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Dr. Rose Deal, Professor Emerita, has long been one of the most consistent supporters of CBU and the School of Arts. Recently, Dr. Deal made a major donation to fund the following:
- The Dr. Rose G. Deal and L. Anthony Deal Endowed Scholarship in the Arts, a fully funded tuition and residence life scholarship to be awarded to one student, preferably a History or English major, for four years. Applicants must have a high school g.p.a. of 3.0 and submit an essay that discusses their academic and leadership abilities, the desired major, any volunteer work they have been involved in, and their career goals. The essay should be one page, minimum, typed and attached to the application. The application form will soon be available in the Office of Admissions.
- The Dr. Rose G. Deal and L. Anthony Deal Discretionary Fund for the CBU School of Arts.
- The Dr. Rose G. Deal Annual Scholarship in Memory of L. Anthony Deal and the Dr. Rose G. Deal Annual Scholarship in Memory of Brother Anthony Pisano, FSC.
Dr. Deal’s gift comes at a crucial time. It will enable deserving students, who might otherwise not be able financially to attend CBU, to obtain a first class education. At the same time, it will undoubtedly give a tremendous boost to the School of Arts.
The St. Francis Concert Choir with organist Helen Rougeou and members of the Memphis Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Anthony Williams will perform Maurice Durufle's Requiem Sunday, March 5th at 8 p.m. at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, 8151 Chinmeyrock Blvd. in Cordova. With the choir of 50 voices two CBU students will perform as soloists, Courtney Glidewell, mezzo-soprano and Michael Hibler, tenor. Tickets are $20 for adults; $15 for students and seniors. For more information contact Anthony Williams at awilliam@cbu.edu or go to The Assisi Concerts at www.theassisiconcerts.org.
The CBU Honors Program is proud to present the third annual CBU "Battle of the Brains" on Saturday, March 25, in Spain Auditorium, 9:00 a.m.-6:30 p.m. "Battle of the Brains" is a Jeopardy!-like competition in which up to thirteen teams of three students will compete for fun and cash. The first place team will take home $225 (to be divided among the players), with second place receiving $150, and third place winning $75. Teams will consist of three or four CBU undergraduates enrolled as full-time students as of March 25. Entry fee per player (and alternate) is $5, for a total team entry fee of $15 (no alternate) or $20 (w/alternate). All entry fees will be donated to the Memphis Child Advocacy Center and are non-refundable. The first 13 teams to submit their application AND pay their entry fee will play in the tournament. For complete information and entry form, visit www.cbu.edu/Academics/honors/honorsnews.htm.
A late January fire gutted the bottom floor of Barry Hall and forced the School of Arts to abandon its office on the second floor. Many faculty members and the dean’s office spent about ten days in exile in various locations on campus. The deans and faculty of the other Schools proved to be excellent hosts. However, there is no place like home, and everyone was happy to return to the old and familiar surroundings. The fire’s impact on the School’s day-to-day work was minimal. Thanks to our faculty/staff’s legendary resilience and the valuable assistance of Information Technology Services, the School of Arts was back in business only a few hours after leaving Barry Hall.
Drs. Max Maloney (Religion and Philosophy), Tracie Burke (Behavioral Sciences) and Jana Travis (Fine Arts and Speech) will be taking approximately fifteen students to Edge Hill College in Ormskirk, England May 17-June 16, 2006. Max will be teaching PHIL 395: Morality in an age of Terror; Tracie will be teaching PSYC 285: Psychopathology – International and Historical Perspectives; and Jana will be teaching Art 402: Special Topics, Drawing: Mixed media.
NEW MASTER OF ARTS IN CATHOLIC STUDIES
CBU President Brother Vincent Malham, FSC and Most Rev. J. Terry Steib, Bishop of Memphis, recently signed their support of CBU's partnership with Memphis Catholic Schools for a new Master of Arts in Catholic Studies program, beginning in August. This 30-hour graduate degree program will include traditional classes held one day a month for six hours with each course lasting 16 weeks. Courses will be additionally supported with significant on-line components. The program is designed for teachers of religion in Catholic primary and secondary schools, directors of religious education in Catholic parishes, and those preparing for other ministries in Mid-South diocesan schools.
FACULTY ACHIEVEMENTS AND ACTIVITIES
Dr. Samantha Alperin (Education) conducted a video conference with Dr. Frank Quinn, a special education professor from St. Mary's College in Belfast, Ireland, on US legal issues in special education on February 27 in Buckman Hall.
Dr. Elizabeth P. Broadwell, in the Department of Literature and Languages, presented a paper entitled "'In All Ways Remarkable, the Rest of the Girls': Voices in Lee Smith's The Last Girls" on February 24, 2006, at the Annual Meeting of the Tennessee Philological Association.
Dr. Tracie Burke (Behavioral Sciences ) visited St. Benedict high school on January 13 and gave a talk about careers in psychology. She also presented “How to enliven your teaching of the Psychology of Learning class” at the Southeastern Teaching of Psychology conference Feb. 24-25 in Atlanta.
Frank Buscher (Dean) ran the St. Jude Memphis Marathon in 3:31:23.
Dr. Rena Durr (Behavioral Sciences) presented “Speaking of Sex…. Do Men and Women Speak Different Languages,” a talk focusing on the difference in communication styles between men and women, to CBU students. As always, her talk was highly entertaining yet firmly grounded in behavioral research.
