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The annual scholarship, funded by the Baird Fund for Opera Program and established by former UB music department chair Cameron Baird, is awarded to talented UB music students. Departmental academic programs, including orchestra, chorus, band, composition and others, also are supported by the fund.

UB FACULTY TAKE PART IN CULTURAL PROGRAMS
UB faculty members participated in several events this summer through the International Artistic and Cultural Exchange Program of the Center for the Arts, created in 1995 by Dean Kerry S. Grant, Faculty of Arts & Letters.

Among the events and UB participants:

Symposium on Latino and Iberamerican Theatre, at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.: Maria S. Horne, assistant professor, Department of Theatre and Dance, was one of the co-organizers, and a presenter, along with Margarita Vargas, associate professor, Modern Languages and Literatures; Grisel Pujala, lecturer, Modern Languages and Literatures; Leandro Soto, lecturer, Theatre and Dance.

XI International Hispanic Theatre Festival, at Teatro Avante and Miami Dade Community College: Maria S. Horne was moderator of the National Conference Differences Among Us Part III: Hispanic Latino Women and critic/ reviewer for the educational component of the XI International Hispanic Theatre Festival.

MOLNAR RECEIVES PROCTER FELLOWSHIP
Eric A. Molnar has been selected as first recipient of a $2,000 A. Neville Procter graduate fellowship, which will provide partial tuition support for studies this fall in the MBA program in the UB School of Management.

Molnar, who graduated from UB in May with a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering and computer science, will concentrate on manufacturing-operations management.

The Procter fellowship was

established by the Columbus McKinnon Corp. and the Dunlop Tire Corp. with a combined pledge of $100,000 in honor of Procter, who died in 1994. Procter was former chairman and chief executive officer of Dunlop Tire Corp. and a former director of Columbus McKinnon.

Public Safety names

five to new posts

Douglas Wright and John Woods have been named assistant directors of the department of Public Safety, according to Director of Public Safety John Grela.

Wright, formerly chief of police in Gary, Ind., will coordinate coverage of special events. He will analyze campus crime data and review performance programs for patrol personnel.

Woods, a member of the department since 1974, served as patrol officer, lieutenant and acting assistant director. He will supervise patrol functions including hiring, training and evaluating line personnel. He will assist in policymaking, formulation of procedures and priorities and with labor relations issues.

Other Public Safety changes: Dave Parobeck, former president of Council 82, joins Public Safety as an investigator; Kathy Zysek and Dave Urbanek, with Public Safety since 1987, have been promoted to lieutenants.

GEOLOGIST RECEIVES GRANT UNDER NEW NSF PROGRAM
Carl E. Renshaw, assistant professor in the UB Department of Geology, has been awarded a grant under the National Science Foundation's new Faculty Early Career Development Program. The awards, based on outstanding merit in both research and education, provide to junior faculty early support to recognize the full integration of research and education.

Renshaw, who conducts research in hydrogeology, geome-chanics and structural geology, will use the four-year grant to examine how underground fractures influence the flow of chemical contaminants. The data eventually will help scientists predict, for example, how far a chemical spill will travel and whether or not it will contaminate groundwater.

Renshaw graduated from Carleton College. He received a master's degree from The Johns Hopkins University and a doctorate from Stanford University.

ROSE RECEIVES AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING SERVICE
Joel S. Rose, manager of software development in the UB Department of Computing and Information Technology, has received the Professional Staff Senate's Outstanding Service Award.

The award is given to a full-time professional staff member for outstanding volunteer service to the community and excellence within a professional position.

Rose received a plaque and a $1,000 cash award at a luncheon held May 15 at UB. A member of the UB professional staff since 1969, he has assisted the Buffalo Police Department with plans to upgrade its computer systems, a critical link in improving police protection. He also conceived and is implementing a plan for a task force to allow UB staff members to use their skills to assist the police department in upgrading and implementing these computer changes.

One of the first graduates of the 1995 Buffalo Police Citizen Police Academy, Rose has participated in "ride alongs" with patrol officers and lobbied for national accreditation for the Buffalo Police Department. He has been active locally in the national "Night Out" activities and is a block club founder. Rose serves as a senator of the UB Professional Staff Senate and is active in United University Professions.

