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Jeff Bailey to lead ARKLink libraries
consortium
 Jeff
Bailey, head of public services for the Dean B. Ellis Library, was
recently elected vice-president/president-elect of ARKLink, the
Arkansas consortium of academic libraries.
He will serve as vice president of the consortium in 2006 and will
serve as president during 2007. Bailey has been a member of
the library faculty at the Dean B. Ellis Library since 1992.
ARKLink is a nonprofit organization of 47 college and university
libraries cooperating to deliver services and collections to
researchers in Arkansas.
NCAA committee makes ruling on
mascot use
The National Collegiate Athletic Association's
Executive Committee Friday adopted a new policy to keep member
institutions from displaying what it termed "hostile and abusive"
racial/ethnic/national origin mascots, nicknames or imagery at any
of the 88 NCAA championships. The committee also approved
recommended best practices for schools who continue to use Native
American mascots and nicknames in their athletic programs.
This action follows an NCAA-directed survey of institutions who use
mascots or nicknames with Native American origins.
Click here for the complete NCAA announcement, or
click here to read ASU's response from Dr. Dean Lee, director of
athletics. (Review ASU's survey,
which was released in May.)
14th
Faculty Resource Guide in draft stage
The first draft of
the ASU Faculty Resource Guide, 14th edition, has been posted to the ASU
web site in PDF format. The University Communications office
prepares the guide primarily for use by news media representatives,
but civic groups and other organizations also consult it. The
guide includes two sections: an index of faculty members' academic topics, grouped by department, and a directory of full-time faculty and selected
administrative staff members. Faculty members
are encouraged to watch their e-mail for a link to the draft copy,
along with instructions for providing updated information.
Alumni to offer 'watering hole' for arriving students
The
Craighead County ASU Alumni Chapter will host the 7th
annual
Watering Hole for students moving in to the residence halls on
Saturday, Aug. 20, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. ASU alumni are invited to
greet arriving families and hand out bottled water. Alumni who
would like to help should e-mail
Molly Phillips in the
Alumni Relations Office.
Non-Traditional Students get special services
Suite 2064 on the second floor of the Student Union is the new home for the
Office of
Non-Traditional Student Services.
So, who is a non-traditional student? Generally, that can be a student
who is age 25 or over; married, with or without children; single or
divorced, with children; working professional; and those who are
returning to school after five or more years. The staff's goal is to
enrich nontraditional students' educational experience by connecting
students to academic and social services while providing the support
needed to ensure their success. Visit the office or call 972-2055
for more information on this new operation in the Tribal Leadership
Center.
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