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Volume 17, Issue 93
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Please submit material
for the College of Arts
and Sciences Newsletter
to Linda Thien by Tuesday
at 5:00 p.m. via e-mail: thienlr@slu.edu; fax: 977-3649; interoffice mail: Fusz
Hall, Second Floor
Don't forget to submit
important departmental news to
Grand Connections
The Ignatian Anniversary Year
Heroism: "Eliciting great desires "
"Leaders imagine an inspiring
future and strive to
shape it rather than passively watching the
future happen around them. Heroes extract
gold from the opportunities at hand rather
than waiting for golden opportunities to be
handed to them."
Chris Lowney, author of
Heroic Leadership
FOR
ALL FACULTY:
AN ESSENTIAL SEMINAR ON GRADING
and
ASSESSMENT PLANS
Barbara
E. Walvoord, Ph.D.
University of Notre Dame
To
register:
Call: 7-2913
or online at
http://fyp.slu.edu/
DEADLINE IS TODAY.....
Interim
Director: Center for
International Studies
INTERNAL CANDIDATE
ANNOUNCEMENT
The
College of Arts and Sciences is seeking an interim
(06-07) successor to Dr. Paul Garcia who has
served as Director of the Center for International
Studies for the past 10 years and is retiring in
June of this year. Under Dr. Garcia's leadership,
the program has grown to 150 majors and is
involved in two international initiatives, the Latin
American Project and the Middle East Project.
The full-time interim director for AY 06-07
should, minimally, hold the rank of an associate
professor. She/he may be a candidate for the permanent
position to begin in 07-08. Dr. Garcia will be
available to provide orientation for the interim
director.
Interested internal candidates should
submit a letter of interest, pertinent credentials
and a CV to: Dr. Mary Elizabeth Hogan, Associate
Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, Saint Louis
University by April 24, 2006.
The
Department of Communication
Invites our colleagues in the
College of Arts and Sciences
to a farewell reception in honor of
John J. Pauly
John served the department as chair
from 1993 to 2002 and is leaving
SLU to become the William R. Burleigh
and E.W. Scripps professor and dean
of the J. William and Mary Diederich College
of Communication at Marquette University.
***
Tuesday, May 2, 2006
4:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Knight's Room, Pius XII Library
RSVP
to Delia King or
call x3510.
Presidential Service Awards Honor Longtime Employees
The
annual Presidential Service Awards recognize staff
and faculty who loyally have served the University
for more than 25 years. The awards were presented
during a breakfast banquet on Wednesday, April 12,
in Busch Student Center.
Congratulations
to the following who are employed
in the College of Arts and Sciences:
25
years
Karl
M. Chauff, Ph.D.
James T. Moore, Ph.D.
30
years
Harold
A. Dieck, Ph.D.
Robert B. Herrmann, Ph.D.
Ruth L. Saunders
35
years
Stephen
J. Dina, Ph.D.
40
years
Raymond
P. Benoit, Ph.D.
45
years
John
F. Tibbs Jr.
If
you need to rent/purchase
academic attire for Pre-Commencement,
please call Lisa Lee
at the SLU Barnes & Noble Bookstore
at 531-7925.
College
of Arts and Sciences Excellence in Teaching Awards
and
Mentoring Award
The
following faculty members received 2006 College of Arts and Sciences
Excellence Awards at the Annual Awards Ceremony on Tuesday, April
18, 2006:
Dr.
Caroline Reitz (English)
The Helen I. Mandeville Award for Excellence in Teaching in the
Humanities
Dr.
Katherine MacKinnon (Sociology & Criminal Justice)
The Robert A. Johnston, S.J. Award for Excellence in Teaching
in the Social Sciences
Dr. Jon Fisher (Biology) The William V. Stauder, S.J. Award for Excellence in Teaching in the Natural Sciences
Dr. Karla Scott (African-American Studies, Communication) The Chauncey E. Finch Award for Excellence in Advising
Each of these award recipients received an engraved College medallion and a $1,000.00 grant for professional expenses.
The following faculty were nominated by their students and peers for the above awards and were recognized as finalists. They received a certificate of excellence at the Ceremony.
Excellence
in Teaching:
Dr. Judy Durham (Chemistry)
Dr. Robert Krizek (Communication)
Dr. Annie Smart (Modern and Classical Languages)
Dr. Paaige Turner (Communication)
Excellence
in Mentoring:
Dr. Hal Bush (English)
Dr. Paul Jelliss (Chemistry)
Dr. Shelley Minteer (Chemistry)
Dr. Joya Uraizee (English)
James D. Collins Award for Excellence in Student Academic Achievement
The College of Arts and Sciences presents the James D. Collins Awards for Excellence in Student Academic Achievement to recognize scholarship and creative achievements among undergraduate students. One student is chosen by faculty in each department of the college. Each of these award recipients received an engraved College medallion and a signed copy of Heroic Leadership by Chris Lowney. This year's recipients are:
Erica
Irwin (American Studies)
Molly Schroeder (Biology)
Mark Mans (Chemistry)
Jenny Thumann (Communication)
Matthew Morlock (Earth and Atmospheric Sciences)
Nathan Byrd (English)
Sarah Kattau (Fine and Performing Arts)
Emma Lomax (History)
Denis Kuzelj (Mathematics and Computer Science)
Jamie Smeland (Modern and Classical Languages)
Kathleen Brennan (Philosophy)
Ryan Wilson (Physics)
Rex Gradeless II (Political Science)
Meggie Fox (Psychology)
Jamie Smeland (Sociology and Criminal Justice)
Axel Takács (Theological Studies)
April
28
Department of Modern & Classical Languages 16th Colloquium:
"Jesuit Education and Its Impact
on The Western Sephardim in Early Modern Europe;" a lecture by
Dr. Julia Lieberman, Associate Professor of Spanish, at 4:00 p.m. in
BSC 251. Lecture will be followed by a reception.
