Bruce Saul, associate professor of biology, coordinated a program for the Georgia Chapter of the American Fisheries Society annual technical sessions and meeting, held in Augusta the last week of January. Two presentations were made by ASU students.

Bill Hobbins, fine arts, presented a lecture to the Augusta Music Teachers Association entitled The Music Educators Perspective on Private Instruction. He also presented the Pre-View Talk for the Augusta Symphony concert Jan. 19.

Hobbins is scheduled to perform in a Brahms Extravaganza during April with Linda Banister, Rosalyn Floyd, and Martin Jones, at the Maxwell Performing Arts Theater.

Steve Hobbs, psychology, presented a workshop on clinical psychopharmacology at the annual meeting of the North American Association of Masters in Psychology. He also gave the luncheon address for the conference on Pet Peeves and Mental Health Advocacy.

Joseph Cotter, history and anthropology, was chosen to represent Augusta State University for the Regents’ Teaching Excellence Award state competition.

Sharon Feaster, teacher development, presented Sessions for Improving Reading in Content Areas at the 21st Southeast International Reading Association Regional Conference recently at Hilton Head.

Feaster co-presented Mapping Your Way to Understanding at the National Council of Teachers of English in Baltimore. She also was a co-presenter with Beth Pendergraft, teacher development, at the National Reading Conference in San Antonio. Their topic was Supporting the Literacy Instruction of Classroom Educators: A State-wide Reading Consortium Explores the Effectiveness of Distance Learning.

They also presented Developing a Teacher Support Community in an On-line Environment.

Pendergraft also made a presentation at the Southeast International Reading Association regional conference at Hilton Head entitled Using Children’s Literature to Prepare for Standardized Tests and to Meet the National Standards – Painlessly.

Grace Heck, languages, literature, and communications, presented a paper titled Virtual Ireland at The New England Regional Meeting of the American Conference
for Irish Studies held at Boston University.

Bill Nelson, Reese Library director, and Roxann Bustos, associate director, participated in the American Library Association national conference in New Orleans during January.
Nelson also presented a pre-conference workshop, Creating a Continuous Assessment Environment in Academic Libraries: Practical Application of the Standards for College Libraries, 2000 Edition at Tulane University. The four-hour workshop was co-sponsored by the College Library Section of Association of College and Research Libraries and the Louisiana Chapter of ACRL. The workshop attracted attendees from 26 states and 53 different academic institutions.

Nelson was also a presenter and panelist for the ACRL President’s Program Discussion Forum with the theme, Celebrating what ACRL has done as a learning community. His presentation was entitled ACRL College Library Standards: Benefits for Academic Libraries for Responding to and Articulating Assessment Measures.

Other recent presentations included SACS and Libraries: The New Principles of Accreditation at the Georgia Council of Media Organizations Conference at Jekyll Island, and College Libraries and the Internet on WFAE National Public Radio affiliate. Nelson was also a guest on the one-hour call-in show Charlotte Talks.

Priscilla Hollingsworth, Jennifer Onofrio, Janice Williams, Kristin Casaletto, Brian Rust, Nina Benedetto, and Jeremy Vaughn, the visual arts faculty in fine arts, are currently showcasing their works in an exhibition titled Points of View at the Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College. The exhibit ends Feb. 21.

Hollingsworth also had photographs of her work accepted for publication in 500 Teapots and Ceramics: A Potter's Handbook.

Onofrio, along with Taweesak Molsawat, are exhibiting their work in the Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art. The works will be on display until March 8.

Casaletto participated in Fear/Fun, a collaborative, site-specific digital installation and performance art exhibition at the Multi-Media Room gallery at Western Michigan University. Other participating artists were Simone Paterson of Sydney, Australia; Roberto Bocci of Siena, Italy; and Lou Rizzolo of Kalamazoo, Michigan.

Emam Hoosain, teacher development, participated in the Spotlight on Algebra Workshop in Atlanta, which focused on how to present an on-line algebra methods course for prospective middle school teachers.