Veritas, Vol. 21, No. 11, March 9, 1981

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For the Faculty, Staff and Friends of the University of Miami
Voi. 2% No. 11 March 9, 1981
UMPs salute to aeademic^scholarsliip
Honors Day Chairman Carl Snyder helps UM President Henry King Stanford afix honors day bumper sticker to Dr. Stanford s car.
The University of Miami is reviving a tradition — Academic Honors Day — to recognize publicly some of its brightest students.
On Thursday, March 12, the program will begin at 3:00 p.m. with a procession of students, faculty, administrators and trustees from the steps of the Cox Science Building to Gusman Concert Hall where guests will be welcomed by Dr Carl Snyder, professor of chemistry and honors day chairman.
About 70 undergraduate students will be recognized. They were nominated for the awards through UM honor societies and by department chairmen and the deans of the College of Arts and Sciences, the Schools of Business Administration, Education and Allied Professions, Engineering and Architecture, Music and Nursing.
Dr. Snyder points out that those being recognized form only a small percentage of students contributing to the University's growing reputation of academic excellence. Others include scholarship recipients such as the 340 Presidential scholars and 48 University scholars, the 120 students who have received Merit Awards, those who are named to the Dean s List (3-30 semester average) and to the President’s Honor Roll (a perfect 4.0 average), and the hundreds who qualify for membership in UM honor societies.
"Although time will not permit us to recognize everyone,” said Snyder, "we want all of these students to know how much we appreciate their contributions to the quality of the University.”
To encourage students to attend the honors day convocation, classes on the Coral Gabies campus will be suspended that day from 3:05 to 4:20 p.m.
At the convocation, UM President Henry King Stanford will present the Faculty Award of Honor to Isaac Bashevis Singer, 1978 Nobel Laureate in literature who was named the first occupant of the Henry King Stanford Chair in the Humanities. Also, Dr Eugene Clasby, professor of English and chairman of the Faculty Senate, will give the convocation address.
Among those attending the ceremonies will be Head Football Coach Howard Schnellenberger and the varsity football team, the 1981 Peach Bowl champions.
We were delighted to receive this invitation,” said Schnellenberger, "as it gives us
an opportunity to show our appreciation to the students who supported us during the fall. It also shows that we are united toward one common goal — excellence on all fronts.”
Music for the processional will be provided by the UM Brass Choir conducted by Jerry Peel of the UM faculty. On the steps of the Cox Building, they will play
A Quadraphonic Fanfare, by Dr. Alfred Reed of the music faculty, and the processional number, A Trumpet Voluntary,, by Henry Purcell.
At Gusman Hall, the UM Symphonic Orchestra conducted by Shirley Neuge-bauer will play La Paris by Dukas, then Hymn and Triumphal March from Aida by Verdi.-Under the direction of David Becker, symphony conductor; the orchestra will play Music for Celebration for Orchestra, by Dr. Dennis Kam, also of the music faculty. Irene Chatham will conduct for the recessional A Festival PreludeT also written by Dr Reed. Chatham and Neugebauer are students.
Dr. Ralph Harris will play the UM carillon as guests walk to the Lowe Art Museum for a reception.
Committee heads for the Academic Honors Day are philosophy Professor
Howard Pospesel, procession; associate vice president for academic administration and planning, George Gilpin, faculty award; academic coordinator in the College of Arts and Sciences, Mary Hope Rowland, Lowe reception and general
University of Miami students can learn about Israel first hand by spending their junior year abroad studying at Tel Aviv University.
Dr. Helen Fagin, director of Judaic Studies at UM, recently hosted a luncheon at the Faculty Club to celebrate the agreement between Tel Aviv University and the University of Miami for an overseas student study program.
Special guests included Professor Amos Shapira, dean of faculty of law and former academic chairman of the overseas study program for Tel Aviv; Bluma Stoler, director of student programs for North America; Dr. George S. Wise, chancellor for life at Tel Aviv University and director of the UM’s Center of Advanced Inter-
coordinator for honors day; foreign language Professor Daniel Webb, convocation speaker, and assistant dean for the School of Music, Robert Parker; music.
See pages 2 and 3 for additional honors day coverage.
national Studies, and Norman Lipoff, member of the board of directors at Tel Aviv and vice president of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation.
Although the program begins officially with the 1981 fall semester, Margie Gering, a UM physical education major from New Jersey,' has already enrolled in the program and is spending the spring semester at TAU. Students have a choice of spending their entire junior year or just the spring semester.
Dr Fagin hopes that at least 10-12 UM students will participate in the program next fall. Students register and pay their tuition and dormitory fees at UM which in turn remits those fees to Tel Aviv. Students are responsible for their own air fare and food expenses.
Prior to beginning classes, students must enroll in the Ulpan, an intensive Hebrew language course; fees for the Ulpan are included in the tuition. Then they may select from a wide range of offerings such as Culture and Traditions of Judaism, Archaeology of Israel, Jewish History, The Holocaust, American Jewish History, Israeli Society, History of Ancient and Modern Israel, Politics of the Middle East, Israeli Politics, and the Contemporary Arab World.
Dr Fagin laid the groundwork for the program when she visited Israel last summer Praising the benefits of study abroad, she says, "Students will learn so much about the development of the modern state of Israel — its educational, cultural, agricultural and sociological achievements — and at the same time be immersed in its rich Jewish traditions.”
Students interested in the program should call Dr. Fagin at 284-4375. Students need not be Judaic Studies majors, but should have a good academic average and must be recommended by tw o professors.
Amos Shapira. Dr. Helen Fagin. Norman Lipotl. Dr. George S. Wise and Bluma Stoler were among those who attended the luncheon at the UM Faculty Club to celebrate the signing ot an overseas study program between the UM and Tel Aviv University.
LM uvid Tc;I Aviv ITiiv. reach agreement for overseas program