News Releases from Susan
WIND SYMPHONY CONCERT
The Temple College Wind Symphony, conducted by Dr. Stephen Crawford, will present their
third concert of the 2000-2001 season at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, March 2 at Temple College.
The Wind Symphony will perform "Crown Imperial" by William Walton, "Harmonie in B-flat,
op.78 " by Franz Krommer, "Passing Fantasy" by Fisher Tull, "Procession of the Sardar" from
"Caucasian Sketches" by Mikhail Ippolitiv-Ivanov, "Vesuvius" by Frank Ticheli, and "Trombone
King" by Karl King.
"If this concert has any kind of a theme, it would be the small vs. the large," Dr. Crawford said.
"All of the works demand vary large forces and are big within their musical structure and texture,
or they are small chamber works requiring one player on a part. These chamber works are very
demanding from a performer's standpoint in that they are very transparent in structure and
technically challenging."
Krommer's "Harmonie in B-flat" is a fine example of the classical wind octet, Dr. Crawford said.
The octet consists of pairs of oboes, clarinets, bassoons, and horns. "This composition is a true,
four-movement wind symphony that was originally dedicated to Francois I, Emperor of Austria,"
he said.
Dennis Beaver, assistant conductor of the Wind Symphony, will conduct Tull's "Passing
Fantasy." This work, for full band, utilizes aleatoric passages throughout. "Aleatoric music is
music in which the composer introduces elements of chance or unpredictability with regard to
either the composition or its performances," Dr. Crawford said. "This is a very intriguing work that
will be of great interest to the audience."
Dr. Crawford, who is in his sixth year as director of bands at TC, is a nationally recognized
conductor and scholar of wind music. He holds degrees from the University of Missouri-Kansas
City Conservatory of Music, the University of Northern Iowa, and Minot State University. He has
conducted performances at national and international conferences and is in demand as a
performer, clinician, and guest conductor having appeared throughout the United States, Canada,
and Ireland. He is an endorsed performing artist and clinician with the Ross Mallet Instrument
Company and is the author of "Building a Better Percussion Section."
The concert will be in the auditorium of the Mary Alice Marshall Fine Arts Building on the TC
campus. The concert is free and open to the public.
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POETRY PROGRAM
Noted Utah poet David Lee will present a poetry reading at 11 a.m. Monday, March 5, at
Temple College. Lee is chairman of the department of language and literature at Southern Utah
University. He has published 12 books of poetry and was named Utah's first Poet Laureate.
Sponsored by the TC English Department, the program will be at 11 a.m. in the Community
Room of One College Centre and is open to the public.
Born in Texas, Lee has written poetry unlike any in American letters. His poems are informed
by a background that is unique to the world of poetry: he has studied in the seminary for the
ministry, was a boxer and is a decorated Army veteran, played semiprofessional baseball as the
only white player ever to play for the Negro League Post Texas Blue Stars, and was a knuckleball
pitcher for the South Plains Texas League Hubbers. He has raised hogs, worked as a laborer in a
cotton mill, and earned a Ph.D. with a specialty in the poetry of John Milton.
Lee has been honored with grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the National
Endowment for the Humanities, and has received both the Mountains and Plains Booksellers
Award in Poetry. He is also the recipient of the Utah Governor's Award for lifetime achievement in
the arts and named one of Utah's top 12 writers of all time by the Utah Endowment for the
Humanities.
Lee will also be presenting a seminar on March 3 and a lecture on March 4 for the Institute for
the Humanities at Salado. For information about those programs call the Institute for Humanities
at 947-5729.
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BROWN BAG TRAVEL SERIES
The Bicentennial of the historic Lewis and Clark expedition through the American West will be
the topic for the first program in the Spring 2001 Brown Bag Travel Series beginning Thursday,
March 8, at Temple College.
Dr. Tom Murphy, history instructor, will present "The Lewis and Clark Bicentennial: Following
in the Footsteps of the Corps of Discovery" for the informal lecture at 12:15 p.m. Thursday in the
Leopard Room of the Arnold Student Union.
As a historian, Dr. Murphy has traveled throughout the region and has visited many of the
natural and historic sites along the Lewis and Clark route. This includes hiking and camping near
the explorers' trail in the Bitterroot Mountains along the Idaho-Montana border and retracing their
path to places like Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site in North Dakota.
"It was here that Lewis and Clark met Sacagwea and her husband and hired them to
accompany the expedition," Dr. Murphy said.
The program will discuss the experience of Lewis and Clark and offer a travelogue of places to
visit along the historical route. The Lewis and Clark Bicentennial begins in 2004 and the National
Park Service and the U. S. Forest Service are already preparing for a rush of visitors.
