Notables

Bradford Blackburn, assistant professor of music, recently had his electroacoustic composition “Vox Insecta” performed at the Electronic Music Midwest conference in Kansas City, Kan. The work was subsequently presented with choreography and dancing at Truman’s New Music Festival.

Stephen Hadwiger, associate professor of nursing, presented “Issues in Conducting Ethnography: A Confessional Tale of an Anglo-American Researcher and a Hispanic Woman with Diabetes,” Nov. 4, at Pi Pi Chapter’s 11th Annual Research Day in Quincy, Ill. Hadwiger also presented “Issues in Conducting Ethnography: A Confessional Tale of an Anglo-American Researcher and a Hispanic Woman with Diabetes,” Nov. 14, at Sigma Theta Tau International’s 38th Biennial Convention in Indianapolis, Ind.

Christopher Maglio, professor of counseling, recently presented, “Professional School Counselors and the Independent Psychological Evaluation” at the annual meeting of the Missouri School Counselor Association that took place the Lake of the Ozark, Mo. Maglio has also recently served as a consultant and expert witness for the Missouri Attorney’s General Office and the Missouri State Committee for Professional Counselors in their preparation for a number of cases before the Administration Hearing Commission regarding the acceptance of degrees from “universities without walls” for professional counselor licensure.

Eric Patterson, associate professor of chemistry,
was part of a research group that was featured on the cover of the Oct. 28 issue of the Journal of Organic Chemistry, the world’s leading journal in this field of study. The paper includes three Truman alumni as co-authors: Jolita Seckute (2004), Jessica Menke (2005), and Ryan Emnett (2001). The cover artwork was designed by Winston Vanderhoof, senior graphic designer. The research focuses on achieving a better understanding of how chemical warfare agents such as sarin and VX are inactivated and rendered harmless. The article was selected to appear on the cover of a panel of JOC editors due to its broad appeal, timeliness, and quality. The cover and article may be accessed from any campus computer at http://pubs3.acs.org/acs/journals/toc.page?incoden=joceah&indecade=0&involume=70&inissue=22.

Gregg Siewert, professor of French,
has been elected by the midwestern members of the American Association of Teachers of French to serve a three-year term for the association’s Region VII. He will sit on the executive board at international meetings of the 10,000 member group in Milwaukee, Wis., (2006), in Baton Rouge, La., (2007), and in Belgium (2008).
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