Western Michigan University’s NewslettePRISMr for Academic Affairs Volume 79, April 2014

College of Arts and Sciences

Student and Alumni Accolades

There is a long list of families who have sent multiple members over multiple generations to WMU. We have had parent and child graduates, and sibling graduates. But the Lenkart family has the distinction of simultaneously having five current Broncos - four students and one employee. Kevin is pursuing a master’s degree from the School of Public Affairs and Administration. He considers his family “fortunate to have a large and well- respected university” in close proximity to where they’ve settled. His wife Robin has been an employee in WMU’s Department of Chemistry for six years and is proud that her eldest daughter will graduate this year “with a great education at a well-known and highly- esteemed university.” Kevin and Robin’s three children, Allison, Lauren and Scott are also proud Broncos. Allison, a senior majoring in psychology, admits that she wanted to attend a university further from home The Lenkart Family Continued on next page

Table of Contents

College of Arts and Sciences . 1 Enrollment Management. 20

Center for Academic Success Programs . 6 Extended University Programs . 22

College of Engineering and Evaluation Center . 22 Applied Sciences. 7 Graduate COllege. 23 College of Fine Arts. 10 Haworth College of Business. 26 College of Health and Human Services. 12 Haenicke Institute for Global Education. 28 COLLEGE OF AVIATION. 16 University Libraries. 29 College of Education and Human Development. 18 1 Prism: Western Michigan University’s Newsletter for Academic Affairs

initially, but has grown to love WMU. dedicated to disseminating the Creative Scholars awards, four were When thinking about graduating this science of behavior and organizational selected from the College of Arts and year, Allison said, “I will really miss performance improvement through Sciences. They are: Traci Brimhall, being on campus because I feel so workshops, talks, book chapters and English; Kevin Douglass, chemistry; comfortable here and have grown to journal articles. Ludwig and McGee Min Tang, philosophy; Samanthi love being a student and a Bronco. were initially inspired by the work of Wickramarachchi, physics. I have made many life-long friends.” Geary Rummler while getting their Allison’s time at WMU will extend doctorates at WMU under the guidance through this summer as she is preparing of their mentors Dale Brethower, Items of Academic Interest to study abroad in Ireland to visit elderly Alyce Dickinson and Maria Malott. As care and Alzheimer’s facilities. they began consulting and teaching, The Center of African Development Lauren, an elementary education they continuously tried to find ways to Policy Research (CADPR) at WMU, major and member of the Lee Honors consolidate their learnings into user- in collaboration with the Haenicke College, credits WMU with giving friendly tools for clients and students. Institute for Global Education and the her a second place to call home and They are grateful to have had the Department of Economics announce granting her with opportunities to opportunity to learn from the masters a call for papers on “The Challenges get involved on campus and with the and are committed to carrying the torch of Good Governance and Leadership community. She recently participated in forward to advance the field. for Sustainable Development in the Alternative Spring Break where she African States” for the 8th International volunteered at Give Kids the World, a Conference on African Development. resort for children with life-threatening The ICAD will be held Aug. 14-16 in illnesses and was inducted into the 2028 Brown Hall. Submit abstracts (250 honors fraternity, Alpha Lambda Delta. words) via ScholarWorks by June 1. An Although Scott is still in high school, abstract for all accepted papers will he has been taking classes at WMU be published. Selected papers will be since the seventh grade as part of the reviewed for publication in CADPR’s Academically Talented Youth Program. e-journal, International Journal of He is now dual-enrolled at WMU and African Development. The conference is says he is thoroughly enjoying his open to the public. classes. Scott’s experience at WMU has solidified his decision to become an The Department of Gender and International Relations/Political Science Women’s Studies will receive the 2014 major. Bronco Pride Campus Advocacy Award. This award recognizes a department, WMU faculty member and alumna office, or registered student Dr. Heather McGee and her business Dr. Heather McGee organization that has demonstrated partner Dr. Lori Ludwig, also a Western exceptional leadership in the area of Michigan University graduate, were LBGTA-inclusion at WMU by advocating honored with the Geary Rummler for and fostering a safe and welcoming Award for the Advancement of The Graduate College has awarded the environment for all people. The Performance Improvement for their following College of Arts and Sciences Department of Gender and Women’s work at Performance Blueprints, Inc. This students with awards. Of eight All- Studies: award, presented by the International University Graduate Teachers awards, • Demonstrates an enduring Society for Performance Improvement, seven were selected from the College commitment to support and advocate honors individuals and/or organizations of Arts and Sciences. They are: Andrea for LBGTA individuals and LBGTA- who have demonstrated and reflect the Bierema, Mallinson Institute for Science initiatives on campus work and life of its namesake. This award Education; Franklin Cline, English; Jack • Welcomes all members of campus is designated for thought leaders who Goodman, history; Elizabyth Hiscox, inclusive of sexual orientation and demonstrate outstanding performance English; Jennifer Marson, sociology; gender identity with documented results and selfless Michael Romano, political science; • Provides leadership in the area of sharing. Rachael Tilka, psychology. Of five LBGTA-inclusion Performance Blueprints, Inc. is All-University Graduate Research and Continued on next page 2 Prism: Western Michigan University’s Newsletter for Academic Affairs

• Diversity and Inclusion Recognition Award: Dr. Sisay Asefa, Department of Economics and Dr. David Huffman, Department of Chemistry • Gender Scholar Award recipient: Dr. Jean Kimmel, Department of Economics

On April 14, two College of Arts and Sciences employees were honored during the spring semiannual Western Michigan University Make a Difference award ceremony. The Make a Difference award is a campus-wide peer-to-peer program that recognizes university staff for their outstanding accomplishments and daily investment of energy and creativity. Mary Lou Brooks, office coordinator for the Department of Geography and Tammi Smith, academic advisor for CAS were WMU Department of Gender and Women’s Studies applauded for their service to WMU. Brooks was nominated by colleagues and the students she serves. She • Strives to create organizational and/ Awards, Staff Excellence Awards, patiently explains daunting grant or institutional change that promotes Diversity and Inclusion Recognition processes and is well-known for LBGTA-inclusion Award and Gender Scholar Award. listening to students with both • Actively challenges structures that This year we recognized 13 individuals academic and personal issues. In perpetuate institutional oppression for their exemplary contributions to addition to her care and concern for for LBGTA people the College of Arts and Sciences. Each students, Brooks expertly supports • Shares Office of Diversity and honoree received his/her award on faculty and staff and often develops Inclusion vision which encompasses March 20 at the University Center for the new ideas for promoting the inclusion, acceptance, respect, and Humanities. Department of Geography. empowerment • Professional and Community Service: Like Brooks, Smith was nominated Dr. Philip Egan, Department of by colleagues and the students she English advises. She is highly organized and Faculty and Staff Accolades • Research and Creative Activity: Dr. works well with various departments William C. Olsen, Department of across campus. She has identified English and Dr. Benjamin Torres The College of Arts and Sciences is improvements to the advising process Caballero, Department of Spanish pleased to announce the recipients each year and colleagues credit • Teaching: Dr. Jennifer Machiorlatti, of the 2013-14 Faculty Achievement her with making WMU better for its School of Communication and students. Smith embodies the pride Dr. Michael Ryan, Department of as an employee and as an alumna, as Economics she earned her bachelor’s and master’s • Global Engagement: Dr. Jeffrey degrees from WMU. M. Angles, Department of World Every fall and spring, awards are Languages and Literatures and Dr. presented to a maximum of 15 people. James Butterfield, Department of Recipients get a certificate and a pre- Political Science tax prize of $300. Semiannual award • Staff Excellence Award: Ms. Jacquelyn winners are then eligible for one of four Bizzell, CAS Undergraduate Advising; annual Make a Difference awards that Ms. Dorilee Schieble, Department of includes a pre-tax prize of $1200. Award 2013-14 Faculty Achievement and Staff History; Ms. Heather White, Mallinson Excellence Award winners Continued on next page Institute for Science Education 3 Prism: Western Michigan University’s Newsletter for Academic Affairs

winners are selected by a committee of peers from the participating employee groups of AFSCME, APA, MSEA, POA, and PSSO.

