Volume 39/Number 6

January 2006

WHO, WHAT, WHEN, AND WHERE

 

AWARDS

Dr. Tom Eddy, professor, Department of Biological Sciences, received the 2005 “John K. Strickler Award for Excellence in Conservation and Environmental Education” from the Kansas Association for Conservation and Environmental Education at their Annual Conference in Hutchinson, KS on November 4.

Lendi Bland, instructor, Department of Elementary Teacher Education, was nominated last fall and initiated in December into Phi Kappa Phi as a graduate student at Kansas State University. 

 

HONORS

Dr. James M. Nyce, associate professor, School of Library and Information Management, was invited to and attended a dinner at the Embassy of Sweden in Washington D.C.  The dinner was held in honor of the President of the Swedish National Defense College, Mr. Henrik Landerholm.

 

PRESENTATIONS

Dr. Tom Eddy, professor, Department of Biological Sciences, presented a program on tropical insect ecology and behavior to students at Walnut School on November 10.

Dr. Marsh Sundberg, professor, Department of Biological Sciences, presented a paper “Student Inquiry and Engagement Promotes Content in Biology” at the 2nd Annual Conference of the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, October 14-16, in Vancouver, B.C.

Dr. Marcia Schulmeister, assistant professor, Department of Earth Science, recently presented “Hydrostratigraphic Characterization of a Thick Unsaturated Zone in Eastern China” based on research she had been doing in China at a seminar held at the Kansas Water Office in Topeka, KS. 

 

PUBLICATION

Greg Sievert, lecturer, and Dr. Lynnette Sievert, professor, Department of Biological Sciences, are authors of “A Field Guide to Oklahoma’s Amphibians and Reptiles,” 205 page color publication by the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation.

Dr. William L. Smith, associate professor and chair, Business Administration and Education Department, “Goals and characteristics of family-owned small businesses: an international replication and comparison between Middle America and Western Australia hospitality providers,” International Journal of Management and Enterprise Development, Vol. 3, No. 3, 2006, pp. 212-226.

Dr. Marcia Schulmeister, assistant professor, Department of Earth Science, “Emporia State University’s On-Campus Hydrology Field Station:  A Multiuse Facility for Teaching and Research,” Ground Water News & Views, Vol. 2, No. 2, Nov. 2006, pp. 12.

 

Dr. Marcus Childress, Instructional Design & Technology Department Chairperson, and Dr. Harvey Foyle, IDT professor, published Improving Student Technological Conceptions, Attitudes and Integration Through the Intervention of the Intel Teach to the Future Curriculum in the National Social Science Journal (2005), Volume 25, Number 1, pages 34-46.

 

EMPLOYMENT SEARCH

An AA/EOE institution, Emporia State University encourages minorities and women to apply. The following positions are available and may be viewed on the ESU website at: http:// or at http://www.emporia.edu/humres/classified.htm

Assistant Professor – Geography, Department of Social Sciences

Assistant Professor – Political Science, Department of Social Sciences

Tenure-Track, Assistant Professor in Physics, Department of Physical Sciences

World/Comparative Literature, Department of English

Studio Art, Department of Art

Tenure-Track, Assistant Professor, Philosophy, Department of Social Sciences

Tenure-Track, Assistant Professor, Department of Communication and Theatre

Tenure-Track, Assistant/Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences

Assistant Professor of Spanish, Depart of Modern Languages and Literatures

Tenure-Track, Assistant Professor in Engraving Arts, Department of Arts

English as a Second Language: MA TESOL Program, Department of Modern Languages & Lit.

Assistant/Associate Professor of Microbiology, Department of Biological Sciences

Spanish Instructor, Department of Modern Languages and Lit.

Health/Fitness, Department of Health and Physical Education

Assistant/Associate Professor in Adaptive Special Education, Department of Psychology and Special Education

Tenure-Track, Assistant Professor, Department of Counselor Education

12-Month, Tenure-Track, Assistant/Associate Professor, Department of Counselor Education

Tenure-Track Faculty, Department of School of Library and Information Management

Children’s Literature Specialist & Reference Librarian, Department of University Libraries & Archives

University Webmaster, Public Affairs & Marketing

 

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