Donna Vinton, Advising and Career Services, published "An Inside Look at An Outside Candidate" in the June 2004 edition of the Career Development Quarterly.

James Robinson, Philosophy & Religion, has published a chapter, "The Bodhisattva as a Divine Being in Buddhism" in Indo-Tibetan Culture, published by The Visva-Bharati Publishing Department in honor on the 50th anniversary of Visva-Bharati's Department of Indo-Tibetan Studies. Robinson's book, Hinduism, was published by the Chelsea House press. It is one volume in the six-book series, "Religions of the World."

Katherine van Wormer, Social Work, has published "Exploring Child Welfare through International Innovations," a chapter in Lessons from Abroad, (T. Hokenstad & J.Midgley eds.), Washington, DC: NASW Press.

Yury Lerner, Industrial Technology, has recently published two articles: "Fins vs. Chills: Solidifying an Answer," Modern Casting, #5, 2004, pp.37-41; and "Continuous Casting of Ductile Iron," Foundry Management and Technology, vol. 132, #8, 2004, pp.40-67. A third article: "Solidification Analysis of Heat Sink/Chills Effectiveness in Permanent Mold Casting of Aluminum Alloys" will be published in Foundry Management and Technology, vol. 136, #12, 2004.

Dean Kruckeberg, Communication Studies, co-wrote "The Role and Ethics of Community Building for Consumer Products and Services," in Handbook of Product Placement in the Mass Media: New Strategies in Marketing Theory, Practice, Trends and Ethics, edited by Mary-Lou Galician, 133-146. New York: Best Business Books, 2004.
The article also appeared in Journal of Promotion Management, 10, nos. 1 & 2 (2004).

 

Donna Vinton, Advising and Career Services, presented two sessions at Career Development Across the Lifespan, a national conference of the National Career Development Association in June. Her sessions were titled "Active Learning Through the Use of Reflection Techniques in Career Exploration" and "Using Web-Authoring Software to Support a University Career Decision-Making Class."

Linda A. Sharp, Department of Teaching, played a solo organ recital on Sunday, Sept. 12 at the First Presbyterian Church in Sioux City as the opening concert of the 2004-05 season for the Sioux City Chamber Music Association.

Dan Power, Management, presented a paper, "Decision Support Systems: From the Past to the Future," at the Americas Conference for Information Systems (AMCIS 2004) in New York City on Aug. 6. He spoke at a workshop on "Innovations in Teaching DSS Development," Aug. 1-5, in Jacksonville, Fla.He completed his term as chair of the Association for Information Systems Special Interest Group on Decision Support, Knowledge and Data Management Systems (SIGDSS).

Dean Kruckeberg, Communication Studies, was a respondent for "Tradition of Excellence Theory," a panelist in the program "The 20th Year Division Celebration," and a panelist for "New Challenges and a Celebration of the First Twenty Years," at the annual convention of the International Communication Association May 31, in New Orleans.
Kruckeberg presented "Better 'Red' than 'Dead'; No, Better 'Dead' than 'Red'! Finding Internships for Big Programs in Small Towns," Aug. 6, at the convention of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Kruckeberg presented "Cultural Empathy and the Role of Language: An Innocent Abroad: What I have learned from 20 Years of International Travel," during a national teleseminar of the Public Relations Society of American International Division and the PRSA New York Chapter Aug. 24. He served as external reviewer for the doctoral dissertation, "Saga City: Patterns of Influence in Politics, Public Relations and Journalism: Professional Communicators in a Regional City," submitted by Richard Stanton. Kruckeberg and grad assistant Marina Vujnovic presented "The Imperative for an Arab Model of Public Relations as a Foundation and Framework for Arab Diplomatic, Corporate and Nongovernmental organization Relationships: Challenges and Opportunities," May 5, at the public relations conference, Public Relations in the Arab World in the Age of Globalization: Current Realities and Future Prospects, of the College of Communication, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.

Betty DeBerg, Philosophy & Religion, will serve on a faculty of four senior religious studies scholars for the Wabash Center Workshop on Teaching and Learning.  This selective workshop on pedagogy is designed for fourteen junior faculty members in religious studies from institutions around the country.

Donna Vinton, Advising and Career Services, served as external consultant for the first program review of the Career Services office at Bemidji State University, Bemidji, Minn.

Mona Milius, Department of Residence, was installed as president of the National Association of College and University Food Services on July 9.

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