December 2006

Theresa Blakey, along with social work students Jennefer Jones, Kasi Nunn, and Ashley Spruell, made a presentation to the state-wide annual conference of the Tennessee Department of Corrections in Nashville on September 26, 2006.  The title of the seminar was “Victims of Crime and Jessica’s Law:  Closing the Gap on Child Sex Offenders in Tennessee.”  Theresa also made the following presentations:  “Women, Trauma and Criminality,” at the Tennessee Sex Offender Treatment Board, 10^th Annual Treatment and supervision Conference, Tennessee Department of Corrections in Franklin, TN on August 24.  “Critical Incident Stress Management Training,” at Tennessee Department of Corrections Training Academy in Tullahoma, TN on June 23-24.  “Victims of Violent Crime:  Impact and Advocacy,” at Tennessee Corrections Association Spring Conference, on April 12.  “Violent Crime Impact on Victims and their Families:  Victim Impact Discourse with Pre-release Prisoners,” at Tennessee Department of Corrections, Victim Services, Wayne County Boot Camp, in Wayne County, TN Correctional Facilities on April 7.  She also attended a four day intensive training workshop in trauma therapy at the International Trauma Institute in Door County, Wisconsin in June.

Toni Chiareli was elected for a two-year term as Vice-President of ACTS, a national Christian sociologists' association, during the 30th Anniversary Conference, held at Covenant College, Lookout Mtn., GA, this past June, where he introduced his current project, "Theory-building and Fiction-Writing: Exploring the Intersection of Sociology and Literature."  He has also completed his first fiction novel, The Dreamers of Allianz, a book manuscript currently being reviewed by Moody Publishers, Chicago, IL.

Mary Anne Poe was invited to participate in a Calvin College Summer Seminar in Christian Scholarship July 18-21. She presented a paper, “Fairness Is Not Enough: Social Justice as the Restoration of Right Relationships.” The paper will be published in the journal Social Work and Christianity.

Darin White and Keith Absher presented a paper, “Country-of-origin image as a function of involvement and loyalty with a professional sports team:  a four country study of the Manchester United Football Club and England,” at the 2006 Contemporary Issues in Retail Marketing Conference held in Manchester, England.  The conference hosted delegates from18 countries representing 5 different continents.  Darin’s most recent publication is with Emily Lean (a 2003 graduate of Union and now a doctoral student at the University of Arkansas), “The Impact of Perceived Leader Integrity on Subordinate Ethical Intentions in a Work Team Environment.”  The article was published in The Journal of Business Ethics, one of the oldest and most prestigious business journals. 

Debbie Newell made a presentation, “Preventing Fraud in Your Business,” to the Chamber of Commerce on September 28.  Debbie also presented “Implementing a Fraud Course” to the Tennessee Society of Accounting Educators on September 22 in Brentwood, TN. 

Karen C. Miller presented “Publishing and Utilizing Relevant Research:  The Impact on Effective Teaching,” at the Annual National American Accounting Association Conference in August as well as at the Annual Tennessee Society of Accounting Educators Conference in September. 

Dottie Myatt presented “Integrating Faith and Learning” to the teachers of Haven of Peace Academy in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.  She also presented “Professional Expectations of Teachers” during the new teacher induction program for the Jackson-Madison County Schools and served on the Tennessee Department of Education’s Task Force for Alternative Licensure.

Ann Singleton presented “From Students that Click to Classes that Click” at the National Teaching Professor Conference in Nashville and to the faculty at Southwest Tennessee Community College as a part of their Fall Faculty Workshop.

Anna Clifford was one of two graduate students invited by the Instructional Design & Technology faculty and the College of Education at the University of Memphis to attend the Professors of Instructional Design & Technology (PIDT) meeting in Mountain Lake, Virginia.

Carrie Whaley presented a two-day workshop, “Developmentally Appropriate Literacy Programs,” for the PreK – Grade 2 teachers of Tipton County Schools.

Ken Newman presented a two-day workshop, “6-Trait Writing Assessment,” for the faculty of Isaac Lane Magnet Elementary School.

Daryl Charles and Jim & Donna Patterson attended the Biennial Meeting of the Conference on Faith and History at Oklahoma Baptist University, September 21-23.  Daryl presented a paper, "Pacifists, Patriots or Both? Second Thoughts on Early Christian Attitudes toward Soldiering and War."  Jim presented a paper entitled “James Robinson Graves (1820-1893): History in the Service of Ecclesiology."

