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CATHY CARTER (Mathematics), pictured with CBU President John Smarrelli Jr., was honored with the 2010 Distinguished Lasallian Educator Award at the CBU Community Convocation in August. The award — the highest presented by the University to faculty or staff — annually honors a CBU educator, nominated by his/her peers, who exemplifies the ideals of St. John Baptist de La Salle in the 21st century. hardwood plants in the lower White River Basin. 4Gene McGinnis (Civil Engineering) was presented with a 2010 Peter G. Hoadley Award for Outstanding Engineering Educator in the state at the Tennessee Section American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) meeting in October. 4Dr. Juan Carlos Olabe-Basogain conducted a weeklong workshop at the Ministry of Education of Peru. In collaboration with One Laptop Per Child (OLPC), a team of ten researchers (engineers and educators) of the University of the Basque Country led by Dr. Olabe has developed a multi-year curriculum for the use of technology throughout K-12 education. Representatives of all provinces of Peru were trained to impart training workshops on the integration of this curriculum in their regions. According to the Ministry of Education, a total of seven million Peruvian students will participate in the project. Teams of OLPC countries participating in similar projects are scheduled to be trained in the coming months. 4Mallory Bailey (Civil Engineering ’11), Evan Boulanger (Civil Engineering ’12), Katie Godwin (Civil Engineering ’12) and Daniel Smith (Civil Engineering ’12) won second place in the student competition at the Tennessee Section American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) meeting in October. The CBU student chapter was awarded a $400 check for the second-place finish.
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4Dr. Leigh C. Becker (Mathematics) authored the research article “Resolvents and solutions of weakly singular linear Volterra integral Equations” in the March issue of the journal Nonlinear Analysis (Volume 74, Issue 5; pp. 1892-1912). 4Cathy Carter (Mathematics), Brittany Course (Mathematics & Computer Science ’11), and Alan Killen (Mathematics & Civil Engineering ’11) presented a paper on “Folding Math Together: A Senior Seminar in Origami” at the Joint Mathematics Meetings in New Orleans in January. 4Dr. Stan Eisen (Biology) audited a marine invertebrate zoology course at the Gulf Coast Research Lab in Ocean Springs, MS in July. As part of the course, he conducted a mini-research project on the parasites of hydrobiid snails, a group of small snails found in marshes, and also learned the ancient Japanese art of fish printing (which involves taking a fish, applying ink to one side, and then pressing Japanese rice paper against it to make an imprint). 4An article coauthored by Dr. Malinda Fitzgerald (Biology), entitled “Projections from the Hypothalamic Paraventricular Nucleus and the Nucleus of the Solitary Tract to Prechoroidal Neurons in the Superior Salivatory Nucleus: Pathways Controlling Rodent Choroidal Blood Flow,” was featured as the cover article of the October 28 issue of Brain Research (Volume 1358). Dr. Fitzgerald’s coauthors are C.Li, M. LeDoux, S. Gong, P. Ryan, N. DelMar, and A. Reiner. Fitzgerald was also an international invited speaker at the XXV Annual Meeting of Federação de Sociedades de Biologia Experimental (FeSBE) meeting in Aguas de Lindoia, Brazil, in August. Dr. Fitzgerald was a specific invitee of the BRAVO organization which is the Brazilian chapter of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology. She presented a paper entitled “Establishing US-Brazil connections through undergraduate research summer students: A ten year relationship.” 4Dr. Holmes Peacher-Ryan (Mathematics & Computer Science) was recognized by the School of Sciences with the Dr. Marguerite Cooper Distinguished Professor Award for 2010. The award was presented at the CBU Community Convocation on August 19. The award is given annually in tribute to a School of Sciences professor who exemplifies excellence in teaching effectiveness; service to the department, university, and students; professional BELLTOWERSPRING2011
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