Campus Notables

Kristin Casaletto, fine arts, was a visiting artist at the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, from Nov. 3-5.

Mary Jane Anderson, educational leadership, counseling, and special education, was appointed Graduate Counselor Education Coordinator on the Executive Council of the South Carolina Counseling Association.

Paula Dohoney, kinesiology and health science, holds the following positions: NCATE Board of Examiner (2004-Present); AAHPERD’s Representative to NCATE Board of Exmainer Trainging (2003-Present); NCATE/NASPE Reviewer for State Standards (1998-Present); and Executive Committee member of the Council on Professional Preparation in Physical Education (1999-Present).

Kathy Schofe, public relations and publications, was elected secretary of the Public Relations Advisory Council to the Chancellor of the University System.

Bill Nelson

Bill Nelson, library, received the 2005 Georgia Library Association (GLA) Nix-Jones Award. He was presented the award at the GLA’s Council of Media Organizations conference in Columbus, Ga.

Bill Nelson and Jeff Heck, Library, made presentations at the Georgia Library Association’s Council of Media Organizations conference in Columbus, Ga. Dr. Nelson presented, How Georgia Academic Libraries Are Using Association of College and Research Libraries’ Standards to Comply with New Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Standards. He also presented Practical Approaches for Implementing ACRL’s Standards for Libraries. Mr. Heck presented E-Reserve Systems for Everyone.

Ted Atkinson, languages, literature, and communications, has published a book, Faulkner and the Great Depression: Aesthetics, Ideology, and Cultural Politics. The book examines how the historical and cultural context of the Great Depression influenced the production of William Faulkner’s most celebrated fiction.

Helen Hendee, development and alumni relations, received the Outstanding Fundraising Professional Award for 2005 from the Association of Fundraising Professionals in the Augusta area.

Pedro Hoyos-Salcedo, languages, literature, and communications, has released the first of a series of four CDs that teach Spanish/English. The CD, Buenos Dias? Good Morning, is already being used by several school districts in Virginia and South Carolina. Using rhythm, rhyme, and repetition, the CD includes songs that introduce American culture and traditions to Spanish speakers. The second CD is scheduled to be released in early 2006.

The Department of Nursing reports that the pass rate for graduates taking the NCLEX-RN for the first time in 2005 is 91.5 percent, which is above the national average of 88 percent.

Clifford Terrell, public safety, was awarded a Certificate of Special Recognition in appreciation for his outstanding, unfading loyalty and devotion as a Sunday school teacher at Trinity Christian Methodist Episcopal Church.

Susan Mucha, languages, literature, and communications, was a featured writer at the Greenwood Mystery Weekend and Writers Conference on Nov. 10-12, in Greenwood, S.C.

OMI (Operations Management International, Inc.) recently established a scholarship to assist students in physics. Matthew Howard and Tanya Mikulas were named the first recipients of the new scholarship by OMI in a brief ceremony Oct. 31, in which Jim Rush, OMI project manager, President Bloodworth, and other university officials took part.

Deborah Richardson, psychology, along with former ASU psychology students Matt Gregoski and Wendi A. Malone, wrote, Measuring Direct and Indirect Aggression: Is There A Response Bias, which appeared in Psychological Reports.

Martin David Jones and Clara Park, fine arts, were featured in an interview in Augusta Magazine’s October issue.  You can read it at http://magazine.augusta.com/stories/100105/arts.shtml. Dr. Park also gave the world premiere of Dr. Jones’ piano piece Jazz Sonatina – New Orleans Reborn.  Dr. Jones was this year’s commissioned composer for the Georgia Music Teachers Association Annual Conference in Carrollton, Ga. He was also the concerto soloist with the Augusta Symphony Orchestra in Maurice Ravel’s G major Piano Concerto at First Baptist Church of Augusta.

Joseph Greene, Cree-Walker Professor of Business Administration, has been named the Grand Marshal of the Thomson-McDuffie Christmas parade, which will be held on Saturday, Dec. 3. Dr. Greene, the first African American to be elected to the McDuffie County School Board and as president of the Augusta chapter of the Rotary Club, says, “I suddenly was struck with humility. When I consider all the fine citizens in our community, to think that they chose me, I am just humbled.”

Dip Metress, men’s basketball head coach, has been appointed to ASU’s Staff Advisory Council. He will fill the seat of Ted McNeal who has been a member of the council for the past two and a half years. Mr. McNeal resigned his position due to time constraints. Mr. Metress says that he is looking forward to assisting ASU and the staff council.

News Briefs:

Lt. Col Wade Sokolosky, commander of the 73rd Ordnance Battalion at Fort Gordon, will be the featured speaker at a commissioning ceremony on Monday, Dec. 19, at 2 p.m. in Washington Hall Towers. Two cadets in the military science program will be commissioned into the U.S. Army, Rodney Bunyan and Suzie Herold. For more information, contact Lt. Col. Michele Goddette, Department of Military Science, at 737-1643.

A grant proposal, Lobby for Literacy, written by Paulette Harris, educational leadership, counseling, and special education, was awarded to the ASU Literacy Center to assist in purchasing reading materials and renovations.

The 2005 ASU Fine Arts Faculty Exhibition was held at the Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art during November. The following faculty participated in the show: Carissa Doying, Dorothy Fletcher Eckman, Pamela Ferguson-Haggins, Priscilla Hollingsworth, Philip Morsberger, Morris Eminent Scholar in Art, Emeritus, Tom Nakashima, Jennifer Onofrio, Brian Rust, Dianne Sweet, Janice Williams Whiting, Kristin Casaletto, and Nina Betedetto.

All special education graduates (both graduate and undergraduate levels) scored 100 percent on PRAXIS II.

The Georgia Governor’s Office of Highway Safety (GOHS) awarded a highway safety grant to ASU to establish a Young Adult Peer Educator Chapter (YA). The ASU Chapter of Peer Educators, directed by Kay Phillips-Crabb in the Office of Student Activities, participated in a statewide leadership-training program and Alcohol Awareness Week on Oct. 16-20. The students also conducted a Click It or Ticket campaign in November in conjunction with the Public Safety Office.

Janice Williams Whiting, fine arts, will be presenting a program on the ancient painting technique of egg tempera on Friday, Dec. 16, at noon, at the Morris Museum of Art. After the demonstration, examples of egg tempera painting by renowned American painter Andrew Wyeth will be on display.

The President’s and Alumni Holiday Drop-In will begin at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 10, at the Maxwell Alumni House. For more information, contact Development and Alumni Relations at 737-1759.

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