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December 2003 Ray Van Nestes article, The Message of Titus: An Overview, appeared in the Fall 2003 edition of The Southern Baptist Journal of Theology. Dottie Myatt, Ken Newman, and Ann Singleton are collaborating with the Jackson Madison County School System and Lambuth University in a retention/mentoring program designed to support teachers in their first three years of teaching. Dottie Myatt was selected as a member of the Tennessee Board of Examiners for approving teacher education programs in Tennessee universities. Carrie Whaley presented Increasing Your Childs Phonemic Awareness at the Association for Childhood Education International state conference in October. Charlotte Ward-Larson was elected President of District #1 Tennessee Nurses Association in the Memphis area and Donna Sachse was elected President-elect for the coming year. David Burke and Darren Michael attended the Tennessee Theatre Associations annual conference, this year held on the campus of Austin Peay State University, with the Union University Players' production of Die Ratsel. While there, Darren was selected to the Tennessee Theatre Association's Board of Directors as a Member at Large. Terry Blakley is co-author of an article in Public Health Reports (January-February 2004) entitled, Integrating mental Health Services into Primary HIV Care for Women: The Whole Life Project. Mary Anne Poes article and case study, Am I Missing Something? was published in the Social Work and Christianity Journal (summer 2003). Lee Benson spoke at Somerset Christian College in Zerapath, New Jersey, on Gods Dependence upon Creativity. Also, five of his sculptures are included in Thresholds, a two-year traveling exhibit that will tour five southeastern states. The show opens in Charleston, SC in December. David McClune has given lectures on clarinet mouthpiece acoustics and design at the University of Minnesota, Florida State University, and Indiana University Schools of Music. His custom clarinet mouthpieces are played by professional clarinetists in the United States, Australia, Taiwan, and Chile. Congratulations to our Fall 2003 Undergraduate Research Grants recipients: Howard Newell and Justin Butcher: An Analysis of The Economic Consequences of the Peace based upon Keynes' "True Beliefs" Established During His Formative Years Sean Evans, Rachelle Haskins, and Jenny Buffington: Whither the Southern Democrat?: Democratic and Republican Prospects in Tennessee Cindy Jayne and Katherine Sorrell: Current Issues Faced by "Third Culture Kids" Chris Blair and Trae Cadenhead: "Within a Room Somewhere": A Film Don Van, Christina Johnson, and Stephen Yzaguirre: Revisit the Vapor Compression Refrigeration Cycle for Efficiency Enhancement These research projects will be showcased at the first annual Union University Scholarship Symposium (UUSS) on May 3, 2004. The following faculty members were awarded the Course Redesign or Development Grant: Michael Chute, Bryan Dawson, Julie Glosson, Patty Hamilton, Dwayne Jennings, Michael Mallard, Camille Searcy, Melessia Matthis, and Ray Van Neste. David Gushees book, Righteous Gentiles of the Holocaust: Genocide and Moral Obligation, has been released in its second edition by Paragon House. Also, he will be teaching at the Evangelical Theology Seminary in Osijec, Croatia, during January 2004. Gene Fant has been selected for inclusion in the 2004 edition of Whos Who in American Education. He also served on the Steering Committee of the Literature of the Bible Subgroup of the Evangelical Theological Society and will make a presentation at the 2004 conference. He was assigned to write a brief biography of Terri Blackstock for the Mississippi Writers Project at Ole Miss, and his essay What Do We See in the Smoke? was carried by the Baptist Press as one of three September 11th columns. Patricia Hamilton has been selected for inclusion in the 2004 edition of Whos Who in American Education. Bobby Rogers poem Gray was nominated for the Pushcart Prize; this is the second consecutive year he has been nominated for this award, one of the most prestigious in American letters. Pam Sutton contributed an entry to the forthcoming online text The Guide to Become a Creative Writer. She also was recognized by the American Red Cross for donating a gallon of blood! Mark Dubis, Gene Fant, Brad Green, George Guthrie, Jim Patterson, Hal Poe, Greg Thornbury, and Ray Van Neste participated in the Evangelical Theological Society National Meeting in Atlanta, November 19-21. Three students and one recent graduate also accompanied the group. George Guthrie presented "'Did You Hear That?': Old Testament Christological Echoes in Hebrews," Jim Patterson