From the department of theological studies: J.J. Mueller, SJ, published a chapter in Chinese and English titled "Theological Models of Christian Responses to the Contemporary World" in Religion and Culture, published in China. Dr. William Shea has been granted a resident fellowship at the Institute for Ecumenical and Cultural Research (St. John's University, Collegeville, Minn.) for the 1999 Spring semester. In January, he attended meetings of the National Seminar on Jesuit Higher Education in Berkeley and the Commission on Catholic Scholarship at Georgetown University. Dr. Jack Renard has written Windows on the House of Islam: Muslim Sources of Spirituality and Religious Life, published by the University of California Press. The textual-visual sourcebook is designed as a companion to his Seven Doors to Islam, published in 1996.

Dr. Donald Linhorst (social service) co-presented two papers at the Annual Missouri Forensic Conference sponsored by the Missouri Department of Mental Health: "An Analysis of Missouri NGRI Patients Granted Unconditional Releases" and "Predicting Elopements Among Patients Residing in Missouri's Long-Term Psychiatric Hospitals." In addition, he presented a paper, "Federalism and Social Justice: Implications for Social Work," in Chicago at the Biennial Midwest Social Work Education Conference.

Dr. Kalu Ojah (business and economics, Madrid) was selected for the 1998 edition of Who's Who Among America's Teachers. He co-wrote a paper, "Trade Creation and Trade Diversion Effects of NAFTA: An Industrial Analysis," for the Journal of Economic Integration that has been nominated for the journal's Dae-Yang prize in economics, co-sponsored by the Korean Institute for International Economics. Another co-authored paper, "Random Walks and Market Efficiency Tests: Evidence from Emerging Equity Markets," will appear in the Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting. Ojah also presented "Random Walks and Market Efficiency Tests of Latin American Emerging Equity Markets: A Revisit" at the Global Finance Conference's annual meeting in Mexico City.

From the department of American studies: Faculty members and students moderated panels and presented papers at the Mid-American American Studies Association annual meeting in Iowa City, Iowa. Dr. Kathryn Kuhn chaired the panel on "Developing Multicultural Theory." Dr. Elizabeth Kolmer, ASC, chaired a panel on "The American Scholar in the 1990s: Contemporary Replies to Ralph Waldo Emerson and Howard Mumford Jones." Kent Bunting presented "Toward a Political Theory for American Buddhism" and "Christians and Buddhists: The Case of Allen Ginsberg." Drs. Buford Farris and Wynne Moskop presented "Concepts in Multiculturalism." Rhonda Jenkins presented "Backwoods Lives and Big City Dreams: Competing Publics in Bobbie Ann Mason's Fiction." Dr. Elizabethe Segars-McRae presented "The Self and the Environment" and "Knowledge, Wisdom and the American Scholar." Patrick Landewe presented "Where is the American Scholar?" Hendrika J.G. Velthoven presented "The American Scholar and the View From Abroad." Cliff Leppke presented "Vanishing Points: The Rise and Fall of Phillips' New Look."

Walter J. Ong, SJ (University professor emeritus of humanities) has had a book, Text or Voice? Walter J. Ong's Anthropology of Literature (Lublin: Redakcja Wydawnictw, 1998), published in Polish about his works. The author is J-sef Japola, a well-known professor at the Catholic University of Lublin who has translated several of Ong's works into Polish and has published extensively on Ong.

Dr. James T. Fisher (theological studies and history) lectured on "The Romance of Catholic Anticommunism" at the Humanities Institute of John Carroll University. He directed a workshop on "Jazz, Blues, and American Spirituality" for a Delta Teachers Academy Interdisciplinary Team in Lee County, Ark. His article, "American Catholics and the Vietnam War," has been published in the Encyclopedia of American Catholic History. Fisher has been awarded a grant from the University of Notre Dame's Cushwa Center in support of his book project, "Covering the Waterfront: Culture and Ideology in the Catholic Metropolis, 1936-1960."

Dr. T. Christine Stevens (mathematics and computer science) presented "The Ham Sandwich Theorem" to the Mathematics/Computer Science Club at Fontbonne College.

Sean Dineen (campus ministry) will be the musical director for the 1998 Youth Sing Praise musical production of Troubador, a show about Sts. Francis and Clare of Assisi. It will be staged at the Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows in Belleville, Ill., at 7 p.m. June 27. Admission is free.