As an expression of concern by scientists and conservationists, a letter was delivered to President Obama regarding the decline of monarch butterflies. Among the researchers who signed this letter was WMU professor of biological sciences, Dr. Stephen Malcolm. The huge decline in monarch numbers appears to be an indicator of problems with agricultural policy in the US and Canada and deforestation in Mexico. The number of monarch butterflies wintering in Mexican pine and fir forests has plunged to its lowest level since studies began in 1993. The butterflies this year covered just 0.68 hectares (1.65 acres), providing evidence that the monarch’s annual migration from Canada to Mexico is disappearing. “The overwintering decline to Dr. John Dunn congratulations Tammi Smith and Mary Lou Brooks less than a hectare is truly alarming,” Malcolm says. “There’s a lot of buzz on 97 to about 0.68 to 0.67 hectares pollinators and other beneficial insects the Internet about this decline, the this winter, Malcolm says. Last year, such as predators and parasitoids of reasons for it and the implications of the butterflies covered about 1.21 agricultural pests. Visit our website for such a huge decline.” Overwintering hectares, almost double the total this more details. monarchs in Mexico have gone from winter. Malcolm says the monarchs covering about 21 hectares in 1996- have been weathering a perfect storm The Professional Instructors of adverse factors, including habitat Organization at Western Michigan destruction, wider use of genetically University has selected two members modified, herbicide resistant corn and of the College of Arts and Sciences as soybeans and extreme weather. The recipients of the inaugural Outstanding decline is alarming because they are Administrator Award. Dr. Alexander a good indicator of broad, ecosystem Enyedi, dean of the College of Arts and imbalances caused by policies that need Sciences and Dr. Jonathan Bush, chair to be researched and regulated more of the Department of English are the effectively. first WMU administrators to receive this Migratory monarchs move across distinction. the landscape of NAFTA and are the An organization of part-time faculty, PIO symbol of the CEC, the environmental encourages WMU administrators to: component of NAFTA, based in • promote teaching effectiveness Montréal. Thus, the butterfly should • include part-time faculty in act as a symbol of responsible and governance decisions sustainable economic development. • provide sufficient support, resources Instead it is a symbol of serious and encouragement environmental degradation in which not Dr. Stephen Malcolm only monarchs are declining but so are Continued on next page 4 Prism: Western Michigan University’s Newsletter for Academic Affairs

to PIO, informing them when budget concerns threatened the number of people employed by the department. One faculty member states, “Dr. Bush consistently treats part-time employees as if they were of the same caliber of tenured faculty. He always makes himself available for a question, concern or even just a conversation.”

The Western Michigan University College of Arts and Sciences is proud to announce its first winners of the Part- Time Instructor Excellence in Teaching Dr. Alexander Enyedi Award. This award acknowledges significant contributions to the learning environment by part-time instructors • recognize and reward excellent Dr. Jonathan Bush and is based on an accumulated record performance of achievement as a teacher at WMU Dean Enyedi was selected in recognition few awards given on campus that part- as evidenced, for example, by student of his commitment to part-time faculty, timers can participate in. The College evaluations, peer and supervisor evidenced by this year’s introduction of of Arts and Sciences, through Dean feedback, and letters of support. The the College of Arts and Sciences Part- Enyedi’s leadership, created an award 2013-14 Part-Time Instructor Excellence Time Instructor Excellence in Teaching specifically for part-time instructors. This in Teaching Award winners are: Dr. Awards. According to one faculty type of action speaks volumes to me.” Britt Hartenberger, Department member, “Dean Enyedi has done a great Dr. Bush was also selected for his of Anthropology; Dr. Hedy Habra, job at communicating with PIO on a proven commitment to part-time Department of Spanish; and Mr. David number of issues concerning part-time faculty. Since becoming chair, he has Paul, Department of Philosophy. instructors. He always seems willing to made a strong effort to include part- meet with us to either keep us informed timers in department and committee or to discuss our concerns. There are meetings. He has maintained close ties

Dr. Irma Lopez, Dr. Hedy Habra, David Paul, Dr. Marc Alspector-Kelly, Dr. Britt Hartenberger and Dr. LouAnn Wurst

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Major Jeffary Hoose talking with a few student veterans

Center for Academic Success Programs

Items of Academic Interest

The Office of Military and Veterans Affairs would like to offer a huge thank you to veteran students, faculty, staff, and supporters who attended the Military Mixer on March 25. With more than 60 attendees, the event was a great way for people to get to know one another. President Dunn, Provost Greene and many others from the university came out to support our veterans. Thank you!

Provost Greene, Lieutenant Colonel Decker Hains, and Pearl DeVries

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College of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Items of Academic Interest

Dr. John Kapenga, a computer science associate professor, first saw the Albert Einstein sculpture at the 2012 Grand Rapids Art Fair. He and his wife originally wanted to purchase the 1.2 times life-size sculpture, entitled “Between Theorems” and created by Montana artist Jim Dolan, to install on their own property. After acquiring the sculpture and considering the options for displaying it, Kapenga and his wife decided to donate it for installation in front of the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences. “Having it outside the main entrance to CEAS gives so many more people the opportunity to view and appreciate the sculpture,” said Kapenga. He has already made Einstein the mascot of the High Performance Computational Science Laboratory (HPCS) and has used him for two conferences and plans to use him for many more HPCS events. There are future plans to install LED lighting and dedicated solar energy panels.

Faculty and Staff Accolades

The Engineering Economy Division of the Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) recently Albert Einstein sculpture at the Parkview campus. announced Dr. Kailash selection committee stated that among award will be presented at the Annual Dr. Kailash Bafna Bafna as the many high quality nominations, Dr. IIE Conference in Montreal. Dr. Bafna, inaugural Bafna greatly impressed them with his a professor in WMU’s Industrial and winner of teaching passion and innovations. The Manufacturing department, will also an award to recognize excellence in announcement will be posted at the IIE present at the IIE event. teaching Engineering Economy. The Economy division homepage and the

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Dr. Kristina WMU’s Industrial Manufacturing Lemmer, department will be recommended to Student and Alumni assistant the Foundry Educational Foundation Accolades professor (FEF) board of directors in April to be Congratulations to Veronica Maslanka, in the fully recertified for a 5-year term. The who won the second place award Mechanical 5-year term is the best recertification at the student paper competition and evaluation given by FEF. Dr. Sam hosted by the Michigan section of Aerospace Ramrattan received high scores for his Institute of Transportation Engineers Engineering efforts with high school and college (ITE). Maslanka’s stated goal was to department, students and industry leaders. In conduct a safety analysis of rural two Dr Kristina Lemmer explained particular, high marks were given to Dr. lane highways. M-43, a rural two lane that Ramrattan for having his undergrads highway in Southwest Michigan, was the objective of her project is to exposed to graduate research, industry chosen as a primary example to conduct determine the behavior of ionic liquids events and getting his students excited the safety analysis. Accident data from a when they are subjected to plasma about metal casting. Dr. Ramrattan six year period (2007-12) was collected discharges or used as the propellant is the key from the Michigan Department of in plasma discharges. Understanding professor Transportation’s (MDOT) Transportation vaporization and ionization processes, for the FEF Planning Department. Along with safety methods by which ionic liquids break program analysis, there was also a comparison of molecular bonds, reactions, species at WMU. two lane and four lane rural highways. concentrations, and plasma surface The next In order to conduct an accurate interactions is required to develop a certification comparison of two lane versus four lane complete knowledge of the dynamics evaluation highways, of complex molecular plasma chemistry. will be the two The approach of the project is to scheduled for compared combine experimental and numerical the 2019-20 Dr. Sam Ramrattan segments modeling methods to understand the school year. of roadway processes and surface interactions of had the same complex molecular dynamics of ionic posted speed propellant plasma chemistry. limit and The AFOSR program awarded a total were both of $15.5 million to 42 engineers and relatively scientists from 32 research institutions straight with through their Young Investigators Veronica Maslanka a controlled Research Program (YIP). The goal of segment this program is to foster creative basic length of each approximately ten research in science and engineering, feet. The roadways also had roughly enhance early career development of the same crash mean speed and outstanding young investigators, and environmental conditions. With these increase opportunities for the young controlled features, the comparison of investigators to recognize the Air the number of lanes could be accurately Force mission. Visit AFOSR’s website analyzed. Once the analysis and for more information and the entire comparison were complete, there were list of recipients, research areas, and different recommendations to help institutions. reduce the amount of crashes on M-43.

