Current Issue: Volume 17 - Number 28 - April 18, 2003
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Dr. Martin to retire at end of academic year
Missouri Southern President, Julio Leon, announced this week that, after 38 years of great service to Missouri Southern, Dr. J. Larry Martin, Vice President for Academic Affairs, has decided to retire at the end of this academic year. Since 1965, Dr. Martin has been a member of practically every committee and task force on this campus. The Faculty Senate and Academic Policies committees benefited greatly from his dedication, wisdom, and common sense.
He touched the lives of many math students and teachers and received from our institution the Outstanding Teacher Award in 1980. As an administrator, Dr. Martin advanced brilliantly the cause of Missouri Southern in his capacity as Head of the Mathematics Department, Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences, and Vice President for Academic Affairs.
Dr. Martin will be recognized at the Retirement Reception to be held in the Lounge of the Billingsly Student Center from 2-4 p.m., Thursday, May 1. The College will institute a national search for a new Vice President for Academic Affairs. Betsy Griffin, Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs, has agreed to serve as Interim Vice President. We are indebted to Dr. Martin for this dedicated service and the many contributions he has made to the advancement of our college.
Faculty recital tonight in Webster Hall
The joint faculty recital by Jeff Macomber and Cynthia Hukill, Music, cancelled earlier in the year due to inclement weather, will be held at 7:30 p.m., tonight, Friday, April 18, in Webster Hall Auditorium. The program will feature sonatas and more for piano and trombone. The performance is free and open to the public.Capital punishment forum slated for next Tuesday
The Philosophy Club is sponsoring an educational forum on capital punishment. Bob Markman, History, says Scott Watson, Newton County Prosecuting Attorney and Joanna Derfelt, the Prosecuting Attorney from Cherokee County, Kansas will speak in favor, while Bill Fleischaker and Sean O'Brien from UMKC will speak against the death penalty. A question and answer session will follow the session. The symposium will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 22 in Webster Hall Auditorium. Students and the public are invited.Celebrate Earth Day, Campus Appreciation Week
The Student Ecolonomics Association, in cooperation with the Campus Activities Board of Missouri Southern State College, invites the community to celebrate Earth Day on Thursday, April 24 during Campus Appreciation Week. A variety of events are scheduled to take place from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. in the grassy oval in front of Billingsly Student Union. Attractions will include:
- Environmental Booths
- Mark Robertson from the Missouri Green Party and other speakers
- Vendors (Fox Farm Whole Foods, Ozark Nursery and more)
- Battery Recycling
- Live Entertainment.
- Students and Area Residents
- 1:30 p.m. Tree Planting Ceremony at the Biology Pond
- Canned/non-perishable goods
drive for Native American Student Association (NASA)
Tree planting ceremony
A tree planting ceremony will be held at the Biology Pond at 1:30 p.m., Thursday, April 24. Everyone is welcome. Those speaking or otherwise participating include Ann Marlowe, English, John Messick, Dean of Arts & Sciences, Russell G. Smith II, former president of the Missouri Southern Board of Regents, Robert Harrington, Physical Plant, Rod Surber, Public Information, John Knapp, Physical Sciences, Julie Blackford, CAB, Robert Heth, Biology, Councilwoman Rebecca Kanan, representatives from the Student Senate, and Allison Rosewicz from The Chart.
Tuskegee Airman Wofford to speak April 24
The
Social Science Department will be hosting Col. Kenneth Wofford, USAF
(Ret.), a WWII veteran and member of the famed Tuskegee Airmen at 7
p.m., Thursday, April 24 in Webster Hall Auditorium.
On July 19, 1941, the AAF began a program in Alabama to train black Americans as military pilots. Primary flight training was conducted by the Division of Aeronautics of Tuskegee Institute, the famed school of learning founded by Booker T. Washington in 1881. Once a cadet completed primary training at Tuskegee's Moton Field, he was sent to nearby Tuskegee Army Air Field for completion of flight training and for transition to combat type aircraft. The first classes of Tuskegee airmen were trained to be fighter pilots for the famous 99th Fighter Squadron, slated for combat duty in North Africa.
