Alessandra Beasley Von Burg, professor of communication, presented a paper, “Stochastic Citizenship: Rhetoric, Philosophy and Freedom of Movement,” at the Strangers, Aliens, Foreigners’ Conference at Oriel College, University of Oxford, England. She also chaired the panel “Twists and Turns in Identity.”
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Ross Griffith, director of Institutional Research, was a co-recipient of the University’s Excellence in Advising Award, presented at New Student Convocation in August, for his work as a lower-division adviser. He was a co-presenter on two presentations, “100% SACS Compliant, Strategies and Successes from Two […]
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Sara Gravitt, assistant director of Institutional Research, was elected in August as secretary and an officer on the board of the Southern Association for Institutional Research. She will serve a two-year term.
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Adam Shick, associate director of Institutional Research, is serving as immediate past president on the board of the North Carolina Association for Institutional Research (NCAIR). He made a presentation, “Pivot Tables, Microsoft Excel 2007,” at NCAIR’s 2010 conference in Kitty Hawk, N.C.
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As with most empires of the Early Modern Era (1500-1800), the Ottomans mobilized human and material resources for warmaking on a vast and unprecedented scale. A new book by Assistant Professor of History Charles L. Wilkins examines how the constant warfare challenged and reshaped […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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.
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