December 2001

Sandra Hathcox presented a paper entitled, "Teaching with Nonfiction Literature," at the International Reading Association Conference in Hilton Head, SC.

Benny Tucker, Ann Singleton, and Terry Weaver have completed a textbook, Teaching Mathematics to All Children: Designing and Adapting Instruction to Meet the Needs of Diverse Learners (Merrill-Prentice Hall).

Pew Summer Research Grant recipients for 2001 include: Wayne Wofford, "A Critical Examination of the Evidence of the Chemical Evolution of Life," Toni Chiareli, "The Forging of ‘Political Resource Communities’: The Landless Rural Worker’s Movement and the Political Construction of Rural Cooperatives in Southern Brazil," and Kina Mallard, "From Desired Productivity to Developed Teacher-Scholars: An Examination of the Current State of Scholarship at CCCU Schools."

John Jaeger’s paper, "A Comparative Analysis of Online Reference and Ask an Expert Sites" has been accepted for publication in Implementing Digital Reference Services: Setting Standards and Making It Real, the 2001 Proceedings of the 3^rd Annual Virtual Reference Desk Conference, published by Neal-Schuman.

Several faculty members from the School of Christian Studies presented papers at the ETS meeting in Colorado Springs, CO November 14-16: Ray Van Neste presented "Does the ETS Doctrinal Statement Say enough?" Jim Patterson presented "Defining Evangelicalism’s Boundaries in Christian Higher Education: A Case Study of the CCCU." George Guthrie presented "Hebrews’ Use of the Old Testament: General Patterns, Processes, and Paradigms." He also moderated a panel discussion on "The Relevance of the Hermeneutics of Hebrews for Contemporary Biblical Interpretation. Brad Green, Paul Jackson, Hal Poe, Dawn Sherrill, and Greg Thornbury also attended the ETS sessions.

David Gushee presented a paper at the Society of Biblical Literature/American Academy of Religion, November 16-20, entitled "Racial Reconciliation or Racial Justice." He also responded to a paper. Randall Bush, George Guthrie, Paul Jackson, and Ray Van Neste also attended the SBL/AAR sessions.

Gavin Richardson presented a paper entitled, "Mary Magdalene in the English Mystery Plays" at the 2001 Southeastern Medievalist Association annual conference in New Orleans. He also attended a workshop on Middle English and served as a reader for the paper "Eddic and Heroic Literature in Scandinavian Sculpture."

Jan Wilms attended an NFS-sponsored workshop on computer security/privacy/ethics hosted by the Cerias group of Purdue University October 25-28. He also represented Union at the annual EduCause Conference on IT in higher education, held in Indianapolis October 29-31.

Sean Evans presented a paper entitled, "$60 Million and Change: Self-Financing and the Definition of Candidate Quality" at the 2001 Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, November 8-10 in Atlanta, GA. He also spoke to the Jackson Bicentennial Exchange Club on "Politics, Religion, and the Founding" November 6.

Steve Beverly received a Radio-Television News Directors Association grant to work in a newsroom for four weeks this summer as a faculty-intern. He will be working at a television station in Greenville, SC.

Elsie Smith wrote an article entitled, "Anthrax scare can help improve health care," published in The Jackson Sun October 28. She also presented a program on biological warfare at the Madison County Republican Party meeting on November 12.

Mary Anne Poe presented a paper on service-learning and sat on a panel discussing research for practice with faith-based organizations at the annual meeting of the North American Association of Christians in Social Work October 20 in San Antonio, TX.

Ken Newman edited local children’s author Pat Winston’s second book in her Earl the Emu series. The title is "God Loves Me Just the Way I am." Pat received her M.Ed. from Union. A portion of the proceeds from her books go to the EARL Foundation for the empowerment of inner-city youth and homeless women and children.

Kina Mallard’s article, "The Criticism Challenge in Higher Education: Part II—Giving Criticism" was published in the November 2001 issue of The Academic Leader.

