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Date 5-4-06
Southern Miss' Moser Named Chair-Elect of ACME
Hattiesburg—Dr.
Steven Moser, associate dean for the College of Arts and Letters
and professor of music at the University of Southern Mississippi,
has been elected chair-elect of the Adult and Community Music Education
Special Research Interest Group (ACME) of the National Association
for Music Education at its biennial national conference at Salt
Lake City, Utah.
The group promotes
research contributing to music education for adults. It is committed
to providing opportunities for discussion, which will define research
agendas in adult and community music teaching and learning, as well
as encourage research in this area and provide a medium to disseminate
the research findings.
Moser will serve
two years as chair-elect before assuming the office of chair in
2008. His duties currently will include serving as editor of the
ACME SRIG newsletter and assisting the national chair.
Southern
Miss IMAGE Program Honors Students, Faculty, Staff
Hattiesburg—The
Increasing Minority Access to Graduate Education (IMAGE) program
at the University of Southern Mississippi held its awards banquet
April 26 at the University of Southern Mississippi’s R. C. Cook
Union. IMAGE is a program within the College of Science and Technology
focusing on assisting students pursuing superior academic achievement
in the areas of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
Guests at the
event included students, faculty and staff. Shelia Varnado, retired
colonel, U.S. Army, was the guest speaker of the event, which honored
the outstanding achievements of students, faculty and staff and
paid tribute to IMAGE’s graduating seniors.
Four students
were recognized at the event as future undergraduate research scholars
for the upcoming summer. Dewun Brown, a junior majoring in biological
sciences, has been accepted into the Research Experience for Undergraduates
(REU) program at Georgia Southern University, where he will be conducting
research in parasitology of grass shrimp under the direction of
Dr. Oscar Pung. Jessica McLaurin, a freshman majoring in electronic
engineering technology, has been accepted into the REU program at
the University of Kentucky, where she will be conducting research
in Surface Plasmon Resonance Sensor under the direction of Dr. Todd
Hastings. Brittany Jones, a freshman majoring in biochemistry, has
been accepted into the American Chemical Society Summer Research
program at Southern Miss, where she will be conducting research
in fungal biopolymers under the direction of Dr. Sarah Morgan. Jason
Brown, a senior majoring biological sciences, has been accepted
into the Research Experience Opportunity program at Southern Miss,
where he will be conducting research on the effects of glucose on
diabetes under the direction of Dr. Jeong-Ho Kim.
Faculty and
staff were also recognized for their outstanding achievement. Dr.
Deborah Booth, professor in chemistry and biochemistry, received
the Faculty of the Year award and Carrie Bell, Career Services,
received the Speaker of the Year award.
Young
Writers Camps at Southern Miss Set for June 5 - July 14
Hattiesburg—To
encourage potential in young writers, the South Mississippi Writing
Project (SMWP) at the University of Southern Mississippi will offer
three camps for students entering grades 2-7 beginning June 5 through
July 1.
The Young Writers
Camp offers would-be writers an opportunity to write for their own
enjoyment, free from the pressure of grades and limiting assignments.
Led by experienced SMWP teacher consultants, campers will be allowed
to progress at their own pace in a variety of individual and group
activities.
“Our philosophy
for this camp is that students grow as writers when the teacher
recognizes the level at which the student is functioning and encourages
them to grow to the next level,” said Darcie Conrad, camp coordinator
for the SMWP. “Students learn to write by writing, and writing often.”
Camp 1, June
5-16, will be led by Leslyn Tamberg. “Write Your Heart Out” will
offer campers opportunities to experiment with several genres of
writing, including memoir, poetry and expository. Diedra Gammil
will lead Camp 2, June 19-30. “From Jiminy Cricket to Lemony Snicket,”
popular literature will be used as a springboard for writing.
Came 3, July
10-14, will be led by Rachel Price and offers campers a variety
of experiences in several forms of poetry through the “Word Paintings”
camp.
The camps run
from 9 a.m. until noon, Monday through Friday on the Southern Miss
campus. Tuition is $150 per student for Camps 1 and 2 and $100 for
Camp 3, with each session limited to 12 participants. A $50 deposit
is due one week prior to desired session to hold a space.
The SMWP, one
of 175 national writing project sites, is an affiliate of the National
Writing Project and the Mississippi Writing/Thinking Institute.
For more information
or to register, call Conrad at 601.266.5066 or e-mail southmississippiwritingproject@gmail.com.
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