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APRIL 22. 1991
VOL. 70 NO. 18
The ROTUNDA LONGWOOD COLLEGE
Dr. Frank Chosen As Dean of Liberal Arts In a natural progression of academic leadership at Longwood College. Dr. William L. Frank has been appointed Dean of the School of Liberal Arts and Sciences, effective July 1.
Deciding to pursue higher education. Dr. Frank earned the B.A degree in English In 1955 and the master's degree In education In 1956. both from the University of Southern Mississippi. He then went to NorthThe appointment followed an western University In Illinois, in-house search at the College where he received the M.A In and was announced by Dr. Don- English In 1958 and the Ph.D. in ald C. Stuart, Vice President for American literature in 1964. Academic Affairs.
Dr. Stuart said: "I look forward to working with Bill Frank as Dean of the School of Liberal Arts and Sciences. I know his leadership skills from personal experience when I was an English faculty member and he was department chair. I also know that his colleagues and students have high respect for his teaching abilities.
"Institutions of higher education exist solely to serve the needs of their students." Dr. Frank continued, "and no group more effectively serves the best Interests of students than a highly competent, dedicated, and energetic faculty. I see my role aa strengthening the resources of our faculty, so they In turn can do an even better job In the classroom, and in taking leadership roles In other aspects of campus life."
Dr. Frank's service to Longwood Includes numerous committee assignments, dealing with academic policies, promotion and tenure, the graduate program, summer school, general education requirements, gender and minority issues, and the Longwood Seminar.
He concluded: Today, more than ever before In this century. the challenges are surely there, and I look forward to meeting them with the cooperation and goodwill of all Involved - faculty, students, administrators, board members, and citizens of our community and region." Dr. Frank was born in New York City and attended parochial schools there. He enlisted In the U.S. Air Force In 1948, completed Radio Operators School, and served for three years aa an Instructor In the Radio Operators Training School at Keesler Air Force Base. Biloxl. Mississippi.
In 1988. Dr. Frank organized a three-day symposium on the work of Charlotte County novelist William Hoffman, with sessions at both Longwood and Hampden-Sydney Colleges and follow-up programs at several public libraries In the region. The symposium was supported by a grant from the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and Public Policy.
in the Farmvllle community, Dr. Frank has been president and board member of the Rotary Club and Wedgewood Country Club, Sunday School superintendent and Eucharistlc minister at St. Theresa Catholic Church, and district chair of the membership enrollment drive for the Robert E. Lee Council of Boy Scouts of America. Dr. Frank and his wife, Angellne. have three adult children and one grandchild.
Earth Day
Aluminum Foil Declared Safe If your mother was like mine, she issued a steady stream of dire warnings throughout your childhood and well into your adult life: "Don't play with matches;" "Don't talk with your mouth full;" "Don't lick the Ice cube tray or your tongue will get stuck" and, by all means, "Don't put aluminum foil containers In the microwave!"
He held faculty positions at Delta State University In Mississippi and the University of Southeast Missouri before coming to Longwood.
"As a respected teacher, leader, and scholr, and as one who knows Longwood from his long service here. Dr. Frank surely will be a great asset In the He has served three terms on continuing development of our the President's Advisory Comarts and sciences programs." mittee and was chair of that • group In 1971-72 and again in Dr. Frank. 61, came to Long- 1989-90. wood In 1968 as professor and chair of the Department of English. He assumed expanded reIn 1986. he was co-author sponsibility In 1975 as chair of the Division of Language, Litera- with Dr. Ellery Sedgwlck of a ture, and Philosophy, a position proposal that resulted In an $84,000 Funds for Excellence he held for four years. grant from the State Council of Higher Education to design and Since then, in addition to equip a microcomputer writing teaching English courses. Dr. lab for freshman English classes Frank has been coordinator of at Longwood. Institutional grants, director of Longwood* accreditation selfstudy In 1981-83, administraDr. Frank Is the author of A tive assistant In the office of the Critical Introduction to Sherwood Vice President for Academic Af- Bonner. published In 1976 as fairs, and assistant to the Dean part of Twayne's United States of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Authors Series, and of numerous papers, articles, and reviews "I appreciate very much the on 19th and 20th-century vote of confidence given me by American literature. He Is editor President Dorrlll and Dr. Stuart of Dialect Tales a\ Other Stories, by this appointment," Dr. Frank a new collection of Sherwood said. "I look forward to working Bonner's fiction, published In with them and other 1990 as part of the Masterworks administrative officers, deans of Literature Series. and department chairs to provide total support and encourFor a decade (1973-83). he agement to the efforts of all of waa editor of the newsletter our faculty, especially those In published by the South Atlantic the School of Liberal Arts and Association of Teachers of EnSciences. glish.
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With all due respect to Mom. you can put aluminum foil containers in a microwave oven. Not only that, but aluminum foil containers are better for the environment than most other mlcrowavable containers. Microwave ovens have been around for more than a generation, and in that time microwave technology has come a long way. In microwave ovens made since 1980, you can use aluminum foil containers safely, and produce better-tasting food. The biggest advantage of cooking in a microwave oven is that It saves time, but that advantage Is undercut by the inconvenience of having to transfer frozen food, baked goods and takeout food from one container to another before you can pop It In the microwave. Dr. William L. Prank has been appointed to take over the position as Dean of the School of Liberal Arts and Sciences. The Rotunda staff has no assurances that this (s absolutely safe. IJ you should decide to try this at home, we do not take responsibility.
