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March 28, 2007
Calendar highlights:
* Couch Lecture, Tuesday,
April 3
* Delta Blues Symposium XIII,
Thursday-Saturday, March 29-31
*
Girls of Promise, Saturday, March
31
* Heartwalk, Saturday, March 31,
10 a.m., Joe Mack Campbell Park
* Arkansas
Delta Oral History Exhibit, reception, Sunday,
April 1
*
Through a Child's Eyes XXI, Sunday, April 1
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Delta Blues Symposium XIII: The 1960s begins Thursday
The Department of English and Philosophy sponsors the 13th annual
Delta Blues Symposium
Thursday-Saturday, March 29-31. This year's program includes
presentations from scholars and students of the humanities and
social sciences. Presenters will examine how the seven-state
Mississippi River Delta provides a varied geographic and cultural
environment, eliciting a range of cultural responses from diverse
groups defined by ethnicity, class, religion, gender, and other
factors. Invited guests include novelist
Scott Ely, poet
Natasha Trethewey, filmmaker and music writer
Robert Gordon, Mississippi bluesman
Alvin Youngblood Hart,
country music singer Maxine Brown,
and folklorist Ben Sandmel. For
more details, see
www.clt.astate.edu/blues.
Comedian, communicator Carl Grant to
perform at ASU
As
part of ASU's Lecture~Concert Series, comedian
and communicator Carl Grant will
pe rform Tuesday, April 3,
at 7 p.m.
in the Student Union Auditorium.
His
performance, “Humor: The Shortest Distance Between People,”
combines Grant's understanding of education, the business
environment, and the use of humor to incorporate lightness and
creativity into everyday routines.
The performance is free and open to the public. Co-sponsors are the Lecture-Concert Series and the College of Education
at ASU.
For more
details, contact Dr. Gil
Fowler, associate dean for The
Honors College.
Columnist Brummett to give annual Couch Lecture
John Brummett, veteran journalist and columnist for the Arkansas
News Bureau, will be
 the guest speaker for ASU's annual Paul
Couch Lecture on Education. The lecture, "Education as viewed by
Journalist, Mentor, and Citizen," will be Tuesday, April 3, at 7 p.m., in the Osage Room of the Student Union (third floor). The
lecture series is sponsored by ASU's chapter of Phi Delta Kappa and
the College of Education. A reception will follow the lecture.
Admission is free, and the public is welcome.
Fowler Center series presents Arkansas
Symphony
On Sunday, April 1, at 3
p.m., the Fowler
Center Series presents the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra in
concert under the direction of David Itkin. The ASO's repertoire
includes Beethoven's "Egmont Overture," Sibelius' "The Swan of
Tuonela," Smetana's "The Moldau," and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4.
Individual tickets are $30 and $20 for adults; $23 and $15 for
students and seniors; and $10 and $6 for ASU students. To purchase
tickets, call 972-ASU1 or visit
http://tickets.astate.edu.
Dr. Hill and Dr. Zibluk publish paper on FERPA
Dr. Myleea Hill and
Dr. Jack Zibluk, Journalism, will publish a paper, "Helping
Human Resources navigate the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)."
Dr.
 Hill will present the paper at the International Association of
Business and Public Administration Disciplines conference in Dallas,
May 3-6. The paper will be published in the annual IABPAD yearbook.
The research is a legal study that clarifies the contradictions of
the application of FERPA. It finds that, despite concerns over
privacy, no school has ever faced a fine for violating FERPA
guidelines.
Brain Awareness Day activities slated for March 31
The 3rd annual Brain Awareness Day is Saturday, March 31, from 1-4
p.m. at the Craighead County Jonesboro Public Library. The event is
co-sponsored by the ASU Society for Neuroscience and the public
library. ASU neuroscientists and students will offer information on
normal brain functions, neurological disorders, and hands-on
educational activities, including making brains and nerve cells,
testing reaction time, and more. Juggler Chippy Kazoo will give
juggling lessons, and psychiatrist Dr. Asad Khan will also be
featured. The event is free and open to the public. For details,
contact Dr. Amy Pearce, ext.
3282, or Dr. Malathi Srivatsan,
ext. 3082.
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