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 Dr.
Hansen chairs forum, presents paper
Dr. Gregory Hansen,
English and Folklore, presented a paper and chaired a forum at the
American Folklore Society meeting held recently in Milwaukee. The
forum was titled "Folklore and Heritage in Historic Preservation,
Public Policy, Ecology, and Academe." His paper was titled "Folklife,
Education, and Heritage."
Graduates cited at Institute
on Teaching & Mentoring
Dr. George Ogendi,
Environmental Geology, and Dr. Mai Elobeid,
post-doctoral researcher, University of Alabama, recently
 received
awards from the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) during the
annual Institute on Teaching and Mentoring in Miami. Drs. Ogendi and
Elobeid are former graduate students, advised by Dr. Robyn Hannigan.
The awards were in recognition of their successful completion of
their doctoral degrees in environmental sciences. Both Drs. Ogendi
and Elobeid were the 2005-2006 recipients of the SREB
Dissertation-Year Fellowship. One goal of the SREB is to increase
the number of minority faculty in universities and colleges across
the nation. Several other representatives from ASU attended. For
more information on the activities of SREB and other programs that
support minority graduate students, click on
www.sreb.org.
Arkansas Women's Forum to meet
at ASU
The
next Arkansas Women’s Forum meeting will be today and Saturday in
Northeast Arkansas.
Two of the major activities involve ASU: The group will tour
the Arkansas Biosciences Institute this afternoon, then visit the
Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum and Educational Center at Piggott on
Saturday. The AWF involves women in major leadership positions from
throughout the state of Arkansas.
Sara McNeil joins University
Communications staff
 The
University
Communications today welcomes Sara E. McNeil to the staff as editor
and a contributor to Inside ASU. She brings a wealth of experience
in higher education, corporate communications, and the news
media. Most recently she has been assisting Dr. Greg Phillips with
editing “In Vitro Plant,” a scientific journal. Previously she was
arts editor for The Jonesboro Sun and a copy editor for The
Commercial Appeal in Memphis. She may be contacted at ext. 3633, or
at smcneil@astate.edu.
Fall semester break is next
week
Reminder: Fall semester break will
begin Monday, Nov. 20, and continue through Saturday, Nov. 25. No
classes will be held that week, but university offices will be
open Monday through Wednesday, Nov. 20-22. Thanksgiving holiday is Nov.
23-24.
Lunch & Learn:
Heart Health is topic
Reminder: Jim Stearns
of Cardiac Rehab at St. Bernards will speak about heart health
Wednesday, Nov. 29, from 12 until 1 in the Student Union. Lunch will be provided to those
who RSVP by 5 p.m. today (Nov. 17). To RSVP, contact Chris Enger
at ext. 3974 or
cenger@astate.edu.
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