Stuart L. Kaplan, M.D. (psychiatry) has been appointed editor-in-chief and senior editor of the Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology.

From the department of communication: Dr. John Pauly's views on the public journalism movement and its impact on the St. Louis Post-Dispatch were the subject of an article in the March 1998 St. Louis Journalism Review. Pauly was an invited discussant on two panels at the Midwest Journalism History Conference, held in St. Paul, Minn. Dr. Avis Meyer's stories about his travels through Europe appeared as a three-part series in the March 1, 8 and 15 issues of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Dr. Rob Anderson co-authored "Theorizing About Dialogic Moments: The Buber-Rogers Position and Postmodern Themes," in the February issue of Communication Today. Dr. Robert L. Strain presented a paper, "American Civil Religion from the Other Side of the Political Pulpit: Jesse Jackson and the Rhetoric of Hope," at the Southern States Communication Association Convention in San Antonio.

From the department of modern and classical languages: Dr. Jean-Louis Pautrot will participate in a National Endowment for the Humanities summer seminar on "War and Memory: Postwar Representations of the Occupation and World War II in French Literature, History and Film" at Harvard University. Pautrot delivered a paper, "Monsieur Hulot in the Global Village: Of Americanization and the Use of National Stereotypes in the Films of Jacques Tati," at the 15th International Colloquium in 20th Century French and Francophone Studies held at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst in March. Drs. Julia Lieberman and Elsy Cardona-Johnson (pictured) presented papers in March at the Seventh Columbia-New York University Conference on Spanish and Portuguese Literatures. Lieberman presented "La lectura conceptista de Confusion de confusiones de JosŽ Penso de la Vega," and Cardona-Johnson presented "PProblemas de doblaje de Aurora Luque y el problema de forjarse una identidad al final del siglo." Dr. L. Cassandra Hamrick presented a paper on "The Modernity of Baudelaire as Seen by his Master, ThŽophile Gautier" at the Era of Baudelaire symposium held in honor of Claude Pichois, a world-renowned Baudelaire scholar. Christa Johnson received her Ph.D. from Stanford University in May. Her dissertation was on "Engendering Space: Architectures of Sexual Difference in Early Twentieth-Century Germany." At the 29th annual Convention of the Northeast Modern Language Association in Baltimore, Dr. Olga Arbelaez presented a paper, "La santa' y 'Milagro en Roma' de Gabriel Garcia Marquez: Un caso de (anti) intertextualidad y de (anti) realismomagico," and Miguel A. Lechuga presented, "'El cazador' de Leonardo Padura: Un grito de violencia, amor y desesperacion." Dr. Paul Garcia presented papers at three conferences on language and literature during the spring semester: "The Culture of the Oral Tradition in Fior de Santidad by Valle-Inclˆn" at the 1998 Symposium on Peninsular Spanish Language and Literature at the University of Missouri-Columbia; "Fray Luis de Le˜n and Teilhard de Chardin: Christian Humanism" at the Central Renaissance Conference at the University of Missouri-Kansas City; and "Philosophical Foundations of La Casa de Bernarda Alba by Garc"a Lorca" at the 51st Annual Kentucky Foreign Language Conference at the University of Kentucky at Lexington.

Dr. Sherry Lindquist (fine and performing arts) delivered a paper, "Women in the Charterhouse: The Legibility and Liminality of Cloistered Spaces," at the 86th annual meeting of the College Art Association in Toronto. Lindquist's translation of Ubu Roi, a 19th century avant-garde drama by Alfred Jarry, was performed by Hystopolis Productions at the Edison Theatre at Washington University.

From the department of earth and atmospheric sciences: Dr. John Encarnacion gave a seminar, "How Much of the Northern Philippines is Allochthonous?" at the National Institute of Geological Sciences in the Phillippines. Dr. Joachim Dorsch presented a paper, "Effective Porosity and Density of Carbonate Rocks from the Knox Aquifer Based on Modern Petrophysical Techniques," at a meeting of the Geological Society of America in Charleston, W.Va. Dr. Martha House presented a colloquium, "Dating Topographic Uplift of the Sierra Nevada, California, using apatite (U-Th)/He ages," at Washington University in April. She also gave a seminar on "U-Th/He thermochronology: A Tool for Understanding the Thermal Structure of Upper Crust" at Kansas State University. While at KSU, she also presented "How Old Are Those Mountains? What Can Geochronology Tell Us?"

