Campus Notables

Mark Fissel, history, has published his fifth book, Law and Authority in early modern England, which is a collection of essays illustrating the “relationship between the forms of law and manifestations of authority primarily under James I and Charles I.” The book, the third which he co-edited, is being printed by the University of Delaware Press. Others include Amphibious Warfare and European Expansion 1000-1700: War, Commerce and State Formation, which is being printed by Brill Publishing, and War and Government in Britain, 1598-1650. Dr. Fissel’s other books include The Bishops' Wars, Charles I's campaigns against Scotland, 1638-1640 and English Warfare, 1511-1642.

Bobby Cuebas, physical plant, has been named Employee of the Quarter for the third quarter. He is a painter in building maintainence and has been employed at ASU for 23 years. 

Emam Hoosain, teacher education, made presentations on What is Mathematical Understanding? and Fun with Numbers at the 46th annual Conference of the Georgia Council of Teachers of Mathematics at Rock Eagle, Ga.

Jennifer Onofrio and Brian Rust, fine arts, had their artwork represented at the Sculptural Objects and Functional Art Exposition at Chicago’s Navy Pier. The international show and gallery expo is represented by participants from the United States, Europe, and Canada. Ms. Onofrio is representing Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art in Kansas City, Mo., and Mr. Rust is representing Mary Pauline Gallery in Augusta.

Sociology Research Methods students, under the direction of Kim Davies, had their 1998 article Hyde Park Neighborhood Report cited in the book Polluted Promises: Environmental Racism and the Search for Justice in a Southern Town.

The ASU Chemistry Club, as a student-affiliated chapter of the American Chemical Society, was recently selected for an honorable mention award for its chapter activities during the 2004-05 academic year. The chapter was chosen from among nearly 1,000 chapters nationally. Eric Zuckerman, chemistry and physics, was given special recognition as the advisor of the chapter.

Jurgen Brauer, college of business administration, has had four peer-reviewed publications published. Language, Logic, Content: A Critique of the Principles of Microeconomics Textbook, was published in Perspectives in Economic Education Research. Establishing Indicators for Biodiversity was published in Science. Two he coauthored: Arms Trade Offsets and Development, which was published in Africanus, and Means and Motivation: Rethinking Small Arms Demand, which was published in the Harry F. Guggenheim Foundation Review.

Anthony Kellman, languages, literature, and communications, was the featured monthly author on Georgia Public Radio’s Cover to Cover program, which aired on Oct. 30. It will be re-broadcasted at 10 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 6. He will discuss and take calls about his novel, The Houses of Alphonso, which was published last year. In this novel of immigration and homecoming, Alphonso Hutson is torn between his former home in Barbados, with lingering memories of his parents and brother, and his new life in Georgia with his wife and daughters. When he returns to the beautiful but politically turbulent Barbados for the first time after nearly sixteen years, he must come to terms with his heritage and the ghosts of the past before he can return to the U.S. and truly call it home. In addition, Mr. Kellman’s poem, After The Rain, has been included in the just-published anthology, The Oxford Book of Caribbean Verse.

Robert Foster, fine arts, will perform at a St. Paul Episcopal Church’s program, Tuesday Music Live, at noon on Tuesday, Nov. 22, with Martin David Jones, fine arts. They will perform a variety of music for flute and piano at the free concert.

Augusta State’s Staff Council has named three new members to the council: Mark Brown, special projects; Wes Zamzow, alumni relations; and Sherry Moore, College of Business Administration.

Pam Lightsey, former assistant director of the bookstore, has been named JagCard Manager, with a new JagCard Office, which is temporarily located on the first floor of Fanning Hall. The JagCard is ASU’s new identification card.

Jurgen Brauer, College of Business Administration, along with graduate student and research assistant Nick Anglewicz, writes a monthly column on economics topics, that are published on his website as well as by media worldwide. The latest column takes a look at the past 45 years of U.S. wages as compared to consumer price inflation, with the conclusion that on the whole, Americans have done well-but not in the past five years. This column and others can be found at http://www.aug.edu/~sbajmb/comment.htm.

Priscilla Hollingsworth, fine arts, is one of three featured artists in an exhibition at Georgia Southern Univeristy. The exhibition, titled Composite, will be on display through Nov. 10. Ms. Hollingsworth exhibited ceramic sculpture installations and vessels, including her Germination installation, which consists of repeating clay forms inspired by her exploration of the repetitive process of working in clay, and its similarities to music and biology. She will discuss her work as an artist on Wednesday, Nov. 9, 5-7 p.m. in Gallery 303 in the Foy Fine Arts Building on the GSU campus. Ms. Hollingsworth has displayed her work in three national juried shows this year: Craft USA ’05, Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan, Conn.; Our Cups, Lockhart Gallery, State University of New York-Geneseo; The Wichita National 2005, Wichita Center for the Arts; Clay Cup X, University Museum, Southern Illinois University Carbondale; Red Heat: Contemporary Work in Clay, Alexandre Hogue Gallery, University of Tulsa; and the 5th Annual National Juried Cup Show, Gallery 138, Kent State University.