Tharon Kirk presented a paper entitled, "Challenging Issues in End-of-Life Care" at the Tennessee Nurses Convention on November 11, 2001.

Ruth Chastain, Cindy Fish, Geri Smith, and Tharon Kirk served as delegates from District 6 to the Tennessee Nurses Association (TNA) Convention November 9-11 in Franklin, TN. Nine of the Master’s nursing students attended the TNA Convention.

Susan Jacob and Geri Smith were elected as TNA delegates to the American Nurses Association Convention to be held next June.

Nancy Dayton and Gail Coleman attended the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society as delegates from Nu Lamda, Union’s chapter of STT November 10-14 in Indianapolis, IN.

Cathy Parrett will receive her DNSc degree from the University of Tennessee at Memphis on December 7.

Charlotte Ward-Larson has completed requirements to receive the Ph.D. from St. Louis University.

Mike Salazar’s articles appeared in two publications: "The Degration of a Poly(ester urethane) Elastomer.I.Absorption and Diffusion of Water in Estane 5703 and Related Polymers" (with Shelly L. Thompson, Kenneth E. Laintz, and Russell T. Pack) in Journal of Polymer Science; and "The Degradation of a Poly(ester urethane) Elastomer.II.Kinetic Modelins of Poly(butylenes adipate) Hydrolysis" (with Russell T. Pack), in Journal of Polymer Science. He was also offered an invitation to participate in research as a Visiting Faculty at Los Alamos National Laboratory for the winter and summer terms.

Jimmy Davis has been invited to serve on the SACS Program Planning Committee for the Commission on Colleges’ Annual Meeting to be held in San Antonio, TX December 7-10, 2002.

November 2001

Patty Hamilton’s article, "Bathusa Makin’s Essay and Daniel Defoe’s "An Academy for Women," was published in Seventeenth-Century News, 59.1 & 2 (2001):146-53.

Phillip Ryan presented an overview of teacher exploration at the 15^th Annual Foreign Language Teachers’ Workshop at UT-Martin on September 15. He also participated in a panel discussion on International EFL opportunities at the Consortium for Global Education annual meeting at Louisiana College on September 28.

James Patterson’s book review of Pilgrim Pathways: Essays in Baptist History in Honour of B. R. White was published in the Journal of The Evangelical Theological Society (September 2001). His article, "Robert E. Speer and the Development of North American Mission Theology and Theory 1891-1914" was also published in Missiology (October 2001).

Pam Sutton has been invited to participate in the China Visiting Scholars Program, scheduled for May 26-June 2, 2001. She has been invited to present three lectures: 1) Studies in Short Fiction; 2) Family Issues in Literature; and 3) Teaching Writing Education.

David McClune and Terry McRoberts traveled to Youngstown State University and Heidelberg College in Ohio. They taught master classes for clarinet majors and piano majors, and then performed a full evening recital.

Joe Tucker, Ann Singleton, and Terry Weaver have completed a textbook, Teaching Mathematics to All Children: Designing and Adapting Instruction to Meet the Needs of Diverse Learners (Merrill-Prentice Hall, to be released in 2002).

Steve Beverly was quoted as an expert on Reality Television in the October issue of Broadcasting and Cable Journal.

Kina Mallard’s article, "The Criticism Challenge in Higher Education Part 1: Receiving Criticism," was published in the October issue of Academic Leader.

Mary Platt has been asked to serve on the Tennessee Advisory Council on Libraries.

Darin White’s paper, "The Impact of Environmental Turbulence on Influence Strategy Usage in an Interfirm Channel Setting," has been accepted for presentation at the American Marketing Association Winter Educator’s Conference for next February in Austin, TX. The paper will also be published in the Conference Proceedings. Darin co-authored the paper with two of his MBS students: Kyle Huggins and David DeLaughter.