Colloquium co-sponsored by the Center for Medieval and Renaissance
Studies.
Please RSVP to Dr. Jean-Louis Pautrot at 977-2456 or pautropj@slu.edu.
April
28
Josephine Baker Symposium: Explore
the life and work of Josephine Baker with internationally acclaimed,
interdisciplinary scholars and writers from 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. in
Sheldon Concert Hall. Free for students and faculty. Lunch not included.
Speakers include: Tyler Stovall, Terri Francis, Griselda Pollock, Bennetta
Jules-Rosette, Simon Njami, and Jonathan Smith. For
more information....
REINERT
CENTER FOR TEACHING EXCELLENCE
FROM THE COLLEGE
SLU
Film Studies Program - Campus Film Series, Spring 2006
Thursdays, 7:00 p.m., Kelley Auditorium,
No cover.
Films are introduced by Film Studies and invited faculty.
April
27
The
Ballad of Ramblin' Jack (Elliott, USA, 2000) 1:30
SLU
THEATRE: April 28, 29 - 8:00 p.m.
The
Shape of Things
by Neil LaBute
asks, "What would you be
willing to change for someone you love?" and "What price
might you pay?" It probes our impulse to mold lovers into an
ideal, rather than love someone simply for who they are. Bitingly
comic and scathingly serious, the play explores love, sex, friendship
and the very nature of ART itself. The New Yorker magazine
has called Neil LaBute "an original voice - the best playwright
to emerge in the past decade - a genius." "How far would
you go for love?"...Decide for yourself,
but not until the last word of the play is spoken. The answer may
surprise you.
(adult content - not suitable for children)
April
27
Department Chairs' Meeting,
3:00 - 4:30 p.m., BSC 351.
May
4
Faculty Council Meeting, 3:00
- 5:00 p.m., BSC 352/353
ACADEMIC NEWS
Faculty Publications, Presentations, Awards
Biology
Dr. Thomas J. Valone authored an article titled "Are
Animals Bayesian? An Empirical Review?" in the journal Oikos,
vol 112:252-259.
Chemistry
Anna
Kinsella was named the winner of the Thirty-Sixth Annual Leopold Marcus
Award competition held at Saint Louis University on April 10, 2006.
Given to a senior chemistry major doing undergraduate research at SLU,
the Marcus Award was established by the late Jack and Gertrude Marcus
in memory of his father. It consists of a $160 cash award and a certificate
of merit.
In additon to Ms. Kinsella, Cassondra Caldwell, Mark Mans, Dianne Tran,
and Jennifer Fraser were finalists in the competition; their awards
are $80 and a certificate of merit. Anna Kinsella was chosen on the
basis of her presentation, "Development and Optimization of a Microchip-Based
Biofuel Cell," carried out under the direction of Drs. Shelley
Minteer and R. Scott Martin. Ms. Caldwell's talk, "ESR Studies
of a Nickel Complex in a Series of Ethers," was prepared in collaboration
with Dr. Bruce Kowert. Mr. Mans, working with Dr. Michael Lewis, discussed
"Cation-? Interactions Involving Positive Quadrupole Moments."
Ms. Tran, also working with Dr. Lewis, presented "A Model for Predicting
Aromatic Quadrupole Moments." Ms. Fraser developed "Characterization
of Langmuir Monolayers of Phospholipid and Oxysterol" under the
supervision of Dr. Alexa Serfis.
Dr. Bruce Kowert was the 2006 Marcus Chair. Dr. Kowert can be reached
at x2837 or kowertba@slu.edu.
English
Dr. Hal Bush has authored a chapter titled " 'A Passion
for the Impossible': Richard Rorty, John Okada, and James Baldwin,"
in The Gift of Story: Narrating Hope in a Postmodern World,
published from Baylor University Press.
History
Dr. Elisabeth Perry, John Francis Bannon, S.J. chair in History,
participated in two book discussions at the Woodrow Wilson Center in
Washington, DC, one of her new editon of An American Girl, and Her
Four Years in a Boys' College (Michigan, 2006) and of Louise Knight's
new biography of Jane Addams (Chicago, 2005).
Political
Science
Dr. Emmanuel Uwalaka authored "The Church and HIV/AIDS
in Nigeria: The Case of Two Dioceses" has been accepted for publication
in The National Social Science Journal for the year 2007.
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