December 2002

Darin White recently completed the 2002 West Tennessee Children’s Needs Assessment Study which will be used by social service agencies in West Tennessee to develop effective programming aimed at increasing school readiness for our children.  The findings will also be valuable to faith-based organizations as they seek to better understand how to meet the pressing needs of the community around them.  In the process of completing the study, over 750 parents/guardians were interviewed in a ten county area.

Rosemary McLaughlin has been selected to attend the Web-based Genetics Institute for Nursing Faculty January 3-May 9, 2003.  It is hosted by Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and is taught over 18 weeks.  The purpose of this course is to increase the genetic content in nursing curricula. 

Ruth Chastain attended “Nursing Faculty Shortage:  Long-term Solutions and Short-term Strategies,” presented by the SREB Collegiate Education for Nursing in Atlanta, GA November 17-19.

David Ward spoke at UT-Martin’s Department of Geography, Geology, and Physics on, “The Mathematical Physics of Classical Liquids” November 22.

Tharon Kirk presented “Faculty Development Related to Testing” at the American Association of Colleges of Nursing’s (AACN) Baccalaureate Conference November 14 in Orlando, FL.

Joanne Stephenson and Teresa West presented “A New Look at Violence by Girls” at the Mid-South/Tri-State School Psychology Conference in Chattanooga, TN on October 29.

David Gushee and Glen Stassen’s book, Kingdom Ethics, an introductory ethics textbook, is due out in January from Varsity Press. 

 Sally Henrie was included in the 23^rd Edition of Who’s Who of American Women.

Richard Joiner presented a Choral Workshop for adult choirs from Baptist churches on the Mississippi Gulf Coast on September 14.  He also presented a Choral Workshop for the sanctuary choir at Calvary Baptist Church in Tupelo, MS on November 13.   He sang the baritone role in two performances of Hodie by Ralph Vaughan Williams, with the Hinds Community College Choir and the Vicksburg Chamber Choir and orchestra, Minds Community College, on November 22-23.  Richard also represented the university at the annual meeting of the National Association of Schools of Music in New Orleans, LA November 24-26.

Hal Poe presented a paper entitled, “C. S. Lewis and Other Religions,” at the ETS meeting in Toronto in November.

Charles M. Baldwin was elected President of the Tennessee Science Teachers Association for a two-year term beginning January 1, 2002 through December 31, 2003 at the annual meeting held in Nashville, TN, November 21-23.  TSTA is the state-wide professional organization for teachers of all science disciplines in elementary, middle, and senior high schools, as well as, colleges and universities.  He was also elected to the office of Chair-Elect of the Kentucky Lake Section of the American Chemical Society.  This is a one-year term of office for the year of 2002 before assuming the chairmanship of the Section for 2003.  The Kentucky Lake Section covers all of western Kentucky and West Tennessee except Memphis.

Nancy Dayton conducted a Faculty Workshop presentation, “Teaching Creativity and Using Humor to Teach,” at Methodist Hospital School of Nursing in Memphis, TN August 23.  

Kimberly Thornbury, Stephanie Lee, Mark VanderHaar and Keelan Cook presented a four hour leadership workshop to the Gibson County high school student leadership program.

Melinda Clarke recently presented at the International Conference on Service-Learning Research where her research was the topic of a 90 minute featured interactive session entitled, "Community Partnerships as the Unit of Analysis: Benefits and Challenges."  Dr. Clarke also chaired a conference session entitled: "Models for Studying Service-Learning."

November 2002

 Jimmy Davis, Barbara McMillin, Jill Webb, Wayne Wofford, and Matt Lunsford attended the recent Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) workshop entitled, “Institutionalizing Undergraduate Research.” The workshop was held on the campus of the College of New Jersey in Trenton.  Union University is an institutional member of CUR.

Bryan Dawson’s article, “You May Be a Mathematician If…” appeared in the November 2002 issue of Math Horizons.

Hal Poe led worship at the Academy for Evangelism in Theological Education at Duke University in October.  In a related matter, he met with the staff of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association at The Cove to consult on future directions for their international training ministry. He has also been elected as the new president of the Edgar Allan Poe Foundation and Museum in Richmond, Virginia.

