First doctoral degree approved
The Louisiana Board of Regents on Feb. 23 approved a proposal by
Southeastern and the University of Louisiana at Lafayette to begin
offering a joint doctoral degree in educational leadership.
The program, which has been
in development by the two institutions for several years, is the
Southeastern's first foray into doctoral education. As partners,
the two institutions will form a consortium board that will jointly
administer the program, offer classes and make decisions regarding
program development and student participation.
"This is an historic day for
Southeastern, said President Randy Moffett. "We appreciate the
Board of Regents' confidence in the proposal we developed jointly
with the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. We look forward to
working together to help develop a new generation of supervisors,
principals and superintendents -- administrators who are visionary
leaders, effective managers and change agents for improvement in
our schools.
Moffett said Southeastern will
submit the program to the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
(SACS) for review, since the doctoral program is a significant change
in its current degree offerings. In December, Southeastern's accreditation
by SACS was reaffirmed for another 10 years.
"We do not anticipate that
this review process will hinder our moving forward with the program,
he said.
"Our schools are under increasing
pressure to improve student performance, Moffett said. "The burdens
of attaining school success and individual student achievement are
falling squarely on the shoulders of our school administrators.
Today's school leaders must be prepared to focus time, energy and
attention to changing what students are taught, how they are taught,
and what they are learning. These challenges demand a new type of
school executive, and this program was designed to prepare these
new leaders.
He said the intent is to develop
a flexible delivery of course content to accommodate the needs of
participants, most of whom are expected to be working professionals.
The program will use a combination of traditional face-to-face classroom
instruction, as well as distance education technologies such as
compressed video, the Internet, and interactive desktop video.
"We intend to use the technology
of our institutions to provide the convenience of on-line and other
distance education strategies, while ensuring the highest level
of academic achievement and program integrity, Moffett added.
The degree program consists
of 60 credit hours beyond the master's degree level, and will blend
theory and practice by using both content courses to develop skills
and knowledge with research-oriented field-based projects applied
to specific problems or issues. The universities expect to begin
enrolling students in the program starting next fall semester with
the first graduates anticipated in three to four years.
Both universities have identified
and retained qualified faculty who bring both experience and expertise
to the program, said Diane Allen, dean of Southeastern's College
of Education and Human Development.
"The faculty involved in this
program have experience directing doctoral students, strong records
of scholarly research, and a sincere interest in helping to change
and improve the educational leadership of our primary and secondary
schools, she added.
Allen said a looming shortage
of qualified school administrators presents a critical need for
new doctoral programs such as the one approved. Surveys conducted
in the regions around Southeastern and ULL indicate that about half
of school-based administrators are eligible to retire in the next
five years.
"Those positions will need
to be filled in the next several years, she said. "We are hoping
to increase the pool of highly qualified and prepared administrators.
We need to take steps now to recruit and prepare practicing educators
in leadership if our schools are going to continue to improve.
"We know that the success of
students depends largely on having a qualified teacher in the classroom,
she added. "But successful teachers need effective leaders who understand
the challenges of the classroom and the need for ongoing professional
development.
Allen said surveys of students
currently enrolled in graduate education courses and of principals
and supervisors in the southern part of the state indicate considerable
interest in the program. Both Southeastern and ULL currently offer
programs leading to masters degrees in educational concentrations.
Both institutions are fully
accredited by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher
Education. NCATE accreditation is a peer review process that involves
a comprehensive evaluation of programs responsible for preparing
teachers and other professional school personnel.
Southeastern is one of the
state's largest producers of teachers and was the first institution
in the state to guarantee the performance of its teacher graduates
to area school system.
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SMF 2006 -- music, rides, food, fun on March
10
Join the Campus Activities Board on March 10 from 2-10 p.m.
for this year's Southeastern Music Fest.
The Student Union Park will
be filled with music, food and fun, said CAB Coordinator Jason Leaders.
Carnival rides and games will also be part of the festival.
Musical acts include Stroke
9, Lil Boosie, Lindsay Cardinale and Chee Weez.
SMF is free to Southeastern
students, faculty and staff and $5 for all others. For more information,
call CAB at 549-3805.
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Rock 'n Roar offers kids camps, carnival, fun for all
Southeastern's annual campus-community festival, "Rock 'n Roar,"
will be full of fun for children and adults, said Alumni Director
Kathy Pittman.
Scheduled for March
11 at the War Memorial Student Union, the festival will offer
baseball, art and dance camps for children, carnival rides sponsored
by the Campus Activities Board, and free children's identification
packets -- finger printing and photo -- compliments of the University
Police Department.
Now celebrating its
10th anniversary, Rock 'n Roar showcases Southeastern's fine
academics and fun atmosphere for visiting District 8 Literary
Rally high school students, alumni and community friends. This
year's rally will also include about 500 additional students
from 18 schools in the New Orleans area.
A camp for young baseball
enthusiasts is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. at Alumni
Field, the Southeastern Lion's baseball diamond. The camp is
open to children ages 6-13 for a $5 fee. Participants are asked
to bring their own baseball glove and will each receive a camp
certificate.
Art education students
will offer a hands-on art camp for children ages 6-14 from 9-11:30
a.m. The camp, which costs $5, will take place in Clark Hall.
The Lionettes, Southeastern's
nationally ranked dance team, will host a dance camp for children
ages 5-12 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Kinesiology and
Health Studies Building. The camp's $15 fee includes refreshments,
a keepsake and awards. The camp will end with a performance
by the young participants for parents and other Rock 'n Roar
guests. Participants are asked to dress comfortably and wear
tennis shoes.
Camp applications
will be available online at www.selu.edu/roarfest or at the
Alumni Center, 500 W. University Ave., (985) 549-2150. Space
is limited, so reservations should be made early.
Rock 'n Roar, which is scheduled from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., also plans
a variety of children's games, including CAB's carnival rides. Admission
to the rides is $5 for the day and a number of rides are designed for younger
age children.
Rock 'n Roar patrons
of all ages can also enjoy food and music; plant and ceramics
sales; a health fair, and educational displays by Southeastern
departments.
For additional information
about Rock 'n Roar Fest camps and contests, call the Alumni
Association, (985) 549-2150 or 1-800-SLU-ALUM, or visit www.selu.edu/roarfest.
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Alumni, students invited to annual Career
Fair March 8
All Southeastern students and alumni are invited to attend Career
Fair 2006, the Office of Career Services's annual university-wide
career event.
Career Fair 2006 will be
held Wednesday, March 8, from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the Pennington
Student Activity Center on the corner of University Avenue and General
Pershing.
