Volume 45, #2- December 2007 - Houston Baptist University

HBUPiper professornominees namedFaculty & StaffFive professors have been selected to represent theircolleges as Piper Professor nominees for the 2006-2007academic year. The program is administered by theMinnie Stevens Piper Foundation. Each year, the programawards $5,000 to 15 exceptional college professors atprivate and public colleges and universities in Texas. Tobe eligible, candidates must be nominated through theOffice of the President at their institution.Lisette Barton MSN ’03assistant professor of nursingHorn receivesadvising awardThe National AcademicAdvising Association has awardedDr. Jacqueline Peltier Horn,professor in biology, College ofScience and Math, its OutstandingAdvising Certificate of Merit.NACADA was chartered as anon-profit organization in 1979 topromote quality academic advisingand professional development ofits membership to ensure the educational developmentof students. The organization is the representative andadvocate of academic advising and those providing thatservice to higher education.Dr. Linda Brupbacher BA ’69professor of educationDr. Christopher Hammonsassociate professor of political science,director of the Master ofLiberal Arts programDr. Robert Toweryassistant professor in chemistryDr. Yuri Yatsenkoprofessor in computer informationsystems managementEstrada lauded foroutstanding courseIn September, the College Boardrecognized Dr. Miguel Estrada,assistant professor in Spanish, forhis outstanding work in the fieldof world language instruction. Hiscourse, SPAN 3314, Introduction toSpanish Literature, was designateda “best practice course.” “Yourcourse is among the very best in thenation in Spanish Literature,” wroteDr. David T. Conley, chief executiveofficer of the Educational Policy Improvement Center.Dr. Estrada was also invited to join the AP SpanishLiterature Redesign Commission; he will attend his firstmeeting with the College Board in December in Atlanta, Ga.Congratulations!SummerEmployee of theQuarterJean SucheckiFallEmployee of theQuarterEdith GabbardHBU 34 NEWS