Carol Weaver and Elsie Smith attended a conference hosted by the Center in Molecular Toxicology at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in Nashville, TN September 28-29. Two biology majors, Carlyn Reeves and Kerstin Ure, also attended the conference.

October 2001

Jan Wilms attended a workshop from IBM on DB@ administration for Windows NT in Philadelphia September 4-7. This hands-on course was partially made possible through a tuition grant from the IBM Scholars Program.

Bobby Rogers was in residence this summer at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts in Sweet Briar, Virginia. He has a poem forthcoming in the journal Meridian at the University of Virginia.

Roger Stanley attended a CCCU English Workshop at Seattle Pacific University where he led a session entitled "Teaching GE courses: Why Read Literature?"

Gavin Richardson’s article, "Langland’s Mary Magdalene: Proverbial Misogyny and the Problem of Authority," has appeared in the current volume of The Yearbook of Langland Studies.

Bryan Dawson has been named the Regional Director for the Southeastern Region of Kappa Mu Epsilon (a national mathematics honor society).

David Gushee had the sad opportunity to provide leadership in several fora related to the September 11^th terrorist attacks. He wrote articles for the Jackson Sun, Religion News Service, Cardinal and Cream, and beliefnet.com, and was interviewed by the Western Recorder, WAMP 88.1 and WNWS 101.5 He also wrote the cover story for Christianity Today in October on the issues of cloning, stem cell research, and biotechnology.

Michael Mallard's exhibition entitled Inside the Mind was held at the Tennessee Arts Commission Gallery August 22-September 28, 2001.

Lee Benson spoke at the One Festival on "The Transcendent Nature of Art," and demonstrations were done by Chris Nadaskay as well as numerous art students from Union.

September 2001

Ruth Chastain’s article, "Are Nursing Faculty Members Ready to Integrate Information Technology in the Curriculum," was accepted for publication in Nursing and Health Care Perspectives.

Cynthia Fish was accompanied by five students on a trip to Morocco in May to study the healthcare system. The group joined faculty and nursing students from Samford University in touring hospitals, clinics, pharmacies and schools of nursing.

Tharon Kirk presented two workshops at the Union University Senior Adult Conference August 2-3.

Linn Stranak’s article, "From the Offense—Base Runners’ Leads," was published in Coaching Digest. He also had an article, "Effective Physical Education Administration in Higher Education," appear in TAHPERD Journal.

Toni Chiareli conducted ethnographic research in south Brazil this past summer for his current dissertation-based book project. He was a visiting researcher at CEDOPE (Center for Documentation and Research) at UNISINOS, one of Brazil’s renowned private universities. In addition, he lectured at UNICEUB, in Brasilia, where he also gave a talk titled "Marcos Teóricos da Sociologia Americana" at a conference on International Sociology. During their almost 7-week trip, Dr. and Mrs. Chiareli also supported the church-planting work of Baptist missionaries serving in that southern region.

Cynthia Jayne has been asked to serve on the 15-member Advisory Board of Cultural Experiences Abroad, an organization located in Tempe, Arizona, which offers programs in 7 countries for students wishing to study abroad. In June she participated in a ten-day professional development tour, "Exploring Latin American Life and Culture," sponsored by the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities. The tour provided first-hand encounters with various segments of Latin American society and culture with a focus on Costa Rica and Nicaragua in the context of the Latin American Studies Program of the CCCU. In August she led a session on developing international programs as part of the faculty workshop at Louisiana College. The focus of the workshop was international education with the goal of motivating and equipping faculty to develop new opportunities for international study.

Ralph Leverett was appointed to the Board of Directors of the STAR Center and will also serve on the Special Education Committee. He also made presentations during August with Carrie Crittendon, Jeannie Seneker, Kris Wolfe of the West Tennessee School for the Deaf at: Lauderdale co. Middle School, in-service on students with Hearing Impairment in the Regular classroom; Memphis City Schools on Monitoring Students With Hearing Impairment: Auditory Training and Modification of Materials; and Paris Special School District in-service on Academic and Social Needs of a Student with Hearing Loss in an Inclusive Setting.