Steve Beverly published a column entitled, “Douglas Paved Way for Today’s Talk Hosts,” in the August 21, 2006 issues of Television Week, a national weekly television trade journal.

Jim Kirk attended the International Symposium on Neural Networks in Chengdu, China, in May 2006.  At the conference, he presented his paper "Implementing a Chinese Character Browser Using a Topography-Preserving Map."  This paper will be published as part of Springer's Lecture Notes in Computer Science.  Jim also served as Visiting Professor at Yanbian University of Science and Technology in Yanji, China for their summer term.  After leaving China, he traveled to Delhi, India, where he taught ESL in a newly-founded language school and helped organize the school's administrative procedures.

George Guthrie and Russell D. Quinn published an article, “A Discourse Analysis of the Use of Psalm 8:4-6 in Hebrews 2:5-9,” in the Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society in June 2006.  George also reviewed a book by Robert W. Yarbrough, The Salvation Historical Fallacy?  Reassessing the History of New Testament Theology (History of Biblical Interpretation Series 2), in the journal Biblica (Vol. 87 – Fasc. 3 2006). 

David Thomas reviewed two books in the Christian Scholar’s Review (Summer 2006 issue):  William Shea, The Lion and the Lamb:  Evangelicals and Catholics in America; and Mark Noll and Carolyn Nystrom, Is the Reformation Over?:  An Evangelical Assessment of Contemporary Roman Catholicism. 

Bill Nance has been accepted by the 2007-08 Who’s Who in American Education.

The following Christian Studies professors attended the Evangelical Theological Society National Meeting in Washington, DC, Nov. 15-17: Daryl Charles, Mark Dubis, Brad Green, George Guthrie, Jim Patterson, Hal Poe, Gary Smith, and Ray Van Neste.  Several stayed for the Society of Biblical Literature and American Academy of Religion meetings, where they were joined by David Gushee and Kelvin Moore.  ETS papers included: Brad Green, "Knowledge, the Gospel, and the Ethical Life"; Hal Poe, "Science and Religion in the Public Square"; and Gary Smith, "Could Isaiah 41 Come from an Assyrian Setting?"  Daryl Charles was a commentator at two Evangelical Philosophical Society panels and was moderator for another one.

The Fall 2006 issue of Tennessee Baptist History has Terry Lindley's article, "Tennessee Baptists and the Vietnam War," and James Patterson’s  book review of Wayne Flynt's Alabama Baptists: Southern Baptists in the Heart of Dixie.

Kenneth Newman and Ann Singleton presented “Empowering Students to Think Deeply, Discuss Engagingly, and Write Definitely in the University Classroom” at the International Society for the Exploration of Teaching and Learning Conference in Palm Springs, California, on October 19.

Anna Clifford presented “'Connecting Preparation to Practice: Student Teachers’ Uses of Technology and Their Cooperating Teachers’ Impact” at the Association for Educational Communications and Technology International Convention in Dallas, TX, on October 12.

Ralph Leverett co-presented “Meeting in the Middle:  Rethinking Deaf Education” at the Tennessee Association of Audiologists and Speech-Language Pathologists in Nashville, Tennessee, on October 11.

Terry Weaver presented “How can I know if they know? Differentiated Authentic Assessment” at the 10th Annual BEYOND ACCESS conference sponsored by Learning Disabilities of America, UT Boling Center for Developmental Disabilities, R.I.S.E. Project and Down Syndrome Association in Memphis, Tennessee, on November 15.

Dottie Myatt presented “Implementing Alternative Licensure” at the Fall 2006 conference of the Tennessee Association of Independent Liberal Arts Colleges for Teacher Education in Nashville, Tennessee, on September 14.

Carrie Whaley and Sandra Hathcox presented “Bookmarking with Children” at the International Reading Association Southeast Regional Conference in Mobile, Alabama, on October 16.

Carrie Whaley presented “Inviting Children into Literacy Through Children’s Literature” at the Tennessee Association for Childhood Education International in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, on September 16.

Tom Rosebrough presented “Engaging Students” for the faculty of Whitehall Elementary School on October 16.