Dr. Ananth Seetharaman (accounting) will present "The Impact of Taxes on the Trade-Off Between Debt and Managerial Ownership" at the 1998 annual conference of the Accounting Association of Australia and New Zealand. He has been invited to present research papers at Victoria University in Washington, New Zealand, and at Mansey University in Palmerston, New Zealand. He has been named Accounting Teacher of the Year by Beta Alpha Psi. Seetharaman co-wrote a paper accepted for presentation at a research forum of the 1998 annual meeting of the American Accounting Association.

From the department of political science: At the Midwestern Political Science Association meeting in Chicago, Dr. Steven Puro co-presented two papers, "Behavioral and Theoretical Assumptions of Social Constructions: Target Populations and Public Policy" and "Planned Strategic Litigation in Reproductive Rights Cases." Dr. Tim Lomperis served as the moderator for the "School of the Americas Workshop" held at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. The workshop brought together officers and cadets of the Academy and members of the Maryknoll order.

From the department of history: Dr. Daniel L. Schlafly Jr. participated in a panel discussion on "Religious Freedom in Russia" sponsored by Emory University in Atlanta in February. Michael W. Maher, SJ, presented a paper, "Gathering Others for Minister: the Society of Jesus and Its Role in the Formation of Diocesan Clergy in Mid-Seventeenth Century Rome," at the spring meeting of the Catholic Historical Society held in Indianapolis. William Barnaby Faherty, SJ (professor emeritus), now an archivist of the Midwest Jesuit Archives, presented a paper, "Chaplins North and South, an Overview," at the spring meeting of the Catholic Historical Society. Dr. Thomas F. Curran chaired a session on "Civil War and Reconstruction: Gender Issues" at the American Cultural Association/Popular Culture Association annual meeting in Orlando, Fla. He also presented a paper, "The Problem of Southern Partisan Women in Union Military Prisons during the Civil War," at the Missouri Conference on History, held in Columbia, Mo. Dr. Charles Fleener delivered a paper, "Fidel Castro's Dependence on United States Foreign Policy," to the American Studies Section of the Political Sciences Institute of the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland. That evening, the U.S. Counsel General in Krakow, Francis Scanlan Jr., hosted a dinner in honor of Fleener at his residence. The history department was well-represented at the annual Phi Alpha Theta (history honorary fraternity) Missouri regional conference in Columbia, Mo., in April. Speaking for SLU were seniors Nate Berneking, Theresa Steed and Dave Berwin. Curran and Fleener served as faculty advisors.

From the department of English: At the 1998 Conference on College Composition and Communication, several faculty and graduate students gave presentations. Craig Branham presented his work examining student research processes in college writing courses; Victoria Carlson gave a presentation exploring relationships between courses in business writing and those in the personal essay; Roxanne Schwab reported on her longitudinal research in student attitudes toward first-year writing courses. Dr. Vincent Casaregola co-presented with Dr. Robert Cropf (public policy) on their joint research in using computer environments to enhance public discourse and community development. Casaregola also gave a presentation titled "Ong and Cyberspace" in a special section devoted to the work of Walter J. Ong, SJ (professor emeritus). Dr. Ellen Carol Jones has edited a volume of scholarly essays for the European Joyce Studies series, Joyce: Feminism/Post/Colonialism (Amsterdam: Rodopi, 1998). Her essay, "Borderlines," is published in the volume. In June at the 16th International James Joyce Symposium in Rome, Jones will present a paper, "Global Responsibilities," for a panel on Joyce's Fanonism and will co-chair and present a paper for the panel, "The Immarginable: Feminism and Colonialism in Joyce."

Kathy Hagedorn (human resource management) attended the College and University Personnel Association Regional Conference in Minneapolis in May to receive the Midwest Region Award of Excellence awarded to Saint Louis University.

Dr. Brian D. Till (marketing) wrote a paper, "Using Celebrity Endorsers Effectively: Lessons from Associative Learning," for publication in the Journal of Product and Brand Management.