"Career Fair 2006
is an excellent opportunity for students and alumni to network with
representatives of numerous employers, develop job leads, and establish
important contacts, said Ken Ridgedell, director of Career Services.
"The information and contacts participants gather significantly improves
their chances of securing a career after graduation.
"The information that you
can gather and the contacts that you can develop at Career Fair 2006
can significantly improve your chances of securing a career after
graduation, Ridgedell added. "Where else are you going to find more
than 125 employers under one roof, eager to talk with you about your
future?
To get the most out of the
fair, Ridgedell said students and alumni should dress professionally;
bring copies of their resumes; be prepared to briefly discuss career
interests, goals, knowledge and skills; and collect brochures and
business cards.
A list of participating
employers and other information Career Day 2006 is available on Career
Service's web site, www.selu.edu/career.
Participants may also contact Career Services at (985) 549-2121.
CAB
presents Great Jazz Divas March 7
As part of Southeastern's celebration of Women's History Month,
the Campus Activities Board is sponsoring the musical duo Davis and
Dow in "Great Jazz Divas, a culturally educational and entertaining
show about the great ladies of jazz, their lives and their music.
The free show is scheduled
for Tuesday, March 7 at 7 p.m. in the Student Union Theatre.
Vocalist Julie Davis and
guitarist Kelly Dow not only perform the music of Billie Holiday,
Peggy Lee, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Carmen McRae, Betty Carter,
but they also present actual interviews with the writers, musicians,
and the legendary ladies themselves.
Davis is described as "a
gifted singer with a gorgeous voice; a risk-taker who's scatting suggests
she learned in her bassinet, while critics claim that Dow "plays
positively orchestral. His ability to fuse classical, flamenco, rock,
blues, and jazz shapes his unique sound.
The husband and wife team
has toured Japan, London, and New York, composed and performed for
the television show "Food Nation with Bobby Flay. Their latest CD,
"Naked, won Best Jazz Album at the Florida Music Awards, and they
were voted Best Jazz Artists by "New Times Magazine.
For additional information,
contact the Campus Activities Board, (985) 549-3805.
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Women's
History Month underway with lectures, performances, workshops
Southeastern's annual celebration of March as Women's History
Month is underway with a lively series of lectures, performances and
workshops presented by faculty, students and special guests.
The heart of the celebration,
hosted by the Southeastern Women's Coalition and campus partners,
is a series of daily lunch time lectures and panels on topics ranging
from women's roles in science, higher education administration, student
life, literature and war to body images and St. Joseph's altars.
The free presentations --
at noon on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, and 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday
and Thursday -- are scheduled for the third floor of Sims Memorial
Library.
As has become a Southeastern
Women's History Month tradition, Rep. Diane Winston of Covington was
one of the series' first lecturers, presenting "The State of Women
in Louisiana at noon March 3 at the library. She is joined on the
Women's History Month schedule by her fellow state legislator Sen.
Julie Quinn, who will speak on Thursday, March 23, at 12:30 p.m.,
also at the library.
A month-long Women's History
Month parking pass is available to area residents, said Southeastern
English professor Carole McAllister of the Southeastern Women's Coalition.
She said the pass will be available at the University Police Department,
located in Pride Hall adjacent to the library.
More than three dozen Southeastern
administrators, faculty and students are participating in Women's
History Month. In addition to lectures, the campus contributions include
"Faith's Affair, an original play by English professor Jayetta Slawson;
readings by Southeastern authors Bev Marshall, Allison Pelegrin, Evelyne
Bornier and Olympia Vernon; performances by soprano Scharmal Schrock
and flutist Nichole McPherson, and "Delicious Collection, a concert
and original film directed by dance professor Martie Fellom.
Women's History Month guests
will include authors Patricia Brady and Christina Vella, who have
written books on Martha Washington and the Baroness Pontalba, respectively;
the Campus Activities Board-sponsored show "Great Jazz Divas; and
John Richard and the Déjà Vu Cajun Band, accompanied
by Cajun dancers.
The schedule also includes
two workshops, "Founding Mothers and Struggling Sisters: Women
in United States and Louisiana History, a special "Teaching American
History workshop for area teachers on Saturday, March 18, and the
"Sofya Kovalevsky High School Mathematics Day for women high school
students on Friday, March 31.
Women's History Month
is also sponsored by the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences,
Sims Memorial Library, the Center for Faculty Excellence, Student
Government Association, and the departments of Communication, English,
Foreign Languages and Literatures, and History and Political Science.
For the complete schedule,
see the Women's History Month link at selu.edu.
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Brandon Wear, Christopher Giffin, and Emily
Stokes rehearse a scene from The Face on the Barroom Floor. |
Blair Abene of Hammond,
right, has the title role in La Divina. Also shown are
Betty Turner of Hammond, left, as Cecily, the maid, and Scott
McDonough of Slidell, as Matthew, the manager. |
Southeastern stages chamber opera, American-style
Southeastern's Opera/Music Theatre Workshop is bringing opera, American-style,
to the Pottle Music Building stage March 8-11 with two popular contemporary
chamber operas.
Conducted by workshop director Charles Effler and directed by Larry
Gray, "An Evening of American Chamber Opera will feature "La Divina and
"The Face on the Barroom Floor at 7:30 p.m.
While "opera for
many calls to mind either Wagner's heavy melodies and helmeted
female warriors and/or Pucinni's wonderful music and doomed
young lovers, Effler points out that as beautiful as those composers'
works are, "They don't represent the whole of the opera repertoire
-- not by a long shot.
"La Divina and "The
Face on the Barroom Floor, he said, are popular, frequently
performed examples of contemporary works written with English
librettos by American composers for smaller orchestras and casts.
"La Divina, composed
in 1966, has been recently rewritten and re-orchestrated by
composer Thomas Pasatieri. Effler said Southeastern's production
marks the world premier of the revised version.
He said "La Divina,
despite its Italian title, "is a quintessential American work.
The plot hinges on the unraveling of a single joke about a temperamental
diva's relationships with her maid, manager, conductor and adoring
fans.
Blair Abene of Hammond
has the title role of the diva, Madame Altina. A sophomore vocal
performance and communication major, Abene appeared in the workshop's
fall production of "The Sound of Music. She also recently captured
the Miss Southeastern crown.
Betty Turner of Hammond,
a senior voice major, and Kimberly Hilliard of Covington, a
junior majoring in voice and piano, share the role of the maid
Cecily. Marshall Dean, a junior voice major from Denham Springs,
and Brian Martinez Jr., a junior vocal music education and percussion
major from Montz, are double-cast as the young conductor. Scott
McDonough of Slidell, a vocal music education major, appears
as the manager, Matthew.
