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Campus TidBitsChi Anyansi-Archibong, Ph . D ., professor in theSchool of Business and Economics, has been appointedto the advisory board of the Wall St reet Journal inEducation. The board is responsible for programs forcontinuous improvement of the Ed u c a t o r’s Re v i ew,including identification of trends and issues that influencethe education market and providing input in thed e velopment of tools such as Internet re s o u rces foreducators. Anyansi-Archibong authors the internationalbusiness re v i ew for the Wall St reet Journal inEducation. ■Edith Archibald, Ph . D ., professor of German andstudy abroad director this ye a r, accompanied 13 foreignlanguage students to San Jose, Cost Rica, Ma y2 1 - June 4, to study Spanish at the Fo rester In s t i t u t oInternacional. In addition to language studies,the group participated in cultural and sightseeingactivities. ■Associate professor of physics Solomon Bi l i l i g n ,Ph . D ., is the recipient of a Visiting ScientistFe l l owship at the Joint Institute for LaboratoryA s t rophysics (J I LA), which is operated by theUn i versity of Colorado-Boulder and the Na t i o n a lInstitute of St a n d a rds and Te c h n o l o g y. The fellow s h i pbegins Ja n u a ry 2001. ■Deborah Ca l l a w a y, Ph . D ., chair of the health, physicaleducation and re c reation department, is an eva l u a-tor for the NCAA/National Youth Sp o rts Pro g r a m .She is responsible for 10 to 15 colleges and unive r s i t i e swithin the United States. She is the first NYSP eva l u a-tor from No rth Caro l i n a .■LeAnder Ca n a d yand Willie Hooker Jr., Ph . D ., professorsof art participated in “Remembrance of ALegacy – The Artists from Historically Black Colleges& Un i versities,” an exhibit at Morris Brown Collegein collaboration with the National Black Arts Fe s t i va lin Atlanta. ■Ro b e rt “Bob” Davis, Ph . D ., director of institutionalassessment, has been named associate vice chancellorfor planning, assessment and re s e a rch. ■C h ristine Eva n s is the new associate director of theOffice of Student Financial Aid. She assists and supervisesthe overall operation of the office while prov i d i n gs u p p o rt and guidance to the staff. Prior to coming toA & T, Evans was director of financial aid at Be n n e t tCollege. ■An article in The Irish Ti m e s n ewspaper entitled“When Resistance Di d n’t Seem Futile,” by Sh e i l aRowbatham, mentions The Gre e n s b o ro Fo u r and theyoung men’s impact on the Civil Rights Movement inAmerica. The article appears in a special arc h i ve sectionand can be read at the following We b s i t e :w w w. i re l a n d . c o m / s p e c i a l / t i m e s 2000 / d e c a d e / s t o r i e s / d ec a d e 7 - s t o ry1.htm. ■Va n d o rn Hi n n a n t, curator for the Ma t t ye Re e dAfrican Heritage Center, was one of nine artists featu red in a group exhibition at City Ga l l e ry East inAtlanta this summer. The exhibition, “A f r i c a nAmerican Abstraction,” was part of the 2000National Black Arts Fe s t i val featuring contemporarya rtists whose works focus on abstract art. Hinnantalso participated in a panel discussion, “Ab s t r a c tEx p ressionism and the African Aesthetic,” withother artists. ■P. Scott Hu m m e l is interim assistant vice chancellorfor business and finance/comptro l l e r. He has work e dat the Un i versity since 1984. ■In Ma y, The N.C. A&T In t e rnational Trade Centerc o - s p o n s o red an international conference titled“ Global Agricultural Trade in the New Mi l l e n n i u m . ”William Amponsah, Ph . D ., director of the Center,helped organize the conference, presented a paperentitled “The Potential Impact of U.S.