Steve Arendall and the Union MBA program in Germantown were prominently featured in an article, "More women seeking MBAs, but still not as many as men," in the Commercial Appeal Sunday, August 5, 2001. This article was also placed on the Scripps Howard wire service nationwide.

Jim Patterson’s article, "Apocalyptic," was published in The Evangelical Dictionary of Theology, 2^nd ed. (Baker Books, 2001).

Charles Baldwin was one of ten faculty advisors for student affiliate chapters of the American Chemical Society invited to Washington, DC to serve on a Peer Review Panel August 3-5. The panel reviewed chapter annual reports and recommended award levels for over 200 chapters that submitted reports qualifying for award consideration. The panel also reviewed grant proposals and made funding recommendations in the Community Interaction-Student Affiliates (CISA) program and the Innovative Activities Grant (IAG) program. He also attended and presented his paper at the 38^th World Chemistry Congress in Brisbane, Australia July 1-6. Charles also participated in the Tennessee Senior Olympic Games in Clarksville, TN July 27-August 2, taking the bronze medal in mixed doubles tennis and silver medal in men’s doubles table tennis.

Glenn Marsch was selected as an Associate of Vanderbilt’s Center in Molecular Toxicology. He is pursing research there as a part of an existing research group, headed by Prof. F. P. Guengerich. The research involves two projects, both associated with understanding cancer. The first involves studying DNA damage by methylene chloride, a common industrial solvent, and the other project involves understanding the mechanism of action and the structure of Cytochrome P-450 3A4, a very important enzyme that metabolizes about 50% of all drugs. He published a paper this year entitled "Characterization of Nucleoside and DNA Adducts formed by S-(1-Acetoxymethyl)-glutathione and Implications for Dihaloalkane-Glutathione Conjugates." This paper appeared in the May 2001 issue of Chemical Research in Toxicology 14, pp. 600-608. Alumni Brent Morris participated in Glenn’s research, and is a co-author of the paper. He also presented his research at the Spring American Chemical Society meeting in San Diego, CA. Glenn was selected as one of 50 semifinalists in the John Templeton Foundation’s essay competition, "Ideas for Creative Research in Neurobiology." There will be 10 winners awarded a prize of $5,000. The final awards will be announced in December.

Mike Penny attended the National Association of Teachers of Singing Summer Workshop on 20° American Art Song and Contemporary Chamber Opera, Penn State, July 4-7. He was privileged to sing as a presenter in the July 5 morning master class session led by noted baritone Paul Sperry.

July 2001

Bryan Dawson's article "Twentieth Century Student Scholarship: Student Papers in The Pentagon" was published in The Pentagon 60 No. 2 (Spring 2001), pp. 21-36.

Steve Baker's article entitled, "Objectivity, Values, and the Christian Librarian," was published in the latest issue of The Christian Librarian. In June Steve participated in two important conferences as well. Steve chaired a roundtable discussions on the core values of Christian librarianship at the recent annual conference of the Association of Christian Librarians. His presentation, "Stewardship, Selection, and the Christian Librarian," focused on collection development as the central role of the Christian librarian. In addition, Steve joined colleagues Jan Wilms and Cam Tracy at the CCCU Technology Conference where they presented a session entitled, "Understanding the Role of Disciplinary Culture in Information Service."

The Department of Music hosted the State Convention and Auditions of the Tennessee Music Teachers Association from June 2-5. Terry McRoberts and David Dennis served as local convention chairs. Terry McRoberts was elected President-Elect of the Tennessee Music Teachers Association. He will serve two years in this office, and then two years as President of this organization. Tennessee music Teachers Association is affiliated with Music Teachers National Association. Dr. McRoberts has completed six years as Editor of the newsletter.