Veronica’s paper will also be reviewed at the District level.

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Engineering seniors with excellent grade point averages were recognized during the Outstanding Students luncheon at the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences. 14 students received awards for achievement in their individual fields of study. In turn, the students recognized CEAS professors who have greatly impacted their educational experiences. Congratulations seniors.

According to Fred Sitkins, one of the Sunseeker team advisors, the Chrysler Technology Center (CTC) has once again invited the Sunseeker team to exchange ideas about the development Listed alphabetically: Kyle Croes, Courtney Curry, Thomas Eldred, Lars Hoffbeck, David Innes, of the next generation of Sunseeker. Samuel McDaniel, Tracy Ondracek, Amy Valley and Joe Vermeersch. Not pictured: Cody The team spent most of an entire day Huffmaster, Timothy Lewis, James Lind, Andreas Quainoo and Katherine Stickels. in engineering design meetings. A group of 35 engineering students from Tau Beta Pi recognizes students that College of Engineering and Applied other institutions joined the Sunseeker demonstrate “distinguished scholarship Sciences and the community. Twenty team for a tour of the CTC test and and exemplary character” across all students were initiated this semester. development laboratories. They toured engineering disciplines. There are Provost and Tau Beta member Timothy hot and cold test cells as well as the 242 collegiate chapters of Tau Beta Greene welcomed the new members wind tunnel. This may become an Pi in the US. The Michigan Kappa at a celebratory banquet held on the annual event for the team. The result Chapter at WMU has earned national Parkview Campus. is concurrent engineering practiced recognition for its service to the ~ Contributed by Damon Miller in a real world setting along with opportunities for internships and full time positions.

This year’s Sunseeker team at CTC

Spring 2014 new Tau Beta Pi members. ~ Photo by Oscar Munoz

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College of Fine Arts

Faculty and Staff Accolades

Excellence in Creative Research: Ed Excellence in Teaching, Part Time: Roth, professor of music. Roth currently Sydnee Peters, instructor of art. Peters serves as professor of music therapy, has been a part-time instructor in coordinator of clinical experiences, Foundations area for the Frostic School and director of the laboratory for of Art since 1986. An image-maker, she Brain Research and Interdisciplinary thinks of her work as visual poems. She Greg Roehrick Distinguished Professor: Neurosciences (BRAIN lab). He has practiced the craft of writing poetry Steve Wolfinbarger, professor of specializes in the application of music for over twenty years and her current music. Wolfinbarger was selected as in the treatment of neurologic and works bring the two mediums together. the 2013 Michigan Professor of the psychiatric disorders and his current Year by the Carnegie Foundation for research examines the neural correlates the Advancement of Teaching and the and physiology of music improvisation. Council for Advancement and Support of Education in Washington, D.C. He was also a recipient of the 2010 WMU Distinguished Teaching Award.

Outstanding Staff: Kathleen Keckler, office coordinator, Frostic School of Art. In addition to her role as office Excellence in Service: Jane Baas, chair, coordinator and budget manager for department of dance. Baas led the the Frostic School of Art, Keckler is a department of dance as chair five times successful artist who exhibits locally between 1983 and 2014. She served and has participated as a contestant Excellence in Teaching: Lofton L. on the boards of the Michigan Dance for ArtPrize. Kecker retires from WMU in Durham, professor of theatre. Durham’s Association and the American College May after 17 years of employment. articles on medieval performance have Dance Festival Association as well as won prizes from two different scholarly the editorial board of the Journal for associations, and he currently serves Dance Medicine and Science. Baas also as a Councilor of the Medieval and chairs the media committee for the Renaissance Drama Society, as well International Association for Dance as on the Boards of WMU’s University Medicine and Science (IADMS). Baas Center for the Humanities and the received the 2007 College of Fine Arts Medieval Institute. Dean’s Teaching Award.

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and developed interdisciplinary direction of Thomas Hanawalt (music). Student and Alumni performance project that brought The Luscombe Collaborative Project is Accolades together students and faculty from an annual performance event produced WMU’s Department of Theatre, by the College of Fine Arts dedicated Department of Dance, and School of to strengthening interdisciplinary Music. Funded through the Luscombe collaboration across the college. Collaborative Projects Endowment, the creative event was presented in the Dalton Center’s Multi-Media Room on Upcoming Events April 12 to an audience of friends and

family of Dean Emeritus Luscombe. The Richmond Center for Visual Arts Directed by Alex Langmesser presents LO SPIRITO IN VOLO, an exhibit (theatre) and choreographed by Bree featuring work by artists mentored by McCormack (dance), the collaboration Professor Emeritus Lou Rizzolo in the Sam Crouch and Izzabella Irwin perform shared the age-old story of youthful Monroe-Brown Gallery, April 24 - June in Picture Us, a Luscombe Collaborative love through a mix of live performance, 13. Artists featured in the exhibition Project shadow dancing, and original music include Kristin Casaletto, Peter Hyatt and sound design. The piece was Middleton, Nobel Schuler, Linda performed by Sophie Scanlon (theatre), To honor Dean Emeritus Robert H. Talbot Rizzolo, Marc Rizzolo, Linda Francisco Posada (theatre), Izzabella Luscombe’s vision of promoting Hartman, Jerry Catanina, Emily E. Irwin (dance), and Sam Crouch interdisciplinary collaboration in the Johnston, Richard G. Cooper, Dale (dance). Music was performed live by arts, the College of Fine Arts produced Strong, Ryan Flesher, Mindi K. the ensemble Blue Cheddar under the Picture Us, a student conceived Bagnall, and Joan Bonnette.

Cicadas and Yuccas, Linda Hartman

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College of Health progress in occupation through Association Conference in Baltimore on technology, and to bring together an April 5. Chapleau presented preliminary and Human Services inter-professional team of persons and data from a 2013-14 academic year Items of Academic Interest organizations that have the interest study funded by the WMU Faculty and expertise to support visionaries Assessment Award Program of the to create, design, disseminate, and Institutional Effectiveness. The Center for Gerontology is selling the evaluate specific products. book, There is No Substitute for Victory The first major initiative of the -Remembrances of World War II. This Sammons Center is a logo contest colorful book is based on interviews where creative students and conducted by students in Gerontology professionals can submit a graphic that 3500, “Issues in Aging: Service Learning,” may be selected as the center’s logo. The in spring 2013. The book was edited by center has also put out a Request for Janet Hahn, coordinator of the Center Proposals for innovative, transformative for Gerontology and assistant professor ideas for occupation based products in the School of Interdisciplinary Health that have the potential for meeting the Programs, and addresses family life, stated philosophy and purpose of the rationing, communication, patriotism, center. Entries will be reviewed and recipes and much more from the World judged by the Sammons Center board, War II Era. Copies of the book can be and selected entries will receive one purchased online for $20 from the WMU of several $1,000 awards in 2014-15. Center for Disability Services Online For more information, visit wmich.edu/ Store. For more information, please occupationtechnologycenter. contact the Center for Gerontology at (269) 387-9600. Dolly Daftary Faculty and Staff Accolades Dr. Fred Sammons, an occupational therapist widely recognized as an Dolly Daftary, assistant professor in the Department of Occupational Therapy accomplished clinician, inventor, and School of Social Work, has published assistant professor Dr. Ann Chapleau philanthropist, recently announced the a single-authored article based on her presented a poster, “Goal Attainment establishment of what will become, original field research in South Asia Scaling: Measurement of Student by 2018, a $1 million endowment in Community Development Journal. Learning and Teaching Clinic Outcomes: to support the Sammons Center for “The politics of person, property and Program Evaluation in Progress,” at Innovation and Research in Occupation technology: Emergent development the American Occupational Therapy Based Technology. Development of practice in semi-arid communities in this departmental center is currently India” is the first multi-level study of under the co-direction of Dr. Sammons one of the world’s largest development and Department of Occupational interventions for semi-arid areas, Therapy chair Dr. Ben Atchison. A regions inhabited by the greatest skilled ensemble of board members proportion of the global poor. Drawing has also been instrumental in shaping upon multi-level ethnography, Daftary the center’s mission, philosophy and describes how, following economic direction. globalization, national governments’ The philosophy of the Sammons development policies for semi- Center is that the ability to participate arid areas have shifted in terms of and engage in everyday occupation the populations of their focus, the is a fundamental goal and basic right landscapes to which they channel for all persons. Research in technology resources, and the technological must be transformative so that the choices they deploy for improvement. outcome enables a better way to live, Through a case study of India, Daftary with or without a disability. The mission discusses how governments resolve of the Sammons Center is to provide an the contradictions of potentially opportunity for visionaries to promote Dr. Ann Chapleau Continued on next page 12 Prism: Western Michigan University’s Newsletter for Academic Affairs

