The book, Castles, Battles and Bombs, co-authored by Jurgen A Brauer, Hull College, and Hubert van Tuyll, history, anthropology, and philosophy, is now being translated into Chinese.
Dr. Brauer also made a presentation titled Integrating Peace Indicators into University Programs and Business Risk Analysis at an invited seminar at the Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House, London, United Kingdom, which was co-hosted by Cranfield University and the Institute for Economics and Peace.
Lee Ann Caldwell, Center for the Study of Georgia History, was a guest on the Helen Blocker Adams Show on Talk Radio.
Kristin Casaletto, art, has an exhibition titled Selected Works on exhibit at the Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art through March 5. She also has works in (S)edition: Prints as Activism at the Urban Institute for Contemporary Art in Grand Rapids, Mich., and at the Delta National Small Prints Exhibition in Jonesboro, Arkansas, through March. Her work continues to tour the state of Montana in the Speaking Volumes: Transforming Hate show, now at the Montana Museum of Arts and Culture, Missoula, until March.
Anthony Kellman, communications and professional writing, had two poems Nature as Shrink and The Henrietta Marie published in the current issue of BIM: Arts for the Twentieth-First Century. Mr. Kellman, director of the Sandhills Writers Conference, has also teamed up with the Augusta Metro Spirit to award free conference registration to the first-place winner in the Metro Spirit’s annual short-story writing competition.
Marc Miller, Hull College of Business, was appointed to the Board of Directors for the Augusta Metro Chamber of Commerce at the chamber’s December general board meeting. Dr. Miller will serve a three-year term.
Tom Nakashima, art, has an exhibition titled Georgia Werks in the New Space Gallery, which will be on display through Feb. 11.
Christian Poppeliers, chemistry and physics, published a paper, Seismic Wave Gradiometry Using the Wavelet Transform: Application to the analysis of complex surface waves recorded at the Glendora Array, Sullivan, IN, USA, in the Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America.
Kathy Schofe, public relations and publications, spoke at a ceremony commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Partridge Inn.
Wendy J. Turner, history, anthropology, and philosophy, had an abstract titled Angry Wives of Madmen published in the Fall 2009 edition of AVISTA Forum Journal. Dr. Turner recently published a chapter, The Legal Regulation and Licensing of Alchemy in Late Medieval England, in Law and Magic: A Collection of Essays.
This year’s Sand Hills Literary magazine student publication displayed artwork by ASU students and led to the Morris Museum including an ASU Student Exhibition in its education gallery. The exhibition, which will run through Feb.14, was assisted by ASU faculty artist Brian Rust. Student artists include Vanessa Baladad, Shannon Smith, Joni Robbins, Abigail Zwanziger, Brian McGrath, Michael Swan, Elizabeth Stewart, Ashley Wells, Austin Cochran, Paul Moore, and Amanda Aragon. Professor Paul Sladky, English and foreign languages, coordinated the publication of Sand Hills.
William Wellnitz, biology, received a certificate from the Augusta Convention and Visitors Bureau recognizing his part in bringing the Science Olympiad National Tournament to the city. It is estimated that the direct visitor spending of visitors to the tournament was $1,730,995.
In the News
William A. Bloodworth, Jr., ASU president, Augusta Chronicle, about ASU’s men’s basketball team being named the top-ranking team.
Clint Bryant, athletics- The National Ledger and Augusta Chronicle, about a whites-only basketball league targeting Augusta.
Kristin Casaletto, art- Metro Spirit, on her recent exhibition at the Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art.
Simon Medcalf, Hull College- Augusta Chronicle, commenting on the economy.
Dip Metress, athletics; Augusta Chronicle, WRDW, WJBF, WAGT – men’s basketball games.
Melissa Powell-Williams, sociology, criminal justice, and social work – Columbia County News-Times, about the vampire phenomenon being seen in popular culture.
Scott Parish, ASU Wesley Foundation- Augusta Chronicle, about how his religious organization is assisting those affected by the earthquake in Haiti.
Wes Zamzow, alumni relations, and James Benedict, math and computer science- Augusta Chronicle, about the True Blue Road Crew giving the Jags support.
Jan 27, 2010
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