James Patterson and David Gushee participated in the 2002 Conference on Faith and History Biennial Meeting held at Huntington College in Huntington, IN, October 10-12.  James Patterson spoke on “Propaganda or a Legitimate Scholarly Enterprise?:  Writing Commemorative History for Christian Institutions.”  David Gushee responded to a paper on Baptist approaches to higher education. 

David Gushee was the plenary speaker at the Conference on Christianity and Economics held at Baylor November 7.  His presentation was entitled, “God and Mammon:  An Inquiry into the Economic Ethics of Jesus.”

Tom Proctor was honored with a plaque for his service as President for the 2001-2002 year at the 19^th Annual Tennessee Society of Accounting Educator’s Conference in Nashville September 27.

Jan Wilms took the first of three MCASA (Microsoft Certified System Administrator) exams and also received Linux+ Certification.

 Gail Coleman presented “Increasing NCLEX Results” at the Thirteenth Annual Nurse Educators Conference in Breckenridge, CO, in July.

Steve Baker served as facilitator for a meeting of the TICUA Library Directors on the challenges and opportunities facing Tennessee’s private academic libraries.

Michael Penny and music students Natalie Dean and Matt Jones participated in the Trenton, TN Nitelite Theater’s productions of Gilbert and Sullivan’s “The Pirates of Penzance” for eight performances on the last two weekends of September.  Michael Penny directed, and the students had lead roles.  In August Penny attended three operetta performances at the Ohio Light Opera located in Wooster, OH; in June he traveled to St. Louis for a performance of Ambroise Thomas’ operate, “Hamlet.”

Terry McRoberts was named 2002 Teacher of the Year by Tennessee Music Teachers Association.  The award is based upon educational preparation, reputation as an effective teacher, participation in Tennessee Music Teachers Association and other professional organizations, and service to the community and state as a musician and teacher.  McRoberts is currently President-Elect of Tennessee Music Teachers Association.  He has previously served as newsletter editor, West Tennessee Representative to the Executive Board, and state convention co-chair.  Responsibilities in other organizations include Editor of The Matthay News for the American Matthay Association, Performance Representative on the Board of the Southern Chapter of the College Music Society, and Chair of the Jackson Center of the National Guild of Piano Teachers.

Congratulations to the following who received recognition for educational excellence in Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers 2002:  Charles Baldwin, Bryan Dawson, Julie Glosson, David Gushee, Kyle Hathcox, Terry Lindley, Sam Myatt, Dawn Sherill, Pam Sutton, Jan Wilms, Antonio Chiareli, Roger Glidewell, Carroll Griffin, George Guthrie, Randy Johnston, Kelvin Moore, Gavin Richardson, Joanne Stephenson, and Don Van.

Gail Coleman led a session at Methodist Hospital - Somerville Oct 29 and 30 to educate their employees about Domestic Violence.  

Kina Mallard received a Bright Idea Recognition Award from the Professional and Organizational Development (POD) Network in Higher Education at the annual conference in Atlanta, Georgia, October 12, 2002.   Her submission was, “Department Chairs Collegium:  Sharing the Vision of Faculty Development.”

Carla Sanderson presented an administrative and faculty development workshop, “Christian Worldview Development and the Role of the CCCU,” at Louisiana College November 8 in Pineville, LA.

Mary Anne Poe’s chapter, “Good News for the Poor:  Christian Influences on Social Welfare,” was published in the new edition of Christianity and Social Work (2002). 

Ann Singleton and Michelle Atkins will present “The Empathic Leader:  A New Dynamic for Leading Academic Programs,” and Kina Mallard and Barbara McMillin will present “Deans and Chairs:  Merging Interpretations to Share the Vision,” at the Academic Chairs Conference hosted by The IDEA Center at Kansas State University February 5-7, 2003.

September 2002

Gene Fant was named to the 2003 Who’s Who among America’s Teachers and published two articles: “George S. Gaines, A Leader of Two States, A Servant of Two Peoples” Mississippi History Now (August 2002) and “Reclaiming my Speech Birthright” in Mississippi Magazine (September/October 2002).

Patty Hamilton co-presented (with R.H. Hamilton) a paper entitled "Daniel Defoe: The Complete Small Business Manager" at the 2002 Academy of Management convention in Denver, CO, on August 14, 2002.

