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Dr. Owens receives OPI certification
Dr. Ruth Owens, Languages,
was recently granted full certification as an Oral Proficiency
Interview (OPI) tester in Spanish by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL). This certification was
awarded after more than a year of conducting Spanish proficiency
interviews validated by an ACTFL tester trainer. OPI tester
certification allows Dr. Owens to use this comprehensive method of
assessment of language proficiency for a variety of academic
purposes, such as language teacher credentialing, program entrance
and exit requirements, scholarship requirements, and research on
language proficiency.
Dr. Marburger to publish economics textbook
Dan Marburger, Economics,
signed a book contract with
the Addison Wesley Publishing Group to write a managerial economics
textbook. The distinguishing aspect of Marburger's book is that it
will position managerial economics away from abstract intermediate
microeconomic theory and demonstrate how microeconomic theory
complements actual business functions, such as accounting, finance,
marketing, and operations. The textbook, which is expected to appear
in print in 2009, will be packaged along with case studies from the
Harvard Business School, Ivey Publishing, and Darden Press.
Board of Trustees will meet Wednesday
The
ASU Board of Trustees will meet Wednesday, Jan. 10, at
8:30 a.m. at the ASU Little Rock office. In Jonesboro, those
interested in observing the meeting may watch by video conference in
the AccessGrid Room of the Dean B. Ellis Library. This meeting was originally scheduled for
December but had to be postponed.
Delta Caucus boasts
strong ASU presence
The Mississippi Delta Grassroots Caucus will hold its annual
conference in Little Rock Jan. 18-19. ASU attendees will include ASU-Delta
Studies Center director Peggy Robinson Wright, who is also
state co-chair of the caucus, Dr. Cherisse Jones-Branch, Dr.
George Grant, and Dr. Susan Hanrahan, along with
professor emeritus Dr. Michael Dougan. The opening session
will be held Thursday, Jan. 18 at the Little Rock Chamber of
Commerce from 5:30-8:00 p.m. The main session will be held Friday,
Jan. 19, from 9:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m. in the Great Hall at the Clinton
Presidential Library. For details, contact
Peggy Robinson Wright at
ext. 2325, or click on
http://www.clt.astate.edu/dsc/MDGCJanuary07Meeting.pdf.
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