adverse policy actions. The article was one of 20% of all papers accepted by Student and Alumni the journal for publication in the year, Accolades and can be accessed on the journal’s On March 28, Rachel Whitney, graduate website. Daftary is also a member of student in speech-language pathology, the organizing committee of the Eighth and Catherine Hearit, undergraduate International Conference on African major in speech pathology and Development (ICAD) hosted by the audiology, presented their research Center of African Development Policy at the 71st annual meeting of the Research (CADPR). The conference American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial will be held at WMU on August 14- Association in Indianapolis. 16 and will cover The Challenges of Ms. Whitney presented her master’s Good Governance and Leadership for thesis project “The influence of speaking Sustainable Development in African rate on nasalance in typical adult States. WMU faculty and graduate speakers,” and Ms. Hearit presented students are welcome to submit a 250- her undergraduate honors thesis word abstract by June 1, 2014 via the project “Unsteady nasalance traces conference webpage in ScholarWorks. Dr. Richard Long among sustained vowels in typical adult speakers: Prevalence and Congratulations to Dr. Richard Long, potential causes.” Speech pathology former College of Health and Human and audiology faculty members Dr. Services associate dean and professor in Stephen Tasko, Dr. Helen Sharp and the Department of Blindness and Low Dr. Greg Flamme were co-authors Vision Studies, who was selected as one and co-presenters on both of these of only two Peer Reviewers of the Year presentations. In addition, Ms. Whitney for the Journal of Visual Impairment was appointed to the association’s Task and Blindness (JVIB) for 2013. JVIB is the Force on Communication, charged with “journal of record” in visual impairment developing Web, social media, and and blindness and is published by the online professional communities within American Foundation for the Blind. The the association. JVIB will carry the list of Peer Reviewers for the year and include Dr. Long’s name as one of the recipients of this award.

Specialty Program in Alcohol and Drug Abuse assistant professor, Dr. Tiffany Dr. Janet Hahn Lee recently published an article based on her qualitative research pertaining to the aspects of addiction training On Feb. 28, Janet Hahn, Ph.D., required for master’s level counselor coordinator of the Center for education students. Dr. Lee determined Gerontology and assistant professor in the best practices considered by experts the School of Interdisciplinary Health in the addiction counseling field, who Programs presented “Service Learning are also faculty in various counselor through Interviews about the World education programs around the nation. War II Era,” at the annual meeting of the The publication citation is Lee, T. K. Association for Gerontology in Higher (2014). Addiction education and training Education in Denver, CO. for counselors: A qualitative study of five experts. Journal of Addictions and Offender Counseling, 35(2).

Dr. Tiffany Lee

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Western Michigan University’s Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology had the opportunity to applaud the exemplary academic achievements of graduate students Ann Lamons and Alissa Haan at the 75th annual conference for the Michigan Speech-Language-Hearing Association in March. They were among a small group of students from across the state to receive the scholarship, funded by the Michigan Speech-Language- Hearing Foundation. Ms. Lamons, who graduated with her master’s degree in speech-language pathology in April 2014, stated, “My education at Western Michigan University has been both challenging and rewarding. I completed my undergraduate coursework in speech- language pathology at WMU as well. The faculty here is outstanding and the opportunities offered have been extremely beneficial.” Ms. Haan will continue with another year of coursework in audiology. Of her Students Ann E. Lamons and Alissa M. Haan on campus experience, she said, “My favorite clinical practicum study thus far has been at an ear nose throat office, because every day brings something new, due to the wide variety of patients that come in for different services. Also I really enjoy learning to do balance testing.” Established in 2006, the Michigan Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation is committed to providing scholarships for students pursuing professional degrees in the fields of communication disorders, including speech-language pathology, audiology and/or deaf education within Michigan public universities. Advancing the study of communication disorders by supporting the future and investing in tomorrow is its mission.

Alissa Haan pictured with Dr. Gary Lawson

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Turtle by Gay Walker

my eyes to see and appreciate the health certificate from Western. She Upcoming Events beauty of nature. This exhibit honors earned a bachelor’s degree in graphic her and Mother Nature, the master design and advertising from Michigan

artist.” Although she is no longer here State University. In addition to teaching An opening for artist Gay Walker’s physically, Walker connects with her at Western since 1996, she has taught exhibit “My Mother’s Nature” was held mother as if she is seeing through her at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts and on April 16 and will be on display in the eyes and perspective on nature. The the West Michigan Glass Arts Center. College of Health and Human Services work in the exhibit is colorful and covers She also offers workshops, retreats and second floor art gallery through May themes of water, landscape and animals; presentations related to healing and 21. Walker is an art therapist and a few of the paintings were done during expressive arts. “My Mother’s Nature” coordinator of the Integrative Holistic the last week of her mother’s life. “I can be viewed by the public Monday Health and Wellness program in the have painted many of her themes,” through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. and College of Health and Human Services. says Walker, “almost like walking in her Fridays and Saturdays, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Her mother, an accomplished artist who footsteps, and it has brought me closer excluding April 26 and May 3 and 24. inspired and influenced her greatly, to her and her way of seeing.” Walker For more information, contact Gay died in 2012 at age 98. Walker states, holds a degree in holistic art therapy Walker at (269) 387-3839 or gay.walker@ “During her life, Mom constantly guided from Antioch University and a holistic wmich.edu. 15 Prism: Western Michigan University’s Newsletter for Academic Affairs

College of Aviation to examine whether timed bright Safety Assessment & Management light could improve alertness and conference in risk management, in Faculty and Staff Accolades mitigate cognitive fatigue (as seen Hawaii, and the European Aviation with gold medal Olympic athletes) to Psychology Symposium, in Malta. improve performance. Portable blue Students Shelbi Tierney, and James College of Aviation assistant professor, light units, the Jeppesen Crew Alert Fox, also represented WMU on an Lori Brown reveals innovative research application, and sleep actigraphy, and International Panel to explore the results “Effects of Light Intervention to were introduced in a field study with issues surrounding the use of Mobile improve Flight Crew Alertness,” at the international long haul pilots and and elearning in aviation training World Aviation Training Conference, cabin crew in this ground breaking which produced lively discussions with the world’s biggest gathering of research (which may lead to improved industry professionals. Bryan Cheng, aviation professionals. Brown and performance through the development Spencer Losinski, Preston Mayes, undergraduate research assistants, Troy of new preventive alertness strategies and Jessica Kain also accompanied Booker and Travis Davis presented the and fatigue risk management training Lori Brown to the conference, and study funded by FRACAA. programs). The research results have participated in breakout session The study was an international been published in several academic discussions. This was excellent collaboration with Airline participants, journals and will be featured at the opportunity for students to engage with WMU, Jeppesen a Boeing Company, Society of Light Therapy and Biorhythms industry professionals to network and and leading Olympic sleep scientist, meeting in Vienna, The Probabilistic prepare for their future careers.

