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 Gary
Hanson, director of the Red River Watershed
Management Institute, has been awarded a $24,500
U.S. Department of Agriculture grant for a Geographic
Information System. GIS technology is an important
tool for watershed management research, a growing
multi-disciplinary field of study important to U.S.
agriculture. The grant will enhance GIS capability
for the institute to support watershed management
research in the Red River Basin. The GIS project
will provide an efficient system for natural resource
management, public information, and outreach to
stakeholders, will increase institutional competitiveness
for future research funding and will expand capacity
to participate in projects significant to regional
development via partnerships with local, state and
federal agencies. State-of-the-art GIS resources
will, among other benefits, enable researchers to
better analyze and display data from projects such
as crop test plots at the Red River Education Research
Park, and to address a number of regional issues.
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Dr. Sura Rath, professor of English,
will give a seminar lecture and a workshop on “The
New Orientalisms: Past/Post-Orientalism,”
at the Center for Pacific Asia Studies of Stockholm
University, Sweden, Dec. 17-19. “Orientalism”
is a theoretical concept in literary criticism to
describe the strategic stereotypes with which the
West constructs the East for its public perception
and media representation. It was first enunciated
in a book of the same name in 1979 by Edward Said,
a professor at Columbia University. Rath’s
work since 1997 on V. S. Naipaul, partially supported
by several LSUS Faculty Research and Development
grants, expands on some of the major ideas of Said
in reference to Naipaul’s travel to India
and the Islamic countries of the Middle East and
Southeast Asia. In Stockholm, Rath will be one of
two speakers. The other is from Australia.
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The J. Frank McAneny Museum Foundation has placed
McAneny’s photographic negative collection
in the Noel Memorial Library Archives. McAneny signed
on as a photographer with The (Shreveport) Times
in 1948 and, in a career that spanned more than
50 years, worked for The Times, the
Shreveport Journal, as well as KSLA and KTBS
television stations. According to longtime friend
and competitor Langston McEachern, retired photo
chief for The Times, “J. Frank had
a little speaker under his pillow, so he could hear
the police scanner. He always wanted to be the first
there.” The collection of hundreds of images
is currently being processed and will be available
to the public early next year. McAneny was also
an avid collector of military and historical items
– everything from the Civil War to Vietnam.
These items will form the core of a museum to be
located in the basement of the Municipal Auditorium.
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“College
Kids,” a child and youth enhancement program
for children of LSUS students, operates from 5:30
to 9:30 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Children
5 to 11 years old are eligible, and the cost is
$15 per child per night. The program is offered
through the Division of Continuing Education and
Public Service, and requires pre-registration. The
program is arranged in workstations for the children.
The workstations include tutorials in reading and
math, homework, activity and art. Activities include
books, puzzles and games, while coloring, painting
and drawing make up the art workstation. Each child
visits each workstation during the four-hour session.
In the final hour of the session, a video is shown
to all the children. At that time, the children
are able to lie down, watch the video and, if they
wish, fall asleep.
Marty Albritton, vice chancellor
for development, has been elected vice president
for membership of the North Louisiana Chapter of
the Association of Fundraising Professionals. He
was also elected to the board of directors of the
Mental Health Association of Caddo-Bossier, and
has been elected treasurer of the Rotary Club of
East Shreveport.
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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: May
– Bobby F. Dowden, John T. Goorley, Steve
G. Kirkikis, Raymond Murov, William D. Pederson,
Sura Rath and Cynthia Redding; June
– Richard L. Colquette, Rachael Green, Jackie
Langford, Malcolm Parker, William D. Pederson, Anonymous
(2) and Omnigraphics, Holmes, Pa.; July
– Adrienne Critcher, Drs. H. and J. El-Yacoubi,
Joe E. and Alice Holoubek, Larry Marshman, Karen
Miller, Saurabh Singh, Anonymous (1), Florida Shore
& Beach Preservation Association, Tallahassee,
Global Industries, Ltd., Sulphur, Hoffman-La Roche,
Inc., Nutley, N.J., Louisiana Dept. of Wildlife
& Fisheries and Fur & Alligator Advisory
Council, Natchitoches, LSUS College of Education,
Loyola University Gillis Long Poverty Law Center,
School of Law, New Orleans, and World Dharma Voice,
Inc., Rosemead, Calif.
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 Dr.
Judith Covington, an associate professor
of mathematics, attended the Mathematical Association
of America’s annual summer meeting, Mathfest,
in Burlington, Vt. While there, she presented a
session titled, “NCATE and the Mathematics
Community.” Covington is also one of five
co-directors for Project NExT, a program for new
or recent Ph.D.s in the mathematical sciences. Project
NexT conducted a 2 1/2-day workshop prior to Mathfest.
