Campus Briefs

• Dr. Binshan Lin, professor of management, received a 2003 Emerald Literati Club Award for Excellence. His paper “Roles of Knowledge Management in Online Procurement Systems,” (coauthored with Chang-tseh Hsih and Huiqing Yang) has been selected as an Outstanding Paper in Management. The Emerald Literati Club Awards ceremony was held in April in London. Lin, who was recently elected 2003-04 president of the Association for Chinese Management Educators, has also been selected by the Executive Board of the International Association for Computer Information Systems as recipient of the 2003 Ben Bauman Award for Excellence. The award recognizes outstanding teaching, service and scholarship. And, he has been named Guest Editor of the Journal of Electronic Commerce in Organizations for the October-December 2003 special issue on “E-Government.” The journal is an official publication of the Information Resources Management Association.

• Dr. Lisa Burke, associate professor of management, and Jessica Wise, former MBA student, had an article published online in Business Horizons, “The effective care, handling, and pruning of the office grapevine.” Burke has been invited to speak at the 2004 Surviving and Thriving at Smaller Schools Consortium to be held at the National Academy of Management Conference in August 2004. She will also provide counsel on issues of research, teaching and service relevant to faculty at smaller teaching universities.

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• Four faculty members have been promoted: Dr. Paul Sisson, chair of the Department of Mathematics, from associate professor to professor, Dr. Marguerite Plummer, Department of History/Social Sciences, from assistant professor to associate professor; Dr. Michael Leggiere, Department of History/Social Sciences, from assistant professor to associate professor, and Martha Lawler, Noel Memorial Library, from assistant librarian to associate librarian.

• Marty Young, assistant director of the Pioneer Heritage Center, received the Shreveport-Bossier Convention & Tourist Bureau’s PRIDE Award as tourism trade supporter of the year at the bureau’s National Tourism Awareness Week Celebration in May. He was recognized for his work in promoting heritage tourism in the Shreveport-Bossier area.

• Nineteen LSUS computer science students have earned the Microsoft Certified Professional designation in Microsoft SQL Server 2000. Earning the certification through the LSUS Microsoft Academy were: Darren Fazio, Bill Haacker, Joseph Kennedy and Brad Sandefur, all of Bossier City; Dave Anderson, of Greenwood; Harry Coffield, of Haughton; James Allen, of Mooringsport; and Nelson Haney, Liz Hillringhouse, Sean Lerchie, Bob Lindsey, Chad Moore, Stephen Neal, Leonid Sakhvoruk, Kathleen Sheffield, Lisa Shoemake, Aaron Suckle, Andreas Welch and Dana Wicks, all of Shreveport. The MCP credential is for professionals who have the skills to successfully implement a Microsoft product or technology as part of a business solution in an organization. Hands-on experience with a product is necessary to successfully achieve certification.

• Marty Albritton, vice chancellor for university development, has been recognized for six years of leadership on the board of directors of the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education, District IV. He served as chair of the Audit and Finance Committee, 2000 District Conference Program Chair and as district treasurer. CASE is the largest professional association supporting higher education. District IV represents five states and Mexico.

• A group of middle school students from Caddo, Bossier and DeSoto parishes are better prepared to complete a college degree in math, science or engineering because of their participation in the 12th Annual LaPREP Program at LSUS. The 50 students, who attended free thanks to the generosity of area busineses and private donations, were honored in late July at an awards ceremony for which Caddo Parish Superintendent of Schools Ollie Tyler was the featured speaker. The awards ceremony was the culmination of seven weeks of intellectually stimulating work and fun on the LSUS campus under the leadership of program director Dr. Carlos Spaht II. More than half of the students (26) completed their first summer in the program. Caddo is the home parish for 37 of the students, 11 live in Bossier Parish and two are from DeSoto Parish.

• Brown Water Warfare: The U.S. Navy in Riverine Warfare and the Emergence of a Tactical Doctrine, 1775-1970, by Dr. R. Blake Dunnavent, assistant professor of history, has been published by the University Press of Florida. Dunnavent also has been named associate editor of the North American Society for Oceanic History newsletter. And, he will be commentator on a panel at the Gulf South Historical Conference in Pensacola.

• Dr. Tim Shaughnessy, assistant professor of economics, successfully defended his dissertation at Florida State University July 17 and will formally receive his diploma at the fall commencement ceremony there.

• Dr. Cheryl White, of the History Department, will have an article, “The Catholicity of the Tudor Royal Supremacy: An Analysis of Church and State in Henrician England,” published in The Journal of Reformed heology this winter.

• Dr. Gianfranco Walsh, assistant professor of marketing at the University of Hanover, Germany, taught Marketing 301 in the LSUS College of Business Administration in the Summer III term. He was accompanied by his wife, Annette, who is a medical doctor, and their children, David, 2, and Emily, 8 months. Walsh and Dr. Wolfgang Hinck, assistant professor of marketing, graduated from the same German university in the same semester and had the same thesis adviser, but never met until they accidentally ran into one another in Buenos Aires, Argentina, four years ago.