Turner and Dean will
perform on Wednesday and Friday evenings, while Hilliard and
Martinez take the stage for the Thursday and Saturday productions.
"The Face on the Barroom
Floor debuted at in the Teller House Bar in Central City, Colo.,
in 1978. Effler said it is frequently performed in both theaters
and in bars, where the audience sits at tables in the middle
of the action.
Both the setting --
the West, past and present -- and the music are "unmistakably
American, Effler said, and that the love triangle plot is complete
with bar girls, cowboys and six-shooters.
Cassandra Arnold of Ponchatoula and Emily Stokes of Covington,
both junior voice majors, share the role of the bar girl. Arnold
will appear in Wednesday/Friday performances and Stokes on Thursday/Saturday.
Brandon "Bean Wear
of Slidell, a junior vocal education major, appears as Larry/Matt
(tourist/artist), and freshman Christopher Giffin of Baton Rouge,
also a vocal education major, has the roll of the bartender.
Set design is by Steve
Schepker, costumes by Richard Walsh, lighting by Ellen Sovkoplas,
and choreography by Alison Mariman.
Tickets, available
only at the door, are $12 for adults; and $8 for senior citizens,
non-Southeastern students, and Southeastern faculty, staff,
alumni. Admission is free for Southeastern students with a valid
university I.D.
For additional information
contact the Department of Music and Dramatic Arts, 985-549-2184.
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Psychology professor and author to
present lecture March 9
Award-winning psychology professor and author Karen Huffman
will present a lecture, "Do You Know What it Means to Miss New Orleans,
March 9.
A professor of psychology
at Palomar College in San Marcos, Calif., Huffman will be a guest
in the Southeastern Department of Psychology's lecture series, "Crossroads.
Her free lecture, the third in the series, is scheduled for 9:30
a.m. in the War Memorial Student Union, room 216. The lecture is
open to students, faculty, staff and the general public.
In addition to teaching
full-time, Huffman has written several editions of four introductory
psychology texts published by John Wiley and Sons, including "Psychology
in Action, which is among the texts used in Southeastern psychology
courses. John Wiley and Sons is publishing a supplement that will
be packaged with its texts to provide students with information
on coping with stress.
The supplement includes
an interview with Southeastern sophomore Daniel Ippolito of New
Orleans about his experiences during and after Hurricane Katrina.
She received the National
Teaching Award for Excellence in Community/Junior College Teaching
given by Division Two of the American Psychological Association
(APA). She also was recognized with the first Distinguished Faculty
Award for Excellence in Teaching from Palomar College, and an Outstanding
Teaching award from the University of Texas at Austin.
Huffman has also published
"Essentials of Psychology in Action, "Active Learning Edition Psychology
in Action, and "Living Psychology and has authored or co-authored
various ancillaries for psychology texts.
Her special interests
are in active learning and critical thinking, and she has presented
online web seminars and workshops throughout the United States,
Canada, and Puerto Rico.
The Crossroads Lectures are also sponsored by the College of Arts,
Humanities and Social Sciences and the Center for Faculty Excellence.
For additional information,
contact the Department of Psychology, (985) 549- 3984.
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250 college students will rebuild homes
during spring break
Some 250 college students from the University of Louisiana System's
eight universities will spend their spring break rebuilding homes
that were lost during hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
"Our students will trade
their off-time for overtime as they work to help others by providing
the basic need of a home. We are emphasizing service-learning as
a component of our students' college experiences, and this project
is a unique and meaningful way to emphasize that training, said
UL System President Dr. Sally Clausen.
"Extreme Spring Break
2006: Students Rebuilding Louisiana will run April 19-23 and will
be hosted by Southeastern and McNeese State University in Lake Charles.
Those regions of south Louisiana were heavily damaged by Hurricanes
Katrina and Rita.
According to a report
by the Louisiana Recovery Authority and FEMA, the hurricanes displaced
more than 1.4 million people, damaged 217,000 homes and 18,000 businesses,
created $25 billion in insured losses, and created the equivalent
of 50 years of coastal erosion in two days.
ULS students say they
can't fix everything damaged or destroyed by the hurricanes, but
they'll do what they can, working during their Spring break instead
of partying or getting a suntan on the beach.
Students will work with
Habitat for Humanity to build homes in affected Gulf Coast areas.
They will also spend their mealtimes learning about how to start
or enhance student service programs back home on their campuses.
Paul Donaldson, Southeastern's
SGA president, was forced to evacuate to Texas and Mississippi during
Katrina. Several members of Donaldson's SGA staff lost their
homes while other staffers had friends who were in New Orleans during
the aftermath of the hurricane.
"We won't only build
homes -- we will build lasting relationships and lay the foundation
for service programs on campuses statewide to address other needs,
said Donaldson.
Mallory Wall, SGA president at McNeese and ULS student board member,
said she appreciates the help from fellow students statewide.
Wall's family evacuated to Monroe for two weeks during Rita and
returned to a heavily damaged home and campus.
"Our area needs so much
help, and I am grateful to so many students who will spend their
spring break helping our region. I believe it will be a very
fulfilling and emotional time for all of us, Wall said.
The intensive service
program is open to all students, faculty and staff in the UL System's
eight universities and is being organized primarily by Student Government
Association (SGA) presidents in conjunction with their universities
and UL System staff.
Extreme Spring Break will
accept a total of 250 students from the eight ULS universities:
Grambling State, Louisiana Tech, McNeese, Nicholls State, Northwestern
State, Southeastern, the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and
the University of Louisiana at Monroe.
Students will be accepted
on a first-come, first-serve basis and may apply online at www.ulsystem.net.
A $40 non-refundable fee covers the five days of housing, meals,
programming, insurance and t-shirts. Those students who don't
require housing will only pay a $20 fee.
The University of Louisiana
System and its eight institutions are active participants of the
American Democracy Project -- a cooperative initiative of the American
Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU), The New
York Times, and AASCU Member-Institutions to increase civic engagement
among college students. The project involves 183 campuses
representing more than 1.7 million students.
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Southeastern helps recruit foster parents
Southeastern's social work program has launched "Project Foster
Homes, a program to help the Louisiana Office of Community Services
(OCS) recruit and train critically needed foster parents.
Funded by a three-year
Title IV-E grant, Project Foster Homes represents an outreach program
to the community as well as partnership with OCS, said Licensed
Clinical Social Worker Jane Moncrief, training consultant for Southeastern's
social work program in the Department of Counseling and Human Development.
