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FROM THE DESK OF THE DEAN

Fayetteville State University

College of Arts and Sciences

I believe that the motto of the College of Arts and Sciences, The Buck Stops Here, made famous by a plaque that sat on President Harry Truman’s desk, exemplifies our commitment to quality and service to the community. I am proud to say that the faculty and staff within the College have lived up to this motto in remarkable fashion by seeking to improve in all areas, including instruction, recruitment, com-

munity service, advising, scholarship, and customer service. The College of Arts and Sciences provides academic programs which are of high-quality, attractive, and accessible. I believe we are doing just that in spite of our tough economic times. We are reviewing all our current programs and any newly proposed programs with greater scrutiny than ever before. We are requiring that all new program proposals have a strong market and that they have clear and appropri-ate program learning outcomes before they are approved. As we make some tough decisions about closing some low-producing programs, we will use this opportunity to allocate resources more effectively to create and support programs which are in high demand by our students and potential employers.

Since our last CAS Newsletter, the College has experienced a number of changes. Both the Bachelor of Science Degree in Intelligence Studies and the Bachelor of Social Work Degree programs have been approved. A number of new departments have been established to help better support academic programs, either by putting more emphasis on productive programs or by allowing the faculty to be more focused on their individual programs. They include the Departments of English, World Lan-guages and Cultures, Biological Sciences, Communication, and Chemistry and Physics. In 2010, our proposal was approved to move the Telecom Center under the direction of the Department of Com-munication. The Telecom Center includes WFSS 91.9 FM National Public Radio Station, Bronco-iRadio student radio station, and The Voice, the FSU student newspaper. Under construction is the WFSU-TV student television station. In addition, we created the assistant chair position to assist de-partment chairs with their heavy workload and to focus on improving program assessment, academic advising, student recruitment/retention, and class scheduling. In 2011, we received approval to reopen our generic four-year degree program in Nursing. With Dr. Afua Arhin’s leadership, and the expertise of the faculty she is building, I have complete confidence that Fayetteville State University will have one of the best nursing programs in the state. As part of this effort, we opened the brand new Southeastern North Carolina Nursing Education and Research build-ing. Currently under construction is our new Science and Technology Building, which will provide us with additional offices, labs, and classrooms. Continued on page 8

FALL/WINTER 2011

What’s New in CAS? p.4; Assistant Chair position, p.5 Community Justice and Service Learn-ing, p.9

Counseling Psychol-ogy Conference Presentation, p.11 Calendar of Events, p.12

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Grants and Publications 2011 Academician: Dr. Mohammed Siddique (MATH)

GRANTS Forty-seven faculty members received grants to initiate, further, or complete research projects. Fin-ished projects will be developed into scholarly presentations, articles for publication and external grant proposals. Among the CAS Faculty who received grants were: Dr. Juan Ma (Geog/Poli) who applied her grant funding to support The Response and Management to Natural Disaster under the National Incident Management System: A Case Study on Hurricane Katrina Pertaining to Public Policy Con-cerns.

Dr. Jeffrey D. Brooks (SOCI), 2010 ―Prejudice, Pitfalls and Promise: Experiences in Community Service in a Historically Black University. In African Americans and Community Engagement in Higher Education. Edited by S. Evans, C. Taylor, M. Cunlap & D. Miller. Chapter 4. (Pp.53-66). SUNY University Press. Dr. Hongbing Zhang (FLAN) has an article accepted for publication titled, ―National Nonsense and V.S. Naipaul’s Ethical Distance,‖ in US-China English Teaching. Dr. Brad Kael (HIST) has a book Pubs and Publicans in Ireland, 1840-1918 under contract with I.B. Tauris. Dr. Juan Ma (GEOG/POLI) Juan Ma, and Wenfa Xiao (2010): Understanding land ownership and environmental conservation from perspectives of enviro-capitalism and enviro-socialism, Journal of US-China Public Administration,Vol,7, No6, June 2010, pp 15-23.

——-Li Zhu, Lance A Walter, and Juan Ma (2011) Spatial-temporal disease mapping of illicit drug abuse or dependence in the presence of misaligned ZIP codes, GeoJournal, DOI 10.1007/ S10708-011-9429-3 (Published online: 26 August 2011).

Dr. Phil Senter (BIOL) Senter, P. 2011. Using creation science to demonstrate evolution 2: mor-phological continuity within Dinosauria. Journal of Evolutionary Biology doi: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2011.02349.x (20 pp.).

