You are cordially invited to a reception honoring John Bartling and Joe Flowers, retiring professors of mathematics.
Together, the two professors have taught in the Division of Mathematics and Computer Science a total of 60 years.Wednesday, April 22 1-3 p.m. SUB Alumni Room
Anne Moody, associate professor of chemistry, was announced as the 1998 Educator of the Year at an April 16 banquet.Moody began teaching at Truman in 1990. She holds a bachelor's degree from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. She received her doctorate from Colorado State University. She was a Camille and Henry Dreyfus Teaching- Research Post-Doctoral Fellow at Davidson College.
"I have the greatest job in the world! My task is to educate Truman's extremely talented students, as they explore who they are, develop their own perspectives on life, and lay the foundations of their personal and professional futures," Moody wrote in her essay to the Educator of the Year Committee.
"While formally I teach organic chemistry, I hope that my students learn the connections of chemistry to their own lives as well as practical problem solving strategies to ensure their success in later endeavors. I hope that they are able to use this challenging material to expand their self-perception, to recognize the outer limits of what they can become in life," Moody wrote.
Finalists for this year's award included Carol Cox, Kevin Easley, Warren Gooch, Susan La Grassa and Emmanuel Nnadozie.
The Educator of the Year program was organized by Student Senate, Alpha Phi Sigma, Pershing Society and Phi Eta Sigma.
The State Farm Companies Foundation has announced it will provide $100,000 to Truman State University in support of educational technology for Violette Hall. The gift will assist with the purchase of a range of student-centered technology for Violette Hall, including computer hardware, classroom software to support enhanced lectures and collaborative projects and videoconferencing facilities.More than 100 Truman alumni are employed with State Farm, and the University has enjoyed a positive recruiting relationship with State Farm for many years.
"We are delighted that State Farm has funded the `Revitalizing Violette' proposal. The technology supported by the gift will enhance student learning in the major, as well as beautifully support elements of the new Liberal Studies Program," said Dean Van Galen, chief advancement officer.
A memorial service for Ruth Warner Towne will be held at 7:30 p.m., April 27 in front of Kirk Memorial. The service is sponsored by Delta Zeta.
Towne, professor emeritus of history and dean emeritus of graduate studies, was born June 19, 1917. She died April 3 at Northeast Regional Medical Center.
In 1953, Towne became Delta Zeta college chapter director. She held this position until 1987 when she took over the position of faculty adviser.
Franklin Street Singers, Truman's jazz/ show choir, will present their final concert at 4 p.m. April 25 in Baldwin Auditorium.This year the Franklin Street Singers toured Illinois and were selected to perform with 14 other choirs in the Keynote Arts Associate's Collegiate Showchoir Showcase Invitational in Nashville, Tenn. They perform regularly for the junior/senior visit days, community events and campus events.
Selections for their final concert will include musical numbers from the Big Band era, 70s and 80s pop, 90s ballads and three gospel pieces.
1998 Kohlenberg-Towne Lecture 3:30 p.m. April 23 SUB Activities Room.Douglas Walter Foard, executive secretary of Phi Beta Kappa
Phi Beta Kappans have honored the General Honors Program Graduates since 1994. Ten students will be honored with medals at 3:30 p.m. May 8 in the Sunken Garden. Rain site is the SUB Governors' Room.This year's honorees are James Thomas Bang (economics, BA, BS; minor in German), James Leslie Bopp (physics, BS; minors in mathematics, philosophy and religion), Vladimir Jirinec (computer science, BS; mathematics, BS), Karen Ann Kuehnle (English, BA; minor in women's studies), Hemal H. Patel (philosophy and religion, BA; biology, BS), Mark John Pecaut (physics, BS; mathematics, BS), Adam Quint Potthast (philosophy and religion, BA; English, BA), Jennifer Ann Raisley (French, BA; minor in English), Jennifer Anne Wilcox (physics, BA; minor in mathematics), and James Albert Wilke (English, BA; minor in philosophy and religion).
The Phi Beta Kappa Association of Northeast Missouri is sponsoring the award presentation. General Honors medal recipients wear their medals with their academic regalia during their graduation ceremony. Medals feature the lamp of learning and are hung from purple and white ribbons. The procession begins from McClain Hall foyer May 8 at 3:15 p.m.
Truman's General Honors Program offers outstanding students the opportunity to select rigorous courses in the liberal arts and sciences component of their program. General Honors in arts and sciences will be awarded to graduating seniors who have completed five approved courses, with at least one from each of the four areas of mathematics, natural science, social science and humanities, with a grade point average of at least 3.5 (on a 4.0 scale) in those five courses.
Students who complete a single undergraduate major may not satisfy general honors requirements with any course in their major field. All students are eligible to pursue general honors requirements by taking the courses designated by the respective disciplines as being those courses whose successful completion by a non-major is especially noteworthy.