presented "The Liberator is Coming: Images of Jesus in the Jesus Movement," and Hal Poe presented "Constructing an Evangelical Alternative to Process Theology." Professors Dubis, Green, Guthrie, Poe, and Van Neste also attended the Society of Biblical Literature/American Academy of Religion sessions following ETS. Guthrie and Poe presented papers. Ken Newman presented a workshop, Writing to Learn, on October 14 to the faculty of Greenfield High School. Michele Atkins, Ken Newman, and Ann Singleton made 4 presentations each on October 15 for the Shelby County Schools system-wide teacher in-service meeting. Their topics included Teaching Students who are Gifted, Comprehension Strategies, and Teaching Students with Disabilities in the Regular Classroom. Carrie Whaley presented a workshop, Phonemic Awareness and Early Literacy Activities on November 10 to the faculty of University School of Jackson. She also has been selected to serve on the Tennessee Ad-Hoc Committee on Early Childhood Licensure Standards and was elected as the president of the Tennessee Association for Childhood Education International. Dottie Myatt is a member of the Tennessee Association of Colleges for Teacher Education grant writing team applying for a Carnegie Foundation grant that will be a part of the Tennessee Department of Education Teacher Quality Enhancement grant. In November 2003 Michael Penny, UU staff accompanist Joan Forbes and four students--Matt Jones, Lindsey Rapp, Rachel Sebby and Amanda Wall--performed the short opera Jack and the Beanstalk for music and theater groups in five local public high schools (JCM, Liberty, Madison, Northside, Southside) and one middle school (Tigrett). They were able to leave information on applying for Union and (for some groups) answer questions.
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October 2003 This summer Darren Michael played over 60 performances as the lead role in Daniel Boone: The Man and the Legend at Ft. Harrod Drama Productions in Harrodsburg, KY. This past March Darren attended the Southeastern Theatre Conference in Washington, D. C., to present a workshop entitled "Resources of Small Theatre Groups." He also took classes this past summer and became certified with the Society of American Fight Directors as well as the British Academy of Stage and Screen Combat in Rapier and Dagger, Unarmed, and Knife fight choreography. Nancy Easley presented Creating a Positive Climate of Diversity at the first annual Instructional Leadership Conference for Shelby County Schools on July 21. Anna Clifford and Dottie Myatt presented a session titled Learning Webs, Problems-based Learning, and Higher Order Thinking at the CCCU Conference on Technology hosted by Union University in May. Ralph Leverett presented a day-long workshop in June for the teachers of Gibson County Schools titled Serving Students with Hearing Loss: Listening and Adapting. He also made a two-part presentation for the elementary and middle-grades teachers of Union City Schools, Sound-field Amplification: Inexpensive, Inclusive, and Effective in June. Kenneth Newman presented a workshop on June 17 addressing strategies for incorporating childrens literature to encourage and enhance writing for the faculty of Whitehall Elementary School. Thomas Rosebrough has an article titled Debunk These Ten Myths About Teaching and Learning, in the August/September 2003 Teaching Professor. Michael Salazars paper, "The Degradation of a Poly(ester urethane) Elastomer. III. Kinetic Modeling of Estane 5703 Hydrolysis." Co-authored with Russell T Pack, Journal of Polymer Science, 41, 1136-1151, (2003), was published in the peer review journal, Journal of Polymer Science, Polymer Physics. The work involves the development of a kinetic master equation for the hydrolytic degradation of polymers and the use of these kinetic master equations for predicting the amount of aging in polymers relevant to nuclear weapons. Sam Myatt represented Union at the annual Christian Adult Higher Education Association Conference in Phoenix. In addition, he was the National Council representative for the induction of the Alpha Sigma Lambda National Honorary Society for Adult Students at Crichton College, Memphis. David Gushee presented a conference paper on Making Ourselves Sick: Spirituality, Moral Choices, and Health at the Model Interventions and Alternative Therapies in Chronic Disease Management Conference at UT Martin on October 14. The 2nd edition of Righteous Gentiles of the Holocaust will be coming out with Paragon House in November. Toni Chiareli presented "Turkey 2003: An Ethnographic Team Research Experience," at the Annual Meeting of the Consortium for Global Education, held at Harding-Simmons