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¦ Dr. Robert C. Leitz III, professor of English, curator of the James Smith Noel Collection and chair designate of the Ruth Herring Noel Endowed Chair for the Curatorship of the James Smith Noel Collection, has had Imagining the Sciences: Expressions of New Knowledge in the Long Eighteenth Century published by AMS Press in New York. The book, co-edited by Kevin L. Cope, of LSU A&M, is the 13th book Leitz has had published.

¦ Dr. Malcolm McCallum, assistant professor of biological sciences, has been named coordinator of the Research Working Group for the Southeast U.S. Division of Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation. As coordinator, he will develop the research working group and coordinate amphibian and reptile research and researchers throughout the southeast United States.

¦ Dr. Elizabeth M. Zippi, professor of chemistry, and Evan Kamperman, a chemistry student, had a manuscript published in The Proceedings of the Louisiana Academy of Sciences. “Synthesis of [13C6]Poly(Styrene) for PET,” was an extension of the work Zippi recently had published in the Journal of Labeled Compounds and Radiopharmaceuticals.

¦ Dr. Wolfgang Hinck, assistant professor of marketing, had his paper, “The Role of Domestic Animosity in Consumer Choice: Empirical Evidence from Germany,” accepted for publication in the Journal of Euromarketing, Vol. 14, No. 1/2. Between the spring and summer semesters, Hinck took eight LSUS students and 23 students from other U.S. universities on a three-week field trip to Germany. The trip consisted of lectures, road trips and cross-cultural activities with German students. For the lectures, 20 professors from five countries came to Lüneburg in Northern Germany and conducted seminars covering a variety of international business topics. The students also visited companies such as Volkswagen and toured cities such as Berlin and Hamburg. Evening activities were organized by German students who also provided free accommodations for their visitors. Traveling with Hinck were LSUS students Shelby Alfred, Jenny Bromhall, James Edmonson, Jacob Hankins, Jon Harmon, Amber Hays, Jacquelin Reppond and Katherine Robbins. Hinck also delivered the keynote address at the Sales and Marketing Executives International meeting in Shreveport in September. His speech covered cutting-edge research findings in the areas of customer value, satisfaction and loyalty. The meeting was attended by more than 50 sales and marketing managers and entrepreneurs. And, Hinck had a paper, “Marketing Orientation of Mexican Companies,” (with Dr. Reto Felix, Universidad de Monterrey/UC Berkeley) accepted for publication in the Journal of International Marketing.

¦ Dr. Megan L. Conway, professor of French and professor designate for the Sybil T. & J. Frederick Patten Professorship for Excellence in Teaching, presented a paper, “Renaissance Marketing Strategies: Letters Framing the Poetry of Pernette du Guillet and Louise Labé,” at the Society for Sixteenth-Century Studies in Toronto, Canada in October.

¦ Dr. Bernadette Jones Palombo, associate professor of criminal justice, was the primary researcher on the report, “The Provision of the Right to Counsel in Caddo Parish, Louisiana,” issued in July. Dr. Jeff Sadow, associate professor of political science, assisted with the economic analysis. The report, which appears on the Web site of the Louisiana Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and was presented to the newly appointed Governor’s Task Force on Indigent Defense, chaired by state Sen. Lydia Jackson (D-Shreveport), has been referred to by The Associated Press as “the latest in a series of sharply critical reviews of how Louisiana defends the poor.” Palombo and Sadow also presented their findings at a meeting of the Northwest Louisiana Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys and have submitted an abstract to the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences to present their findings at the academy’s annual conference next spring.

¦ The LSUS Alpha Guarde named Dr. William D. Pederson the recipient of its Institution Builder Award and Susan Wood the recipient of its Service to Students Award. Pederson, a professor of political science, director of the LSUS International Lincoln Center and chair designate of the American Studies Endowed Chair, received his award for distinguished service to students, the university and the larger community by establishing and sustaining the LSUS American Studies Program. Wood received her award for distinguished service to the university as director of cooperative education and coordinator of the Master of Business Administration program in the College of Business Administration. Alpha Guarde officers elected for two-year terms are: Dr. Alan Thompson, president; Dr. Vince Marsala, vice president; Mike Ferrell, treasurer, and Sue Carroll, secretary.

¦ Dr. Karen James, associate professor of marketing, was an invited speaker to the “Best Practices for Early Professors” consortium at the Marketing Management Association’s Fall Educator Conference. She has also assumed webmaster duties for the Marketing Management Association’s Web site. And, her paper, “An Examination of the Visual Element of Service Advertisements,” co-authored with Ken Clow, Christine Berry, and Kris Kranenburg, has been accepted for publication in the Marketing Management Journal of 2005.

¦ Tiffany Johnson, an August 2004 graduate of LSUS with a degree in mass communications-public relations, has joined the LSUS staff as an admissions counselor in the Office of Admissions and Records. While attending LSUS she was president of Delta Sigma Theta sorority, a resident assistant at University Court (on-campus student housing) and student mentor, along with a number of other activities.

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¦ Katie Shaver, a May 2003 LSUS graduate with a Bachelor of Science in environmental science, has joined the LSUS staff as an admissions counselor in the Office of Admissions and Records.

¦ The faculty, staff and patrons of the Noel Memorial Library appreciate the support and generosity of the following persons and organizations making donations of books or periodicals to the library: June: Mary Jarzabek, Martha Lawler, William D. Pederson, Woody Wilson, anonymous donations (2), Negative Population Growth, Inc. – Alexandria, Va., and The Russia Journal Publishing Company - Fredericksburg, Va.; July: Norman Dolch, Rachael Green, anonymous (1), Admissions & Records – LSUS; August: Martha Lawler, Pat Stanley, Center for Basque Studies, University of Nevada - Reno and Center for Technology & National Security Policy - Washington, D.C., and September: Kay Stebbins and Rand Corporation – Santa Monica, Calif.