"Foster homes for children
in the custody of the state are in very short supply, Moncrief
said. "The shortage will soon reach a crisis point. The number of
children needing homes grows daily.
Moncrief and Maurice Badon, social work program's Title IV-E coordinator,
are coordinating Project Foster Homes activities in OCS's Covington
Region, which includes the parishes of Tangipahoa, Livingston, St.
Helena, St. Tammany and Washington.
With the theme "Our best
recruiters are happy foster parents, program activities include
working with OCS to strengthen the region's Foster Parent Associations,
and devising training methods to promote a positive and productive
working relationship between foster parents and state appointed
foster care workers.
Moncrief said efforts
are also being made to inform the public about the need for foster
parents and to give clear information on the application process
and expectations.
Public outreach efforts,
she said, have included designing posters and commissioning an informational
video that will be used to recruit new foster parents.
To produce the video,
Moncrief last fall approached Southeastern communication professor
Joe Burns. Burns said his broadcast communication students were
admittedly hesitant about tackling the project in the midst of the
hurricane-disrupted semester; however, they changed their minds
once they began filming OCS personnel, social workers, foster parents
and children and editing their interviews.
The video was produced
by Brett Bova of Hammond, Jamie Bass of Mandeville, Chris Brown
of Metairie, Nyeisha Fisher of Baton Rouge, Regina Gillam of Harvey,
Kelly Smith of Chalmette and Whitney Magee of Franklinton. It uses
interviews to define foster care and foster parents, address the
difficulty of recruiting foster parents, illustrate what foster
care is like for children and parents, and explain the application
and training process.
The students, said Burns,
"just hit it out of the park. They just did a wonderful job and
it was a great learning experience.
In the eight-minute video,
Home Development Case Manager Jessica St. Pierre describes a foster
parent as "anybody in the neighborhood -- your neighbor, your pastor,
people you see at the grocery store, people you work with.
Foster parent Rick Terrell,
who described the job as both tough and rewarding, says he tells
potential foster parents that they are "being a surrogate. They're
being someone who is coming in to support a child that is at risk.
"I've never done anything
as difficult and I've never done anything as fulfilling, he said.
Moncrief said a Project Foster Homes steering committee of staff,
students, foster parents and state foster care staff meets regularly
at Southeastern to assess needs and plan for training and other
activities to meet the goals of recruiting and retaining foster
parents.
For additional information
about becoming a foster parent, contact the Louisiana Office of
Community Services at 1-800-256-1918.
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Used textbook sale
Textbook Rental will host a used book sale March 13-17 from
9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the War Memorial Student Union. All used rental
textbooks are $1 plus tax. For information, call ext. 3780.
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Alumnus plans book signing March 14
Southeastern alumnus Susan Mustafa will have a book signing
at the University Bookstore on Tuesday, March 14, from 1-3 p.m.
Mustafa, who graduated
cum laude with a degree in mass communication and journalism,
has also won several national awards nationwide for her work as
a writer. Her recently released book, "I've Been Watching You --
The South Louisiana Serial Killer, follows the life of Derrick
Todd Lee reveling his life up to his time in prison. The book
focuses on the truth surrounding the investigation from beginning
to end when Lee was finally captured.
Mustafa will be on campus
to promote the book and talk to students and faculty.
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Applications being accepted for Ferguson
Scholarship for Southeastern employee dependent
Applications are currently being accepted for the Anne M. Ferguson
Scholarship. To be presented for the current and subsequent semester,
the scholarship provides financial support to a deserving student
who is a dependent of a Southeastern employee and has a 2.50 GPA.
Applications may be obtained
from the Scholarship Office located in Building B-Financial Aid.
The deadline for applying is Wednesday, March 22. For more
information contact Pam Hoover at 549-5307.
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Information sought on Taylor Hall fire
The Office of Student Housing is offering a $500 reward for
information that results in the arrest and conviction of the person
or group responsible for a fire inside Taylor Hall in the early
morning hours of Saturday, Feb. 18.
Anyone with information
that may be useful may contact the Office of Student Housing at
985-549-2118, the University Police Department at 985-549-2222;
or send an electronic mail message to police@selu.edu.
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Outside/dual employment
The University of Louisiana System requires that all full-time
Southeastern employees, including those who may become temporary
full-time employees, annually disclose whether or not they participate
in any outside employment activities. The policy recognizes employees'
right to engage in outside employment, as long as it is within the
proper parameters as established by Louisiana law. Employees
who are involved with contracts or agreements between Southeastern
and an outside employer must submit a list of all such employment.
The inclusive dates for
outside employment for this reporting period are July 1, 2006 through
June 30, 2007. Outside employment entered into any time during the
reporting period must be reported.
The online form is available at www.selu.edu/Administration/Depts/HumanResources/hrooutform.doc.
Please copy the form to
one page.
Those who have completed
forms since July 1, 2006, including as part of your employment packet,
are not required to complete an additional form, unless you have
entered into new outside employment since completing the original
form. Those of you who have not completed a form since July
1, 2006 are requested to do so now.
If you have no outside
employment, check "I do not have outside employment, sign and date
the form where indicated and forward the form to your supervisor.
If you do have outside
employment, check "I do have outside employment and enter the name
and address of the outside employer. "Time Commitment Required
must be specific; for example, Monday and Thursday, 6 p.m. until
10 p.m.; or Saturdays and Sundays, 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. "Inclusive
Dates of Activity must reflect the dates you actually engage in
this activity; for example, July 1, 2005 through Dec. 15, 2005;
or July 1, 2005 through June 30, 2006. Answer all five questions,
sign and date the form where indicated, and submit it to your supervisor
for approval. The supervisor will forward the form to the
department head who will forward the form to Human Resources Office,
which will determine if additional approvals are required.
An annual information
report listing all outside employment that has been approved and
is currently in force under this policy is kept on file at Southeastern.
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Criminal Justice program awarded FBI Foundation
scholarship
In a ceremony in New Orleans on Feb. 23, the Former Agents of
the FBI Foundation awarded the "J. Edgar Hoover Scholarship in
the amount of $2,500 to Southeastern's Department of Sociology and
Criminal Justice.
In recognition of J. Edgar
Hoover's pursuit of excellence in educational standards for the
Federal Bureau of Investigation, former agents of the FBI and friends
donate funds in his name. Each year, one member of the Society of
Former Special Agents of the FBI from each of the seven national
regions is selected at random to choose a college or university
to receive the J. Edgar Hoover Memorial Scholarships.