University, Abilene, TX, on September 27. The presentation highlighted the process and preliminary findings of the joint intercultural research he and his MAIS students conducted for 5 weeks this past Summer in two western Turkish cities. An ethnographic research document is being written this Fall semester for a forthcoming publication in the Journal of the International Center for Ethnographic Studies. Randall Bushs new novel, The Quest for Asdin, is available at Davis-Kidd and LifeWay. A book signing will be held on October 13 from 1:00-3:30 at LifeWay and at Davis-Kidd on Nov. 1 from 11:00-4:00. Steve Beverly and Chris Blair participated in a panel entitled, "Interactive Media: Complement or Competition to the Traditional Academic Broadcast Program," at the Broadcast Education Association Regional Conference at Middle Tennessee State University on October 3rd, 2003. Chris also chaired the panel. Chris Blair attended the International Digital Media and Arts Association (IDMAA) Board of Directors meeting at Ball State University in Muncie, IN on September 25-26, 2003. Chris was named chair of the Membership Committee of the IDMAA. The Environmental Commission of Germantown won the 2002 Tennessee Local Government Stewardship Award from the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation. Nancy Dayton is vice chair of the Commission. Nancy Dayton presented "Recycle yourself: The Ethics of Organ Donation" to Positive Christian Singles at Christ United Methodist Church on September 2. Steve Beverly, Chris Blair and Michael Chute presented papers at the Tennessee Communication Association Annual Conference at Middle Tennessee State University on September 19, 2003. Steve presented a paper entitled, "The Magic of Jed Clampett." Chris chaired the Mass Communication panel, and his presentation was entitled, "Digital Media: New major or new discipline?" Michael presented a paper entitled, "Clayton Thomas Rand: Fighting Editor of the Deep South." Kina Mallard led a workshop titled, "Supporting First-Year Faculty at Small Colleges: Designing Programs for Success" and presented "Creating a New Vision of Teaching from Dreams" at the 28th Annual Conference Professional and Organizational Development Network Conference in Denver. Ann Singleton and Nan Thomas attended the conference. Hal Poe has been elected to a two year term as vice president of the Academy For Evangelism in Theological Education. He also spoke on the subject "Balancing Cultural Accommodation with Theological Integrity" at the annual meeting of the AETE October 9-11 in Chicago. He is also the featured speaker October 21 at the University of Memphis Libraries annual Poe Festival on the subject "The Elusive Edgar Poe: A Personal Perspective." Patricia Morris and Mary Platt were invited to conduct workshops for the Northwest Tennessee Association of School Librarians. The workshops were held in September at Davidson Titles, a book distribution center located in Jackson, TN. Workshop emphasis included Instruction and Technology Literacy (the most widely used systematic process to find, use, apply and evaluate information to specific needs and tasks), and Preservation of Materials. Over twenty-five School Library Media Specialists representing grades K-12 were in attendance. Twenty-five Union students participated in the Baptist Press Student Journalism Conference, Oct. 9-11, in Nashville, Tenn. Faculty advisers for the conference were Michael Chute and Jim Veneman. In the annual Awards Competition, the Cardinal & Cream received first place in Overall Excellence, the second year in a row that Union's student newspaper has been awarded the top honor in the newspaper category. In addition, Cardinal & Cream staff members received many individual awards including first place awards to Justin Veneman for photography and Erin Gafford for feature writing. |
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September 2003 Steve Baker was elected Director at Large for Special Projects of the Association of Christian Librarians. He also made two presentations, “Collaboration on the Frontiers of New Media” and “Taming the Frontier of the American Colonial Mind” at the ACL annual conference in June. Melissa Moore’s article, “If you build it, will they come? Reaching out to faculty through information literacy instruction” was included in the July/August 2003 issue of College & Research Libraries News. George Guthrie was honored with the Gold Medallion Award for his work on “Hebrews” in the Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary. The award is given by the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association. George’s article “Hebrews Use of the Old Testament: Recent Trends in Research” was published