Notables

W. Michael Ashcraft, chair and professor of philosophy and religion, gave a presentation at Missouri University in the Paine Lecture series of the Religious Studies Department at Missouri University, Sept. 25, based on his new book, “A Historical Introduction to the Study of New Religious Movements.”

Michael Goggin
, professor of physics, and collaborators at the University of Queensland and Heriot-Watt University had their paper, “Multi-time quantum correlations with no spatial analog,” published in npj Quantum Information. The paper is a result of work done while Goggin was on sabbatical at the University of Queensland during the fall of 2015. The current experiment is an experimental implementation and extension of the theoretical framework presented in Goggin’s recent article in Physical Review A.

Lauren Wacker, volleyball, was featured in the Great Lakes Valley Conference “Someone to Listen” mental health awareness campaign. The campaign introduced 15-student athletes from a variety of schools to give them a platform to discuss how they deal with competition stress. The athletes also expressed their understanding for everyday student stress and how talking to someone can help combat difficult times.

Lawrence Woods, football, was named the Great Lakes Valley Conference Special Teams Player of the Week after returning his second kickoff for a touchdown this season on Sept. 22 with a win against Valparaiso. It was his third career return, tying him for second on the Bulldog career kick return list.

Barry Poyner, professor of communication, and students from the Communication Club presented a program and workshop entitled “Night at the Museum: Bringing Great Speeches from History & Movies to Life” during the Speech and Theatre Association of Missouri Convention at the Lake of the Ozarks, Sept. 22.

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Pictured from left: Bethany Spitzmiller, Kaley Burroughs, Barry Poyner, Brea Parnell and Courtney Prewitt.
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