A
Sample of Faculty Excursions
Summer 2005
Cy
Dillon
Cy Dillion has been working with his coeditor C. A. Gardner to publish
the 100th Anniversary edition of Virginia Libraries, the journal of the
Virginia Library Association. The Association was founded in 1905 at the
Virginia State Library. Virginia Libraries has a circulation of 1,000,
is indexed in Library Literature, and is included as a full-text resource
in databases published by H. W. Wilson, ProQuest, and Ebsco. The journal
is archived by the Virginia Tech Digital Library and Archives at http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/VALib/.
Todd
Fredrickson
As this e-newsletter hits your inbox, five Ferrum students and faculty
member (and wildlife and forestry expert) Todd Frederickson are travelling
in South America, visiting and researching in Brazil thanks to an Appalachian
College Association International Seminar Grant and environmental studies
project. The project is entitled, "A Pacific Ocean to Brazil Transect:
Environmental, economic and political issues at subtropical latitudes
in South America: Chile, Argentina, Paraguay, and Brazil." (See
story in Fe this month...)
George
Loveland
George Loveland was interviewed by WCQS-FM, Asheville, North Carolina's
NPR affiliate for his book, Under the Workers' Caps: From Champion
Mill to Blue Ridge Paper. It can be accessed online by going to this
address and scrolling down to the June 15 entry.
On Labor Day, he will be part of the town of Canton, North Carolina's
Labor Day celebration. The CEO of Blue Ridge Paper (the worker-owned business
which is the subject of the book), local union representatives, and other
principles in the book will be on hand to receive signed copies. The book
may
be ordered directly from the publisher, UT Press. It is also available
through Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble online and other major online vendors.
Gary
Evans
In mid-July Gary Evans spent a weekend in Chicago interviewing an important
music scholar. "I videotaped a conversation with Stephen Ellis, the
world authority on music inspired by the Swiss artist Paul Klee. The interview
is for use in my class Music Inspired by Art, which I will teach this
Fall. Mr. Ellis had just returned from Bern, Switzerland, where he was
an honored guest at the opening of the Paul Klee Zentrum, a new museum
dedicated to the painter's life and work. In the interview, Mr. Ellis
gave lively accounts of the museum opening and his ongoing music research
related to Klee," Gary said.
Steve
Burns
Steve Burns spent June 1-4 in Nashville at the American College of Sports
Medicine annual conference.
Debbie
Hogan
Cheif Hogan attended the Chiefs of Police Executive Leadership School,
at Radford University, in June 2005. The school was certified through
the Virginia Chiefs of Police Association and the Department of Criminal
Justice.
Teresa
Hale
Teresa Hale, attended the Assistant Chiefs of Police Executive Leadership
School, at Radford University, in July 2005. The school was certified
through the VA Chiefs of Police Association and the Dept. of Criminal
Justice.
Chris
Aylesworth
Chris Aylesworth traveled on behalf of the new Health
Sciences Major/Program this summer. "In June I traveled to Boston
to see Simmons College where we have an articulation in Physical Therapy.
Jim and I went to Shenandoah U. a couple weeks ago to begin the formalized
process of developing an articulation in both Nursing and in Occupational
Therapy. Next week I will be traveling to East Tennessee State U. to also
discuss an articulation in Nursing there as well," Chris explained.
Ed
Cornbleet, Marcia Horn & Susan Mead
From June 26 through July 1, Ed Cornbleet, Susan Mead and Marcia Horn
attended the fourth Annual Summer Symposium, "Remembering the Holocaust,"
at Appalachian State University, in Boone, NC. Susan Mead, Ed Cornbleet,
and I received a scholarship to attend the fourth Annual Summer Symposium,
"Remembering the Holocaust," at Appalachian State University,
in Boone, N.C. Dr. Miriam Klein Kassenoff, Holocaust Education Specialist
from the University of Miami, and Mr. David Klevan, Holocaust Educator
from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., led a series
of workshops that presented materials and strategies for teachers from
public schools and colleges and universities preparing to teach or already
teaching Holocaust classes. The Symposium demonstrated how teaching the
Holocaust can also be used to instruct students in citizenship and ethical
responsibility within their own schools and communities. Guest speakers
included Dr. Michael Berenbaum, Founding Director of the U.S. Holocaust
Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C.; Dr. Robert Jan van Pelt, Professor
of Architecture at Waterloo University in Ontario, Canada, and star witness
at the slander trial of Holocaust denier David Irving; other scholars;
and several Holocaust survivors. Dr. Zohara Boyd and Dr. Rennie Brantz,
who coordinate the Holocaust program at Appalachian State University (and
who visited Ferrum College last spring) played a major role in providing
background and leading a final panel discussion on The Sunflower; they
were joined by history professor Dr. Peter Petschauer, whose father was
an S.S. officer. Participants came from states as far away as Maine. Two
young teachers traveled from Estonia to attend this session. The ultimate
aim is for the teachers to share their experiences and teaching strategies.