in the April 2003 edition of Currents in Biblical Research. He also appeared on the nationally broadcast radio program with Michael Card, and was a Bible study leader for the National Leadership Conference at Ridgecrest in July. Joyce Henderson went on a mission trip sponsored by Baptist Nursing Fellowship July 17 - 19. She participated in activities at the Marlinton, West Virginia Youth Center and taught classes on parenting at the Hillsboro, West Virginia Federal Corrections Center for Women. The latter is one of three facilities in the nation where nonviolent female prisoners can give birth and care their babies up to 2 years of age. The August-September 2003 issue of The Teaching Professor will feature an article by Tom Rosebrough entitled, "Myths and Facts: Teaching and Learning." Jan Wilms became certified as a Microsoft System Administrator. The MCSA program involves 4 exams on Windows XP and 2000 Server, plus a networking component. Jan took a week long IBM workshop on Web Services using WebStudio. He also received hands-on training on Macromedia Flash & ColdFusion. Kenny Holt reports that Union’s portfolio in the TVA Investment Challenge Team project outperformed the S&P 500 by 260 basis points during the month of June. Year-to-date, the portfolio is outperforming the benchmark by 300 basis points. During June, Union’s portfolio outperformed the index in seven of the eight sectors held in the portfolio, equivalent to approximately 83% of the entire portfolio. Of these seven sectors, Health Care and Information Technology are the only two underweight as compared to the benchmark. Fundamentally, the portfolio has both a lower Price-to-Earnings Ratio and Beta than the S&P 500, while at the same time having a higher Market Capitalization and Return-on-Equity. Union’s top five performing stocks make up approximately 15% of the entire portfolio, while the bottom five make up approximately 22% of the entire portfolio. Overall, Union’s strategy seems to be working very well for the portfolio. Gene Fant was named to the 2004 edition of Who’s Who in America and contributed commentary to an article on issues related to non-traditional degrees in the August 8, 2003, edition of The Chronicle of Higher Education. Additionally, he chaired a panel discussion on new faculty orientation at the Department Chairs’ Workshop of the Council on Independent Colleges conference in Atlanta on May 28-29 and had an essay, “I Was a Boy GA,” published in the summer issue of Dimensions, the WMU leadership journal. He also served as a faculty consultant for the College Board’s AP English Exam reading in June. Patty Hamilton presented a paper, "Earning the Title of an Honest Man: The Place of Business Ethics in Daniel Defoe's The Complete English Tradesman" at the 11th Quadrennial Congress of the International Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies at UCLA on August 6, 2003. Hadley Mozer was named the recipient of the 2003 Charles G. and Cornelia Smith English Award, the prestigious annual award given to the outstanding English graduate student at Baylor. Gavin Richardson presented a paper entitled "Sex and Secrecy in Medieval Antifeminist Proverbs" at the Thirty-eighth International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, May 2003. Bobby Rogers had a poem accepted for publication in the journal Poem Lore. Jenny White read a selection of her poems at the 9th annual Southern Writers, Southern Writing Conference on July 19th in Oxford, MS. Jeanette Russ co-authored “Three-dimensional image registration of phantom vertebrae for image-guided surgery: a preliminary study,” Computer Aided Surgery 7(6): 342-353, December 2002; and “First Experiences on the "Other Side" of the Desk: Practical Techniques for New Professors of Engineering.” Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, Nashville, TN, June 2003. She also co-authored with Chris Song an article entitled, “A Survey of State-based Initiatives to Encourage K-12 Engineering Education,” Proceedings of the 2003 Memphis Area Engineering and Sciences Conference, Memphis, TN, May 2003. The Delta-Psi Chapter of Phi Alpha Theta has been awarded the 2003 Best Chapter Award. Steve Carls is chapter advisor. Michael Penny’s article on chamber opera as dinner theater was published in NOA Notes (March/April 2003 edition), the newsletter of the National Opera Association. Darin White was recently awarded the Advanced National Coaching License from the National Soccer Coaches Association of America after passing oral, written and field exams during the 50 hour course in San Diego, CA. He is now a candidate for the Premier License, the highest soccer coaching licenses given in the U.S., and will attempt to obtain it in 2004/2005. Julie Powell was elected to the office of Second Vice-President for the NAIA-Sports Information Directors of America Executive Board at the national meeting in Cleveland, Ohio, this summer. |
