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Arkansas Women in Statistics and Mathematics To Meet
-- Posted by tfisher on Friday, September 24 2004

The UA Arkansas Women in Statistics and Mathematics (AWSM, pronounced "awesome") is a student-registered organization that was created in 2002 as a discussion and support group for women students in the mathematical sciences(undergraduate and graduate) at the University of Arkansas. AWSM will have their first meeting at 4:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 27, in SCEN 350. For further information about AWSM or the meeting please check their Web-site at http://comp.uark.edu/~awsm or contact the officers Camille Lewis-Satchell, president, at cxl08@uark.edu or April Gentry, vice-president, at chgentr@uark.edu.

Workshop Helps Engineering Educators Teach Problem-Solving Skills
-- Posted by tfisher on Friday, September 24 2004

After receiving a doctorate in a given field, many graduates become college-level instructors. But have they ever received training in education? Have they learned effective teaching techniques? Generally not, according to James Stice.

Stice, the Bob R. Dorsey Professor of Engineering at the University of Texas, Austin, has spent his career developing programs to teach college-level instructors to be effective educators, particularly in engineering. He will offer a free, hands-on workshop at 4:30 p.m. Monday, September 27, in the Reynolds Center Auditorium. "How to Teach Problem Solving" features four exercises that will demonstrate effective methods of teaching critical thinking skills.

To read more about the event, please go to http://advancement.uark.edu/news/SEP04/sticerelease.html

UA Alumna, Poet Beth Ann Fennelly to Read
-- Posted by tfisher on Wednesday, September 22 2004

Poet Beth Ann Fennelly, a graduate of the Creative Writing Program at the University of Arkansas, will visit the campus the week of September 20-24. Her visit, sponsored by the UA Programs in Creative Writing and Translation and the department of English and funded in part by the Walton Foundation, will include a reading at 8 p.m., Sept. 23, in Kimpel Hall, room 102. The reading is free and open to the public.

Fennelly is the author of two books of poetry. "Open House" was published in 2001 and won the Kenyon Review Prize for Poetry, the GLCCA New Writer's Award and was a Book Sense Top Ten Poetry Pick. Her second book, "Tender Hooks," was published by W. W. Norton in April 2004. She lives in Oxford, Miss., with her husband, fiction writer Tom Franklin, and their daughter, Claire.

Chancellor John A. White To Give 2004 State of the University Address
-- Posted by tfisher on Wednesday, September 22 2004

Chancellor John A. White will address the progress of the University of Arkansas in his fifth-annual State of the University address at 1:15 p.m. Friday, Sept. 24, at the UARK Theatre located on the fourth floor of the Arkansas Student Union. The University community, media and public are invited to attend.

Reserved parking will be available in the UA parking deck, accessible from Stadium Drive. Additional parking is available in Lot 44, north of Reynolds Razorback Stadium.

Black Graduate Students Association to Meet
-- Posted by tfisher on Tuesday, September 21 2004

The UA Black Graduate Student's Association will meet from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 23, at the Multicultural Center in the Arkansas Union. The BGSA is an organization that encourages and promotes excellence in teaching, research and service among graduate students of African descent. The BGSA also disseminates information to students of African descent pertaining to academic, financial, and social needs. The Black Graduate Student Association is open to all students at the University of Arkansas, regardless of race, creed, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, or physical disabilities who support the purposes, goals and ideas of the organization.

For more information, please contact the Black Graduate Student's Association at BGSA@uark.edu.

Workshop to be Held for Students Planning To Apply for NSF Graduate Fellowships
-- Posted by tfisher on Tuesday, September 21 2004

The Office of Post-Graduate Fellowship will hold a workshop for seniors and first-year graduate students planning to apply for a National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship at 2 p.m. tomorrow, Sept. 22, in Giffels Auditorium in Old Main. These fellowships cover fields in mathematics, science, engineering and social sciences. Susan Burkett, as UA associate professor in electrical engineering and a member of an NSF selection committee, will discuss the nut and bolts of the application process, and will provide helpful strategies for applying successfully.

NSF stipends are $27,500 for a 12-month tenure and can be renewed for three years. In addition to the funds for stipend payments, the NSF provides the fellowship institution, on behalf of each fellow, a cost-of-education allowance of $10,500 per tenure year. For more information on NSF awards or the National Science Foundation, log onto their Web site at www.nsf.gov.

This year five UA students - a record number - received 2004 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Fellowships, and six also received honorable mentions.

For more information, contact Suzanne McCray in the Honors College at 575-7678.

UA Alum Wins for Best Dissertation on American West History
-- Posted by tfisher on Monday, September 20 2004

Gary Zellar, who took his Ph.D. in history from the U of A in August 2003, has won the Phi Alpha Theta/Westerners International Award for the best dissertation on the history of the American West. The award will be presented at the Western History Association Annual Conference slated for October 13-16 in Las Vegas. Earlier in the year Zellar also received the award for the best dissertation on Oklahoma history from the Oklahoma Historical Society and a book based on the dissertation will be published by the University of Oklahoma Press in the fall of 2005 under the title "Este luste: African Creeks and the Creek Nation."

Zellar's dissertation, "If I Ain't One, You Won't Find Another One Here: Race, Identity, Citizenship, and Land; the African Creek Experience in the Indian Territory and Oklahoma, 1830-1910" deals with a topic that has only recently received attention from scholars - how the dynamics of race and identity expressed themselves in American Indian culture and tribal politics from the time of the first contact between people of African descent and Creek Indians in the early colonial period up through Oklahoma statehood.

