NSU News Oct.09 - Northwestern State University

Volume 33 No. 9 October 2009
A Publication of the NSU News Bureau Newsletter for the Faculty and Staff of Northwestern
PEOPLE
Dr. Vickie Gentry,
dean of Northwestern State
University’s College of
Education, has been appointed
to the Louisiana Reading
Literacy Leadership Team.
Team members were selected
by Governor Bobby Jindall
by recommendation from
State Superintendent Paul G.
Pastorek.
The team will meet three
times in the coming academic
year and will continue to work
on the Louisiana Literacy
Plan.
A poem by Julie Kane
was included in the National
Public Radio program
“Writer’s Almanac,” hosted
by Garrison Keillor. “Particle
Physics” from Kane’s Jazz
Funeral was broadcast on
Sept. 16.
The Writer’s Almanac
is a daily radio program
produced by American Public
Media (APM ). In each
program Keillor presents a
list of cultural events and
anniversaries, many associated
with literary figures, then ends
with the poetry reading. APM
currently distributes the
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Crisis Leave Program hours depleted
Faculty and staff can consider donating hours to pool
The Crisis Leave Review Committee
is seeking aid from the NSU community.
The Committee does not have sufficient
leave available in the pool for new
requests, according to Yvette Williams,
chairman.
“We’ve exhausted the current leave
after the recommended approval of the
most recent request,” she said. “We
normally recommend approval of 176
hours of crisis leave time to applicants.
This is the maximum allowable time that
can be granted.”
Anyone accumulating annual leave
may donate a minimum of 8 hours
or a maximum of 16 hours per fiscal
year. The Crisis Leave Program is a
means of providing paid leave to an
eligible employee who has experienced
a catastrophic illness or injury to
themselves or eligible family member.
The program’s intent is to provide
assistance to employees who, through
no fault of their own, have insufficient
appropriate accrued leave to cover the
crisis leave period.
Anyone who needs a donation form
should see their office manager. Only
annual leave can be donated to the pool.
To date, 30 employees have been
awarded crisis leave, totaling 4,347.5
hours, according to Brett Knecht,
payroll supervisor.
For further info, the crisis leave
policy is available in the policies and
procedures manual.
Theatre & Dance collecting coats for Kiwanis
In conjunction with the local Kiwanis Chapter
and the upcoming performance of Almost, Maine,
the NSU Theatre & Dance Department will be
taking contributions of winter coats, jackets,
boots, gloves, hats, and scarves to be distributed
to area children. All sizes from infant to adult are
requested so that we can help children of all ages
and sizes.
Please bring your items to Room 109 of the
Old Fine Arts Building or call Jacki Giesey at
extension 4483 to arrange a pick-up.
The department will begin collecting donations
immediately through closing night of the show on
Oct. 31.

Volume 33 No. 9
October 2009
Next Publication:
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Participants attended the two-day conference on federal and state grant opportunities sponsored
by the NSU Division of Technology, Research and Economic Development and the Office of
Research and Sponsored Programs.
Conference informs faculty on grant opportunties
The Technology, Research, and Economic
Development (TRED) Division’s Office of
Research and Sponsored Programs (ORSP)
sponsored a two-day regional grants conference
Sept. 15-16 at the Natchitoches Events Center
(first day) and at the Friedman Student Union
Building (second day). The official title of the
conference was “NSU Regional Conference on
Federal and State (LA) Grant Opportunities.”
Seventy-five faculty members attended the first
day of the conference, and 52 faculty members
attended the second day. The non-duplicated
count of faculty who participated both days was
94, representing institutions of higher education
in Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas and Mississippi.
Comments made by those who attended the
conference were overwhelmingly positive.
