each in red, pink, white or mixed.

Orders must be received by Saturday, with checks made payable to the UB Women's Club. Orders and checks can be sent to Joan Ryan, 243 Frankhauser Rd., Williamsville, N.Y. 14221.

Orders may be picked up from noon to 5 p.m. on May 14 in the Center for Tomorrow on the North Campus. Other arrangements for picking up orders must be made in advance by calling Ryan at 626-9332 or Georgine Duncan at 689-2791.

Albert R. Mugel to be honored by Buffalo Law Review
Albert R. Mugel, well-known attorney, tax-law expert and UB law professor since 1948, will be honored at the ninth annual Buffalo Law Review dinner, to be held tomorrow in The Buffalo Club.

A founding member and senior partner of the Buffalo law firm of Jaeckle, Fleischmann & Mugel, LLP, Mugel has influenced generations of future attorneys and left his indelible stamp on the law school.

Mugel graduated cum laude from the UB law school in 1941 and joined the firm of Kenefick, Cooke, Mitchell, Bass & Letchworth.

He served as a tank officer in Europe during World War II and with the First Cavalry Division during the Korean Conflict.

In 1954, Mugel joined the firm that now bears his name, continuing his teaching commitment to UB on a part-time basis.

He has received numerous awards, including the Edwin F. Jaeckle Award, the law school's most prestigious award; the Samuel P. Capen Award from the UB Alumni Association, and a distinguished alumnus award from the UB law school. He has served as a treasurer and director of the Erie County Bar Association, is a former member of the Executive Committee of the Section on Taxation of the New York State Bar Association and chaired the ECBA's Committee on Taxation.

Grant to fund three-day Korea workshop in Buffalo
Helen L. Stevens, director of international students and scholar services at UB, has received a grant of approximately $9,000 from NAFSA: Association of International Educators to coordinate and host a three-day Korea workshop in Buffalo for international educators nationwide. NAFSA, with funding from the U.S. Information Agency, is sponsoring the program to promote interest at UB and in the local community about contemporary Korea and to highlight the flourishing Korean Studies Program at UB. Additional resources for the program will come from the Fulbright Korean-American Educational Commission (KAEC) in Seoul, South Korea.

Scheduled for October, the workshop, "Korea In Transition: A Workshop for International Educators," will target those involved in international education, including foreign student and study-abroad advisors, teachers of English as a second language and admissions officers.

At UB, the number of Korean students has increased from 204 in 1988 to 350 this year, making it the university's largest international population for the current academic year. Approximately 36,000 Korean students attend U.S. colleges and universities nationwide.

Last spring, Stevens was one of six people nationwide awarded a grant to spend three weeks abroad as a guest of an Overseas Educational Advising Center, which she spent at the KAEC in Seoul.

School of Management names Dean's Council members
Sixteen business leaders from Western New York and from around the country have been appointed to the Dean's Advisory Council in the School of Management. The new members, many of whom are graduates of the management school, will serve three-year terms. They join 11 other business leaders who already sit on the council.

According to John M. Thomas, interim dean of the management school, the new members were selected for their expertise in business management and for their commitment to the school. They will provide advice to faculty and administration regarding curriculum, strategic planning and marketing.

The new members include: Robert W. Black, vice president of marketing, Steelecase Inc., Grand Rapids, Mich.; I. Malcolm Burnett, president and CEO, Marine Midland Bank, Buffalo; Frank H. Clement, vice president for investments, Paine Webber, Seattle; Glenn A. Fosdick, president and CEO, Hurley Medical Center, Flint, Mich.; MarySue French, plant controller, Hunt-Wesson Corp., Perrysburgh, Ohio; Marianne W. Gaige, president and COO, Cathedral Corporation, Chatham, N.Y.; William G. Gisel, Jr., president of the food group, Rich Products, Buffalo; Mark E. Hamister, chairman and CEO, National Health Care Affiliates, Buffalo; Arvin L. Jones, plant manager, GM Powertrain Division, Tonawanda Engine Plant, Buffalo.

Also, Howard D. Koenig, senior vice president, ADP, Roseland, N.J.; Raymond A. Lenhardt, partner, Andersen Consulting, Washington, D.C.; Margaret G. McGlynn, senior vice president for health and utilization management, Merck-Medco Managed Care, Montvale, N.J.; Richard T. Stephens, president, Delaware North Companies, Buffalo; Charles C. Swanekamp, partner, Jaeckle, Fleischmann & Mugel, Buffalo; Philip J. Szabla, general counsel, G C Companies, Chestnut Hill, Mass.; and Kenneth I. Tuchman, vice chairman, Wasserstein, Perella & Co., New York City.