Terry McRoberts presented a lecture-recital: Messiaen’s Piano Music: A Journey of Faith and Birdsong on June 22, 2001 at the Festival of the American Matthay Association held at Columbus State University in Columbus, Georgia.

Ann Singleton and Kina Mallard attended the CCCU Campus-Based Faculty Development workshop in Denver, CO. Kina delivered two presentations: "Starting a Faculty Development Program for Pennies a Gallon" and "Singing out of the Same Hymnal: Integration of Faith and Learning." Kina was appointed to the steering committee for the CCCU Campus-Based Faculty Development project.

Steve Beverly was interviewed by National Public Radio’s "All Things Considered" in June on the life of the late television pioneer Arlene Francis. He was also interviewed by Emmy magazine for a profile on the contributions of Arlene Francis to television.

Steve Arendall’s article, "Failure as a Measure of Success," was published in FAA Conference Brief, Spring, 2001.

May 2001

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March 2001

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Ralph Leverett
Terry Lindley
David Thomas
Georgia Wellborn
Darin White
Sandra Williams

Congratulations to David Burke and the cast of Othello for a very fine performance. We look forward to Wayne Johnson’s "Night Watch," a mystery to be performed April 26-May 1.

Dottie Myatt presented "We Didn’t Start the Fire," which focused on the social, moral and religious dimensions of teaching as a calling (with Dr. Belinda Anderson of Lambuth University and Dr. John Sweeney of Freed-Hardeman University) at the annual meeting of the Association of Independent Liberal Arts Colleges for Teacher Education in Dallas, TX on March 1. Ralph Leverett and Tom Rosebrough presented "A High Calling: Christian and Secular Perspectives of Teaching."

February 2001

Union’s Education Department partnered with faculty from Bethel College, Freed-Hardeman University, Jackson State Community College, Lambuth University, Lane College, University of Memphis at Jackson, and University of Tennessee at Martin presented a workshop for new teachers in West Tennessee on January 27th. The workshop, co-sponsored by the Jackson Area Chamber of Commerce, focused on various aspects of classroom management and effective teaching strategies in K-12 classrooms. Faculty members from Union who presented sessions were Anna Clifford, Sandra Hathcox, Bill Hedspeth, Melessia Mathis, Dottie Myatt, Ken Newman, Ann Singleton, and Carrie Whaley. Sam Myatt represented the Chamber as a member of its Education Committee.

Ron Boud had a setting of Easter Hymn published in the periodical "Handbells." He also played at the Lindenwood Christian Church in Memphis and for the dedication of the new Chapel at Trinity Baptist Church in Memphis.

The Department of Music and the TBC sponsored the "Youth Project" on Union’s campus February 2 –3. Also the Union University Madrigal Singers presented "Mid-Winter Folic" February 9-10.

Betty Bedsole has been elected to the position of Regional Representative of the Organization of American Kodaly Educators. This region includes the states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. This is one of the premier organizations for elementary music educators in America. She will also present at the national conference.

Linn Stranak completed a four hour post-doctoral class in Sports Medicine, "Advanced Assessments in Sports Medicine."

January 2001

Ramona Bell has been named the Staff Member of the Month. You can read all about her on the bulletin board on the main PAC corridor (near A-Hall).

Kina Mallard had an article published in Performance in Practice, a publication of the American Society for Training and Development. The article was titled, "Meeting the Needs of Generation Xers." She will also be leading a discussion on the topic of "Scholarship and Faculty Career Stages" at the American Association of Higher Education's annual conference in Tampa.

Matt Lunsford's research has been included in the recent American Mathematical Society publication Modules over non-Noetherian Domains (Volume 84 of the Mathematical Surveys and Monographs Series) by L. Fuchs and L. Salce. This research originally appeared in the mathematics journal Rendiconti del Seminario Matematico as "A Note on Indecomposable Modules over Valuation Domans."

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