——Senter, P. 2011. The defeat of Flood geology by Flood geology: The ironic demonstration that there is no trace of the Genesis Flood in the geologic record. Reports of the National Center for Science Education 30(3):1.1-1.14. ——Senter, P. and S. Cole 2011. ―Dinosaur‖ Petroglyphs at Kachina Bridge site, Natural Bridges National Monument, southeastern Utah: Not dinosaurs after all. Palaeontologia Electronica 14 (1):1-5. -------Senter, P. 2011. Evidence for a sauropod-like metacarpal configuration in ankylosaurian di nosaurs. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 56:221-224. -------Moch, J. G. and P. Senter. 2011. Vestigial structures in the appendicular skeletons of eight African skink species (Squamata: Scincidae). Journal of Zoology.doi: 10.1111/j.1469- 7998.2011.00839.x (7 pp.).

Dr. M. Monique McMillian (PSYC) McMillian, M. M., Frierson, H. T., & Campbell, F. A. (2011). Do gender differences exist in the academic identification of African American elementary school-aged children? Journal of Black Psychology, 37(1), 78-98.

Phoebe Hall, Associate Professor of Theatre in the Performing and Fine Arts Department served as acting coach, director, improvisation instructor, and actor in the annual down-town DICKENS holiday event sponsored by the City of Fayetteville and the Arts Council of Fayetteville and Cumberland County. Working with Fayetteville Observer’s Brian Dukes, Phoebe conducted a workshop in acting and improvisation skills for principal characters Scrooge, Marley, Tiny Tim, and others who would spend the day roaming Hay Street in a

recreation of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. She also participated in the festival as Mother Goose reading Christmas stories to children in front of the Arts Council building as they waited to see Father Christmas.

PUBLICATIONS

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CAS and Community Outreach Big and Small Disasters Hit Bronco Family. Can We Do More To Be Ready?

One of the most important tasks in the FSU mission statement is to enhance the quality of life of the citizens in the region we cover. A small group of CAS faculty started a disaster interest group. One of the activities of the interest group was to identify local and government agencies we would need to contact about building a disaster program. American Red Cross (ARC) was the disaster agency I selected to contact. Fayetteville is home to the Highlands Chapter of ARC and covers Cum-berland, Harnett, Sampson, Hoke and Bladen Counties which are also in FSU’s region. The Red Cross also supports military members and their families, and provides disaster services worldwide. The local chapter organizes volunteers and logistics for many kinds of services but I joined the Disaster Assistance Team (DAT). The social work program at FSU already had students doing field education in the chapter. Also, a former faculty member served with disaster services and deployed to help when Katrina hit the Gulf Coast. Seeing the sad stories about Katrina is one of the reasons I wanted to work with the Red Cross. All volunteers begin with a background check, and take a variety of training courses including CPR. When first responders arrive on the scene of a 911 call, they ask the dispatcher to contact the chapter whenever help is needed for a displaced resident or family. ARC sends volunteers to the loca-tion such as single family fires, apartment fires and other disasters to provide emergency housing for residents. Generous cash contributions allow the chapters to provide assistance for hotels, food and clothing in an emergency situation. I recently responded to two apartment fires where former FSU stu-dents lived. On one of the smaller cases the resident was related to one of our staff. Most Red Cross chapters consist of some staff and a huge group of volunteers. The goal is to have a cadre of well-trained volunteers to prepare for and respond to big and small disasters. On April 16, 2011 the National Headquarters of ARC designated the Highland’s Chapter as local office for this disaster and authorized volunteers to travel here to help the local volunteers run the shelters. It was a day when mother nature reminded us of the impor-tant things in life. After seeing the damaged areas, I was amazed more resi-dents were not killed or injured. Multiple storms hit several places in and near Fayetteville, Sanford and Dunn. Millions of dollars in damage occurred on Fort Bragg and near Reilly and Yadkin road areas. Other areas where some our students and faculty lived were also badly damaged. Some stu-dents needed incomplete grades due to the storm damage. Continued on page 9

Adjunct CAS Professor Dr. M. Monique McMillian (PSYC) is the Principal Investigator (Co- Investigator, William Darity, Ph.D.) of the Duke University research project on Wake County school- assignment policies. This research project originated at the Duke University Research Network on Racial and Ethnic Inequality, and is supported by the University of Maryland School of Medicine Na- tional Bioethics Research Center and the University of Michigan Emerging Scholars Interdisciplinary Fellowship Programs.

