Campus Notables

Jasper Cooke

Jasper Cooke, public safety, participated in the Georgia National Association of Chiefs of Police 2003 Annual Summer Training Conference in Savannah. The conference theme was Problem Solving Ideas for Law Enforcement Managers.

Tim Sadenwasser, languages, literature, and communications, was recently awarded a PhD in English from UNC- Chapel Hill.

Ralph Walker, Research Center, made presentations at the Rotary Club of Waynesboro and Augusta Technical College.

Augusta State was honored recently by the Walter L. Shepeard Community Blood Center for its support of the organization at its 25th anniversary awards reception. Along with the university, individual awards were presented to two ASU blood donors. Gary Stroebel, chemistry and physics, was recognized for being among the top donors of whole blood, and Lillian Wan, library assistant III, received an award for being one of top apheresis donors. Wan was also recognized for her work in promoting blood drives.

An interview with William Nelson, Reese Library, conducted with the library deans and directors group of the State University and Community College System of the Tennessee Board of Regents has been posted online and can be accessed at http://faculty.jscc.edu/scohen/tbrlib.html

Jurgen Brauer, economics, and Sankara Sethuraman, math and computer science, authored an article for the European Journal of Political Economy titled Decomposing Violence: Political Murder in Colombia, 1946-1999. Dr. Brauer serves as primary editor for a new publication of the Economists Allied for Arms Reduction titled ECAAR/Review. He also wrote a chapter for the publication titled Trends in World Military Expenditure. He presented a program at the Graduate Institute for International Studies in Geneva, Switzerland, on small arms, light weapons, and economic and human development. Dr. Brauer also signed a book contract about arms, trade and economic development with London publisher Routledge. He has also been appointed to serve on the international advisory board for Nacao e Defesa (Nation and Defense), a quarterly, peer-reviewed academic journal of the Portuguese National Defense Institute. Among other board members is Zbigniew Brzezinski, former U.S. National Security Advisor.

Brenda Reese

On Aug. 8, Brenda Reese will celebrate a milestone. That day will mark her 20th year working for Augusta State University. But Reese has a reason to celebrate early. She has been named the Physical Plant’s Employee of the Quarter. Receiving the recognition was a real honor, she said. “I really was just so surprised,” she said.

Reese began her career as a custodian at Augusta State working in Hardy Hall in 1983. Since then, she has worked in buildings all over campus, including an 11-year stay in the Christenberry Field House, formerly the Physical Education Athletic Complex. She says the best part of her job is all of the interaction with faculty and staff on campus. “I love working with all of the people,” she said.

When she’s not working, Reese says she enjoys gardening, going to church, and spending time with her seven grandchildren.

Faculty and staff parking decals will go on sale at the public safety office August 1. Due to construction and the decreased amount of parking available on campus, parking decals for 2003-04 will cost $10 for this academic year only. Parking will be available at the McDowell Street lot of Trinity on the Hill Church, lot 27 at McDowell St. and Arsenal Ave. (across from the St. Mary Church's lot), and the parking lots of the Jewish Synagogue and First Southern Methodist Church, both on Johns Road. For more information, call public safety at 737-1401.

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