From the department of decision sciences and management information systems: Dr. Reuven R. Levary and doctoral student Maria Joseph Christie co-wrote a paper, "Virtual Corporations: Recipe for Success," for publication in Industrial Management. Levary also co-wrote "Legal Aspects-Software Reverse Engineering and Copyright: Past, Present, and Future" for The John Marshall Law Review. It was selected for the National Law Journal's "Worth Reading List." Dr. Ik-Whan G. Kwon co-presented "A Quantitative Analysis of Bad Debt in Hospitals" at the 27th annual meeting of the Western Decision Sciences Institute in Reno, Nevada. The paper was published in the conference proceedings. Drs. N.K. Kwak (pictured) and Tae S. Choi co-wrote Management Science: Theory and Applications along with Management Science: Theory and Applications (Manual and Study Guide), both published by Dasan Publishing Co. in Seoul, Korea. Kwak presented a paper, "An Integer Goal Programming Model for Health-Care Strategic Resource Allocation Planning," at the joint meeting of the Canadian Operational Research Society and the Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences in Montreal.

Dr. Michael Shaner (management) is the 1998 recipient of the Beta Gamma Sigma Outstanding Teacher Award.

From the department of physical therapy: The Missouri Chapter of the American Physical Therapy Association gave Outstanding Service Awards to Ginge Kettenbach for contributions in the area of education and Elaine Wilder for contributions in the area of service to the profession.

From the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies: A book co-edited by Drs. Charles H. Parker and Donald Critchlow, With Us Always: A History of Private Charity and Public Welfare, has been published by Rowman and Littlefield. The book is a collection of essays stemming from a conference co-sponsored by the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, the Journal of Policy History and the department of history in August 1996.

From the department of science and mathematics: Dr. Asai Asaithambi escorted four Parks College students to Rose-Hulman University to attend an Undergraduate Research and Design Conference, where he served as a judge of student presentations at the computer science session. Dr. Ian Redmount judged the Science Fair at Fox Elementary School in Arnold, Mo., and the Illinois Junior Academy of Science Regional Science Fair, held at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville. Redmount and Asaithambi were judges at the Greater St. Louis Science Fair. Redmount gave a seminar, "Much Ado About Nothing: Act I," to the gravitational physics group of the department of physics at Washington University. Dr. David Jackson received an invitation to visit the mathematics department at the University of Illinois as a visiting scholar during his sabbatical leave next academic year. Dr. Gregory Comer was invited by the Institute of Mathematical Sciences of the Chinese University of Hong Kong to participate in the Program on Initiatives in Numerical Relativity and Astrophysics, which will last from May 15 to July 14. Comer was a collaborator on a poster, "Dynamical Evolution of Boson Stars," that was presented by Hisaaki Shinkai of the department of physics of Washington University at the Numerical Astrophysics 98 Conference in Tokyo. Comer delivered the seminars "Quasi-Normal Modes and General Relativistic Superfluids: A Progress Report I and II" to the department of physics at Washington University. Dr. Larry Viehland is one of the faculty members whose teaching practices are featured in a recent book by Sheila Tobias and Jacqueline Raphael, The Hidden Curriculum. Faculty-Made Tests in Science. Part 1: Lower-Division Courses (Plenum Press, New York, 1997). Viehland was inducted into the Hall of Fame of Ritenour High School, from which he graduated in 1965. Dr. Vijai Dixit has accepted an invitation to supply some definitions in geometrical optics for a dictionary of pure and applied physics to be published by CRC Press. Dr. Paul J. Sanchez has completed a chapter, "A Simulation Framework for Robust System Design," to be included in Concurrent Design of Products, Manufacturing Processes and Systems, edited by B. Wang and published by Gordon and Breach. Dr. T. S. Santhanam gave a colloquium on "Krawtchuk Functions and Finite-Space Quantum Mechanics" to the mathematics department of Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.

David Lecond (business, Madrid campus) recently joined the Madrid office of Baker & McKenzie, an international law firm.