Brent Buckner and Diane Janick-Buckner, associate professors of biology, recently presented at the 1998 Maize Genetics Conference in Lake Geneva, Wis. Buckner presented a poster titled "Cell death in mutants of camouflage 1, a newly discovered locus of maize." Janick-Buckner's poster was titled "Ultra structural analysis of the lethal leafspot 1 mutant of maize and its orthology from sorghum." Janick-Buckner also reviewed a manuscript titled "A Skills Handbook for Writing Analysis Problems to Develop Thinking Skills in College Biology Courses" for the Journal of College Science Teaching.Freshman Maria Augusta Carrasco's paper "Government Spending and Crowding Out" has been accepted for publication in the Undergraduate Research Journal Online.
Steve Carroll, assistant professor of biology, recently reviewed a manuscript on the reproductive biology of an endangered plant species for the Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club.
Jerrold Hirsch, associate professor of history, and Karen Hirsch, paraquad/ Washington University, presented Disability in the Family? New Questions About the Southern Mill Village and "I Worked as Long as I Was Able:" Slavery, Freedom and Disability in the FWP Slave Narratives in a session titled "Disability in the Old and New South: Two Case Studies" at the 1998 annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians in Indianapolis.
Robert Libby, professor of chemistry, presented the Senior Capstone Seminar at the University of Kansas Chemistry Department.
Huping Ling, associate professor of history, had an article, "A Study of Immigration Motives of Chinese Women in the Late- Nineteenth and Early-Twentieth Century" in American Studies Vol. 12, no. 2 (1998). She presented an article titled "Sze-Kew Dun, A Chinese-American Woman in Kirksville" at the 14th annual Missouri Conference on History April 18 in Columbia.
"Scientific Ethics for Undergraduate Chemists: Research and Professional Development" by Anne E. Moody, associate professor of chemistry, has been published in CUR Quarterly (March 1998, vol. 18(3), p. 136). It details the ethics component of Truman's Sophomore Chemistry Seminar.
Jeff Osborn, associate professor of biology, recently had an entry published in the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology. His article is titled "Polynology," a discipline that focuses on the study of pollen grains and spores from both living and extinct plants, as well as other organic microfossils.
Closepet N. Ramesh, associate professor of communication, presented a paper titled "Asian Indian Americans' Attempts at Dealing with Disjunctured Selves" at the Conference on Interdisciplinary Theory and Research on Intercultural Relations at California State University, Fullerton, on March 20.
Gregg Siewert, associate professor of French, attended the Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages in Milwaukee in late March to meet with the CSC Finance Committee and to present a paper on New Museums in France.
An article coauthored by Michael Tannenbaum, associate professor of biology, and Dan Janik (formerly of Truman, currently of University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire) has been accepted for publication in the Council on Undergraduate Research Quarterly. The article, titled "Investigative Research Experiences for All: The Role of Physiology Laboratory," describes a five-week long, open-ended laboratory exercise on the mechanisms underlying smooth muscle contraction.
Philip Wilson, assistant professor of science history, delivered a talk at Cornell College titled "Exposing the `Secret Disease': Changing Perspectives of Syphilis in History." Wilson's review of Andrea A. Rusnock's The Correspondence of James Turin (1684-1750): Physician and Secretary to the Royal Society, Wellcome Institute Series in the History of Medicine (Amsterdam: Rodop, 1996) appeared in the Bulletin of History of Medicine.
The Truman Forensics Team qualified 11 students who competed at the National Forensics Association National Tournament, April 16-19. The tournament was held at Western Illinois University in Macomb.To qualify, a competitor must be a finalist in their event at a National Forensic Association sanctioned tournament. The National Forensic Association tournament is the largest national college speech championship.
Sophomore Sandra Douglas qualified in duo-interpretation, persuasion and rhetorical criticism. Heather Ann Helm qualified in poetry, duo-interpretation, persuasion and informative.
Freshman Jeremiah Finn qualified in poetry, informative and impromptu; Shelise Gieseke in prose and after dinner speaking; Robert Layne in impromptu and extemporaneous speaking; Melinda Lyndon in prose and poetry; Shane Mecham in persuasion, after dinner speaking, impromptu, extemporaneous and Lincoln- Douglas debate; Sarah Meyer in poetry and rhetorical criticism; Amanda Behnke in prose, persuasion and informative; and Kelly Dann in impromptu and extemporaneous speaking.
The Missouri Small Business Development Center, Kirksville 1000 Hills Rotary Club and Kirksville Area Chamber of Commerce are sponsoring a workshop, "How to Start a Business," from 7 to 9 p.m. April 30 in the SUB Governors' Room. The workshop will give participants knowledge about evaluating the feasibility of a business idea and the possibility of starting a business. The cost is $5 per person. Contact Dana at 785.4307 to register or for additional information.
Tom Zoumaras (Social Science), cyclist enthusiast and competitor, will present "Cycling, Indoors and Out" at the Wellness Luncheon from noon to 1 p.m. May 5 in the SUB Alumni Room. Lunch is $3 per person. RSVP to 785.7457 by April 28.
