Sonya M. Long (academic affairs), Hattie Yates (conferences and institutes) Jennifer Barnes (Food Services) and Donna Winebarger (building services), have been approved to participate in the Voluntary Shared Leave Program.  Those wishing to donate vacation time (minimum four hours) should send a letter or e-mail to Vicky Greene in Human Resource Services (greenevb@appstate.edu). Include your Banner ID number. The deadline to donate leave to Long and Yates is Nov. 24. The deadline to donate leave to Barnes and Winebarger is Dec. 1.

Three-bedroom, 1.5-bath house for rent near campus. Located in a quiet, residential neighborhood in the Stadium Heights area within walking distance to campus. House features wood laminate floors, new interior paint, and a newly remodeled kitchen with washer and dryer. Carport and storage basement. Lease from Jan. 1–July 31. Rent is $1,150, with one month’s rent deposit required at signing. Renter pays all utilities (water, electricity, oil), and is responsible for lawn maintenance. No smoking. Pets negotiable, with pet deposit. Contact Rebecca Thompson at THOMPSONRE@appstate.edu

The Turchin Center for the Visual Arts will hold a special event Dec. 5 from 6-8 p.m. as part of the Boone Downtown Art Crawl. The center invites the community to celebrate visiting scholars  Xuewu Zheng and  Xinxin Guo.  Zheng was a participant in the recent exhibition “Dancing With The Dragon: Contemporary Art From Beijing” and has been a visiting scholar with the Department of Art teaching printmaking and traditional Chinese painting. Guo specializes in the history of Chinese craft and has been teaching with the Department of Foreign Languages and Literature.

Available January/February 2009.  Prefer single or couple, pets allowed.  Two miles from campus, quiet neighborhood. Owner maintains property and occasionally visits; rent negotiable. Contact Eleanor Cook at eleanorilenecook@gmail.com or 828-719-9857

Kenneth Mullen (government and justice studies) and Matthew Robinson (government and justice studies) attended the fall meeting of the North Carolina Criminal Justice Association in Salemburg.  Mullen received the “Margaret Lang Willis Outstanding Criminal Justice Educator Award” in recognition for outstanding efforts in teaching in the discipline of criminal justice.  Robinson received the “Founders Award” for outstanding contributions to criminal justice through research.

Lovely three-bedroom, two-bath house for sale in southern Ashe County (near Deep Gap). Close to Boone, Jeffersons and Wilkesboros. Wood floors throughout. Well maintained. Nicely landscaped level yard. Detached two-car garage with space above for studio, office or workshop. Paved drive with all paved road access. Asking $299,500. Call Michelle for further information at 336-877-9194 or e-mail hilldc@skybest.com.

Christmas trees, $35 each. Choose and cut or I will bring one to campus. Contact Brian Reece 423-727-7122 , cell 828-260-5987 or e-mail BKR098@yahoo.com.

Eric Frauman (HLES) is a founding member of the advisory council for the Journal of Outdoor Recreation, Education and Leadership. The journal was launched Oct. 31 at the Association of Outdoor Recreation and Education annual conference. The journal was created to improve outdoor recreation, education, and leadership through the publication and dissemination of peer-reviewed manuscripts centered on professional practice, research, and theoretical discussions. Other advisory council members are from Western Kentucky University, Green Mountain College, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo State University and Ohio University. The journal is hosted at Western Kentucky University.

Dan Jones (director and chief psychologist, Counseling and Psychological Services Center) presented “Counseling Services Helping Faculty and Staff Respond to Distressed and Distressing Students” at the Fifth Annual Historically Black College and University (HBCU) conference on Mental Health Among Black College Students held Nov.1 in Greensboro.

Retired UNC Senior Vice President Roy Carroll of Chapel Hill has received the University Award, the highest honor given by the Board of Governors of the multi-campus University of North Carolina.

Carroll devoted 45 years to higher education—the last 20 of which were spent in senior leadership posts within UNC General Administration.

After a decade of teaching at Mercer University and Armstrong State College in Georgia, in 1969 Carroll became chairman of the Department of History at Appalachian, where he later was named the I. G. Greer Distinguished Professor of History.

