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Dr. Stafford receives national award
The College English Association, a national organization of
teacher-scholars, re cently
named Dr. Norman E. Stafford, English, the recipient of the
Honorary Life Membership award, which recognizes extraordinary and
sustained service to the association and to the profession. The
presentation occurred at the 38th annual CEA conference
in New Orleans. Stafford has been active in the organization for
more than 25 years, serving in a variety of board offices,
including president in 1999-2000 and conference program chair in
1999. He was also president of the regional
affiliate, the South Central College English Association. Stafford
is completing his 30th year at ASU, where he directed the
writing program for 10 years and teaches a range of American
literature courses.
Dr. Johnson presents in France and Spain
Dr. Warren Johnson, French, recently attended two conferences
and presented two
 papers
in France, "Le rire en hiver: le comique nordique de Francois
Barcelo," as part of the colloquium, "Identites du nord," in Rouen,
France, and "Arthur Symons and the 'Intransitivity' of French
Decadence," at the colloquium "An Anglo-American Vision of France,"
in Cergy-Pontoise, France. Dr. Johnson was an invited presenter in
Cergy-Pontoise. Dr. Johnson also recently delivered a lecture, "The
Quebec Novel and the Quebec Imaginary," at the Universidad de
Huelva, Spain.
Drs. Ford and Reeve attend defense symposium
Dr. Alan Ford and
Dr. Scott W. Reeve, Chemistry, attended the Defense and
Security Symposium, part of the International Society for Optical
Engineering (SPIE) spring meeting in Orlando. Ford and Reeve
presented a paper, "Sensing and Characterization of Explosive Vapors
near 700 cm-1." The work is
part of the Standoff Sensor for Radionuclide Identification (SSRID)
effort at ASU. SSRID is one of two programs at ASU funded by the
Department of Defense; SSRID is aimed at detecting molecules
from weapons of mass destruction and determining nuclear and
chemical contamination levels caused by such weapons.
Admissions to host
Discover Diversity activities
The
Office of Admissions will host the Discover Diversity program
Friday and Saturday, April 20 –
21, for high school juniors. ASU has hosted the
Discover Diversity program
for about 10 years. Over time, it has developed into a leadership
conference. The spring program is for high school juniors, and the
fall program serves high school seniors. For more information,
contact Candice Seward in
Admissions at 972-3024.
College of Business to hold Spring Swing golf tournament
The Arkansas State University College of Business will hold
its annual Spring Swing golf tournament
on Friday, April 27, at Sage Meadows Golf Course. The four-person
scramble tournament, co-sponsored by the College of Business Alumni
Chapter and the Delta Center for Economic Development, is a
fundraiser for the ASU College of Business Foundation. The
registration cost is $100 per golfer. Outback Steakhouse will
provide lunch at 11 a.m., and the shotgun start is scheduled for
12:15 p.m. For
details, contact
Alan Decker at ext. 3000.
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