The conference featured several federal-grant
-program officers—including representatives
from the National Science Foundation (NSF),
the National Endowment for the Humanities
(NEH), and the Grants Resource Center (GRC)
of the American Association of State Colleges
and Universities (AASCU)—as well as BORSFgrant-program
managers from the Louisiana
Board of Regents. Also featured both days was
a poster presentation collected by Dr. Betsy
Cochran entitled “Sampler of Undergraduate
Research at NSULA.” Faculty contributors
to the student-research poster-presentations
included Dr. Betsy Cochran, Dr. Gillian Rudd,
Mr. Michael Matthews, Dr. Steven Gabrey,
Dr. Julie Delabbio, and Dr. April French. The
research of 39 NSU students was presented, all
of whom were commended for their work in this
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NSU’s Interim Vice President for Academic
and Student Affairs Dr. Lisa Abney, left, and
Vice President for Technology, Research
and Economic Development Dr. Darlene
Williams, right, welcomed Dr. David
Campbell, program director for the National
Science Foundation, and Dr. Wilsonia Cherry,
National Endowment for the Humanities, to
the conference.
The NSU ORSP staff greeted presenters
at the conference. From left are Sadie
Wintersteen, Carla Howell, Director of the
AASCU Grants Resource Center Dr. Richard
Dunfee, Dr. Priscilla Kilcrease and Alysia
Jones.

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program for broadcast to about 320 noncommercial
public radio stations around the
country. See more details on Page 9.
Dr. Julie H. Ernstein, assistant professor
of anthropology and coordinator of the
undergraduate program in Heritage Resources,
served as program chair for the first Louisiana
Studies Conference, hosted at NSU on Sept. 26,
which featured more than 40 presentations by
scholars drawn from numerous disciplines.
Ernstein also presented a paper at that
conference titled “Plant the Seed and Watch
It Grow: From Collections Management,
to Disaster Mitigation, to Heritage (Re)
Interpretation at the Kate Chopin House/
Bayou Folk Museum (Cloutierville, LA).” Her
presentation addressed ongoing interpretive
planning work she is performing at the site that
grew out of previous service-learning, disaster
mitigation, and classroom projects resulting
in an online Virtual Museum developed for
this Cloutierville National Historic Landmark.
Ernstein spoke about her project currently
underway to develop an interpretive plan for the
property’s owners (with grant assistance from the
Cane River National Heritage Area) and how it
has been inspired by her students’ considerable
efforts at the site.
Dr. Norann Planchock, dean of the College
of Nursing, was elected chair of the Nursing
Supply and Demand Council (NSDC). As chair
of NSDC, she will serve as a member of the
Health Works Commission and as a member of
the Executive Committee, which consists of five
commissioners from Health Works.
The Health Works Commission was
reestablished last year, by legislature, and
placed under the Board of Regents. One of the
responsibilities of the HWC is to recommend
funding for capitation and stipend programs
which benefit the nursing programs’ faculty and
students.
Dr. Gerra Perkins, College of Education,
and former NSU student Amy Foster Johnson
recently had their article “What We Know About
At-Risk Students: Important Considerations for
Principal and Counselor Leadership” published
in the June issue of the NASSP Bulletin. The
article detailed the important role that middle
school counselors play in meeting the needs of
at-risk populations.
A review by Dr. Keith Dromm, associate
professor of philosophy in the Louisiana
Scholars’ College, of Kelly Dean Jolley’s The
Concept ‘Horse’ Paradox and Wittgensteinian
Conceptual Investigations (Ashgate) was
published in the August 2009 issue of Philosophy
in Review. Dr. Dromm’s book Wittgenstein
on Rules and Nature (Continnum Books) was
reviewed by Lars Hertzberg in Notre Dame
Philosophical Reviews in July. Hertzberg
described the book as “rich,” “thoughtprovoking,”
and a “stimulating read.”
A paper written by Dr. Steven Gabrey,
Biology Department, and colleagues from
the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and
Fisheries was named Best Paper in the General
Conservation category at this year’s annual
meeting of the Louisiana Association of
Professional Biologists, held in Lafayette in
August.
The paper, titled Impacts of Nutria
Removal on Food Habits of American
Alligators in Louisiana, reported on the
contents of over 450 alligator stomachs and
appeared in the spring issue of the Southeastern
Naturalist.
