Notables
The Beta Chapter of Phi Sigma Pi was recently honored with the Outstanding Risk Management award at the 2010 National Convention and Awards Banquet. This award is given each year to the one chapter that has most strongly exemplified the establishment and implementation of proper risk management techniques to keep its Brothers safe. Phi Sigma Pi is a national co-ed honor fraternity founded upon the ideals of scholarship, leadership and fellowship. For more information about the Beta Chapter of Phi Sigma Pi, visit http://psp-beta.truman.edu.
Dereck Daschke, chair and associate professor of philosophy and religion, in July saw T&T Clark publish “A Cry Instead of Justice: The Bible and Cultures of Violence in Psychological Perspective,” a collection he co-edited with Rev. D. Andrew Kille. The collection includes his essay, “‘A Destroyer Will Come Against Babylon’: George W. Bush’s Oracles Against the Nations,” which looks at the influence of Old Testament prophecy on the former president’s war rhetoric.
David Wohlers, professor of chemistry, traveled to Bon Accord, Tobago, in July and conducted a hands-on science experiment demonstrating how blind students can collect and manipulate laboratory data. The R. W. Torres Foundation for the Blind of Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, sponsored the summer camp, known as Camp Can Do, for blind youth of the Caribbean. The camp provides blind and low-vision youth with positive and motivating experiences to enhance personal growth and development through a series of workshops and activities. For many of the students this was the first time they were ever allowed to personally and independently participate in a laboratory experience. Ancil Torres, the camp organizer, tries to focus the campers on what they can do as blind individuals and not on what they cannot do because they are blind.
Dereck Daschke, chair and associate professor of philosophy and religion, in July saw T&T Clark publish “A Cry Instead of Justice: The Bible and Cultures of Violence in Psychological Perspective,” a collection he co-edited with Rev. D. Andrew Kille. The collection includes his essay, “‘A Destroyer Will Come Against Babylon’: George W. Bush’s Oracles Against the Nations,” which looks at the influence of Old Testament prophecy on the former president’s war rhetoric.
David Wohlers, professor of chemistry, traveled to Bon Accord, Tobago, in July and conducted a hands-on science experiment demonstrating how blind students can collect and manipulate laboratory data. The R. W. Torres Foundation for the Blind of Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, sponsored the summer camp, known as Camp Can Do, for blind youth of the Caribbean. The camp provides blind and low-vision youth with positive and motivating experiences to enhance personal growth and development through a series of workshops and activities. For many of the students this was the first time they were ever allowed to personally and independently participate in a laboratory experience. Ancil Torres, the camp organizer, tries to focus the campers on what they can do as blind individuals and not on what they cannot do because they are blind.
