The next Kudos will be published Sept. 25. Deadline for submission is Sept. 15. Kudos will be published on that date in Campus News Network, as well as uploaded to this site on the WWW. Please e-mail submissions to: kudos@uni.edu. July 3, 2000 Recently/soon to be published Chris W. Ogbondah, Communication Studies, had an article titled ³The Ogoni Crisis: A critical analysis of Nigerian military juntaıs international image-laundering campaign,² published in the current issue of the Southwestern Mass Communication Journal. Ogbondah also has an essay titled ³The press in shackles,² published in the current issue of Newswatch, an international newsmagazine. Charline Barnes, Curriculum & Instruction, co-authored (with Floyd Bumpers, UNI alumnus), a photohistorical book titled Iowaıs Black Legacy. The book was featured in the Des Moines Register, Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier and Burlingtonıs The Hawkeye newspapers. Philip Suckling, Geography, published a paper titled ³The Academic Job Market in Geography: Available Jobs Versus Supply of New Ph.D.ıs² in the March issue of the Association of American Geographers Newsletter. Joyce Milambiling, English, will publish an article titled ³How Non-native Speakers Fit Into the Equation,² in the summer 2000 issue of TESOL Quarterly, a national journal for the Teaching of English to Speakers of Other Languages. This article is in response to an article published last summer on the issue of non-native speakers in the teaching and learning of English. Yury Lerner, Industrial Technology, published, ³Vacuum-Assisted Investment Casting of Al-Ni Bronze,² in AFS Transactions, 99-84, March 2000, pp.35-41. D.J. Thompson, S.D. Hudson and M.G. Mack, HPELS, published in April an article titled ³A Playground Game Plan² in Athletic Business: The Business Magazine for Athletics, Fitness and Recreation Professionals. Pp. 82-87, Vol. 5:2. They also published an article titled ³Play It Safe: Steps to Keeping Playground Surfacing Safe for Our Children² in Park and Recreation. Vol. 71:4, pp. 17-20, 81-86. M.G. Mack, S.D. Huddleston, K.E. Dutler, and W. Bian, HPELS, published an article titled ³Mood State Changes of Students Enrolled in Physical Activity Classes² in Perceptual and Motor Skills 2000. Vol. 90, pp. 911-914. Carol L. Phillips, HPELS, published an article titled ³Sport for All Children in American Sport² in the Journal of Physical Education and Recreation (Hong Kong). Vol. 5:2. Iradge Ahrabi-Fard and Bobbi Peterson, HPELS, published an article titled ³The Relationship Between Arms² in Perceptual and Motor Skills 2000. Vol. 16:6, pp. 18-20. Iradge Ahrabi-Fard, HPELS, published an article titled ³An Educator Coach² in Coaching Volleyball. Vol. 17:2, pp. 18-19. Anne Myles, English, has a chapter titled ³Dissent and the Frontier of Translation: Roger Williamsıs A Key into the Language of America,² published in a new book, Possible Pasts: Becoming Colonial in Early America, ed. Robert Blair St. George, Cornell University Press, 2000. Barbara OıDonnell, Curriculum and Instruction, has had an article titled, ³A Personal Journey: Perfecting the Integration of Mathematics and Service Learning,² accepted by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics for publication in their 2001 Odyssey focus issue of Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School. Dave Hoing, Library, has sold his short story titled ³The Gaps in the Storm² to Short Story magazine. Publication date has not yet been announced. Richard Utz, English, published an essay titled ³Contesting the Critical Site: Mittelalter-Rezeption, and Mediavalism in Germany² in The Yearıs Work in Medievalism.. X(2000). Catherine Zeman, Lisa Hurban, Devang Mehta, Tracy Wollin, and E.A. Dennis, published an article titled ³Requisites to Consider When Choosing Low Volatility Pressroom Solvents for Lithographic Printing Options² in the Journal of Cleaner Production. Vol. 8:1, pp. 35-47. Mick Mack, Jeffrey Thompson, and Donna Thompson, HPELS, published an article titled ³Testing the Impact Attenuation of Loose-Fill Playground Surfaces.² Injury Prevention. Vol. 6:2. Pp. 141-144. Presentations/lectures/exhibitions Charline Barnes, Curriculum & Instruction, presented ³Literacy Strategies for the Elementary Classroom,² with UNI students at the Beginning Reading Conference on April 14. She also presented ³More Strategies for the Language Arts Classroom: A Hands-On Approach & On-Line with Adolescents: The E-Mail Literacy Conversational Project² with UNI students at the Iowa Reading Association Conference on April 7. Gloria Kirkland Holmes, Curriculum & Instruction, presented ³Positive Thinking: Stirring Joy,² and Kathryn Guzman, graduate assistant in Curriculum & Instruction presented ³Stepping Outside of the Boundaries: Choosing Careers in Technology,² at the Fifth Annual Iowa African-American Womenıs Conference held on March 17-18 in Waterloo. Erin Langan, Culture and Intensive English Program, recently presented a paper titled ³Compliment Research and Pedagogy: A Critical Review of the Function Gap,² at the 14th Annual International Conference on Pragmatics and Language Learning in Champaign-Urbana, Ill. Betty DeBerg, Philosophy & Religion, gave a lecture at the University of Missouri - Columbia on April 13 titled ³Religion at State Universities: Teaching and Practice.