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Spring 2008
- Dr. Gloria Vaquera was awarded a fellowship to attend the National
Summer Data Policy Institute sponsored by the Association for Institutional
Research, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education
Statistics and the National Science Foundation. Dr. Vaquera was among
56 selected international and national participants to receive training
on various national databases associated with higher education. Out
of this experience Dr. Vaquera hopes to gain further access to national
data to continue her work on diversity issues in higher education. In
July, a her joint authored article entitled "Factors Impacting
Sense of Belonging at a Hispanic-Serving Institution" appeared
in the Journal of Hispanic Higher Education.
- Dr. Harris was awarded the 2008 Educator
of the Year Award from the Ohio Association
of Gerontology and Education. It is given
annually to an Ohioan who has significantly
advanced gerontological education and therefore
fostered greater understanding about aging
and the issues and concerns of older adults.
- Dr. Wiedenhoft is currently the coordinator of the Environmental
Studies Concentration and faculty advisor of the student environmental
group, Generation Green. She is also involved in an on-going summer
program on peace building and conflict transformation in Northern Ireland.
As a member of the Peace, War and Conflict group of the American Sociological
Association, Dr. Wiedenhoft presented a paper "K(no)w Surrender:
Cultural Entrepreneurs and the Ulster-Scots Movement" in New York
City in late August. She was also a co-presenter of a paper titled "Brewed
in Scotland, Bottled in Ulster, Uncorked in the USA: The Ambivalence
of Diasporic Identity” at a conference in Belfast, Northern Ireland
at Queen's University, Belfast Northern Ireland in mid September. Dr.
Wiedenhoft was awarded a Grauel fellowship for Fall 2007 to continue
research on another paper, "Consuming Conflict: Touring the
Troubles in West Belfast."
- Dr. Susan Long has a Grauel Fellowship this
spring to analyze the data from a collaborative
research project on elder care in Japan under
the new public long term care insurance system.
She will also be co-leading the Pop Culture
in Japan Study Tour in May.
- Dr. Richard Clark was awarded the Curtis W. Miles Faculty Award
for Community Service by the Faculty Forum Research, Service Faculty
Development Committee during a ceremony at the annual Ignatian Day celebration
in January preceding the start of spring semester. Dr. Clark's commitment
to restorative justice, death penalty issues, and environmental issues
demonstrate a long-term commitment to multiple quality of life issues.
- Dr. Ernest DeZolt was recently appointed to a new position as half-time
Associate Dean of Student Services and Academic Advising. In addition
to this new facet of responsibility, Dr. DeZolt continues in his role
of Associate Professor and remains actively engaged in classroom teaching.
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