Kenneth Newman presented a Writing Workshop for the faculty of Haywood Elementary School on October 9.  Dr. Newman also presented “Six-trait Writing and Tennessee Writing Assessment” for Paris Elementary School on November 3, and presented “Oral Reading and Reading Fluency” for the faculty of Whitehall Elementary School on November 13.                    

Ann Singleton presented “Math – Who Needs It?” for the faculty of Rhea Elementary School in Paris, Tennessee, on November 3.

 Linn Stranak presented at the November 2006 state TAHPERD convention. The title of his presentation was "Research in sport education-determinants of wins/losses in college baseball:  a statistical analysis."   He was also reappointed to the awards committee for the state organization.

Steve Beverly was interviewed by The Associated Press, Television Week magazine and PR Week magazine about the impact of the career of Bob Barker, who will retire from television next summer.  Steve appeared on a Game Show Network documentary about the history of "Match Game" Sunday, Nov. 26, at 7 p.m. and 10 p.m., and Tuesday, Nov. 28, at 9 p.m.

Mike Salazar participated in the following:  1) -Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, Invited seminar - Theoretical Division, August 3, 2006, "Methodology for the molecular dynamic studies of complex chemical reactions on ab initio potential energy surfaces;"  2)  232nd National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, San Francisco, CA, September 12, 2006, "Innovative methodology for performing molecular dynamic studies of systems with high chemical reactivity", Division of Physical Chemistry;  3)  232nd National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, San Francisco, CA, September 13, 2006, "Aging of PBX 9501: Hydrolysis and Free-Radical Oxidation", Division of Polymeric Materials: Science & Engineering;  4)  232nd National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, San Francisco, CA, September 14, 2006, "Methodology for the molecular dynamic studies of complex chemical reactions on ab initio potential energy surfaces ", Division of Physical Chemistry; and 5)  University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS, Invited seminar - Department of Chemistry, October 19, 2006, "Method for performing molecular dynamic studies of systems with high chemical reactivity."

Mary Anne Poe presented a workshop with colleagues from Calvin College and Baylor University at the annual meeting of the North American Association of Christians in Social Work in Philadelphia. It was entitled, "Identifying and Creating Educational Resources for Christian Social Work Students."

Union University’s Opera Workshop, led by Mike Penney, has been invited to present some sacred opera/music theater scenes at the 51^st Annual Baptist Church Music conference to be held at Winter Park Baptist Church in Winter Park, FL, on June 3-6, 2007. They will perform in a 40-minute slot on Tuesday afternoon, June 5. 

Tom Proctor and Debbie Newell have had an article accepted for publication.  The article, entitled "IRS Issues FIN 48 Initiative for Expedited Resolution of Uncertain Tax Positions," has been accepted for publication in the TSCPA Journal.  The article will be published in the December 2006 edition of the journal.

August 2006

            Steve Beverly emceed the third annual Game Show Congress Legends Luncheon in Hollywood on July 16.  This year’s event was a Salute to Peter Marshall of “The Hollywood Squares.”

Darin White recently served as a reviewer for the 2007 American Marketing Association Winter Educators’ Conference Marketing Strategy Track.

Bill Nance was selected to serve on the 2006 Panel of Reviewers for the Robert W. Campbell Award.   He was also included in the 2006 Marquis’ Who’s Who in America.

Karen Martin earned the degree Doctor of Modern Languages from Middlebury College in July 2006 after successfully defending her dissertation on the demarcation of space in Isabel Allende’s House of the Spirits trilogy.  She is under contract to write two entries for Latin American Women Writers:  An Encyclopedia, forthcoming from Routledge Press.  In spring 2006 she presented “Gendered Spaces and Border Crossings” at the Kentucky Foreign Language Conference.  She also presented a paper on the narration of violence in the works of Luisa Valenzeula and Isabel Allende at the national Twentieth-Century Literature Conference.

Julie Powell, President of NAIA-SIDA, co-presented with a colleague, Dave Parsons (Mount Vernon Nazarene University, Ohio) on “Securing and Utilizing Student Help in the Sports Information Office” at the 2006 NAIA-SIDA Workshop in Nashville on July 1. 

July 2006

Linn Stranak has been selected for inclusion into Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers for 2006. 