Examining the NC Racial Justice Act: In November, the Center for Community Justice held a forum, Bal-ancing the Scales: Exploring the Impact of the NC Racial Justice Act. This law, signed by Governor Perdue in 2009, allows death row prisoners to challenge their penalty based on evidence of racial discrimination. Moder-ated by Dr. Cary A. Adkinson, the panel featured three speakers who delved into various aspects of both the Act and its aftermath. Ken Rose, an attorney from the Center for Death Penalty Litigation, reviewed challenges to death sentences that have been made under the act. He also discussed the history of racially discriminatory actions that the RJA was designed to counter act. The second speaker, Darryl Hunt, wrongfully convicted of rape and murder, hailed the Act as a tool for allowing greater participation of minorities in adjudication and sen-tencing. Dr. Robert Brown reviewed research on the use of preemptory challenges by prosecutors in North Carolina. These challenges result in a larger than normal exclusion of Blacks and other minorities from jury pools. Continued on page 5

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What’s New in CAS? Construction

You cannot help but notice all of the construction taking place on cam-pus. As the university grows, so does the College of Arts and Sciences. While completion dates may vary, at this time the following projects are ongoing: The new Science and Technology Building, located near the Lyons Science Center, is scheduled for completion in Fall 2012. Once com-pleted, the Science and Technology building will be 62,000 square feet and will consist of two, four-story wings connected by a ―Discovery Fo-rum,‖ which will be the focal point and heart of the building. In this area, seminar rooms, building entry, a science porch, circulation elements and a café will combine to create the center for the students’ learning experi-ence. The teaching laboratory and classrooms wing will be comprised of four stories. This area will support the chemistry, forensics science and math and computer science departments. The faculty offices wings will consist of four stories. Like the teaching laboratory and classrooms wings, it is accessed through the Discovery Forum. The Nursing ADA Transition, located at the courtyard between the Charles W. Chestnut Library, the SBE Building, The Butler Building, and the Nursing Building, will extend the courtyard and expand the walkway between SBE and the Nursing Building. This construction is 99% com-pete as of September 2011. The Nursing Building Stormwater/ Parking Improvement Project in-cludes improvement of the Stormwater system on site while enhancing parking near the Nursing Building. Completion is expected in Fall 2012. The construction of the 336-bed Renaissance Hall student dormitory next to Vance Hall is scheduled for completion in Fall 2012. The Mitchell Building Site Project will improve stormwater systems, such as porous paving, and bioretention as well as enhance parking at the Mitchell Building. The expected completion date is Fall 2011. The Mitchell Building was a daycare center at one time, and the improved parking lot will facilitate its new use as Police and Public Safety Head-quarters. The completion of the Lilly Gym, Phase 2 Project (South End Renova-tion), is expected in December 2011. Construction will upgrade the stu-dent gymnasium and offer a student recreation area. (Contributed by Dr.

Heather Griffiths/Photos by Kelli Cardenas Walsh)

NEW PROGRAMS B.A. in Intelligence Studies. For more information, contact program coordinator Dr. Dianne White Oyler at 910-672-1946 or doyler@uncfsu.edu B.A. of Social Work. For more information, contact the SW department at 910-672-2432. The graduate program in Biology has 20 students enrolled in the M.S. Biology program, and have provisionally accepted five new applicants. For more information, contact Dr. Phil Senter, Profes- sor and Graduate Coordinator at 910-672-1304 or psenter@uncfsu.edu

The Original Howard School on Gillespie Street

A crane and bull dozers pre-pare for the new Science and Technology building

Proposed design of com-plete building

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The Assistant Chair By David Barlow, Dean