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May 2003 Sean Evans made a presentation entitled, “The Judicial Confirmation Process: Problems and Prospects,” at the Tennessee Political Science Association April 11-12. He was also elected Treasurer of the TPSA. The following weekend, April 17-19, he presented a paper entitled “Guardian of Good Ideas: Minority Party Policy Making in Congress” at the Southwestern Political Science Association in San Antonio, TX. The Union University men's soccer program, coached by Darin White, earned the very prestigious 2002 National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) Team Academic Award. The selections are made from all men's soccer teams in all divisions (NCAA and NAIA). Union was academically ranked 52nd out of 1,158 total teams, which places them among the top 5%. The Bulldogs are named among colleges and universities such as Notre Dame, Pennsylvania, Seton Hall, Wheaton, Clemson, and Kentucky. Dottie Myatt co-presented “Teaming Up to Mentor: Two Institutes of Higher of Education and One Local Education Association Join Forces,” with Sherry Freeman from Lambuth University and Deborah Aylor from the Jackson-Madison County Schools at the A.A.C.T.E. in New Orleans. Dr. Myatt also presented an in-service on higher order thinking skills and problem-based learning for the Thelma Barker Elementary School and served as Chair of the State Department of Education Board of Examiners at Lee University in Cleveland, TN. Bill Hedspeth and Anna Clifford participated in the “Read Across America“ February 28, 2003 in several local schools. Carrie Whaley presented an in-service at Lane Elementary School on “Tips for Transitions & Behavior Strategies.” Dr. Whaley also authored an article that will appear in a N.A.E.Y.C. book to be released spring of 2003. Jennifer Grove attended the Christianity in the Academy conference at the University of Memphis. Sandra Hathcox and Melessia Mathis helped coordinate an energy workshop for pre-service teachers. It was sponsored by the Tennessee Energy Education Network and hosted by the Departments of Education and Physics. Ken Newman presented with Nancy Cherry of Lambuth University “The Learning Environment” for the Jackson Madison County School System. Michele Atkins and Ann Singleton presented a full day workshop on “The Efficiency and Flow of Leadership” for the C.I.C. in San Diego, CA. Terry Weaver attended the Council of Exceptional Children International Conference April 9-12 in Seattle, Washington. Drs. Tucker, Weaver & Singleton’s textbook, "Teaching Mathematics to All Children" has been selected by Prentice Hall Publishers for a second edition. Gene Fant has been invited to serve as a faculty consultant for the AP Examination in English Literature. Additionally he was interviewed for two articles on the hiring process in higher education for the March 27, 2003, on-line version of the Chronicle of Higher Education. Bobby Rogers had a poem, ”The Fifth Anniversary is Wood,” accepted for publication in Nimrod: International Journal of Poetry and Prose at the University of Tulsa. Roger Stanley moderated a session on Short Fiction at the annual meeting of Sigma Tau Delta in Cincinnati, where two senior English majors, Jarret Green and Joanna Stillman, presented papers and read from original poetry. Pam Sutton attended the national meeting of the Conference on College Composition and Communication in New York City. Patty Hamilton moderated a session entitled "Restoration Drama and Cultural Discourses" at the 29th Annual Conference of the Southeastern American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies in Columbia, SC, and had an article, “Beyond 'Great Crowds' and 'Minor Triumphs': Teaching Students to Evaluate Critical Pronouncements,“ accepted for publication in the forthcoming book, Reading and Teaching Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century British Women Writers, to be published by Peter Lang in 2004. Terry Lindley delivered a paper on "The Texas Baptists' Response to Vietnam" at the joint session of the Texas State Historical Association and the Texas Baptist Historical Society on March 6, 2003, in El Paso, Texas. His paper was part of a session entitled "Strange Days: Texas Baptists and the 1960s." A revised form of the paper will be published by Texas Baptist History. Elizabeth Vaughn-Neely presented "Hugging Data" to the faculty of Nova Elementary School for an in-service meeting. She also attended the workshop, "P.L.C.'s and Continuous