Gavin Richardson wrote bibliographic citations for "Germanus Autisiodorensis" (with Prof. E. Gordon Whatley), in Abbo of Fleury, Abbo of Saint-Germain-Des-Pres, and Acta Sanctorum (Sources of Anglo-Saxon Literary Culture, V. 1) . Eds. Frederick M. Biggs, Thomas D. Hill, Paul E. Szarmach, and E. Gordon Whatley. (Kalamazoo: Western Michigan University Press, 2002).

Bobby Rogers was nominated for a 2002 Pushcart Prize for his poem "The Road to Robert Penn Warren's Homeplace in Guthrie, Ky.", which originally was published in the February 2001 issue of Appalachian Life Magazine . He also has new poems appearing in upcoming issues of The Iron Horse Literary Review (at Texas Tech) and The Literary Review (at Fairleigh Dickinson).

Roger Stanley studied for a week in August with Vanderbilt poet Kate Daniels at the Glen Workshop, St. John's College, Santa Fe, New Mexico. The Glen is an annual spiritual retreat/arts workshop sponsored by Image magazine ("A Journal of the Arts and Religion").

Pam Sutton taught in China at Qufu Teachers University May 24-June 2, 2002; her account will be in the upcoming Journal of Union Faculty Forum. She also wrote a book review comparing the Meyer (Bedford) Introduction to Literature to Kirszner & Mandell's Literature: Reading, Reacting, Writing.

Matt Lunsford presented The Ideas of Evariste Galois: Recovering Motivation in Abstract Algebra in the contributed paper session on the Use of Recent History in the Teaching of Mathematics at Mathfest 2002 in Burlington, VT. He also was the invited speaker for the Dept of Mathematics and Statistics colloquium series at UT-Martin and presented The Mathematics of Islam: A Brief Look at the Mathematics of the Arabic Hegemony.

Mike Salazar’s recent scientific peer-reviewed publications include: 1) "Does ozone have a barrier to dissociation and recombination?", by R. Hernandez-Lamonenda, Michael R. Salazar, and R. T Pack, Chemical Physics Letters, 355 (2002) 478; and 2) "A completely general methodology for fitting three-dimensional Ab Initio potential energy surfaces," Michael R. Salazar, Chemical Physics Letters, 359 (2002) 460. His recent presentations include: 1) "Quantum chemistry calculations and modeling reactive collisions", Michael R. Salazar, series of lectures given at The University of Okahoma, Norman, OK, June 15-18, 2002; and 2) "A completely general methodology for fitting ab initio potential energy surfaces", Michael R. Salazar, Atomic and Molecular Interactions Gordon Research Conference, Roger Williams University, Bristol, RI, July 7-12, 2002.

Joyce Montgomery attended the 4th North American Conference for Nurses - Jesus Christ - Hope for Nursing: Just Ethics which was held at Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, June 15-18. The conference was sponsored by Nurses Christian Fellowship (a part of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship), Baptist Nursing Fellowship, Bethel College School of Nursing (MN), and other Christian nursing organizations and colleges. On June 14 she attended the workshop Spiritual Care Research from a Christian World View.

Ron Boud was guest recitalist and clinician for the Mississippi Baptist Church Music Conference, for the Texas Baptist Church MusiConference, and for the LifeWay Church Music Conference at Glorieta, NM.

Ray Van Neste’s book reviews were included in The Founders Journal: Samuel Rutherford and Friends (by Faith Cook); Authority (by D. M. Lloyd-Jones); and Spirit-Empowered Preaching (by Arturo Azurdia).

Victoria Romero participated in a summer program through the University of Rhode Island in Salamanca, Spain. Her studies focused on English-Spanish dialectology and how to teach Advanced Spanish Grammar to students.

Cynthia Jayne was a member of a CGE delegation to Damascus, Syria in late May. She presented a paper on language and culture at the English Language Institute at the University of Damascus. She also participated in the Summer Institute of Intercultural Communication in the Portland, Oregon area. She completed three seminars, The Cultural context of Training, Transcultural Competence: Reconciling Diverse Values, and Negotiating and Mediating Intercultural Conflict.

Phillip Ryan coordinated the development and implementation of an intensive workshop for Thai high school English teachers at Sripatum University, Bangkok, Thailand, July 5-12. The workshops were co-hosted by CGE, Sripatum University, and the Thai Ministry of Education.

