|   Drake Professor Leads Division of American Choral Directors Association
Aimee Beckmann-Collier, professor of conducting and director of choral studies at Drake University, recently began her two-year term as president of the North Central Division of the American Choral Directors Association. Read more.
 Elon Professor Selected for National Council for Black Studies & Ford Foundation Workshop
Prudence Layne, an assistant professor of English and coordinator of African/African-American Studies at Elon University, was one of 10 national directors of Black Studies programs selected to participate in a Summer Administrative Workshop sponsored by the National Council for Black Studies and the Ford Foundation. Read more.
 Hamline Professor Publishes Book on Climbing, Altitude
Hamline University biology professor and mountaineer Mike Farris talks about scaling (and surviving) Mount Everest and his passion for climbing in his recent book, The Altitude Experience. The book offers scientific explanations as to what happens to the human body and mind at high altitudes, as well as useful, how-to advice for traveling at such heights. Read more.
APA Honors Samford Pharmacy Professor
Samford University pharmacy professor Dr. Michael Hogue received two top honors—the Faculty of the Year Award and President’s Award—given by the Alabama Pharmacy Association (APA). The faculty award recognizes academic achievement and exceptional leadership to student pharmacists at the local, state and national level. Hogue was cited for his long-term service and contributions that have benefited APA, as well as his efforts to promote the advancement of student pharmacists and mentor them on the importance of professional development. Read more.
Wagner Professor Publishes New Book on Gov. Hugh Carey
A new book co-authored by Wagner College Professor Seymour Lachman and former journalist Robert Polner was published by Excelsior Editions, an imprint of SUNY Press. The book, entitled “The Man Who Saved New York: Hugh Carey and the Great Fiscal Crisis of 1975,” covers the life and political career of former New York Governor Hugh Carey. Carey, who served for 14 years as U.S. congressman from Brooklyn (1961-1974), was governor of New York from 1975 through 1982. As soon as Carey took office in Albany, he was faced with a fiscal crisis that threatened to bring down both the state of New York and New York City. Read more. View on YouTube.
Valparaiso Professor Awarded $167,000 Grant to Study Plant Genetics
 A Valparaiso University plant biologist has won a $167,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to investigate the genetic origins of plant species with undergraduate students, a project that could yield substantial benefits for the agricultural industry. Dr. Rob Swanson, assistant professor of biology, says the grant will fund a series of genetic studies he began at Valpo two years ago on Arabidopsis, a flowering weed commonly known as thalecress or mouse ear cress and found throughout most of the continental United States. Read more.
University of Redlands Professor Publishes Book, Embarks on Tour
Dr. Tyler Nordgren, an astronomer and associate professor of physics at the University of Redlands, has just embarked on a summer tour to talk about the night skies and his new book, "Stars Above, Earth Below: A Guide to Astronomy in the National Parks." The publication is a literary and photographic journey through the national parks of the United States, tracing the night skies as they relate to the iconic geological formations of the Grand Canyon, Yosemite, and several of America’s other natural treasures. Read more.
Samford University Professor Elected National Omicron Delta Kappa President
 Samford University business professor Dr. Betsy Holloway has been elected national president of the 300,000-member Omicron Delta Kappa (ODK) leadership honor society. Holloway was elected to the post by student and faculty representatives and alumni delegates at the ODK biennial convention in Houston, Texas, Friday, June 30. She has served the national ODK board of directors as the appointed academic member-at-large for the past four years. Read more.
North Central Educators Present at Conference on International Studies
The team that heads the Office of International Programs at North Central College recently gave presentations at a conference for international educators. Jack Shindler of Naperville, professor of English and director of international programs, and Kimberly Larsson, assistant to the director of international programs, gave presentations at the Association of International Educators (NAFSA) Conference June 1-4, in Kansas City, Mo. Some 7,000 educators attended worldwide. Read more.
Elon University Professor Makes HIV/AIDS Focus of Scholarship
 Medical advances have allowed children infected with HIV/AIDS to live longer than ever before, and for families and doctors, that creates new challenges as teenage patients grow older. New research by Elon University associate professor Cynthia Fair outlines steps that families and medical providers should consider to ease what can be a difficult transition from pediatric to adult care. Fair’s scholarship appears in an upcoming issue of Psychology, Health, & Medicine. Read more.