UA Professor Elliott West directed Zellar's dissertation work.

Joseph Key, another one of West's doctoral students, also won the Phi Alpha Theta award in 2001 for his dissertation "Masters of This Country: The Quapaws and Environmental Change in Arkansas, 1673-1833."

Recent Journalism Graduate Receives National Accolades
-- Posted by tfisher on Wednesday, September 15 2004

A recent graduate of the Walter J. Lemke Department of Journalism at the University of Arkansas recently received national recognition for his editorial cartoons published in the Arkansas Traveler last year. Dusty Higgins, who is now a graduate student in journalism, was named a Mark of Excellence national winner at the convention of the Society of Professional Journalists, held in New York Sept. 9-11. The competition has been recognizing outstanding student journalism since 1972. Higgins received the only national award given for cartooning.

Higgins, who is from Benton, has been drawing cartoons since the first grade. "I was yelled at by a teacher in elementary school once for finishing a cartoon on a worksheet," he said. He continues to draw for the Arkansas Traveler. He also draws for the Northwest Arkansas Times, the Arkansas Times and the Benton County Daily Record.

UA Grad Student Discovers Order in Knots
-- Posted by tfisher on Monday, September 13 2004

Jacob Hendricks, 2004 UA graduate and the first year graduate student at the UA department of mathematical sciences who is also a recipient of the distinguished doctoral fellowship (a part of the Walton Family Charity Support Foundation's endowment to the university), has a research article accepted in the prestigious Journal of Algebraic and Geometric Topology. Studying with assistant professor Yo'av Rieck, Hendricks investigated the problem of "how knots look in space, showing that certain knots in space cannot be simplified."

Engineering Professor to Deliver Paper at International Conference
-- Posted by tfisher on Monday, September 13 2004

Dr. Leonard Schaper, UA professor of electrical engineering, will present an invited paper at the International Conference on Solid State Devices and Materials (SSDM) in Tokyo on September 16. SSDM is the oldest and most prestigious solid-state conference in Japan.

His paper is entitled "Process Realization for 3-D ICs using Fine Pitch Through-Silicon Vias." Co-authors include Dr. Susan Burkett, associate professor of electrical engineering, and graduate students Silke Spiesshoefer, Gowtham Vangara, Ziaur Rahman and Swetha Polamreddy. The paper is a review of the work done at UA on the DARPA VISA (Vertically Integrated Sensor Arrays) program. The invitation to present at SSDM was extended by Dr. Kenji Takahashi, head of 3-D IC development at Japan's ASET (Association of Super-Advanced Electronic Technologies) Laboratory, and is a reflection of UA's position as one of the world leaders in advanced 3-D IC stacking technology.

While in Japan, Schaper will also present an invited talk entitled "The Potential for Very Dense Electronics" at the NEC Sagamihara Research Center west of Tokyo. This Center houses the new Japanese industry-wide System-on-Chip research consortium, and is thus Japan's leading center for dense IC integration technologies.

Health Insurance Available for Grad Students
-- Posted by tfisher on Monday, September 13 2004

Graduate students who have an assistantship and are 50% appointed (20 hours a week) are eligible to purchase student health insurance at a discounted yearly rate of 40% of the cost of the policy. The forms may be completed at the University Health Center or the form is also available at the Health Center Web site. The deadline for enrollment is September 17. If you have questions you may contact Pam Delaney, 575-4406 or e-mail at pdelane@uark.edu

New Grad Student Resources at Career Center
-- Posted by tfisher on Wednesday, September 8 2004

The University Career Development Center has recently added new resources for graduate students on campus. Identifying a need to provide intentional career services for graduate students, Barbara Batson, Collis Geren and Pat Koski set out to determine what graduate students need and expect from the Career Center. The Walton College Career Development Center has provided intentional career services to graduate students since the summer of 1999. New to the University Career Development Center this fall are a student newsletter, expanded communication process with graduate faculty, a Graduate Resources Manual in the Center, and a GA hired to be the contact person for these programs. For more information, call the Career Development Center at 575-2805.

Walton College Alumnus Donates Doctoral Fellowship
-- Posted by tfisher on Thursday, September 2 2004

Alumnus Larry T. Wilson is helping to recruit highly qualified doctoral candidates to the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas.

Wilson has donated $125,000 to establish the Larry T. Wilson Doctoral Fellowship in the Walton College. The gift will be matched by $125,000 from the Walton Family Charitable Support Foundation's $300 million gift. The match will help create a fellowship endowment of $250,000, which will generate investment returns to support the education and research endeavors of highly capable doctoral students.

"We are very grateful to Larry for his support of the Walton College," said Dean Doyle Z. Williams. "There is a critical need for top doctoral students to graduate and fill teaching positions in business schools. This gift will make an impact on our doctoral program for fall 2005."

Wilson, who received a degree in industrial management in 1970 and an M.B.A. from the Walton College in 1971, is chairman, president, and CEO of First Arkansas Bank & Trust in Jacksonville, Ark. In 2003, the Walton College awarded Wilson the Alumni Outstanding Service Award for his commitment and many hours of service to the Walton College and the University of Arkansas. He has led the Walton College's Campaign for the Twenty-First Century committee since it was launched in 2001. Wilson has been a member of the College's Dean's Executive Advisory Board since 1997 and has provided valuable direction for the growth of the college.

To read the full release, please go to http://advancement.uark.edu/news/SEP04/WillsonDoctoral.html

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