December 2000

Tharon Kirk has become recertified by the American Nurses Credentialing Center as an advanced registered nurse practitioner. She was also selected to attend the Robert Wood Johnson End of Life Nursing Education Consortium in Pasadena, CA in March, 2001.

Nancy Dayton's article, "Lead can be a heavy burden," was published in the Germantown Environmental Reports in the November 2000 issue.

David Thomas reports that the following faculty were recipients of the Pew Grant: Matt Lunsford, "The Ideas of Evariste Galois," Brad Green, "God and Creation in the Thought of Colin Gunton," George Guthrie, "Commentary on the Use of the Old Testament in Hebrews," and Terry Lindley, "The Southern Baptist Response to the Vietnam War."

Toni Chiareli presented "Building Civil Society from the Grassroots Level: The Case of Peasant Cooperatives in Southern Brazil," as the banquet address at Calvin College's Center for Christian Scholarship's conference, titled "Will Civil Society Save the World? Christian Insights into the Role of the Third Sector in International Development," on November 9-11, 2000. He is also serving on the Board of Indigenous Outreach International.

Lee Benson presented a show, workshop, and lecture at the University of Arkansas. He was also guest lecturer at Lambuth's philosophy class on "Is there a universal standard of beauty?"

Susan Jacob's article, "Publishing a nursing textbook: Collaborating through Seamless Technology," was published in the October issue of Computers in Nursing. She also presented "Coping with the Holidays Following a Loss" at Trinity Baptist Church in Southhaven, MS on October 26. Susan was elected Vice President of the Tennessee Nurses Association.

Congratulations to the School of Education and Human Studies, and especially Dean Tom Rosebrough and Dottie Myatt for the notification of accreditation with NCATE.

Steve Brinton took two programming teams to the regional ACM programming contest at Murray State University November 4. Our teams placed 4th and 6th in a field of 11 schools including Evansville University, St. Louis University, UT Martin, Murray State University, and Rhodes College. Our 4th place team (Tim Newell, Amy Miller and Elvis O'Chieng) used the Java language and our 6th place team (Wes Plunk, Katie Bemis, and Steven Krawczyk) used the C programming language.

Ruth Chastain presented "The Comparison of Nursing Graduates, Nursing Educators and Employer Expectations for Information Technology" at the NLN Summit in Nashville in September and at TNA November 11.

Jill Webb and Cathy Parrett were interviewed by WBBJ regarding health policy and prescription drug issues.

Tharon Kirk, Joyce Montgomery, Donna Latham, Susan Jacob and Ruth Chastain were delegates to the TNA Convention in Nashville November 10-12.

Joanne Stephenson presented a workshop on Stress Management for the Jackson Area Association for Young Children on November 11.

James Huggins is currently serving as the Zoology section editor for the Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science. He had a paper presented in conjunction with a graduate student from University of Memphis at the 110th annual meeting of the TAS, and was elected the Zoology Session Chair for the 111th Meeting of the TAS (which will be held in combination with the Kentucky Academy of Science).

Sean Evans co-authored a journal article, "A New Look at Turnover in the U.S. House of Representatives, 1789-1998," in the October issues of American Politics Quarterly.
Bryan Dawson's chapter, "Fair Division," will be published by Prentice Hall as part of the Companion Website to Blizter's "Thinking Mathematically."

On November 30, 37 of Union's teacher candidates participated in a Parents' Night Out at Alexander Elementary School, planning and providing activities for 182 elementary students. Faculty members who incorporated this activity into their course requirements and attended the event were Ann Singleton, Carrie Whaley, Bill Hedspeth, and Sandra Williams. Dottie Myatt collaborated with Earl Wiman, principal, and other Alexander personnel in this partnership effort.

In September, Cynthia Jayne and Susan Jacob were part of a Consortium for Global Education delegation that visited universities in Tunisia and Morocco to explore opportunities for educational exchanges.

In October, Cynthia Jayne, Jean Marie Walls and Walton Padelford visited the University of Alicante in Spain to explore opportunities for language study and business internship exchanges. Cindy and Jean Marie continued to France to visit the University of Orleans to explore similar opportunities.

Jean Marie Walls led a session on "Ethnicity and Identity: Exploring Tradition and Culture with a Community Service Project" as part of the PBL 2000: An International Conference on Problem-Based Learning in Undergraduate and Professional Education. The conference was sponsored by Samford University and PEW Charitable Trusts.