• Drs. Cay Evans, professor of education, and Ron Byrd, professor of health and physical education, have jointly published several articles, including: “New teachers’ mentoring and retention: A view over time,” Louisiana Education Research Journal; “Tinkertoys: An analysis of instructors’ and college students’ perceptions of learning,” International Journal of Scholarly Academic Intellectual Diversity; “Title IX: Then, now and the future,” Proceedings of the National Conference on Girls’ and Women’s Physical Activity and Sport; “Title IX and LSUS: Research does pay off!” LAHPERD Journal; “Comprehension in a lecture-style class,” Reading: Exploration & Discover, and “Leaping ladies: A kinematic analysis of the non-stride leg drive of female Olympic fast pitch softball windmill pitchers,” Journal of the International Council for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport, and Dance (with S. Werner). Byrd and Dr. Kyle Pierce, instructor in kinesiology and health science, had “Case Study in Mechanics: An 11-year-old girl weightlifter” published in Proceedings of the National Conference on Girls’ and Women’s Physical Activity and Sport, and “Young weightlifters’ performance across time” in Sports Biomechanics (with L. Rielly and J. Brady). Byrd also had “Technology and wellness in conflict, symptoms of greater problems: A call for introspection and action” published in LAHERD Journal.

• Lisa Branch is the newest member of the Admissions Counselor family. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree in broadcast journalism from LSUS in spring 2003, and started work July 1. She is married and has one child.

• LSUS computer science students Lisa Shoemake and Sean Lerchie, both of Shreveport, have earned the Microsoft Certified Application Developer designation though the LSUS Microsoft Academy. The certification provides industry recognition for professional developers who build powerful applications using Microsoft Visual Studio .NET and Web services. It was created in response to industry demand for a certification that allows developers to show they have the skills necessary to successfully implement functional specifications and build, deploy, and maintain Windows and Web applications.

• Dr. Robert Leitz, curator of the library’s James Smith Noel Collection, will have his 13th book, Volume 25 of The Eighteenth Century: A Current Bibliograph, published later this year by AMS Press in New York. It is the official annual bibliography of the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies. Previously, Leitz had co-edited, with Professor Kevin Cope of LSU A&M, volumes 20-24. Later this year Leitz’s volume Imagining the Sciences will also be published by AMS Press.

• Mark your calendar! Authors in April 2004 is set for Saturday, April 3, with author Mike Tidwell, whose latest book is Bayou Farewell. He recently appeared on C-Span’s BOOK TV, promoting this book about the efforts to save Louisiana’s coastline as a model for other places that suffer erosion. The book cover has comments by Rick Bragg and James Lee Burke. Burke says this book is “Stunning, beautifully written, the best book on Louisiana I have ever read. Tidwell has captured the soul and heart of the Cajun people and describes the loss of their Acadian culture, their beloved wetlands, and their way of life more accurately and poignantly than any other writer I know of.” Authors in April benefits the LSUS Pioneer Heritage Center.

• Dr. Yong Dai, associate professor of psychology, Dr. Rebecca Nolan, professor of psychology and Dr. Qing Zeng, adjunct instructor of psychology, presented a paper, “Educational Plans after High School: A National Survey,” at the 111th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association in early August in Toronto.

• The American Studies/International Lincoln Center’s 2lst season boasts two on-campus conferences and the co-sponsorship of a third in India. The on-campus conferences, the Jefferson/Lincoln Conference (Oct l6-18) and the Third World Studies Conference (Nov 6-8) are set for the University Center. Dec. l4-17, the Center will co-host “Rethinking Modernity” with the University of Baroda in Jaipur, India. Dr. Bill Pederson, who holds the LSUS American Studies Chair and is director of the International Lincoln Center, published a book on the U.S. Supreme Court. Titled Leaders of the Pack: Polls and Case Studies of Great Supreme Justices, it grew out of the five-year bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution, in which LSUS American Studies was heavily involved. The volume includes a chapter on Justice Sandra Day O’Connor by local attorney Neil Erwin, who met her in her office at Court; Centenary College professor Rodney Grunes; Rhode Island Supreme Court Chief Justice Frank Williams, for whom the annual LSUS Lincoln Lecture Series is named, and Pederson. Williams will emcee the Jefferson/Lincoln Conference, which will be attended by about 60 outside scholars and is open to the public. Pederson expects twice that number at the Third World Conference. For information, contact the International Lincoln Center, 318-797-5138.

• LSUS News has received the prestigious Crystal Award of Excellence in The Communicator Awards 2003 print media competition. LSUS News is published quarterly by the Office of Media & Public Relations for the university’s diverse constituencies. The Communicator Awards is an international awards program founded by communications professionals to recognize excellence in the communication field. Entries are judged by industry professionals who look for organizations and individuals whose talent exceeds a high standard of excellence and whose work serves as a benchmark for the industry. There were 3,730 entries from throughout the United States and several foreign countries. About 12 percent of the entries received the Crystal Award of Excellence. Another 19 percent received the Award of Distinction.