Marcia Horn offered, "Certainly, we have emerged from the Symposium with many ideas for Ferrum's Holocaust course, and we met many inspiring teachers and scholars. Dr. Kassenoff is interested in visiting Ferrum, and we are looking forward to making that happen!"
Katherine
Grimes
As the kick-off
for the youth and adult Vacation Bible School class at Grace Reformed
United Church of Christ in Newton, Grimes gave a lecture entitled “Harry
Potter and Christianity” and led discussion.
Beth
Harper & Katherine Grimes
Beth Harper and Katherine
Grimes met with two professionals in developmental English: Julia Hayes
at Catawba College and Michelle Zollars at Patrick Henry Community College.
They discussed with them their work in English 99.
David
Howell
From May 19-22 David Howell was at the Center for Hellenic Studies
in Georgetown, DC with 10 other ACA colleagues working on an ACA-Mellon
curricular development projdect on Ancient Greece. Howell was a part of
the team working on the Art and archeitecture module. From June 15-21,
Howell was at Wabash College in Crawfordsville, IN along with 14 other
participants from across the nation for the first week of the 2005-06
Wabash Center Colloquy on Teaching and Learning for Mid-Career Religion
Faculty. They will have 2 more similar meetings throughout the next year.
Daryl
Nash
Daryl Nash and three students, Rachael Brown (a sophomore Environmental
Science major), Tabitha Puckett (a sophomore Pre-Veterinary major), and
Derek Ritenour (a senior Agricultural Education major) were in Cincinnati,
OH from July 24 to July 28 for the 2005 annual meeting of the American
Dairy Science Association (ADSA) and the American Society of Animal Science
(ASAS) (see http://www.fass.org/2005/). This year’s meeting also
included the annual meeting of the Canadian Society of Animal Science
(CSAS). Approximately 3,000 people attended the meeting (see http://www.fass.org/2005/attendees.asp).
"While attending the 2005 ADSA/ASAS/CSAS meetings, I completed my
duties as Chairman of the Breeding & Genetics Planning Committee and
chaired a session titled “Dairy Crossbreeding”. My duties
as Chairman this past year included overseeing the review process for
approximately 140 abstracts that were submitted to the Breeding &
Genetics section for the 2005 annual meeting. In addition, I coordinated
discussions with the other members of the Breeding & Genetics Committee
regarding invited speakers. Based on Committee members input, I wrote
3 proposals for 4 invited speakers. These proposals were approved by the
Overall Planning Committee. I also planned the Breeding & Genetics
program for the 2005 ADSA/ASAS/CSAS meeting. This involved grouping talks
into subject areas, determining dates and times for each session, and
finding people to serve as session chairs (moderators) of each session.
The final program consisted of 2 poster sessions, in which 46 posters
were presented, and 10 symposium sessions, in which 4 invited talks and
70 submitted talks were given," Daryl explained.
Also, Daryl Nash, Tabitha Puckett (a sophomore Pre-Veterinary major), and Derek Ritenour (a senior Agricultural Education major) attended the Virginia State FFA Convention (June 26-June 29) to make contact with potential students. While attending the convention, Derek Ritenour, a former Virginia State FFA Officer, was the invited speaker at a dinner for the Virginia Association of Agricultural Educators. Derek spoke about Ferrum at this dinner. Also, Tabitha Puckett received her State FFA Degree at this year’s Convention, which is the 2nd highest award that a FFA member can earn.
Lana
Whited
With all the buzz about the new Harry Potter book, Lana Whited
has been interviewed by the Denver
Post, the Atlanta
Journal-Constitution, Business Week (the BW reporter also interviewed
Katherine Grimes), USA
Today, US News and World Report, and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
Click on the names above to read the articles.
David
Johnson
Dave Johnson shares his experiences in China, "I just got
back from a great experience in Beijing, Hohot (Ineer Mongolia), Xi'an,
and Shanghai. Among many highpoints was a visit to UN headquarters in
China and a trip to a UN WFP site in (very) rural Inner Mongolia. The
hope was so visible that it was quite moving. Also visited the TerraCotta
Warriors Museum, had dinner with two prospective students and lunch with
Jessica (Yun) Zhu, arriving in Ferrum on Aug 24, and her Mom and Dad in
Shanghai."
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