Julie Glosson, along with her husband Jimmy and family, spent May 31-June 20 at Intensa Language Institute in San José, Costa Rica. Students from University School of Jackson and Jackson Central Merry studied Spanish and participated in service learning at two nearby orphanages.

Julie Glosson, Suzanne Mosley, Mary Anne Poe, and Phillip Ryan are working with Arlington Elementary, exploring opportunities for Union Social Work, Spanish, and TESL majors to work with English language learning students and parents of Arlington Elementary.

Jean Marie Walls attended a CCCU department chair workshop in St. Louis in June. She also attended the American Department of Foreign Language Summer Seminar for Chairs in Long Beach, CA. In July, she went to Quebec to do research and interviews for a project on local theatre in the Chicoutimi area. While in Chicoutimi, she had meetings with the university president at UQAC, the director of the Ecole de Langue, the director of Continuing Education and adult Studies, and several professors interested in collaborative projects with Union. August 7 and 8, she led the in-service workshops for the foreign language teachers in the Memphis City Schools and in Shelby County schools. She presented sessions on Quebec for the French teachers in both systems as well.

Steve Arendall will be included in the 2003 edition of Who’s Who in America.

Haylie Thompson and Charles Baldwin, received a 2002-03 Community Interaction Grant for a project entitled “Operation Household Chemical Safety.”

Justin Kropf, Charles Baldwin, and Randy Johnston received an award on behalf of the ACS Chapter for Outstanding Student Affiliate Chapter for 2001-02.

Ann Livingstone spent three weeks in Syria with the Syrian American Faculty Exchange Program, sponsored by the U.S. Embassy and CGE. She had an opportunity to lecture at University of Damascus and at Al-Ba’ath University in Homs.

August 2002

Chris Blair successfully defended his doctoral dissertation, “To Protect the Children: An Examination of Arguments for the Content Regulation of Mass Media” on July 10 at the University of Memphis.

Bryan Dawson's article with Árpád Bényi (U. Kansas), "Pseudoresolvents in Banach Algebras," has been accepted for publication in the Missouri Journal of Mathematical Sciences.  Bryan now has an Erdös number of 4.

Linn Stranak was a guest on WTJS 1390 radio sports talk show in July.  He was also a reviewer for the 5^th Ed. of “Statistical Methods for Health Care Research” by MUNRO.  Linn was also chosen to appear in the upcoming 2003 editor of “Who’s Who in Executives and Professionals.”

Jim Patterson reviewed Briand Stanley, ed. Christian Missions and the Enlightenment for the Journal of Evangelism and Missions 1 (Spring 2002).

Toni Chiareli presented a paper, entitled “Of Heaven and Earth:  Articulating the Spiritual Morality of Social Movement Participation:  The Case of Peasant Collective Settlements in Southern Brazil” at the annual conference meeting of the Association of Christian Teachers of Sociology, held at Asbury College, KY June 6-9.  He was also nominated and elected to serve in the ACTS board as National Liaison to Graduate Programs for a two-year term.

Cindy Jayne presented a paper at the Second International Conference for Teachers of English as a Foreign Language at Damascus University, Damascus, Syria May 28-30, as part of the delegation from the Consortium for Global Education (CGE).  The title of her paper was, “Crossing Cultural Boundaries Through Language.”

Steve Arendall presented the paper, “Are Leaders Born or Made?  Answers from Management Research” to the Leadership Germantown Program on May 29.

Gail Coleman presented "Two heads are Better than One for Increasing NCLEX Results" at the Thirteenth Annual Nurse Educators Conference in the Rockies July 25-27, 2002 - Breckenridge, Co.

Ruth Chastain attended The University of Maryland's "12th Annual Summer Institute in Nursing Informatics" in Baltimore, Maryland from July 24-27.

Michael McMahan contracted with McGraw-Hill Publishers to serve as a reviewer for the upcoming 14th edition of the textbook General Zoology, authored by Charles F. Lytle.

George Guthrie has published a background commentary on Hebrews in the Zondervan Illustrated Bible Background Commentary.

Congratulations to Sandra Williams, who was named President of the NAIA Coaches Association.

June 2002

June 2002

Darin White and Bill Nance have led the effort over the past 18 months to write the United Way of West Tennessee Success by 6 Strategic Plan. Recently Bank of America Foundation approved the plan and gave our local United Way a $50,000 grant. This money will be used to create positive changes in the lives of families, their preschool-age children and communities over the next three to five years. The plan is based on the beliefs that area children’s developmental needs are many, but not always clearly understood; existing and future support systems should be accessible to all families; and the early investment in children will lead to long-term community benefits.