This year the Criminal
Justice Program at Southeastern was recognized out of all
other criminal justice programs in the state as being especially
deserving of this award due to its continuing commitment to excellence
in education.
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Spring 2006 Sponsored Research workshop
schedule
Registration is suggested, but not required for the following
Sponsored Research workshops. For more information, please contact
the Office of Sponsored Research and Programs at 985-549-5312 or
e-mail madelmann@selu.edu.
Writing Successful Grant
Proposals - Wed., March 8 and Thurs., March 9, 2-3 p.m., Tinsley
Hall, Room 103: Proven "key" elements of successful grant proposals,
along with helpful hints for developing an outstanding proposal
will be discussed.
Making Your Grant Proposal
Persuasive -- Wed., March 15, 10-11 a.m. and Thurs., March 16, 2-3
p.m., Tinsley, Room 103: Join Jack Bedell, associate professor of
English, for a discussion on the use of creative and persuasive
writing techniques that can make your proposal stand out among the
competition.
Preparing the Proposal
Budget -- Wed., March 22 and Thurs., March 23, 2-3 p.m., Tinsley
Hall, Room 103: The workshop will provide guidance in constructing
a realistic budget that works. Personnel, fringe, travel, supplies,
operating costs, acquisitions, & indirect costs are some of
the categories that will be covered. Kinds of cost sharing/matching
fund items will also be discussed.
Administering Your Grant
Award - Wed., March 29 and Thurs., March 30, 2-3 p.m., Tinsley Hall,
Room 103: Now that you have an award, what's next? Knowing how to
coordinate with Grants Accounting, Human Resources, & Purchasing
at Southeastern will make the administration of a grant easier.
Representatives of these offices will be on hand to provide information
on procedures and to answer questions.
Writing Sub Contracts
and More - Wed., April 5 and Thurs., April 6, 2-3 p.m., McClimans
Hall, Room 204: Needing to sub contract grant activities? Learn
how to navigate a Southeastern web site for consulting service contract
and cooperative agreement examples and requirements from Ed Gautier,
director of purchasing.
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SLWP Showcase of Best Practices in Teaching
Writing March 18
The Southeastern Louisiana Writing Project will hosts its annual
"Showcase of Best Practices in Teaching Writing" Saturday, March
18, in the Writing Center, located in D Vickers Hall, room 383.
The showcase is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
The showcase will feature
workshops and poster sessions on teaching writing by experienced
classroom teachers who are also Southeastern Louisiana Writing Project
Teacher Consultants. The showcase is designed for K-12 teachers
as well as prospective teachers who want new, classroom-tested ideas
and methods for teaching writing. Participants will be able
to pick up handouts and assignments and to talk one-on-one with
Teacher Consultants as well as take part in discussion circles and
a writing workshop designed for teachers of all grade levels. Participants
receive certificates verifying participation in four hours of professional
development activities.
Registration will start
at 8 a.m. Poster sessions will last from 8:30- 9:30 a.m.; workshops
and grade level discussions of teaching writing as well as a general
writing workshop will follow. Registration is $10 in advance
or $15 at the door, and $5 for Southeastern students with I.D.
Contact Richard Louth
(rlouth@selu.edu or 985-549-2100/2102)
for further information. Information is also available at www.selu.edu/orgs/slwp.
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News from the Center for Faculty Excellence
Workshops:
All workshops are held in Tinsley Hall, room 103, unless otherwise
noted. Registration is required 24 hours in advance of all
workshops. Walk-ins are welcome, if space is available; please call
the center to verify. For information, contact the center at ext.
5791 or e-mail us at center@selu.edu.
Tuesday, March 7, 1-3 p.m., Excel for Grade Keeping - Learn the
basics of using Excel to make grade-keeping easier.
Wednesday, March 8,
noon-1 p.m., Brown Bag Lunch - Service Learning and Civic Engagement
-- "Brainstorming New Projects." Bring your lunch and
a friend. Drinks and dessert will be provided.
Thursday, March 9,
12:30-1:30 p.m., Science & Religion BBQ Lunch and Discussion.
Speaker this week will be psychology graduate student James
Myers, who will discuss "The Relationship of Eastern Religions and
Western Science." All interested faculty, staff and students are
welcome, and as always, lunch is free.
Deadlines
to Remember
Join us for the fifth annual Faculty Conference on Teaching,
Research and Creativity, Wed-Fri, April 5-7. The form to submit
a proposal for the conference can be found at www3.selu.edu/center/FacultyConference
Deadline for proposals
has been extended to Tuesday, March 7.
Faculty
Development & CITI Grants
Due to recent
budget cuts, funding is currently limited to $1,000.
Faculty Development
Grant Program: Proposals are now being solicited for scholarly projects
requiring financial support during the 2006-07 academic year. The
guidelines can be accessed at
www2.selu.edu/Academics/FacultyExcellence/Research/index.htm#FDGprogram
The application
forms can be accessed at www2.selu.edu/Academics/FacultyExcellence/Research/index.htm#FDGprogram_form
Deadline for proposals:
Friday, April 7. Proposals are to be hand delivered to the Center
for Faculty Excellence, Tinsley Annex, Room 6. No proposals will
be accepted after 4:30 p.m.
Innovative
Teaching Initiative: The Center for Faculty Excellence is soliciting
proposals to develop innovative courses or to integrate innovative
teaching and/or assessment elements into existing courses. Deadline
date for proposals: Monday, April 10. Original proposal and four
copies must be delivered to the Center for Faculty Excellence, Tinsley
Annex, Room 6 by 4:30 p.m.
For more information
and the application form, please go to the Center's web site as
shown below or visit our office in Tinsley Annex, Room 6. www2.selu.edu/Academics/FacultyExcellence/CITI/
Mark Your
Calendars: Lyceum Lights, Wednesday, March 29, noon-1 p.m.,
Twelve Oaks. In honor of Women's History Month, the center will
continue to showcase Southeastern's authors with poet Alison Pelegrin.
RSVP by March 24.
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Coming up ...
March 6
Women's History
Month: Annabel Servat, "Kitchen Stories: How We Learn What's
Important," noon, Sims Memorial Library, third floor. Free.
(985) 549-2100.
March 7
Women's History
Month: Barbara Forrest, "'Evil, Evil Woman': What It Was Like
to be the Only Female Witness in the Dover Intelligent Design Trial,"
noon, Sims Memorial Library, third floor. Free. (985) 549-2100.
Women's History
Month: Nicole McPherson, lecture and performance, "Feminine
Aesthetics in Music: Life Experiences and Musical Ideas of Female
Composers," 2 p.m., Sims Memorial Library, third floor. Free.