Additional pilots were assigned to the 332nd Fighter Group which flew combat along with the 99th Squadron from bases in Italy. In September1943, a twin-engine training program was begun at Tuskegee to provide bomber pilots. However, World War II ended before these men were able to get into combat. By the end of the war, 992 men had graduated from pilot training at Tuskegee, 450 of whom were sent overseas for combat assignment. During the same period, approximately 150 lost their lives while in training or on combat flights.
For more information about Col. Wofford's address, contact Steve Wagner, History, at ext. 9587.
Today's Brown Bag
Today's free Brown Bag lunch for faculty and staff will feature Joey Brown, English. She will speak on Teaching the Writing Process. Faculty and staff are invited to drop by BSC Room 310 at 12 noon, obtain their meal from the buffet table outside and then come in to enjoy a stimulating presentation. Lunch is a service of Academic Affairs and AmeriServe.
Our Country's Kids CampaignJoplin-area individuals and their children are teaming up with the American Red Cross of Southwest Missouri for "Our Country's Kids Campaign" to provide care packages for area children who have one or both parents fighting in Iraq. Sponsors (businesses or individuals) are being sought to donate items to provide children with activities to help take their mind off of the absence of a parent/parents and help them stay in touch with fathers and mothers. The goal is to produce 200 care packages for area military children. Packages will be distributed on May 3 during the Red Cross-sponsored picnic for area military families. If you have any questions please contact Stephanie Goad, Institute of International Studies, at (417) 439-7960 or Kobi Watford at (417) 624-4411. Items suggested for the packages include the following:
- Gift bags with handles
- Ink pens/pencils
- Tablets or stationery
- Activity books
- Crayons
- Film processing coupons
- Individually packaged candies
- Envelopes and postage stamps
- Phone cards
- Disposable cameras
- Free passes for activities such as bowling, swimming
- Cassette tapes
Supporting the Klassix Society
The Klassix Society is taking applications for new board members to support KXMS and conduct the Fine Arts Radio International Awards. This year's Lifetime Achievement Award recipient is Leonard Slatkin, director of the National Symphony Orchestra. Contact Jeff Skibbe, KXMS, at 529-3750 for Klassix Society information. Pictures are available at: http://www.mssu.edu/pages/kxms/winetaste.htm
The Klassix Society, the friends organization for 88.7KXMS, held a very successful tenth wine tasting event on behalf of Southern's fine arts station April 1 at the Joplin Area Chamber of commerce. The sponsors also included the Red Onion Cafe, the Village Pastry Shoppe, Richardson's Candy House, and Red Lobster of Joplin. "We especially appreciate all those MSSC employees who attended this year," Jeff Skibbe says. "The station relies on these fundraisers to continue its service and to advance the technical aspects as we move toward high definition (HD) radio."
Omicron Delta Kappa donation drive
April is the "Month of Caring" and donations are being solicited for the Omicron Delta Kappa Easter Basket Drive. The drive will collect items for Children's Haven in Joplin, an organization that provides temporary relief to children from families in crisis. Faculty, staff, students, clubs, and campus organizations are asked to contribute socks, books, brushes, underwear/shirts, games, pajamas, clothing, toothbrushes/paste, school and art supplies, Easter Basket materials and candy. Financial contributions will also be accepted. Bring gifts to drop-off points at CAB office in BSC or the Admissions Office in Hearnes Hall. Those with questions should contact Greg Dillard at gregdillard88@hotmail.com or (417) 782-1270.