Literary Organization Names Drake Professor to Leadership Roles
 Craig Owens, associate professor of English at Drake University, recently was named vice president and president-elect of the Midwest Modern Language Association (M/MLA), a nonprofit organization of teachers and scholars of literature, film, language and cultural studies. A regional affiliate of the Modern Language Association, the M/MLA provides a forum for disseminating scholarship and improving teaching in the fields of literary and cultural criticism. Read more.
Butler Psychology Chair Kathryn  Morris Receives NSF Grant
Butler University Psychology Department Chair Kathryn Morris has been awarded a $108,000 research grant from the National Science Foundation to study the factors that affect whether people confront prejudice when they witness it. Read more.
Drake University Professor Co-authors Children's Book on Diversity
 Carol Spaulding-Kruse, associate professor of English at Drake University, and Kay Fenton Smith, a Des Moines-based children's author, have assembled a collection of stories told by nine immigrant children who have settled in Iowa. The book, titled Zakery's Bridge: Children's Journeys from Around the World to Iowa, will be released in November by Des Moines-based Shrieking Tree Publishing. Read more.
Butler University Religion Professor McGrath Receives NEH Grant
 Butler University Associate Professor of Religion James McGrath has been awarded a $130,000 National Endowment for the Humanities grant for a project to translate the Mandaean Book of John from Mandaic into English. The Mandaeans are a Gnostic group, the only one to have survived continuously from the ancient world to the present day. Read more.
Butler Professors Publish Advice for Reading Teachers
 Publishing company Scholastic Inc. has invited Butler University Professor of Education Deborah Corpus and Lebanon Community Schools teacher Ann Giddings to write a reading teacher’s advice column for its Instructor magazine. Scheduled in four upcoming issues, the columns were inspired by a new book written by the pair to assist reading instructors for grades 3-8. Scholastic will release Planning & Managing Effective Reading Instruction Across the Content Areas in August. The research-based guide shows teachers how to integrate reading instruction across the curriculum and across the school day through big-picture planning, effective modeling, and guided and independent practice activities. Read more.
 Quinnipiac Professor Appointed President of American Academy of Physician Assistants
Cynthia Lord, director of the physician assistant program at Quinnipiac University, has been appointed president of the American Academy of Physician Assistants. The national organization represents the nearly 70,000 physician assistants practicing in all medical and surgical specialties and all practice settings. Read more.
Redlands Professor Helps to Examine Human and Animal Lives
 University of Redlands Philosophy Professor Kathie Jenni, who directs the University’s new interdisciplinary Human-Animal Studies minor, has coauthored a chapter published in a new book, “Teaching the Animal: Human-Animal Studies Across the Disciplines." The chapter, written with Philosophy Professor Mylan Engel Jr. at Northern Illinois University, is titled "Examined Lives: Teaching Human-Animal Studies in Philosophy," meant to indicate that philosophy examines both human and non-human lives as well as their intersections. “Teaching the Animal" by Lantern Press is a pioneering collection of original writings that detail the challenges and opportunities in developing courses in the burgeoning area of academic study, Human-Animal Studies (HAS). Read more.
Samford University Professor Studies in Prestigious Princeton Program
Samford University history professor Jason Wallace was selected to participate in a prestigious summer program on America and the World at Princeton University’s Lehrman American Studies Center. The program, which runs June 14-26, is cosponsored by the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions at Princeton. Read more.
 Arcadia Professor Chairs Conference on Computability
Dr. Xizhong Zheng, assistant professor of Computer Science and Mathematics at Arcadia University, co-chaired the Seventh International Conference of Computability and Complexity in Analysis held June 21-25 in Zhenjiang, China, bringing together theoretical computer scientists from around the world. Read more.
 Drake Professor Wins Pharmacy Excellence Award
Charles Phillips, associate professor of pharmacy administration and assistant dean of assessment at Drake University, was recognized with an Award for Excellence in Assessment from the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP). Read more.