² Kenneth Atkinson, Philosophy and Religion, presented a paper on ³Jesus and Muhammad² as part of a joint presentation of the Muslim Students Association and the Department of Philosophy and Religion on the relationship between Christianity and Islam. Other UNI panelists included James Robinson, Philosophy and Religion, and Mohammed Fahmy, Industrial Technology. Susan Koch, associate vice president, Academic Affairs, presented ³Skills for Learning Peace: Starting in School,² at the International Conference on Violence: Shredding Social Fabric, Destroying Global Health held at the University of Iowa, April 14-16. Maribelle Betterton, Darlene Cooney, and Lynne Ensworth, Teaching, presented a paper at the National Association of Laboratory Schools national conference in Boca Raton, Fla., March 1-4, titled ³Distance Model of Supervising Student Teachers - Year One Summary of a Three-Year Pilot.² Ryan Williamson, Financial Aid, presented ³Customer Service Training² at the Iowa Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators spring conference on April 13. He has been asked to give additional training at DMACC. Yury Lerner, Industrial Technology, presented a report titled, ³Improved Direct Pour System for Casting of Ductile Irons,² at the 104th Casting Congress in Pittsburgh, Pa. on April 8-11. Kenneth Atkinson, Philosophy and Religion, presented a paper titled ³Opposing Herod the Great: The Jewish and Christian Use of Scripture to Undermine the Authority of Herodian Rule,² at the Society of Biblical Literature and the American Academy of Religion regional meeting, April 28, in Saint Paul, Minn. Bruce Rogers, Educational Psychology, presented a paper titled ³Toward Constructingı the concept of statistical power: An optical analogy² and was a chair for sessions titled ³Revisioning Rival Hypotheses², ³Problems in Analyzing Complex Data² and ³Professional Development and School Improvement² at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, held in New Orleans in April. Dean Kruckeberg, professor of Public Relations, was chair of the ³Chairıs Panel: Global Application of the Commissionıs Recommendations for Public Relations Education,² at the 50th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association in Acapulco, Mexico, June 3, 2000. Kruckeberg is 1999-2001 chair of the Public Relations Division of ICA and is co-chair of the national Commission on Public Relations Education, which report was discussed in this program. Anthony Gabriele, Educational Psychology, presented ³The Effect of Achievement Goals on the Participation and Learning of Low Achievers During Collaborative Problem Solving² at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association in New Orleans, April 24-28. Awards/honors/service Charline Barnes, Curriculum & Instruction, was appointed chair of the International Reading Association Teacher as Researcher committee for a second year, 2000-2001. She also served on the Waterloo Planning Committee for the Fifth Annual Iowa African-American Womenıs Conference held March 17-18 in Waterloo. Alan Czarnetzki, Earth Science, chaired the Severe Weather Session at the National Weather Associationıs Severe Storms and Doppler Radar Conference, March 31 - April 2 in Des Moines. Ron Roberts, Sociology, and Richard Kaplan, associate professor of Medicine at the University of South Dakota, have been awarded a $9,700 grant for their research project ³A Pilot Study of Shaken Baby Perpetrators.² Roy R. Behrens, Art, has been chosen as one of the top twenty book reviewers on Amazon.com. The following Wellness and Recreation Services staff were actively involved in the 51st NIRSA (National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association) Annual Conference and Exposition held in Providence, R.I., April 13-18. Christopher Denison, WRS Informal Recreation/Aquatics coordinator: Aquatics Roundtable presenter and moderator: ³Recreation Pool Design and Community Collaboration.