Barbara Perry and Dr. James Penrod presented their paper, “A Web-Enabled Graduate Course: Two Perspectives” at the Mid-South Technology Conference April 7-9.

Congratulations to the Spring 2002 Teagle Recipients:
Teaching Development Conference Grant: Terry McRoberts (Music) and Ralph Leverett (Education)
Course Redesign or Development Grant: Chereyl Crossett and Carol Weaver (Biology); Matt Lunsford (Mathematics); David Malone (English)
Faculty-Student Research Grant: Sally Henrie and Ruth Hall (Chemistry); Jan Wilms and Allen Smith (Computer Science)
Faculty-Faculty Research Grant: Sean Evans and Ann Livingstone (Political Science)

Gail Coleman conducted an all day domestic violence workshop March 22 for the Tennessee Home Visiting Association of West Tennessee through the Journey Center in Somerville, TN.

Jan Wilms has also been selected for inclusion in the 2002 edition of Who’s Who Among America’s Teacher.

Hal Poe presented a paper, “C. S. Lewis and the Problem of Christian Behavior toward Others” at the Seventh Annual Christianity in the Academy Conference April 5. Jim Patterson chaired the Panel discussion. Student Chad Davis presented “To Attack or Not: The Concept and Possibility of Just War in a Technologically Advanced Age” at the conference.

At the Spring 2002 Conference, Dottie Myatt was elected secretary of the Tennessee Association of Colleges for Teacher Education.

Michele Atkins and Ann Singleton presented "The Empathic Leader: A New Dynamic for School Improvement" at the annual conference of the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development in San Antonio, Texas.

Ken Newman facilitated two professional development opportunities for the faculty members at the West Tennessee for the Deaf, "6-Trait Writing Assessment." Ann Singleton also presented "Multiple Intelligence: The Impact on Instruction."

Carrie Whaley presented "Sounds and Syllables: Teaching and Learning Literacy Through Phonemic Awareness" at the Annual Conference of Association for Childhood Education International in California. Dr. Whaley also has an article in the March edition of Young Children, "Meeting the Diverse Needs of Children through Storytelling."

Elizabeth Vaughn-Neely currently serves on the Urban Impact Mentoring project. The "Raising the Bar for Teacher Performance and Student Achievement through MENTORING" program funded with a million dollar grant by the Title II Teacher Quality Enhancement Partnership Grant was recently renewed for the third consecutive year.

April 2002

Congratulations to Hal Poe and Jimmy Davis on the publication of their important book on the Intelligent Design issues.

Congratulations to the SIFE Team for winning this year's regional competition.  Congratulations to Bill Nance and Walt Padelford.

Congratulations to Andy Rushing and the baseball team on winning the TranSouth regular season championship.

Congratulations to Gary Johnson and the tennis team on winning the TranSouth Conference championship-- and the Gary for being named Coach of the Year.

Congratulations to Brian Dunn and the softball team on winning the NCCAA regional tourney.  They will play in the national tourney in Indiana.

March 2002

Jim Veneman is the April Staff Member of the Month!

Jan Wilms will become Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, effective August, 2002. Matt Lunsford will return to full-time teaching.

Roger Stanley presented the paper "Kierkegaardian Dimensions of the Prose of Flannery O’Connor" in February at the Tennessee Philological Association annual meeting, in Murfreesboro, TN.

Patty Hamilton presented a paper entitled, "Daniel Defoe offers the Compleat MBS at the Southeastern Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies Conference in Chapel Hill, NC, March 2, 2002.

Bobby Rogers has been asked to serve as an editor for a new series in religion and literature at Baylor University Press. His poem, "June," appeared in the Fall/Winter 2001 issue of Meridian, a journal at the University of Virginia. "The Road to Robert Penn Warren’s Homeplace in Guthrie, KY," a poem that originally appeared in Appalachian Life, has recently been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. His essay/chapter on the poet Denise Levertov has just been included in God, Literature and Process Thought, published by Ashgate. Bobby Rogers’ poem from the Greensboro Review was selected as the finest submission. For more information, see http:www.uncg.edu/eng/mfa/f2001/tgr/review.htm.