WMU students representing the College of Aviation

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Student and Alumni Accolades

On April 3 at the Fetzer Center, aviation students heard from and networked with leading aviation professionals at a first-ever event called Students and Professionals in Aviation (SPA). The event was geared toward students in all aviation majors and was attended by almost 100 individuals. Keynote speakers were Mr. James Harasin, director of marketing at Sports Management Inc. and Major Jennifer Prichard, ANG pilot. Breakout speakers included corporate pilot, Jay Orwin, director of aviation at MASCO; Captain William Bates, Delta Airlines; Chief Pilot Steve Denomme, Endeavor Air; Captain Brian Theisen, WMU alum, visits with job seeking students. Captain Todd Haifley; Mr. Paul Fancey, director of maintenance, Dow Chemical; Mr. William Cunningham, account WMU students. Students met with over representative, Continental Motors; Ms. 32 aviation company and organization Upcoming Events Janet Poppei, president, Oakland Jet; representatives, many of whom were

Mr. David Reid, airport manager, BC/ WMU graduates. Aviation students Throughout 2014, WMU’s College Kalamazoo International Airport. connected with organizations and of Aviation will mark its 75th year The following day, Career and Student area professionals associated with the offering what has become one of Employment Services and the College aviation industry, discussed career the top collegiate aviation programs of Aviation hosted the annual Aviation options, learned about the industry in the world. The college’s three Outlook Day at W.K. Kellogg Airport needs, their organizations, answered undergraduate degree programs date in Battle Creek. There was record questions and promoted available back to 1939 when WMU jumped attendance by aviation employers and internships and career pathways. headlong into what was still an area of study and an industry in its infancy. The Wright brothers’ first sustained flight had only taken place 36 years earlier in 1903, the year WMU was founded. In 1939, the Michigan State Board of Education authorized and approved Western Michigan to offer a two-year, non-degree curriculum in Vocational Aviation Mechanics designed to prepare students for positions as licensed airplane mechanics, licensed engine mechanics, airplane factory mechanics and pilot mechanics. That same year, WMU began offering the ground school portion of the Civilian Pilot Training program, sponsored by the federal government, with the flight portion of the program contracted out. Both the mechanics programs and the WMU Aviation partners, Duncan Aviation, interacted with students in all three programs. Continued on next page 17 Prism: Western Michigan University’s Newsletter for Academic Affairs pilot training initiative were under the College of direction of Elmer C. “Buck” Weaver. By 1947, WMU had established a four- Education and year bachelor’s degree curriculum Human Development called air transportation, and by 1955, Faculty and Staff Accolades the University started its own flight- training program at the Plainwell, MI airport. The Kalamazoo airport was the program’s home from 1959 to 1997, when it moved to W.K. Kellogg Airport in Battle Creek, MI. In 1999, WMU’s aviation programs were organized into the College of Aviation - WMU’s seventh degree-granting college. The following is a list of upcoming activities by month to commemorate this great milestone: • Sky Broncos Flight team competition Stephen E. Craig (May 12-17) • Aviation Maintenance Technical Day Dr. Stephen E. Craig, associate (May 24) professor and unit director of the • 4th Annual College of Aviation Golf counselor education program in the Outing (June 7) Department of Counselor Education • Student Activity Week (June 30 – July and Counseling Psychology has recently 4) Carla Adkison-Johnson been elected as president-elect of the • EAA Airventure (Oshkosh) (July 28 – North Central Association for Counselor Aug. 3) Carla Adkison-Johnson, a professor in Education and Supervision (NCACES). • Fly-In and Pancake Breakfast (Sept. 27) the Department of Counselor Education NCACES is one of five regional • Celebration Gala, including Hall and Counseling Psychology, and associations of the Association for of Honor inductee ceremony her colleague, law professor Cynthia Counselor Education and Supervision and Diversity in Aviation award Debose (Stetson University Law School) (ACES), the preeminent professional presentation (Oct. 24) have recently had a paper accepted organization for counselor educators. for presentation at the National Child NCACES Members represent the Welfare, Juvenile and Family Law 13 states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Conference. Debose is a graduate of Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Harvard Law School and a scholar in the Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, area of family law. Adkison-Johnson’s Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, and presentation will center on her current Wisconsin. Dr. Craig’s term as president- research regarding African American elect will begin on July 1, 2014. child disciplinary practices and consultation activities involving family and criminal court. Their presentation and current project is the first in the field of law and psychology to articulate the legal definition of child discipline in all 50 states and its implications for African American parents.

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Counselor Education and Counseling nominated for the award by a diverse Rehabilitation Counseling Association; Psychology assistant professor Dr. team of scholars, several of whom and chairperson for the rehabilitation Stephanie Burns co-presented a one reported already using it as the basis counseling division of AER . Dr. Wiebold hour interactive national CEU webinar for further research and/or as reading is a fellow of the National Rehabilitation hosted by Chi Sigma Iota International material for their teacher education Counseling Association. titled “The Role of Clinical Supervisors classes. in the Formation of Professional Identity in Developing Counselors.” Dr. Burns Student and Alumni was also invited to be the featured Accolades spring 2014 induction banquet speaker Alumni accepts director’s position for the Theta Chapter of Chi Sigma Candi Bush, a graduate of the family Iota at Oakland University. Chi Sigma studies program in the Department Iota is the international honor society of Family and Consumer Sciences for counselors in training, counselor has recently accepted a director’s educators, and professional counselors. position in the Michigan Department of

Community Health. Bush will be starting as the director of Michigan’s Family Center for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs (commonly known as the Family Center) at the end of April. Bush, in her current role as director of Parent-to-Parent of SW Michigan has been a member of the WMU Family Studies Advisory Board. Jennipher Wiebold

Jennipher Wiebold, Ph.D., CRC, was appointed by Governor Rick Snyder to the Michigan Council for Rehabilitation Services. Housed within the Michigan Department of Human Services, the 17-member council reviews and Jill Hermann-Wilmarth evaluates Michigan’s rehabilitation programs and services, and advises the department director and governor. Dr. Jill M. Hermann-Wilmarth in the The council works in partnership with Department of Teaching Learning, Michigan Rehabilitation Services and and Educational Studies and her co- the Michigan Department of Licensing author, Dr. Caitlin L. Ryan, assistant and Regulatory Affairs’ Bureau of professor in the Department of Literacy Services for Blind Persons. Dr. Wiebold Studies, English Education, and History will represent disability advocacy Education at East Carolina University groups as a member of the Michigan were honored to receive the Article Council for Rehabilitation Services. of the Year Award from the American Dr. Wiebold has held a number of Educational Research Association’s national leadership positions that Queer Studies Special Interest Group at will support her work on the MCRS, AERA’s annual meeting in Philadelphia. including: president of the National They received this honor for their Rehabilitation Counseling Association, 2013 article in the Journal of Literacy AER representative to the National Research entitled “Already on the Shelf: Research and Training Center on Queer Readings of Award-Winning blindness and low vision; board of Children’s Literature.” The article was directors member for the American

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the Michigan Community College Association, the Presidents Council State Universities of Michigan, and MACRAO discussed and developed the guiding principles and recommendations on which the revised, newly-named “Michigan Transfer Agreement” (MTA) is based. WMU signed the MTA in December as a receiving institution. The MTA will take effect for community college students who begin their studies in fall 2014. Students who started prior to fall 2014 can complete the existing MACRAO Agreement through 2019. WMU will continue to honor the MACRAO Agreement whenever a student’s transcript shows that the MACRAO Agreement was previously satisfied. The MACRAO organization is leading implementation Mr. Nasoor Bin Mold Nasiruddin, Mr. Ben Conklin and Dr. Deb Berkey of the MTA. In April, information sessions for university staff have been held at eight Mr. Nasoor Bin Mold Nasiruddin different college sites throughout (M.A. 2013) and Mr. Ben Conklin Enrollment Michigan, including WMU. Both the (B.S. 2014) flank Dr. Deb Berkey, Management MTA and the MACRAO Agreement professor in the department of Human require a minimum of 30 hours of Performance and Health Education Items of Academic Interest coursework completed across select (HPHE, at the Society for Health and core subject areas. Students planning Physical Education (formerly AAHPERD) to transfer to WMU are encouraged to National Convention held in April. For many years, Michigan transfer check with their colleges to determine The trio presented a peer-reviewed students have relied on the Michigan what transfer courses are approved for session entitled “Remote Supervision Association of Collegiate Registrars inclusion in the MTA and for information for Physical Educators using iPads.” The and Admissions Officers (MACRAO) to request an evaluation and MTA system is being piloted in the WMU Articulation Agreement to transfer core endorsement on their transcript. Visit Physical Education teacher education college courses between Michigan the MACRAO organization’s website for program. Nasiriddun, graduate of the institutions. In 2012, the Michigan information about the MTA, or go to Pedagogy M.A. program, is a doctoral legislature proposed a revision to the Office of Admissions site at to learn assistant at Texas A&M. Conklin and will the existing MACRAO Articulation how WMU recognizes this agreement. graduate in April after completing his Agreement to remove barriers and The WMU page includes a form for intern teaching experience in the Gull improve the process. A committee, submitting questions about how the Lake Community Schools. comprised of representatives from MTA transfers to WMU.