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Dr. Douglas S. Bible, professor
and chair of the Department of Economics and Finance,
Dr. Chengho Hsieh, professor of
finance, Gary Joiner, instructor
of history and local real estate appraiser David
W. Volentine, MAI (Member of the Appraisal Institute),
have had an article accepted for publication in
Property Management, a journal with an
international focus on all areas of property management,
published by Emerald. The article is titled, “Environmental
Effects on Residential Values Resulting from the
Contamination Effects of a Creosote Plant Site.”
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Dr. Chengho Hsieh,
professor of finance, had a paper, “The Price-Volume
Relationships between the Existing and the Pre-Sales
Housing Markets in Taiwan,” accepted for publication
in International Real Estate Review.
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Gary D. Joiner,
history instructor and director of the Red River
Regional Studies Center, had a book review published
in the summer 2002 issue of Civil War Book Review.
Joiner reviewed The Civil War in West Texas
and New Mexico, edited by John P. Wilson and
Jerry Thompson.
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Dr. Cay Evans,
professor of education, Dr. Ron Byrd, professor
of health and physical education, and Sherry Werner,
of the Tulane Institute of Sports Medicine, have
had an article accepted for publication in the Journal
of International Council of Health, Physical Education,
Recreation, Sport and Dance. The article, “Leaping
Ladies: A Kinematic Analysis of the Non-Stride Leg
Drive of Female Olympic Fast Pitch Softball Windmill
Pitchers,” deals with research on the female
pitchers in the 1996 Olympics. The journal has also
asked for a photograph of a pitcher for possible
use on the cover of the as yet undetermined issue
in which the article will be published.
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The LSUS Sport Science Institute and the departments
of Education, and Kinesiology and Health Science
will host the Regional Conference on Women’s
Health, Physical Activity and Sport Feb. 7-8. The
conference will be attended by coaches, athletic
trainers, health professionals, K-12 teachers and
university faculty, athletes, and all others interested
in health, physical activity and sport for girls
and women. The conference, widely publicized in
Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Mississippi
and beyond, is part of the LSUS celebration of National
Girls and Women in Sport Week. For more information,
contact Dr. Cay Evans, (797-5037 or cevans@lsus.edu)
or Dr. Ron Byrd (798-4170 or rbyrd@lsus.edu).
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 Dr.
Donna Austin, associate professor of MIS,
has been appointed director of the Teaching, Learning
and Technology Center. In her new capacity, Austin
is responsible for implementing the LSUS distance
learning program, assisting faculty in developing
new teaching methodologies and integrating technology
into the classroom. The center is located in Room
217 of the Business-Education Building, but will
move to the Old Library building when renovations
are complete in 2003.
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Babineaux, adjunct management and marketing
instructor, was recently named to the Chairman’s
Circle for Van Kempen. Membership is awarded to leading
financial professionals. Babineaux currently serves
as vice-president of AmSouth Investment Services,
Inc. She is also a member of the Krewe of Centaur,
acolyte co-director of St. Mark’s Church, an
Artbreak volunteer and a past member of the Shreveport
Women’s Commission.
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The LSUS Cotton Stress Physiology Team lead by Dr.
Dalton R. Gossett, professor of biology;
Dr. Stephen W. Banks, professor
of biological sciences, and Dr. M. Cran
Lucas, professor of biological sciences,
published a review, “Signal Transduction Pathways
Associated with the NaCl-Induced Upregulation of
Antioxidant Enzyme Activity in Cotton Callus Tissue,”
in the journal, Current Research Developments
in Plant Physiology. The team also published
four papers in Proceedings of the Beltwide Cotton
Conference, sponsored by the National Cotton
Council in Memphis, Tenn.: “NaCl Stress Induces
DNA Damage in Cotton Callus,” Rocky
Fowler (M.S. ‘02), Gossett, Banks
and Lucas; “Transgenic expression of yeast
casein kinase I isoform 2 (YCK2) as a means of conferring
salt tolerance in cotton,” Mike Wheeler
(M.S. ‘01), Gossett, Banks and Dr. Lucy Robinson
(professor of biochemistry at LSUHSC-Shreve-port);
“Salt Stress Induces Nitrous Oxide Production
in Cotton Callus,” Alvaro Virgen (M.S. ‘02),
Gossett, Banks and Lucas; and “A potential
signal transduction model for NaCl-induced up-regulation
of antioxidant enzyme activity,” Gossett,
Banks and Lucas.