Elon Professor Receives NEH Grant for New Course
 The National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded Elon University associate professor Shawn Tucker an Enduring Questions Grant to fund the development of a new interdisciplinary course, "Pride, Humility, and the Good Life," that will help students define their own concepts of pride and humility through research and analysis. The grant of up to $25,000 will allow Tucker to create a class where students can explore issues such as ambition, arrogance, “teachability,” excellence, meekness and openness. Read more.
 Elon Professor Launches “Idea Summit” for Journalism Innovations in Minority Communities
An effort conceived by Elon University associate professor Michelle Ferrier to reinvent journalism’s role in the nation’s underserved communities, by seeding entrepreneurial media and technology ventures, will bring together this week several dozen leading media entrepreneurs and observers to an "idea summit" at Wayne State University in Detroit. Read more.
Tony-winning Actress Joins Wagner Theater Faculty
 The Wagner College Theater Department proudly announces that Tony Award-winning actress Michele Pawk will join its faculty this fall. She will teach classes in advanced acting, directing, and the history of American film as well as direct the college’s Main Stage production of “Seussical.” Pawk’s extensive career includes Broadway, off-Broadway and regional theater, television and film, and her recent Broadway credits include “Hairspray,” “Cabaret,” “Mamma Mia,” “Losing Louie,” and “Hollywood Arms,” for which Michele won the prestigious Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play. Read more.
Sage Researchers Find Bacterium Enhances Learning, Present Research at National Conference
Turning off the TV and computer and spending some time outdoors may not only be good for your health, it may also make you smarter, according to research presented at the 110th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology in San Diego by associate professor of biology at The Sage Colleges, Dorothy Matthews. Matthews conducted the research, entitled Effect of Mycobacterium vaccae on Learning, with her colleague, associate professor of psychology and biology, Susan Jenks. Read more.
Ithaca College Physics Professor Helped Produce First Images From NASA's Newly Developed Airborne Telescope
 On Wednesday, May 26, a telescope mounted in the fuselage of a modified 747 jumbo jet captured the first infrared images for NASA’s newest and largest airborne astronomical observatory. Designed to operate for the next 20 years, the project is called SOFIA (Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy). Luke Keller, an associate professor of physics at Ithaca College, is a co-investigator on the Cornell University–based team of scientists and engineers who designed and built FORCAST, the infrared camera system that produced SOFIA’s first images, and was a key contributor in designing the optics for FORCAST as well as leading the team that analyzed the data it produced. Read more.
 Elon Professor Publishes Book on India and the World Bank
India is the largest borrower from the World Bank, which has often helped the nation’s economy in recent years. Its assistance, however, may be about to change dramatically. India and the World Bank: The Politics of Aid and Influence, a new Anthem Press book by Elon University professor Jason Kirk, explores that partnership and suggests ways for the bank to adapt to new economic realities in the 21st century. Read more.
 Elon Professor Releases Critically Acclaimed Debut Novel
When Jack Lang, the owner of a North Carolina mulch company, impulsively buys the house across the street from where he lives, it’s the final straw for his wife, Beth, who flees into the arms of Jack’s best friend. What happens next is the plot to “This is Just Exactly Like You,” Elon University associate professor Drew Perry’s debut novel and a work of fiction garnering rave reviews from national book critics. Read more.
Drake's Dean of Students Honored for Contributions to Higher Education
 Drake University's Dean of Students Sentwali Bakari recently was awarded the Multicultural Alumni Award from his alma mater, the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. The award, which was presented to Bakari at a ceremony and reception held earlier this month, recognizes multicultural alumni for their outstanding contributions to their profession and society. Read more.
Butler's COPHS Poster Honored at Annual Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research Meeting
A poster authored by Butler University's College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (COPHS) faculty members Julie Koehler, John Mulvaney, Iftekhar Kalsekar (former), and 2010 graduates Ryan Chavis and Lindy Stitz, was a finalist for Best Poster at the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) 15th Annual International Meeting. The poster explained the group’s research study on the utilization of preventive medications after acute myocardial infarction (AMI), otherwise known as a heart attack. Read more.