November 2000

Darin White completed two major projects: "The United Way/Union University Haywood County Community Needs Assessment," and the WAMP 88.1 FM Christian Radio Listen Study. He is also serving on the Madison County Birth Choice Board.

Ralph Leverett's article, "Adults With Learning Disabilities: An Overview," was published in the Fall 2000 issue of The Disability Analyst.

Ron Boud was guest clinician and recitalist for the annual Church Music Conference sponsored by the Louisiana Baptist Convention. He also played the organ dedication recital at Germantown Baptist Church and was guest recitalist at Raleigh Baptist Church. He will serve as organist at the annual meeting of the Tennessee Baptist Convention, as well as for the Chautaugua at Ridgecrest sponsored by LifeWay.

Anna Clifford presented "Star Burst… a beginning," as the keynote address to the 2000 Student Tennessee Education Association Fall Leadership Conference in Nashville on September 29-30. Participating in the conference were UU-STEA members, Lea Ann Atherton, Leah Duke, Halie Johnson, and Becky Lollard. Halie Johnson serves as STEA Secretary.

An article by Benny Tucker, Terry Weaver, and Ann Singleton entitled "Relative Position Concepts are Whole-Body Concepts," was published in the September/October 2000 issue of The Journal of Early Education and Family Review.

Linn Stranak was awarded the Year 2000 TAHPERD Scholar at a meeting held at MTSU.

Brian Dunn recorded his 100th victory when the Lady Bulldogs defeated William Woods in Volleyball in the Missouri Baptist Invitational.

Don Lester's article, "Strategy as a response to organizational uncertainty: an alternative perspective on the strategy-performance relationship," was published in Management Decision.

The following were recognized for teaching excellence in the sixth edition of Who's Who Among America's Teacher 2000: Charles Baldwin, Chereyl Crossett, David Gushee, James Huggins, Naomi Larson, Barbara McMillin, Sam Myatt, Linn Stranak, David Thomas, Teresa West, David Burke, Cynthia Fish, Kyle Hathcox, Paul Jackson, Matt Lunsford, Kelvin Moore, Geri Smith, Pam Sutton, Greg Thornbury, and Wayne Wofford.

October 2000

Charles Baldwin was notified by the American Chemical Society that the ACS Student Affiliates chapter Union was awarded an Innovative Activities Grant in the amount of $225.

Janet Grose's article, "Social Reform Through Sensationalized Realism," was published in Caverns of Night: Coal Mines in Art, Literature, and Film, edited by William B. Thesing, from USC Press.

David Gushee's new book, Christians and Politics Beyond the Culture Wars was released by Baker Books. David also published a review essay under the title "All Things Jewish" in the November-December issue of Books and Culture. He will present the Williams Lectures at Methodist Theological School in Ohio October 11-12, and will also be a conference leader/plenary speaker at Virginia Baptist Student Union Fall Conference October 27-29.

Ralph Leverett and MaryAnn Hodge report that Union is the recipient of a $5,000 2000-2001 Dollar General Grant for the Advancement of Literacy.

September 2000

Andy Rushing was named Coach of the Year for Region XI by the American Baseball
Coaching Association.

Nancy Dayton’s article, “Hot Tips!”, about heat exhaustion and stroke was published in “The Germantown Environmental Reporter.”

Dwayne Jennings received a grant from the Sattler Foundation for 8 copies of Wolfram’s
Mathematica software.

Jan Wilms gave two presentations in June at the CCCU’s Annual Technology Conference at
Azusa University: one was on our new Digital Media Studies program and the other was on Union’s approach to faculty development and support for instructional technology.

Jan Wilms attended the 7 th annual Syllabus convention on Technology in Education in July.
This was held in Santa Clara and was funded through the Teagle Teaching Development Conference grant.

Debbie Newell reports that graduate Roger Worrell passed his CPA exams on his first try and placed number four in the state.

James Patterson wrote nine articles in The Evangelical Dictionary of World Missions (Baker Books) which was released this fall. They include: “Johnson, Richard,” “Jones, David,” “Keysser, Christian,” “Liberal Theology and Mission,” “Marks, John Ebenezer,” “Marshman, Joshua,” “McDougall, Francis Thomas,” “Politics,” and “Fundamentalist Denominational Missions.”

Michael Penny gave a voice recital at the School of Church Music at Southwestern Baptist
Theological Seminary on September 1.