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Faculty and Staff Accolades Student and Alumni Upcoming Events Accolades

Congratulations to Bonnie Ayers of In April, enrollment management WMU’s University-wide Common Read Bronco Express who recently received master’s capstone student Alex 2014-15 will be turning the spotlight a Make a Difference award. Bonnie Susienka presented a national webinar on Yann Martel’s Life of Pi, winner of the is the lead phone representative in to the members of the National 2002 Man Booker Prize. The Common Bronco Express, where she has worked Association for College Admission Read begins the first week in June, for eight years. Make a Difference is a Counseling (NACAC) on the topic of when new students arrive on campus peer-to-peer program that recognizes LGBT Recruitment. Alex spent the for orientation. First-Year Experience staff for their exceptional services to the spring 2014 semester researching will be staging activities related to Life University. Bonnie was honored at the best practices and conducting an of Pi during Fall Welcome Week and semiannual Make a Difference Awards environmental scan. Susienka reviewed will continue staging activities along reception on April 14, in the Bernhard student development theories and with other campus departments and Center. supporting literature as well as practices programs until April 2015. In addition, surrounding college and university students registered for the First-Year admissions applications criteria, Seminar will be reading the book for campus-wide nondiscrimination and class. housing policies, and LGBT resource The Center for Humanities will centers. All of this information and coordinate Yann Martel’s visit to WMU examples was shared in the context of in fall 2014. The highlight of Martel’s presenting LGBT-friendliness during the visit will include a presentation titled recruitment and enrollment process. “Healing Journeys: Crossing the Pacific, Dealing with Trauma” Oct. 23 in Miller Auditorium. University departments, groups and programs wishing to sponsor additional events should contact Miranda Howard at [email protected] for more information. Reading group kits will be Bonnie Ayers (center) and her daughter, available at the Waldo Library Access Alivia, with President Dunn at the Services desk Monday, June 2. Each kit Semiannual Make a Difference Awards contains six copies of Life of Pi. reception.

Alex Susienka

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Evaluation Center

Faculty and Staff Accolades

Biczak, one of forty-seven award recipients

Extended University and verbal, as well as in his adherence Dr. Chris Coryn to schedules for assignments and Programs other course activities. This is all the more impressive when you realize the Dr. Chris Coryn, director of the Student and Alumni Interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Evaluation, Accolades demands he is under in his career at Alcoa. He is obviously a key player in his has been selected as the recipient Jasen Biczak, WMU Muskegon area of expertise and relied on heavily of the 2014 Distinguished Scholar student, has been named the for responsiveness to production Award by the Executive Committee Presidential Scholar Award recipient challenges that threaten shipments, of the American Education Research in Manufacturing Engineering for the being called on frequently to travel Association. 2013-14 school year. He was honored across the country and outside the at a reception in March. Dr. David US to address production issues. It Kelly Robertson and Dr. Daniela Meade, from the WMU Manufacturing has been a pleasure and an honor to Schroeter had their article, “Leveraging Engineering Department said, “Jasen be a part of helping this young man Appraisal Findings to Improve is an exceptional student in addition achieve his dream in obtaining his BS Evaluation Quality,” published in the to being an impressive young man. He in Engineering.” Upon completion of his Newsletter and Think Pieces section of has been the model of professionalism undergraduate degree, Jasen would like the International Labour Organization’s in his communications, both written to continue into a master’s program. website. It examines quality appraisals conducted of ILO EVAL’s independent project evaluation and makes recommendations for improvement of guidance documents and training materials. Access the article here.

Dr. David Meade, Jasen Biczak

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The Evaluation Center received the John A. Seeley Friend of Evaluation Award from the Michigan Association for Evaluation on April 17.

Upcoming Events

Dr. Lori Wingate and Dr. Daniela Schroeter are presenting two workshops on evaluation at CDC University, the professional development program for employees of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, GA. The workshops are titled “Identifying Evaluation Questions” and “Data Stephanie Means, Daniela Schroeter, John Seeley and Corey Smith Interpretation in Program Evaluation.” speakers Eve Salisbury (English), who similar to and is inspired by TEDTalks presented her work on The Gower (more info). Here, WMU students will Project; Mitch Kachun (history), who be able to present their research ideas, Graduate College discussed his work on the Michigan book reviews, journal articles, theses, Manual of Freedmen’s Progress; and and dissertations as well as travel to Items of Academic Interest VanDonkelaar (English), who talked conferences and other exciting scholarly about her contribution to Allen Webb’s experiences.

Literary Worlds website. Following Our GRADTalks have embraced the For the past year, the WMU Graduate these presentations, the working 10-minute, interactive presentation style College has partnered with University group led discussions of techniques for and inclusive scope of TEDTalks. This Libraries and the WMU Center for teaching with DH, and the challenges program is designed to give students the Humanities to create a Digital of bringing together separate offices a chance to be published digitally in Humanities initiative on campus. and departments to work on digital video media. Student presentations Responding to a request from projects. In spring 2014, the group will be filmed and published on the humanities graduate students to met to develop a work-flow document Graduate Student Advisory Committee learn more about digital research and list of resources for participants website for reference or future viewing. and projects, Graduate College Social looking to begin DH projects, which In spring 2013 alone, GRADTalks Media Specialist Ilse VanDonkelaar is available on the library’s Digital featured students speaking about and Humanities Librarian Kate Langan Humanities LibGuide site. The group research in areas as diverse as dental co-moderated a working group in the is also planning a THATcamp (The anthropology, LGBT identity-creation in Digital Humanities. Humanities and Technology Camp), an online forums, technology and disability The group was open to students, open “unconference” coinciding with studies, bacterial applications for curing faculty, staff, and administrators the start of the International Congress cancers, education in Central American throughout the university, and on Medieval Studies on May 7. Finally, tribes, and the transitional experiences was sponsored by the Center for co-moderators VanDonkelaar and of international students. GRADTalks the Humanities. The Center for the Langan are in the process of planning will start again in fall 2014, and the Humanities sponsors numerous a future graduate-level course in the GSA will begin accepting applications interdisciplinary working groups that Digital Humanities under the aegis of for presentations in September. facilitate discussion in challenging and the Graduate College. We welcome submissions from all important topics in the humanities, disciplines. All graduate students who and provide opportunities to move GradTalks is a graduate student are registered at WMU full time or across disciplinary boundaries in symposium designed and sponsored part time, main campus and extended academe. In fall 2013, the DH working by the Graduate Student Advisory university programs are eligible to group invited presentations on current Committee at WMU. This program is DH research on campus, welcoming Continued on next page 23 Prism: Western Michigan University’s Newsletter for Academic Affairs