Butler's Erin Albert Guides Indy’s Young Professionals with Updated Edition of Book
 Erin Albert, assistant professor of pharmacy at Butler University, has updated and expanded her book, Indianapolis: A Young Professional’s Guide, in a second edition published by AuthorHouse. Like the 2008 first edition, the new Guide catalogs businesses and organizations that can connect readers with city services and people. The book’s 392 pages presents alphabetical listings of resources ranging from career development and green living to food, entertainment and dating. Read more.
 Drake's Renae Chesnut to become President of Iowa Pharmacy Association
Renae Chesnut, associate professor of pharmacy practice and associate dean for student affairs in Drake University's College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, will be inducted as the 131st president of the Iowa Pharmacy Association (IPA) next month. Read more.
Sage's Professor Leibo Addresses NYS Senate's Climate Roundtable
Steven A. Leibo, Ph.D., professor of International History and Politics at The Sage Colleges and District Manager of Upstate New York and Vermont The Climate Project was recently invited to speak at the NYS Senate's roundtable discussion at the New York State Capitol in Albany. Dr. Leibo was one of dozens who joined the roundtable to speak about a proposed bill, "The Climate Change Pollution Act," a proposed law to set statewide greenhouse gas emission limits and to establish best practice methods to promote energy efficiency and renewable energy in New York state. Read more.
 Butler Professor Receives Award to Study the Nervous System
Assistant Professor of Biology Jennifer Kowalski has received a $35,000 award from the Research Corporation for Scientific Advancement to support her research related to the nervous system. Her project, entitled “Identification and Characterization of Anaphase Promoting Complex Substrates that Regulate Synaptic Transmission in C. elegans,” will examine how communication between neurons is regulated at the molecular level. Read more.
Evansville Professor Publishes Book, Explores Lives of Women in Ancient Times
 Imagine you'd been born 3,000 years ago. What would your life have been like? For the female half of the population, the answer to this question can be found in "Women's Lives in Biblical Times", a new book written by University of Evansville Associate Professor of of Archaeology and Chair of the Department of Archaeology and Art History Jennie Ebeling. The book, published by T&T Clark International, describes the events and daily activites of women in ancient Israel. "Despite all of the information we have about life in biblical times, few books have focused on the day-to-day lives of women in this period," Ebeling said. "Judging from the popularity of fictional works about female biblical characters, many people are interested in this topic. In this book, I begin each chapter with a narrative that traces the life of a fictional woman living in ancient Israel, and follow with a discussion of the available evidence for the events I describe." Further information and reviews on the book can be found at amazon.com.
Butler Professor Andy Levy's 'A Brain Wider Than the Sky' Out in Paperback
A Brain Wider Than the Sky, the critically acclaimed book about migraine headaches by Butler University Professor of English Andy Levy, has just been released in paperback by Simon & Schuster. In the book, which was released in hardcover in 2009, Levy wrote about his history with, and the history of, migraines. Read more.
Elon's Catherine Wasson Elected to Board of Directors for Association of Legal Writing Directors
 Elon University Law professor Catherine Wasson was recently elected to the Board of Directors of the Association of Legal Writing Directors (ALWD). She will begin a three-year term on August 1. ALWD is a professional association of legal educators, the majority of whom are responsible for administering legal writing programs at more than 150 schools in the United States. Read more.
 Drury Chemistry Professor Awarded Grant for Biomedical Research
Drury University Assistant Professor of Chemistry Dr. Albert Korir has received a $35,000 Cottrell College Science Award grant to develop and improve methods of studying complex sugars such as heparin. The heparin molecules can have significant importance in biomedical studies, and this research could potentially lead to the design of new drugs. Read more.
Arcadia Professor Wins National Teaching Excellence Award
 Dr. Marianne Miserandino, Associate Professor of Psychology at Arcadia University, is the 2010 winner of the Robert S. Daniel Teaching Excellence Award from the American Psychological Association’s Society for the Teaching of Psychology. This is a national, professional award that the APA gives for teaching, mentoring, and scholarship related to the teaching of psychology. Read more.
Butler Team Receives SENCER Award
A team from Butler University has been chosen as the recipients of the 2010 William E. Bennett Award for Extraordinary Contributions to Citizen Science. Read more.
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