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Vol. 15 No. 13 NovembertodayJANUARY 30,88, 20102008 TrumanA weekly newsletter for students, faculty and staff Vol. 10 No. 34 today

Group Projects SAB Comedians and Enhanced with Mike Birbiglia Set to Perform Dec. 11 oogle pps G A omedians Michael Ian Black and Mike his 2009 hit show “Sleepwalk With Me.” Birbiglia tudies show that today’s CBirbiglia will perform at 7 p.m. Dec. 11 in closed out 2009 with a 35-city Central Sstudents and instructors Baldwin Hall Auditorium. Live tour called “Mike Birbiglia: I’m In The are increasingly turning Michael Ian Black is a multi-talented actor, Future Also,” selling out concert halls nationwide. to collaborative or group writer, comedian and director. His most recent His long-standing relationship with Comedy assignments to create significant comedy series, Central has resulted in three of his own standup and authentic learning “Michael and specials, including the critically acclaimed one- experiences. Michael Have Issues,” hour special “What I Should Have Said Was However, group projects are appeared on Comedy Nothing.” At the end of the year, Birbiglia’s 2007 not always easy to coordinate. Central this past year. Records release “My Secret Enter Google Apps: tools Black also created, Public Journal Live” was named one of the “Best available at Truman for starred in and co- Comedy Albums of students and teachers to easily wrote the Comedy the Decade” by The work asynchronously and Central series “.” Onion AV Club. collaboratively on documents, He is also one of the Tickets for this presentations, drawings and lead commentators event are available whole websites. on VH1’s “I Love Michael Ian Black now in the SAB The apps use a “wiki” the...” series. Office in the lower construct to make this possible. Black appeared opposite Paul Rudd and level of the Student Students can engage in real-time Janeane Garofalo in the USA Films cult hit Union Building. editing between multiple users “” and for four Tickets are free for at once and see what the other years he starred on NBC’s hit drama “Ed.” Early Truman students people are typing as they type in his career, Black co-wrote and starred in the Mike Birbiglia and $10 for general it. Links to shared documents acclaimed MTV sketch comedy show “The State.” admission. The SAB and projects can even be posted From there, he co-created, co-wrote and starred in Office is open Monday through Friday from 9:30 on Blackboard to make a class the Comedy Central series “.” a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The show begins at 7 p.m. and assignment easily accessible. Comedian Mike Birbiglia is best known for doors will open at 6:30 p.m. To take a tour to see how this is possible, visit http://www. google.com/google-d-s/tour2. University Receives Grant to Support Local Foods html. See the Learning ruman was recently named a recipient of services. Truman’s is one of 13 projects across Technologies Team in Pickler Tfunding from the U.S. Department of Missouri selected to receive funding through this Memorial Library 205 or call Agriculture’s Specialty Crop Block Grant Program, program. 785.7750 for more information. which seeks to enhance the competitiveness of The one-year Specialty Crop Block grants are crops such as fruits, vegetables, tree nuts, dried funded through USDA’s Agriculture Marketing Kohlenberg Lyceum Event fruits, horticulture and nursery crops. Service Specialty Crop Block grant program. The University’s “Farm-to-College as a The grants total approximately $55 million Catalyst for Specialty Crop Production” project nationwide, with more than $340,000 being Axiom Brass will receive $28,970 in funding. This project awarded in Missouri. 7:30 p.m. involves coordinating with Sodexo to facilitate the For more information, visit the Missouri Nov. 30 production, procurement and delivery of locally Department of Agriculture at http://mda.mo.gov Baldwin Hall Auditorium grown fruits and vegetables to campus dining or the USDA at http://usda.gov. Master of Arts Truman Delta Sigma Pi Receives in Leadership Truman will begin offering Most Outstanding Chapter Award courses in the Master of ast month, Truman’s chapter of Delta Sigma order to represent Truman effectively. The chapter Arts in Leadership graduate LPi was selected as the Most Outstanding was founded Dec. 9, 1978. Since then, it has program in Spring 2011. Chapter in the nation. claimed the National Most Outstanding Chapter The program includes a solid National officers presented the award to Matt Award nine times, which is more than any other theoretical foundation in Vennemen, president of the Iota Nu chapter of chapter. The International Fraternity of Delta personal and organizational Delta Sigma Pi at the LEAD (Leadership and Sigma Pi was founded at , leadership, plus experiential Excellence Academy for Deltasigs) School in School of Commerce, Accounts and Finance Nov. learning consisting of simulations, Indianapolis, Ind. 7, 1907. case studies and internships that The Delta will enable students to progress National Most Sigma Pi, a from the study of leadership to its application and practice. Outstanding professional Chapter Award fraternity, For more information, see is given to the is one of http://gradstudies.truman.edu/ chapter that Truman’s areasofstudy/Leadership.asp, best exemplifies organizations e-mail [email protected] or the purpose of open only call 785.4109. Delta Sigma Pi. to students The chapters majoring Professor’s Day Out are evaluated in business, on professional Members of the Truman (Iota Nu) chapter of Delta Sigma Pi display the Most accounting, Outstanding Chapter award. Truman’s chapter has now received the award nine 10 a.m.-4 p.m. • Dec. 5 activity, or economics. Baldwin Hall 252 times. Sign up by Dec. 3 community Delta Sigma Cost is $7 per child service, Pi is involved fundraising, academics and others. in a number of activities across campus, including: Want to do a little Christmas In addition to the National Most Outstanding co-sponsoring the Career Expo; managing the shopping? Just need a little R&R? Chapter Award, the chapter also won the national University’s concessions business, which provides Let Truman’s Half Full Players award for Most Outstanding Professional food service at all athletic events; providing take your kids for a day. Activities, the Provincial award for Most speakers to students to encourage professional Children or grandchildren Outstanding Chapter and Professional Activities development; tutoring for the Junior Achievement (ages 4-11) are invited to join and Outstanding Scholastic Development for the program, which teaches basic economic concepts the Half Full Players for crafts, Gateway Region. to young students in Kirksville’s elementary entertainment and a chance to The Iota Nu Chapter of Delta Sigma Pi classes; and participating in Relay for Life, to perform. Contact enecka@truman. continuously strives to improve its programs in name a few. edu to reserve a spot or with any questions.