In the summer of 2010, Fayetteville State University created the new position of Assistant Chair. I believe this innovation has been one of the most needed and most successful changes that we have made toward improving the administration of academic departments since I became a Dean. The primary duties of the Assistant Chair are to coordinate Program Assessment, Academic Advising, Recruiting, and Class Scheduling within the departments. These initiatives, which are embedded in the departments’ OPARs, represent the foundation of the most important strategies for ensuring high-quality academic programs at Fayetteville State University. In reviewing the progress of our OPARs over the last year, as well as our pro-gress toward SACS reaffirmation, I believe the strategy of creating this position has been a success. The reasoning behind this strategy is grounded in the belief that the most important administrative position in Academic Affairs is the De-partment Chair. Since I have become a Dean, I have seen the work-load of the Department Chair increase dramatically. This workload has made it nearly impossible for the Department Chairs to complete all the tasks assigned to them. With the approach of SACS reaffirma-tion, the national increased emphasis on demonstrating high-quality degree programs, and the most serious budget crisis that we have ever faced, the expectations placed on department chairs in the ar-eas identified above (assessment, advising, recruitment/retention, and scheduling) have become even more critical. The FSU admini-stration felt it was necessary to provide the Department Chairs with more support. Another important reason for the establishment of the Assistant Chair position is to prepare future academic administrators. Like many bureaucracies, we promote people from positions in which they do well into positions for which they have little to no training or experience. Not only do we risk hiring people who are not suitable for this new role, we force new chairs and academic administrators into a steep learning curve as they take on a brand new role. Ideally, the chairs will select promising faculty members within their department who have aspirations for academic administration. The Assistant Chair then has the opportunity to learn the job be-fore taking it on. It also gives them a better understanding of the position, so they know if it is something they would enjoy doing. Although the position has no supervisory authority, the As-sistant Chair does represent the Department Chair in his/her absence, giving them a taste for what is expected of the chair. I would like to thank all those who have served in this new posi-tion. They deserve all our support. (For a list of current CAS Assistant Chairs, go to page 10)

What’s new in CAS? From the Dean’s Desk...

―The primary duties of the Assistant Chair are to coordinate Program As-sessment, Academic Ad-vising, Recruiting, and Class Scheduling within the departments.‖

—David Barlow

Examining the NC Racial Justice Act, Cont. from page 3

The RJA allows prisoners to use this information to show racial bias in the application of capital sentence. The event was co-sponsored by the Department of Criminal Justice, Alpha Phi Sigma and the National Association of Blacks in Criminal Justice. Update: The legal status of the act is uncertain. On November 29, 2011, the NC State Senate voted to repeal the NC Racial Justice Act. In the summer, the House passed a similar repeal measure. The bill is currently at the Governor Perdue’s desk for review. (Contributed by Angela Taylor)

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CAS and Band Competition

CAS and Intersession

Students in the NC Battlefields course visit Liberty Point in Fayetteville, NC to learn more about the local re-sponse to the American Revolution.

in•ter•ses•sion (noun) a period between two academic sessions or terms sometimes utilized for brief concentrated courses. http://www.merriam-webster.com

During Intersession, students take only one course and faculty can teach only one course creating an intense, rigorous, focused academic environment. Courses range from the academic core, to advanced specializations in a major, or an elective for pure enrichment. The mission of Intersession is to provide educational experiences that enable our students to progress toward gradua-tion and envision the possibilities of their life beyond degree completion. Instructionally, the faculty covers more than a week’s worth of material in a day. Classes are accelerated and often extended in length to accommodate Learning on Location, or field experi-ences, which enrich and enhance the curricula. Advantages of Intersession There is only one course, so it gets all of your attention. Courses are more interactive and participation is increased. Small classes build a sense of community. A list of courses for Inter-session 2012 can be found on page 10. For more informa-tion, contact Interim Summer School Director Dr. Jane Smith at 672-1229, http://www.uncfsu.edu/summerschool/

Of the 19 Intersession courses offered in 2011, 16 belonged to the College of Arts and Sciences.

On October 30, the North Carolina Showstyle Band Directors Association in conjunction with The Fayetteville State University Band Program, under the direction of Mr. Alfred L. Davis, Jr., held its 3rd Annual North Carolina High Stepping Marching Band State Championship here at FSU in Lu-ther ―Nick ―Jerald's Stadium. Fourteen high school marching bands from around the state competed for the honor of being crowned State Champion in four different categories. The categories were based on band size. The overall State Champion was based on overall band performance, regard-less of band size. The Department of Performing and Fine Arts used the competition as a great re-

cruitment opportunity for both the FSU Band and the de-partment. Faculty members Drs. Don Parker, Sheryl Linch-Parker and Neal Finn conducted auditions during the competition for senior band students interested in band scholarships and/or entrance into the music pro-gram at FSU. Members of the Marching Bronco Express served as guides for the band and gathered student in-formation from members of each of the participating bands. In addition, the MBX performed an exhibition show at the end of the competition featuring ―The best of gospel music.‖ The EE Smith High School band received

the Grand Champion Award. (Contributed by Dr. Sherree Davis; Photo by Dr. Alfred L. Davis)

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CAS and Students

Senior Breana Venable (Theater) has been selected the North Carolina Campus Compact 2011 Community Impact Student Award winner for Fa-yetteville State University. Ms. Venable and her faculty advisor, Ms. Phoebe Hall (Theater), attended the 19

th Annual NC Campus Compact Student Con-

ference On November 12th, at Wake Forest University she received state-wide recognition before an audience of fellow students and her family mem-bers. States Ms. Hall, ―Breana is a dedicated theatre major who balances her time between performing, writing, and volunteer work. She is Alpha Psi Omega’s Phi Nu Chapter President, SGA Election Board Chair, a Bronco

Ambassador, NCNW member, and co-founder of a student based performance company, COMMON, addressing interpersonal relationships between men and women via reader’s theatre and discussion. (from Press Release 20 Oct 2011).

