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January 27, 1997

Recently/soon to be published

.....Carlin Hageman, communicative disorders-published the chapter "Flaccid Dysarthria," in Sensorimotor Speech Disorder. He also published "Speech Timing in Apraxia of Speech Versus Conduction Aphasia," in Journal of Speech and Hearing Research.

.....Jeff Ashby and Terry Kottman, educational administration and counseling-co-authored "Inferiority as a Distinction Between Adaptive and Maladaptive Perfectionism" in Individual Psychology. Ashby also co-authored "Perfectionism, Relationships with Parents, and Self-Esteem" in Individual Psychology.

.....Renee Romano, Maucker Union/student activities-published "A Qualitative Study of Women Student Leaders" in the Journal of College Student Development.

.....Linda F. Quinn, teaching, and Joanne W. McKay, college of education-had the lead article, "Discovering Collegiality One Rainy Day in Vegas" published in the winter 1997 Kappa Delta Pi Record. McKay also received a merit award for outstanding writing for her lead article, "Examining the Elusive Essence of a Superlative Teacher" in the winter issue of Education.

.....Bonnie Litwiller and David Duncan, mathematics-published "Counting College Enrollments in New Jersey: A Statistical Activity for the Classroom" in the spring 1996 issue of New Jersey Mathematics Teacher. Litwiller and Duncan also published "Exemplifying Counting Formulas using Attribute Blocks" in the winter issue of Factorial.

.....Jerry Smith, management-published "Identifying Quality Problems: Prospects for Improvement" in Total Quality Management.

.....Roy R. Behrens, art-co-authored "A First-Rate Soup is Better Than a Second-Rate Painting: A Medley of Thoughts About Iowa Life" in the winter issue of Tractor: Iowa Arts and Culture. Behrens also published "Introspectives: Cover Story" in the Nov./Dec. issue of Print magazine.

.....James G. McCullagh, social work-published "School Superintendent Julia Richman: Early Champion of School Social Workers" in the fall 1996 issue of School Social Work Journal.

.....Lou Honary, industrial technology/ABIL -published "Performance of Soybean Oil as a Heat Treat Quenchant" in the Nov. 1996 issue of Proceedings From the 2nd International Conference on Quenching and the Control of Distortion.

.....Katherine Van Wormer, social work-has had the chapter, "Indigenous Populations and the Global Economy" published in the book International Social Welfare in a Changing World.

.....Jeffery Byrd, art-published "Talking to Myself: A Schizophrenic Dialogue About Monologue" in the winter issue of Tractor: Iowa Arts and Culture. Byrd has also published two reviews of audio art works in P-Form: A Journal of Performance Art.

.....Rick Vanderwall, PLS-will have two software reviews published in the winter issue of Shakespeare, a journal for teachers of Shakespearean literature.

.....Flavia Vernescu, modern languages-published "Le Theatre dans la prose d' A.P. de Mandiargues," in Alphabethum: A Review of International Literature, vol. 1, 1996; the book review, "Frederik Brown Zola: A Life," was published in The European Studies Journal, spring 1997; and two articles are forthcoming, "Emil Cioran: le philosophe et le styliste," and "Strategies de la seduction chez Mandiargues," in Dalhousie French Studies.

.....Carl W. Bollwinkel, Barbara A. Bonnett, and Rosalie J. Cochran, teaching-have had EcoQuest kits, "Biodiversity: Grasslands" and "Biodiversity: Temperate Rain Forest," with teachers guides and student sheets, published by NASCO.

.....Teresa Hall, industrial technology-published "Distance Education as an Agent for Social Change" in the Teacher Education Alliance Times.

Presentations/lectures/exhibitions

.....Bolanle Wahab, design, family & consumer sciences-presented "Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Traditional Settlements: Towards a Sustainable Housing Environment in 21st Century Yorubaland, Nigeria" at the Centre for Research Studies in Architecture and Urban Design, Edinburgh College of Art, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Dec.. Wahab also has successfully established a complete horizontal loom in UNI's Textiles & Apparel lab for the weaving of the narrow-strip handwoven cloth of the Yoruba of Southwest Nigeria. Students have started to weave on the loom.

