Notables
Dereck Daschke, chair and associate professor of philosophy and religion, was named to the editorial board of the Journal of Religion and Film, a free, online publication, accessible at http://www.unomaha.edu/jrf/, and based at the University of Nebraska - Omaha.
Lucy F. Lee, professor of Spanish, has been reelected Sigma Delta Pi vice-president of the Southwest for the 2010-13 triennium. Lee’s new term will begin at the conclusion of the Society’s Triennial Convention in Guadalajara, Mexico July 12.
Regina Morin, associate vice president for enrollment management, was recently awarded the Peggy Clinton Memorial Service Award from the Missouri Association for College Admission Counseling (MOACAC). The award recognizes her guidance, support and inspiration to students, colleagues and MOACAC.
Sara E. Orel, professor of art history, had a panel she organized accepted for the national conference of the Council on Undergraduate Research, which will be hosted at Weber State University in Ogden, Utah, in June. The session is titled “Enhanced Study Abroad Experiences: Conducting Undergraduate Research in a Foreign Setting.” She will also be presenting information about the scaffolding of assignments in the Art History program for the session “Universalizing the Senior Thesis in Humanities and Social Sciences: How to Build a Research-Across-the-Curriculum Program.” She is a counselor in the Arts and Humanities Division of CUR.
Antonio Scuderi, associate professor of Italian, presented “The Commedia Maschere and the European Carnival,” at the annual conference of the American Association for Italian Studies, in Ann Arbor, Mich. He also translated the booklet for the new CD, Fantasia Poetica, by Carlo Aonzo (mandolin) and Elena Buttiero (piano). The CD has music from Beethoven, Munier, Calace and Bruzzone.
The Communication Disorders and Education Departments, with assistance from the Regional Professional Development Center, collaborated to produce “Rousing Minds to Life: Ways to Kindle Vocabulary Learning in Young Learners.” The project was presented by Dr. Robert Cooter during the Second Annual Language and Literacy Conference. Cooter is an internationally acclaimed author/researcher in the field of reading. He is a national speaker and currently is Ursuline Endowed professor of education at Bellarmine University. More than 120 professionals and approximately 20 students attended.
Lucy F. Lee, professor of Spanish, has been reelected Sigma Delta Pi vice-president of the Southwest for the 2010-13 triennium. Lee’s new term will begin at the conclusion of the Society’s Triennial Convention in Guadalajara, Mexico July 12.
Regina Morin, associate vice president for enrollment management, was recently awarded the Peggy Clinton Memorial Service Award from the Missouri Association for College Admission Counseling (MOACAC). The award recognizes her guidance, support and inspiration to students, colleagues and MOACAC.
Sara E. Orel, professor of art history, had a panel she organized accepted for the national conference of the Council on Undergraduate Research, which will be hosted at Weber State University in Ogden, Utah, in June. The session is titled “Enhanced Study Abroad Experiences: Conducting Undergraduate Research in a Foreign Setting.” She will also be presenting information about the scaffolding of assignments in the Art History program for the session “Universalizing the Senior Thesis in Humanities and Social Sciences: How to Build a Research-Across-the-Curriculum Program.” She is a counselor in the Arts and Humanities Division of CUR.
Antonio Scuderi, associate professor of Italian, presented “The Commedia Maschere and the European Carnival,” at the annual conference of the American Association for Italian Studies, in Ann Arbor, Mich. He also translated the booklet for the new CD, Fantasia Poetica, by Carlo Aonzo (mandolin) and Elena Buttiero (piano). The CD has music from Beethoven, Munier, Calace and Bruzzone.
The Communication Disorders and Education Departments, with assistance from the Regional Professional Development Center, collaborated to produce “Rousing Minds to Life: Ways to Kindle Vocabulary Learning in Young Learners.” The project was presented by Dr. Robert Cooter during the Second Annual Language and Literacy Conference. Cooter is an internationally acclaimed author/researcher in the field of reading. He is a national speaker and currently is Ursuline Endowed professor of education at Bellarmine University. More than 120 professionals and approximately 20 students attended.
