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Notables

John Ishiyama, associate professor of political science, and Valerie Hopkins, McNair Scholar/senior business major from Waterloo, Ill., had their article titled “Assessing the Impact of a Graduate School Preparation Program on First Generation, Low Income College Students” accepted for publication by the Journal of College Student Retention. In addition, Ishiyama had his article titled “Ethnopolitical Parties and Democratic Consolidation in Post-Communist Eastern Europe” accepted for publication by the journal Nationalism and Ethnic Politics.

Cornelis W. Koutstaal, head of the Human Potential and Performance Division, had his article “A Case Study of International Collaboration” published in the spring 2001 edition of The Communication Connection (Vol. 15, No. 2).

Laura Potts, spring 2001 nursing graduate from Quincy, Ill., has been selected by the National Golf Coaches Association as an All-American Scholar on the NCAA Division II Golf Team. This is the third consecutive year she has received the honor.

Truman seniors from the Business and Accountancy Division scored in the 99th percentile (the highest percentile achievable) on the Major Field Test/Business II (MFT) examinations taken during the spring 2001 semester. This percentile ranking places Truman’s program within the top four of the 388 institutions participating in the nationally-normed business examination, represented by Truman’s 180 business majors who took the spring examination. The MFT measures basic knowledge and skills achieved by senior undergraduates in their major field of study. The MFT/Business II test contains questions from the basic core areas of accounting, economics, finance, law, management, marketing and quantitative analysis.

Truman track and field team members who earned All-America status at the NCAA Division II Track and Field Championships included the 4X400 meter relay team of Jamille Curry, junior health and exercise science major from Chicago; Kasye Hahn, junior English major from St. Louis; Sara Jessen, freshman chemistry major from Brookfield, Mo.; and Candi Jones, exercise science major from Oskaloosa, Iowa; and decathlon competitor Jake Kingery, sophomore exercise science major from Monroe, Iowa; pole vaulter Kristi Morton, senior health and exercise science major from Mexico, Mo.; and 100-meter hurdler Megan Williams, junior biology major from Columbia, Mo.

Notes

The Truman Board of Governors will meet at 9 a.m., June 16, at the Mark Twain Museum in Hannibal.

The first session of the PRIMO Biology Academy will be held from June 17-30 on the second floor/south wing of Ryle Hall. For more information, contact Dan Hite, assistant professor of biology at 785.4615.

Beginning June 18, Truman students, faculty and staff will be able to request materials from MOBIUS libraries directly from their own computers. For further details watch the “What’s New” section of the Pickler Library home page as the date approaches.

A Red Cross blood drive will be held from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m., June 25, in the Student Union. This is the only blood drive scheduled to be on campus during the summer months. All donors are welcome.

Summer hours for the Student Union are from 7 a.m. until 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. The building is closed on the weekends unless prior reservations have been made. Mainstreet Market is open from 7:30 a.m. until 3 p.m. Monday through Friday and is closed on the weekends. The Truman Bookstore is open from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and is closed on the weekends.

The Public Relations Office is seeking a communication major who is available to work from noon until 3 p.m. Monday through Friday . Stop by the office at McClain Hall 102 to apply, or call Heidi Templeton at 785.4016.