Retirement reception: A retirement reception for Naomi Shaffer, Graduate School, will be held at the ASU Pavilion on Tuesday, Dec. 7, from 1-3 p.m.  Naomi has been with ASU for more than 40 years.  Everyone is invited.

Faculty achievements:  Congratulations to these faculty and staff members who have distinguished themselves and their departments for outstanding professional achievements.

• Virginia Sullivan, Public Relations, is on sabbatical this year in Riga, Latvia, as Freedom House's resident adviser for the Naturalization Project.  Her duties include managing a community outreach program and preparing non-citizens for naturalization exams.
• Dr. Richard S. Segall, Management Information Systems, had a manuscript accepted for publication in the journal Applied Mathematical Modeling. The article is "Some quantitative methods for determining capacities and locations of military emergency medical facilities," and is based upon research from a grant funded by the U. S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) as administered by the National Research Council (NRC). The journal has an international editorial board and is published in The Netherlands. 
• Ann Wilson, Library, had an article published in Library Mosaics entitled "Ride the Wave of the Future:  Be Flexible in Your Job."
• Richard Carvell, Radio-Television, discussed media coverage of the Westside shooting at a recent conference on Reducing Violence in Schools in Cambridge, Ohio. Also, Carvell, a member of the Nettleton School Board, was one of 14 school board members presented with the Arkansas School Boards Association's 1999 Pinnacle Award at the ASBA's conference Nov. 30-Dec. 2 in Little Rock.  The Pinnacle Award recognizes the highest level of personal boardsmanship and is given to those members who have accrued 200 hours of continuing education and service hours in the ASBA Boardsmanship Program.  Carvell previously was awarded the Outstanding and Master Board Member Awards. 
• Dr. Mark Draganjac and student Mark Green, Chemistry, and another researcher have had a paper published in the Journal of Chemical Crystallography.  The paper is entitled "The Synthesis and Structure of  [CpRu(1,4,7-S3C6H12)]O3SCF3."  The work investigates the binding of sulfur atoms to a metal center.  Understanding this process may help develop better catalysts for purifying crude oil.  Removal of sulfur limits sulfur dioxide emissions, which lead to acid rain.
• Dr. Jerry Farris, Ecotoxicology, and researchers Dr. Matthew Moore and Cristin Milam co-authored five papers presented at the recent international meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry in Philadelphia.  Farris and Milam presented a paper on the effects of roadway construction on creeks in Tennessee.  Milam, Farris, and Moore presented two other papers on pesticide fate in agricultural drainage ditches. Moore, with co-authors from other universities, presented two papers on using constructed wetlands to mitigate pesticide-associated runoff from agriculture production and produced water from a petroleum refinery.  Moore is on post-doctoral appointment with the USDA.  Contracts and grants with federal agencies and private industry support Milam's work.
• Steve Guffey, Physical Therapy, Mary Jane Rutherford and William Payne, Medical Technology, and another author recently published an article, "Skin pH Changes Associated with Iontophoresis," in Journal of Orthopedic and Sports Physical Therapy.  Guffey also co-authored an article, "Learning in the 21st century public schools: Andragogy as a catalyst for praxis," which appeared recently in Center Review.
•  Debra Walden, Nursing, has been appointed to the Arkansas Prenatal and Early Childhood Nurse Home Visitation Program Board by Gov. Mike Huckabee.

 

This week:

• See the Calendar for a more in-depth listing of upcoming university events. 

• Matthew Carey and Ellis Julien, studio class recital, 7 p.m., Fine Arts Center Recital Hall, free.  For details, call 972-2094.
• Indoor Track & Field Kickoff Klassic, TBA, Convocation Center.  For details, call Sports Information,  972-2541.

•  KASU Live Blues Concert featuring Kurtis Matthews, 7 p.m., Potlicker's Uptown Deli, free.  For details, call 972-2200.
• Jazz Band Concert, 8 p.m., Wilson Auditorium, free.  For details, call 972-2094.

• Christmas Open House hosted by Delta Studies Center, ASU Archives, Delta Health Education Partnership, and Arkansas Delta Byways, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Library, 7th floor. 
• Retirement reception for Naomi Shaffer, Graduate School, 1-3 p.m., ASU Pavilion.  For details, call 972-3820.

• Early Childhood Education workshop sponsored by ASU Childhood Services, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.  For details, call 972-3055.
• Purchasing Holiday Open House, 2-3:30 p.m., Purchasing Office, Physical Plant Building.
• Central Mississippi Valley Archeological Society slide lecture, presented by Dr. Thomas Green, "The Buhl Burial and Native American Origins," 7-9 p.m., free.  For details, call 972-2071.

• Museum Discovery Class: Williamsburg Christmas decorations, Museum.  For details and cost, call 972-2074.

Continuing
exhibits

• ASU Museum:  Museum is open 9 a.m. - 4 p.m., M-F, 1-4 p.m., Sat. & Sun., admission free.

"Historic Prints from the A. G. Edwards & Sons Corporate Art Collection," through Dec. 12.
"The Advent of Agriculture," in conjunction with Archaeology Week, through Jan 16.
"The Great King Crowley Hoax," based upon a 1920's ruse on artifacts of an extinct culture, through Jan. 30.
• Printmakers Gallery:  9 a.m. - 4 p.m., M-F, admission is free.

"Brave New World."  This exhibition moves us into a new century and makes predictions about the next 100 years.  Exhibit through Jan. 14.
• Fine Arts Center Art Gallery: 10 a.m.-4 p.m., M-F, admission is free.

"David Morgan--Art Thesis Exhibition," through Dec. 10.