Morganton News Herald
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Ethanol Producer
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Christian Science Monitor
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Fort Worth Star Telegram
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McDowell News
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Department of Mathematical Sciences faculty Mark Ginn, Jeff Hirst, Rick Klima, Tracie  McLemore Salinas and Bill Bauldry were “triage” judges for the 2009 Mathematical Contest in Modeling sponsored by COMAP. The three other triage judging sites were the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Naval Postgraduate School at Monterey, Calif., and the National Security Agency. Math Sciences has been an initial judging site since 1993. Bauldry attended the  final round at the Naval Postgraduate School as “Head ‘A Problem’  Triage Judge.” More than 2,000 teams of undergraduates from around the world entered the competition. Three student teams from Appalachian participated in the contest scoring as “Successful Participants.” The teams were advised by Eric Marland and Katie Mawhinney.

Award-winning journalist Brian Donovan, author of “Hard Driving, The Wendell Scott Story: The American Odyssey of NASCAR’s First Black Driver,” will speak at Appalachian State University April 21. The program, scheduled for 7:30 p.m. in Room 114 Belk Library and Information Commons, is free and the public is welcome.

2005 GMC Sierra Pickup. 4×4, extended cab, bedliner. Gold with charcoal interior.  $93K miles.  Excellent condition with no rust.  Snow tires and rims.  $9,500. Can see at corner of 105 Bypass and 421 North.  Call Chuck at 828-773-1849.

Metallic blue in color.  Very low miles, around 12,900. All original parts, includes 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. Asking $2,250 or best offer. Call Greg at 6730 or e-mail ragangg@appstate.edu with any questions.

Margot Olson (TEC) traveled to Berlin, Germany, in February with several cross-disciplinary colleagues from Appalachian. She attended a conference and presented a 90-minute colloquium, “Unifying Design Principles and Practice by Applying the Physics Principle of Least Action,” with her colleagues. In this colloquium, the group demonstrated how the principle of least action applies to any system design and unifies the design community across all disciplines and applications. Traveling with Olson were Chris Thaxton (P&A), Wendy Winn (English), Terry McClannnon (RCOE), and Jay Fenwick (CS).

Judy Geary (COM) was sponsored by the Alabama Humanities Council to lead a school program during Appalachian’s spring break. The Alabama Courses of Study mandate the study of “Ancient History to 1500” in the eighth grade. Geary is author of the historical adolescent novel “Getorix: The Eagle and The Bull,” which is used for this curriculum in several Alabama schools. She also gave three presentations last month at a writers’ conference at a community college in Blairsville, Ga. This month, she will present at a children’s literature conference at the University of Georgia.

Bernard Anderson (MAT) and Jeff Hirst (MAT) coauthored the article “Partitions of trees and ACA’0”  which appeared in the Archive for Mathematical Logic 48 (2009) 227-230 (DOI: 10.1007/s00153-009-0122-x).”

Three-bedroom, 2.5-bath townhome for sale by owner. Ten-minute drive to campus. Quiet community. Hardwood floor in dining and kitchen, wood fireplace, attached one-car garage. Large private deck. New kitchen cabinets, updated bath rooms and recently painted interior. All new windows, new garage door and new water heater  in 2006. Electric heating  and cooling. Asking $215,000.  For more information, call Rachel Shinnar at 828-406-0516 or e-mail shinnarrs@appstate.edu.

Martin Root (FCS) and Scott Collier (HLES), together with Julie Taubman of the Cratis D. Williams Graduate School and Office Research and Sponsored Programs, attended the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Regional Conference in Atlanta, Ga., April 16-17.  Partial funding to attend this seminar is provided through an award (Grant #2009-GTG-1901) by the North Carolina Biotechnology Center’s Grantsmanship Training Grant Program received by the Williams Graduate School and Research and Sponsored Programs.  According to the NIH Regional Seminar Web site, “This regional seminar is intended to help demystify the application and review process, clarify federal regulations and policies, and highlight current areas of special interest or concern. The seminar serves the mission of providing education and training for the next generation of biomedical and behavioral scientists.”  Attending this seminar will help Root and Collier prepare competitive proposals for NIH funding. Taubman will benefit from hearing updates on federal regulations and policies related to compliance.

Joyce Wise Dodd (COM) is advisor for the Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) and helped coordinate the organization’s interactive university-wide conference titled “Communication: What’s it all about?” held April 4 at the Broyhill Inn and Conference Center.

Lovely home in a quiet neighborhood, five minutes to New Market Center. Move-in ready, open floor plan, two bedrooms, two baths, stone fireplace, vaulted ceiling, hardwood floors, covered front porch, one-car garage, walk-out basement unfinished but prime for additional finished room. Custom built on a lovely wooded lot. $224,900. E-mail Karen Callahan at callahankm@appstate.edu.

Frank Mohler’s (TD Emeritus) article “Medici Wings: The Scenic Wing Change in Renaissance Florence” was published in the Fall 2008 issue (Vol. 44, No. 4) of Theatre Design and Technology. Mohler is serving as a consulting scholar for the “Miracles and Disasters in Baroque Opera” exhibit and exhibit catalog for the Museum of Jurassic Technology in Culver City, Calif.

Dan “Vallie” Hill (COM) was featured as a commentator in the article “Radio, What Do We Do Now?” in Radio & Records. The article addressed how radio gets ahead of the game in 2009, what practices must be followed to effectively compete and how broadcasters can profit in a turbulent year. Hill also discussed “Developing a New Business Model.”

An article written by Phoebe Pollitt and Wendy Miller (both NUR) has been accepted to the American Journal of Nursing. It is titled “North Carolina:  the first state to pass a nursing registration law.”