Dr. Henrietta Williams Pichon, assistant
professor, Student Peronnel Services, presented
at the 35th Annual Louisiana Association for
College and University Student Personnel
Administrators (LACUSPA) at the Learning
Center for Rapides Parish in Alexandria. Her
presentation title was “Getting At-risk Students
Involved in Civic Engagement: The Importance
of Service Learning during Times of Economic
Downtowns.” The service learning project was
supported by the Learn and Serve America
through the Louisiana and Kentucky Campus
Compact.
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Woods seeking participants for 2010 Europe trip
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Whitewater rafting on the River Tay was just one
of the many adventures experienced by NSU
during a tour of Scotland. Students in the first
boat were Connor Klotz, Cherie Primes, Cynthia
Moreland, Danni Habig, Alexandra Moreland and
Ryan Bossier. In the second boat are Brad Dison,
Megan Edwards, Nichole McGregor and Dr. Lynn
Woods, professor.
COE sponsoring school safety seminar Oct. 12
The Northwestern State
University School Counseling
and Student Personnel Services
programs will present a forum
entitled “Making Schools
Safer” on Monday, Oct. 12.
A presentation by Michael
Dorn, executive director of
Safe Havens International,
will address practical and
inexpensive ways to improve
school safety, security,
emergency preparedness and
school climate.
“Making Schools Safer”
will cover topics that include
bullying and cyberbullying,
assessment-based approaches of
school safety, practical school
access control, improving
student supervision and
visitor management. Other
topics will address improving
school climate, emergency
preparedness and 3-D school
safety.
“We will have
representatives from each
school in Natchitoches Parish,
but we are hoping educators in
the surrounding parishes will be
able to attend as well,” said Dr.
Gerra Perkins, an organizer of
the event. “We expect to have
members of the community, law
enforcement, parents, college
students, teachers, school
counselors, and administrators
in attendance.”
Dorn heads a non-profit
global school safety center and
has worked in Central America,
Mexico, Canada, Europe, Asia,
South Africa and the Middle
East. He has published 25
books on school safety. During
his 25-year public safety career,
Dorn served as a campus police
officer, school district police
chief, school safety specialist
for the state of Georgia and
later as the lead program
manager of the Terrorism
Division of the Georgia Office
of Homeland Security.
A graduate of the FBI
National Academy, Dorn has
received extensive antiterrorism
training in the United States and
Israel. He has been featured in
numerous school safety training
videos in use around the globe
Dr. Lynn Woods is recruiting students and
others to participate in a trip to Europe in 2010.
Woods takes students to Europe each year for 3
hours credit but the tour is not limited to students.
“These tours are open to the public,” Woods
said. “Students in other majors or even other
universities have found it possible to take the
course and receive credit to transfer to their
particular major.”
In May 2010 participants will travel to
Greece, Italy, Austria and Germany. After 5
days on a cruise ship visiting the Greek islands,
the tour will fly to Venice, Italy, for two days
followed by Verona, Milan, and Innsbruck,
before heading for Germany.
For details of the upcoming tour, contact
Woods, (318) 357 5085 or email llwoods@nsula.
edu.
and is regularly interviewed
by national and international
media organizations, including
NPR, 20/20, CNN and major
networks.
The presentation will
be held from 9 a.m.-noon
in the NSU Student Union
Ballroom. Registration is
free. Participants should RSVP
ctreadwa001@student.nsula.
edu.
The in-service is being
provided courtesy of grand
funds from a cyberbullying
research grant that Dr. Perkins
was awarded through the
University of Louisiana System
and Learn and Serve America.
The inservice organizers are
College of Education faculty
Dr. Gerra Perkins, Dr. Mary
Lynn Williamson, Dr. Wendell
Wellman and Dr. Nelda
Wellman. The inservice is
being provided courtesy of
grant funds from cyberbullying
research grant that Dr. Perkins
was awarded from the UL
System and Learn and Serve
America.

Grad Fest set for Oct. 7 in the Student Union
The Northwestern Alumni Association is
hosting Fall Grad Fest on Wednesday, October
7 in the Student Union Ballroom from 10 a.m.-4
p.m.
