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Cao |
Liquin Cao, professor of sociology, anthropology and criminology, has been awarded a prestigious Fulbright Senior Specialists grant from the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. The Fulbright Senior Specialists Program offers short-term grants to leading U.S. academics and professionals. Beginning in August, Cao will spend five weeks lecturing on "Law and Local Culture" at the Law Institute under the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Lithuania. An expert in criminology, criminological theories and attitudes toward police, Cao has presented similar seminars in China, Japan and Germany. In addition to lecturing, Cao will set up a survey so the institute can evaluate public attitude toward police.
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Jordan Desilets, a senior on the Eagles' track and field team, won the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the NCAA championships in Austin, Texas, June 12. His winning time was 8:42.64 in humid and windy conditions.
"At the NCAAs, it's all about your place. Your time means nothing," said Desilets, who finished second in the event at last year's national championships. "Since last year, when I got second, all I wanted was to get that first place at NCAAs so badly. It has been a goal for a year now. Man, it feels good!"
Chris Foreman, professor of communication and theatre arts, and campus director for the American Humanics Program, was awarded the President's Volunteer Service Award, a program of the President's Council on Service and Civic Participation. The award was given to Foreman for her service to the community and working with American Humanics.
Judith L. Brooks, assistant professor and coordinator of EMU's Dietetics and Human Nutrition Program, was elected to serve a three-year term as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Michigan Dietetic Association (MDA) Institute. The Institute is the scholarship arm of the MDA.
"I feel it is important to give back to the profession, and this is one way that I can serve," Brooks said. "MDA members are the leading source of food and nutrition information in Michigan. Being able to provide them with more support and more opportunities for education means that we can better promote much-needed health and nutrition information."
Kathleen Russell, assistant dean of students and coordinator of EMU's LGBT Resource Center, has been appointed to the Board of Directors for the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force.
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Paul Dean Webb, director of the Office for International Students, received the Michigan Association of International Educators 2004 David D. Horner Award for Exceptional Service for more than 30 years of service to international students and scholars.
Eastern Michigan University's Dining Services beat out 146 entries nationally to win the 2004 Loyal E. Horton Dining Award in the category of Dining Services Special Events.
Sandra J. Harris, superintendent of Lincoln Consolidated Schools and an EMU alum, was the recent recipient of the Women of Distinction Award presented by Girl Scouts of the Huron Valley Council at their eighth annual luncheon in May. The award is given annually to women who exemplify excellence in their profession and/or community service work by giving of their time and experience to enrich the lives of others. Harris was one of five women to receive the award.
Alumnus Ryan Goleski, a right fielder with the Lake County Captains of the South Atlantic League Class "A", was named as a starter to the SAL's Northern Division All-Star Team. He played in the 45th Annual SAL All-Star game June 29. Goleski played outfield when he was at EMU.
Joe Bishop, assistant professor of teacher education, received $25,100 from the American Councils for International Education for "ACIE Citizenship Education Internship Program for Secondary School Educators and Teacher Trainers from Eurasia, Year 2." This is the second year of a program in which EMU hosts K-12 school teachers, administrators and teacher trainers from select countries of the former Soviet Union for a five-week citizenship education internship program.
Bill Click, president of the Preservation Alumni Chapter of Eastern Michigan University, is the new host of an upcoming home improvement restoration show on the Do-It-Yourself Network. The Do-It-Yourself Network provides step-by-step instructions, in-depth demonstrations and tips for the do-it-yourself home enthusiast. The program will begin airing this fall.
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Bach |
Catherine Bach, an EMU biology professor, and Barbara Barton, a biology master's degree candidate, have been awarded a $10,000 grant from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources' Michigan Natural Heritage small grants program to study the Mitchell's satyr butterfly. Mitchell's satyr is currently listed on state and federal endangered species lists. The reasons for the species' decline are unclear, but potential factors include habitat loss or degradation and isolation.
In June, Bach and Barton began visiting sites in central and southeastern Michigan where the Mitchell's satyr is known to have colonies. The two are monitoring those populations using field studies and catch and release methods. Females are being followed and oviposition sites marked. As part of their research, Bach and Barton are examining and logging the light intensity, temperature, relative humidity and vegetation at each site to determine conditions that exist in each area the butterflies populate.
Four EMU students recently received NASA/Michigan Space Grant Consortium Fellowships for 2004-05. Undergraduate students Joshua Miller, Sandra Wilson, and James Parzych earned $2,500 fellowships. Graduate student Peter Distelzweig was awarded a $5,000 fellowship.
The NASA/Michigan Space Grant Consortium offers fellowships to students in aerospace, space science, Earth system science and other related science, engineering or mathematics fields.
EMU students will present the preliminary results of their projects at the annual MSGC Conference at the University of Michigan Oct. 16.
Miller also received a 2004-05 Leadership Scholarship for $1,000 from the Society of Physics Students (SPS). In addition, he has been invited to attend the Arecibo Observatory Radio Science Summer School in Puerto Rico to study the ionosphere.
Four Eastern Michigan University students majoring in music therapy have been awarded scholarships totaling $2,300 from state and local chapters of the National Federation of Music Clubs (NFMC). One of the students also will receive a $1,500 grant from the Ibex Club of Detroit. Each award must be used to continue a course of study in music therapy.
The Michigan Chapter of Federated Music Clubs awarded a $500 Music Therapy Scholarship to Marisa Covert, a senior from Oscada, Mich. Covert also will receive $1,500 from the Ibex Club, an organization of women who make personal contributions every year to assist a young woman in her education.
The Birmingham Musicale, a Birmingham, Mich., NFMC chapter, awarded a $600 scholarship to each of the following students: Michelle Karpinski, a senior from Toledo, Ohio; Allison Rene, a senior from Ann Arbor; and Kimberly Smith-Ensign, a senior from Ypsilanti. The NFMC is the world's largest philanthropic music organization.
Ethan Lowenstein's CURR 304 class activities were the subject of a story in a recent issue of the Ann Arbor News. A fifth-grade class from Marcus Garvey Academy in Detroit came to campus to study the civil rights movement. Lowenstein, along with five College of Education students, were quoted in the article.
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Cheboiywo |
Former EMU standout runner Boaz Cheboiywo was named head cross country coach at Concordia University. While at EMU, Cheboiywo won two individual national championships, one in cross country and one in the 10,000 meters.
Suzanne Hobson, associate professor of leadership and counseling, was recently appointed to the Michigan Board of Counseling by Gov. Jennifer Granholm. Hobson was appointed to represent individuals engaged primarily in teaching, training or research in counseling. Hobson's term began July 1, 2004, and expires June 30, 2008.
Joanna Vecchiarelli Scott, professor political science, was quoted in an April 3 New York Times article about playwright Kate Fodor. Scott has served as a consultant to Fodor on her New York and Chicago productions of "Hannah and Martin." In her capacity, Scott also has organized audience question-and-answer sessions in New York to discuss issues of Holocaust responsibility and philosophy with scholars from Columbia University and Bard College.