Fayetteville State University and the newly-established Cumberland International Early College have

joined hands to run the early college’s Chinese program. Starting in the fall, Dr. Hongbing Zhang of

the Department of World Languages and Cultures (WLC) and Ms.

Sun Lei, our 2011-2012 Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching As-

sistant (FLTA) from China, have teamed up to teach Chinese to 14

students of the International Early College. Dr. Yali Li of the Depart-

ment of World Languages and Cultures has also helped these high

school students in the FSU language lab.

Students at the International Early College focus on international

relations and they will learn foreign languages and cultures through-

out the college years. The International Early College, right now

located at E.E. Smith High School, is expected to move to FSU

campus next fall. From then on, all students learning Chinese language and culture at the Interna-

tional Early College will take courses offered by the Chinese Program in the Department of World Lan-

guages and Cultures. (Contributed by Dr. Hongbing Zhang)

Ms. Sun Lei at E.E. Smith Early College

The mission of Commonly Uncommon is to unite students and community members by creating a mutual understanding of the lives of men and women from all aspects of life and the way in which they relate to one another. We achieve this goal by discuss-ing topics that commonly or uncommonly bring us together, write monologues, and compose scripts for performance thereby creating a bond between sexes. We achieve this goal by learning to communicate with our peers and by accepting honesty with each other and ourselves. We do this because we use this as an outlet to express issues that affect men and women commonly. We examine topics from both male and female perspectives, how they interrelate, and then present them. In so doing, we assure everyone that they are not alone in concerns about life, love and the pursuit of happiness. For more information, contact Ms. Breana Venable at http://www.uncfsu.edu/theatre/ (Photo submitted by Commonly Uncommon featuring Ervin Brinkley, Mr. FSU 2011-2012 )

Commonly Uncommon

CAS and Early College

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The Department of Government and History presents a series of Global Literacy Panels? During the fall semester, eight panel discus-sions were presented as follows: “Abolitionist movements.‖ Drs. Linda Tomlinson (HIST) and Kelli Cardenas Walsh (HIST); ―Women of China, Mexico, and Tanzania.‖ Drs. Juan Ma (POLI), Delma Jackson (SWK) and Ms. Socorro Hernandez Hinek (PFA); "At the Crossroads of Philosophy and Psy-chology: Consciousness and Free Will" Drs. Thomas Van Cantfort (PSYC) and Richard Hall (PHIL); ―Conspiracy.‖ Drs. Sidney Pash (HIST) and Greg Rich; ―Contributive Justice and the Occupy Wall Street Protest: Communitarian Ethics or Chaos?‖ Dr. Joseph Osei (PHIL); and ―China, Japan, and the U.S. Drs. Han Lheem (POLI), Hsiaofen Hemstock (POLI), Juan Ma (POLI) and Hideki Morooka (SOCI) For information on Spring lectures, contact Dr. Greg Rich (PHIL) at grich@uncfsu.edu