(985) 549-2100.
Christwood Arts
and Lectures Series: JoAnne Barry and Kenneth Boulton "Music
for Piano Four-Hands," 4 p.m., Christwood Retirement Community,
100 Christwood Blvd., Covington. Free.
Veterans Upward
Bound Program's College 101, free seminar for veterans, 5-8 p.m.,
North Campus Building B, room 203. Free. (985) 549-3386 or 1-800-616-2316.
Women's History
Month: Davis and Dow, "Great Jazz Divas," 7 p.m., Student
Union Theatre (Sponsored by Campus Activities Board, 985-549-2233.
Free. (985) 549-2100.
March 8
Career Fair
2006, 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m., Pennington Student Activity Center. Open
to Southeastern students and alumni. Free. (985) 549-2121.
Veterans Upward
Bound Program's College 101, free seminar for veterans, 11 a.m.-3
p.m., Delgado Community College Northshore Campus, 207 E. Lockwood
S., Covington. Free. 1-800-616-2316.
Women's History
Month: "Women in Higher Education Administration," featuring
Southeastern administrators Barbara Allen, Diane Allen, Bea Baldwin,
Donnie Booth, and Tammy Bourg; noon, Sims Memorial Library, third
floor. Free. (985) 549-2100.
Opera/Music Theatre
Workshop: "An Evening of American Chamber Opera ("La Divina"
by Thomas Pasatieri and "The Face on the Barroom Floor"
by Henry Mollicone), 7:30 p.m., Pottle Auditorium. Tickets (available
at the door): $12, adults; $8, senior citizens, Southeastern faculty,
staff, alumni, non-Southeastern students; Southeastern students
free with ID. (985) 549-2184.
March 9
Women's History
Month: "Women in Science," featuring Kellen Gilbert ("Women
Who Eat Dirt: Cultural and Scientific Reasons for Geophagy")
and Mary White ("Women: Mad Scientists, or Just a Little Annoyed?");
12:30 p.m. Sims Memorial Library, third floor. Free. (985) 549-2100.
Department of Visual
Arts Student Exhibition: Opening reception, 5-6:30 p.m., Contemporary
Art Gallery, East Stadium. Exhibit on display through April 13.
Gallery hours: 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., weekdays. (985) 549-2193.
Southeastern Lab
School Annual Youth Art Month Exhibition: Opening reception, 6-7:30
p.m. (musical performance, 6:30 p.m.), Sims Memorial Library, first
floor. Exhibit on display through April 9. (985) 549-2185.
Opera/Music Theatre
Workshop: "An Evening of American Chamber Opera ("La Divina"
by Thomas Pasatieri and "The Face on the Barroom Floor"
by Henry Mollicone), 7:30 p.m., Pottle Auditorium. Tickets (available
at the door): $12, adults; $8, senior citizens, Southeastern faculty,
staff, alumni, non-Southeastern students; Southeastern students
free with ID. (985) 549-2184.
March 10
Women's History
Month: John Richard and the DéJà Vu Cajun Band and
the Cajun Dancers, noon, Student Union Theatre. Free. (985) 549-2100.
Opera/Music Theatre
Workshop: "An Evening of American Chamber Opera ("La Divina"
by Thomas Pasatieri and "The Face on the Barroom Floor"
by Henry Mollicone), 7:30 p.m., Pottle Auditorium. Tickets (available
at the door): $12, adults; $8, senior citizens, Southeastern faculty,
staff, alumni, non-Southeastern students; Southeastern students
free with ID. (985) 549-2184.
March 11
Rock 'n Roar,
8 a.m.-2 p.m., Student Union Park. (985) 549-2150.
Opera/Music Theatre
Workshop: "An Evening of American Chamber Opera ("La Divina"
by Thomas Pasatieri and "The Face on the Barroom Floor"
by Henry Mollicone), 7:30 p.m., Pottle Auditorium. Tickets (available
at the door): $12, adults; $8, senior citizens, Southeastern faculty,
staff, alumni, non-Southeastern students; Southeastern students
free with ID. (985) 549-2184.
March 13
Women's History
Month: Ross Ettle, "Desperately Seeking Simonetta: Efforts
to Identify Botticelli's Venus," noon, Sims Memorial Library,
third floor. Free. (985) 549-2100.
Veterans Upward
Bound Program's College 101, free seminar for veterans, 3-6 p.m.,
Delgado Community College, 320 Howze Beach Rd., 1-10 Service Road,
Slidell. Free. 1-800-616-2316.
March 14
Women's History
Month: "Women and Literature Through the Ages," featuring
Ruth Caillouet, Katherine Kolb, Robin Norris, and Sarah Spence;
12:30 p.m., Sims Memorial Library, third floor. Free. (985) 549-2100.
Booksigning: Susan
Mustafa, "I've Been Watching You-The South Louisiana Serial
Killer," 1-3 p.m., University Bookstore (War Memorial Student
Union). (985) 549-5393.
Christwood Arts
and Lectures Series: Margaret Gonzalez-Perez, "Female Suicide
bombers," 4 p.m., Christwood Retirement Community, 100 Christwood
Blvd., Covington. Free.
Columbia Theatre
for the Performing Arts: Natalie MacMaster, 7:30 p.m., Columbia
Theatre for the Performing Arts, 210 E. Thomas St. Tickets: $32,
Orchestra 1 and Loge; $28, Orchestra 2 and Balcony 1; $20, Orchestra
3; $19, Balcony 2. Online: www.columbiatheatre.org; box office:
noon-5 p.m., weekdays, (985) 543-4371.
March 15
Women's History
Month: Lucia Harrison, "Keeping Up With Tradition: Louisiana
Women and the St. Joseph's Altar," noon, Sims Memorial Library,
third floor. Free. (985) 549-2100.
Women's History
Month: Lin Knutson and Jayetta Slawson, "Performing Mardi Gras,"
1 p.m., Southeastern Writing Center, D Vickers Hall, room 383. Free.
(985) 549-2100.
March 16
Encore!: Nicole
McPherson, flute, 7:30 p.m., Pottle Auditorium. Free. (985) 549-2184.
Women's History
Month: "Women and the Media," featuring Betty Attaway-Fink,
Carol Madere, and Cheryl Settoon; 12:30 p.m., Sims Memorial Library,
third floor. Free. (985) 549-2100.
March 17
Women's History
Month: Christina Vella-"Intimate Enemies: The Two Worlds of
the Baroness Pontalba," noon, Sims Memorial Library, third
floor. Free. Free. (985) 549-2100.