During this time, graduating seniors will
have the opportunity to complete exit interviews
with the Office of Financial Aid, order transcripts
from the Registrar’s Office and take a graduation
photo. In addition, students can order class rings,
announcements, and cap and gowns, join the
Northwestern Alumni Association and apply for a
Northwestern Credit Card
Participants will receive information on
graduate school and enjoy complimentary
refreshments provided by Sodexho, University
Bookstore, & Jostens. Door prizes will also be
awarded.
Please encourage your Fall 2009 graduating
seniors to attend Grad Fest. This is a convenient
way for those seniors to gain much needed
information.
For more information, contact Lyndsey
Miller, assistant director of Alumni Affairs, at
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regard.
On the first day of the
Conference, a short keynote
addressed was delivered by
the Honorable Jimmy Long.
NSU President Randall Webb
and Dr. Lisa Abney greeted
and welcomed the participants,
as did Natchitoches Mayor
Wayne McCullen. Dr.
Darlene Williams provided
a conference overview for
both days, and introduced
each speaker. Out-of-state
speakers included Dr. David
Campbell, with the National
Science Foundation’s Division
of Research on Learning in
Formal and Informal Settings,
who is program director of
the “Advanced Technological
Education” section of NSF
and of “International Polar
Year, 2007.” Dr. Campbell
presented and explained grant
opportunities available at the
National Science Foundation.
The second featured
speaker on day one of the
conference was Dr. Wilsonia
Cherry, deputy director of the
Division of Education Programs
of the National Endowment for
the Humanities (NEH), who
presented and explained grant
opportunities available at NEH.
The third speaker was Dr.
Richard Dunfee, director of the
Grants Resource Center (GRC)
of the AASCU, who provided
an overview of the plethora of
grant opportunities available at
all other federal agencies that
sponsor research.
The second day of the
conference again featured Dr.
Dunfee, but with a different
topic, i.e., “How to Write a
Successful Grant Proposal.”
After Dr. Dunfee’s presentation,
Ms. Virginia Pinkney,
senior program specialist
at the U. S. Department of
Education (USDOE) did an
electronic presentation of
grant opportunities available
at USDOE. Following Ms.
Pinkney’s presentation, three
grant-program managers with
the Louisiana Board of Regents
Support Fund (BORSF)
grant programs presented
materials relating to BORSF
Enhancement, R&D, Graduate
Fellows, and ATLAS grant
programs. The Conference
concluded with concurrent
round-table discussions
between BORSF program
managers and participating
faculty. Representatives/
presenters from the Louisiana
Board of Regents included
Ms. Noreen Lackett, Mr.
Bryan Jones and Ms. Zenovia
Simmons.
NSU’s Office of Research
and Sponsored Programs
(ORSP), TRED Division, is
indebted to and would like to
thank the following groups and
individuals for helping to make
the “NSU Regional Conference
on Federal and State (LA)
Grant Opportunities” a success:
(1) Drake Owens and staff at
the NSU Foundation; (2) Dr.
Richard Dunfee and staff at
the AASCU’s GRC; (3) Drs.
Margaret Cochran and Jean
D’Amato, Louisiana Scholars’
College; (4) Fred Terasa and
staff at the Student Union;
(5) Sodexo Food Services;
(5) the Natchitoches Events
Center staff; (6) Shawn Parr
and Phillip Gillis of NSU
Academic Services; and, finally
(7) President Randall J.
Webb, all NSU vice presidents,
and their staff members.
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Dr. Jeff Mathews, in his role as
Commander of the Air National Guard
Band of the Gulf Coast, was asked to
lead a combined tour of the band and
the United States Air Force Band of
the West. The group began its tour in
Norman, Okla., and presented concerts
across northern Oklahoma and northern
Texas. They concluded their tour with
a July 4 performance of the National
Anthem at a Texas Rangers’ Major
League Baseball game. This is the first
time that an Air National Guard Band
and an active duty Air Force Band have
combined for such a tour.