From the Desk of the Dean, cont. from page 1

Despite facing our most serious budget crisis in recent memory, we are continuing to strive to ensure high quality programs through our development and implementation of the Operational Plans and Assessment Reports (OPAR) in each Department and at the College level. These plans will pro-vide for the assessment of all program and core learning outcomes to ensure our students are learn-ing what we believe is necessary to be an FSU graduate. I believe that the College of Arts and Sci-ences has become a model for how to do more with less. Since our last newsletter we have received specialized accreditation in Music and Computer Science, adding to our other programs with specialized accreditation - Nursing, Social Work, and Criminal Justice. We continue to seek specialized accreditation where it is available and have had some successful reviews already in Art and Chemistry. In addition, the College of Arts and Sciences has also led the way in enhancing many of our classes with service learning opportunities and learn-ing communities. We continue to work on making CAS academic degree programs as accessible and as efficient as possible without sacrificing quality. We are leaders in the UNC system for online education, offering a number of degree completion programs and the Master of Science degree in Criminal Justice com-pletely online. We are exploring the idea of offering more undergraduate and graduate programs online as well. We have been recognized for our willingness and dedication to post all our syllabi on the web. Our nearly universal use of Blackboard in our courses continues to demonstrate our commit-ment to being accessible to students. The efficiency of faculty in terms of producing student credit hours is higher than it has been in years. Our service to the military and adult learners is unmatched in the UNC System. We are working on a new Memorandum of Understanding with Ft. Bragg, which will greatly enhance our presence on the base. The CAS staff members have been working very hard to improve the efficiency and service throughout the College. They have offered workshops on office management and customer service and are producing an academic staff manual to support new and current staff members. One of our proudest accomplishments has been the implementation and support of the CAS Global Scholars program. In these very difficult economic times, the faculty and staff in the College of Arts and Sciences have contributed their own money to fully support two different CAS Global Schol-ars to attend FSU on a full scholarship over the past two years. Although we were not able to support a CAS Global Scholar this year, we hope to continue the tradition next year. I am proud to be the Dean of a College with such hard working and dedicated people.

Did You Know….

Dr. Sambit Bhattacharya’s (MCS), work with robotic technology as a way of teaching computer programming was featured in the Fayetteville Observer? Find out more here: http://www.fayobserver.com/articles/2011/10/11/1129138?sac=Local

After several years of dormancy, the student

newspaper The Voice has actively published eight editions this semester. The Editor in Chief Mr. John Caldwell and the faculty ad-viser is Mr. Kevin Dilley.

Update: Dilley will be moving to a new posi-

tion in the spring. We wish him the best of luck in his new job!

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The CCJ&SL team has been busy assisting service-learning stu-dents as they provide service to our community. In the Fall 2011 semes-ter, the center worked with 19 service-learning classes in 13 academic disciplines. An education service-learning class taught by Dr. Jane Smith as-sisted Ms. Jan Pettey of For the Love of Grandparents, Inc. to conduct a Memories of Love letter writing campaign for the annual Celebration of Grandparents held on September 10. Dr. Eugenie Almeida’s Intercultural Communication students pro-vided support to the Arts Council of Fayetteville/Cumberland County for the International Folk Fes-tival. Service-learning students in Ms. Linda Baha’i’s Freshman Seminar class, within the Seekers Learning Community, provided support for the Sandhills Heart Walk by selling paper hearts and volunteering at the Heart Walk on October 8

. Using service-learning is not limited to only traditional

face-to-face classes. In Fall 2011, the CCJ&SL team worked with five online service-learning courses (SWRK 220-Mrs. Woods, SWRK 560-Dr. Dilday, CRJC 333-Dr. DeValve, and two sections of NURS 430-Ms. Hamlin). If you are interested in using service-learning in your course, please visit the CCJ&SL to learn more about how we can support you in facilitating service-learning opportunities for your students. The CCJ&SL is more than service-learning! The CCJ&SL team assists with co-sponsoring a variety of public forums. During the Fall 2011 semester, we co-sponsored the Peace in the Streets public event with Ms. Lynda Simmons of the Brian Eddie Foundation on October 21, Stress, Tran-quility, and Resiliency Training for graduate students with Dr. Michael DeValve and Dr. Cary Ad-kinson of the Department of Criminal Justice on October 25, Re-Entry Employment Roundtable on November 1, and the Racial Justice Act public forum on November 10. The CCJ&SL is also host-ing Graphical Information Systems Workshops conducted by Dr. Rakesh Malhotra, Assistant Pro-fessor of Geography within the Department of Government and History, providing training on using ArcGIS Desktop software. For more information on CCJ&SL contact Ms. Melissa Lyons at: MLLyon01@uncfsu.edu or 910-672– 2484.

We need to have many more volunteers willing to work the small disasters in this region. One of the first rules of disaster work is not to become part of the disaster so all of us need to make plans now for what you and your family should do in case of any of the big or small disasters that could happen. During my relatively short tenure working disaster response, I noticed most renters do not have renters insurance. Many of our clients are poor and others just make bad money decisions such that most do not have any emergency money either. Perhaps parents should give renters insurance as gifts! Having experience in both big and small disasters al-lowed me to become an instructor to help train more volunteers. In this capacity, I discovered two more CAS faculty who are training to serve. If you are interested in more information, contact Dr. Jeff Brooks at: jbrooks@uncfsu.edu or 910-672-1955. (Photo for story contributed by Bill Rasool).

