Mary Ellen Carroll, Ph.D., associate vice president for academic affairs and dean of experiential learning, co–presented “Reanimating Liberal Studies through Intentional and Innovative Experiential Learning” at the ACAD Annual Meeting Pre–Conference Workshop on January 22, 2014 in Washington, D.C. Librarians presented four of the nine lightning round sessions at the annual Iowa Private Academic Libraries Conference at Grand View University in Des Moines on Thursday, May 1, 2014: 1. The Personal Librarian Program by Kristen Smith, Information Services Librarian 2. Weeding for Special Collections by Heidi Pettitt, Technical Services and Special Collections Librarian 3. Award–winning Design When You Haven’t Got a Dime by Julie Arensdorf, Instruction Services Librarian 4. Proving Your Library’s Worth to Administrators by Joyce Meldrem, Library Director Sara Bagley, Ph.D., assistant professor of psychology, gave a presentation at the Midwestern Psychological Association Conference in Chicago on May 2, 2014. It was titled “Encoding Strategies Can Overpower Stress Effects on Retrieval.” Seth Myers, associate professor of art, noted that experimental video “Fade Away” was part of the exhibition Borderland: the entropy of identities, an international video art screening focusing on the concept of entropy. Screenings took place at MECA Mediterraeo Centro Artistico in Almeria, Spain on March 27, 2014 and the University of Granada in Granada, Spain on April 23, 2014. Forty–six artists from over twenty countries were represented. In addition, Myers and alumnus Ted Wittman’s experimental short film “Manifest” was officially selected for screening and was an official competition selection in the experimental category in the 2014 Kansas City FilmFest April 5–13 in Kansas City, Missouri. Lastly, Myers moderated and co–chaired a panel at the College Art Association Conference in Chicago on February 13, 2014. The panel, titled “The Textbook is Dead and so is that Chalkboard: Integrating Mobile Devices into the Studio Art Classroom,” featured artist educators and scholars that presented a variety of research, techniques, and best practices in the field of art & mobile technology.
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John Eby, Ph.D., associate professor of history, Stacia McDermott (’03), coordinator for peace & justice, and Shanae Kemen (’12) attended the Illinois Interfaith Conference held at University of Illinois Champaign–Urbana February 28– March 2, 2014. The three presented: “Sacred Space and the Building of Interfaith Collaboration.” David Cochran, Ph.D., professor of politics, has published Catholic Realism and the Abolition of War with Orbis Books, and his article, “War and the Surprising Realism of Catholicism’s Peacemaking Agenda,” appeared in the winter 2014 issue of The Journal of Catholic Social Thought. Both projects were made possible by the College’s John Cardinal O’Connor Chair for Catholic Thought, a recent sabbatical, and the support of many on campus, for which he is very grateful. Nathan (Nate) Newman, assistant professor of sport science, was invited to present “Evidence Based Medicine Use of Low–Level Laser Therapy” at the 2014 District V–MAATA Annual Meeting and Symposium in West Des Moines, Iowa on March 28, 2014.
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Bruce Kotowich, D.M.A, associate professor of music, was elected by the executive board of the National Collegiate Choral Organization as the representative for the state of Iowa. This organization supports choral education, research, and performance at the college/university/ conservatory level of education.
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