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Woods seeking participants for 2010 Europe trip Volume 33 No. 9 October 2009 4 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 Volume 33 No. 9 October 2009 Conference...Continued from Page 2 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. 5
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