JACKSON TALK KICKS OFF 1996-97 UB AT SUNRISE
The 1996-97 UB at SUNRISE series will kick off with a presentation on personal narrative by SUNY Distinguished Professor Bruce Jackson at 7:30 a.m. Sept. 12, in the Center for Tomorrow on the North Campus.

Jackson, a faculty member in the UB Department of English, will discuss "Personal Narrative: The Story We're Really Telling When We Tell People We're Telling Them a True Story." Director of UB's Center for Studies in American Culture, he has authored 15 books and more than 100 articles in major publications on aspects of American culture, particularly methods and means by which social and cultural "truths" are constructed for mass consumption. His subjects have included the American West, drug culture, prison culture, the criminal justice system and the Attica riots.

UB at SUNRISE is produced by the UB Alumni Association and UB's Office of Conferences and Special Events, News Services and Office of Publications. It is supported by the Office of University Development and Office for Public Service and Urban Affairs. The Buffalo Marriott is corporate sponsor.

Price of the program, which includes a full breakfast, is $10, UB Alumni Association members and $12, others. For more information, call 829-2608. Ticket orders must be received by Sept. 9.

FIRST SENIOR ALUMNI PROGRAM TO FOCUS ON REDUCING STRESS
Your heart's in the right place. But how do you keep it healthier by reducing stress? That will be the topic on Tuesday, Sept. 17, when Cardiologist Lawrence H. Golden, director of UB's Stress Center, kicks off the university's Senior Alumni Program fall luncheon series.

Golden, UB clinical professor of medicine and a popular speaker on stress and its role in cardiovascular health, will speak at the luncheon to be held at noon in the Center for Tomorrow on the North Campus.

A UB alumnus, Golden earned a bachelor's degree in 1943 and a medical degree in 1946.

He is a consultant to the Veterans Administration Medical Center, former director of the cardiology Fellowship Program at Millard Fillmore Hospital and a member of the International Society for the Investigation of Stress. His research, conducted in conjunction with the UB Departments of Physiology and Psychology, involves stress profiles and related areas.

Other speakers and events in the series are:

· Jeannette M. Ludwig, associate professor of modern languages, "Men's and Women's Languages: She Said...He Said! But What??," Nov. 14, Center for Tomorrow.

Luncheon tickets are $10 each, plus a $5 enrollment fee for the program. The tour is $45 and limited to 30 participants. For reservations and more information, call 829-2608.

The series is designed for senior alumni, their spouses and guests. UB graduates and individuals who have completed at least 12 semester hours as matriculated students in a degree program at UB are eligible to join the Alumni Association.

ZIELINSKI TO HEAD MANAGEMENT ALUMNI
Lawrence J. Zielinski, MBA '77, has been elected president of the UB School of Management Alumni Association. Zielinski is vice president for ancillary and support services, Children's Hospital of Buffalo and president of Children's Hospital Home Care. Judith A. Rucki, BS '83, is president-elect.

New vice presidents are Bernardo J. Carotenuto, BS '73, administrator, Aurora Park Health Care Center, Inc., community relations; Carrie W. Kahn, MBA '88, president, CWK Enterprises, development; Paul E. Steimle, MBA '94, consultant, KPMG Peat Marwick, membership; Joseph R. Kreuz, BS '81, president, Advantage Opportunity Co. L.P., placement; Charles C. Swanekamp, MBA '80, partner, Saperston & Day, P.C., programs, and Lisa Clark Driscoll, MBA '82, vice president, business development, National Health Care Affiliates, Inc., strategic planning.

Also elected: Lisa A. McKigney, BS '84, controller, Novon International, Inc., secretary; David R. Barrett , BS '75, partner, Freed Maxick Sachs & Murphy, P.C., treasurer; Michael R. Brace, MBA '94, financial analyst, Fleet Bank, assistant treasurer.

New members of the board of directors are Marylou Borowiak, BS '86, vice president, Lockport Savings Bank; Marcella J. Connors, MBA '95, clinical director of rehabilitation medicine, Buffalo General Health System; Arlene F. Kaukus, MBA '86, executive vice president, United Way of Buffalo and Erie County.

Re-elected to the board were Barrett; Rucki; Michael D. Deakin, BS '68, president, Val-Kro, Inc.; Arthur J. Rago, BS '73, president , RISE, Inc.; Philip J. Szabla, BS '75, partner, Albrecht Maguire Heffern & Gregg, P.C.; Steven J. Weiss, MBA '88, partner, Saperston & Day, P.C.

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