Kristin Casaletto, art, has an artwork in the exhibition National Small Works 2008 at the Washington Printmakers Gallery in Washington, D.C. She also participated in the University System’s Faculty Development Seminar in Morocco and Spain this summer and has been named to participate in the Governor’s Teaching Fellowship program for this academic year.

Cree-Walker Professor of Economics Mark Thompson, Hull College, has been selected for this year’s Leadership Augusta class. Leadership Augusta, which encourages and develops community leadership, is a project of the Metro Augusta Chamber of Commerce.

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• A Day
• New acting chairs
• Jaguar Alert
• Speaker to address global series
• Forestry Grant
• RG Brown III exhibit
• Dr. Saundra Reinke feature
• ASU Fall Film Series
• Lyceum Series and Westobou Festival at ASU
• ASU authors featured at festival
• Former ASU golfer named to Ryder Cup Team
• Peer-2-Peer, File Sharing Gone Bad
• Special Collections extends hours
• Faculty Profile – Valerie Cato
• Staff Profile – Nicole Paige
• September Birthdays
• Campus Notables
• In the News

Ted Atkinson, English and foreign languages, presented The Impenetrable Lightness of Being: Miscegenation Imagery and the Anxiety of Whiteness in Faulkner’s Go Down, Moses at the 2008 Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Conference, an annual event held at the University of Mississippi. His paper will also be published in a book of conference papers produced by the University Press of Mississippi in 2010.
In addition, Dr. Atkinson’s essay Redeeming Depravity: The Legacy of Southwestern Humor in Erskine Caldwell’s Tobacco Road and Larry Brown’s Father and Son appears in the latest issue of Studies in American Humor.

Jurgen Brauer, Hull College of Business, published Income, War, and Elections in the summer edition of FORUM, a journal for the National Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi. Dr. Brauer also will be taking a leave of absence to serve as research director of a new foundation being created in Boulder, Colo., to work on global governance, transnational corporations, and human security issues.

Paul Gustafson, kinesiology and health science, completed a 400-mile bicycle trip from Buffalo to Albany, N. Y., during July.

Paulette Harris, educational leadership, counseling, and special education, received the District 26 Educational Leader of the Year award from the United States Power Squadron, the world’s largest boating education organization. She also received the Phi Delta Kappa leadership service award for 2008.
Dr. Harris presented a one-day workshop for Jefferson County School leaders on July 30.

Edgar LaMotte, media services, received his American citizenship on July 22. He is a native of Panama.

Pam Lightsey, JagCard Office, has been named the assistant governor for Rotary District 6920 for 2009-2010. She will serve a three-year term representing several clubs within the Augusta area.

Karen Mobley, student development, completed her Education Specialist degree in Educational Leadership last month.

Bill Nelson, Reese Library, was selected by the Association of College and Research Libraries to present a workshop on Assessment of Academic Library Effectiveness: Using ACRL Standards for Continuous Evaluation on June 27 in Anaheim, Calif. Dr. Nelson also served as a library consultant in July to Bethel College in McKenzie, Tenn.

Camilla B. Reid, Reese Library, was one of two winners of the fourth annual SirsiDynix ALA APA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Promoting Salaries and Status for Library Workers.

Hubert van Tuyll, history, anthropology, and philosophy, signed copies of his book, Castles, Battles, & Bombs: How Economics Explains Military History, on Saturday, July 26, at Borders Bookstore. The book is co-authored with Dr. Jurgen Brauer, Hull College of Business.

Clint Bryant, athletics, was invited to serve on the National Association of Black Sports Professionals National Advisory Board. The board is strategically designed to include some of the nation’s most prominent African-American leaders in the sports industry.

Tom Deering, educational leadership, counseling, and special education, co-edited a book, Challenges to Academic Freedom Past and Present, and contributed two articles to it.

Josh Gregory, athletics, finished third in the 2008 Palmetto Amateur golf tournament in Aiken.

Doug Joiner and Karen Gordon, communications and professional writing, received awards from the Greater Augusta Arts Council at the 2008 Arts Awards ceremony on June 25 in recognizing outstanding commitment to the arts. Mr. Joiner was honored as an arts professional, and Ms. Gordon, a student, was honored with the President’s Award. They will be among the winners featured in the August issue of Augusta Magazine.

Wayne Lord, educational leadership, counseling, and special education, is serving as a reviewer for the 2008 Jacob K. Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education Program with the U.S. Department of Education. The major emphasis of the grant program is on serving students traditionally underrepresented in gifted and talented programs, particularly economically disadvantaged, limited English proficient (LEP), and disabled students, to help reduce the serious gap in achievement among certain groups of students at the highest levels of achievement.

During June, Ruth McClelland-Nugent, history, anthropology, and philosophy, and ASU students presented a program of displays and demonstrations about the World War II experience in Britain and its empire.