.....At the annual convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association in Seattle, Nov. 21-24, presentations were made by nine faculty of the Department of Communicative Disorders, 14 current graduate students in speech-language pathology or audiology, and seven recent graduates.

.....Walter de Oliveira, HPELS-was invited as a resource person for the "Global Workshop on Conflict Resolution" sponsored by the World Alliance of YMCAs, in Draperstown, Northern Ireland, Nov. 30-Dec. 3. Oliveira presented the following workshops in that meeting: "Developing a Conceptual Framework for Conflict Resolution: Global Workshop on Conflict Resolution," "Street Theatre as a Tool in Conflict Resolution," "Building Community-Based Coalitions and Non-Party Political Processes in Conflict Resolution" and "Techniques of Street Theatre."

.....Carlin Hageman, communicative disorders-presented "A Concurrent Study of the Computerized Laryngeal Analyzer and the Modified Barium Swallow" at the Dysphagia Research Society, in Aspen, Colo., in Nov.

.....Diane Thiessen, mathematics-was a presenter at the NCTM Regional Conference Nov. 20-24 in Albuquerque, N.M.

.....The following presentations were made at the Association of College Unions-International Region 10 Conference, in Morris, Minn. Patti Kelly and Renee Romano, Maucker Union/student activities-presented "You Can Get There from Here: Student Development in the Union." Teresa Hilbert and Shelly Pruess, with a group of student managers, presented "Navigate Student Employees to a Successful Leadership Destination." Romano and Jan Hanish, Maucker Union/student activities, presented "Constructing a Mentor Program."

.....Dean Kruckeberg, public relations-presented "Thoughts about the New Commission on Public Relations Education" at the 82nd annual convention of the Speech Communication Association in San Diego, Nov. 23-26.

.....Murial B. Stone, placement and career services, and Sue Sherbet, education placement-were invited presenters on "International Employment Opportunities for Educators" at the annual conference of the American Association of Employment in Education (AEEE) in Memphis, Tenn. Sherbet has been named chair of the AEEE Grants and Research Committee. Sherbet was also an invited speaker on "The Utilization of Portfolios in the Hiring of Educators" at the annual meeting of the Illinois Association for School, College, and University Staffing.

.....Libby Vanderwall, placement and career services-served as co-coordinator for the National Career Fair for Educators at the annual conference of the American Association of Employment in Education (AEEE) in Memphis, Tenn. Vanderwall has been named co-chair for the AEEE Career Fair Committee for 1997.

.....Chris W. Ogbondah, communication studies-presented the paper, "Firefighters and International Public Relations Perspectives: Nigerian Government Attempts to Win Understanding in the Execution of Ken Saro Wiwa" at the Association for Advancement of Research, Policy and Development in the Third World Conference, Nov. 21-24 in Cancun, Mexico.

.....Debra Gordon, music education-recently directed the Iowa Choral Directors Association's Opus Concert in Ames; 180 fifth- and sixth-grade students were selected by audition from nearly 1,100 candidates. The Opus Concert was held in conjunction with the All-State Music Festival and the Iowa Music Educators Conference, at which Gordon also was a clinician.

.....Kathleen Kerr, HPELS-presented a workshop on "International Dance" for the Corvallis Park and Recreation Department, Nov. 9., in Corvallis Ore.

.....The following faculty were presenters at the National Council of Teachers of English, Nov. 21-26, in Chicago, Ill. Mingshui Cai, curriculum and instruction-presented "Picture Books About Chinese Culture and Picture Books in China," and participated in the panel "Images of Japan and China as Seen Through Children's Literature." Richard Fehlman, English language & literature-was reactor/recorder to the panel, "Creating Critical Viewers: A Media Literacy Program for Junior High and High School Teachers." Fehlman also presented at a special interest group, "An Hour of Practical Ideas for Teaching Media in English/Language Arts Classes," and was a panel speaker on "Whole Language Critical Viewing, and the Language Arts Experience." David Landis, curriculum and instruction-was a speaker for the panel/rainbow strand, "Using Multicultural Literature as Prompts for Creative Writing." Cheryl Timion, PLS-presented, "Starting at Square One: Squaring off Planning an Integrated Language Arts and Social Studies Curriculum."

