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Rose
Davis, a Lady Who's Involved
by
Katy Roe
Rose
Davis, Coordinator of Bibliographic Access and Training in
the Department of Library Technical Services, is a lady on
the go and involved in many things. Rose, who received both
her undergraduate and graduate degrees from WKU, has been
an employee of WKU for thirty-one years. She teaches the online
LME 506 Cataloging and Classification course, advises four
students, and is an advisor for the Beta Sigma Chapter of
Gamma Sigma Sigma National Service Sorority. She also participates
in the 4-H Shadowing Project and is the chair-elect for the
KYVL User Group for 2003/04 (she will serve as chair for 2004/05).
If you don’t think this is enough, hold on, because
there’s more.
Rose
has been actively involved with the Order of the Eastern Star
for almost twenty years. Rose’s husband, Ernie, is a
member of the Masons. The Order of the Eastern Star is an
organization for women who are related to men who are Masons.
Since becoming a member in 1984, she has done extensive work
within the Eastern Star Organization, and held various offices
within the local and state level. She has been the Ambassador
of Goodwill to the Eastern Star Home for District 10, the
District 10 Deputy Grand Matron, and has been appointed for
the 2003/2004 year to serve on the youth committee of the
Masonic Youth Organization. Her daughters, Amanda and Carrie,
were Rainbow Girls, one of the Eastern Star Youth Organizations
for girls, and for ten years, she served as the Mother Advisor
to the local chapter of Rainbow Girls.
Not
only is Rose very involved with the Order of the Eastern Star,
she also works with the Girl Scouts. For twenty-seven years,
Rose has been a registered Girl Scout, from her earliest involvement
as a Scout to troop leader, and then to serving on the local
council and committees. She is actively involved on the state
level as well; she serves on at least two committees and is
responsible for the fiduciaries and policies within the Girl
Scout organization. Although Rose is not currently leading
any troop, she still does the local training of new leaders.
She loves working with the Girl Scout organization because
she loves working with the girls.
Rose
is definitely a lady on the go. Even though she is so involved
with everything, from her duties in the Technical Services
Department, teaching, advising, Eastern Star, Girl Scout activities,
she still makes time for family as well. Rose has been married
to Ernie for thirty years, and has three children, Amanda,
Jeremy, and Carrie. She has one granddaughter Abby, and a
brand new daughter-in-law, Pier.
To
Rose Davis, a very interesting and devoted lady, one who wears
a coat of many colors: thanks for all you do!
Sue
Lynn Stone
by
Jonathan Jeffrey
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| Sue
Lynn Stone amid the splendor in the Kentucky Building
courtyard. |
You’ll
usually find Sue Lynn Stone, WKU’s University Archivist
and Records Officer, wearing red and a smile as she assists
researchers and works with university personnel on records
management issues. “The thing I like most about my work,”
Stone says, “is getting to learn more about Western—its
history and its alumni.” For her dedicated and conscientious
service, Stone was awarded the Margie Helm Staff Award for
Outstanding Performance in December 2002, but outside of work
you will find Sue Lynn literally outside in her garden.
This gardener beams as she ruminates about her avocation.
Memories of plants and their propagation stretch back to her
childhood days. She recalls watching her grandmother maintain
the family’s backyard garden. “I remember attending
an evening lecture on Victorian gardening at the Kentucky
Museum, and finding that my grandmother was planting the urns
at our home just like her mother might have done in the nineteenth-century.”
This early introduction to gardening led to a lifelong appreciation
of plants and how they can enhance a person’s life.
“Everywhere I’ve had ground,” Stone admits,
“I’ve worked it...and the hardest thing about
gardening is leaving behind the plants when you move. I’ve
left behind 76 rosebushes.” Her hobby not only creates
a beautiful outdoor palette, but it requires labor that allows
her to deal with stress or distressing news. “Before
dealing with a problem, I pull weeds,” Stone admitted.
Stone
enjoys sharing her plants with others. She calls her planted
area a “friendship garden,” because she likes
to share her favorite plants and “can’t stand
to pitch plants when I’m thinning out beds.” She
also incorporates plants she receives from friends into her
garden. Stone shares her bountiful flower harvest with shut-ins,
people celebrating birthdays or special events, and she likes
to give them as unexpected surprises. “It is such a
personal gift,” said Stone, “when you can give
something that your grew.” Her interest in flowers has
created another hobby, that of collecting unusual vases in
which to showcase her arrangements. “I bought three
in Italy last summer and one in Belgium when I was there,”
Stone notes.