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Dr. Stephen W. Banks, professor
of biological sciences, delivered the keynote address
at the University of Louisiana at Monroe and Louisiana
Tech Sigma Xi Joint Annual Banquet, at Tech May
7. His presentation was titled, “A Potential
Signal Transduction Model for the NaCl-Induced Up-Regulation
of Antioxidant Enzyme Activity.”
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The first Red River Summit for Social Entrepreneurs
has been scheduled for October 3-4 in Shreveport.
Keynote speakers will include one of the founders
of the movement and two of the most successful social
entrepreneurs in the country. According to Dr.
Norman A. Dolch, professor of sociology
and director of the Institute for Human Services
and Public Policy, “A social entrepreneur
is anybody who uses earned income strategies to
pursue a social mission.” LSUS will host the
summit. It will begin at 3 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 3,
at the Holiday Inn Downtown in Shreveport and will
conclude at 4 p.m. Friday, Oct. 4. Registration
is $60, which covers all sessions, meals and materials.
Information is available by contacting Dolch at
797-5235 or ndolch@lsus.edu.
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 George
Sewell, adjunct faculty in the Department
of Communications who teaches public speaking, recently
published Just the FAQ’s, Please, About
Alcohol and Drug Abuse. In his “other
life,” Sewell is a contract manager and program
manager for the Louisiana Office for Addictive Disorders.
Of the book, which he co-authored with former Shreveporter
Dan Baldwin, Sewell said, “Our goal was to
create a lively, entertaining, and readable book
for the general reader. It is based on frequently
asked questions from families, clients, law enforcement,
health professionals, educators and business people.
It’s a great primer for the field of substance
abuse.”
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In
April, the Noel Memorial Library Archives received
the Red River Revel Collection. The Revel began
in 1976 as part of local festivities celebrating
the Bicentennial. “This Bicentennial Arts
Festival is the Junior League’s gift to the
region to celebrate our country’s 200th birthday,”
said Mrs. John N. Paschall, of the Junior League.
“This is an important step in recognition
that the arts are an integral part of civic life
and have played an important role in the history
of our country.” The little arts festival
was so successful the Junior League decided to make
it an annual event – one which grew to such
proportions that it eventually was taken over by
the City of Shreveport, and was the stimulus for
the downtown Festival Plaza. The collection documents
the 26-year history of the Revel. Since so many
of the items in the collection lend themselves to
display, the Archives has put together an exhibit
on the history of the Revel. The exhibition is on
the third floor atrium of the Noel Memorial Library
through September.
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 Kristy
Paul, assistant registrar and director
of admissions, and Alison White,
an admissions counselor, are welcome additions to
the Office of Admissions and Records. Both have
been in the office since January.  White
was a May 1999 cum laude graduate of the University
of Louisiana at Monroe with a degree in speech communications.
She worked in the ULM Office of Enrollment Services
as an enrollment services specialist from June 1999
to July 2001. Paul received a B.S. in business management
from LSUS in 1996, and an MBA from LSUS in 1998.
She was a purchasing supervisor at Avaya (formerly
AT&T/Lucent Technologies) from 1997 to 2001.
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Dr. Mike Leggiere,
assistant professor of history, was in Hawaii in
July and August as a visiting professor at Hawaii-Pacific
University. He taught a graduate seminar on Napoleonic
Warfare for HPU’s Master of Arts in diplomacy
and military studies program. He also taught an
undergraduate course on the Holocaust. While there,
he presented a lecture, “Fabian Strategy in
a Coalition Context: the Allies versus Napoleon
in 1813,” in HPU’s “An Evening
with the Humanities Lecture Series,” which
is presented as part of its National Endowment for
the Humanities Challenge Grant.
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 Donna
Bush is working in the College of Education
as the teacher-in-residence from Caddo Parish schools.
She comes to LSUS with 16 years of teaching experience,
most of which has been in the Caddo school system.
She earned her undergraduate degree from the University
of Southern Mississippi and a Master of Science
from Louisiana Tech University. She will be a liaison
between LSUS’s Department of Education and
area schools, including the Teacher Cadet program.
She will also provide technical support by developing
the NCATE accreditation Web site for the College
of Education.
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Carmen McLean,
a senior double-majoring in mathematics and secondary
mathematics education, gave a presentation in February
at the Fourth Annual Nebraska Conference for Undergraduate
Women in Mathematics, held at the University of
Nebraska-Lincoln. The conference is national in
scope and receives support from the NSF and NSA.