News Briefs:

After receiving funding from several mineral companies to conduct research on mineral exploration, Criss Capps, chemistry and physics, took an academic leave of absence to study in Nevada, Mexico, and South America. As a precious metals exploration specialist, Dr. Capps specializes in gold deposits and how they form, as well as locating the deposits, and evaluating their economic potential. “In the United States, Nevada is the state with the most mines and the most active geological survey,” he says. “The headquarters of mining is in Reno.” While in Reno, he was invited to make a presentation at a symposium that only takes place every five years and is co-hosted by the United States Geological Survey and the Geological Society of Nevada. Dr. Capps co-presented Geologic Setting of Gold Mineralization at the Double Mountain Prospect, Northern Adobe Range, Elko County, Nevada. The paper appeared in October in Window to the World, a multivolume, hard-bound publication that highlights the symposium.

Faculty, staff, and students can keep current on the latest news and issues in higher education through limited, free access to the Chronicle of Higher Education through Nov. 27. Find the Chronicle online at http://chronicle.com/ and let the staff at Reese Library know if it has been of value to you in having this access.

Don Howard, College of Business Administration, recently had two successful entrepreneurs speak to his classes: Rick Busby, owner of Busby Heating and Air, and Vera Stewart, owner of Very Vera, a local caterer who has expanded her business internationally. The practice of bringing in successful business owners and managers is a hallmark of the college and has proven to be immensely popular with students as they hear first-hand the personal business experiences of the speakers. This practice is repeated on a larger scale each year by the college during Visiting Executives Week, in which personal business experiences are shared with classes throughout the college.

ASU will host the Peachbelt Conference Volleyball Championship on Nov. 11 and 12. In addition to ASU, seven universities will be competing: USC-Aiken, USC-Upstate, Armstrong Atlantic State University; UNC-Pembroke, Francis Marion University, and Lander University.

Five international advisors will visit ASU in early November as part of a U.S. based training program for overseas educational advisors. ASU is one of five institutions in Georgia that will host the advisors, who are from Bulgaria, the Dominican Republic, China, Chad, and Pakistan. The American visit is being sponsored by the College Board and the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. The advisors are posted at U.S. Embassy Public Affairs offices, Fulbright Commissions, local universities, and bi-national centers where they help international students learn about higher education study opportunities in the United States. There are about 450 overseas advising centers in the EducationUSA network worldwide that are affiliated with the U.S. State Department.

Faculty and staff are encouraged to obtain the JagCard, ASU’s new university photo identification card. The new ID card includes such features as door access and debit card capabilities. Deposits can be made on the card with cash, check, or credit card in the ASU Bookstore, Business Office, or through a regular payroll deduction. Cash may be added at the terminals located in Allgood Hall lobby or at University Village. The card may be used to purchase items at over 20 vending machines, several campus copiers, ASU Food Services, and the ASU Bookstore. For more information on the JagCard, visit http://www.aug.edu/jagidcards/.

A helpful tool for faculty and staff seeking grants is IRIS, the Illinois Researcher Information Service. The database of grant opportunities is available to ASU researchers through Jan. 5. Users should go to the corresponding website to ensure the proposal due date as well as the applicant eligibility criteria is accurate before actually pursuing the opportunity. Contact the grants office at 729-2327 to provide feedback on the site as well as for assistance in the grant application. IRIS provides three services: a database of funding opportunities in all disciplines; an alert service, and IRIS expertise service.

ASU’s men’s golf team was named the 11th ranked men’s collegiate golf programs of all times by a poll recently released by Golfweek magazine.The poll ranked the top 100 teams, and included among the top programs are: 1. Georgia Tech; 2. Clemson; 3. Georgia; 4. Oklahoma State; 5. Florida; 6. Texas; 7. Arizona; 8. Arizona State; 9. UNLV; 10. Wake Forest; 11. AUGUSTA STATE; 12. TCU; 13. New Mexico; 14. Auburn; 15. Southern California; 16. UCLA; 17. Duke; 18. Minnesota; 19. BYU; 20. Washington. Last season, the Jags captured four tournament titles, including the first NCAA title of any kind, the Central Regional Championship at Notre Dame’s Warren Course in South Bend, Ind. Four players—Kalle Edberg, Scott Jamieson, Emmett Turner, and Major Manning—were named All-Americans at the end of last season, the first time in school history four members of one team were selected All-American.

Save money and aggravation by purchasing a parking decal, which is required for all faculty, staff, and students parking on campus. Parking decals can be obtained from 7:30 a.m.-8 p.m., Monday through Thursday, and 7:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. on Fridays, in the Department of Public Safety. The decal, which cost $20, is good for the entire academic year. Cars without parking decals will be ticketed, and the minimum fine is $25.

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