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| Mark Long |
Mark Long, a senior at majoring in mass media with a focus in radio, is the winner of a $5,000 Bayliss Radio Scholarship from the John Bayliss Broadcast Foundation. Each year, the foundation awards radio broadcasting scholarships to twelve students across the nation. The Bayliss Radio Scholarship is awarded to radio students who demonstrate their excellence in academic achievement and extracurricular radio activities, their passion for radio, and their desire to contribute to the overall advancement of the radio industry.
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Craig T. Bouchard, President and Vice-Chairman of Esmark, Inc., will deliver a talk at 11 a.m. in the Old Main Room in the Bone Student Center on Friday, September 25. He is the author, with James V. Koch, of America for Sale: How the Foreign Pack Circled and Devoured Esmark. His presentation will draw from his past professional experiences and provide a broad perspective on globalization, as well as his career advice and outlook for students. Mr. Bouchard's presentation is free and open to the public.
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Dean Payne
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Interim Dean Payne presented the annual College of Arts and Sciences Fall Address on September 3. During his address, Dean Payne announced that the Dean’s Awards have been renamed the College of Arts and Sciences Excellence Awards to better reflect the contributions made by the departments/schools, faculty, staff, students, and alumni of the College. In addition, he introduced new chairs. New interim chairs are John Baur, Department of Chemistry; Neil Skaggs, Department of Economics; Anthony Crubaugh, Department of History; and Scott Jordan, Department of Psychology. Twenty-two new faculty members were introduced by their department chairs. Payne noted that the College will be conducting searches for fourteen new faculty members and four department chairs during the upcoming year.
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David Malone and Neil Skaggs
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Dean Payne has announced that the Department of Geography-Geology is the winner of the 2009 Advancement Award, while the Department of Economics is the winner of the 2009 Fundraising Award. Previously, only an Advancement Award has been given. However, this year Dean Payne created a second category—the Fundraising Award. “In these challenging economic times, external assistance is becoming increasingly important to colleges and universities,” said Dean Payne. “Everyone in the College of Arts and Sciences appreciates all of the support that its friends and alumni provide.”
The Department Advancement Award recognizes the outreach efforts of a Department or School in the identification of funding priorities, communication, and stewardship in the cultivation of alumni, as well as the management of foundation and endowment accounts. David H. Malone, Chair of the Department of Geography-Geology, accepted a plaque and $500 award on behalf of the department.
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| David Abbey |
Marc Loro |
David Abbey ’73 is the new Chair of the ISU Attorneys Advisory Board (AAB). Marc Loro ’74 is serving as Vice Chair and will assume the role of Chair in 2011. At its fall meeting in the Bone Student Center on September 19, the group presented a plaque to outgoing Chair Scott Drazewski ’78 and thanked him for his exemplary service. Following the meeting, the board held a golf outing that included ISU pre-law students and served to raise money to support ISU's pre-law program.
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Joanne and George Tuttle
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Nearly one hundred emeritus faculty returned to the Alumni Center for the annual College of Arts and Sciences Emeritus Faculty Luncheon on September 11. Dean Emerita Virginia Owen welcomed guests, and Dean Payne presented an update of College activities and faculty, including an announcement that Distinguished Professor Emeritus of History John Freed will be inducted into the College of Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame in April 2010. The luncheon provides an opportunity for retired staff and long-time colleagues to get reacquainted.
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| Andrew Hartman |
Dr. Andrew Hartman, Assistant Professor of History, was invited to contribute a piece to a New York Times forum on “What Is Socialism in 2009?”, which focuses on the use of the term “socialism” in the context of the healthcare debate. Hartman describes the socialist accusations to be simply a “stand-in for these modern threats to tradition.” He points out that the correlation between socialism and liberalism has a long history. Hartman references Austrian émigré Frederich Hayek’s The Road to Serfdom, in which Hayek argues that authoritarianism would take place once a government were to step in on the economy.
His article can be found at: roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/14/what-is-socialism-in-2009/
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| Kenneth Janda |
Kenneth Janda, ISU Class of 1957 and Payton S. Wild Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Northwestern University, is the recipient of the 2009 Frank J. Goodnow Award from the American Political Science Association (APSA). The Goodnow Award was created in 1996 to honor service to the community of teachers, researchers, and public servants in the field of politics. The award is named after Frank J. Goodnow, the first president of the APSA and former president of Johns Hopkins University.
In 1983, Janda received the ISU Alumni Achievement Award, and in 2005 he was elected to the ISU College of Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame. Janda received his PhD from Indiana University in 1961, the same year he joined Northwestern University's political science department. He was one of the first Northwestern professors to use computers in the classroom, pioneering both political science research techniques and innovative teaching methods.
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Matthew Winsor
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Matthew Winsor joins the ISU faculty as an assistant professor of mathematics. Winsor earned his PhD in mathematics education from the University of Iowa. Dr. Winsor began his career as a middle school mathematics teacher in Sandy, Utah and was most recently employed as an assistant professor of mathematics at the University of Texas, El Paso. He has been teaching mathematics for over twelve years. Winsor's articles have appeared in numerous journals and magazines, including The Mathematics Teacher, PRIMUS, and Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School. He has also contributed to a book on curriculum for grades 6-8 entitled Traffic on the Information Superhighway. Winsor collects Hot Wheels as a hobby. He spends all of his spare time helping his wife raise their five children.
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