The Shepeard Community Blood Center honored Lillian Wan, Reese Library, with a plaque for reaching her 25th gallon donation.
Beth Pendergraft, teacher education, has been selected as a guest editor for the fall edition of the Georgia Journal of Reading, themed Literacy Theory into Practice: What Works. Dr. Pendergraft recommended the theme on behalf of the University System of Georgia Reading Consortium.
Thomas Crute, chemistry and physics, finished eighth in Augusta’s Ironman 70.3 Triathlon in the men’s 45-49 age division.
Mary Jane Anderson-Wiley, educational leadership, counseling, and special education, will present Developing a Suicide Prevention Program in the Schools at the Mose Annual Counseling Conference in October.
Richard Deaner, educational leadership, counseling, and special education, presented his research on Early Recollections and Wellness Assessment during a virtual conference titled Counseling Education in Second Life.
Michael O’Connor, educational leadership, counseling, and special education, will have an article titled Service Works! Promoting Transition Success for Students with Disabilities Through Participation in Service Learning published in the Teaching Exceptional Children Journal.
In a conference hosted by the Academy for Educational Studies, Albert Isaacs, Tom Deering, and Sam Hardy, educational leadership, counseling, and special education, will present their latest studies on Critical Questions in Education, which will be held in St. Louis, Mo., in October.
Charles Jackson, educational leadership, counseling, and special education, will present a study on the Issues Facing Augusta/Richmond County for 2010 during the Legislative Breakfast being held at the Peter S. Knox Conference Center this month.
The Journal of Philosophy and History of Education will publish the article Reconsidering Allan Bloom’s The Closing of the American Mind, written by Tom Deering, educational leadership, counseling, and special education, in its fall edition.
Wendy J. Turner, history, presented Emotional Indicators of Mental Conditions in Medieval English Administrative Records at the Georgia Medieval Group’s semi-annual meeting at Emory University. Dr. Turner is the founder of GMG and co-director of the state-wide medieval colloquium. She also is presenting a paper in October at the Texas Medieval Association’s annual meeting at the University of Texas at Austin titled Religion and Mental Disabilities in Medieval England.
In September, Paulette Harris, educational leadership, counseling, and special education, presented her research on International Literacy Day Strategies at Warren Road Elementary School. Dr. Harris also presented her study on Reading Strategies for High Schoolers at Glenn Hills High School. This month, she will make another presentation titled Research on Gifted for the Georgia Educational Research Association in Savannah, Ga.
Nabil Ibrahim, Hull College of Business, published The status of planning in small exporting firms: An empirical examination of manufacturing enterprises in the Journal of Academy of Business and Economics.
Dr. Ibrahim and Donald Howard, Hull College of Business, published two articles: Extent of director involvement in the strategic management process: Does occupational background make a difference? that appears in the Journal of Applied Business Research as well as Corporate social responsibility: A comparative analysis of perceptions of practicing accountants and accounting students in the Journal of Business Ethics.
Head men’s basketball coach Darren (Dip) Metress will be a featured speaker at the Sandhills Community College Coaches Clinic in North Carolina in October.
Pam Lightsey, JagCard office, spoke at the Columbia County Rotary Club about the Greater Augusta Literacy Initiative.
In the News
Rhonda Armstrong, English and foreign languages; and Louise Shivers, writer-in-residence – The Augusta Chronicle, about a new book club
William A. Bloodworth, Jr., president – WRDW, about furlough forum
Carol Giardina, admissions – The Augusta Chronicle, about enrollment
Patricia Hyatt, Career Center – The Augusta Chronicle, about Ms. Senior Georgia-Carolina Pageant
Charles Jackson, educational leadership, counseling, and special education – The Augusta Chronicle, at the education summit
Karl Munschy, business services – The Augusta Chronicle, about shuttle service
Bill Reese, sociology, criminal justice, and social work – WJBF and WRDW, about furlough forum
Michael Searles, history, anthropology, and philosophy – The True Citizen about a chuckwagon dinner
Katherine Sweeney, admissions and registrar – The Augusta Chronicle, about Fixed for Four tuition
Pam Lightsey- JagCard office,–Columbia County News Times, Vets to Washington project
Sep 30, 2009
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