McLean’s talk, “The String Art Problem:
Discovering the Envelope,” was based on work
she began in her calculus III course the previous
semester. She gave a similar talk at the Louisiana/Mississippi
section meeting of the Mathematical Association
of America, held at Northwestern State University
in March.
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Students in the American Humanics Program attended
the American Humanics Management Institute earlier
this year in San Antonio. At the institute, students
learned about the roles, responsibilities and benefits
of the nonprofit sector. Awards were also given
to groups and individuals. The LSUS American Humanics
Program received the Outstanding Public Relations/
Community Awareness Award. David Horning
was selected from more than 500 students to receive
the Outstanding Student Representative Award. While
there, Teri Glasz and Amanda
Joy Bell hosted a forum about the Volunteer
Fair held each year at LSUS by the American Humanics
Program. Bell was also chosen as one out of five
students to attend a special breakfast meeting where
students answered questions and provided a two-minute
summary of how American Humanics has changed their
lives. New to the American Humanics Program is the
American Humanics chapter of the LSUS Alumni Association.
Since students are not eligible to participate in
the program once they are certified, the chapter
was created to allow alumni of the program an opportunity
to stay involved. The American Humanics Program
is a nationally affiliated training program for
undergraduate students of any major who wish to
enhance their degree with a certification in nonprofit
management. For more information on the American
Humanics Program, contact Dr. Norman Dolch
at 797-5235 or ndolch@lsus.edu.
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Dr. Beverly Burden, associate professor
of biology, and Christine Bertrand,
a senior biology major, will conduct research this
fall at Barksdale Air Force Base. The research is
“Tiger Beetle Biodiversity at BAFB.”
Tiger beetles are one of the most ubiquitous families
of any insect group. It has been proposed they may
be used to pinpoint places where the richest diversity
of animal and plant life occur. Burden said they
chose the east reservation at Barksdale because
“it has the proper habitat for tiger beetles,
it is an undisturbed and stable ecosystem and it
is a secure area, so our traps will not be subject
to vandalism.” She said the research is being
done to understand the biodiversity of tiger beetle
species in the area, to identify important ecological
parameters of the populations and to establish baseline
data for tracking the environmental changes in stable
ecosystems. They will also present a paper, “The
Coleoptera of Louisiana’s Kisatchie Forest,”
at the Entomological Society of America’s
annual meeting in November.
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 Kathleen
Gillan Grimmett has been named assistant
director of student activities at LSU in Shreveport.
She will be responsible for coordinating events
concerning Greek life and the StudentActivities
Board. The Natchitoches native earned a B.S. in
biology and a master’s degree in student personnel
services from Northwestern State University. She
was involved in student activities at NSU as an
undergraduate and graduate student, and as a graduate
assistant. She serves as Natchitoches alumnae chapter
president and as a national officer of Sigma Sigma
Sigma Sorority. She is a member of the American
College Personnel Association and the Association
of Fraternity Advisors.
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Dr. Donna Austin’s paper,
“The Challenges and Successes of Institutional
Collaboration,” co-authored with Darlene Williams,
Northwestern State University; Tammy Adams, LSU-Baton
Rouge, and Kathleen Gay, Bossier Parish Community
College, has been accepted for presentation at The
Eighth Sloan-C International Conference on Asynchronous
Learning Networks in Orlando, Nov 8-10. Austin is
an associate professor of MIS.
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Six MBA students, working under Dr. Binshan
Lin, have had papers accepted for publication
in academic journals. All six students – James
Collins, Steve Conrad, Carole Preston, Victoria
S. Stasinskaya, Robert Thornton and Daniel
Umoh – co-authored their papers with
Lin. Two of the papers had additional authors. The
papers (by MBA student) are: Umoh – “E-Healthcare:
A Vehicle of Change,” American Business
Review; Stasinskaya – “Data Warehousing
Management Issues in Online Recruiting,” Human
Systems Management; Conrad (with P. T. Rycus)
– “Database Technology for Global Support
of a Medical Registry: An Implementation Case,”
Journal of Database Management; Thornton
– “Electronic Advertising: Examinations
and Implications,” Journal of Promotion
Management; Preston – “Database
Technology in Digital Libraries,” Information
Services and Use, and Collins (with R. K. Su)
– “Supply Chain Costing: An Activity-Based
Perspective,” International Journal of
Physical Distribution & Logistics Management.
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Cheryl White,
adjunct instructor in history, will present “Flawed
Policy, Bad Politics: The Excommunication of Elizabeth
I by Pope Pius V” at the Sixteenth Century
Studies Conference to be held in San Antonio in
October.
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