On Campus
- Faculty and Staff News
July 18,
2003 Vol. 56, No. 5
Mike Mahon, sports
information director, served as moderator for a 90-minute panel titled "Serving
as a
Spokesperson" at the College Sports Information Directors of America Workshop
June 30 in Cleveland.
Robert Hariman, the
Ellis and Nelle Levitt professor of
rhetoric, recently presented
an invited lecture at the Summer Seminar on "Rhetorical Agency and Political
Imaginaries"at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill.
An article by Aimee
Beckmann-Collier, associate professor of
conducting and director of choral studies, recently was published in the Choral
Journal. The article, "Teaching Toward Independence: The Quartet Rehearsal
Process," discussed the philosophy and methodology of a process used in
the Drake Choir and Chamber Choir.
Carl Staplin, professor
of organ and church
music, has had a
commissioned organ composition, "Advent Prelude on the Name of St. Mark," accepted
for publication by Randell Egan Music Publishers of Minneapolis. Another of his
commissioned works, "Variations on Two French Noels for Flute and Piano," recently
premiered at the centennial celebration of Sigma Alpha Iota,
national music honorary, in Des Moines. The performers were Pam Prouty, FA'66,
piano, and Jennifer Norton, flute.
Neil Hamilton, professor
of law and director of the Agricultural Law Center, and Christine Pardee, the
coordinator of the
State Food Policy Council Initiative,
were in Kansas City June 3-4 to participate in a national conference highlighting
projects funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Risk Management Agency
Community Outreach. Hamilton provided an update of the eight state initiatives
being administered by the center.
Kathy Van Elsen,
chemistry laboratory assistant,
will conduct a
Chemical Magic Show at the Iowa State Fair on Saturday, Aug. 16, as part of Drake's "DU
the Fair!" celebration. Her 5-year-old daughter, Marissa, will assist her.
Jack
Gerlovich, professor of education, and Rahul Parsa, professor of statistics,
are leading a national science safety study involving
potentially all middle and high schools in the nation. The project will involve
collaboration with the National Science Teachers Association, the Council of
State Science Supervisors and the National
Science Education Leadership Association. The project will focus on creating
a national indexing system for schools to use in assessing the status of safety
in their science programs, including compliance with applicable laws, codes and
professional standards. Due to the size of the study and its implications, a
National Science Foundation support grant is now being discussed. The massive
study would take two to three years to complete. It will be based on much of
the science safety research work completed by Gerlovich and Parsa in 10 states.
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