Regents praise COE for
Alternative Certification
The College of Education was praised by the
Louisiana Board of Regents for its outstanding
work with teachers in the Alternative Certification
Program. The program ranked in the two highest
categories of the Louisiana Teacher Preparation
Value-Added Assessment Report. Multiple
Board of Regents members praised NSU’s longstanding
commitment to excellence in developing
Louisiana teachers.
Congratulations to Dr. Vickie Gentry and the
College of Education faculty and staff who have
worked so hard to assist our K-12 teachers.
With
Sympathy
Services for Sidney Patrick “Pat” Pichon
Jr., father of Michelle Pichon, Language and
Communication, were held on Sept. 8 at St.
Augustine Catholic Church. A plant was sent to
funeral services from the NSU Floral Fund.
Birth
Announcements
Proud grandmother Nancy Rachal,
Physical Plant, announces the birth of Hunter
Gage Rachal, who arrived Aug. 19. Hunter
weighed 7 pounds and measured 19 inches.
His parents are Stephen and Casey Rachal of
Natchitoches.
Joshua and Jacob Antilley were born
Monday, Sept. 14 to Janna and David
Antilley and big sister Lelia.
Joshua was born at 4:53 a.m. and weighed 7
pounds 1-1/2 ounces and was 21 inches long.
Jacob was born at 4:55 a.m. and weighed 6
pounds 5 ounces and was 18-1/4 inches long.
Joshua and Jacob are also nephews to
Melissa Korn in the CAPA office.
“Everyone is doing well and looking
forward to their first trip to NSU,” David
reports.
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Students lend a hand to Habitat for Humanity
NSU faculty and students
collaborated on a servicelearning
and community
development project to
help build a house for the
local Habitat for Humanity
organization on Saturday, Sept.
19.
The day’s event was
the first of three Habitat for
Humanity building days
scheduled for this semester.
NSU students enrolled in Susan
Barnett’s Psychology 1010 –
Introduction to Psychology, and
Steve Gruesbeck’s Psychology
2450 – Adjustment and
Development, have the servicelearning
project embedded into
these two course sections.
Participating NSU Faculty
included Mike Cundall,
Scholars’; Michael Yankowski
and Phil Kidd, CAPA; Bobby
Nowlin and Phil Brown, IET/
EET; Barnett, psychology, and
Gruesbeck, director of Service-
Learning.
“Susan and I agree that this
experience provides psychology
students with early, meaningful
Students Holly Avila, left, and Mary Squyres, right, helped Bobby
Nowlin, center, with a construction project during a community service
project for Habitat for Humanity. Avila and Squyres are students in
Steve Gruesbeck’s Psych 2540 class.
opportunities to meet and
collaborate with others,”
Gruesbeck said.
A second building day
was scheduled for Sept.
26 in which ceilings were
stripped in preparation for
drywall. Another is set for
Nov. 7 in which siding will be
installed. Faculty and staff with
woodworking experience who
are interested in volunteering
can contact Gruesbeck at
sgruesbeck@nsula.edu or by
calling Ext. 5911.
LAATTC@NSU co-sponsors ASIST training
The Louisiana Addiction Technology Transfer
Center at NSU (LAATTC@NSU) successfully
co-sponsored the Applied Suicide Intervention
Skills Training (ASIST) with the Louisiana
Department of Health and Hospitals Office of
Mental Health and Office for Addictive Disorders
on Sept. 10-11 in the NSU Student Union.
The two-day training was provided through the
Garrett Lee Smith Grant, Louisiana Department
of Health and Hospitals, and the support of the
LAATTC@NSU with 22 participants from the
state of Louisiana, including NSU faculty and
staff.
The ASIST training model is an evidencebased
model from Living Works based in
Canada, and is widely used across the continents
of Europe and North America. The training provided
participants with the opportunity to understand
the principles of this suicide intervention
theory, as well as the ability to practice the techniques
it incorporates.
“This training provided mental health and
substance abuse professionals the opportunity
to better serve their clients facing this particular
issue,” said Dr. Jody Biscoe, director of the
LAATTC@NSU.
The trainers of the workshop included Dr.