May 2000

Karen Miller reports that the SIFE team won their league at Memphis on April 5, and they now advance to International competition in Kansas City May 21-24.

Pam Dennis successfully defended her dissertation, "Music in Jackson, Tennessee: 1875-1917." She received the Ph.D. in Musicology from the University of Memphis on May 5. Pam also won the award for the Best Thesis or Dissertation of the Year in the Music Department.

The Union University Archives, under the direction of Pam Dennis, hosted the West Tennessee Historical Society meeting on March 18 in Coburn Dining Hall. Speakers were Terry Lindley and student Brandon Byrd. The luncheon meeting drew a number of historians and interested parties from the Memphis, Dyersburg, and Jackson communities. Because of the success of the meeting, the West Tennessee Historical Society voted at its April 29 meeting to hold its annual March program on the Union University campus from now on with the Archives and History Department working in conjunction to provide speakers.

A French version of Stephen Carls' book, Louis Loucheur, 1872-1931: Ingénieur, homme d'état, modernisateur de la France, has been released in France.

Jim Patterson's article, "Globalization and the Missionary Enterprise: A Case Study of Robert E. Speer's Missions and Modern History" appeared in Fides et Historia 31 (Summer/Fall 1999). His book review of Clifford Grammich's Local Baptists, Local Politics: Churches and Communities in the Middle and Uplands South appeared in the December 1999 issues of Church History. Jim also chaired a session at the Christianity in the Academy Conference at Christian Brothers University in Memphis in March. Karen Mulder presented "A Case of Conscience and Censorship between Art and the Church: The Heidelberg Controversy 1979-1988." Others attending were Barbara McMillin, Carla Sanderson, and Hal Poe.

The faculty attending the American Chemical Society National meeting in San Francisco March 25-29th were Randy Johnston, Charles Baldwin, Carol Leslie, Robert Cantrell, and Sally Henrie. Students attending, their papers presented (as poster presentations) and their research advisors are as follows:

• Jeff Jones and Molly Escue, "Hydrosilylation of alpha olefins catalyzed by chloroplatinic acid," Charles Baldwin
• Lee Nicholson "Synthesis of a second-generation bi-directional dendrimer containing a bis-oxamide core," Sally Henrie
• Luis Pozzi, "Synthesis of a bi-directional cobalt metallated dendrimer," Sally Henrie
  Clara Martinez, "Anchored dendrimers as new stationary phases for liquid chromatography," Sally Henrie
• Sarah Shaub, "Optimization of the synthesis of Guerbet Alcohols," Charles Baldwin
• Stephanie Mabry, "Development of synthetic pathways for the synthesis of dimetallic catalytic systems," Randy Johnston
• Rush Shellabarger, "Investigation of relative stabilities of seven-coordinate Mn(II), Co(II), and Ni(II) complexes," Jimmy Davis
• Chris Burke, "Investigation of 1,14-tetradecanediol dimethacrylate as a co-monomer for dental applications."
• Catherine Scarbrough, Stephanie Mabry, Jeff Jones and Sarah Shaub, "Scholastics, socials, and service: Activities of a growing chapter" Charles Baldwin and Randy Johnston

The Outstanding Student Affiliates Chapter award for 1998-99 was also received.
Charles Baldwin and Sally Henrie and 17 Union students attended the 23rd Annual Area Collegiate Chemistry Meeting in Martin, TN. Seven students presented papers (oral presentations). Catherine Scarbrough, UU Chapter president, presided over one of the morning session.

• Lee Nicholson, "Synthesis of a second-generation bidirectional dendrimer containing a bis-oxamide core," Sally Henrie
• Luis Pozzi, "Synthesis of a bidirectional cobalt metallated dendrimer," Sally Henrie
• Clara Martinez, "Anchored dendrimers as new stationary phases for liquid chromatography," Sally Henrie
• Sarah Shaub, "Optimization of the synthesis of Guerbet Alcohols," Charles Baldwin
• Jeff Jones, "Hydrosilylation of Alpha Olefins I," Charles Baldwin
• Molly Escue, "Hydrosilylation of Alpha Olefins II," Charles Baldwin
• Joseph Lovett, "Synthesis and Characterization of Substituted Cyclopentadienyl Cobalt Complexes that may form Chelates," Randy Johnston

Sally Henrie was listed in Who's Who of American Women. James Huggins was listed in International Who's Who of Professionals.

David Gushee lectured at Wheaton College, Campellsville University, and Cumberland College (Staley Lectures) in March and April. His latest book, Christians and Politics after the Culture Wars (Baker) will be released in July.