present at GRADTalks. The Lee Honors first counselor educator to be hired in guidance counselor in a high school College will host our presentations in the College of Education. He served with 2500 students. He has acted as a its lounge and the talks will be open to as the coordinator of the Counselor low vision consultant for the Kalamazoo the public each month. Seats will be Education program from 1943 until Valley Museum as well as been a reserved for graduate students and their 1964, and was very active in the field graduate assistant in the Department guests who pre-register to attend. of school counseling and guidance. of Blindness and Low Vision. His time This endowed award was first given in since May 2013 has been taken up as a 1975 upon the occasion of Dr. Manske’s very active chair of GSAC. In this role he Student and Alumni retirement. His friends and colleagues has brought the National Association Accolades established the award to recognize Dr. of Graduate and Professional Schools Manske’s significant leadership in school Conference to Western Michigan On April 17, Graduate Student counseling. University and joined a group of Advisory Committee Chairperson Damon is pursuing a double master’s graduate students from WMU who have Damon Chambers was recognized degree in Blindness and Low Vision traveled to Washington D.C. to engage with the Arthur and Margaret Manske Studies and School Counseling. He stays with legislators on issues of importance Outstanding Master’s Student in School very busy with his roles as outstanding to students pursuing graduate degrees. Counseling Award. This award is given student and president of the Graduate We are proud to congratulate Damon to recognize and honor outstanding Student Advisory Committee (soon on his latest accomplishments. master’s degree students in school to be Graduate Student Association). counseling who have demonstrated Damon is from Jamaica, where he Adrienne Redding, graduate student potential for excellence in the received his bachelor’s degree in School assistant to Jennifer Holm, coordinator profession. Dr. Arthur Manske was the Counseling and worked as the sole of theses and dissertations in the Graduate College, is leaving WMU at the end of spring semester. After a trip to Scotland, she will defend her dissertation on May 16. Adrienne has been an invaluable addition to the Graduate College staff, performing numerous duties as part of her assistantship. She manages the processing and circulation of paperwork and forms, including permission to elect, committee appointment, extension requests, leave of absence, graduate faculty nomination, academic forgiveness, and others. She also creates and posts dissertation defense announcements, as well as confirms and records submissions of theses/ dissertations for each graduation period. Adrienne also assists Jennifer by reviewing master’s theses for formatting compliance and sending revision requests to students; she also reviews corrections and submits to the coordinator. She generates end-of-semester reports including spreadsheets of doctoral and master’s graduates, commencement copy for the dean, and post-graduate contact information as well as processes and coordinates shipments of completed Damon Chambers Continued on next page 24 Prism: Western Michigan University’s Newsletter for Academic Affairs

dissertations and theses to the publisher, UMI ProQuest, and Waldo Library. Adrienne is obtaining her doctoral degree in English literature, with areas of specialty in linguistics, English Renaissance drama and literature, Shakespeare, and composition. Her dissertation is titled, “Wielding Eden: Early Modern Voices and the Appropriation of Paradise.” She has taught in the English department at WMU and for CELCIS. She currently teaches ENGL 3720 - Development of Modern English. Adrienne graduated with a bachelor’s and a master’s degree from Andrews University, has published one book review and acted as contributing reviewer for the 6th edition of Writing Analytically, published by Adrienne Redding Cengage Learning, 2006. She has made many presentations at professional conferences. Please join us in saying a the Center for Research and Retention research for the dissertation and thesis. fond farewell to Adrienne as she moves under the direction of Dr. Marianne He plans to graduate with his doctorate on and up. Di Pierro for the last five years as he in December 2014. In the meantime, attained first his master’s and then his he leaves in summer for an internship Haolai (Lincoln) Jiang grew up in Jilin doctorate in statistics. at Travelers Casualty and Property province in the northeast of China. After As statistical consultant, he met Insurance Company in Hartford, CT. graduating from Renmin University of with graduate students from around There he will work in the Actuarial and China (one of the top universities in the university to help with research Analytics Leadership Development China) in 2008, he came to WMU for questions regarding statistical analysis. Program, building and analyzing his master’s degree in statistics. He has He has successfully assisted over 110 models to predict premiums based on worked for the Graduate College in WMU graduate students with their the risks involved in various activities or situations in auto, home, and health insurance. Lincoln is currently working on his dissertation, titled “Inference on Differences Between k Means for Data with Excess Zeros and Detection Limits.” The research primarily focuses on testing the differences among three or more groups of data with excess zeroes and detection limits. Such data sets are very common in medical studies. In his spare time, Lincoln likes to play bass guitar and watch soccer games. He would like to thank Dr. Di Pierro, all the professors in the Statistics department, all the staff members in the Graduate College, and his wife, Linlin.

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Education and Human Development China and Europe (Poland), will into CoEHD Case Statement. She also contribute to the project to achieve a played a pivotal role in the program’s balance in approaches and judgments. preparation of the self-study for re- It will compare Chinese civilizations accreditation from the Council for to global counterparts in the areas of Accreditation of Counseling and Related historiography, political science, culture Educational Programs (CACREP). From study, economics and technology. 2012 to 2013, she had six peer reviewed, national and regional conference presentations.

Haworth College of Business Baochun (JoJo) Zhou Faculty and Staff Accolades

Baochun (Jojo) Zhou is the recipient of the 2014 Thelma M. Urbick Dr. Onur Arugaslan, Outstanding Doctoral Student in associate professor Counselor Education Award. The award of finance and recognizes and honors outstanding commercial law, doctoral students in Counselor presented his paper Education. JoJo is a doctoral student in titled “Evaluating Counselor Education and Supervision Latin American ADRs who joined WMU in 2011. She holds a Using Risk-Adjusted master’s degree in Marriage and Family Performance Counseling from Governors State Arugaslan Measures,” co- Han University, University Park, IL. During her authored with Ajay studies at GSU, she received the Student Samant, University of North Florida, at of the Year Award from the Counseling the International Academic Research department. Her cross-cultural working Conference in April. and living experiences in both China and the United States have cultivated Han and Targowski’s book grant her research interests in multicultural Dr. Bernard Han and Dr. Andrew and diversity issues, and advocacy Targowski, professors of business for marginalized groups of color. Her information sysytems, were recently current research focuses are doctoral awarded the third annual Timothy Light advising in counselor education, Center for Chinese Studies Research and parenting and socialization. She Grant for their book project, “Chinese has received the NCACES Research Civilization in the 21st Century.” Han Grant award from the North Central and Targowski will receive $3,000 to Association for Counselor Education publish a book in English and Chinese. and Supervision in 2013, the Graduate The volume provides a comprehensive Student Travel Grant award from WMU historical review, inspection and in 2012 and 2013, the Association for evaluation of the state of Chinese Specialists in Group Work Volunteer civilizations in the 21st century in Scholarship, and the International times of accelerated globalization, Student Panelist honor from American and how that will impact worldwide Counseling Association. In February, dynamics now and into the future. An Targowski she was selected as a representative interdisciplinary team composed of of the finest students in the College of researchers from the United States, 26 Prism: Western Michigan University’s Newsletter for Academic Affairs

Dr. Karen M. Lancendorfer, associate Great Lakes District case competition professor of marketing, Dr. Duke in Downer’s Grove, Ill. Team members Leingpibul, associate professor of were Layla Farwana, of Kalamazoo, marketing, and Bonnie B. Reece Mich., Justin Giola, of Clarkston, Mich., presented their paper, “Don’t Blame the Michael Merling, of Jackson, Mich., Messenger! Political Advertising, Voter Ashley Moyle, of Mattawan, Mich., Attribution and the 2012 Presidential Brendan Mulcahy, of Livonia, Mich., Election,” at the 2014 American and Kyle Slott, of Wheaton, Ill. Part Academy of Advertising Annual of the challenge for student teams Conference. was the short time frame allowed. Teams were given the case at 6 p.m. Dr. Andrew Targowski, professor on a Friday and had to submit and be The winning team of integrated supply of business information systems, prepared to present their solution by management students has published a new book, Global 9 a.m. Saturday. The WMU team found Civilization in the 21st Century, with Nova ways to improve the operations of a Science Publishers. More details are fictitious company, Dazz Manufacturing. Rosie Hall, an MBA student from available on the publisher’s website. Not only did the improvements require Kalamazoo, was awarded the top prize a process analysis focus, but also of $1,500 at the second annual Pitch financial analysis and validation of the competition by providing a more Student and Alumni optimal improvement method. Each efficient way to work with two-wheeled Accolades team member came with a different carts. She captured first place after experience base and was able to presenting a three-minute pitch on A team WMU integrated supply contribute to the ultimate success of the Dolly Xtractor, a business she and her management students finished third team. overall in February at the 2014 APICS Continued on next page