(CAS and Community Outreach, Disaster preparedness, cont. from page3)

CAS and Center for Community Justice and Service Learning

One of the first rules of disaster work is not to be-come part of the disaster — Jeff Brooks

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In September 2010, Dr. Afua O. Arhin joined the FSU family as chair of the department of nursing, a department of one faculty and seven students. Prior to her arrival, the program had been suspended and was in need of transfor-mation. Under the direction of Dr. Arhin, in January 2011, the department re-applied for the pre-licensure program/curriculum through the NC Board of Nursing and was reinstated on May 20, 2011. The department has also main-

tained its accreditation through the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, (CCNE). The curriculum was changed, classes were eliminated and a new and revised program was implemented. Today the nursing department has five full-time faculty members, one adjunct profes-sor, a student adviser and boasts an enrollment of 150 students. The de-partment offers a Bachelor of Science in Nursing pre-licensure/generic curriculum, which leads to taking the licensure exam at the end of four years; a Registered Nurse (RN) to BSN program, where students are al-ready licensed but still in need of key pre-requisites; or the BSN program in which they can enter the program with an Associates degree. Clearly, the department has progressed and developed a blueprint for success in the future. Dr. Arhin is excited that the department will graduate its first stu-dent in the Fall of 2014. Passionate about nursing in general, Dr. Arhin is particularly concerned about existing health disparities, and attributes much of this problem to disparities of health professionals. According to Dr. Arhin, the Institute of Medicine’s 2010 report recommended that by 2020. 80 percent of all Registered Nurses should have a Bachelor’s degree in nursing. Currently, 65 percent have nursing degrees. What is disturbing is that, according to Dr. Arhin, only 5.5 percent of the Registered Nurses are African-American, 3 per-cent or 4 percent are Asian and only 1 percent are Native American. Thus, the department places a strong emphasis on cultural competence among healthcare professionals. Nurses need to be able to relate and understand the culture that they are servicing. Dr. Arhin stated that nursing is one of the hardest majors and that students also need to be Science and Math oriented. Dr. Arhin does not take sole responsibility for the progress of the department. She maintains that she has a great cohort of faculty and describes her faculty as ―phenomenal.‖ She further attrib-utes the productivity of the department on ―happy faculty,‖ stating that ―happy faculty make produc-tive faculty.‖ (Contributed by Dr. Sherree Davis / Photo by Dr. Kelli Cardenas Walsh)

New Faculty: Ms. Polly Boyer Mrs. Mary B. Dickey Ms. Carol M. Hamlin Dr. Eun Jin Lee Dr. Judith C. Mann Ms. Jacinta M. Williams, student advisor

Extreme Make-Over: Nursing Department

CAS Assistant Chairs

Biological Sciences - Lieceng Zhu Government and History- Diane White-Oyler Chemistry and Physics - Jianshi Wu Math and Computer Science- Radoslav Nikolov Communication - Eugene Almeida Performing and Fine Arts - Jonathan Chestnut Criminal Justice – Elizabeth Quinn Psychology – David Wallace English – Eric Hyman Sociology – Roger Klomegah Two departments, Nursing and World Languages and Cultures, do not have assistant chairs this year.

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Students, Faculty Present at the American Psychological Association Conference

When: August, 2011 Where: Washington D.C. Title: "Generosity and Psychological Well-Being" Student authorship on presentation: Gloria Wells, Elise Fleming, Kelly Fields, Angela Spears, Joanne Youngblood, Taria Bonaparte, Wilbert Nichols, and Reginald Felton Faculty authorship: Dr. Mei-Chuan Wang and Dr. Kimberly Tran Wang, M.-C., Tran, K.K., Wells, G., Fleming, E., Fields, K., Spears. A., Youngblood, J.., Bonaparte, T., Nichols, W., Felton, R. (2011) Gener-osity, gratitude and psychological well-being. Poster presentation. American Psychological Association Annual Conference, Washington, D.C.

Conference Highlights

In order from left to right: Dr. Kimberly Tran, Joanne Youngblood, Kelly Fields, Elise Flem-ing, Dr. Mei-Chuan Wang, Gloria Wells and Angela Spears (not pictured). (Photo and Conference information provided by Dr. Kim-berly Tran)

Dr. Hilary Barnes (WLC), Assistant Professor Spanish, was awarded a research grant from FSU and conducted research on Spanish-Veneto bilingualism in Puebla, Mexico, Summer 2011. In October of 2011, in collaboration with Jim Michnowicz (NC State), she presented a poster at the Hispanic Linguistic Symposium at the Univer-sity of Georgia. The presentation was entitled "Intonation in two contact varieties in Mexico: Chipilo and Yucatan Spanish." She also presented a paper at the 26th Linguistics Symposium: Language Death, Endanger-ment, Documentation, and Revitalization at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. The paper was entitled "Identity as a tool in language main-tenance: The case of Veneto in Mexico".