Dr. Peter Gathje (Religion and Philosophy) attended the Annual Meeting for the Society of Christian Ethics, January 5-8, and led a session that discussed his new book (co-authored with David Ahearn), Doing Right and Being Good: Catholic and Protestant Readings in Christian Ethics. He gave a talk on "Just War and the War in Iraq" at the "Food for Thought" monthly meeting on January 3, 2006. Dr. Gathje also gave talks at First Presbyterian Church on January 15 and 22,and at Shady Grove Presbyterian Church on February 5 and 12 on the topics of "Religious Views of Violence and Nonviolence" and "Traditions of Just War and Peacemaking in Judaism, Christianity and Islam."
Dr. Scott Geis (Religion and Philosophy) will be included in the 2005-2006 edition of "Who's Who Among America's Teachers."
Dr. Lavern Terrell (Education) presented at a paper entitled "Navigating the Discipline Maze: IDEA and the You" at the 51st Annual Conference of the Education Law Association held at the Peabody Hotel, November 17-19.
Jana Travis and Francis "Taga" Nuwagaba (Art) were interviewed on Channel 3's Live at Nine on Tuesday, December 6. They discussed their own artwork, art classes at CBU, and projects Taga has established in Uganda.
STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS AND ACTIVITIES
The following students presented their Psychology Undergraduate Research Presentations at the end of the Fall semester: Faisal Ansari, Lauren Bobal, Andrea Bordwell, Thomas (Ryan) Clingan, Lyncie Crawford, Candice Dixon, Dorian Durr, Tammy Ferguson, Suzi Franklin, Debra Frey, Embla Gretarsdottir, Tabitha Hamilton, Theresa Hansbrough, Jessica Horvath, Ashley Hum, Beth Kimes, Kristen Kirkland, Kimberly Neal, Lauren Nelson, Rachel New, Jonathan Pritchett, Rebecca Riser, Nicholas Rogers, Jessie Sandlin, Andrew Smith, Brian Weigel, Rachel Wheeler, Charles Wiemar, Shanta Wilson, C.J. Woods, and Megan Wooster. Their faculty mentor was Dr. Elizabeth Nelson (Behavioral Sciences).
Phi Alpha Theta & the History/Political Science Department sponsored a Civil War weapons demonstration in late November. Adjunct professor of history, Dr. Doug Cupples, a Civil War scholar, demonstrated a replica of a Confederate revolver, a .44 caliber version of the famous Colt revolver, and a three band, rifled Enfield musket. Dr. Cupples also showed the gathered students, faculty and staff a number of bullets, minie balls, and other Civil War artifacts. Everyone then went to Kenrick Hall to listen to Dr. Cupples elaborate on the Civil War.
Phi Alpha Theta, the National Honorary History Society, on Saturday, February 25, helped with CBU's Science Olympiad. Members, Megan Kelleher, Mandi Pitt, and Daniel McFadden, along with Faculty Advisor, Marius Carriere, assisted in registration and information services for middle and high school participants.
Three School of Arts students presented papers at the Tennessee Collegiate Honors Conference in Nashville on Feb. 18th: Russell Brandon (Psychology), A View from the Other Side: Elpenor; Laura Kreager (Applied psychology) and Elizabeth Henry (Education), with Tracie Burke: Battle of the Brains: Hosting an all-campus student academic/trivia tournament. CBU Honors Program students from other schools who presented and/or attended were Kevin Nuckolls, Sana Mujahid, Sarah Shute and Burton Bridges. Thanks to our excellent Honors Program faculty whose classes inspired these students to present their work.
Cristin Cox, Daniel Salvaggio
and Mindy Parnell have had their
paper, "The Effects of Political Advertising Message and Candidate
Gender on Likelihood to Vote for the Sponsoring Candidate" accepted
for
publication in Psi Chi Journal of Undergraduate Research.
ALUMNAE/ALUMNI ACHIEVEMENTS AND ACTIVITIES
Kim Crump (Psychology '05), a former CBU cross-country runner, finished the St. Jude Memphis Marathon in 5:05:14.
Shawna Engel (Advancement; ECCM `93), finished in St. Jude Memphis Half-Marathon in 1:57.39.
1978 History graduate Dr. Kevin O'Malley (orthopedic surgeon) and 1984 History graduate Dwayne Byrd (law--FedEx), assisted the History/Political Science Department and CBU Admissions in recruiting perspective Arts and History majors for CBU.
Lindsay Pirtle (Psychology '05) is a first-year pharmacy student at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.
Dorian Leigh Spears (Psychology `01) serves as an AmeriCorps VISTA with Volunteer Memphis. She works with the Memphis Mentoring Partnership, Advocacy Network, and the Memphis Teen Volunteer (MTV) program. She is also involved in getting communities together to improve the city of Memphis.
Megan Wooster (Psychology `05) has been accepted to the law school at Valparaiso University. She is also applying for a joint degree JD/MA in Psychology.
"MORNING GLORY" BY TAGA NUWAGABA OIL ON CANVAS
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Women in Africa particularly Uganda are facing many cultural challenges yet life has to go on. Trapped in the melting pot of global issues and cultural diversity, women are in the crossroads. Empowering and emancipating women in Africa cannot happen overnight because equality comes with a price. Morning glory is an oil painting by Taga depicting a mother who is mentally emancipated but with no hands to implement her ideals. The artist’s message is to equip the African woman with skills and education first. You can learn more about Taga Nuwagaba's art by visiting his website at www.tagaart.com. |
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New work in clay by Ellen McGowan will be on exhibit in the Beverly & Sam Ross Gallery (lower level of PloughLibrary) through March 10. To learn more about Ellen McGowan and her artwork, visit her website. An exhibition of writing and photography by Daniel and Travis Benson is on display in the gallery lobby.
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