-China Tr a d eA g reement on U.S. Po rk Ex p o rts to China” withXiang Dong Qin, assistant professor at the Center,and was a moderator for the session on “Issues inTrade Liberalization.” The conference was held inNew Orleans. ■Cathy Kea, Ph . D ., associate professor of special educationin the department of curriculum and instru c-tion, is one of 19 recipients of the first Exc e p t i o n a lC h i l d ren Division Distinguished Se rvice Aw a rd. T h ea w a rd was presented at the 50th annive r s a ry gala celebrationof the State Conference on Exc e p t i o n a lC h i l d ren, July 24, at the Ad a m’s Ma rk Hotel inCharlotte. ■Rita Thorpe Lamb, Ph . D ., has been named dire c t o rof The Center for Student Success after serving asinterim director since August 1999. The Center promotesthe academic success of students who have notd e c l a red a major course of study. ■Renee Ma rt i n, director of administrative informationsystems, has been appointed to serve on the Un i ve r s i t yof No rth Carolina Sh a red Se rvices Alliance Ad v i s o ryB o a rd. Established by UNC-General Ad m i n i s t r a t i o n ,the Alliance is an information technology (IT) serv i c eorganization created to promote shared administrativesystems among participating campuses, to develop colla b o r a t i ve solutions to deliver administrative IT services,and to provide a forum for exploring potentialtechnology collaborations beyond administrative systems.Ma rtin will provide IT direction that affects allp a rticipating UNC campuses. ■Ca rolyn W. Me yers, Ph . D ., vice chancellor for academicaffairs, delive red the keynote welcome address atthe Se venth International Conference on CompositesEngineering held July 2-8 in De n ve r, Colo. T h espeech included information about the interd i s c i p l i-n a ry approach to future re s e a rch and education inmaterials; the future role of K-12 to graduate studiesin mechanical engineering; how universities in theUnited States and abroad will benefit by work i n gtogether; and the significance of collaboration betwe e ng overnment agencies to achieve greater re s e a rch andeducational benefits for tax dollars. Me yers was one ofs e veral national presenters and lecturers at this conference,including Jagannathan Sa n k a r, Ph . D ., pro f e s s o rof mechanical engineering. ■Kenneth Murray, Ph.D., has been named associatevice chancellor for academic affairs/continuing educationand summer school after having served as theinterim associate vice chancellor since Januar y. ■Celestine A. Ntuen, Ph.D., a professor of industrialand systems engineering and director of TheInstitute of Human-Machine Studies, is a memberand chairman of the faculty of engineering advisoryboard at University of Uyo (UNIUYO), AkwaIbom, Nigeria. The inaugural meeting of the boardwas held at UNIUYO in April. Ntuen also is servingas an advisor preparing UNIUYO’s engineering programfor its first accreditation. ■Eui H. Park, Ph.D., professor and chairman of theindustrial and systems engineering department, hasreceived the Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE)Fellow Award, which is the highest classification ofmembership in IIE. The award recognizes outstandingleaders in the profession who have made significant,nationally recognized contributions to industrialengineering including professional accomplishments,service to industrial engineering and humanitarianservice. Park was recognized at the 2000Annual International Industrial EngineeringConference held May 21-24 in Cleveland, Ohio. ■Edna Ragins, Ph.D., faculty advisor for the N.C.A&T chapter of the American MarketingAssociation and outgoing leader of the CollegiateChapters Council, attended the 22 nd Annual AMACollegiate Awards Program held in New Orleans.A&T won an Outstanding Chapter Award fordemonstrating overall excellence in chapter performancethroughout the academic year. Ragins hasbeen a Council member for five years and will servean additional year as past vice president. ■Russell Rankin Jr., assistant to the dean of theSchool of Technology, has assumed the role of interimchairman of the department of manufacturingsystems in addition to his regular duties. An assistantprofessor of technology, Rankin has beenemployed at A&T for 31 years. ■Judy Rashid, program director of Memorial StudentUnion, served on the Conflict ResolutionDelegation of educators and practitioners and tovisit South Africa. Delegates from across NorthAmerica observed and discussed methods used toconfront conflict in local South Africancommunities. ■12 A&T TODAY/FALL 2000