Pam Sutton presented "Crossing Lines: Films as Texts to Overcome Racial Boundaries" at the 2002 Western Regional Conference on Christianity and Literature at Azusa Pacific University, March 15, 2002.

Pam Sutton, Gavin Richardson and Terry Lindley have been selected for inclusion in the 2002 edition of Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers.

Gavin Richardson conducted a poetry presentation and workshop for the Chester County Word-weavers on March 9.

The research of Troy Riggs and Bryan Dawson was recently featured in "Ivars Peterson’s MathTrek," an online column available on the websites of both the Mathematical Association of America and Science News.

The Department of Music hosted the meeting of the Southern Chapter of the College Music Society on February 28-March 2. Over seventy people from throughout the Southeast attended the event. Terry McRoberts served as local host and he was elected to a two-year term on the board as the performance representative. Georgia Wellborn presented a lecture-recital, entitled "Images of Rocking in Samuel Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915," assisted by Terry McRoberts.

Jim Patterson presented a paper entitled "Alternative Theological Education in the Southern Baptist Convention: A Case Study of Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary" at the regional Evangelical Theological Society meeting March 15-16. George Guthrie also presented his paper, entitled "Recent Trends and Future Trajectories in the Study of Hebrews."

Ruth Chastain attended the INCMCE (International Nurse Coalition for Mass Casualty Education) meeting March 12-13 hosted by the United States Department of Health and Human Services Public Health Service, Office of Emergency Preparedness. This coalition is organized to facilitate the systematic development of sustainable and scalable educational policies related to mass casualty events as those policies influence the public health infrastructure that impacts nursing practice, education, research, and regulation for mass casualty incidents. Work will be ongoing as competencies ate developed and implemented.

Susan Jacob participated as an invited reactor in the Arista3-Africa/Near East Think Tank meeting in London February 25-27 which was sponsored by Sigma Theta Tau International, Honor Society of Nursing. The purpose of the conference was to confront health issues of global significance. Multidisciplinary experts from Ghaha, Sudan, Kenya, South Africa, Zambia, Pakistan, Lebanon, Mali, Bahrain and Tanzania participated.

Tharon Kirk presented a continuing education workshop on Passing Competence: End-of-Life Nursing Care for the nursing faculties of the Tennessee Christian Colleges and Universities at Belmont University March 1, 2002. Fourteen nursing faculty from Union were in attendance.

Phillip Ryan published "Teacher Exploration in Morocco" in the winter issue of TESOL Matters.

Kina Mallard’s article, "Academic Leaders Ask the Right Questions at the Right Time" was published in the Winter 2002 issue of The Department Chair.

February 2002

George Guthrie was interviewed by Michael Card (Moody Broadcasting radio show "In the Studio with Michael Card") for a series of shows dealing with "Hebrews."

Bryan Dawson’s and Troy Riggs’ research was reported in the January 19 issue of the magazine New Scientist. Their research uses mathematics to investigate driver illusions in heavy traffic. They also attended the annual Joint Mathematics Meetings in San Diego. Troy presented the talk, "It’s Not Fair!: A Coin-Testing Project." Bryan presented the talk "Highway Relativity," which was work done jointly with Troy.

Linn Stranak’s article, "A Quick Look at Source of Baseball’s Cardinal Sins" was published in Coach and Athletic Director Journal, January 2002.

Sandy Hathcox received a grant of books valued at $600 from Scholastic which were given to inner city children in West Tennessee.

Ray Van Neste had two articles published: "How Should We Respond to Scripture?" in Faith and Mission 19 (Autumn 2001); and "Structure and Cohesion in Titus" in Bible Translator (January 2002).

Bryan Dawson’s research on fair division as applied to sports drafts is the topic of chapter 11 of Ivars Peterson’s new book, Mathematical Treks, published jointly by Science News and the Mathematical Association of America.

Jill Webb and Melanie Matthews presented "Impact of CAVRT Technology on Mobility Impaired Persons in the Home." This was a Poster Presentation at the 16th Annual Conference of the Southern Nursing Research Society, February 7-9, 2002. San Antonio, TX.

January 2002

Gail Coleman attended a two-day Disaster Mental Health national training session with the American Red Cross. This training event qualified Dr. Coleman to provide mental health assistance to victims and providers in the event of a local or national disaster.

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