This year's series is part of the TC 75th anniversary celebration. The programs are scheduled
during the lunch hour, and are free and open to the public. Persons are invited to bring a brown
bag lunch or lunch may be purchased in the TC cafeteria prior to the program.
Other programs in the series will be "A Grecian and Turkish Odyssey" by Dr. Eva Dyke on
March 22,"I'll Take the Low Road to Scotland" by Dr. Sarah Nell Summers on March 29, and
"Journey to the Golden Horn" by Amy Smith on April 5.
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PHOTO EXHIBIT AT UPTOWN CENTER
An exhibit of photographs by Sue Steakley Stearns is now on display in the main foyer of the
Temple College Uptown Center.
The display includes pictures from the photographer's travels to Africa, Alaska, Canada,
Ecuador, Galapagos Islands and Machu Pichu, Peru, Amazon Basin, United States, New
Zealand, Austria, Slovakia, Greece, Turkey as well as a sampling of her portraiture.
Born in Houston, Ms. Stearns moved to Temple in 1957 with her parents. She graduated from
Temple High School in 1965 and Baylor University in 1971 with a BA degree. She earned her
Master of Photography Degree in 1994.
She has owned and operated Photographics Unlimited since 1974. She has been a speaker
for professional photography groups both nationally and internationally. Many of her prints have
been published and have been accepted for the International Traveling Loan Collection through
Professional Photographers of America.
Her work has been chosen for display by Walt Disney World's Epcot Center as an example of
America's best photographers. She is a member of Texas Professional Photographers, having
served on the board of directors for 12 years, Professional Photographers of America, and the
American Society of Photographers.
She has served as president of the Central Texas Chapter of the Baylor Alumni Association
three different terms. She is on the video team of First Baptist Church of Temple.
Ms. Strearns has three grandchildren as well as three dogs, four cats, two birds, and six
horses.
She is on the board of directors of APAC, helping to build a "no kill" pet adoption Center in Bell
County.
The pictures on display are for sale, and 10 per cent of all sold will be retained by the Temple
College Foundation. The exhibit will continue through May.
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RESOLUTION HONORS TC 75TH ANNIVERSARY
AUSTIN -- Temple College has been honored by the Texas House of Representatives of the
77th Legislature with House Resolution 306, a special legislative recognition in commemoration
of the 75th anniversary of Temple College.
State Rep. Dianne White Delisi presented the resolution Thursday morning before the House
of Representives. Representing Temple College were Dr. Marc. A. Nigliazzo, president; Ms. Lydia
Santibanez, president of the Board of Trustees; Harry Q. Cole, Bill Jones III, Jack W. Jones, Jr.,
and Dr. Anne Penney Newton, board members; Ms. Louise Cox, assistant to the president, and
Ms. Susan Howe, director of College Communications.
The Resolution read in part: "WHEREAS, For more than 75 years, Temple has been known for
its strong academic curriculum and devotion to helping its students succeed in the classroom and
in life, and it is most fitting to pay tribute to this exemplary school at this time; now, therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 77th Texas Legislature hereby
congratulate Temple College on celebrating its 75th anniversary and extend to all those
associated with this outstanding institution sincere best wishes for success and happiness in their
future endeavors."
The Resolution commended the college for "time-honored traditions of encouraging and
inspiring students to become well-rounded individuals and to reach their full potential by
developing their academic competencies, critical thinking skills, communication proficiency, civic
responsibility, and global awareness."
TC's strong academic reputation, state and nationally recognized programs, and student
achievements in sports, music and exrtracurricuclar activities also were commended.
The Resolution noted TC's growth and prosperity from its founding in 1926 to the present
enrollment of more than 3,400 students. TC is a public two-year community college offering
courses in a variety of pre-professional subjects such as medicine, law, education, business,
engineering, and the arts, as well as comprehensive technical programs and continuing education
opportunities.
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TC GETS NEW SOFTWARE
Temple College has launched the implementation of a new $1 million student/administrative
information software system called Colleague by Datatel, Inc.
Colleague is a comprehensive information management solution system designed exclusively
for institutions of higher education. "The Colleague system is used by many colleges and
universities, and will improve both the efficiency and effectiveness of data storage and use,"
Donnie Carpenter, project manager, said.
Applications are designed for instructional management, financial management, student
services, enrollment management, human resource management, budgeting, and planning. The
TC Board of Trustees approved the purchase of the new system last November following months
of review and investigation of available software packages. Funding is part of Phase II of a $5
million campus improvement program currently underway at TC.
Two months of planning and installation of hardware and software have been completed. The
new Colleague software was installed on a new state-of-the art Hewlett Packard mainframe
server. The system will eventually replace the IBM S/390 mainframe now in use. The current
software system was initially developed by the college information services staff about 20 years
ago and has been constantly changed to keep up with the needs of the college.