March 18
Women's History
Month: Teachers Workshop, "Founding Mothers and Struggling
Sisters: Women in United States and Louisiana History," 8 a.m.-3
p.m., Location TBA. (985) 549-2109.
Southeastern Louisiana
Writing Project "Best Practices in Teaching Writing,"
8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., D Vickers Hall Writing Center, room 383. Registration:
$10, advance; $15, door; $5, Southeastern students. Information:
Richard Louth, rlouth@selu.edu or (985) 549-2100/2102.
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This week in athletics
The Southeastern men's and women's basketball teams will compete
in the 2005-06 O'Reilly Auto Parts Southland Conference Tournament
during this week in Southeastern Athletics.
Since Southeastern
joined the Southland Conference prior to the 1997-98 athletic year,
this is the first season that both the men's and women's basketball
teams have advanced to the postseason in the same year.
The Lions (16-11,
10-6 SLC) earned the third seed in the Southland Conference Tournament
with road wins over McNeese State and Lamar to close out the regular
season. Southeastern will host Lamar on Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the
University Center in first round action. Reserved tickets are available
for $10, while general admission tickets are on sale for $7. Southeastern
students and students from other SLC institutions get in free with
a valid student ID. Children ages five and under also will be admitted
for free.
The Southeastern
ticket office is located at Gate 3 of the University Center. The
office is open 7:45 a.m.- 4:30 p.m., weekdays, and the office phone
number is (985) 549-5466. The doors will open an hour before tip-off
for Tuesday's game.
Tuesday's game
and all of Southeastern's subsequent postseason games will be broadcast
live in the Hammond area on KSLU 90.9 FM and on the Internet at
www.LionSports.net. The
first round winners will advance to the semifinal round on Thursday
at 7 p.m. Sunday's championship game is set for 1 p.m. and will
be broadcast on ESPN2 and Sirius Satellite Radio Channel 122. All
tournament games will be played at campus sites with the highest
remaining seeds hosting.
The Lady Lions
(11-15, 8-8 SLC) finished the regular season with three consecutive
losses, but will make their first SLC Tournament appearance since
2001-02. Southeastern, the tournament's No. 6 seed, will face third-seeded
Texas-San Antonio on Monday at 7 p.m. in the UTSA Convocation Center.
Monday's game
and all of Southeastern's subsequent postseason games will be broadcast
live in the Hammond area on KSLU 90.9 FM and on the Internet at
www.LionSports.net. The
first round winners will advance to the semifinal round on Wednesday
at 7 p.m. Saturday's championship game is set for 3 p.m. and will
be broadcast on Fox Sports Southwest. All tournament games will
be played at campus sites with the highest remaining seeds hosting.
The Southeastern
baseball team (7-6) will open Southland Conference play this week,
hosting perennial league power Lamar for a three-game set at Pat
Kenelly Diamond at Alumni Field. The series opens Friday at 6:30
p.m. and will continue on Saturday at 3 p.m. Sunday's series finale
is scheduled for 1 p.m.
If the Lady Lions advance to
the Southland Championship game, Saturday's game will not be broadcast.
Should the Southeastern men's basketball team advance to the Southland
Conference Tournament championship game, Sunday's game will not
be broadcast.
The Southeastern
softball team (4-10, 0-3 SLC) has a busy week with five games on
the schedule. On Wednesday, the Lady Lions will be in Oxford, Miss.
for a 5 p.m. doubleheader with Ole Miss. Southeastern will then
open its SLC home slate with a three-game weekend series with league
foe Texas State at North Oak Park. A 3 p.m. doubleheader will begin
the series on Saturday, while Sunday's first pitch is scheduled
for noon.
The Southeastern
men's golf team is scheduled to compete in its third tournament
of the spring this week. On Monday and Tuesday, the Lions will be
in Lafayette to compete in the Louisiana Classics.
The Southeastern
men's tennis team (5-1, 3-0 SLC) will look to stay undefeated in
Southland Conference play this week. The Lions will host two-time
defending SLC Champion and 63rd-ranked Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
on Friday at 2 p.m. at the Southeastern Tennis Complex.
The Southeastern
women's tennis team (6-2) will open Southland Conference play. The
defending SLC Tournament champions will host three SLC matches this
week, beginning on Tuesday when they host Nicholls State at 2 p.m.
at the Southeastern Tennis Complex. Texas-Arlington will be in town
on Saturday for a 10 a.m. match. The Lady Lions close out the week
with a 10 a.m. match on Sunday versus Sam Houston State.
The Southeastern
men's and women's track and field team will be in action this week.
The Lions and Lady Lions are slated to compete in the USM Indoor
Invitational on Saturday in Hattiesburg, Miss.
Monday, March
6
Women's Basketball,
at Texas-San Antonio (SLC First Round), San Antonio, Texas, 7 p.m.
(KSLU 90.9 FM)
Men's Golf, at
Louisiana Classics, Lafayette, All Day
Tuesday, March 7
Men's Basketball,
vs. Lamar (SLC First Round), University Center, 7 p.m. (KSLU 90.9
FM)
Men's Golf, at
Louisiana Classics, Lafayette, All Day
Women's Tennis,
vs. Nicholls State, Southeastern Tennis Complex, 2 p.m.
Wednesday, March 8
Women's Basketball,
SLC Semifinals, TBA, 7 p.m. (KSLU 90.9 FM)
Softball, at Ole
Miss (DH), Oxford, Miss., 5 p.m.
Thursday, March 9
Men's Basketball,
SLC Semifinals, TBA, 7 p.m.
Friday, March 10
Baseball, vs.
Lamar, Pat Kenelly Diamond at Alumni Field, 6:30 p.m. (KSLU 90.9
FM)*
Men's Tennis, vs.
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, Southeastern Tennis Complex, 2 p.m.
Saturday, March 11
Women's Basketball,
SLC Championship, TBA, 3 p.m. (Fox Sports Southwest) (KSLU 90.9
FM)
Baseball, vs. Lamar,
Pat Kenelly Diamond at Alumni Field, 3 p.m. (KSLU 90.9 FM)
Softball, vs. Texas
State (DH), North Oak Park, 3 p.m.
Women's Tennis,
vs. Texas-Arlington, Southeastern Tennis Complex, 10 a.m.
Men's and Women's
Track and Field, at USM Indoors, Hattiesburg, Miss., All Day
Sunday, March
12
Men's Basketball,
SLC Championship, TBA, 1 p.m. (ESPN2) (Sirius Satellite
Radio Channel 122)
(KSLU 90.9 FM)
Baseball, vs. Lamar,
Pat Kenelly Diamond at Alumni Field, 1 p.m. (KSLU 90.9 FM)
Softball, vs. Texas
State, North Oak Park, 12 p.m.