Dr. Barnes on standing atop of Monte Grappa in Chipilo, Mexico with Eduardo Crivelli, who is a member of the Chipilo community. (Photo submitted by Dr. Barnes.)

Dr. Mohammed Siddique, Professor of Mathematics, chaired and served on the advisory committee and/or pre-sented at five international conferences in 2011. His most recent include serving on the International Advisory Commit-tee for the 4th International Conference on Intelligent Robot-ics and Applications held Dec 6-8, 2011 in Aachen, Germany and Program Co-Chair at the International Conference on Design and Modeling in Science Education and Technology: DeMset 2011 in Orlando Florida November 29-December 2, 2011. For more information on Dr. Siddique’s work, go to http://faculty.uncfsu.edu/msiddiqu/

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January

6: Textile of CommUnity: Quilts from the African American Quilt Circle, Rosenthal Gallery. Runs through 2/26/2012

7: First Day of Classes

16: MLK Celebration Concert, Seabrook Auditorium, 7:00 p.m.

17: Angela Davis, Seabrook Auditorium, 7:00 pm. Chancellor’s Distinguished Speaker Series (CDSS)

30: Percussion recital—Dr. Don Parker, Seabrook Auditorium, 7:00 p.m. February

5: Duke Ellington’s Sacred Concert, Seabrook Auditorium, 4:00 p.m.

7: Charles E. Jones, Seabrook Auditorium, 2:00 pm. (CDSS)

23-25: Commonly Uncommon - Student Work. Butler Theatre, Contact PFA for details

24: Lula Washington Dance Theater, Seabrook Auditorium, 7:00 p.m. March

2: 2012 Biennial: FSU Visual Art Faculty Exhibition, Rosenthal Gallery. Runs through 4/8/2012

3-9: Spring Break

6: Kim D. Saunders, Seabrook Auditorium, 2:00 pm. (CDSS)

17: 24 Hour Theater Project, Butler Theatre, 7:30 p.m.

29: A new play — by Walter Allen Bennett, Butler Theatre, 7:30 p.m.

30-31: Student Plays and Shorts, Butler Theatre, Contact PFA for more information April

17: CAS Honors and Awards Ceremony

19-22: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Butler Theatre, Contact PFA for times

22: FSU Concert Choir Performance Contact PFA for more information

27: Opus II: A Benefit for the PFA, featuring Dianne Reeves, Seabrook Auditorium 8:00 p.m.

29: FSU Concert Band Performance, Contact PFA for more information

May

5: Spring Commencement

CAS Intersession Learning on Location courses for Summer 2012 (at time of publication):

Look for the spring schedule of Chinese movie week where the Department of World Languages and Cultures, will feature Chinese martial arts films from mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.

ART 362, DANC 210, and THEA 350 will spend a week in the museums, dance studios, and theatres of New York City and an entire day with Tony-award winning choreog-rapher George Faison, Ademola Olugebefola, and other professional New York artists. POLI 431 students will attend seminars on Wall Street, the United Nations, and US Congress. SOCI 420 students will do field research in the Winton Tri-angle with Marvin Jones, Executive Director of the Chowan Discovery Group. HUMN 212 will visit the NC Art Museum in Raleigh, NC; the Nasher Gallery in Durham NC; and the Ackland Art Museum in Chapel Hill, NC. HIST 460 will have class on site at local military muse-ums, historical landmarks, and battlefields. Intercession runs from May 16 to June 1. For a current and final schedule, check with the Summer School office at www.uncfsu.edu/summerschool/

The CAS Newsletter is edited by Dr. Angela Taylor (CJ) Dr. Kelli Cardenas Walsh (HIST) Story Contributors Dean David Barlow Dr. Jeff Brooks Dr. Sherree Davis Mr. Kevin Dilley Dr. Heather Griffiths Ms. Socorro Hernan-dez Hinek Ms. Melissa Lyon Dr. Jane Smith Dr. Hongbing Zhang Photo Contributors Bill Rasool Dr. Kelli Cardenas Walsh Ms. Socorro Hernan-dez Hinek If your CAS program has news for the next issue, please forward to: ataylo14@uncfsu.edu and kwalsh@uncfsu.edu

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