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FACULTY/STAFF
IN THE NEWS
Faculty Recognition
Dr. Alan Holiman, associate
professor of political science, has been
designated as a 2006 Academic Fellow by
the Foundation for Defense of Democracies
in Washington, D.C. As part of this fellowship,
he will join approximately 30 other professors
selected from colleges and universities
in the United States to participate in a
two-week faculty seminar entitled "Defending
Democracy, Defeating Terrorism." The
seminar will be conducted at Tel Aviv University
in Israel. The course of study will take
place in the classroom and in the field
and features seminars and lectures by academics,
diplomats, military and intelligence officials,
and political leaders from Israel, Jordan,
Turkey, India and the United States. It
also includes visits to military bases,
border zones and other security installations
to learn the practical side of deterring
terrorist attacks. Academic Fellows will
also visit detention facilities to interview
unsuccessful suicide bombers. The goal of
the program is to offer teaching professionals
information on a wide variety of terrorism-related
issues.
Dr. Holiman has also been appointed to serve
as a National Reader for the College Board
Advanced Placement Examination in Comparative
& American Politics. The National Readers
are selected competitively based upon their
academic background, course syllabi submitted
to the College Board, evidence of advanced
teaching experience and commitment to professional
development. As a National Reader, Professor
Holiman will work closely with a group of
professional colleagues from across the
nation and will be involved with them in
sharing and discussing best practices, innovative
teaching approaches and ideas and will participate
in developing national standards for future
AP Exams.
An abstract by Dr. Nancy Crigger
and Professor Vicki Meek entitled
"The aftermath of mistakes in professional
nursing practice" was accepted for
presentation at the 17th Annual Sigma Theta
Tau International Research Conference in
Montreal, Canada, July 19-21, 2006. Professor
Meek will be attending and presenting their
findings at this important international
conference.
Dr. Crigger and Dr. Meek were also recognized,
along with Leesa McBroom,
assistant professor of nursing, with faculty
development awards from The Research Foundation,
a Kansas City-based foundation which seeks
to improve and enhance health care in the
community.
Vicki Meek, assistant professor of nursing,
received the 2006 Teaching Excellence Award.
Nancy Crigger, associate professor of nursing,
received the 2006 Outstanding Community
Service Award. Leesa McBroom, assistant
professor of nursing, received funding for
doctoral studies. The teaching and community
service designations carry cash awards of
$1,000 each, while the doctoral study offers
annual funding up to $5,000.
Dr. Ruth Kauffmann, professor
of languages, was a presenter at the recent
Missouri Western Conference on Applied Learning,
along with two Spanish majors, Kali Shipley
and Elizabeth Hall. The title of their presentation
was "Using Formative Evaluation to
Produce a Qualitative Analysis of an Applied
Learning Unit in an Academic Course."
Deborah Maltby, Adjunct Instructor
of English, presented a paper entitled "Creating
Wessex: Thomas Hardy and Literary Tourism,"
at the international conference of the Nineteenth
Century Studies Association in Salisbury,
Md., March 15-19. Maltby is a Ph.D. candidate
In English and History at UMKC, where she
is a current Distinguished Dissertation
Fellow.
Psychology Faculty, Alumni and Students
Present Research
Alumni, current faculty and students were
among those presenting at this year's American
Psychological Association national convention
in New Orleans. Presenters included C.
Ray Owens, professor of psychology;
Patricia Schoenrade, professor
of psychology; alumna Laura Curry; and current
students Lauren Thompson, Jonathan Saxon,
Dawn Renick and Kevin Ruse.
Dr. Scott Falke, assistant
professor of biology, received a Beta Beta
Beta Research Foundation grant to fund senior
student Jill Jackson's Senior Research Project
entitled "The effect of C-terminal
truncations on negative cooperativity in
substrate binding to the chaperonin GroEL."
Dr. Dan Heruth, professor
of biology, and Kelly Jo Easley, a senior
biology major, received a Beta Beta Beta
Research Foundation grant to fund Kelly
Jo's senior research project entitled "Identification
of a protein responsible for the down regulation
of c-myc expression in SW837 colon carcinoma
cells upon treatment with histone deacetylase
inhibitors."
Staff Recognition
Elise Fisher has received
a grant through the Missouri State Library's
"Show Me Steps to Career Development"
program. The grant provided financial assistance
for Elise's participation in the Computers
in Libraries 2006 conference in Washington
D.C. March 21-25. The conference is a premier
national conference on trends affecting
the delivery of information. Funding for
the grant is provided by the Library and
Technology Act (LSTA) Federal Grant Program.
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