Gene Fant was accepted for Who’s Who in America and Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers.  He is also serving as a consultant for ETS’s CLEP examination in English literature and will serve again as the Writer-in-Residence at the Edgar Allan Poe Museum’s Young Author’s Conference in VA.  He had a poem, “The Times-Picayune as Prophet,” accepted for a Katrina-themed national anthology, Voices from the Storm.  He was interviewed for stories in The Chronicle of Higher Education, the Dallas Morning-News, and Family Net Radio, and WBBJ; two essays, “Breaking  The Da Vinci Code” and “Sacrificial Living” ran in recent editions of the Baptist Press and in the Tennessee Baptist & Reflector.  An essay about Clyde Edgerton’s visit to Union in the fall ran in Mississippi Magazine, and “Just Shut Up about It!”  ran in The Chronicle of Higher Education.  A previously published essay on preacher’s kids is being re-printed in this summer’s Women of Faith’s newsletter.  Also, he now has his own feature segment on the video version of West Tennessee Parent & Family Magazine, which airs on Mondays at 7 on JEA Channel 6.

            In addition to receiving the 2006 Newell Innovative Teaching Award, Patty Hamilton had an article, “Monkey Business: Lord Orville and the Limits of Politeness in Frances Burney's Evelina" accepted for publication in the top journal Eighteenth-Century Fiction.   Another article (co-written with R. H. Hamilton), “Timeless Advice: Daniel Defoe and Small Business Management,” was published in the December 2005 issue of Management Decision, and a poem, “Southern Comfort,” was published in Big Muddy’s January 2006 issue.  She also moderated a panel at the annual meeting of SEASECS (Southeastern American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies).

Gavin Richardson attended a Council of Independent Colleges conference on the Transformation of the College Library, participating in a series of workshops designed to strengthen the contribution of libraries to teaching and learning.  He presented a synopsis of his research entitled “The Byzantine Anastasis: The Transfiguration of Romanitas" at the 2006 Pew Scholars luncheon.  His research on the medieval Mary Magdalene was recently cited in the prestigious Journal of English and Germanic Philology.

Bobby Rogers has been recognized as a nominee for the nationally recognized Best New Poets 2006 anthology; the honored poem was published in Image: The Journal of Faith & the Arts.  His poetry manuscript was also selected as a finalist for the Brittingham & Felix Pollack Award at the University of Wisconsin Press. 

Roger Stanley was elected to serve as the southern regional representative on the board of Sigma Tau Delta, the international English Honor Society; Prof. Stanley and three English majors, Nellene Benhardus, Leslie King, and Jared New, attended the annual meeting of Sigma Tau Delta, with Roger chairing a panel and the students presenting original research.  Additionally, Roger presented a paper, "Lucinda Williams as Heir Apparent to the Tradition of Southern Voices" at Ole Miss’s Music of the South conference.

In addition to being named Faculty of the Year 2006, Pam Sutton was named to Who’s Who among America’s Teachers and attended the western conference of the Conference on Christianity and Literature.

A paper by Kenny Holt, Bill Nance, and Darin White was accepted to the Academic Business World Conference. “Upon the recommendation of three reviewers we are pleased to accept your manuscript ‘Use the Force: Porter’s Analysis of the Bargaining Power of Buyers Applied to the RAND Study of Strategy in the US Higher Education Industry’ for presentation at the Academic Business World International Conference, May 29-31, 2006.  Your manuscript will be published in the refereed proceedings of the conference and is under consideration in a refereed journal associated with the conference.”

Karen C. Miller’s paper was accepted by the National American Accounting Association Conference.  The title of the research is "Publishing and Utilizing Relevant Research:  The Impact on Effective Teaching".  The authors include Karen C. Miller and Dr. Morris H. Stocks (University of Mississippi).  The paper was presented at the Southeast Regional American Accounting Association Conference in Knoxville on March 30, and will be presented again at the National American Accounting Association Conference.  This paper is under consideration by a refereed journal. 

Congratulations to Charles Baldwin and student Rhett Barker for their experiment about which Starbucks coffee has the most caffeine which was published in, “The American Chemical Society Award-Winning Publication: Chemistry”, Spring 2006.

Greg Thornbury published an article, “The Da Vinci Distraction,” in the July/August 2006 edition of The American Spectator.  