Lindsey Crain, a December 1999 graduate, presented her mathematics senior seminar project at the North Central Regional Kappa Mu Epsilon convention in Atchison, KS, on April 8, 2000, and was awarded a "Top Two" prize (no distinction was made between first and second place). Bryan Dawson was the banquet speaker for the convention, giving the address "KME Student Scholarship - 1931 to the Present". Matt Lunsford, who directed Lindsey's project, and students Cathie Scarbrough and Andy Nichols also attended the meeting.

Ralph Leverett, Kris Wolfe, and Jeannie Seneker presented, "Communicative Development in Children Who are Deaf-Blind," at a workshop presented by the Tennessee Technical Assistance and Resources for Enhancing Deafblind Supports (TREDS), at Vanderbilt University.

Kina Mallard presented "Making the Grade in Year One: How to be Successful Your First Year on the Job," at a job fair held in Washington, DC. The fair was sponsored by The Heritage Foundation, The Leadership Institute and the Washington Internship Foundation.

David Burke conducted a series of sessions for the Tennessee Baptist Convention's Missions Awareness and Involvement Group on May 6 at the Linden Valley Baptist Conference Center. The sessions were part of the Missions Skills School and involved freeing the imagination and creativity and teaching intuitive flexibility so that short-term mission teams can be better prepared for the mission field.

Jean Marie Walls attended a workshop in International Business in the 21st Century at Mississippi College on March 9.

The Language Department hosted a Spanish Day for the students of Greenfield High School on March 29. Students visited several classes, toured the campus, and learned about Spanish speaking countries through presentations made by four of our students who serve as International Ambassadors.

Jinni Blalack and four students presented a paper, "Dazed and Confused: Ego Identity formation at a Christian Liberal Arts University," at the West Tennessee Psychology Conference on March 4.

Cindy Jayne's essay, "Tales Told by Women in the Libro de buen amor" appeared in the Tennessee Philological Bulletin, Vol. 36, Fall 1999. Cindy is part of the Consortium for Global Education's (CGE) delegation which attended the Conference on Arab-American Relations at the University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan April 10-12. The delegation also visited Al-Quds University, a Palestinian university in Jerusalem.

David McClune and Andy Roby led four sessions at the Tennessee Music Educators Association. Andy and Proclamation led a workshop sessions entitled "Shaping Diction, Shaping Tone."

Susan Jacob attended the annual spring meeting of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing in Washington, DC March 25-28, and the Tennessee Deans and Directors meeting in Nashville on March 30. She also conducted an on-site accreditation visit for Ohio State Board of Regents in Joliet, IL April 9-11.

Gail Coleman attended "Psychobiology of Mental Control," a seminar by Mind Matters in Jackson on April 3. She was also elected to the Board of Directors of Aspell Recovery Center. Gail was also elected to the Board of Directors for the Fayette County Animal Association.

Jill Webb attended the American Association of Colleges in Nursing Conference for Master's education in San Diego April 6-8.

Cindy Fish was the faculty sponsor for eight nursing students who attended the National Student Nurses Association Convention in Salt Lake City April 11-16.

Geri Smith attended the Southern Regional Education Board Conference, "Educating Nurses for a Preferred Future in School Health," in Atlanta, GA April 13-15.

Charlotte Ward-Larson attended the Midwestern Nursing Research Society meeting, "Millennium Milestones: Looking Back, Moving Forward" in Dearborn, MI March 31-April 3.
Sherry Hickey was appointed to the Cashdollar Lectureship Committee and the Memphis Veterans Affairs Medical Center Selection Committee for the National Nursing Education Initiative Program.

Sandra Kirkland received a scholarship from Beta Theta Chapter at Large of Sigma Theta Tau International on April 9, 2000.

Sandy Brown and Donna Latham attended the annual Perinatal Nursing Conference in San Diego, CA April 13-15.

Linda Barber participated in an invitational teleconference on Management of Metastatic Bone Pain on March 22.

Senior nursing students in Community Health have implemented health promotion/disease prevention projects in the following agencies: Pope Elementary School, Jackson Christian Elementary School, First United Methodist Church in Dyersburg, McNairy County High School, and Haywood County High School and in the Prison Ministry of the Northside United Methodist Church in Jackson.