Pitch competition first-place winners Rosie Hall and family

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husband, Jeff, started. The stainless steel tool attaches to a shoe, allowing for a simple hook and pull of a dolly axle to easily release the platform underneath a stack of product. Second place and a prize of $1,000 was awarded to a team of MBA students comprised of Elizabeth Mooney of Kalamazoo; Andrew Eaton of Albuquerque, NM; and Gabriella Vezzosi of Livonia, Mich. That team presented Savvy Dress Rentals, an upscale consignment boutique specializing in new and gently used fashion. The $750 third place prize (and People’s Choice award) went to Jonathan Rhodes, industrial and entrepreneurial engineering major from Farmington Hills, Mich., who pitched his The second- and third-place winners business idea GoAnywhere Sleeper, an affordable and secure way for off-road and Dismissed/Readmitted Students.” Daniel Abraham, applied economics, enthusiasts to comfortably sleep within Robinson and Heystek will also be and Rong Shi, applied economics. The a Jeep Wrangler. presenting at the Michigan Academic editorial team will grow this summer Advising Association conference this to include doctoral candidates, James Assessment of Student May at Central Michigan University. Squires, applied economics, and Diane Learning Lovett, statistics, and Paul Burgess, a master’s student in applied economics. The University Assessment Steering We are pleased to introduce this open Committee awarded the Haworth Haenicke Institute access interdisciplinary journal on issues College of Business Academic Advising for Global related to sustainable development and Admissions Office the Assessment in Africa. IJAD is an outcome of seven Excellence Unit Award. The award Education successful international conferences on serves to recognize and showcase African development held since 2001. Items of Academic Interest outstanding efforts in the area of The journal is to serve as a scholarly assessment at WMU. The advising forum for dialogue, research, and office received the award for their work WMU launched the new International knowledge necessary for policy reforms with the Phoenix Program, a support Journal of African Development in to enhance sustainable development, program for at-risk pre-business and the fall of 2013 in ScholarWorks. good governance, human rights business students. Chris Robinson, Spearheading this effort is chief editor and peace in African states, with assistant director of academic advising, Dr. Sisay Asefa, professor of economics implications for other developing states. and Geralyn Heystek, director of the at WMU. The editorial team assisting The journal publishes peer-reviewed career center for the Haworth College Asefa is Lisa Whittaker, M.A./M.S., scholarly articles on cross-cutting issues of Business, received the award at the associate professor of aviation; Dr. Dolly that address the social, economic, 2014 Assessment in Action Day this Daftary, assistant professor of social political, scientific, technological, past March. Robinson, Heystek and work; Dr. Menelik Geremew, assistant business, human capital, governance, Betsy Drummer, director of academic professor of economics at Kalamazoo and other aspects of sustainable advising, gave a presentation at the College; Dr. Mariam Konate, associate development on Africa. “High Impact Practices: Creating professor of gender and women studies; Since the journal was launched a Culture of Completion” Oakland Dr. Glinda Rawls, associate professor of in fall 2013, there have been nearly Retention Conference in February titled counselor education and psychology; 1,000 downloads. The fall 2014 “The Phoenix Project - an Intrusive and doctoral student assistant editors Retention Initiative for At-Risk FTIAC Continued on next page 28 Prism: Western Michigan University’s Newsletter for Academic Affairs

IJAD volume will follow the 8th The number of works posted in our much valuable content. There are three International Conference on African scholarly repository hit 10,000 at the more journals coming up in the next Development organized by the WMU beginning of April. Launched in 2011, few months. Thanks to the Medieval Center of African Development Policy the institutional repository for WMU has Institute and others who have used Research, in collaboration with WMU’s grown quickly thanks to many active ScholarWorks for their conferences, and Haenicke Institute for Global Education projects, seven WMU-based journals all of those who have started archiving and Department of Economics in and large collections of student work. their materials in ScholarWorks. Thanks the College of Arts and Sciences. It has logged nearly a half million go to ScholarWorks grad assistants Lisa Conference organizers have issued a call full-text downloads in the past year. Kruse and Kent Craig for putting up for papers on the theme: The Challenges ScholarWorks also includes newsletters much of the content one piece at a time. of Good Governance and Leadership like Prism, whose 78 issues have The institutional repository can be for Sustainable Development in African been downloaded 23,500 times. It is searched or browsed by collection, States The call for papers is accessible a permanent archive of WMU faculty, discipline or author. Individuals online on ScholarWorks. student and staff work. It provides can create professional pages on increased exposure and access to the SelectedWorks. More information on excellent research done here at WMU. ScholarWorks is on the “About” page University Libraries thanks its and the guide to ScholarWorks is University Libraries partners at the journals - Accessus, The available here. WMU authors interested Hilltop Review, International Journal in submitting their work or starting Items of Academic Interest of African Development, The Open a new page, journal or conference, Journal of Occupational Therapy, should contact Maira Bundza, the Reading Horizons, Teaching Writing, ScholarWorks librarian, at maira. On March 27, the Michigan Council of and Transference - who have added so [email protected]. Library Directors (COLD) Public Services Group were hosted at Waldo Library for a “New Approaches” workshop. Kristin Meyer, Jen Torreano and Brian Merry from Grand Valley State University lead a workshop on student assistant training and development. This workshop is designed for anyone who supervises and has contact with academic library student workers. Topics covered include: • Understanding the current and emerging role of student assistants in the functioning of an academic library • New approaches to hiring and recruitment, including peer hiring • Creative training tools and methods • Skill identification and development • Orientation and training program development • Evaluation and performance reviews, including peer evaluations A capacity group of 40 participants engaged in discussion and hands- on activities and left the workshop with an outline of a strategic plan for defining, recruiting, training, and evaluating library student employees. Professor Michele Behr, WMU Extended University Programs Librarian, was the WMU’s own institutional repository at University Libraries reaches milestones of hostess. 10,000 items and 500,000 yearly downloads

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Kate Langan, University Humanities Proposed sessions and discussions Upcoming Events Librarian, plans to host a THATcamp will be dedicated to game design and Medieval @ Kzoo! This initial gathering the humanities, text analysis tools, will coincide with the International and social media and crowdsourcing University Libraries assists students Congress on Medieval Studies at WMU tools for translating texts. Kevin with their class projects and research in May. The camp is open to anyone Abbott will be presenting a “keynote” throughout the semester. We also interested in sharing ideas about on collaboration, game design in provide extra support for finals week. the humanities, digital humanities, humanities, and medievalist-type During finals, hours of operation and tech. THATCamp stands for “The games. Those interested in setting up are extended for the Public Services Humanities and Technology Camp.” It a THATcamp account, register for the departments in Waldo Library to aid is an “un-conference activity,” an open, camp, and propose a session. THATcamp students with last minute needs. inexpensive meeting where humanists is open, informal, and participatory. The biggest nights for this late night and technologists of all skill levels learn Please discuss a project with us at: studying are Sunday and Monday of and build together in sessions proposed medievalcongress2014.thatcamp.org. finals week. There are typically 400- on the spot. Learn more at thatcamp. 700 students studying independently org. or working in groups in Waldo Library on these late evenings. During those evenings, we offer coffee, tea, doughnut holes, and popcorn for those studying late into the night. Friends of the University Libraries and anonymous donors also provided financial support. In this last two day endeavor, we served over 800 cups of coffee, 400 bags of popcorn (donated by Kalamazoo 10 Theatre) and 48 dozen donut holes (donated by Sweetwater’s Donut Mill). It is a labor of love, one of the students would “love” to see it continued for the entire week of finals. It is gratifying for the volunteers and late night staff, especially when students show appreciation for the additional time and effort expended on their behalf.

Webpage at THATcamp website for the new unconference as part of the Medieval Congress

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PRISM Newsletter

Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Timothy Greene

Editor: Joel Krauss

Production: Sandy Wachowski, Husky Graphics Benefactors tour the Charles C. and Lynn L. Zhang Legacy Collections Center

The Irving S. Gilmore Foundation board, thanked them for their generous Accredited by The Higher Learning generously supported the construction grant, and then accompanied them Commission and a member of the North of the Zhang Legacy Collections Center on a tour of the facility. The unique Central Association. on the Oakland Drive Campus. The collections of southwest Michigan executive board of the foundation fascinated the guests as did the stories www.ncahigherlearningcommission.org recently visited the site sheltering of discoveries and connections brought the University Archives and Regional about both by amateur and veteran 1(800) 621-7440 History Collections. VP Jim Thomas, scholar/researchers. The board saw a Development and Alumni Affairs, demonstration of the Raymond Lift in Director Dr. Sharon Carlson, Archives the Big Box storage area placing and and Regional History, and Dean Joseph extracting materials from the mobile Reish, University Libraries, greeted the shelving extending upward to 32 feet. 31