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Missouri State University and College of the Ozarks are among the higher-learning institutions named to the 2007 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll by The Corporation for National and Community Service. MSU was granted a place on the honor roll with distinction for exemplary service efforts and service to disadvantaged youth. This is the second year College of the Ozarks has been on the honor roll, the highest federal recognition schools can receive for their commitment to service learning and civic engagement.
David Hays, associate professor of music at Missouri State University, received the 2008 Collegiate Educator of the Year honor from the Missouri String Teachers Association during the group’s Jan. 24 conference. Hays earned his bachelor’s degree from Indiana State University and his master’s degree and doctorate in music from Northwestern University.
The Missouri Colleges Fund received a $10,000 donation from the Chrysler Foundation. The funds will be used for scholarships by MCF’s member schools, which include Drury and Evangel universities in Springfield and Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar.
Joe Sartorius joined Southwest Baptist University to teach courses in the five degree programs SBU offers in the St. Louis area.
Sartorius, former St. Louis special education services director and Lindbergh school district principal, is part of SBU’s graduate faculty of education.
A book by Missouri State University instructor of English Mara Cohen-Ioannides was chosen as a runner-up for the 2007 National Jewish Book Award in the children and young-adult literature category. The book, “A Shout in the Sunshine,” is Cohen-Ioannides’ first novel.
Pam Hedgpeth, who will retire in June from her post as superintendent of schools in Republic, has joined the graduate faculty of Southwest Baptist University. In fall 2008, she will begin teaching courses in principalship and superintendency, drawing on her experience in educational administration.
Michael Cassity, professor and director of music therapy at Drury University, received a $122,640 grant from the Lawrence and Barry County Tax Boards for the Developmentally Disabled to provide music therapy services to disabled residents in those counties. This is the fourth consecutive grant to fund a music therapy clinic in Monett. The clinic is a satellite of Drury’s center for music therapy and wellness.
Lifeng Dong, professor of physics and astronomy at Missouri State University, was awarded a grant from the American Chemical Society for his work on developing a novel approach for controlled synthesis of single-walled carbon nanotube-supported platinum nanoparticle catalysts for applications in fuel cells and solar cells. In late 2007, he was awarded the Visiting Scientist Fellowship from the National Center for Electron Microscopy at Berkeley Lawrence National Laboratory. He will use the state-of-the-art electron microscopy facility located at Berkeley, with the aim of overcoming problems impeding the development of nanotube-supported platinum catalysts.
Evangel University’s chapter of Alpha Chi received a Star chapter award, which it will receive in March at Alpha Chi’s Region IV conference. Criteria for the award include sponsoring a scholarly program on campus and having at least one student presentation at regional and national conventions.
Pat Platter, an attorney with Neale & Newman LLP, joined the adjunct faculty at Webster University’s Ozarks regional campus, where he teaches legal issues in the school’s security management degree program. Platter earned his law degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia and has been a partner with Neale & Newman since 2005.
Tabitha Haynes, assistant director of disability services at Missouri State University, was appointed webmaster for the executive board of the Missouri Association on Higher Education and Disability. The association works to provide full participation for persons with disabilities in higher education by sponsoring workshops, developing resource materials and making presentations to community and professional organizations.
Katheryne Staeger-Wilson, director of disability services at Missouri State University, was appointed to serve on the Missouri Statewide Independent Living Council. The council is a governor-appointed board responsible for developing, submitting and supervising the implementation of the State Plan for Independent Living. The council also advocates for disability rights, conducts studies and works to expand independent living services.
Great Southern Bank has pledged $26,500 over the next five years to Drury University for on-campus safety and security initiatives. The first installment of the money will provide pedestrian crosswalk signs and security cameras for parking lots that aren’t currently monitored.
Patrick Moser, associate professor of languages at Drury University, helped the school secure a $20,000 grant from the CW Titus Foundation for 10 scholarships that students will use to study abroad this summer.
Funds will be awarded based on a demonstrated commitment to a foreign language. In addition to Moser, Darla Harmon and Meagan Smith of Drury’s office of institutional development, and Patricia McEachern, associate professor of French, also were key in securing the grant.
Three Evangel University professors will be presenters at the third joint meeting of the Society for Pentecostal Studies and Wesleyan Theological Society March 13–15 in Durham, N.C. Steve Badger, Ph.D., professor of chemistry, and Michael Tenneson, Ph.D., professor of biology, will present “Teaching Origins to Pentecostal College Students and Measuring the Beliefs of Pentecostal Students About Origins.” Jeff Hittenberger, Ph.D., professor of education, will present “Global Pentecostal Renaissance? Reflections on Pentecostalism, Higher Education and Culture.”
W. Randolph Tate, Ph.D., professor of humanities at Evangel University, presented a paper in February at the annual meeting of the Greater Springfield Professors of Bible, held at Baptist Bible College. His paper is titled “Cul-de-sacs in the Gospel of Mark.”
Martin Middlestadt, Ph.D., associate professor of New Testament at Evangel University, and Hittenberger coauthored a paper, “Power and Powerlessness in Pentecostal Theology: A Review Essay on Amos Yong’s ‘Theology and Down Syndrome: Reimagining Disability in Late Modernity,’” which Middlestadt presented at the same meeting. The paper also will be published in the spring 2008 edition of Pneuma.
Missouri State University seniors Doug Stelle, Daniel Botts, Keo San and Zach Blanton; and junior Jeff Creamer recently won the annual American Concrete Institute international concrete construction competition. The students, advised by Steven McCrary, developed a solution to a typical problem for construction managers.
Patrick J. Donadio joined Evangel University as chaplain for graduate and professional studies. In this newly created position, Donadio will offer spiritual counsel and encourage personal Christian disciplines to graduate and adult students. Donadio, who served as the director of U.S. MAPS or the Assemblies of God in Springfield, has served as a chaplain in the public sector. Most recently, he worked with Global Teen Challenge raising funds and recruiting teams to help build Teen Challenge facilities overseas. [[In-content Ad]]
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