From the department of philosophy: Dr. Eleonore Stump published "Aquinas on Justice" in the Proceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association. Graduate student Robert Arp's paper, "The Double Life of Justice and Injustice in Thrasymachus' Account," will be published in The Proceedings of the Twentieth World Congress of Philosophy. Graduate student Ronald Weed presented the following papers at professional conferences: "The Political Psychology of Confession in Rousseau's ÔProfession of Faith of the Savoyard Vicar' and Dostoevsky's ÔGrand Inquisitor'" at the South West Central Eighteenth Century Society in San Antonio; "Unified Explanation and Form in Lonergan's Metaphysics" at the Mid-South Philosophy Conference in Memphis, Tenn.; and "The Last Chapter of Adolescence: The Problem of Envy and the Political Vicissitudes of Adolescence in the Educational Theories of J. J. Rousseau and I. Kant" at the Last Chapter of Philosophy Graduate Conference in Austin, Texas.

The American Society of Clinical Pathologists (ASCP) named Muriel Jobe (pathology) recipient of its 1997 Distinguished Service Award for her many contributions to the society and to her profession. Jobe retired from Saint Louis University Hospital last year after a long career as clinical instructor and manager of the hematology laboratories.

From the department of biology: Dr. William S. Stark published "Two distantly positioned PDZ domains mediate multivalent INAD-phospholipase C interactions essential for G protein coupled signaling" in EMBO Journal (European Molecular Biology Organization). Doctoral student Sarah Vordtriede has been selected as one of 30 students world-wide to attend a two-week course focusing on the biology of disease vectors. Vordtriede is conducting her research under the direction of Dr. Dorothy Feir.

From the department of allergy and immunology: Mark Dykewicz, M.D., assumed chairmanship of the Occupational Lung Committee at the American Academy of Allergy meeting in Washington, D.C. Dykewicz also presided over its annual meeting, attended a meeting of the training program directors, attended a meeting of the Joint Task Force on Practice Parameters in Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, presented a report to the Environmental and Occupational Diseases Interest Section and moderated a breakfast seminar on "Immune Reactions to Non-Antibiotic Drugs." Dykewicz also spoke at a press conference as the newly appointed American College of Physicians representative to the "Task Force on Allergic Disorders: Promoting Best Care." This new task force will formulate a conspectus about the diagnosis and treatment of allergic diseases that is intended to serve a role similar to that of the National Asthma Education and Prevention Program guidelines. Raymond Slavin, M.D., participated in the consultant meeting on Allegra sponsored by HMR in Dallas; moderated "Crossroads of Sciences," sponsored by Schering Corp., in Kenilworth, N.J.; presented on "Resistant Sinusitis" at the AAAAI meeting; on "Sinusitis," at the AAAAI Allied Health Program; and on "Complications of Allergic Rhinitis," at the AAAAI Symposium, all taking place in Washington, D.C.

From the department of psychology: Dr. Eddie Clark presented a paper, "Differences in Persuasion of Tailored and Untailored Weight Loss Materials: An Application of the Elaboration Likelihood Model," at the Annual Social Psychologists Around the Midwest Conference at Kansas State University. The following papers were presented at the Midwestern Psychological Association in Chicago. Clark and graduate students Debra Oswald and Jason Thompson presented "Cross-Sex Friendships: Applicability of the Investment Model and Interpersonal Understanding." Graduate students Brenda Russell, Debra Oswald and Linda Hurt presented a paper titled "Sexual Coercion and Love Styles: In Search of a Unifying Structure." Graduate student Cheryl Plage presented "Sex and Sex-Role Differences in Attitudes Toward Abortion and Euthanasia."

Dr. Seung Kim (international business) and Dr. Scott Safranski (management) made a presentation to the staff of the AACSB on understanding cultural differences. They have been invited back for a second presentation.

Denise Chachere (management) and Dr. Denise Guithues-Amrhein (accounting) will attend the 10th annual workshop on improving teaching sponsored by the University System of Georgia's College of Business Administration in June.

Dr. Lyn S. Amine (marketing) recently completed service as chair of the annual international doctoral dissertation competition for the Academy of Marketing Science. Fourteen dissertations were submitted from as far away as Turkey, New Zealand and Australia and were reviewed by an international panel of scholars. During spring break, Amine completed work as editor of the two-volume Proceedings of the Business Association for Latin American Studies' (BALAS) annual conference, held in South Padre Island. Amine has been re-elected to a second term as vice president for research and publications for BALAS. Amine recently completed service as external tenure reviewer at the University of Calgary in Alberta, Canada. Amine also has been appointed a Distinguished Fellow of the Academy of Marketing Science.