Transferring food Is unnecessary when the food comes In an aluminum foil container. Simply remove the metal lid or wrap, cover the food with wax paper or mlcrowavable plastic wrap, and put the aluminum foil container in the center of the microwave oven.
Microwave energy does not penetrate metal, so the food will heat from the top down. As the food warms, the aluminum foil container will conduct the heat of the food evenly, preventing your meal from being scorched on the outside, and cold on the inside. Microwave ovens are used In almost 80 percent of all American households, and I he use of recyclable products In microwave cooking can have a wide-reaching effect on reducing the amount of household garbage. The fact that aluminum toll containers are both mlcrowavable and 100 percent recyclable means that aluminum foil containers are the best packaging choice for food Items for environmentally conscientious people on the go. Students who make It a point to search out products packaged In convenient and "green" packaging will find themselves again and again choosing products packaged in aluminum foil containers. You cannot do anything about the chorus of warnings mothers sing, but for students who demand convenience and want to help the environment, the growing refrain lls: "Why are you transferring thai frozen food to a clean plate and dirtying more dishes? Leave the food In the aluminum foil container. It heats better In the microwave oven, and we can recycle It late." Aluminum foil containers In the microwave? Go ahead, try III
Phi Kappa Phi Inducts 65 Members The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi initiated 65 students and graduates on Sunday, April 14. at 3 p.m. In the Wygal Auditorium. Keynote speaker for the ceremony was Dr. Scott Colley. acting president of HampdenSydney College, whose topic was "Firing the Canon, or Who Could Make a Case Against Western Culture?" To become a member of Phi Kappa Phi. seniors and graduates must have a cumulative quality point average of 3.50; the following 54 persons were initiated In this group: Mary Robyn Adams. David C. Allen. Linda R. Andrews. Janice M. Bailey. Marsha Alane Balrd. Karen Nelson Baker. Alison Cocker Barksdale. Klrsten R. Baum. Sherry L. Blrckhead. Andrew Jonathan Bobb. Donna G. Bobbilt. Margaret Ruth Bur gener. Donald L. Carlson. Beth Ann Cox. Brian K. Crutchfleld. Ayme Curlee. Kim Marie DeRonda. Rick Dockstader. Tammara Marie Eses. Scott Herbert Flood. Edward R. Goforth. Maria Rutherford Hahn. Dennis Earl Hale. II. Patrick
Edward Hart, Marguerite H. Hayes. Donna Marie Hedge. Amanda Glllllan Kelly. Kristen E. Laurllla. Sheryl Lynn Leffer. Karla Marotta. Amy Morris Martin. Sherl R. McGulre. Edward E. Mldklff. Julie Elizabeth Miller. Lisa Nolen Mountcasel. Mellnda Rae Munns. Charles C. Ramsey. N. Laurence Robertson, Laura Anne Royster. Ginger M. Sanderson. Stacl Robyn Sandier, Almee P. Sarver. Bonnie Sue Seers. Debra L. Shorter, Jean Raychel Taylor. Jennifer Belshan Tomko. Elizabeth J. Toney. Kathleen M. Torclvla. Elizabeth Anne Verley, Rhonda Gaye Wall. Nancy Morrow White. Cindy A Williams. John Conrad Wlngold, IV. and Rarhelle P. Wright. Eight Juniors, who have the required 3.75 GPA or better, were Initiated: Jennifer L. Flowers. Mlchalle Diane Nash. Nancy Patrick, Jennifer C. Reaves. Lauren R. Scott. Lorl Ann Sykes. Virginia Fern Vlmpeny. and Delia H. Wlcklzer. To be Initiated as a graduate student, the required GPA is 3.5 aa an undergraduate and 3.75
on graduate work. Charla Faulkner Crews. Amy L. Lerby, and Stella O. Osborne were initiated as graduate students. The top two percent of the sophomore class and the top one percent of the freshman class were awarded certificates of recognition for academic achievement. Sophomores honored were Sylvia S. Ballev. Vickl C. Butler. Carol W. Chandler. Mary C. Davis. Lisa N. Goehner. Latlsha Lynn Hayes. Angela C. Jones. Victoria Ann Jones. Lisa M. Kesterson. Amy Jo Lomax. Steven K. Tanner. Anne Leigh Woltz. and Lisa K. Woods. Freshmen were Robin R. Jamerson. Karen B. Perry. Suzanne M. Rutledge. Benlta I. Webster. Darrell Alan Wells, and Lydla C. Williams. Officers of the Longwood chapter Include Mrs. Frances Hamlett, president; Suzanne Pellegrlno. student vice president; Dr. Owen Fields, corresponding secretary: and Dr. E. T. Noone. secretary/treasurer. In addition. 21 other faculty and administrators are members of
the Longwood chapter. Phi Kappa Phi has chapters established at colleges and universities across Ihe country. The primary objective of the society Is the recognition and encouragement of superior scholarship In all academic disciplines. The society Is convinced that In recognizing and honoring those persons of good character who have excelled in scholarship. It will stimulate others to espouse excellence.