Faculty and students are invited to nominate outstanding faculty in the College of Arts and Letters for the Robert L. Stern Award for Excellence in Teaching.

Nomination letters should be submitted to the nominee's department chair by Friday, Jan. 21. Nomination and supporting materials must be submitted to the dean's office by Feb. 14.

J. R. Bullington, director of the Center for Global Business and Executive Education, is cited in a new book by former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, "Years of Renewal" (1999).

In a chapter titled "Indochina Tragedy - The Beginning of the End," Kissinger writes, "Thankfully there were a few, albeit at a relatively low level, who managed to rise above the prism of the Beltway. On December 20, 1974, James R. Bullington, the State Department's Vietnam desk officer, wrote a moving and extraordinarily prescient report after a visit to Saigon." Kissinger goes on to discuss briefly Bullington's report.

A former career foreign officer and U.S. ambassador, Bullington had served three tours of duty in Vietnam, 1965-68, and after an intervening job in Thailand was assigned in 1973 to work on Vietnamese affairs in the State Department. He traveled to Vietnam in December 1974 to make a firsthand assessment of the situation and wrote a report on his findings to Secretary of State Kissinger.

Bullington correctly predicted that South Vietnam would fall to the invading North Vietnamese forces before the summer of 1975, and he urged that measures be taken to evacuate the tens of thousands of South Vietnamese who would be endangered by Communist rule. This assessment was contrary to the position of the U.S. Embassy in Saigon and most senior officials in the State Department and Pentagon.

Old Dominion's annual Baskets for Books basketball game, which benefits the Perry Library, will feature the Monarchs against Virginia Commonwealth University Saturday, Jan. 29. Tip-off is scheduled for 7:35 p.m. at Norfolk Scope.

The game is sponsored by the university and Friends of the Library. A percentage of the proceeds from the sale of game tickets will go to the library.

The Dec. 27 issue of Sports Illustrated magazine selected wrestling coach Gray Simons and Lady Monarch basketball greats Anne Donovan '83 and Nancy Lieberman-Cline '80 as among the 50 greatest athletes in their respective home states.

Donovan, now the interim head coach for the new WNBA franchise in Indiana, was selected as the eighth greatest athlete from New Jersey.

Lieberman-Cline, currently the general manager and head coach of the WNBA's Detroit Shock, was selected as the 26th greatest athlete from New York.

Simons, Old Dominion's wrestling coach since 1988, was picked as the 33rd greatest athlete from Virginia.

The Women's Institute for Leadership Development, sponsored by the Women's Center, is accepting applications through Monday, Jan. 24

WILD consists of a semester-long series of training modules designed to equip participants to be successful through awareness of leadership styles, diversity issues, team building and managing challenging situations.

For more information call the Women's Center at 683-4109.

Anna-Maria McGowan, a 1998 Old Dominion graduate, has won the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics' Lawrence Sperry Award.

The Lawrence Sperry Award is given annually to one young AIAA member (under 35 years of age) who has made a significant contribution to the field of aeronautics or astronautics. McGowan was chosen from a pool of hundreds of nominees nationwide. She was recognized for her contribution to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's Air Force NASA Smart Wing Program at Langley Air Force Base in Hampton.

The award was presented to McGowan at the 38th Aerospace Sciences meeting in Reno, Nev., Jan. 11.

McGowan received her master's degree in aerospace engineering in fall 1998 and now works as an aerospace technologist at NASA Langley Research Center.

Raytheon Systems recently joined the Virginia Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Center as the 100th consortium member and the 63rd corporate member.

VMASC serves as a catalyst to help consortium members embrace simulation technology as a tool to enhance their business opportunities and operations.

Raytheon is one of the largest industrial corporations in the United States and the third largest U.S. defense contractor. Serving customers in more than 80 countries, Raytheon has extensive international and U.S. operations focusing on defense and commercial electronics, engineering and construction, and business aviation and special-mission aircraft.

VMASC, one of the College of Engineering and Technology's eight enterprise centers, is composed of nine academic members, 19 government agencies and 19 affiliates.

Monday, Jan. 17, is the deadline to register for the luncheon program "Eating Light, Living Right," sponsored by the Association of University Administrators.

Scheduled for noon Thursday, Jan. 20, in the York/Potomac River Room in Webb Center, the luncheon will feature pasta primavera prepared by Chef Richard and a presentation by nutritionist Angela Rawls on ways to convert existing recipes to low-calorie or low-fat meals.

The cost of the meal is $4.50 for AUA members and $6.50 for nonmembers (checks should be made out to AUA). To register by e-mail contact Beth Lynch at blynch@odu.edu.

Perry Library opens its spring workshop series Jan. 25 and Feb. 15 with a two-part program titled "Integrating Web-based Primary Resources Into Your Web Pages."

The first session is set for 2-3 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 25, in Room 163. As part of this presentation, participants will learn where they can find resources for research and instruction that have been digitized and made available on the Web - primary sources such as letters, manuscripts and photos, and audio and video of speeches, performances and interviews.

For more information call Karen Vaughan at 683-4184 or Jeff Barry at 683-4546.