• Shannon Needham has been named data management coordinator in the Office of Admissions and Records. She is a May 2003 LSUS graduate with a Bachelor of General Studies degree, concentration in Applied Sciences. Prior to returning to college in 2002, she worked for seven years as a consultant in the call center industry. Her customers included the Internal Revenue Service and the Social Security Administration.

• Dr. James Ingold, professor of biological sciences and president of the Faculty Senate, was re-elected first vice president of the Inland Bird Banding Association at the Annual Meeting in Carbondale, Ill., in August. At the meeting, he delivered a presentation, “Movement of Ducks Banded in Northwestern Louisiana, Preliminary Data.” He has made several presentations and television appearances locally, including Out and About with Rick Rowe in August on KTBS-TV; “Bird Watching in Northwestern Louisiana” at the South Shreveport Lions Club in June; “Birds and the Human Experience” at the Rotary Club of South Shreveport in May, and “Winter Philopatry of Granivorous Birds Banded in Northeast Texas” at the U.S. Ramsar Committee Annual Meeting, Caddo Lake State Park, Karnack, Texas, in May.

• Dr. Marjan Trutschl, assistant professor of computer science, has had a paper he co-authored, “Intelligently Resolving Point Occlusion,” accepted for presentation and publication in the proceedings at the international IEEE Visualization 2004 conference in Seattle. His research paper “Interpolating analytic visualizations” was accepted for publication at the Visualization and Data Analysis 2004 conference in San Jose. He also co-authored a research poster, “Microarray analysis of genes translationally regulated by isoforms of eIF4E in Caenorhabditis elegans,” presented at the 14th C. elegans International Conference in Los Angeles. He has been invited to attend a highly competitive course on Computational Genomics at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in November. The laboratory is the where the DNA double helix was discovered 50 years ago. Among other activities, he was an invited reviewer of papers submitted to the IEEE Visualization 2004 conference in October in Seattle, Washington as well as Visualization and Data Analysis 2004 Conference to be held in conjunction with IS&T/SPIE’s International Symposium on Electronic Imaging 2004 conference in January in San Jose, California.

• Intramurals has changed its name to Recreational Sports and expanded offerings to include: Intramurals, Fitness, Outdoor Recreation, Special Events and Club Sports. Intramurals are now divided into league and tournament sports. League sports are flag football*, soccer, court volleyball*, tennis, basketball*, bowling, softball* and racquetball. (* indicates one team will advance to the state tournament.) Tournament sports are dodgeball, sand volleyball, kickball, ultimate Frisbee and billiards. For more information about Recreational Sports, contact Brian Schmidt in Student Activities (797-5393) or go to the Recreational Sports Web site: www.lsus.edu/osa/recsports.htm.

• Beginning with the fall semester, LSUS Graduate Studies admissions criteria have changed. According to Dr. Pat Doerr, associate vice chancellor for academic affairs and dean of graduate studies, for unconditional admission, graduate students must have a minimum 2.5 grade point average on the undergraduate degree (on a 4.0 scale) or a 2.75 grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) in the last 60 hours attempted in the degree program. The grade point average requirement includes all courses in the calculation, including those that were repeated. In addition, a 3.0 grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) is required on any graduate work attempted. Students meeting these criteria will be unconditionally admitted to graduate study at LSUS and provisionally admitted to a graduate program. Students may be admitted with a conditional status if they have a 2.25 undergraduate grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) and have submitted a satisfactory GMAT score (550 minimum) or GRE score (1000 minimum sum of verbal and quantitative scores).

• The Pan American Weightlifting Congress awarded the 2005 Pan American Weightlifting Championships to LSUS. Dr. Kyle Pierce, director of the LSUS USA Weightlifting Center, said the competition will draw 150 to 200 athletes from the Americas and Caribbean islands. Pierce was re-elected to the Pan American Weightlifting Scientific and Research Committee, and will host a scientific meeting for coaches in connection with the 2005 championships. He is also a member of the International Weightlifting Federation Scientific and Research Committee and USA Weightlifting’s Board of Directors, Coaching Committee and Scientific Committee.

• The faculty, staff and patrons of the Noel Memorial Library appreciate the support and generosity of the following persons and organizations making donations of books or periodicals to the library: May – Krishna Agarwal, Mr. & Mrs. Howard Bray, John T. Goorley, Lloyd Klein, William D. Pederson, Julieanne Wood, Anonymous – 1, LSUS Career Center, University of Miami (Coral Gables, Fla.) Middle East Studies Institute, and the National Botanic Gardens (Glasnevin, Dublin, Ireland); June – Pearla Despot, Norman Dolch, Michael Ferrell, David & Mary Ellen Foley, Matt Glenn, Jeffrey Sadow, Daksha Turakhia, LSUS Comunications Department, LSUS Kappa Delta Pi, Southshore Press (Milwaukee), and Wilkinson, Carmody & Gilliam (Shreveport); July – Richard Colquette, Norman Dolch, David & Mary Ellen Foley, Lloyd Klein, W. Conway Link, William McCleary, Brad Nelson, William Pederson, Bryan Shelby, Saurabh Singh, Albert G. Smith, Anonymous – 2, New Jersey Historical Society (Newark), and H.W. Wilson Company (Bronx, N.Y.)