Glenn A. Marsch presented a paper, "Identification of DNA Adducts Formed by S-(1-Acetoxymethyl)glutathione, a Compound Modeling Dihaloalkane Conjugation to Glutathione" at the American Association for Cancer Research convention in San Francisco. He has been Visiting Scholar at Vanderbilt University's Center in Molecular Toxicology and will continue research there this summer. He also attended the Intel-International Science and Engineering Fair in Detroit, MI, at which the student winners of the West Tennessee Regional Science Fair compete for prizes against an international competition.

Julie Powell was selected as the Media Coordinator for the 2000 NAIA National Softball Championships May 16-20, 2000 in Decatur, AL.

The 1999 Torch was awarded a Bronze Crown award in the overall competition at the Columbia Scholastic Press Association at Columbia University in New York. Bobby Rogers is the sponsor of The Torch. Students who won awards include: Melissa Sanders, Nicole Dunn, Fred Shackleford, Deborah Dickerson, Janelle Sou, Adam Ross, and Shilo Valasquez.

Karen L. Mulder's chapter on "The Heidelberg Controversy," derived from her Union Pew Summer Grant research, will be included in the exhibit catalog for Anno Domini: Images of Jesus Christ Through the Centuries, with a forward by Yale theologian Jaroslav Pelikan, at the Provinicial Museum of Alberta, Canada; she will also speak on several topics there in the fall. In May, Karen was invited into the International Bureau of Creative 20th Century Writers, in Cambridge, England. In June, Karen has been invited to present "The Heidelberg Controversy" at the first CIVA Scholars/Pew Younger Scholars conference at the University of Notre Dame. After June, Karen will be taking a leave of absence from Union to pursue doctoral studies in architectural history at the University of Virginia, and leaves with great warmth in her heart for the many good people she has been able to get to know on our campus. She thanks each of you.

Carla Sanderson was the recipient of this year's Distinguished Alumni Award from Baptist Memorial College of Health Sciences for outstanding achievement in the profession of Nursing and recognition of her dedicated service to higher education.

April 2000

Four music education students participated in Future Teachers of America Honors Ensembles at the national meeting of Music Educators National Conference in Washington, DC March 8-11: Audrey Simpelo, Wendy Nolen and Kristi McElroy participated in the Future Teacher Honors Chorus; and Adam Clark participated in the Future Teachers Honors Band. Betty Bedsole presented a session "Music Literacy Through Singing Games" at the Early Childhood Conference, "Music and Young Children," which as a part of the national meeting.

Ron Boud played a recital at the First Baptist Church of Clinton, MS. He was guest clinician for the Church Music Department of the Mississippi Baptist Convention. He also appeared twice as guest organist at the Second Presbyterian Church in Memphis, and three times at the First Evangelical Church in Memphis.

Chris Hail has successfully defended his dissertation at University of Kentucky, and Brad Green successfully defended his dissertation at Baylor.

David Malone presented "Spare Me the Earnest Christians: Carnival and Incarnation in the Writing of Anne Lamott" at Calvin College's Conference on Christianity and Literature in Grand Rapids, MI.

Pam Sutton presented "Responding to Student Writing: A Comparison of Teachers in the Trenches with Specialists in the Field," at the Conference on College Composition and Communication in Minneapolis, MN.

Geri Smith, Barbara McMillin, Paul Jackson, and Kyle Hathcox were selected for Who's Who Among Americas' Teachers.

Matt Lunsford and Bryan Dawson attended the Southeastern Section meeting of the Mathematical Association of America March 9-10 in Charlotte, NC at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Bryan presented the paper, "Logarithms: Exponentiation to Multiplication, Multiplication to Addition, Addition to?" and took the short course "Introduction to Mathematical Card Tricks." Matt participated in the Project NExT-SE workshop, and presented "Undergraduate Research in a Senior Seminar Course" and "Activities from Abstract Algebra" as a part of the workshop.

Jan Wilms reviewed these textbooks: "Sarwar, Koretsky, and Sarwar, Unix, the Textbook (Addison Wesley); and Art Gittleman, Computing with Java (Scott Jones).

Barbara McMillin was selected to participate in the CCCU 2000 "Women's Leadership Development Institute," which is funded by the John and Louise Bennett Memorial Foundation.

Anna Clifford was selected to receive the 1999/2000 Distinguished Higher Educator Award for the State of Tennessee from the Tennessee Education Association.

March 2000

Congratulations to Wayne Wofford and the Hammons Center for Scientific Studies for inviting Bill Dembski to be with us for the Staley Lectures. His work on "Intelligent Design" was illuminating.