.....Dave Zarifis, public safety-facilitated a meeting Dec. 4-6 with the Iowa Telecommunications Board. The purpose was to develop a state-wide training program for telecommunicators, Which would be used in a 40-hour training program. Dec. 9-13, Zarifis participated in the Stalking Research Project, hosted by the Iowa Department of Public Safety in Des Moines. This was the first of a series of meetings to develop additional information relative to this crime and the laws that address it.

.....Steve Young and Dave Kelly, public safety-received training from the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) certifying them to fingerprint international students for various types of INS background checks. They also are qualified to take fingerprints when international students apply for different types of immigration visas.

.....Darryl Taylor, music-was a featured soloist Dec. 8 at the 20th annual "Messiah Sing-Along" at Cornell College in Mount Vernon.

.....Linda Walsh, psychology-presented "Promoting Academic Success: A Website of College Survival & Study Aids" Jan. 2-5 at the 19th Annual National Institute on the Teaching of Psychology in St. Petersburg Beach, Fla.

Awards/honors/service

.....The National Program for Playground Safety website (www.uni.edu/coe/playgrnd) has been named a Select Parenting Site from ParenthoodWeb (www.parenthoodweb.com). A panel of parent reviewers rated the site as outstanding in at least 4 of the 5 following categories: content, presentation, originality, comparison to similar WWW sites, usefulness to parents (weighted most important).

.....Gordon Mack, HPELS-Mack and his wife had "walk-on" roles on Murphy Brown Monday, Dec. 16. They were in a number of background shots where friends could recognize them.

.....Leonard Upham, teaching/PLS-received the district nomination for the Karl King-Active Award for excellence in instrumental education. As a district winner, Upham is a candidate for the state award.

.....Jacqueline Smith, PLS-has received a $930 grant for "School to Life: Chocolate Chip Cookie Entrepreneurship Project" from the R.J. McElroy Trust.

.....James G. McCullagh, social work-was recently appointed by the Iowa Supreme Court to a Supreme Court Task Force that will review "Judicial Oversight of the Permanency Process in Child in Need of Assistance Cases." McCullough has also received a subcontract for $66,238 from the University of Iowa to sponsor training programs for the Iowa Child Protective Training Academy in juvenile and criminal law, social work supervision, substance abuse/domestic violence, and personal maintenance/stress management for child abuse investigators and supervisors.

.....Bob Lee, PLS-Was inducted Dec. 14 into the Iowa Association of Track Coaches Hall of Fame. During his career at Garnavillo High School and N.U. High Lee's teams have earned five state cross-country titles and five state track titles.

.....Allan Stamberg, cooperative education-has been selected president of the Iowa Association of Cooperative Education, a professional organization of university co-op administrators and business/industry personnel administrators. Stamberg will also serve as State of Iowa Director for the Midwest Cooperative Education Association.

.....Dean Kruckeberg, public relations-has been elected vice chair of the Public Relations Interest Group of the International Communication Association. He will take office at the close of the ICA annual conference in May.

.....Duane McDonald, conferences and visitor services-has been elected president-elect of the Association of Conference and Events Directors International (ACED-I). As president-elect, McDonald will chair the Membership Services Committee at the March ACED-I annual meeting in Seattle, Wash. McDonald will assume the role of president of ACED-I at the association's annual meeting in March 1998, in Norfolk, Va.

.....Carl W. Bollwinkel, teaching-has been awarded the Eisenhower Professional Development grant, "Science and Mathematics Integration: A Thematic Approach," by the Iowa State Board of Regents.