Sean Evans served as Program Chair of this year’s Tennessee Political Science Association (TPSA) meeting and the end of the meeting was elected President-Elect of the TPSA for the 2006-07 academic year.

Union University’s Student Tennessee Association recently received the Outstanding Chapter Award for 2006.  In addition to this year’s award, Union’s STEA chapter received this distinction for the past two years.  Two Union students were elected to state positions, Tammy McGill was elected secretary for the Student Tennessee Education Association, and Richard Dawson was elected as a student delegate to the TEA Representative Assembly.  Congratulations to the executive committee, all STEA members, and their faculty advisor, Carrie Whaley.        

Anna Clifford presented a technology workshop, “Mousing Around: Creating a Class Webpage,” for faculty and staff from the West Tennessee School for the Deaf in February at Union University.

Carrie Whaley presented, “Teaching Partnerships,” for the PreK-Grade One faculty members of University School of Jackson in March.  Carrie was also elected to the national board of the Association for Childhood Education International and co-authored an article, “Project Learning: A Fish is a Fish is a Fish,” in the Winter 2006 Tennessee’s Children.

Melinda Clarke presented a paper, “Leading by Serving: Making A Difference by Doing What Matters Most,” at the National Action Without Borders Conference at Vanderbilt University in March.  Melinda also presented, “You Raise Me Up: Enhancing Student Learning by Integrating Learning Taxonomies in Online Instruction,” at the Annual Instructional Technology Conference at Middle Tennessee State University in April.

Congratulations to Walton Padelford and Darin White on the acceptance of their article for publication.  The article entitled, “The Morality of Profit-Making: A Scale Development,”  has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Business and Economic Perspectives.  The article will be published in Volume XXXII, Number 2, Fall/Winter 2006 edition of the Journal.

Mike Salazar led a seminar , "Molecular dynamics simulations of complex gas-phase reactive systems by time-dependent groups", at the University of Georgia on September 16, 2005.  He also has a Peer-reviewed article, "Molecular dynamics of complex gas-phase reactive systems by time-dependent groups", published in the Journal of Physical Chemistry A,109,11515-11520, (2005).  He has applied for a Patent with M. Johnson, W. Duncan,, and J. Soller, entitled "Methods for performing molecular dynamic simulations using ab initio quantum mechanical potentials", United States Patent and Trademark Office, application number 60/732,957.  He made a presentation –entitled, "Methodology for the molecular dynamic studies of combustion on ab initio potential energy surfaces", at the 2006 Spring American Chemical Society National Meeting in Atlanta, GA, on March 29, 2006.  He also received a Visiting Faculty Appointment at Los Alamos National Laboratory.

May 2006

Judy Leforge’s essay, “Tennessee’s 1796 Constitution: Preparation for Statehood,” appeared in the Third Edition of the book Tennessee: State of the Nation.  During the Tennessee Conference of Historians, Judy chaired a session on the Reconstruction era.  In October, Judy presented her paper, “Alabama’s Colored Conventions and the Exodus Movement, 1870-1879”, at the Ohio Valley History Conference held at Murray State University.   In November, Judy, fellow history professors and seven students from the Phi Alpha Theta (History Honor Society, Inc.) participated in a service project at Fort Donelson National Battlefield as a part of Union University’s third annual “Day of Remembrance.”  Her article, “Porter-Leath Children’s Center: Memphis, Tennessee’s First Orphanage,” will appear in the forthcoming volume of the West Tennessee Historical Society.  In December, Judy held a reception for history majors and minors interested in teaching history.

David Gushee spoke at the Society of Christian Ethics meeting in Phoenix  in January on the theme, “The Moral Formation of the Evangelical Voter.”  His co-presenter was Justin Phillips.  David also spoke at Princeton Theological Seminary at a conference on “Theology, International Law, and Torture.”  He became a regular Christianity Today columnist that will appear every other month, beginning in November 2005, and also had the February cover of  Christianity Today which focused on torture with the title being, “Absolutely Not.”   His book, Only Human: Christian Reflections on the Journey Toward Wholeness, was named one of the top 10 Christianity books of the year for 2005 by amazon.com.