Congratulations to Bobby Rogers, the English Department and Lyceum for bringing Kate Daniels here for the poetry reading.

Congratulations to the Art Department for bringing Ken Steinbach to our campus. His work is certainly creative.

Congratulations to Paul Jackson and Cindy Meredith for coordinating the events of the Southeast Evangelical Theological Society meetings. It was a great time for Union. The address by Grant Osborne was excellent.

It has been great to have Arthur Holmes with us this spring. His presence here has been so encouraging. His lectures have been great. We have all learned much. He is a model of Christian scholarship at its best. Thanks to Randall Bush for his work in coordinating Dr. Holmes' time with us.

The Crabtree Family Lecture with Les and Leslie Parrott was a great beginning for that series. Congratulations to Todd Brady, Kimberly Thornbury and others who helped bring them here.

Congratulations to Wayne Johnson for the most entertaining production of "Steel Magnolias." The students in the play were great. I appreciate the efforts of Dee Ann Culbreath for coordinating the special evening for the Jackson Rotarians on opening night of the play.

Linn Stranak was selected as a reviewer for Tennessee State Department of Education to review the revised K-8 Physical Education Standards.

Ralph Leverett had a book review published on Henri J. M. Nouwen in the Jackson Sun February 10. He is coordinating two workshops to be co-sponsored by Union. They will be presented by Project TREDS. Ralph attended the Mid-South Conference on Communication Disorders March 9-11. He will present a breakout session at Symposium 2000, sponsored by CCCU at Covenant College. He also presented a workshop for 10 Family Service Counselors, Behavior Health Initiatives, on adults with learning disabilities on March 7.

Pam Dennis' proposal has been accepted by the South-Central chapter of the American Musicological Society. The paper will be presented on April 14 and will include a small portion of her dissertation on music in Jackson. Pam presented a lecture to the Friends of the Library at the Jackson/Madison County Library on "Operas and Opera Houses in Jackson, 1872-1907." She also attended the Tennessee Baptist History Committee meeting in Brentwood in January and presented a report on the Union University archives.

Walton Padelford chaired a session on "Dealing with Cross Cultural Ethical Conflicts" at the ninth annual meeting of The Association for Practical and Professional Ethics in Washington, DC on February 25.

Michael Mallard's work is currently on exhibit at Roberts Weslyan College, Rochester, NY, where he was also a visiting artist lecturer February 28-March 1.

Kyle Hathcox attended the annual winter meeting of the American Association of Physics Teachers and a workshop on Physics and Magic sponsored by the AAPT in Orlando, FL, January 15-19.

Teresa West, Pam Sutton, Cindy Fish and Naomi Larsen were nominated for inclusion in Who's Who Among America's Teachers (6th edition).

David Gushee spoke at Biola University on the theme of Biola Beyond 2000, a focus on the identity and integrity of Christian higher education. His article, "Forgive and Remember," on the lessons of the Clinton impeachment, appeared in the January 10 issue of Christianity Today. He was named an officer of the Ethics Study Commission of the Baptist World Alliance for the 2000-2005 quinquennium, and will begin serving in that role at a March meeting in McLean, VA.

Randy Johnston's manuscript, "The Mechanism of Substitution of Cymantrene Derivatives by Phosphine and Phosphite," was accepted and published in Polyhedron.

Mark Bingham presented "Sterile Speech and Pregnant Silence: The Tongue in Shakespeare's Measure for Measure" at the Tennessee Philogocial Association Annual Conference, Cookeville.

Janet Grose's essay, "Susan Glaspell's Trifles and 'A Jury of Her Peers': Feminine Reading and Communication," appeared in the Tennessee Philological Bulletin, Vol. 36, Fall 1999.

Bobby Rogers was a featured poet at the Dyersburg Book Fest, "Poetry: A Sense of Place," on March 3. The 1999 edition of The Torch, sponsored by Bobby Rogers, received the Bronze Medalist Certificate from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association at Columbia University.

Roger Stanley presented "'I Brake for Hallucinations': The Pivotal Role of Central State Hospital in Milledgeville, GA to Flannery O'Connor's story 'The Partridge Festival'" at the Tennessee Philological Association Annual Conference, Cookeville, in February. He was Moderator and Student Escort to the Sigma Tau Delta International Convention in Savannah, GA, in March.

