Insight Online
April 13, 2007
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Clock's ticking
There’s just five weeks left in the spring semester, which means the coming days will be crammed full of events and activities in addition to the regular class work. It is all part of the ebb and flow of the academic year. Be sure to check the online calendar to keep up to date and if you have yet to post your event or notice something isn’t on the calendar that should be, let us or the designated person in your area know.
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Eager ROTC cadets qued up for a training session on an Army Air National Guard Blackhawk helicopter on the practice field east of the President's Residence on April 12. For many, this was their first helicopter ride.
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Deadline Monday, April 16, for Faculty-Unclassified retirement dinner
Persons interested in tickets for the Faculty/Unclassified Staff Retirement Dinner must purchase tickets by Monday, April 16. Tickets are available at the Ticket Office in Overman Student Center. The dinner will be held at 6 p.m. on April 20 in the Crimson and Gold Ballroom.
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Recent headlinesFor all PSU news stories, go to the archives at http://pittnews.blogspot.com/2007_04_01_pittnews_archive.html
Grant to fund summer Spanish program in Paraguay – Alice Sagehorn, C&I, announced a Fulbright Hays Group Study Abroad grant that will fund a study trip to Paraguay this summer. The deadline for applications is May 1. For an online application, click here.
Visiting writers aren’t really visiting – The English Department’s Distinguished Visiting Writers Series will sponsor its first annual Faculty Reading at 8 p.m. on Thursday, April 19, in the Special Collections Room of Axe Library. PSU faculty Kathy DeGrave and Karen Stolz will read from their fiction.
Students do well – Student achievement was the theme of three recent news stories. Four students Tom Box’s (Management & Marketing) Business Policy class scored among the top 25 teams worldwide in an online business simulation test. About 2,500 teams around the world participated. Troy Comeau (Communication) reported that students from CAPS 13 brought home a record 17 awards from the Kansas Association of Broadcasters’ annual banquet. Over at the KTC, 41 seniors in the Construction Engineering Technology and Construction Management programs took the 8-hour associate constructor professional exam this spring. PSU was a host site for the exam, which is sponsored by the American Institute of Constructors. Jim Otter and Bill Strenth were test administrators.
Honoring a future Gorilla – Neosho (Mo.) High School senior Joel Preston won the PSU/KSN Gorilla’s Choice Award for community service. Joel has his eye on the College of Technology when he enrolls at PSU in the fall. He will receive a $2,000 scholarship.
Great students, Great employees – Nick Dellasega, Lyndsi Kjonegaard and Kimberly Shultz were chosen for the Student Employee of the Year Awards on April 4. It is a reminder of how much we depend on these fine young people to keep the university running.
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Got time for coffee?The Faculty Association has scheduled its first “Coffee with Colleagues” session for 8:45-11 a.m. on Thursday, April 19, in 202 Axe. “Coffee with Colleagues” is meant to provide a time for faculty and staff to visit with colleagues from across campus in a relaxed and inviting atmosphere.
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Faculty NewsConferences/Meetings
Karla Childs, Ananda Jayawardhana, David Newcomb, Bobby Winters and Cynthia Woodburn, Mathematics - attended the Kansas Section of the Mathematical Association of America annual conference on March 30 -31. Childs, Jayawardhana, Winters and Woodburn all gave presentations. Four PSU students also attended and three won top student presentation awards (Luke Henke, Rebecca Lomshek, and Angela Steele). Woodburn is a member of the executive committee of the Kansas Section, holding the office of information coordinator/webmaster.
Dan Ferguson, HHPR - traveled to Skopje, Macedonia, to be the keynote speaker for a conference sponsored by the Academic Training Association. The focus of the conference was on development of internships in the Balkan region. Following the conference he traveled on to Belgrade, Serbia, where he met with officials from the Association for Persons with Down Syndrome and also toured two state institutions for persons with disabilities. One had 500 residents and the other had 600 residents.
R. Scott Gorman, HHPR - Attended the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD) national convention and exposition March 13-17 in Baltimore, Md. He serves as chairperson of the AAHPERD Student Services Committee. This group plans the on-going student programs and services available to student members across the US. The Student Services Committee also plans an annual undergraduate and graduate leadership development conference (LDC) attended by future professionals from each state, district and national association. The fall undergraduate LDC will be held this fall in Estes Park, Colo.
Don Ward, Psychology and Counseling - attended the annual convention of the American Counseling Association in Detroit, Mich., March 21-25. He presented a program entitled “Publishing in ACA Refereed Journals: Suggestions from the Council of Editors.” He also presented the Journal for Specialists in Group Work (JSGW) 2006 Outstanding Article Award at the ASGW awards luncheon; and chaired the JSGW editorial board meeting as journal editor.
Publications/Research/Performance
Jack R. Fay, Accounting - with Judson Stryker, of Stetson, have their manuscript, “So You Want to Start a Business Partnership - What Should You Include in the Partnership Agreement?" accepted for publication in the June issue of "Oil Gas & Energy Quarterly." The journal is published by LexisNexis Matthew Bender.
Service/Instruction
Susan Johns-Smith and Morgan McCune - Axe Library, facilitated training and setup to bring the Eureka Public Library live and online with the PSU Library Consortium on March 19. The Eureka Public Library is the first of 13 libraries targeted to join the PSU Library Consortium over the next 2 years.
Cynthia Woodburn, Math - facilitated a career discussion on being a mathematics professor and conducted a hands-on workshop called "Do U Sudoku?" at the Expanding Your Horizons conference for gifted middle school girls held at Emporia State University on March 10.
Honors/Achievements
Don Ward, Psychology and Counseling, was awarded the Association for Specialists in Group Work (ASGW) President’s Award at the annual convention of the American Counseling Association in Detroit, Mich.
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