100th Year
2009-10
Feb. 24, 2010
Calendar
highlights:
ASU celebrates Black History Month,
Feb. 2-26
Department of Music
presents final Faculty Recital Series concert of season,
Thursday,
Feb. 25, 7:30 p.m., Riceland Hall
10th annual Delta Awards for
Tourism achievement banquet, Friday, Feb. 26,
5:30 p.m. silent auction, 7 p.m. dinner and awards program,
Southland Park Gaming and Racing, West Memphis
Lakeport Plantation hosts
author Susan Young, Saturday,
Feb. 27, with plantation tours at 1 p.m. and author presentation at
2 p.m.
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Dr. Sikkel
has work cited in popular magazine
Dr. Paul Sikkel, Aquatic Biology,
received recognition recently for his work as a marine
par asitologist in Reader’s Digest. The Reader’s Digest article,
“Invader” by Robert Kiener, appeared in the January 2010 issue and
mentions Sikkel, his work, and Arkansas State University. The
article deals with the recent invasion of lionfish in the Bahamas.
The lionfish, which is native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans,
recently spread into the Caribbean, causing problems for locals and
visitors who come to and live on the tiny islands. Concerns about
the lionfish include their eating of native fish and their poisonous
back spines. Sikkel has found that lionfish do not contain parasites
that most local fish contain, gives them more energy, offering
another possible explanation to how they have been able to multiply
their numbers in the Caribbean in such a short time. Sikkel’s work
on lionfish has been featured on
National Public Radio. Sikkel also recently spent time on St.
John, Virgin Islands, as part of the Virgin Island Environmental
Resource Center Station (VIERS), where scientists and eco-volunteers
conduct coastal and reef research in concert with Clean Islands
International. This research was mentioned in the Miami Herald's
travel section in an article on
eco-tourism.
Dr. Hickman
publishes article
on 19th-c.
photographer
Dr. Paul Hickman, Art
History, and curator of the Visual Resources Library, has written an
article about American photographer John James Reilly, which
appeared in the January-February 2010 issue of
Stereo World
magazine, the world's only magazine devoted to the past, present and
future of stereoscopic three-dimensional images. The life and works of Reilly, a 19th-century
photographer, are featured in the 11-page article, "John
James Reilly: New Chronology, New Publishers of Reilly's
Stereographs, New Bibliography and New Old and New Series Views." The principal themes depicted by the reproduction of twelve of
Reilly's stereographs are Niagara Falls, Yosemite Valley, and San
Francisco. This article includes the earliest known card types by
Reilly, the only known glass stereograph by Reilly, and the only
known large format photograph by Reilly. Reilly's life and works are assessed in a
cross-disciplinary study from the complementary perspectives of art,
photographic, cultural, social and economic history. Niagara and Yosemite were photographed more than any other American scene. These
tourist meccas are portrayed as national icons. Judged by these
criteria, Reilly is viewed as a significant figure in the history of
American photographers.
RSVP to Blue and
You Fitness Challenge by Feb. 25
Robyn Whitehead, director, Department of Wellness and Health
Promotion, announces the Blue and You fitness challenge. Blue and
You is a program of Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield and the
Arkansas Department of Health. The
Kickoff party for the Blue and you
Fitness Challenge will be held Monday, March 1, from 12 noon-1 p.m.,
and will begin at the Chi Omega fountain on Aggie Road just north of
the Administration Building and west of the Student Union. The Blue
and You kickoff event is a walk/run on a 1-1/2 mile route around campus.
Individual participants may walk/run more or less if they like. The walk/run
will get participants off to a good start and can be logged for the challenge. Refreshments will be
offered to replenish participants before they return to work. RSVP by
Thursday, February 25, to
Robyn Whitehead, ext.
3974, or Ruth Ann Harp
of Arkansas Blue Cross Blue Shield. Visit the
Blue and You Fitness Challenge online.
Arkansas Political Science Association set for Feb.
26-27
Retiring U.S. Congressman Marion Berry and John Brummett of the Arkansas
News Bureau are featured speakers at the annual meeting of the Arkansas
Political Science Association scheduled Friday and Saturday, Feb. 26-27,
on the Jonesboro campus of ASU. All sessions will
be held in the Student Union on the ASU campus.
Conference
registration is from noon-4 p.m. in the third floor lobby. Dr. Will
McLean, associate professor of Political Science at ASU, is the program
chair. Brummett is the featured speaker during the Friday evening dinner,
scheduled for
6:15-8 p.m. at the Cooper Alumni Center. A reception precedes the dinner
from 4:30-6 p.m. Jonesboro mayor Harold Perrin will welcome attendees.
Congressman Berry is slated to close out the conference by speaking at
the Saturday luncheon from 12:15-1:30 p.m. in the Student Union
Centennial Hall.
Political scientists from Arkansas and Louisiana will present a series of panel
discussions. ASU participants will include Dr. Mihaela
Czobor-Lupp, Dr. David Harding, Dr. Charles Hartwig,
and Dr. Jon Lofton, all of Political Science, Dr. Louella
Moore, Accounting, and Dr. Cathy Reese,
Dr. Rollin Tusalem,
and Dr. Barbara Warner,
all of Political Science, and Dr. Richard Wang, chair,
Political Science. For details about the conference, contact
Dr. Will McLean, ext. 2104,
or see the NewsPage release. View the
schedule of events
for the two-day conference online.
ASU Jazz Bands
welcome pianist Donald Brown March 1
The Department of Music at Arkansas State University in
Jonesboro will present the ASU Jazz Band and
Jazztette with a special guest, the Grammy-nominated jazz pianist
Donald Brown, in concert
on Monday, March 1, at 7:30 p.m. in Riceland Hall, Fowler Center.
The bands will feature a number of Brown’s compositions,
and Brown will be featured as a soloist during the concert.
Additionally, Brown will be featured in a clinic on the following
evening, Tuesday, March 2, at 5 p.m. in the Recital Hall, Fine Arts Building. Both events are free
of charge and open to the public.
Brown was raised in Memphis, Tennessee,
where he learned to play trumpet and drums in his youth. From 1972 to
1975 he was a student at Memphis State University, by which time he had
made piano his primary instrument. He joined Art Blakey's Jazz
Messengers from 1981-82.
For details, contact the music
office at ext. 2094, or see the
NewsPage release.
Economic Outlook Conference to be held Feb. 25
Reminder: The College of Business will hold the Economic Outlook
Conference in Fowler Center, Thursday, Feb. 25, from 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
Conference hosts include Dr. Len Frey, dean, College of Business;
Center for Economic Education; Dr. David Kern, McAdams Frierson Chair of Bank
Management; and the Delta Center for Economic Development. Guest
speakers will include Kevin Kliesen, business economist, Federal
Reserve Bank of St. Louis; Bill Tedford, executive vice president,
Stephens, Inc.; and Dr. Gary Latanich, director, Center for Economic
Education. The conference will focus on current economic conditions
and provide an outlook for the remainder of 2010, concluding with a
question and answer session following the presentations. For
details, contact Tara
Watson at the Delta Center for Economic Development, ext.
3000.
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