Improvement" in Memphis. Ann Singleton and Michele Whaley presented "The Empathic Leader: A New Dynamic for Leading Academic Programs" at the Annual Academic Chairpersons Conference in Orlando, Fl. Carrie Whaley presented "Implementing the Project Approach in In-service and Pre-service Classrooms" for the N.A.E.Y.C annual conference in New York. She also presented at the Lifelines for Teachers In-service at Jackson State Community College. Her session was titled, "Developing Literacy through Phonemic Awareness." She made another local presentation, "Writing Workshops," for the Weakly County Schools. Melessia Mathis and Anna Clifford presented, "Stringing Standards with Social Studies," at the Lifelines for Teachers In-service at Jackson State Community College. Melessia Mathis attended the Tennessee Department of Education Student Teacher Placements Meeting in Nashville, TN. Camille Searcy was invited to review the book, "Observation in the Classroom." Bill Hedspeth presented an in-service to the Medina Elementary School faculty on reading comprehension. Kyle Hathcox, Melessia Mathis and Sandra Hathcox combined efforts to coordinate a workshop for pre-serve teachers focusing on Energy Education. The workshop was led by Ramona Nelson from the Tennessee Energy Education Network. Approximately 40 teacher candidates attended the workshop held March 13 at Union University. Stephen Carls attended the conference of the Society for French Historical Studies in Milwaukee, WI, April 3-5. He also attended the Third Annual Civil Rights Conference at the University of Tennessee at Martin on February 27. Several professors presented papers at the Eighth Annual Christianity in the Academy Conference. “Christian Intellectual Life in a New Dark Age,” at The University of Memphis on April 4. James Patterson presented “Images of Death, Decline, and Darkness in Modern Evangelical Thought: Francis Schaeffer, Carl Henry and Charles Colson.” Randall Bush presented “Reflections on the ‘son of Man’: Implications for a Christian Transforming Worldview.” Hal Poe presented “Beyond the God of the Gaps.” Brad Green presented “Intellectus et Crux: The Christian Mind and the Reality of the Cross.” Brad Green, Ray Van Neste and Josh Wamble (Sr. Theology major) attended the Southeastern Regional meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society, March 7-8. Brad presented a paper entitled 'Intellectus et Crux: Understanding and the Cross' and Ray presented a paper entitled 'Evidences of Intelligent Design in the Pastoral Epistles.' Ruth Chastain’s article, “Nursing informatics: Past, present and future,” was published in the Tennessee Nurse. Mike Salazar’s paper, “The Potential energy surface for spin-aligned Li3 (a4A’) and the potential energy curve for spin-aligned Li2 ,” was accepted in the peer reviewed Journal of Chemical Physics. He co-authored the paper with several others. This paper is an extremely important paper in field of Bose-Einstein condensation, which is at the cutting edge of research in atomic and molecular physics. Terry McRoberts presented a lecture-recital, Two Versions of the Etude, Op. 8, No. 12 by Alexander Scriabin: A Comparison of How the Composer Used the Same Musical Materials in Two Different Ways, at the meeting of the Southern Chapter of the College Music Society in Tampa, Florida at the University of South Florida on February 27 to March 1. He also collaborated with Keith Koons in a performance of Epigrams for Clarinet and Piano by Joe Alexander on a composer's concert at the meeting. Linn Stranak and Carla Sanderson presented a seminar on “Healthy Aging” to approximately 300 senior adults on February 4 at Union’s Lunch and Learn. Union’s Delta-Psi Chapter of Phi Alpha Theta (a national history honor society) hosted the Mid-South Regional History Conference on February 22. Approximately 125 people attended at least one session of the conference, which was a part of the Delta-Psi Chapter’s 50th anniversary celebration (1953-2003). Joseph Webster of Union won the second place award for best undergraduate papers, and Union’s Joshua Moore won third place. At the luncheon, former Union vice president Bob Elliott (a charter member of the chapter) spoke about the chapter’s origins, and David Thomas gave a talk entitled “They Do Things Differently There: History in Children’s Literature.” Stephen Carls, the Delta-Psi Chapter’s faculty advisor, coordinated the conference with the able assistance of Carol Johnson and many others from Union and other participating schools. Sam Myatt was elected to serve as Vice President of the SBAEA (Southern Baptist Adult Education Association) Conference for 2003-04 at their meetings April 24 and 25, which was held in Gatlinburg.