The Kirksville Rotary Chicken-Q, with proceeds benefitting Habitat for Humanity, will be from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 25 at Kirksville High School. Call 626.1441 after 9 a.m. April 25 to place delivery orders.
The American Association of University Professors is having a business meeting at 5:30 p.m. April 24 at the University Clubhouse. Candy Young and Garry Gordon will speak at 6 p.m.
Will "Sundown" Sanders, a Native American fantasy and science fiction author, will be in Ryle Hall main lounge April 22 at 7:30 p.m.
Applications are being accepted this week in the Professional Development Center, Baldwin Hall 110, for hall director and counselor positions for the 1000 Hills Piano and Speech and Debate Institutes July 19-24. Applications are available in Baldwin Hall 115.
The Student Affairs Newsletter continues in Cyberspace. View the March/April issue on the Student Affairs homepage at http ://www2.truman.edu/saffairs/saffairs.html or directly at http://www2truman.edu/saffairs/ newsdir.html.
"Take Our Daughters to Work Day" is April 23. Girls age nine to 15 are invited to participate. For further information contact Maureen Slaughter in the Human Resources Office at 785.4031.
Beta Theta Pi is sponsoring Ron Orr, a nationally renowned speaker on drug and alcohol education, at 9 p.m. April 22 in Ryle Hall main lounge. Orr is the associate athletic director at the University of Southern California. A three-time All-American swimmer, he will tell his story of how his addiction to drugs and alcohol seriously affected his family and nearly cost him his life.
Terrance Andrews, staff specialist from Inroads, Inc., in St. Louis will be on campus 11 a.m. -4 p.m. April 23 at the Adair Building to discuss internships with students of color. All are welcome to attend.
The Women's Resource Center is looking for staff, executive board members, Rape Awareness Week and newsletter committee members. Applications are due April 27 at the Women's Resource Center, Ryle Hall foyer.
John Bohac, assistant professor of art, will present a slideshow of his work at 8 p.m. April 22 in the Ryle Hall fifth floor lounge.
Environmental Campus Organization is sponsoring Earth Week Celebration April 20, 22, 25. Clint Trammel will speak about problems with chip mills at 7 p.m. in Science Hall 274. Earth Day Coffeehouse is at 8 p.m. April 22 in the SUB Down Under, Save the Earth Bandfest is noon-10 p.m. April 25 on the Quad; rainsite is Kirk Gym. Paper making will take place noon-4 p.m. on the Quad.
The Newman Center mass to celebrate Father Bill Kottenstette's 25th Anniversary is at 10:30 a.m. April 26 in Baldwin Auditorium. A barbecue reception will follow at the Newman Center.
The Newman Center is having a baccalaureate mass at 11:30 a.m. May 9 at the Newman Center. The mass is open to friends and families of graduates. It will include a blessing for graduates.
The Funds Allotment Council applications are available at the FAC office, SUB, and are due at noon April 24 in the CAOC. You must sign up for an interview when you turn in your application. Call 785.7674 for more information.
Truman's Child Development Center is celebrating the Week of the Young Child April 19-25 at the Center. Monday is poster day. Tuesday is pajama day. Costume and parade day is Wednesday. Thursday will celebrate parents. A cook-out on Friday concludes the week's events.
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3:30-4:15 p.m. and 4:30-5:15 p.m.-Exit loan counseling session, SUB Governors' Room
7:30 p.m.-"Why Van Gogh Cut Off His Ear," Ryle Hall main lounge
8 p.m.-Percussion Ensemble Concert, Baldwin Auditorium21 Tuesday
noon-3 p.m.-"The Changing American College Student," SUB Activities Room
1:30-3 p.m.-Web-site construction workshop, PML 203; RSVP at 785.439122 Wednesday
1-3 p.m.-Retirement reception for John Bartling and Joe Flowers, SUB Alumni Room
7 p.m.-Leadership Recognition Program, SUB Georgian Room
7:30 p.m.-Will "Sundown" Sanders, Ryle Hall main lounge; see Notes
8 p.m.-University Concert Band Concert, Baldwin Auditorium
8 p.m.-John Bohac slideshow, Ryle Hall fifth floor; see Notes
9 p.m.-Ron Orr, Ryle Hall main lounge; see Notes23 Thursday
11 am.-4 p.m.-Internships with students of color, Adair Building, see Notes
1 p.m.-Baseball vs. Missouri-St. Louis, baseball field
3 p.m.-Softball vs. NWMSU, softball field 3:30 p.m.-"Remember the `Maine' and the `Vizcaya' Too!", Kohlenberg-Towne Lecture, SUB Activities Room
8 p.m.-Jazz Ensemble/Jazz Lab Band Concert, Baldwin Aud.24 Friday
Junior Visit Day
5:30 p.m.-AAUP business meeting, University Clubhouse; see Notes25 Saturday
4 p.m.-Franklin Street Spring Concert, Baldwin Auditorium26 Sunday
3 p.m.-NEMO/Cantoria Alum-ni Concert, First Presbyterian Church