Chris Murphy will serve as the acting chair of the Department of History, Anthropology, and Philosophy until Aug. 1.

Jennifer Onofrio, art, had her artwork exhibited by Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art in Kansas City at the International Art Exposition, Art Chicago.

Gaye Ortiz, communications and professional writing, presented the keynote speech at a conference at the University of Reykjavik highlighting the most recent scholarship on religion, theology, and film. Dr. Ortiz is co-author of Theology and Film: Challenging the Sacred/Secular Divide, which was released earlier this year. She is shown with the director of the Yorkshire Film Archive, Sue Howard, at York St. John University, where she previously taught and is an Honorary Fellow.

Yadira Payne, Reese Library, earned her MLIS degree online at Drexel University and was featured in an article about the university in the June issue of Hired! Employment, Education, and Opportunities (page 5). Also, her photo entry in the 2nd annual American Library Association’s Documents to the People (DttP) cover contest is featured on the organization’s Government Documents Round Table’s (GODORT), wiki at http://wikis.ala.org/godort/index.php/DttP_Cover_Photos.

Michael Searles, history, anthropology, and philosophy, served as a panelist discussing Researching and Writing about the Military Frontier on June 12 at the 2008 Western Writers of America Convention in Scottsdale, Ariz.

Mark Thompson, Hull College of Business, was a guest panelist discussing Fact, Fiction, and Reality in Real Estate Economics at the Greater Augusta Chamber of Commerce’s June Economic Club luncheon meeting.

Jason Andrus, biology – WAGT, testing of tap water in Columbia County

Ted Atkinson, English and foreign languages – Augusta Chronicle, about text messaging and literature

William A. Bloodworth, Jr., president - The Signal, about the signing of the Community Covenant

Clint Bryant, athletics—Augusta Chronicle, about the new head women’s basketball coach

Barbara Coleman, Hull College of Business – Augusta Chronicle, about teens and the economy and Summerville Rags

Cynthia Craig, University College/Learning Support – Augusta Chronicle, about college readiness

Paul Harris, political science – Augusta Chronicle, about an Episcopal Day School student

Therese Rosier, physical plant – Augusta Chronicle, about the ASU pool

Arlene Schler, continuing education – Augusta Chronicle, about Kids University and its CSI program

Michael Searles, history, anthropology, and philosophy –Augusta Chronicle, about his teaching experience at the University of Muenster

Katherine Sweeney, Registrar’s Office – Augusta Chronicle, about joint enrollment

Mark Thompson, Hull College – had his recurring column in the Your Business supplement to the June 30 Augusta Chronicle. The column is titled Slow and steady wins the economic growth, job race.

Lee Ann Caldwell, interim director of the Center for the Study of Georgia History, received a 2008 Governor’s Award in Humanities on May 8 at the 23rd Annual Governor’s Awards in the Humanities luncheon in Atlanta. The award recognizes efforts of individuals and organizations to impact their communities through their work in humanities education for the public. Dr. Caldwell, currently chair of the Department of History at Georgia College and State University, will be returning to ASU during the summer.

Tom Crute, chemistry and physics, has been elected chair of the Faculty Policies Committee for 2008-09.

Kristin Casaletto, art, has a solo show, 88 Square Feet: The Art of the Large-Scale Woodcut, on exhibition at The Fire House Gallery in Louisville, Ga., through June 8. The work was supported by a grant from the Porter Fleming Foundation. She also had artwork accepted into the University of North Dakota, Fargo, Print Collection. Ms. Casaletto had work on display at Georgia College and State University in an exhibit called Inscribing Meaning: The Context of Text in Visual Art. She was also featured in a concept show at the Holter Museum of Art in Helena, Mont., in a show titled Speaking Volumes: Transforming Hate.

Jackson Cheatham, art, was the featured speaker May 9 in the Morris Museum’s Art at Lunch series. He spoke about his journey to abstraction, relating his own work to some works in the museum’s abstract art exhibit.

Rick Davis, communications and professional writing, performed at the Emerging Artists Theatre’s One Man Talking event in New York City on May 24. He wrote and performed the Sword Swallower’s Husband, a dark comic monologue in which a man at the edge of suicide remembers his life in the circus: his sword swallower wife, the Amazing Tattooed Man, his pet goat (Bucky), and his decision to end it all.

Josh Gregory, athletics, advanced to the U.S. Open sectional qualifying, after carding even-par 71 at Long Cove Golf Club, Hilton Head, S.C. Coach Gregory earned one of eight spots from a field of 114 players.

Sam Hardy, educational leadership, counseling, and special education, judged a fifth grade competition of We the People at Lake Forest Hills Elementary School on May 16. The students studied the U.S. Constitution as part of their social studies program and made group presentations covering different aspects of our Constitution.