McGrane named Library Director
Wendy McGrane, Library, has been named to the position of Library Director effective July 1 of this year. McGrane has been serving as Interim Director. "We look forward to continued development of Library services and resources under her guidance," says J. Larry Martin, Vice President for Academic Affairs.Technology training at no cost
Lifelong learning announces its fourth annual Summer Institute Sessions will be held during the afternoons Monday thru Thursday 1:30-4:30 p.m. On-Line Blackboard Training will be held June 5-23. Hands-On: Microsoft Office Application Software training including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint will be held June 9-12 and, finally, Demonstration: Beyond the Basics! including Producer; web pages, audio and video, is slated for July 7-10. Seating is limited. For information or to sign up, call Linda Garza, Lifelong Learning, at ext. 9384.History Day winners bound for national contest
At the recent Missouri State History Day contest held at Missouri Southern, eight entries from the Region 6 contest (one of nine regions in Missouri) were selected to be among Missouri's delegation to the National History Day contest in College Park, Maryland, June 15-19. Two others Region 6 entries are among the alternates to the national contest. In each of the 14 History Day categories, two entries were selected as delegates and one as alternate. In addition, several entries from this region were selected for special prizes. "I'm very proud of everyone who competed in the state contest, and I'm sure that every History Day participant in this area wishes the very best to all those from Southwest Missouri who will be in the national contest," says Paul Teverow, History, who coordinates the Region 6 event.Calendar provides update on the arts
The Southwest Missouri Arts Calendar can accessed at this URL address: http://www.eventcal.net/smac. It not only contains the latest arts events in daily, weekly, monthly, and list formats, but also allows additions by arts organizations at any time. Events can be coded with icons to make your events stand out in the list. New users will need a user name to access the system. To get a user name e-mail Jeff Skibbe, 88.7KXMS General Manager, at skibbe-j@mssu.edu. Link to the URL on your homepage and share the arts with your friends and contacts.FACULTY/STAFF NOTES
Sheri Beeler, Kinesiology, and Amber Phipps, Health Promotion and Wellness major, recently attended the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance National Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as well as the Central District Association convention in Fargo, N.D. Amber Phipps was elected chair of the central district future professionals division. She will be responsible for planning the future professional section presentations for the Central District Convention in Duluth, Minn., next February.
Catherine Cole, Nursing, was published in The Missouri Nurse, the official publication of the Missouri Nurse's Association. The article describes the work of the Missouri End-of-Life (EOL) Coalition. She is a member of the Missouri EOL Advisory Board and represents the Missouri Nurses Association on the board.
Susan Craig, Director of Project STAY, was accepted into the Speakers Bureau for the Mid America Association of Educational Opportunity Program Personnel (MAEOPP). The Speakers Bureau is an organization of professionals who speak on various topics on behalf of MAEOPP.Pat Lipira, Jean Hobbs, Sheri Beeler, Kinesiology and Susan Flowers, Physical Education major, recently presented a professional development workshop for the Turkey Ford Elementary School faculty and staff. The workshop was a result of Turkey Ford receiving a Carol White Physical Education for Progress Grant.
Art Saltzman, English, has won the 2003 Victor J. Emmett Memorial Prize for the best literary essay published in Midwest Quarterly this year. As part of the honor, he will give the Emmett Memorial Lecture at Pittsburg State University this September.
Art Saltzman, English, has an essay entitled "On Not Being Nice: Sentimentality and the Creative Writing Class" in the current issue of Midwest Quarterly.
Trina Scott, Criminal Justice Administration, attended the 14th National Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect from April 1-5 entitled "Gateways to Prevention." Trina attended workshops, seminars and roundtables on a wide variety of child abuse and neglect topics at the conference held at the America's Center in St. Louis, Missouri. She brought back materials to use in juvenile justice courses.
Anita Singleton, a former Nursing Faculty member who now works at the Graduate Center with the UMKC Master in Nursing Science program, received the Nursing Education Excellence in Nursing Award from Freeman Hospital last week. During the ceremony, which honored a number of area nurses, Freeman presented a $2,000 award to nursing programs at Missouri Southern and several other area colleges.
Philip R. Whittle, Director of the MSSC Regional Crime Laboratory, participated in a Forensic Anthropology Workshop at the Human Skeletal Identification Laboratory at the University of Missouri-Columbia on March 28. The workshop was sponsored by the Misssouri Association of Crime Laboratory Directors and was conducted by Margaret Streeter of MU and Daniel Wescott, a visiting professor from the University of Tennessee.
For Sale: Child car booster seat and high chair. Contact ext. 9777.
For Sale: Dining Room Set: oval table with two leaves, six chairs, two-piece hutch and matching desk. Pecan finish on ash solid wood. $400. Call ext. 9696 or (417) 358-4319.