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February 2003 The following people were granted continuing faculty status following their first full year on the Union faculty:
Randy Shadburn Mark Dubis Elizabeth Vaughn-Neely Don Christensen Gene Fant Jeannette Russ Richard Joiner Andy Madison Darren Michael
The following were promoted effective Fall semester 2003: Assistant Professor to Associate Professor Michele Atkins Nancy Easley Julie Glosson Paul Munson Barbara Perry Philip Ryan Charles Fowler
Associate Professor to Professor Steve Baker Ruth Chastain George Guthrie David Gushee Kelvin Moore Joanne Stephenson Jean Marie Walls Georgia Wellborn Jan Wilms
Professor to University Professor Jimmy Davis Cynthia Jayne Walton Padelford
The following were granted tenure: Gail Coleman Stephanie Edge George Guthrie Sally Henrie Melissa Moore James Patterson
Hal Poe has completed the manuscript of his sixth book, Athens and Jerusalem: the Collaboration of Biblical Faith and Higher Education. It will be published by Baker Books under the Brazos imprint next fall. Mike Salazaar presented a seminar at The Center for Computational and Quantum Chemistry at the University of Georgia on Tuesday, February 4, entitled “A Completely General Methodology for the Execution of Molecular Dynamics Simulations on Ab Initio Potential Energy Surfaces.” David Gushee’s book, Kingdom Ethics, was released in January. His essay will be published in the Good Question feature of the March issue of Christianity Today. He will also participate in a National Association of Evangelicals process on Christian political engagement with an essay on evangelical ethical methodology in March. Dottie Myatt recently attended the annual meeting of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education in New Orleans and co-presented a session with Sherry Freeman and Deborah Aylor. The presentation, entitled “Teaming Up to Mentor: Two IHE’s and One LEA Join Forces,” focused on the mentoring program implemented collaboratively by Union, Lambuth, and Jackson-Madison County Schools. Kenny Holt has published an article, “Participative Management’s Influence on Effective Strategic Diffusion,” in the Journal of Business Strategies. Steve Beverly’s column was published in Electronic Media. The topic of the column was dealing with adverse reactions of home viewers during national crisis. The Torch was awarded the 2002 Gold Medal from the prestigious Scholastic Press Association at Columbia University. Bobby Rogers is the faculty sponsor. David Malone presented a paper, “This Book Cannot Win: The Mean/Jaded/Skimming Reader and the Defensive Text in David Egger’s A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius” at the Midwest Modern Language Association Conference, Minneapolis, November 5. Gavin Richardson and Michael Mallard led a group tour of Italy over Christmas Break. Bobby Rogers’ book-length manuscript of poems was a finalist for the Brittingham and Felix Pollak Prizes in Poetry at Wisconsin University Press. His poem, “Arkansas Stone,” was accepted by the Clackamas Literary Review for their Spring/Summer 2003 issues. Roger Stanley has been recognized by Sigma Tau Delta, the English honor society, for ten years of Union chapter sponsorship. He will be recognized for this service at the national convention in March. Gene Fant has been consulting for Prentice-Hall publishers and for the CLEP exam for Educational Testing Services. He also had a book chapter on William Faulkner accepted for the forthcoming text Literature and the Reader (Rodopi, 2004) and has started writing a monthly column on fatherhood for the Jackson Sun. Ann Singleton and Michele Atkins led a workshop titled, “The Empathic Leader: A New Dynamic for Leading Academic Programs” at the national Academic Chairpersons Conference in Orlando. At the same conference, Barbara McMillin served on a panel called “Deans and Chairs: Merging Interpretations to Share the Vision.” Anna Clifford, Melessia Mathis, Carrie Whaley, and Michele Atkins presented workshop sessions at "LifeLines for Teachers," sponsored collaboratively by Union, Lambuth, Freed-Hardeman, Lane, Jackson State, and the University of Memphis at Jackson, on January 25, 2003. More than 200 teachers from West Tennessee attended the all-day workshop. Charlotte Ward Larson is the recipient of the prestigious D. Jean Wood Nursing Scholarship Award for 2003. The award was presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Nursing Research Society. |
