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The Career Development Center in Thomas Hall is sponsoring several events of interest to students. Please share the following:

RESUME CLINICS
September 8- 22
11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Student Union Contact Table

MOCK INTERVIEWS
September 15-19
Career Development Center
3rd floor, John E. Thomas Hall

NETWORKING 101:
Prepare for the Fair!
Wednesday, September 17
2:00-3:00 p.m.
Roan Mountain, Student Union

EMPLOYER PANEL
Monday, September 22
5:00-6:00 p.m.
Price Lake, Student Union

FALL 2008 FAIRS
JOBFEST
Tuesday, September 23, 1:00-4:00 p.m.
Broyhill Inn & Conference Center

ETIQUETTE LUNCHEON
Friday, November 7
11:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
Broyhill Inn & Conference Center

For details on these and other events, visit www.careers.appstate.edu

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Ruth Ann Strickland (Government and Justice Studies) published a book titled “Campaign and Election Reform” (2008, 2d edition) with ABC-CLIO. The book is co-authored with Glenn Utter (Lamar University).

Ruth Ann Strickland (Government and Justice Studies) published a book chapter titled “North Carolina’s Judicial System: The Forgotten Branch” (Chapter 8, pages 175-203) in “The New Politics of North Carolina,” eds. Christopher A. Cooper and H. Gibbs Knotts with University of North Carolina Press 2008.

Barbara H. Zaitzow (Government and Justice Studies) attended the American Correctional Association (ACA) meeting in New Orleans Aug. 8-13 where she served as a speaker for the workshop “Forging Mutually Beneficial Partnerships Between Corrections and the College Campus.” 

Zaitzow, who serves as the faculty advisor for the Appalachian Student Chapter of the American Correctional Association (ASCACA), accompanied five Appalachian students to the conference where they participated in a variety of corrections-related events, including attendance at workshops, a prison tour, and competing in the national student poster competition. 

The four students who competed in the national ACA Student Poster competition were  Erin Cooke (Psychology) who shared her paper “The Day The World Trade Center Came Tumbling Down: College Student Attitudes and Responses to Terrorism”; Rebecca Gibson (Government and Justice Studies and Psychology) who shared her paper “But They’re Just Kids: The Juvenile Death Penalty Debate”; Zachary Mozingo (Government and Justice Studies and Psychology) who shared his paper “Juvenile Psychopathy: Re-Application Of A Medical Model Approach To The Conduct Of Youth”; and Lauren Benoist (Psychology) whose paper “D.A.R.E. To Keep Punishment Just: Examining Alternatives to Incarceration” won first place in the undergraduate competition. 

Wilson Breck Kennerly (Government and Justice Studies) will share his paper “Swamplands, Rodeos and Hurricanes…Oh My: A Case Study of the Louisiana State Penitentiary (‘The Farm’)” at a future conference. His paper is based on his observations and discussions with staff and inmates during the special tour that Zaitzow arranged of the Louisiana State Penitentiary (Angola Prison).

The student participants were recognized at receptions in their honor. 

For further information about the ASCACA and future activities, contact Barbara Zaitzow at zaitzowbh@appstate.edu.

Sheri Clark (Counseling and Psychological Services Center ) was awarded the Outstanding Early Career Contribution to Counseling Center Work award by the Section for University and College Counseling Centers of the American Psychological Association (APA) at the association’s convention in Boston Aug. 15. Clark is staff psychologist, and coordinator of master’s level training and coordinator of group therapy programs of the Counseling and Psychological Services Center

Death penalty opponent Sister Helen Prejean will present the talk “Dead Man Walking-The Journey Continues” Thursday, Aug. 28, at 7 p.m. in Farthing Auditorium. Prejean is a Nobel Peace Prize nominee and author of “Dead Man Walking” and “The Death of Innocents.” A question and answer period will follow the talk. In addition, moratorium petitions will be available for signing and copies of Prejean’s books will be available for purchase and signing. For more information, contact Dr. Barbara H. Zaitzow in the Department of Government and Justice Studies at zaitzowbh@appstate.edu.

Eli Bentor (Art) was awarded a Senior Fellowship at the National Museum of African Art and the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., for the 2008-09 academic year.  He will conduct research on masquerade festivals in Southeastern Nigeria.