In 1979, Carroll was recruited to UNC General Administration as vice president for planning for the multi-campus University and was promoted to senior vice president and vice president for academic affairs in 1996. From July 1990 to July 1991, he also served as interim chancellor of UNC Asheville. During his tenure at UNC, enrollment grew by 37 percent, the first systemwide minimum admissions requirements were adopted, and academic standards were raised on many UNC campuses. Carroll also oversaw exhaustive reviews of the basic academic missions and degree offerings of the 16 campuses, and under his leadership, the first comprehensive statewide transfer agreements between the community colleges and the University were adopted. Over the course of two decades, Carroll represented the University on numerous state and national boards and commissions and worked closely with the Board of Governors, the president, and other University leaders to develop and implement University policy.

Following his retirement in 1999, Carroll served for five years as a member of Appalachian’s Board of Trustees. He also has continued to serve as a consultant to the University concerning the Distinguished Professors Endowment Trust Fund program. In that role, he was instrumental last year in the creation and implementation of two C.D. Spangler Foundation challenge grant programs that together will make $26.9 million available to support the creation of up to 96 distinguished professorships across the 16 university campuses.

A Peace Corps information session will be held Wednesday, Nov. 19, from 6-7:30 p.m. in room 421 Belk Library and Information Commons. For more information, contact recruiter and returned Peace Corps Ukraine volunteer Kyle Laird at 2180.

Jim Winders (history) provided comment for the session “Gendered Soundtracks of the Twentieth Century,” part of the 36th Annual Meeting of the Western Society for French History held Nov. 7 in Québec, Canada.

The Doorways International Program Series presents Xuewu Zheng on the topic “Contemporary Chinese Arts and Artists’ Lives” Thursday, Nov. 20, at 3:30 p.m. in room 028 Belk Library and Information Commons.

Building on traditional Chinese arts which command a great part of the China’s rich cultural heritage, and influenced by western ideas and modern technology, Chinese contemporary arts have developed a distinctive style. Chinese artists have produced a wide range of experimental works, multimedia installations, and performance happenings which have become highly noticed and respected in both the domestic and the international art scene.  Zheng, an artist from Beijing, will shed light on the life of contemporary artists in China and discuss other fascinating aspects of Chinese contemporary art.

Zheng is a visiting professor in the Department of Art  on campus. His works were the cornerstone of the exhibit “Dancing with the Dragon” at the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts earlier this semester. His paintings, printmaking, and installation pieces have been featured in solo and group exhibitions throughout the world.

The Doorways series is co-sponsored by Belk Library and Information Commons and the Office of International Education and Development. Its goal is to provide a platform for people to share their research and knowledge on international issues and build relationships on campus based on interest in international affairs.

The annual Kwanzaa Celebration will be held Nov. 18 at Legends. Doors open at 6 p.m. Admission is free; however, donations of toiletries and children’s books will be collected at the door to be given to non-profit agencies in Boone.

Michael Wilson (English) and Bud Gerber (Watauga Global Community) are the authors of “How Generational Theory Can Improve Teaching: Strategies for Working with the ‘Millennials,’” which appears in the inaugural issue of Currents in Teaching and Learning, a peer-reviewed on-line journal. The article is available at www.worcester.edu/currents.

Jeff Hirst (mathematical sciences) coauthored “Combinatorics and Graph Theory, Second Edition” with John Harris (Furman University ) and Michael Mossinghoff  (Davidson University).  This recently released book is in the Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics Series published by Springer-Verlag, New York.

Cozy apartment for rent in downtown Boone, adjacent to private residence. Terrific neighborhood and short walk to campus. Two bedrooms, one bathroom. Hardwood floors and a gracious amount of natural light. Faculty member or professional graduate student preferred.  $875 a month. Includes water, cable and Internet.  No pets. No smoking. Available mid-late December. Call Buckley Freeman at 828-773-0287.

1993 Honda Nighthawk CB750. Metallic blue.  Approximately 12,900 miles.  $2,400 or best offer. All original parts except for matching rifle front fairing.  Wonderful bike to ride, very comfortable on long rides.  Bike is super clean and in excellent condition except for one scratch on fairing.  Just had $350 tune up with new plugs, battery, carb cleaning and pins. Also includes RKA soft saddle bags. E-mail ragangg@appstate.edu with any questions.

Leighton Scott’s (IDS ret.) new short story “Nema Problema” has been purchased by the internationally circulated literary journal Rosebud, and will appear in the forthcoming winter issue.