John E. Dunsford (law) will give a paper on arbitral discretion at the annual meeting of the National Academy of Arbitrators in San Diego in June.

A paper by Dr. Habib Rahman (electrical engineering), "A Novel Approach to the Computation of Fields inside Waveguides and Cavities by Fourier Series," has been accepted for presentation at the International Conference on Mathematical Methods in Electromagnetic Theory, to be held in June at Kharkov, Ukraine.

From the department of aerospace and mechanical engineering: In April Saint Louis University and Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville co-hosted the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Regional Student Conference at Busch Memorial Center. More than 150 mechanical engineering attended. Saint Louis University senior Mark Kurfman won first place in a design competition for his senior project, "Design of a Pneumatic Actuator System." The project was directed by Dr. Sridhar Condoor.

John Cremin (aerospace engineering) and avionics student Aaron Maue have completed the first phase of a project to interface a laptop personal computer to an avionics display as part of a "glass cockpit" simulation.

From the division of geriatric psychiatry/department of psychiatry: Shashidar Shettar, M.D., has been appointed the new director of the Sleep/Wake Disorders Center. Faculty in the department of geriatric psychiatry published the following articles: Donald P. Hay, M.D., Mercedes M. Rodrigues, M.D., and Kari L. Franson published "Antidepressants" in Clinics in Geriatric Medicine and "Treatment of Depression in Late Life" in Psychotherapeutic Agents in Older Adults. D. Hay, Franson, Dr. Linda Hay and George T. Grossberg, M.D., published "Depression" in Practice in Geriatrics. Frank Y. Chen, M.D., and Grossberg published "Issues Involved in Assessing Competency" in Developments in Geriatric Psychiatry. D. Hay, Len Sperry, M.D. and L. Hay published a chapter on "Depression and Anxiety in the Elderly" in The Course of Life, Vol. 7: The Elderly, published by International Universities Press Inc. D. Hay, L. Hay and G.E. Fagala published "Psychiatric Disorders Affecting Competency" in Guardianship of the Elderly: Psychiatric and Judicial Aspects, published by Springer. Elsa M. Zayas, M.D., and Grossberg published "The Treatment of Psychosis in Late Life" in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. D. Hay also presented on "The Management of Depression and Anxiety in Long-Term Care: A Clinical Review" at Education 2000, sponsored with an educational grant from Pfizer Inc. An interactive CD-ROM version of the program for physicians was released March 5.

From the division of reproductive research, department of obstetrics and gynecology: Faculty members made five presentations at the 45th annual meeting of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation, held in Atlanta. Dr. Frank Hertelendy, together with Miklos Molnar, M.D., a visiting professor from Semmelweis Medical University in Budapest, each presented two papers. Herbert M. Todd presented one. Other collaborators in this research included Dr. Joseph J. Baldassare (pharmacological and physiological science).

Dr. Shamshad Haroon (psychiatry) won the International Medical Graduate Award for the year 1997-98, awarded by the American Association of Directors Residency Program. She was selected from the Midwest region, and there were 31 nominees from all over the country She was invited with her mentor, Dr. Lyn Moritz, and training director, Dr. Stuart L. Kaplan, to the midwinter meeting at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Fla. She received her award on Jan. 15, and was nominated by the psychiatry department of Saint Louis University. She also received a letter of appreciation in this regard from the Ambassador of Pakistan. She also is nominated by the department for the presidential scholar award from the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Haroon has been the television health star, and her programs on mental health continue to be broadcast to 40 countries of the world. She recently visited Pakistan and was nominated for numerous national awards and had a warm welcome by the press and television.

Dr. Maria Bartlett (social service) presented a poster, "The Peace Train: Voices For International Peace and Human Rights," at the International Research for Social Work Practice at Florida International University in January.

From the College of Arts and Sciences: Dr. Paul Owoc (associate dean) has resigned effective June 30, 1998. Dr. Mary Elizabeth Hogan has been named as his replacement. Dr. Duane Smith is the new director of the Honors Program; his appointment began May 18. Dr. David Murphy begins his appointment as director of the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies on July 1, 1998. The college is seeking a director for its new Ethics Across the Curriculum Program.

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