² Re-appointed chair of the NIRSA aquatics committee, 2000-2001. James Langel, WRS associate director of facilities: Chaired Region V Award of merit committee and presented this yearıs award at the regional business meeting. Appointed co-chair for NIRSA mentoring program. Assisted with operations of the exhibit hall. Accepted, on behalf of UNI and RDG Bussard Dikis, an Outstanding Sport Facility Award presented by NIRSA to the UNI Wellness/Recreation Center at the national business meeting. Julie Thompson was recently appointed Iowaıs regional coordinator for the Network of Colleges and Universities Committed to the Elimination of Drug and Alcohol Abuse. The Network is the national organization that proactively addresses the issues of alcohol, other drugs and violence in order to promote healthy campus environments through self-regulatory initiatives, information dissemination and technical assistance. LaDene Bowen, senior project manager for the UNI Institute for Decision Making, was elected to the board of directors of the nationıs largest economic development professional society, the American Economic Development Council, for 2000-2002. James OıConnor, media relations director, and Susan Joslyn, associate professor in HPELS, were awarded the ROTC Panther Battalion Certificate of Achievement. These awards were based on meritorious service to the UNI ROTC program in an advisory or technical capacity. The Graduate College recently presented awards to graduate students and a member of the graduate faculty. Awards were presented to the following for outstanding doctoral dissertation, outstanding masterıs thesis, outstanding masterıs research paper and outstanding graduate faculty teaching: Sharon Smaldino, professor, Curriculum and Instruction, is this yearıs recipient of the outstanding graduate faculty teaching award and was presented a plague and a check for $2,000 at the awards meeting. Katarzyne Jakubiak received the outstanding masterıs thesis award for her thesis ³Yusef Komunyakaa: Questioning Traditional Metaphors of Light and Darkness.² Her advisor was Vince Gotera, associate professor of English, the first place winner in the masterıs thesis competition, Jakubiak will be the universityıs nominee in the Distinguished Masterıs Thesis Award competition sponsored by the Midwestern Association of Graduate Schools. Randal Pilkington received second place for his thesis ³Estimating the Potential Available Labor Supply for Mid-Sized Iowa Communities.² His advisor was Murray Austin, professor of geography. The Global Health Corps, a student-run humanitarian public health organization housed in the Division of Health Promotion and Education, is providing six competitive fellowships to UNI faculty who have proposed public health projects that include mentoring of UNI Global Health Corps students. Fellowship recipients and their projects: Dr. Michael Emch, Department of Geography, ³Environmental Risk Factors for Groundwater Arsenic Contamination and Arsenicosis in Matlab, Bangladesh.² Dr. Chris Ogbondah, Department of Communication Studies, ³Alternative model for diffusion of AIDS and health information to rural dwellers in Africa.² Dr. Doug Magnuson, Division of Youth and Human Services, ³Developing Internship and Research Sites for Global Health Corps and Youth and Human Services Students in Israel.² Dr. A. Daya Shankar, Department of Communication Studies, ³Diffusion of Health Messages to Rural Dwellers in India through Traditional Folk Media.² Dr. Charline J. Barnes, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, ³B.I.T.E. (Better Interests Toward Eating) Literacy Project, St. Lucia.² Dr. David H Saiia, Department of Management, ³Assessment of Health Training Needs of a Defined Geographic Area in Ecuador: The Maquipacuna Project.² Dr. Jim McCullagh, Department of Social Work, was awarded the Outstanding Alumni Award for the year 2000 by the University of Missouri-Columbia, School of Social Work Alumni Organization. Dr. Susan J. Koch, professor, Health and Promotion and Education and associate vice president for Academic Affairs has been appointed a member of the Society of Fellows of the University of Iowa Center for Human Rights. John Johnson, professor, History, was selected to participate, in June, in the annual reading and scoring of the College Boardıs Advanced Placement Examinations in U.S. History. The following individuals have been awarded the Regents Staff Excellence Award for 2000. These individuals were chosen by a selection committee comprised of colleagues in the UNI community and typify the excellence and professionalism this award represents. The recipients will be honored officially during the July Board of Regents meeting, which will be held at UNI. Jane Larson, assistant to pres./external relations, Office of Exec. Carol Geiger, administrative assistant, Education and Student Services Karen Agee, reading/learning strategies coordinator, Academic Advising Services |