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Faculty Profile: William Reese
Between Houston and Galveston, Texas, you will find the small coastal town of Texas City. It is home to the nation’s third-largest oil refinery, and it is also the birthplace of William Reese, professor in the Department of Sociology, Criminal Justice, and Social Work. He was only three months old in 1947 when the devastating [...]
Continue reading...Faculty Profile – Jeanine Burse
Saturday, October 18, 2008
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By Tiara Jackson, contributing writer New Orleans memorabilia is sprinkled among the stacks of books in Dr. Jeanine Burse’s office—reminders of her life before Hurricane Katrina. After the hurricane’s horrific devastation, Dr. Burse knew that New Orleans would never again be home for her. She also knew, because of her strong family ties, that she [...]
Continue reading...Faculty Profile – Dr. Emamuddin Hoosain
Sunday, November 16, 2008
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By Tamara Cammack, contributing writer Growing up in a small, rural village in Guyana, South America, Dr. Emamuddin Hoosain learned the meaning of hard work. “As a young boy growing up, I helped my parents on the rice farms and, of course, doing all types of chores around the house,” says the associate professor of [...]
Continue reading...Faculty Profile – James Benedict
Monday, December 15, 2008
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By Thomas Cooper, contributing writer The Rolling Stones have a famous rock anthem that states: “You can’t always get what you want… you get what you need.” Dr. James Benedict seems to be a living definition of this mantra. “Since 1965, I’ve had two jobs. Whatever my real job was and what I wanted my [...]
Continue reading...Faculty Profile – Robert Flannigan
Saturday, February 7, 2009
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By Christina Thompson, contributing writer Robert Flannigan’s quest for knowledge has led him down a path that may not have been typical for an associate professor of Spanish. After graduating from Northeastern University in Boston, he entered the U.S. Army where he spent the next 28 years traveling abroad in a number of countries such [...]
Continue reading...Faculty Profile: Hubert van Tuyll
Monday, March 16, 2009
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By contributing writer Chris Blanco Dr. Hubert van Tuyll, chair of Augusta State University’s Department of History, Anthropology, and Philosophy, began his career as an attorney, but his interest in history took him along another career path. After a year of practicing general civil law in Alabama, Dr. van Tuyll says he began to lose [...]
Continue reading...Faculty Profile – J. Duncan Robertson
Monday, May 25, 2009
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By Kara Mauldin, contributing writer J. Duncan Robertson, professor in the Department of English and Foreign Languages, always calls out a greeting when he passes his students in the hall and is delighted when they respond in French to his traditional greeting of “Bonjour! Ça va bien?” Although he has taught Spanish and Latin in [...]
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Wednesday, September 30, 2009
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