Jody Meek and Don Pledger whose presentations
were interactive, professional, and supportive of
the diversity and levels of experience among the
group. Upon the completion of the workshop, all
participants were awarded certificates in Suicide
First Aid Prevention. Participants were able to
network collectively in efforts to increase the
awareness and prevention of suicide.
If you or anyone you know is thinking of
suicide, please contact our local Northwest Louisiana
Local Suicide Helpline at (877) 994-2275.
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Resources and
Assistance
For assistance in
seeking information
about funding
opportunties,
prepareing proposals
or administering
projects, contact the
Office of Research
and Sponsored
Programs by phone,
357-5222; e-mail at
orsp@nsula.edu, or
visit the ORSP website
at http://www.
nsula.edu/orsp.
ORSP Staff
Dr. Priscilla Kilcrease
Director
Carla Howell
Associate Director
Amy Vaughn
Administrative
Assistant 3
Alysia Jones
Administrative Assistant
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Office of Research
and Sponsored Programs
Congratulations
Dr. Chris Maggio, Dean of Students,
received notification of an award of $18,900 from
the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and
Corrections for “Student Alcohol Education and
Judicial Program.”
Mr. Jeff Girard, School of Social
Sciences, College of Liberal Arts, received
notification of an award of $74,621 from the
Louisiana Division of Archaeology for “Regional
Archaeology Program 2009-2010.”
Dr. Darlene Williams, Vice President
of Technology, Research and Economic
Development, received notification of an award of
$17,800 from the Louisiana Board of Regents and
Bossier Parish Community College for “Online
Marketing and Promotion.”
Dr. Pamela Simmons, College of
Nursing, received notification of an award of
$49,772 from the National Institutes of Health for
“Are We SAFER? Schools of nursing Aligned
For Emergency Responsiveness.”
Ms. Lisa Rougeou, Department of
Language and Communication, College of Liberal
Arts, received notification of additional funds
of $16,000 from the University of California –
Berkeley for “NSU’s National Writing Project.”
Mr. Joe Morris, Criminal Justice
Department, School of Social Sciences, College
of Liberal Arts, received notification from the
Bureau of Justice Association of an award of
$250,000 for “Interstate Corridors Project: I-10.”
Ms. Daphne Levenson and Ms. Polly Snell are
collaborators.
Current Activities
Mr. Joseph Biscoe, III, Department of
Psychology, College of Science and Technology,
submitted a proposal to the University of Texas
– Austin, Gulf Coast Addiction Technology
Transfer Project, for the continuation of funding
for “Amendment #8 - to cost reimbursement
subaward #UT-403-223.”
Mr. Joseph Biscoe, III, Department of
Psychology, College of Science and Technology,
submitted two other proposals to the Louisiana
Board of Regents, CALL Program, for “CALL
Proposal; Psychology – Substance Abuse”
and “CALL Proposal; Psychology – Addiction
Studies.” Dr. Darlene Williams and Dr. Susan
Barnett are collaborators.
Dr. Paula Furr, Department of
Journalism, College of Liberal Arts, submitted a
proposal to the Louisiana Board of Regents, CALL
Program, for “CALL Proposal; Journalism.” Dr.
Darlene Williams is collaborator.
Dr. Paul Nagel, College of Education,
received notification from the National
Geographic Society Education Foundation of
an award of $23,000 for “Louisiana 2009-2010
Alliance Planning Grant Project.”
Dr. Lisa Abney, Acting Vice President
of Academic and Student Affairs, and Mr. Kirk
Cordell, NCPTT, received notification from the
National Park Service of an award of $409,030
for “NSU-NCPTT Multiple Projects Modification
#5.”
Dr. Norann Planchock, College of
Nursing, submitted a proposal to the Louisiana
Board of Regents, CALL Program, for “CALL
Proposal; Nursing.” Dr. Darlene Williams and
Ms. Diane Webb are collaborators.
For more information regarding funding
opportunities, visit ORSP’s website at www.
nsula.edu/orsp.