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February 2003 Hal Poe has completed the manuscript of his sixth book, Athens and Jerusalem: the Collaboration of Biblical Faith and Higher Education. It will be published by Baker Books under the Brazos imprint next fall.Mike Salazaar presented a seminar at The Center for Computational and Quantum Chemistry at the University of Georgia on Tuesday, February 4, entitled “A Completely General Methodology for the Execution of Molecular Dynamics Simulations on Ab Initio Potential Energy Surfaces.” David Gushee’s book, Kingdom Ethics, was released in January. His essay will be published in the Good Question feature of the March issue of Christianity Today. He will also participate in a National Association of Evangelicals process on Christian political engagement with an essay on evangelical ethical methodology in March. Dottie Myatt recently attended the annual meeting of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education in New Orleans and co-presented a session with Sherry Freeman and Deborah Aylor. The presentation, entitled “Teaming Up to Mentor: Two IHE’s and One LEA Join Forces,” focused on the mentoring program implemented collaboratively by Union, Lambuth, and Jackson-Madison County Schools. Kenny Holt has published an article, “Participative Management’s Influence on Effective Strategic Diffusion,” in the Journal of Business Strategies. Steve Beverly’s column was published in Electronic Media. The topic of the column was dealing with adverse reactions of home viewers during national crisis. The Torch was awarded the 2002 Gold Medal from the prestigious Scholastic Press Association at Columbia University. Bobby Rogers is the faculty sponsor. David Malone presented a paper, “This Book Cannot Win: The Mean/Jaded/Skimming Reader and the Defensive Text in David Egger’s A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius” at the Midwest Modern Language Association Conference, Minneapolis, November 5. Gavin Richardson and Michael Mallard led a group tour of Italy over Christmas Break. Bobby Rogers’ book-length manuscript of poems was a finalist for the Brittingham and Felix Pollak Prizes in Poetry at Wisconsin University Press. His poem, “Arkansas Stone,” was accepted by the Clackamas Literary Review for their Spring/Summer 2003 issues. Roger Stanley has been recognized by Sigma Tau Delta, the English honor society, for ten years of Union chapter sponsorship. He will be recognized for this service at the national convention in March. Gene Fant has been consulting for Prentice-Hall publishers and for the CLEP exam for Educational Testing Services. He also had a book chapter on William Faulkner accepted for the forthcoming text Literature and the Reader (Rodopi, 2004) and has started writing a monthly column on fatherhood for the Jackson Sun. Ann Singleton and Michele Atkins led a workshop titled, “The Empathic Leader: A New Dynamic for Leading Academic Programs” at the national Academic Chairpersons Conference in Orlando. At the same conference, Barbara McMillin served on a panel called “Deans and Chairs: Merging Interpretations to Share the Vision.” Anna Clifford, Melessia Mathis, Carrie Whaley, and Michele Atkins presented workshop sessions at "LifeLines for Teachers," sponsored collaboratively by Union, Lambuth, Freed-Hardeman, Lane, Jackson State, and the University of Memphis at Jackson, on January 25, 2003. More than 200 teachers from West Tennessee attended the all-day workshop. Charlotte Ward Larson is the recipient of the prestigious D. Jean Wood Nursing Scholarship Award for 2003. The award was presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Nursing Research Society. |
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