Michael Johnson, associate professor, Modern and Classical Languages, delivered his paper “Waffling and Other Sins of the Tongue in a Fourteenth-Century Classroom” in the section “Multilingualism in the Middle Ages” at the 42nd annual International Congress on Medieval Studies at Western Michigan University, in Kalamazoo, Michigan, May 10–13.
Jean Gounard, director, International Student Affairs, was interviewed on October 6 on channels 4 and 20 about the sixth annual Buffalo State College Conference for Peace and its many positive aspects affecting Buffalo State and the larger Western New York community.
Robert Delprino, associate professor, Psychology, andMaureen Lindstrom, associate director for information commons, E. H. Butler Library, presented a continuing education workshop titled “Oh No, Not Another Assessment Project! How to Keep People Motivated to Participate and to Care about Outcomes Assessment” at the 2007 New York Librarian Association Annual Conference, held at the Buffalo Niagara Convention Center October 17–20.
Robert Delprino, associate professor, Psychology, andMaureen Lindstrom, associate director for information commons, E. H. Butler Library, presented a continuing education workshop titled “Oh No, Not Another Assessment Project! How to Keep People Motivated to Participate and to Care about Outcomes Assessment” at the 2007 New York Librarian Association Annual Conference, held at the Buffalo Niagara Convention Center October 17–20.
Vida Vanchan, lecturer, Geography and Planning, presented a paper titled “The Competitive Characteristics of U.S. Firms in the Industrial Design Sector: Empirical Evidence from a National Survey” at the 54th Annual North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International in Savannah, Georgia, November 7–10.
Paul Theobald, Woods-Beals Endowed Chair, Center for Excellence in Urban and Rural Education, and John Siskar, visual arts liaison to the dean, School of Arts and Humanities, have contributed the chapter “Where Diversity and Community Can Converge” to the bookPlace-Based Education in the Global Age (Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, August 2007).
Paul Theobald, Woods-Beals Endowed Chair, Center for Excellence in Urban and Rural Education, and John Siskar, visual arts liaison to the dean, School of Arts and Humanities, have contributed the chapter “Where Diversity and Community Can Converge” to the bookPlace-Based Education in the Global Age (Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, August 2007).
The Writer magazine will publish an article by Thomas Renzi, coordinator of tutorial services, Academic Skills Center, titled “Writing Like the Dickens” in its February 2008 issue. The article discusses how writers can use connotation to enhance description and define character.
Elizabeth Peña, director, Art Conservation, and Susan Maguire, lecturer, Anthropology, have been named editor and associate editor of Northeast Historical Archaeology (NEHA). NEHA is the peer-reviewed journal of the Council for Northeast Historical Archaeology. The journal publishes materials dealing with the archaeology of the northeastern United States and eastern Canada during the historical period.
Susan Mary Paige, lecturer, Exceptional Education, presented “Critical Thinking: An Essential Disposition for the Preservice Special Education Teacher” at the annual conference of the Teacher Education Division (TED) of the Council for Exceptional Children, held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, November 7–10.