Lillie Johnson and Walter Evans, English and foreign languages, have been named faculty marshals by the Faculty Policies Committee. The two professors replace Christopher Murphy, history, who retired this year.

Anthony Kellman’s, communications and professional writing, book of poetry, Limestone: An Epic Poem of Barbados, was released this month. It covers the whole span of Barbados history from the 1800s to Barbados present day.

Wayne Lord, educational leadership, counseling, and special education, was selected to participate in Participant–Centered Learning: A Workshop on Teaching by the Case Method to Prepare K-12 Education Leaders. The seminar will be held at the Harvard Business School.

Sharon Lorenti, nursing, was recognized with a Spirit of Nursing Award at the annual CSRA Nursing Showcase, held May 2 in Augusta. She was one of about 40 nurses selected for the honor from hospitals, doctors’ offices, and educational institutions.

Bill Nelson, Reese Library, delivered the second annual Charles Beard Memorial Lecture at the University of West Georgia during April titled Enhancing Student Achievement: Applying Standards and Assessment in the Library. Dr. Nelson has also been appointed parliamentarian of the Georgia Library Association, which is a board position of the GLA.

Saundra Reinke, political science and Master of Public Administration degree program, was recognized by the Girl Scouts as a Woman of Excellence. She and seven other women were honored for their contributions to the community within their profession during a May awards luncheon.

Therese Rosier, physical plant, made a presentation about the university to the Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering International on May 6.

Brian Rust, art, will have his installation artwork at the South Carolina Botanical Garden in Clemson featured on South Carolina ETV in the fall as part of the Touch the Earth documentary series. His art is titled Earthen Bridge and is both functional and sculptural, serving as both a passageway and a focal point.

Kathleen Trigg, communications and professional writing, was honored with a Golden Apple Award from WJBF-TV and other community sponsors. Ms. Trigg was one of 32 school teachers to be recognized for outstanding teaching and the only college professor to receive the distinction. The ceremony, held in May at the Maxwell Theatre, was taped for broadcast during May and will be rebroadcast on Sunday, June 15, at 3 p.m.

Hubert van Tuyll, history, anthropology, and philosophy, signed copies of his recent book on May 24 at Barnes & Noble in Augusta. Dr. van Tuyll and Dr. Jurgen Brauer, Hull College of Business, co-authored Castles, Battles, & Bombs: How Economics Explains Military History. The book, published by the University of Chicago Press, has been reviewed by the New York Sun and The Atlantic.com and was the Book of the Week on The Times Higher Education website.

Two administrators were honored previously with awards from the University System of Georgia. In the Chancellor’s Customer Service Recognition program, Dan Whitfield, vice president for business operations, was recognized for his leadership in the Customer Service Initiative. Therese Rosier, assistant vice president for plant operations, was honored with a Distinguished Service Award at the 12th Annual Facilities Officers Conference.

The graduating nursing class honored Melissa Williams, nursing, during its annual pinning ceremony May 9 at the Maxwell Theatre. Ms. Williams missed her own pinning ceremony when she graduated, and the class elected to present her with an ASU pin, making her an honorary member of the class.

Seretha Williams, English and foreign languages, has been elected Vice President of S.P.A.C.E., Richmond County’s parent support group for the Georgia Association for Gifted Children.

Four faculty and staff members in the College of Education were honored at their annual end of the year luncheon that was held May 2. Dr. Richard Harrison, dean, presented the following awards: Faculty Research Award—Dr. Thomas Deering; Faculty Service Award—Dr. Paulette Harris; Outstanding Teaching Award—Dr. Wayne Lord; and Staff Excellence Award—Ms. Rosemary Grimm.

U.S. Army Col. Michele Goddett will be leaving ASU July 7 after serving four years as chair of the Department of Military Science. Her new assignment will be at the U.S. Army Training Center at Ft. Eustis, Va. Col. Goddett received a promotion earlier in the year, making ASU among the few elite institutions in the nation to have this rank as head of its ROTC program. Traditionally, only institutions such as the Citadel, West Point, etc., have this rank as professors of military science. Major Karen Roe, a Signal Officer, will be arriving at ASU on June 10 as Col. Goddett’s replacement.

In the News

The following faculty and staff appeared as a source for the media in print, television, or radio:

Paul Harris, political science—Augusta Chronicle, about high school competition on government issues; NBC Augusta, about Hillary Clinton vs. Barack Obama.

Steve Weiss, history, anthropology, and philosophy—NBC Augusta, on lawmaker’s possible conflict of interest

Hubert van Tuyll, history, anthropology, and philosophy — The Augusta Chronicle, signing at Barnes & Noble of his and Dr. Jurgen Brauer’s book Castles, Battles, & Bombs: How Economics Explains Military History.