• Simmons named Fellow of American Bar Foundation

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    Omari Simmons, professor of law, has been named a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. Less than one percent of lawyers are named fellows. Read more. He has also been named to the American Law Institute, one of the highest honors in the legal […]

  • October SAC newsletter

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    The October issue of the Staff Advisory Council newsletter has information on an upcoming special staff appreciation event hosted by the SAC and a great article about a staff member living the University motto of Pro Humanitate. The newsletter also offers information on some other […]

  • State of the University Address and Fall Picnic

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    President Nathan O. Hatch will deliver his annual State of the University address to faculty, staff and students on Tuesday, Oct. 26, at 4 p.m. in Wait Chapel. Because of weather conditions, the annual fall Campus Picnic, originally scheduled to follow President Hatch’s address, has […]

  • Llewellyn publishes journal article, editorial

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    John Llewellyn, professor of communciation, published “Paws, Pathos and Presidential Persuasion: Franklin Roosevelt’s ‘Fala Speech’ as Precursor and Model for Richard Nixon’s ‘Checkers Speech,’” in the journal of the Communication and Theater Association of Minnesota (Vol. 37, 2010). He also published the guest editorial […]

  • Ulery gives invited paper

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    Robert Ulery, professor of classical languages, gave one of the invited papers at a conference in Fort Wayne, Indiana, sponsored by the Concordia Theological Seminary, on “Lutheranism and the Classics,” on October 1-2. His topic was “Fundamenta Fideliter Iecit: Lutheran Eloquence and the Muses of […]

  • Erway wins best paper at conference

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    Jennifer Erway, assistant professor of mathematics, together with Joseph Tyson (MA ’09) and Roummel Marcia, won “Best Paper” at the 2010 International Conference of Applied and Engineering Mathematics in London, UK.

  • Giles, Miller lead students on service-learning trip

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    Steve Giles and Gary Miller led a group of students on a service-learning trip to Nicaragua this summer. Giles is professor of communication, and Miller is a professor of health and exercise science. Giles also took a group of students on a service trip […]

  • Locklair has music broadcast nationwide

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    Dan Locklair, composer-in-residence and professor of music, had his music broadcast nationwide the week of Sept. 19 on the syndicated radio program, With Heart and Voice (carried locally on WFDD, 7 a.m. each Sunday). The program included his choral works, Pater Noster and Create in […]