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Persell to study radiation effects in Japan this summer
Debbie J. Persell, Nursing, will study for three weeks at the
Radiation Effects Research Foundation (RERF) in Hiroshima, Japan, in
an international collaboration. Funded jointly
 by
RERF and the Board of Directors of HICARE (Hiroshima International
Council on Care of the Radiation Exposed), Persell will also study
at the Peace Memorial Museum Archives, the Japanese Red Cross
Hiroshima College of Nursing, and the Institute for Peace Studies at
Hiroshima University. This is an historic achievement; no other
doctoral-level nurses have ever been invited to study at these
institutions, and no American scientists have ever been invited to
study through HICARE. This opportunity also marks the first time
RERF has ever funded studies for an American researcher.
Dept. of Mathematics/Statistics recognized at conference
A group of
students and faculty from the ASU Department of Mathematics and
Statistics recently traveled to Tahlequah, Okla., for the annual
meeting of the Oklahoma-Arkansas Section of the Mathematical
Association of America (OK-AR MAA). Those attending
were undergraduate
students Pamela Cox and Alison Wiley (co-presidents of the ASU Student Chapter of the MAA) and Bilal Khokar; graduate
students Matthew Franklin and Carrie Thielemier; and faculty members
Kent Gibson, Sarah Gore, Dr. Mike Hall, and Dr. Debra Ingram (MAA
faculty mentor). Wiley presented a paper in collaboration with
Ingram titled “Uncovering the Complex Aliasing Patterns of Some Nonregular
Designs.” Dr. Jerry Linnstaedter, chair of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics,
received special recognition for 50 years of service to the MAA. ASU alumna Cynthia
Logan of Walnut Ridge
School District received the OK-AR MAA Award for Arkansas Middle
School Teacher of the Year. ASU alumna Lisa Davis Honey of Gibbs Albright Elementary in Newport, received
the OK-AR MAA Award for Arkansas Elementary School Teacher of the
Year.
Documentary film to be
shown in Little Rock
The documentary "Why Only Killen," a collaborative project by
Bill Rowe, Art, John Gibson, and James H. Tichgelaar,
Heritage Studies, will be shown on Tuesday, April 24, at 6:30 p.m., at the
Richard
C. Butler Center for Arkansas Studies. The Butler Center is
located on the 3rd floor of the Main Library of the Central Arkansas
Library System, 100 Rock Street, Little Rock. The film will be
followed by a panel discussion featuring Margaret Block, John
Gibson, Bill Rowe, and Grif Stockley. The film treats the story of
the inadequate justice rendered after the 1964 slaying of three
civil rights workers, James Cheney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael
Schwerner, in Neshoba County, Miss. "Why Only Killen" was
also presented to faculty, staff, and students in the Chadbourne
Residential College (CRC) program at the University of
Wisconsin-Madison on April 7 in Memphis, as part of a CRC civil
rights tour of the South.
April continues with myriad musical performances
The Department of Music offers various performances throughout the month. On Monday, April 16, at 7:30 p.m.,
Dr. Neale Bartee conducts the
Concert Orchestra. On Tuesday, April 17, Craig Collison conducts the ASU
Percussion Ensemble. On Thursday, April 19, Dr. Kenneth Carroll conducts
the ASU Wind Ensemble and Corey Emerson conducts the Emerson Wind
Ensemble in concert. On Monday, April 23, the ASU Ringers perform. All
performances take place at 7:30 p.m. in Riceland Hall, Fowler Center.
The ASU Percussion Ensemble will also perform Sunday, April 22, at 2 p.m.
at the Craighead County Jonesboro Public Library.
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