Dan Jones (Counseling and Psychological Services Center) delivered a presentation on the “Pragmatics of Training Interns in Group Therapy” at the American Psychological Association (APA) convention in Boston Aug. 15. Jones is director and chief psychologist of the Counseling and Psychological Services Center.

Mark Malloy (technology) has been invited to speak at a seminar titled “Teaching in the Digital Age” at the 2008 PDN PhotoPlus International Conference and Expo in New York City in October. Sponsored by Nikon and Photo District News, Malloy will speak on the subject of Web-based critiques using LiveBooks and similar other options for the transition from the printed image used in traditional critiques.

Malloy has spent the past two years beta testing an upcoming Web-based critique solution from LiveBooks, which arose out of the desire to re-center focus on the image during critique, rather than the mode of presentation. Malloy has since integrated the Web into his student’s workflow, requiring all photo shoots to end with selected images uploaded the class website.

Ruth Ann Strickland (Government and Justice Studies) published an article titled “The Hierarchy of Ethical Values in Nonprofit Organizations” in Public Integrity, Vol. 20, No. 3 (Summer 2008), pages 233-251. The article is co-authored with Shannon K. Vaughan (Government and Justice Studies).

Campus safety is the focus of activities Tuesday, Sept. 2, at Appalachian. In conjunction with the 19th annual Walk for Awareness, a safety fair will be held on Sanford Mall from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The fair will provide information about university programs and activities designed to enhance personal safety, such as the AppState Alert cell phone alert system, the university’s Blue Light emergency assistance request system and Safe Ride Program.

The program “Why Walk: A Survivor’s Story” will be presented at 8 p.m. in Plemmons Student Union’s Price Lake Room. The program includes a video based on a television interview with a former Appalachian student who is a sexual assault survivor.

The Walk for Awareness begins at 9 p.m. on Sanford Mall near the Sanford Hall portico. The theme for this year’s walk is “Appalachian Steps Up” and promotes the campus’s safety initiatives.

Fall Convocation 2008 will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 4, in the Holmes Convocation Center. Jeannette Walls, author of the 2008 Summer Reading Book “The Glass Castle” will be the speaker. Classes will begin at 12:30 p.m. on Sept. 4.

The 2008 Fall Semester Opening Meeting for Faculty and Staff will be held Friday, September
5, at 2 p.m. in Farthing Auditorium.  The reception will be held immediately following in the Farthing Auditorium lobby.

Wanted:  People from or interested in Chicago to join the first-ever Chicago Club of Boone, an informal social club to meet and have fun Chicago style.  Call Denise Lovin at 964-2618.

Appalachian has established a center in Plemmons Student Union to serve the university’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) student population and facilitate advocacy and coordination of educational outreach, resources, referrals and support services.

The LGBT Center is located next to the Women’s Center in the former Yadkin River Room (room 106). It will open Aug. 25. The center is staffed by graduate student Joyce Washington.

Center hours are:

Mondays, 1-5 p.m.
Tuesdays, 6-8 p.m.
Wednesdays and Thursdays, 10 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m.
Fridays by appointment

The opening of the center will be formally recognized Friday, Oct. 3, beginning at 5 p.m. with remarks from Chancellor Kenneth E. Peacock and M. Chad Wilson, a former officer and graduate advisor of B-GLAAD and former member of the LGBT Task Force.

A ribbon cutting will follow at the center at approximately 5:30 p.m. A reception will be held until 7 p.m. in the solarium. Michal Duffy, president of the student organization TransACTION, Liam Fullam, president of SAGA (Sexuality and Gender Alliance Club), and student representatives to the LGBT Task Force will preside over the reception.

The LGBT Task Force commissioned by Chancellor Peacock in fall 2007 found that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered students, faculty and staff at Appalachian experience the climate for acceptance and appreciation differently from their non-LGBT peers.

The task force recommended creation of the center to provide a safe, welcoming and inclusive space for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered students and organizations, provide specialized services and support for the LGBT population, and serve as a resource for other organizations within the university community.

The LGBT Center is one of three centers within the Office of Multicultural Student Development. It reports to Suzette Peterson, assistant director for gender education at Appalachian.

For more information about the center, its hours of operation or the grand opening, call the center at 8566 or 6252 or visit www.glbt.appstate.edu.

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