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ASU sends team to SENCER Summer Institute
A team of faculty and a graduate student from ASU attended the 2007
Science Education for New Civic Engagement and Responsibilities (SENCER)
Summer Institute in Portland, Maine. SENCER is a National Science
Foundation-funded program that selects a small cadre of teams
from the many national and international application programs it
received to attend the the institute to work on and share
information and ideas on how to infuse civic engagement activities
into the science curriculum. The team from ASU, led by Dr. Robyn
Hannigan, Environmental Sciences program and
Geochemistry, included Dr. Alan Christian, Zoology, Leonette
Cox, graduate student, Environmental Sciences, Dr. Erik Gilbert,
History, Dr. Steve Green, Soil and Water Conservation, and
Dr. Tillman Kennon, Science Education. Dr. John M. Pratte,
Chemistry and Physics, also gave a presentation, "The Effects
of Online Classes on Engagement."
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Johnson presents paper at Parisian colloquium
Dr. Warren Johnson, French, presented a paper,
"Paris et le comique fin-de-siècle," at the colloquium "La vie
parisienne" sponsored by the Société des Études Romantiques in
Paris. The paper described the role of the French capital,
specifically the Montmartre area, in the flourishing of the comic
spirit in the late 19th century, but the paper also described
the comic writers' reactions against the modernity that Paris
embodied at that time.
Freer elected to governing board of NCTA
Rosemary Freer, Testing Center, has been
elected to a three-yea r
term on the governing board of the National College Testing
Association (NCTA). She recently attended her first board meeting in
Salt Lake City, where she also presented a workshop, "Don't Get
Stung by Conflict: Overarching Approaches to Handling Conflict," at
the NCTA annual conference. Freer has served for the past two
years on the organization's Sponsors and Exhibitors' Committee and
will chair that committee for next year's conference in Baltimore.
College of Nursing & Health Professions to mark 25 years
The College of Nursing and Health Professions will celebrate its 25th
anniversary on Thursday, Aug. 30. Watch for details about the party
in Wednesday's Inside ASU.
ASU scientists to begin film
series Thursday evening
As announced last June in Inside ASU, the departments of Biological
Sciences and Chemistry and Physics are initiating a film series to
further promote public appreciation and understanding of science.
The first presentation will be "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea," on
Thursday, Aug. 23, at 6 p.m. in Lab Science 219. "Science Flicks"
will feature one popular film each month, followed by a panel
discussion about the science that is featured in the film. This
week's discussion topics will include submarine technology, marine
life, atomic power, and environmentalism. Dr. John M. Pratte,
Chemistry and Physics, and Dr. Al Romero, Biological
Sciences, provided more detail in their July 1 science series
article in The Jonesboro Sun. For a complete listing of upcoming
films, see
http://biology.astate.edu/science_flicks.htm.
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