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Date 5-19-06
DuBard
School at Southern Miss to Sponsor Association Method Summer Programs
Hattiesburg—The
DuBard School at Southern Miss will host three Association Method
programs in the month of June.
The first course,
Speech and Hearing Sciences (SHS) 532, a basic course for elementary
educators, special educators and speech-language pathologists, will
be offered June 5-9; SHS 727, a seminar focusing on the application
of various aspects of the Association Method on an advanced level,
will be offered June 19-23; and SHS 690, a nondegree program of
supervised clinical experience, will be offered June 5-29.
The Association
Method is a multisensory teaching strategy for teachers of K-two,
learning disabilities and special education, and for speech-language
pathologists. It has been utilized by the DuBard School since 1962
and benefits children with severe language disorders, hearing impairments,
learning disabilities, dyslexia, and communication disorders. It
is also used with nondisabled children to establish a code-breaking
system for reading skills and meets the criteria of the National
Reading Panel for a scientifically based reading program.
The programs
are being coordinated by the Southern Miss Office of Noncredit Programs
and Conferences. For more information, contact the DuBard School
at 601.266.5223; on the Internet, visit www.usm.edu/dubard
or www.usm.edu/ncpc.
Kolin
Serves As Guest Editor of South Atlantic Review
Hattiesburg—Dr.
Philip C. Kolin, professor of English at the University of Southern
Mississippi, recently served as guest editor for the South Atlantic
Review, the official journal of the South Atlantic Modern Language
Association headquartered at Georgia State University.
Kolin's special
issue (Fall 2005) has just been published. It focuses on the theme
of "Tennessee Williams in/and the Canons of American Drama"
and contains six original essays, one by Kolin himself, on ways
Williams continues to influence the American theater long after
his death in 1983.
Kolin's special
issue investigates the complex relationship of Williams' work to
the plays of six enormously diverse playwrights, including Edward
Albee, Lanford Wilson, Sam Shepard, David Henry Hwang (M Butterly),
Tony Kushner, and Adrienne Kennedy. Playwrights like Albee and Wilson
share Williams' passion for intimacy in the face of dictatorships.
Like Williams, Shepard is the mytholographer of performance. Kushner
and Hwang follow Williams in his representations of gender swaps.
And Kennedy radicalizes Williams transforming his nostalgic plays
into her own surrealistic nightmares.
In addition
to writing the introduction to the issue and evaluating, selecting
and editing the essays, Kolin contributed the essay on Kennedy.
Other distinguished critics in Kolin's collection include Norma
Jenckes, editor of American Drama from the University of
Cincinnati, who discussed Albee and Williams; Annette Saddik, a
widely acknowledged expert on Williams’ later plays, who wrote on
Shepard and Williams; and John S. Bak, from the University of Nancy
in France, who explored Hwang and Williams. Milt Tarver, from the
University of California at Irvine, offers a sweeping, panoramic
view of the many ways Wilson incorporates Williams’ characters and
themes.
An international
authority on Williams' plays and fictions, Kolin said of this issue,
"It charts new ground. So few scholars have actually taken
the time to study the specific ways in which various playwrights
have shared, reshaped, or subverted the most popular American playwright
of all time."-
Southern
Miss Office of Disability Accommodations Honorees Named at Awards
Ceremony
Hattiesburg—The
University of Southern Mississippi’s Office of Disability Accommodations
(ODA) recognized a member of the university’s faculty, staff and
student body at its May 2 awards ceremony.
The award categories
and the winners included:
- Outstanding
Student Award for Academic Excellence and Community Involvement
- Eddie Duran, a therapeutic recreation major
- Outstanding
Instructor Award - Radhika Makecha, Department of Psychology
- Outstanding
Staff Award - Lucy Bowens, Parking Management
The Office
for Disability Accommodations is Southern Miss' designated office
to verify students’ eligibility for accommodations under the Americans
with Disabilities Act (ADA). ODA works with eligible students on
an individual basis in developing and coordinating plans for the
provision of reasonable accommodations that are specific to their
disabilities. Accommodations may include, but are not limited to,
accessible housing, sign language interpreters, exam modifications,
note takers, readers, accessible classroom furniture and buildings.
Many resources
to benefit students are provided through ODA, including accommodation
letters to instructors, information coordination and appropriate
referrals, liaison services between students and Southern Miss'
faculty/staff or appropriate outside agencies, training and technical
assistance for implementation of accommodations, and a resource
center for disability information. ODA interacts with all offices
and departments on campus to encourage students with disabilities
full access to, and participation in, university activities. Further,
ODA is committed to creating a positive campus environment where
students with disabilities are encouraged to pursue careers on the
basis of personal interest and ability.
For more information,
contact ODA at 601.266.5024 or 228.214.3232; on the Internet, visit
http://www.usm.edu/oda/.
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