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WILLIAM AND MARGARET GOING PROFESSORSHIP
In March 2006 the College of Arts and Sciences announced that the first recipient of the William and Margaret Going Professorship is Dr. Ron Schaefer from the Department of English Language and Literature.
The William and Margaret Going Professorship is the first endowed professorship for the College. Dr. Going has a strong commitment to faculty, having served as a Professor in the Department of English Language and Literature as well as the first Dean of SIUE. He wanted to do something special for faculty. For that reason, the Going Professorship was created to recognize outstanding faculty achievement. The recipient of the Going Professorship will be selected by the Dean upon the recommendation of a committee of College faculty and administrators. In addition to being selected for this great honor, the recipient will receive up to $10,000 added to their regular salary for the year in which they hold the Professorship.
On February 15, 2007 the first William and Margaret Going Endowed Professorship Public Lecture was delivered by Dr. Ronald P. Schaefer. The title of Dr. Schaefer's presentation was "Edo North: Cultural History through Language and Oral Tradition". The lecture was free and open to the public and was made possible in part by the William and Margaret Going Endowment for the SIUE College of Arts and Sciences. The lecture drew a large audience who enjoyed a likely presentation and question-and-answer session.
KATHERINE DUNHAM (1909-2006)
A familial memorial celebration, of Katherine Dunham's life was held in Lincoln Middle School, East Saint Louis on June 22nd, 2006. Chancellor Vaughn Vandegrift delivered an exaltation and Eugene Regmond, from the Department of English Language and Literature, led the invocation. Katherine Dunham passed away on May 21, 2006. Read about her extraordinary life and accomplishments at: Free to Dance - Katherine Dunham
HOPPE RESEARCH PROFESSOR AWARD
Dr. Mike Shaw, of the Department of Chemistry has been chosen as the eigth recipent of the Hoppe Research Professor Award. Dr. Shaw's research project is entitled 'Investigations of the Electron-Transfer-Induced Physical and Chemical Properties of Metal-Alkyne Complexes'.
TEACHING EXCELLENCE NOMINEES
The College of Arts & Sciences recognized three nominees for the Teaching Excellence Awards. Zenia Agustin, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Julie Holt, Department of Anthropology, and Masangu Shabangi, Department of Chemistry were honored at a reception hosted by the College on Thursday April 27, 2006.
PECK HALL MAINTENANCE
Facilities Management has continued their ?walk through? reviews of University Buildings this year. On February 3, they visited Peck Hall and announced that the building would be getting an entire, new roof this year. Those Peck Hall residents who have experienced leaking ceilings will be very relieved at this announcement.
PAUL SIMON OUTSTANDING SCHOLAR AWARD
Marvin Finkelstein, professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice Studies, is the recipient of the 2005 Paul Simon Outstanding Scholar Award.
Professor Finkelstein received the award for his research in applied sociology, employment relations, and workplace change, and for his work with students, including the establishment of the Applied Sociology and Internship Program in Employment Relations.
CAS COLLOQUIUM 2007
The College of Arts & Sciences 2007 Colloquium, will focus on the topic 'Thinking About the Environment'. The Colloquium will be held April 4th and 6th, 2007. See details as they become available at: CAS Colloquia
TEACHER EDUCATION
The National Council for Teacher Education (NCATE) will come to SIUE on March 24th through March 28th to conduct their accrediation visit. Preparations for the visit have been ongoing, and have included all CAS programs that have teacher education components. Prior to the accreditation each program must submit a detailed specialized professional association (SPA) report. These SPA reports are reviewed by the appropriate professional association and feedback given prior to the NCATE accreditation visit. Based on the SPA reports programs may receive National Recognition, National Recognition with Conditions), or not be recognized without more substantial adjustments. All our SPA reports have received feedback at this point and we are happy to report that our teacher education programs in English, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies were all Nationally Recognized with Conditions. Only 35% of English, 22% of Mathematics, 22% of Science, and 24% of Social Studies programs were either Nationally Recognized or Nationally Recognized with Conditions based on the initial SPA reports, and so our programs are certainly to be congratulated.