George Guthrie presented a paper entitled, “The Structure of Hebrews: Retrospect and Prospect in the Hebrews Consultation,” at the national meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature in Philadelphia in November.  He also presented an opening devotional on II Corinthians 2:17 at the national meeting of the Institute for Biblical Research, also in Philadelphia. 

Karen C. Miller wrote an article called, “The Evolution of Financial Management, First Baptist Church, Lexington, Tennessee: The First 100 Years (1842-1942)”, that was published in the fall 2005 edition of Tennessee Baptist History.

Jean Marie Walls received the Jacqueline Elliot Award for Outstanding Service in Higher Education from the Tennessee Foreign Language Teaching Association in November.  She was also named as Executive Director of the Mid-Continent Consortium for International Education.

Karen Martin passed her comprehensive exams in Spanish for the Doctor of Modern Languages degree at Middlebury College in July 2005.

Daryl Charles, Mark Dubis, Brad Green, Paul Jackson, Jim Patterson, and Gary Smith attended the Evangelical Theological Society national meeting in Valley Forge, PA.  Daryl Charles presented, “Pacifists, Patriots of Both? Second Thoughts on Early Christian Attitudes toward War and Soldiering.”  Mark Dubis presented the paper, “The Land in Biblical Perspective,” and Brad Green presented, “Christianity, Knowledge, and Eschatology: How Christian Hope Informs the Intellectual Quest.”

Stan Warren gave Sacred Concerts in Clarksville and Jackson, TN with baritone Allen Henderson and also gave a Christmas Concert with harpist Carol McClure at the Dixie Carter Performing Arts Center in Huntington.  He served as a vocal judge and gave a master class for Mississippi  Music Teachers Association.  He also sang the title role in Handel’s “Judas Maccabaeus” at the Canon Center in Memphis with the Memphis Symphony and the Rhodes Chorale.  He had a tenor solo in Handel’s “Messiah” at First Presbyterian Church in Nashville and gave a recital and master class at Southern Seminary in Louisville, KY and another recital at Union and at the Renaissance Center in Dixon, TN.

Kevin Cooney will be presenting two papers this spring and summer: “American Policy in East Asia: Into the Arms of America?” at the International Studies Association Annual Convention in San Diego as panel co-organizer and co-chair and, “Measuring Foreign Aid: Public vs. Private” at the 20^th International Political Science Association World Congress in Fukuoka, Japan.  While in Japan he will be conducting research as a Union University Summer Research Grant recipient.

Darin White was awarded by The United Sated Department of Homeland Security with the Certificate of Appreciation, “in recognition of notable services which have assisted greatly in furthering the aims and functions of the Coast Guard.” Darin White and Clovis Simas also recently received the 2005 National Team Character and Sportsmanship Award at the National Soccer Coaches Association of America Convention in Philadelphia, PA.  The award is sponsored by Buffalo Funds and is given to an NAIA men’s soccer team that best exemplifies the five “Champions of Character” traits.

Gary Johnson and Linn Stranak, along with 2 other colleagues from another institution, had a presentation proposal accepted by the research council of the southern district of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance.  Linn Stranak has received a grant from TAHPERD to continue his research in sport education, and has also been selected for Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers for 2006.

Stephen Carls attended the Southern Historical Association’s Annual Meeting in Atlanta on November 3-5, 2005.  He participated in events associated with the Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society and with the 50th Anniversary of the SHA’s European History Section.  On January 4-6, 2006, he attended the Phi Alpha Theta Biennial Convention in Philadelphia, where he served as the moderator /commentator for two panels.  In addition, convention delegates elected him to a two-year on the society’s National Council.

James Patterson’s article, “Revolution and the Eschaton: Images of Jesus in the Jesus Movement,” was published in Trinity Journal, 26 (Fall 2005): 267-77.   James was the luncheon speaker at the Tennessee Baptist Historical society meeting in Brentwood on Feb. 21.  The topic was J.R. Graves, a Union trustee in the 19^th century.

 Haifei Li, Steve Buckley, Markus Ettl, Jen-Yao Chung, Henry Chang, and Jun-Jang Jeng recently published a paper, “COSAR: Commitment-Orientated ‘Sense and Respond’ System for Microelectronic Manufacturing,” International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Vol. 27, Numbers 9-10, pp. 999-1010, February 2006.