Women's Tennis,
vs. Sam Houston State, Southeastern Tennis Complex, 10 a.m.
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Mrs.
Julie Miller, RD, assistant to Mrs. Dupre, FCS faculty Heather Compton,
Debora Johnson, Susan Quinn, presenter Charmaine Dupre.
Students learn about healthy food choices at Valentine's Day event
Southeastern Family and Consumer Science majors celebrated Valentine's
Day with a special program, "Cuisine, Culture, and Careers in Family
and Consumer Science, at the Pennington Student Activity Center.
Charmaine Dupre',
a registered dietitian, cooking school owner, and certified culinary
professional, presented information and demonstrations on identifying
and enjoying the naturally healthful food choices available within
a variety of cuisines. Dupre' is the owner of Charmaine's Country
Cooking, Inc. in Ville Platte, Louisiana.
The event was funded
by a Teaching Enhancement Grant awarded to Southeastern Family and
Consumer Science faculty Heather Compton, Debora Johnson, and Susan
Quinn.
The menu included
dishes such as homemade granola with fruited yogurt, Caribbean turkey
orzo salad, gingerbread carrot soup, shrimp spring rolls with a dipping
sauce, shortbread heart cookies, and Coeur a La Crème with
strawberries.
"This event allowed
Family and Consumer Science majors to encounter and integrate food
nutrition and cooking into their career paths, said Compton.
"They can now also identify and respect our delicious cuisine in southeast
Louisiana as a unique blend of various cultural flavors.
Dupre' also discussed
the history of cuisines such as Italian, Thai, Caribbean, American,
and Greek. The students were also introduced to many career
opportunities in the culinary field.
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Professional activities
The latest novel by Writer-in-Residence Olympia Vernon,
A Killing in This Town, has was selected as an Editor's Choice
pick in the New York Times, released on Sunday, Feb. 19.
Several faculty
members of the Department of English participated in the
annual conference of the Modern Language Association, held Dec.
27-30, in Washington, D.C. Dr. David Hanson presided at a
panel hosted by the Council of Editors of Learned Journals titled,
"'Passing the Flame': Journals in Editorial Transition. As
outgoing president of the Council, he also delivered farewell remarks.
Dr. Hanson also served as presider for "What Editors Want: Writing
for Interdisciplinary Journals, a panel hosted by the Council of
Editors of Learned Journals. Dr. Robin Norris chaired a session
organized by Allen J. Frantzen and Scott DeGregorio entitled, "Comparative
Spirituality: Old and Middle English Texts and Traditions. The
papers examined Anglo-Saxon manifestations of affective piety, a
movement which did not become prominent until the later Middle Ages.At
the same conference, Dr. Denelle Cowart presented a paper,
"Exploring the Edith Oenone Somerville Archive at Drishane at a
session sponsored by the American Conference for Irish Studies.
Dr. Debbie Johnson
(Counseling and Human Development) attended the Council of Administrators
in Family and Consumer Sciences meeting in Memphis, Tenn., Feb.
16-17.
Members of the
Department of General Business faculty presented papers and
served as discussants at the annual conference of the Academy of
Economics and Finance in Houston, Feb. 9-11: Yu Hsing, Russell
McKenzie, and David Ramsey, "Application of the IS-MP-AS
Model to Output Determination for Hungary"; Yu Hsing, Sang
H. Lee, James Barktus, and Babatunde Odusami,
"Effects of Macroeconomic Policies on a Developing Economy: The
Case of Guatemala"; Yu Hsing, Aristides Baraya, Shael
Wolfson, "Analysis of Macroeconomic Fluctuations for a CAFTA
Country (The Dominican Republic): Application of an Extended Open
Economy Model"; Babatunde Odusami, "Estimating Interest Rate
Volatility Using Generalized Autoregressive Conditional Heteroscedasticity
(GARCH)-Jump Models."
C. Roy Blackwood (Visual
Arts) recently was the keynote speaker at Sapelo Island, Georgia,
R.J. Reynolds Mansion for the Georgia Council of Art Administrators
annual meeting. Blackwood spoke on the "State of the Arts in Louisiana
Higher Education Post Katrina. Sapelo Island, a barrier island accessible
only by ferry and with a lengthy and rich history, still has a thriving
population speaking the Gullah language.
Dr. Barbara Forrest
(History and Political Science) was the guest speaker at the
monthly dinner meeting of the Baton Rouge Area Society of Psychologists
(BRASP) on Feb. 21. She spoke about the history of the intelligent
design creationist movement. She also discussed her experience as
an expert witness for the plaintiffs in the first legal case involving
intelligent design, Kitzmiller et al. v. Dover Area School District.
The case was decided on Dec. 20 with a ruling in favor of the plaintiffs.
Dr. Forrest also participated in a panel discussion at Columbia
University in New York City on Feb. 27. Entitled "The Politics of
Intelligent Design," the presentation was sponsored by the Columbia
Political Union, a non-partisan student organization.
June Williams (Counseling
and Human Development) presented the keynote address at the Georgia
College Counseling Association at St. Simon's Island, Ga., on Feb.
1.
Dr. Brian S. Canfield
(Counseling and human Development) has been elected president of
the American Counseling Association. The American Counseling Association,
with more than 48,000 members, is the national association that
represents counselors and the counseling profession throughout the
United States.
Dr. Mike Budden (Marketing
and Finance) and Heather Budden (Admissions) have had their
paper, "Assimilation Conundrum: Austrian Befriends Americans in
Costa Rica," accepted for presentation and publication in the Proceedings
of the Teaching and Learning Conference.
Dr. Martin Kearney
(English) recently published "Lady Gregory (nee [Isabella] Augusta
Persee), a chapter in the book Irish Women Writers.
The book, published by Greenwood Publishing Company, came out in
2005.
Dr. George Dorrill
(English) participated in a session entitled "Not Either/Or
but Both: Grammar and Writing Meet on Common Ground at the National
Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) held in Pittsburgh. The title
of his presentation was "Learning Grammar by Writing About Grammar.
Dr. Ruth Caillouet (English) also presented a paper entitled
"Teaching the Thing You Think You Cannot Teach: Race, War, Puberty,
and the Big C. The session offered suggestions in using literature
and writing to help students understand difficult and controversial
topics. Dr. Caillouet was also recently asked to be the state representative
for ALAN (Assembly on Literature for Adolescents) for the NCTE.
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