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News from the Dept. of Language and Communication
Dr. Allen Bauman and
Dr. James Crank received
the news in the spring
of 2009 that their grant
proposal “Strengthening New
Concentration in Film Studies
through a Departmental Film
Library” had been funded
by the Board of Regents for
over $5,000. The proposal
intended to provide support to
the film studies concentration
in the most practical way
possible: by providing a film
library for the department
consisting of movies that have
been requested by faculty
as primary sources to be
used in classes. The grant
promotes the newly developed
“Film Concentration” within
our department’s major
curriculum. Second, the
departmental film library (the
result of the grant monies)
serves as a resource within the
university, and will allow the
expansion of our Master of Arts
in Entertainment Technology.
Finally, the Board of Regents’
grant also helps establish
Northwestern State University
and its Department of Language
and Communication as one
of the only sites for training
for the constantly-expanding
film industry in northern
Louisiana. We hope to train
and educate future directors,
lighting designers, grips,
and foley artists to work for
Louisiana’s film industry.
Dr. James Crank received
word that the manuscript for
his article, “Racial Violence,
Receding Bodies: James Agee’s
Anatomy of Guilt” has been
accepted for publication in the
collection Agee at 100 (U of TN
Press, 2010).
Dr. Julie Kane’s new
poetry collection, JAZZ
FUNERAL (Story Line Press,
2009) was launched this past
summer with a reading on
June 10 at the West Chester
University Poetry Conference
in West Chester, Penn. The
book won the 2009 Donald
Justice Poetry Prize, judged
by David Mason. On June 18,
there was a wine and cheese
reception/signing for the book
at The Book Merchant Book
Shop in Natchitoches, attended
by many NSU personnel. On
July 11, Julie gave a reading
in the Powow River Poets
series at Jabberwocky Books in
Newburyport, Mass. She also
signed books afterward. July
25 brought a reading and book
signing at the Garden District
Book Shop in New Orleans,
and the following weekend
Julie read on a double bill with
poet Robin Kemp at The Maple
Leaf in New Orleans. Aug.
5 brought a reading before
the “Young at Heart” group
of the First United Methodist
Church of Natchitoches at their
monthly luncheon meeting.
Julie made appearances
at the Southern Festival of
the Book in Nashville on
Sept. 9, where she read with
poets Grace Bauer and Diann
Blakely, and at the Louisiana
Book Festival in Baton Rouge
on Sept. 16, where she shared
a bill with Darrell Bourque and
Peter Cooley.
Also since the end of
the spring semester, Julie
introduced poet Ellen Bryant
Voigt, the winner of the 2009
Poets’ Prize, at the Poets’ Prize
awards ceremony May 21 at the
Nicholas Roerich Museum in
New York City, and interviewed
Kiem Do, the co-author of
her nonfiction Vietnam book
(COUNTERPART: A SOUTH
VIETNAMESE NAVAL
OFFICER’S WAR) during a
narrative stage session of the
Natchitoches/NSU Folklife
Festival on July 18. A poem
from JAZZ FUNERAL,
“Particle Physics,” was featured
on Poetry Daily http://poems.
com/poem.php?date=14500)
and was read by Garrison
Keillor on the Sept. 16
broadcast of Writer’s Almanac
. You can
purchase the book directly
from the publisher here . Also, please visit Dr.
Kane’s professional webpage
here .
Thomas
Reynolds delivered his paper
“Derrida’s Post Card and the
Erotic Triangle: Homosociality,
Power, and Beyond” in March
at the Louisiana Conference
on Literature, Language,
and Culture in Lafayette,
where he earned the Darrell
Bourque Award for the Most
Outstanding Paper. Also in
March, he travelled on an
NEF grant to the Conference
on College Composition
and Communication in
San Francisco, where he
delivered his paper “Franklin’s
Autobiography as a Model
of Empirical Rhetoric.”
Thomas ended the Spring
2009 conference season in
April at the Popular Culture
Association/American Culture
Association national conference
in New Orleans, LA, where he
delivered his paper, “’They’re
Not Paternity Pants; They’re
Fat Pants:’ The Growing
Discourse of Maternity
Literature for Men.”
Volume 33 No. 9
October 2009
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Volume 33 No. 9
October 2009
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