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Campus announcement will be Monday
Faculty and students returning to
campus Monday after a week of Spring Break will see several changes,
and more are on the way. Those who participated in the
strategic planning process and development of the enrollment
management plan will see some of the fruits of their creative
thinking. A public announcement is scheduled for 11 a.m.
Monday on the west side of Wilson Hall. Everyone is welcome to
attend. In case of rain, the alternate location is the
President's Office conference room. Watch for details in
Monday's edition of Inside ASU. Also, students have a
related announcement in the Student Union at 4 p.m. Tuesday. Again, everyone is invited.
KASU news director
receives AEA Award
Greg
Chance,
KASU, has been named a winner of the Arkansas
Education Association School Bell Award, his 10th, for outstanding coverage of
education. Chance, news director for KASU, will receive the award on March 31 in North Little
Rock.
For all the latest faculty and staff
achievements, go to Campus News.
Noted author Grif Stockley at Delta Symposium
Grif Stockley, Dee Brown Fellow at the
Butler Center for Arkansas Studies, will read from his biography
Daisy Bates: Civil Rights Crusader from Arkansas, as part of
Delta Blues Symposium XII: Delta Diversity, to be held on campus
Thursday, March 30, though Saturday, April 1. Stockley’s reading
will take place in the Mockingbird Room of the Student Union at 4:30
p.m. on Thursday, March 30. Click here
for more details about Stockley, his novels, and his work on the
history of race relations in Arkansas. His
reading, like all Symposium events, is free and open to the public.
Diversity
Excellence Awards, send nominations
The Office of Diversity has extended the
deadline for nominations on Diversity Excellence Awards to Monday,
March 27, for individual faculty members, faculty groups, academic
departments, or academic units that demonstrate the highest
commitment to enhancing excellence through diversity. The recipient
will receive an engraved plaque and an honorarium at the Diversity
Excellence Awards Luncheon during Convocation of Scholars Week. More
information about this award may be found
online, or by contacting Dr. Glen Jones at gjones@astate.edu.
Volunteers
needed for Earth Day projects
The Tribal
Leadership Center needs 100 volunteers to assist with a community
project for Earth Day, Saturday, April 22, at Craighead Forrest Park
and the Crowley's Ridge Nature Center. Activities will include tree
planting, dirt work, trail work, aquatic planting, mulching,
seeding, flower bed preparation, clean-up and camping area
improvements. All who volunteer will receive a free lunch, provided
by the Nature Center and Jonesboro Parks and Recreation. If you can
volunteer, please email
taneshia.johnson@smail.astate.edu.
Museum to feature 'Blues'
exhibit
The ASU Museum is hosting a
new temporary exhibition, Blues Placemaking: Through the Lens of
a Folklorist in the Museum Lobby Gallery through April 16. Blues
Placemaking is in conjunction with the Delta Blues Symposium XII.
The exhibition includes 25 photographs of jook joints and musical
events made by Dr. Gregory Hansen, assistant professor of
folklore and English. Museum hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday
through Friday and 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Admission is a
suggested $2 donation per person. To contact the museum, call (870)
972-2074 or visit the ASU Museum
web site.
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