Students Brandon Byrd and Richard Levine presented papers from Dr. McMillin's English Seminar at the Sigma Tau Delta International Convention in Savannah, GA, in March.

Julie Glosson and Victoria Romero conducted a Spanish Seminar for Jackson area Health Care Professionals in conjunction with the Robert Wang Center for International Business and the Institute of Foreign Languages and Cultures on February 29.

Community Health Nursing students produced a radio program entitled, "Who wants to be Flu Free?" which aired on WIGH radio 88.7 FM in February.

Susan Jacob reviewed Health Promotion Throughout the Lifespan, a nursing textbook for Mosby Publishers.

Jill Webb presented "Effects of hospital noise of heart rate variability of acutely-ill adults" at JMCGH on February 23.

The faculty in the School of Nursing attended the Critical Thinking and Test Item Writing Workshop at Belmont University on March 3.

Cindy Fish is serving on the Safe Communities Coalition for Jackson-Madison County.

Anna Clifford was honored recently with the Distinguished Higher Education Award by the local chapter of the NEA.

Michele Atkins successfully defended her doctoral dissertation on January 10.

Karen Mulder represented Union at the College Art Association in New York City in February, and has been speaking in a variety of settings, including Northwestern Nazarene University in Idaho and the Willowcreek-based Coast Hills Church in California on "The coinage of Koinonia Through the Richness of the Arts." Locally she spoke on C. S. Lewis' house restoration at the Memphis C. S. Lewis Society, and will present an interactive lecture on "The Heidelberg Controversy: Censorship, Art and the Church" at the Christianity in the Academy conference in Memphis. She will address a Duke University/UNC-area church coalition in April on "Imago Dei or Imago 'ME': In Whose Image is Art Being Made?", and a Francis Schaeffer Institute conference on "25 Surprising Facts in the Development of Christian Art Which God's Publicist Didn't Want You to Know."

Terry Evans' book review, "Guide to Unix Using Linux," appeared in "Course Technology," a new textbook for Unix classes.

February, 2000

Hal Poe was elected to the board of the C. S. Lewis Foundation. Abingdon Press will publish his book, "Living as Aliens: A Christian Guide to Postmodernity," which is based on lectures at the 1998 C. S. Lewis Conference in Oxford.

Nancy Dayton was elected to serve on the Environmental Commission for the City of Germantown through 2001.

Linn Stranak was a guest on 88.1 radio, speaking about athletics, facilities, programs and wellness. He is also a repeat selectee for Who's Who Among America's Teachers for 2000.

Steve Beverly was interviewed and appeared on NBC with Tom Brokaw February 4 to discuss game shows.

Lee Benson's sculptures on Christian martyrs were highlighted in the January edition of Environment & Art Letter.

Sandra Kirkland presented a research poster entitled "The Relationship of Patients' and Nurses' Perception of Quality Nursing Care to Patient, Nurse, and System Outcomes" at the annual meeting of Southern Nursing Research Society on February 3 in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Charlotte Ward-Larson attended SAFE KIDS Campaign Leadership Conference in Washington, DC on January 14-18. Charlotte also attended "The Physical and Developmental Environment of the High Risk Infant" in Clearwater Beach, Florida which was sponsored by the University of South Florida College of Medicine, Public Health, Physical Therapy and Center for Infant and Child Development.

Kina Mallard facilitated the panel: "Conquering the Scholarship Challenge at the American Association of Higher Education conference in New Orleans in February. She also presented her paper entitled, "Hand in Hand, Step by Step: Developing a Scholar-Mentoring Program." Kina also presented a paper, "Energizing Your Faculty Development Program: The Chair's Role as Encourager, Facilitator, and Accountability Partner," at the National Academic Chairpersons Conference in Orlando, Florida in February. She has also been asked to serve on the advisory board for Magna Publications which publishes Academic Leader, The Teaching Professor, Administrator and many other academic publications.

Sherry Barber and Karen C. Miller will serve as co-advisors for SIFE (Students in Free Enterprise). Recently, Union was host to about 450 grade school kids for a SIFE competition.

Dottie Myatt was recently named to "Who's Who Among America's Teachers" and to "2000 Outstanding Scholars of the 20th Century."

Jimmy Davis, Susan Hopper and Sherry Tignor made a presentation at the annual Freshman Year Experience Conference in Columbia, SC. They presented a pre-conference workshop for CCCU schools on the gifts based assessment method we use, and also a large presentation as a part of the entire conference.

