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May
14, 2007
Calendar highlights:
* ASU Staff Senate Employee Picnic and Silent Auction, Wednesday,
May 16,
11 a.m.-1:30 p.m.,
ASU Pavilion
* Mascot Review Committee meeting today, 10 a.m., Mockingbird Room,
Student Union
* New Student Orientation, Wednesday, May 23
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Snap Crow Legs to perform at Caffe
Buono
ASU's own Snap Crow Legs
performs Saturday, May 19, 7 pm.-9:30 p.m., at Caffe Buono. Snap
Crow Legs features Jerry, Nathan, Rich, Matt, Greg, and Mike,
performing classic rock, blues, country rock, and alternative music.
As usual, the band has one or two new songs to premiere. Come to
listen, and come to see your colleagues in a completely different
context. Match the individual players to their better-known campus
personae.
OIP staff participates in
Fulbright advisor training
Sue Marlay,
International Programs, participated in a Fulbright Scholar Advising
workshop at the Council for International Exchange of Scholars'
office in Washington, D.C., recently. A number of Fulbright assistant
directors highlighted the opportunities for teaching and research
around the world.
David Wick,
International Programs, was invited to attend a two-day program at
the Institute of International Exchange in New York, where he will
train to promote the Fulbright U.S. Student program and to increase
applications from ASU students. Wick also attended sessions on fostering competitive applications to other nationally competitive
study abroad scholarships, e.g., the National Security Education
program, the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship program,
and the Freeman awards for study in Asia.
Dr. Zibluk to have book chapter published
Dr. Jack Zibluk,
Journalism, recently had a book chapter submission accepted for
publication after a lengthy, blind, peer-reviewed process. Zibluk's
"Myspace, Facebook, privacy, and copyright," will appear in
"Teaching with Multimedia: Pedagogy in the Websphere," Vol. 1. The
first volume of the two-volume text will largely be critiques and
essays concerning the teaching of multimedia, while the second
volume will consist of case studies about teaching with multimedia
in various disciplines.
Thrasher to serve as interim
editor at The Jonesboro Sun
Bonnie Thrasher,
Journalism, is working as an associate editor for a few weeks at
The Jonesboro
 Sun after the departure of managing editor Rick Fahr.
Thrasher's duties will include working with Sun reporters to develop
Northeast Arkansas coverage, working with the photo editor, and copy
editing. Thrasher is advisor to The Herald, ASU's student newspaper
and frequently serves as a judge for student and professional
journalism contests. She is also the current secretary and past
president of the Arkansas Professional Chapter of the Society of
Professional Journalists. She is the chair of College Media
Advisors' Career Development Committee, and she coordinates the
student job fair at the annual National Fall College Media
Convention. She has worked as a reporter and bureau chief for The
Commercial Dispatch of Columbus, Miss., and as a reporter and editor
for The Starkville (Miss.) Daily News.
Mascot Review Committee to
convene
The newly formed
Mascot Review Committee
will convene today at 10 a.m. in the Mockingbird Room of the ASU
Student Union. Jim Pickens, immediate past chair of the ASU
Board of Trustees, will chair the committee. Committee members will
review and evaluate information from the NCAA and various schools as
they consider the continued use of the Indian nickname and mascot to
represent ASU athletic teams.
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