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Sabbatical leave applications for the 2005-06 academic year are due in the office of academic affairs no later than Monday, Nov. 1. Information about sabbaticals is found in chapter nine, pages 1-3, of the faculty handbook. Eligible faculty who are interested in applying for sabbatical leave are reminded that they must consult with both the department chair and the vice president for academic affairs prior to submitting the application. Forms are available by contacting Marilyn Vrban at ext. 5175. Nominations should be sent to Robert Franks, chair of the personnel committee.
Tenure and Promotion Nominations
(Nominations for post-tenure promotions will be solicited at a later date.)
The personnel committee is soliciting nominations from faculty for candidates for tenure, tenure and promotion or non-tenured promotions. Faculty should review the criteria and process for tenure and promotion in the faculty handbook prior to submitting a nomination. Information regarding tenure and promotion is found in chapters six and seven of the faculty handbook. Persons making nominations should make sure to discuss your nomination with the person being considered before submitting it. Nominations should be sent to Robert Franks, chair of the personnel committee, and are due no later than Friday, Oct. 1.
Roe to be inducted into high school hall of fame
David Roe (president’s office) will be inducted into the Topeka, Kan. High School Hall of Fame Oct. 10. The THS Hall of Fame was started in 1982 to recognize outstanding Topeka High School graduates and to share with the community and current students of the school the success of other graduates. Prior THS Hall of Fame inductees include Dr. Karl Menninger; Senator Nancy Landon Kassebaum; Chancellor John Slaughter; Tom Barret, president of Goodyear; Dean Smith, retired basketball coach of North Carolina University; Joe Anderson, Jr., president of General Motors-Pontiac Division; Balfour Jeffrey, chairman of the board, Kansas Power and Light Co.; Lt. General Frank Petersen, U.S. Marine Corps; Rex Tod Hunter Stout, author; Kirk Mechem, musician/composer; Michael Torrez, major league baseball pitcher; and Denise McCluggage, journalist/race car driver.
The Florida Foreign Language Journal has accepted an article by Pat Westphal (modern languages) and Antonia Pérez-Franco (formerly of Central’s modern language department). It will appear in the October issue of the journal, which will be distributed at the annual Florida Foreign Language Conference in Orlando. The article, “A Different Role for Language Assistants,” describes how the department’s use of language assistants began and evolved.
Carol Wallace (Spanish) has published an article, “Reading Across the Puerto Rican Divide: Colonialism and the Politics of Humor in Three Stories by Ana Lydia Vega,” which appears in a volume titled Essays in Luso-Hispanic Humor, edited by Paul W. Seaver and published in August by the Edwin Mellen Press.
Bob Schanke (theatre professor emeriti) received the national American Theatre in Higher Education award for excellence in editing. ATHE has about 2000 members from North America who teach at major colleges and universities. His book That Furious Lesbian received book of the year and was the gold medal winner in gay/lesbian nonfiction as selected by ForeWord magazine. Schanke was elected into the College of Fellows and American Theatre and was awarded the Association for Theatre in Higher Education’s Award for Sustained Achievement in Editing at the annual meeting in July.
New faulty members for the 2004-05 academic year
Central College welcomes 11 new faculty members for the 2004-05 academic year. The following is a brief introduction to each new faculty member.
Xi Chen has been named assistant professor of mathematics and computer science, as well as assistant professor of physics. Chen earned a bachelor’s of science degree in physics from Nakai University in Tianjin, China, and also studied as a graduate student at Peking University in Beijing. She holds a master’s degree in computer science and engineering and recently completed a doctorate degree in physics, both from the State University of New York, Buffalo. Chen teaches software design and thermodynamics.
A 1995 Central graduate, Maria Carla Chiarella is assistant professor of psychology. Chiarella served as a visiting psychology professor during the 2003-04 academic year, and as a visiting instructor during the spring 2001 semester. She holds both a master’s degree and doctorate degree in counseling psychology from Colorado State University, Fort Collins. During the fall 2004 semester, Chiarella is teaching general psychology, psych investigations, service-learning in psych and gender/multicultural issues.
Matthew Eastin has joined Central as assistant professor of mathematics and environmental science. Eastin earned both a master’s and doctorate degree from Colorado State University in Fort Collins, and studied tropical cyclone structure for the National Research Council before coming to Central. Eastin earned a bachelor’s degree in earth and atmospheric science from Purdue University, Ind. He is teaching introduction to statistics.
Teresa Finken has been named assistant professor of education. Finken holds a doctorate degree in elementary education with mathematics specialization, curriculum and instruction from the University of Iowa, Iowa City. Most recently, she has served as a lecturer in the mathematics education department at the University of Iowa. Finken teaches family, school and community relations, middle school methods and curriculum, teaching of mathematics, as well as advising several student teachers.
Central welcomes Mark Hartman as assistant professor of music, director of orchestra and music connection teacher. Hartman earned a doctorate degree in violin performance from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and taught at Houghton College in Houghton, N.Y., before joining Central.
Kris Kilibarda has joined Central as instructor of education. Kilibarda holds a doctoral cohort in educational leadership and curriculum design from Drake University, Des Moines, and served as a science instructor at Des Moines Area Community College and Iowa Western Community College in Council Bluffs. She is teaching human relations and teaching of science and social studies.
Dennis Pedrick serves as assistant professor of business management. He graduated from the University of Memphis in Memphis, Tenn., with a doctorate in business administration and worked as assistant professor of marketing at Drake University, Des Moines, from 1998-2002. Pedrick instructs principles of marketing, consumer behavior and operations management.
Brian Peterson holds a doctorate degree in economics from Indiana University-Bloomington and has been named associate professor of economics at Central College. Before joining Central, Peterson was associate professor of economics at Manchester College in North Manchester, Ind. He teaches principles of microeconomics, environmental economics and econometrics.
As assistant professor of chemistry, James Shriver teaches chemistry in context and organic chemistry II. Shriver received a doctorate degree from the University of Texas-Austin and participated in a post-doctoral research project at the university prior to coming to Central. He also heads several independent studies and senior honors projects.
Linda Laine is the newest addition to Central’s communication studies department. Laine previously served as assistant professor in the department of speech communication at Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville. She holds a doctorate degree in communication from the University of South Florida-Tampa. At Central, Laine instructs introduction to communication studies, intercultural communication and communication in organizations.
William Weare, Jr., comes to Central as a librarian and is responsible for developing the collection at the Geisler Library. Weare recently earned a master’s degree in library and information science from the University of Iowa, Iowa City. Previously, Weare worked in libraries at Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa, and Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa.
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