The next phase of implementation will be the data conversion and staff training. Full
implementation of the software will require 18 to 24 months to complete and will affect virtually
every college operation. The current system will be used until staff training, data conversion and
testing is complete to ensure a smooth transition to live implementation.
The target dates for completion of the phased implementation will be September 2001 for the
financial operations, January 2002 for the human resources operations, and the summer/fall term
2002 for the student services operations.
"Implementing the Colleague system will be a challenging and exciting undertaking," Carpenter
said. "It will require a new order of cooperation, effort and organization of work. The payoffs for
successfully completing this task are great."
"Colleague to Colleague - Everyone Plays a Part" is the theme for the implementation period.
Implementation will involve most, if not all, employees during the two-year period.
"When completed, Colleague will provide us the capacity to work more efficiently and
effectively and to incorporate current information technology that will take us into the 21st
century," Carpenter said. "Most importantly, Colleague will enable us to significantly improve both
quantitatively and qualitatively the support and services we provide to students, employees, and
the community."
"Every day we are in the process of building this institution," Dr. Marc Nigliazzo, president, said
at the employee kickoff meeting. "We are in the process of improving our efficiency and through
the process, our understanding of the processes of the institution."
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TRAVEL SERIES
Temple College will present a global armchair excursion for the Spring 2001 Brown Bag
Travel Series beginning March 8.
This year's series is part of the TC 75th anniversary celebration. The programs are scheduled
during the lunch hour, and are free and open to the public.
The 2001 series will open on March 8 with "The Lewis and Clark Bicentennial: Following in the
Footsteps of the Corps of Discovery" by Dr. Tom Murphy of the TC history faculty.
Dr. Eva Dyke, retired religion instructor, will explore the roots of Western civilization in her
presentation, "A Grecian and Turkish Odyssey," on March 22.
Dr. Sarah Nell Summers, music and humanities instructor, will present "I'll Take the Low Road
to Scotland" on March 29.
Amy Smith of the art faculty will focus on Istanbul for the final program, "Journey to the Golden
Horn" on April 5.
All programs will begin at 12:15 p.m. in the Leopard Room of the Arnold Student Union on the
TC campus. Persons are invited to bring a brown bag lunch or lunch may be purchased in the TC
cafeteria prior to the program.
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COMPUTER CLASSES
Registration is now open for computer classes in ACCESS and EXCEL to be offered through
the Community Education Department at Temple College.
Classes are open to anyone and advance registration is required.
ACCESS will be offered from 1 to 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday and Thursday, Feb. 27 and March 1.
The class will include instruction in program parameters, data dictionary, optional field
characteristics, calculation, constant default values, designing data entry forms, database
organization and report generation. Cost is $49 plus book.
BEGINNING EXCEL will be offered from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Friday, March 2. The class
will include instruction in terminology, machine use, program parameters, display characteristics,
formatting features, mathematical formulas and functions, printing, and working with charts. Cost
is $49 plus book.
For additional information on these or other computer classes please contact the Community
Education Office at the TC Uptown Center or call 254-298-8617.
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FENCING CLASS
The Temple College Community Education Department will offer Fencing classes beginning
Friday, March 2.
Fencing classes will meet on Fridays from 7 to 9 p.m. in the TC Gym. The class is taught by
Gary Murray. Minimum age is 8 years of age. Equipment is provided.
Classes will be offered on an on-going basis. Cost of the class is $55 per student per month.
For additional information or to register, contact the TC Community Education Department in
the Uptown Center or call 298-8617.
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COMPUTER CLASS IN EXCEL
Beginning Excel will be offered by the Temple College Community Education Department on
Friday, March 2, in the Uptown Center.
The one-day class will provide instruction in terminology, machine use, program parameters,
display characteristics, formatting features, mathematical formulas and functions, printing, and
working with charts.
The class will meet from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in Room U106 of the Uptown Center. Cost is
$49 plus book.
Preregistration is required. For additional information or to register, contact the TC Community
Education Department in the Uptown Center or call 298-8617.
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SPANISH CLASS
The Temple College Community Education Department will offer a course in Basic
Conversational Spanish beginning Feb. 21.
Participants will learn basic pronunciation, simple translations, basic structures, and
paraphrasing of simple passages. The class also will provide an opportunity for those employed
to learn translations of some technical terms appropriate for their work.
The class will meet on Mondays and Wednesdays from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the Uptown Center
from Feb. 21 through April 18. Victor Agosto is instructor. Cost is $60 plus book.
Advance registration is required. For additional information or to register, contact the
Community Education Office at the Uptown Center or call 298-8617.
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