European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 27, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                I Page 8 the stabs and stripes saturday february 1993 graduate programs face shifts Boston University pulling out after 29 years by Joseph Owen Heidelberg Bureau graduate school programs offered on . Military installations in Europe will undergo major realignment aug. 1 when new military education contracts take effect. The most profound change will be the disappearance of Boston University a mainstay of army education centers since 1964. Also Troy state Ala University expects to lose about two thirds of its enrolment. The University of Maryland on the other hand will offer graduate programs for the first time. And the University of Oklahoma which conducts classes Only at Ramstein a Germany will offer two graduate degree programs instead of one. Maryland also won contracts to continue offering a full undergraduate Liberal arts program which has about 10 times the enrolment of the other Europe based . Graduate programs combined according to Joseph Arden director of the University s european division. The undergraduate program Structure will not change he said. The army contracting Center in Frankfurt awarded the Tri service educational contracts this week on behalf of it self the Navy and the air Force Accord ing to a statement from the . Army Europe. Under arrangements set to expire july 31, the army and the air Force paid for educational services separately on a Thea to wide basis while the Navy allowed individual installations to negotiate for services. Rounding out the Post secondary school program the army in Europe announced Friday City colleges of Chicago won  under a new contracting arrangement Boston University no longer will be offering graduate programs to military members in Europe and Troy state University will be losing courses master s courses that were offered by Boston University International relations business administration counselling human resources education computer information system and Early childhood education. Troy Statt unit pity Public administration and management new graduate courses to be offered by other schools University of Maryland education degree in counselling and personnel services Bowie state University management information systems and two areas of concentration of administrative management business administration and Public administration University of Oklahoma education degree Troy state University International relations will be offered to All three military branches part of the University of Maryland system T pm Mew source . Army Europe and the universities tar native delivery or non classroom lower level Liberal arts contract. Embry Riddle University was awarded contracts for the entire Aero nautical program. Central Texas College won the con tract to provide vocational and technical courses. The  contracting procedure is designed to stimulate Competition ensure Long Range availability of programs and eliminate course duplication the army said. The contracting office solicited proposals from about 220 schools be fore starting to evaluate proposals in May 1992. The contract period is one years a with single year renewals authorized Upton Totalo five years. Current students can expect Liberal Transfer of credits Between gaining and losing institutions the army said. For undergraduates the Transfer is automatic. Graduate credit transfers depend on the outcome of negotiations Between the gaining and losing schools. Each service Branch will continue to fund government tuition assistance to students the army i said. For Boston University the contract decisions terminate a 29-year relationship with the army in Europe according to Robert w. Lamb the school s vice presi Dent for overseas programs. It s going to be kind of a sad time for us having been Here so Long Lamb said. We re going to leave a lot of faculty a lot of staff and a lot of students in the  Boston offered courses in six disciplines. School officials will meet next week with representatives of the other institutions to discuss the extent to which the schools will allow students to apply their Boston course credits toward a non Boston degree. We will cooperate to make sure the students Don t get Hurt in this. Undoubtedly there Are a few who will Lamb said adding that the University would do its Best to prevent that. Boston had about 6,000 class enrol ments in the past year he said it has a faculty of 20 full time and 40 part time instructors. The Fate of the instructors was unclear Friday but Lamb said he hoped they would find positions with theother universities. Oklahoma which already offers a Mas Ter s in human relations will add an Edu cation degree to its graduate school offerings. Oklahoma expects its student enrolment now about 125, to double according to Tracy Curry Berry Field coordinator at the school s Ramstein office. Troy state University will lose two of its three graduate programs. The school which now employs about 22 full time and six adjunct faculty members to serve some 700 students in Europe expects its enrolment to drop by about two thirds under the new contract said Earl in Gram the school s regional director. But the military draw Down makes it nearly impossible to make reliable predictions he added. You re playing Golf in the fog if you re talking about numbers a year or two from now Ingram said. Izmir no helps save children puts out fire Izmir turkeys san air Force noncommissioned officer helped save six american children then put put a kerosene fed fire in their apartment an air Force spokeswoman said. Staff sgt. Don Porter answered a plea from neighbor Dianca Ahlmstrom wife of army sgt. David Ahlmstrom. A smoke alarm went off in a Back room of the Ahlmstrom apartment about 6 15 . Feb. 18, according to spokeswoman sgt. Marilyn Holliday. Ahlmstrom s husband was away on temporary duty and she was Home with her six children Ages 1 i to 12. Ahlmstrom ran across the Hall to Porter s apart ment accompanied by one of her children an shouted for help Holliday said. The two returned to the Ahlmstrom apartment and led the other five children to safety. Porter the fought the fire with an extinguisher and water. The Home was full of smoke and. Almost All Black and the fire was so hot that it broke windows in the room where the fire was confined Porter said. Porter crawled on his Knees with a cloth Over his Mouth searching by flashlight to retrieve a can of kerosene he had been told was in the apartment. No one was injured and damage has been Esti mated at $400, according to Holliday. The apparent source of the Blaze was a second hand Heater purchased two Days before that Over flowed and ignited combustible items in the room according to Ramazan Sabanero fire prevention inspector for the Izmir military Community. Porter is assigned to det 5, 641st special activity Esq. Navy finds Way to pay italians despite dispute Naples Italy is Navy officials paid italian employees of the naval sup port activity on Friday despite a freeze on payroll accounts usually used to pay the workers. Funds in the two accounts arc fro Enas a result of an italian judge s order. His edict stems from a dispute Between local italian officials and the . Navy Over garbage collection taxes. It appears payday went Well said it. Jon Smith the support activity Public affairs officer. There were no interruptions no  Navy officials used what Smith said were alternative Means to pay an Esti mated 700 workers but he would not elaborate. An italian judge this month froze $2.7 million in italian currency accounts be longing to the Exchange and the person Nel support det Naples on behalf of Poz Supli the Community where the support activity is located. A Pozzuoli official familiar with the dispute said the City sought the freeze be cause Navy officials ignored Pozzuoli repeated efforts to come to an under standing about the garbage tax City officials maintain that the Navy must pay for garbage collection services regardless of whether they re used. Navy officials have maintained that they re exempt from the tax because the contract for a private company to provide trash collection. They also argue that the City s Legal action violates International Laws and agreements Between Italy an the United states. Air Force sergeant Dies in turkish taxi Accident Izmir turkeys san air Force no died from severe head in juries suffered in a one car Accident in an Izmir suburb. Sgt. Michael b. Collier 26, died in route to an Izmir Hospital after a taxiing which he was Riding struck a Road divider late wednesday night Accord ing to an air Force spokesman. Collier was an information manage ment specialist with the Izmir for Ward depot det 5, 641st air for Especial activities so. Turkish police reported that the Accident occurred about 10 30 ., 1st it. Michael Paoli said. An initial investigation by air Force Security police found that the taxi struck a Road divider possibly while changing lanes. The crash took place in Skrinyer an Izmir suburb. The taxi Driver and Collier who was Riding in the Back seat were hurled into the Windshield at Impact Paoli said. Neither victim was wearing seat Belt he said. The turkish taxi Driver was being treated in an Izmir Hospital for Exten Sive injuries but Paoli said he did not know the condition of the Driver. He said Collier died of severe head injuries. A memorial service for Collier who was single and from Dayton Ohio will be at 4 . Monday at St. John s Cathedral in Izmir. Collier i survived by his father Frank thur mond and his Mother Freda Collier both of Dayton