Awards and Achievements

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|bold_on|Pat Owens of Owens Photography created a print that was accepted into the General Collection of the International Exposition of Professional Photography. Titled "Pure Adrenaline," the entry and more than 3,250 other photographic works constituted the world's largest annual exhibit of professional photography gathered simultaneously under one roof.|ret||ret||tab|

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Education|ret||ret||tab|

|bold_on|Kristine Kaatz, PhD, assistant director for the Center for Social Science and Public Policy Research and|bold_on| James Kaatz, PhD, assistant professor of political science, were awarded $21,450 from the city of Festus for their project entitled, "Comprehensive Personnel and Compensation System for the City of Festus."|ret||ret||tab|

|bold_on| Joyce Dana, PhD, director of the Southwest Regional Professional Development Center, received $231,525 from the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education for the funding of the center's programs.|ret||ret||tab|

|bold_on|Gina Powell, PhD, a research archaeologist in the Center for Archaeological Research, was awarded $1,884.51 from Carlson, Goodman, Woodward Properties Inc./Housing and Urban Development for her project entitled, "Phase I Cultural Resources Survey for Countryview Estates, Buffalo."|ret||ret||tab|

Three Drury faculty members were chosen for special recognition at the academic year's first convocation. |bold_on|Thomas Parker, MFA, art and art history professor, received the faculty award for teaching. |bold_on|Charles Ess, PhD, philosophy, received the faculty award for scholarship. |bold_on|Clifton Petty, PhD, associate professor of business administration, received the faculty award for leadership. |ret||ret||tab|

Southwest Missouri State University announced several faculty awards and achievements.|bold_on| Pauline Nugent, PhD, associate professor of modern and classical languages, recently presented a paper entitled "St. Jerome: On Translation" at the annual meeting of the North American Patristic Society.|ret||ret||tab|

|bold_on| David Dixon, PhD, assistant to the president, was awarded $10,000 from Brown University, Providence, R.I., for the project "Missouri Campus Contact." |bold_on|Robert Pavlowsky, PhD, and |bold_on|Rex Cammack, PhD, both assistant professors of geography, geology and planning, and |bold_on|Richand Biagioni, PhD, associate professor of chemistry, were awarded $72,000 for the project "Influence Land Use and Riparian Buffers on Channel Morphology and Sediment Properties, Little Sac Watershed." |bold_on|Wenxiong Chen, PhD, associate professor of mathematics, was awarded $57,750 from the National Science Foundation for the project "Nonlinear PED's in Geometric Analysis." |bold_on|Hsiu-Ping Liu, PhD, assistant professor of biology, was awarded $20,627 from the Smithsonian Institute for the project "Springsnails Pyrgulopsis, a Model Group for Testing Hypotheses of Historical Biogeography of Western North America." |bold_on|Dale Wasson PhD, and |bold_on|Joe Bell, PhD, both professors of economics, were awarded $14,900 from the Oklahoma Tax Commission for the project "Oklahoma Individual Income Tax Micro-Simulation Model." |bold_on|Rhonda Ridinger, PhD, and |bold_on|Reba Sims, PhD, professor and assistant professor, respectively, of health, physical education and recreation, were awarded $14,800 from the Lebanon R-III School District for the third addenum of the project "Preparation of the Preservice Teachers in HPE 2000." |bold_on| John Havel, PhD, and |bold_on|Russell Rhodes, PhD, associate professor and professor of biology, respectively, were awarded $21,835 from the University of Missouri-Columbia for the project "Water quality in the White River Watershed: Data Synthesis and Dynamics of Planktonic Communities."|ret||ret||tab|

|bold_on|Charles Hedrick, PhD, professor of religious studies, published a paper titled "Secret Mark: New Photographs, New Witnesses." The article was published in the Sept./Oct. issue of the Fourth R Magazine by the Westar Institute in California. |bold_on||bold_on||ret||ret||tab|

|bold_on|Debi Richardson, associate planner for the Center for Research Planning and Management received $23,750 from the city of Rogersville for her project, "City of Rogersville Grant Writing and Administration." |bold_on|Timothy Weyers, director of the Southwest Missouri Area Health Education Center (AHEC), was elected to the National AHEC Organization Board in Fort Worth, Texas. Weyers also was elected to the position of board secretary at the meeting. |bold_on||bold_on||ret||ret||tab|

|bold_on|John Avery, research associate of fruit science, received a grant-in-aid award of $1,000 from Plaisance Viticulture to test a grape cultivar for grape viruses. |ret||ret||tab|

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Finance |ret||ret||tab|

|bold_on|Paula Dougherty, a financial adviser with the Springfield office of American Express Financial Advisors Inc., received a high score from her clients for the quality of client service she provides.|ret||ret||tab|

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Government|ret||ret||tab|

Greene County Commissioner |bold_on|Darrell Decker was reappointed to the National Association of Counties Justice and Public Safety Steering Commitee.|ret||ret||tab|

The Springfield Police Department promoted two of its employees. Sgt.|bold_on| Don Fuhr was promoted to lieutenant. |bold_on|Norma Stanley was promoted from police services representative to police services shift leader.|ret||ret||tab|

|bold_on|John Brooks, director of emergency communications, was honored by the Missouri chapter of the National Emergency Numbers Association as the year 2000 recipient of the Major Gerald Hollander Award. The award is the association's highest honor, and was given in recognition of Brooks' distinguished service.|ret||ret||tab|

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