Dr. Gill wins Middle East Studies grant
Dr. Alyson Gill, Art History, has been awarded a Faculty-Student Research grant through the Middle East Studies committee which will allow her to take four students with her to Turkey later this year to work on the ASU collaborative initiative, Ashes2Art: Virtual Reconstructions of Ancient Monuments. The students will travel to Greece to visit the Bronze Age site of Mycenae, and then will travel by ship to Turkey, visiting and gathering information for reconstruction of the ancient sites of Didyma, Pergamon, Troy, and Istanbul. The students are freshman Megan Wilbanks, junior Marki Steele, senior Sherry Nicole Davis, and junior Bryan Hale. Dr. Gill and her students will travel Dec. 9-22 of this year.

Office presents posters at annual research conference
Members of the Office of Behavioral Research and Evaluation (OBRE) in the College of Education recently presented two posters at the 22nd annual Research Conference on Systems of Care held recently in Tampa, Fla. The conference featured research from various Systems of Care (programs designed to help children with mental health issues) that are funded through the Center for Mental Health Services, a division of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). OBRE’s two posters focused on evaluations of (1) cultural competence among children's service providers, and (2) the integrity of services provided to children with severe emotional disturbances. OBRE contributors to the posters included Christy Brinkley, Valencia Cash, Dr. Latoya Pierce, Dr. David Saarnio, and Dr. Josie Welsh. April Coleman, a recent graduate of ASU’s psychology program, also contributed, along with external collaborators Walter Darnell from Counseling Services of East Arkansas and Pam Marshall of the Arkansas Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health. Both posters are available for viewing on OBRE’s website. OBRE serves as the evaluation team for Arkansas’ System of Care, ACTION for Kids. 

ASU Concert Choir, University Singers to perform April 16
The Department of Music at ASU will present the ASU Concert Choir and University Singers in concert on Thursday, April 16, at 7:30 p.m. in Riceland Hall, Fowler Center. Donations will be accepted for the choir’s performance tour to Rome and Florence. The ASU Concert Choir and University/Community Choir will present four concerts in Rome and Florence in March 2010, including a mass in the Vatican. The concert is free of charge and open to the public. For details, call the Department of Music at ext. 2094 or see the NewsPage release.

ASU Theatre closes out season beginning April 17-18
ASU Theatre announces the cast for its final production of the 2008-09 season, “Lovers and Executioners,” by John Strand. The show will be performed Friday-Saturday, April 17-18 and Tuesday-Wednesday, April 21-22 at 7:30 p.m. at Fowler Center. A “meet the company” dessert reception will follow the April 17 opening night performance. “Lovers and Executioners” is a love story about a jealous husband who leaves his wife on an island to die because he thought she had been unfaithful. The wife escapes and manages to make her way back into his life, all the while dressed as the man trying to woo her husband’s new lover. Tickets may be purchased online. For details, call the ASU Theatre, ext. 2037.

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