Ralph Leverett  reviewed two psychological tests, “Developmental Test of Visual Perception-Adolescent and Adult,” and,” Kent Visual Perceptual Test,” for the Sixteenth Mental Measurements Yearbook (2005).

Ann Singleton co-presented, “Classes that Click,” at the annual meeting of the International Society for Exploring Teaching and Learning in Cocoa Beach, Florida, in November.

Tom Rosebrough, Dottie Myatt, and Ann Singleton presented “Moral and Ethical Dispositions in a Teacher Education Program” as invited presenters at the annual meeting of the Association of Independent Liberal Arts Colleges for Teacher Education in San Diego, California, in February.

Nancy Easley co-presented “Come to the Table: An Urban Teacher Education Collaborative of Public and Private K-12 and Higher Education Partners” at the annual meeting of the Association of Independent Liberal Arts Colleges for Teacher Education in San Diego, California, in February.

Dottie Myatt, Kenneth Newman, Julie Glosson and Terry Weaver presented workshops to K-12 teachers in West Tennessee at LifeLines for Teachers, a collaborative composed of Lambuth University, UT at Martin, University of Memphis, Jackson State Community College, Freed-Hardeman University, and Union University.

Kenneth Newman and Ann Singleton presented, “Reading Across the Curriculum,” for the Henderson County School System in January.

Kenneth Newman and Ann Singleton presented, “How Are You Smart? Utilizing the Theory of Multiple Intelligences in the Classroom,” to the faculty of Jackson Christian School in January.

Jan Wilms attended a Cisco Network Security Bootcamp from Feb. 3-6 at the University of Louisville.

Sean Evans presented a paper, “Partisan Committee Opposition in the U.S. House of Representatives,” at the Southern Political Science Association in Atlanta, Georgia, January 5-7, 2006.

Haifei Li, S.Y.W. Su and H. Lam recently  published, “On Automated E-Business Negotiations: Goal, Policy, Strategy, and Plans of Decision and Action,” in the Journal of Organizational Computing and Electronics Commerce. Volume 16, No. 1, pp 1-29, 2006.

Walton Padelford read a paper at the National Business and Economics Conference in March entitled, “The Moral Underpinnings of Capitalism: Is Self-Interest as Bad as It Sounds?”  This paper was judged best in its session.

Keith Absher had two publications for the selection in the forum for educational ideas called, “The Direct Mail Marketing Consultant,” Winner and, “Retail Price Patrol: A Comparison of Retail Prices,” Honorable Mention.  Getting Started with Great Ideas, Eighth Edition. (Thompson-South Western Publishing Company: Mason, Ohio, 2006).

Ralph Leverett presented, “How Can We Be of Help? Services of the West Tennessee School for the Deaf,” at the annual Tennessee Special Education Conference in Nashville, Tennessee, in March.

Terry Weaver and Kenneth Newman co-presented, “Differentiation for Inclusion in General Education Classrooms,” at the annual Tennessee Council for Exceptional Children in Memphis, Tennessee, in February.

Ken Newman and Ann Singleton presented a full day of professional development for the K-6 teachers of the Weakley County School System on February 17.

James Patterson’s five year update of the CCCU history called, “Shining Lights and Widening Horizons: A History of the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities, 2001-2006 (Washington, D.C.: CCCU, 2006) was given to delegates at the CCCU Forum, Dallas, TX, March 30-April 1, 2006.

At The Eleventh Annual Christianity in the Academy Conference the following faculty presented: Ken Easley, “Is There A ‘Right Understanding’ of the Relationship between Christ and the Postmodern World? A Review and Discussion of David Wells’ Above All Earthly Pow’ers;” Bradley Green, “The Gospel and the Intellectual Quest: The Relationship between Christianity and the Life of the Mind;” Randall Bush, “The Suffering of God as an Aspect of the Divine Omniscience: Reflections on What God Knows;” student Gregory Poore, “The Controlling Influence of Religion in Theoretical Thought (A meditation on the thought of Calvinist thinker Herman Dooyeweerd.).”  Also Charles Colson gave the keynote address, “Toward a Christian Understanding of Classical Education”.

Congratulations to David Austill on his recent publication in the Journal of Business and Economics Research.  “Product Development and Cost Management Using Target Costing: A Discussion and Case Analysis,” which was published in February 2006, Volume 4, Number 2, pages 61-71.

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