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Beck PRIDE Center a winner
of "Newman's Own" award
The Beck
PRIDE Center for America’s Wounded Veterans at Arkansas State
University-Jonesboro has been selected as a recipient of the
prestigious 10th annual Newman’s
 Own
Award. Chancellor Robert L. Potts accepted the $5,000 award at the
Pentagon in Washington, D.C., Thursday as awards totaling $75,000
were presented to 11 volunteer organizations for their innovative
programs to improve military quality of life. The competition, which
rewards programs that benefit service men and women and their
families, was sponsored by Newman’s Own, Fisher House Foundation,
and Military Times Media Group. "At the Beck PRIDE Center for
America's Wounded Veterans, we feel honored to be a recipient
organization,” said Susan Tonymon, director of the Beck PRIDE
Center. “We will utilize the generous support from the Fisher House
Foundation to make a significant impact for the military service
members in our program. It is particularly meaningful that ‘Newman’s
Own Award’ founder, the extraordinary actor Paul Newman, was also a
decorated Navy World War II veteran. Therefore, we pledge to do our
very best to use these resources to provide innovative solutions to
improve the quality of life for active duty, reserve or National
Guard injured combat veterans and their families,” concluded Tonymon.
(Pictured from left) Newman's Own president Tom Indoe, Chancellor
Robert L. Potts, Fisher House Foundation trustee Tammy Fisher).
Dr. Armah, Dr. Phillips, Aaron
Archer publish in journal
Dr. Paul Armah, Agricultural Economics, Dr. Gregory C.
Phillips, Plant Biotechnology and dean, College of Agriculture
and Technology, and Aaron Archer, College of
Agriculture and
Technology and currently a PhD student at Missouri University of
Science and Technology, recently published an article, "Drivers
Leading to Higher Food Prices: Biofuels Are Not the Main Factor," in
the journal In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology-Plant.Their
article, and the data reviewed in therein, debunks the popular myth
that food producers, particularly farmers growing corn or soybean
for biofuel feedstocks, are making huge profits with high commodity
prices. The article suggests that a primary solution to the overall
rise in food prices (poultry and dairy products in particular) since
2007 is to increase the supply of commodity crops responsibly, in
ways that are respectful and sustainable economically, societally,
and environmentally. At the center of this solution lies the
implementation and development of new technologies to increase crop
yields and nutritional values without increasing the amount of
fossil-based inputs used in agriculture. Conventional breeding,
molecular breeding, genomics, and biotechnology are all pivotal
technologies for increasing crop yields to meet these supply needs,
combined with the impacts of other new technologies and best
management practices in agricultural production.
Dr. Gil-Osle publishes in
peer-reviewed journal
Dr. Juan Pabl o
Gil-Osle, Spanish and French, recently published an article, "Early
Modern Illusions of Perfect Male Friendship: The Case of Cervantes’s
‘El curioso impertinente,’" in the bulletin of the Cervantes Society
of America, a peer-reviewed journal which stands as one of the best
worldwide in field of Cervantes. The contents of this publication
are available in paper, as well as online. The article deals with
the transformations of the concept of male friendship during the
early modern period. The theory of friendship evolved from a
clan-oriented concept to a more individualistic idea in the
Enlightenment. Cervantes’s novella "El curioso impertinente" is a
wonderful example of the evolution of these symbolisms of
friendship.
Yearbook photos scheduled for Sept. 14-18
The WolfTracks Yearbook will hold its annual Photo Week
Monday-Friday, Sept. 14-18, on the first floor of the Student Union.
To be included in this year’s publication, faculty, staff and
students are required to have new photos made during the week of
September. Faculty, staff, and students must present a valid ASU ID
to sit for photos. All faculty and staff are strongly advised to
have photos made, since these photos remain on file with both the
yearbook and the Office of University Communications and the Office
of Media Relations. Faculty and staff photos also serve as official
headshots for news and media releases. Hours are Monday, Sept.
14, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.; Tuesday-Thursday, Sept. 15-17, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.;
and Friday, Sept. 18, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. For details or questions,
contact Natalie Eskew,
Leadership Center, ext. 2055.
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