Mass immunization clinic to be held Dec. 10
A second mass immunization clinic will be held on our campus
Thursday, December 10. Both seasonal and H1N1 influenza vaccines
will be available. The doors of the Yellow Entrance of the Convocation
Center will open at 9 a.m. This clinic is a walk-in clinic,
and participants will enter
and exit the clinic from the Yellow Entrance of the Convocation Center. The
clinic doors, open at 9 a.m., will remain open until 4 p.m., or
until vaccine supplies are exhausted. Wheelchairs will be available
for those who need them. Wear clothing that allows easy access to
vaccination sites in the upper arms. Stay tuned to radio station KFIN, 107.9 FM, which will be broadcasting live from the Convocation
Center, to help estimate the time needed for vaccination.
Plentiful parking at the
Convocation Center should ensure few problems with traffic, but
to aid traffic flow, use
Caraway Road and
University Loop (East and West) to enter campus on Thursday. Please
avoid Stadium Blvd. and Aggie Road.
This clinic provides the best venue for receiving
both the seasonal flu vaccine and the H1N1 vaccine, since most local
providers have neither.
Read the
latest ASU H1N1 update from
Dr. Deborah Persell
here, or visit the
Arkansas Department of Health for additional information.
Board of Trustees meeting slated for Dec. 11
The Arkansas State University Board of Trustees will meet at 10 a.m.
on the campus of ASU-Mountain Home.
Those individuals who want to listen in on the Board of
Trustees meeting on Friday, Dec. 11, may gather in the ASUJ
Chancellor’s Conference Room at 9:45 a.m. Those assembled
individuals will be able to listen to the board meeting via
conference call.
ASU receives grant from State Farm Insurance
ASU has received a $4,000 research grant from State Farm
Insurance in support of a regional earthquake conference to be held
Tuesday-Wednesday, February 2-3, 2010. The conference
will bring in experts and researchers in the field of seismology,
geology, and engineering to present the latest in earthquake research
and response issues in the New Madrid Seismic Zone (NMSZ) regarding the
threat of earthquake.
The conference is being coordinated by Dr. Ashraf Elsayed, Civil and Environmental Engineering. Dr. Elsayed
has served as an engineer in geological and seismic studies for many years, and
has also served as an engineering consultant for the
Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department. Dr. Elsayed and Dr. Shivan
Haran, Mechanical Engineering, are currently
involved in soil stability and liquefaction research,
"Shear Wave Velocity Profiling Using Simplified Equipment,"
funded by a State
Farm grant for the Jonesboro area. Read an abstract of that research
here. For conference information, contact
Dr. Ashraf Elsayed,
ext. 2088, or see the NewsPage
release.
College of Business
professors pass certification exam
Dr. Kelly
E. Fish, Computer and Information Technology and director,
International Business Resource Center (IBRC), Dr. Gauri S. Guha,
Economics, associate director of Business Outreach for the IBRC, and
Dr. Clint Relyea, Management, associate director of
Curriculum Development for the IBRC, and coordinator, International
Business program, recently passed the
Certified Global Business Professional (CGBP) examination. This is the
U.S. professional certification in international business offered by the
National Association of Small Business International Trade Educators (NASBITE). Drs. Fish, Guha, and Relyea will now carry the CGBP designation and
are qualified to teach the CGBP curriculum to ASU international business
students and to Arkansas business professionals. Drs. Fish, Guha and Relyea will also offer a CGBP Executive
Development Program (EDP) to qualified business professionals during
March 2010 through the College of Business’ Delta Center for
Economic Development. For details, see the
NewsPage release, or
contact the
College of Business, ext. 3035.
ASU-TV produces half-hour interview program airing now
ASU’s student-run ASU-TV is teaming with the
United Way of Northeast Arkansas to produce a half-hour interview
program to air throughout December and January on Suddenlink Cable
Channel 18. The program, “ASUnited Spotlights,” will air Tuesdays at 9
a.m., Thursdays at 2 p.m., Saturdays at 9 p.m. and Sundays at 5 p.m.
Two United Way agencies are featured in each episode and more
episodes are scheduled to be produced early in 2010. Although the
first episode ran Tuesday, Dec. 8, tune in Thursday, Saturday, and
Sunday. Collin Pillow, Radio-TV, is the faculty advisor for
ASU-TV and for the project.
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