To enhance her understanding of the plant world, Stone has
taken two Master Gardener courses. She first learned of these
while attending the Nashville Lawn and Garden Show in 1999.
Learning that the course was not offered in Bowling Green,
she enrolled in the Nashville class. The following year she
participated in the first Master Gardener class offered locally
by the Warren County Extension Office.
Stone has used her expertise in helping friends with their
own lawns and gardens. This fall she will assist a church
team with a ministry project that involves pruning and cleaning
up lawns for those incapable of doing so due to physical or
financial limitations. She has also created a dialogue with
WKU’s landscaper, Greg Fear, to offer assistance with
the floral surroundings at the Kentucky Building. “I
want to do anything for our program that improves the public
perception of the Kentucky Building.” Stone believes
that people should cultivate a wide variety of interests.
“It broadens you,” Stone interjects, “when
you participate in things unrelated to your work.”
Michael
Franklin
by
Katherine Pennavaria
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| Michael
in the library |
Remember
Long-Playing records? Did you know that the WKU Libraries
own a collection, and that you can listen to them right in
the library? The person who can assist you is Michael Franklin;
among his other duties in the circulation area, he is in charge
of the Listening Lab, and takes care of the LP collection.
Outside
of the library, Michael’s world revolves around music.
He currently plays in various bands, mostly between Louisville
and Glasgow, and writes his own music. He has recorded, with
Greg Stapleton, two CDs (Wicked and Law of the Echo), which
are available through Michael at michael.franklin@wku.edu.
“The music is a cross between Willie Nelson and Depeche
Mode,” he says.
Michael
got started in his music career the same way many adult musicians
did: by taking piano lessons as a child. “My mom made
me take private lessons starting when I was five years old.”
He admits that he hated it at first, but later grew more interested.
He still plays keyboards in a variety of settings, both with
bands and as a studio musician. He also plays harmonica, but
tries to avoid singing.
Not
surprisingly, Michael majored in music (along with political
science) as an undergraduate and has a Western degree. He
also completed almost all of a Master’s degree in Theory
and Composition, but ultimately decided that the world of
music in an academic context was not for him. Instead, he
says, “I got a job and entered the real world.”
In
addition to playing in bands and studios, Michael also pitches
his songs to Nashville publishers, so far without any luck.
In order to pitch a song, he says, he first does the recording
of a song he wrote at a studio, with hired musicians. Then,
he burns about 20 CD copies of the song and submits them to
publishers and singers. He doesn’t really expect to
break in to the Nashville music industry, however. “Nashville
is kind of a closed market.” On the subject of the Nashville
music industry, Michael’s usually calm demeanor heats
up a bit. “Nashville is evil – they have successfully
killed what’s left of country music. Whether they were
trying to do that or not, that’s what they’ve
done.”
In
fact, he no longer even listens to country music, even though
that was once a favorite genre. “I used to like country
music, but the stuff they play on the radio now—it’s
like music to wallpaper your house to.” So if you like
a lively debate about the current state of country music,
Michael is the one to see. And check out that LP collection
while you’re in the library.
New
Faces and Changes
by
Katy Roe
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| Katy
(center left) and Deana (center right) |
Connie
Foster, formerly the Serials Coordinator, has assumed the
position of department head for the newly renamed Department
of Library Technical Services. Rose Davis is now Coordinator
of Bibliographic Access and Training in the Department of
Library Technical Services. Katy Roe is the new Social Sciences
Catalog Librarian. Katy, who replaced Nada Durham, assumed
her duties on May 5, 2003. She has an undergraduate degree
in Library Science from Morehead State University, Morehead,
KY, and her Master of Science in Library and Information Sciences
from the University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Deana
Groves isn’t a new face within the library, but her
position is; Deana is the new Education Catalog Librarian.
Deana assumed her duties on August 18, 2003, after completing
her Master of Science in Library and Information Sciences
through the University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Gayle
Novick is a part-time library assistant in the Educational
Resources Center. Paul Coomer will be starting soon as a late
night Periodical Assistant. And Jayne Pelaski is the new Assistant
to the Dean for Community Outreach.
Congratulations
and welcome to all!
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