Michael Penny reports a successful Sacred Harp Singing on February 12 with about 50 in attendance.

January, 2000

Lee Benson and Chris Nadasky were featured in thecityNEWS for the Unity Park Memorial that they designed. Lee also received an "Award of Merit" at the Renaissance Art Show in November.

Karen Mulder has accepted an invitation to join the board of the Newington Cropsey Foundation, New York City, as an advisor. This philanthropic foundation exists to promote the values of beauty, spirituality and moral integrity in the fine arts.

Sandra Hathcox presented "Science in a Shoebox" at the November meeting of the Jackson Area Association of Young Children, and also to the state meeting o Tennessee Science Teachers Association.

Kina Mallard presented "Jump Start Your Career: Getting your Feet Wet Without Drowning in Your Dreams" at the Southern Association of Colleges and Employers Conference in Savannah, GA in December.

Toni Chiareli was interviewed about the issue of cults on WBBJ.

Barbara Perry was elected to the Executive Board of Women in Higher Education in the State of Tennessee.

Hal Poe was elected to the Board of Trustees for the Poe Foundation and Museum. He also served as a plenary speaker last summer at the International Edgar Allan Poe Conference in Richmond, Virginia on the theme "Edgar Allan Poe's Influence on the Development of Literature as a Discipline in the Academy." He presented "Edgar Allan Poe and the City He Loved" to the Rotary Club of Richmond, VA; and he also presented "Poe's Southern Cousins" to a reception for trustees and members of the Edgar Allan Poe Museum in Richmond. He was interviewed by Channel 9 (Richmond) upon the 150th anniversary of the death of Edgar Allan Poe, as well as by Hawk Production of Toronto, Canada for a new documentary.

Ron Boud made a guest appearance with the Jackson Symphony performing the Saint-Saens Organ Symphony.

Tharon Kirk, Cindy Fish, Ruth Chastain, Donna Latham, Joyce Montgomery and Susan Jacob participated as delegates to the 1999 TNA State Convention in Memphis November 19-21.

Susan Jacob has been selected for the Distinguished Writers Program for Sigma Theta Tau International, the Honor Society for Nursing.

Melanie Matthews attended the "Creative Concepts in Nursing Education" in Edwardsville, IN.

Geri Smith presented "The School Nurse: A Vital link in ADHD Management" at the ADHD/LD Clinics of Tennessee Conference in October. She also attended the "Saline Solution" Conference in Jackson, MS December 4-5.

Sherry Hickey and Tharon Kirk attended the American Association of Colleges of Nursing Second Annual baccalaureate education conference, "Preparing Professional Nurses for a New World of Practice" November 4-5 in San Antonio, TX.

Alissa Ramey represented the state of Tennessee in the 200 member Salvation Army Band that marched at the Millennium Tournament of Roses Parade.

Greg Thornbury's edited volume, Who Will Be Saved? (Crossway) was published this month.

December, 1999

George Guthrie, Jim Patterson, Brad Green, Hal Poe, Paul Jackson, Greg Thornbury and Randall Bush attended the ETS meeting in Boston recently. Those presenting papers were: Brad Green, "Did Augustine's Trinitarian Theology Lead the West Astray? A Look at a Contemporary Trend in Theology"; Hal Poe, "From Ecclesiology to Eschatology: Changes in the Puritan Understanding of the Reign of Christ"; George Guthrie, "Hebrews' Eschatology in Hermeneutical Perspective"; and James Patterson, "Clio Encounters Eschatology: Recent Historiographical Interest in Christian Beliefs about the Future."

Kyle Hathcox made a presentation entitled "Physical Science Labs Students can do at Home" at the Tennessee Science Teachers Association annual meeting November 18-19 in Nashville.

Steve Arendall was listed in "Who's Who in Germantown."

Julie Glosson will conduct a Spanish Seminar for Health Care Professionals in Memphis on December 9, in conjunction with the Robert Wang Center for International Business and the Institute of Foreign Language and Cultures.

Georgia Wellborn and Terry McRoberts presented a recital of music for voice and piano at Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, on November 15, and at the University of Memphis on November 20. Dr. Wellborn also taught a voice masterclass at Auburn.

Carrie Teague made a presentation entitled "Optimization of the Synthesis of Guerbet Alcohols," at the Tennessee Academy of Science Conference at the University of Tennessee Martin on November 19.

Matt Thomson received a scholarship to Cumberland School of Law at Samford University.