Pamela Hayward, languages, literature, and communications, presented Developing Ourselves through the Use of Midsemester Evaluation at the Georgia Communication Association conference in Valdosta.

Norm Prinsky, languages, literature, and communications, had the first two of four published articles appear in an eight-volume reference set Masterplots II: Poetry Series, Revised Edition. The other two articles are scheduled to appear in Critical Survey of Poetry, Second Revised Edition this year.

John O’Shea, Reese Library, was interviewed for an article Institutional Profile: Reese Library Special Collections published in the Winter 2002 issue of the Society of Georgia Archivists newsletter.

Lee Ann Caldwell, associate professor of history, presented a paper entitled Out of their Place: Troublesome Women in Colonial Georgia at the annual conference of the South Carolina Historical Association. She also delivered the monthly history lecture at the Augusta Museum of History on The History of Women in Augusta. Caldwell taught a class on Augusta history for the Leadership Augusta Executive Forum for New CEOs.

Emam Hoosain, teacher development, presented Problem Solving: Meeting NCTM's Process Standards at the Western Region of NCCTM annual conference March 23 in Hickory, N.C.

Barbara Carpenter, teacher development, presented Expecting to Connect Reading and Writing at the Georgia State Reading Conference in Atlanta.

Recently Mark Warner, teacher development, presented Students and Teachers in Educational Partnership and Teachnology Enhanced Classrooms at the Urban National Middle School Association Conference in Pittsburgh, along with Holly Thornton and Shahid Abdul-Jabbar.

Mary Gendernalik Cooper, Gordon Eisenman, and Mark Warner, along with Sandra Anderson of McDuffie County Schools, presented Resisting the Reductionist Wave: Assessment and Accountability in Inherently Complex Collaborative Work Using NCATE PDS Standards and Meeting the Challenge: Preparing Educators Through Systematic
Collaboration: Being Responsible and Accountable on Multiple Fronts at the 54th Annual AACTE meeting in New York. Cooper, Warner and Anderson also presented Collaborative Accountability and Leadership at the conference. Cooper and Warner also provided critic discussent for Accountability and Technology in Teacher Education.

The Southeast Region of the Decision Sciences Institute recognized The Status of Planning in Small Businesses in the United Kingdom, co-authored by Nabil Ibrahim, business administration, as the best paper in the General Management and Strategy Track, at their conference in Hilton Head.

Clayton Shotwell, fine arts received a Sasakawa Fellowship from the Japan Foundation in Washington, D.C., to attend a summer seminar on Japanese Cultural Studies to be held at San Diego State University. The American Association of State Colleges and Universities sponsors the seminar.

Deborah Richardson, psychology, co-authored an article entitled Psychological well-being and day-to-day social interaction among older adults. The article was published in the journal Personal Relationships, volume 9.

Christopher Murphy, history and anthropology, was named an inaugural recipient of the Governor’s Award for Excellence in Historic Preservation.

Wendy Turner, history and anthropology, presented Lacking of Good Wit: Medical Knowledge of Insanity in Medieval England at the national Phi Alpha Theta bi-annual convention. She also was guest speaker on a panel discussion of Critical Reflections n Graduate Work: The Graduate Experience. Turner also presented Imagining Medieval Madness at the Eighth Citadel Conference on Literature in Charleston, S.C.

Cyndy Wilson, the Sodexho (formerly Marriott) Food Services General Manager, has accepted a new assignment with Sodexho. Patrick McGhee will replace Wilson as the Sodexho general manager at ASU. McGhee has many years experience as an executive chef and has managed food service operations in higher education, hotels, and sports arenas.

Larry J. Bracken, son of Mary Jo Blue Luta, Public Relations, was awarded the title of Richmond County Police Office of the
Year, by the Fraternal Order of Eagles and Ladies Auxiliary. Larry has served as a deputy for the Richmond County Sheriffs Department for six years.