Half Full Players Children’s Health Students Support Local Food Pantry Theatre Troupe is “for the he major service-learning project for this Violette Hall on campus during the week of Nov. kids.” The Troupe performs at Tfall’s HLTH 150 Nutrition class was a food 8-12. local elementary schools every drive to The HLTH 150 food drive for the Salvation semester and works towards benefit the Army netted increasing children’s literacy and appreciation for the arts through Salvation 20 large entertainment. Army food boxes of food pantry in donations Kirksville. and nearly Upward Bound Students $200 in cash. Employment from In Opportunity HLTH 150 addition Upward Bound is seeking Spring Students (left to right) Lynley Aleksandrian, organized to the food 2011 employees. Application Hannah Williams and Danielle Boyer take and secured drive, the Truman students form an assembly line reviews will begin immediately donations at Hy-Vee. donations. HLTH 150 to help unload a truck of donations to and continue until positions With help class also the Salvation Army food pantry. are filled. Application packets from students in HLTH 290 Principles of Health, helped to and information are available they collected donations of food and money Nov. unload a at http://ub.truman.edu or call 6 and Nov. 13 at Hy-Vee Food Store. They also semi-trailer of food delivered to the Salvation Donna at 785.4244. manned tables in the Student Union Building and Army food pantry in October. Buckner Awarded NSF Funding for On-Campus Collaboration with Iowa State Researchers Athletics rent Buckner, professor of biology, recently extraordinary phenotypic diversity and plasticity Breceived notification that a proposal entitled of maize. “Functional structural diversity among maize The proposed studies will ultimately inform haplotype” submitted to the National Science crop improvement strategies. For example, to help Foundation’s Plant Genome Initiative has been adapt crops to climate change it may be desirable funded. to reintroduce into breeding germplasm stress Buckner is a co-principal investigator on resistance genes and genetic diversity inadvertently this award and will collaborate with principal lost during domestication. Dec. 1 investigator Dr. Patrick Schnable and co-principal This grant will provide funding for three Women’s Basketball investigators Dr. Carolyn Lawrence and Dr. student research internships in each of the next v. Missouri Southern Daniel Nettleton, all of Iowa State University. two summers. In addition, the grant provides 5:30 p.m. During the two-year grant period Buckner’s for the hiring of a postdoctoral teacher-scholar Men’s Basketball lab will receive $188,000 while the entire who will work with Buckner to develop the v. Missouri Southern collaborative grant is funded at $3 million. professional skills that are consistent with success 7:30 p.m. The focus of this proposal is to test the at a predominantly undergraduate institution hypothesis that differences in gene copy number where teaching and research are mutually Dec. 3 (both gains and losses) contribute to the supportive. Men’s Swimming v. University of Missouri NOTABLES Women’s Swimming Donald Bindner, assistant professor of Distinguished Master’s Thesis Award. Czahor’s v. University of Missouri mathematics, and Martin Erickson, professor thesis adviser was Paula Cochrane of the of mathematics, had their textbook “A Student’s Department of Communication Disorders. Dec. 4 Guide to the Study, Practice, and Tools of Modern Other faculty members serving on Czahor’s thesis Men’s Swimming Mathematics” published by CRC Press. committee were Janet Gooch, Ilene Ashbaugh and v. University of Missouri Sally Cook. Alexandra Czahor, a spring 2010 graduate, Women’s Swimming was awarded the Truman State University Masahiro Hara, professor of Japanese, had v. University of Missouri Distinguished Master’s Thesis Award for 2011 a paper entitled “Real-Time Reading and Women’s Basketball for “Native and Nonnative Speakers’ Perceptions Reactivation Evidence of Syntactic-Gap Processing v. Pittsburg State of Syllable Initial Voiced Stop Consonants in in Japanese Scrambling” accepted for inclusion in 1 p.m. Three Contexts: Non-manipulated, Edited to Selected (Peer-Reviewed) Proceedings of Second Remove VOT and Edited to Remove Formant Language Research Forum 2009. This research Men’s Basketball Transitions.” Czahor has also been selected was partially supported by Hara’s Truman Faculty v. Pittsburg State as Truman’s nominee for the annual MAGS Summer Research Fellowship. 3:30 p.m.

The Giving Tree 6TH ANNUAL Staff Recognition RENAISSANCE Door Decorating Awards 11 a.m.-2 p.m. MADRIGAL DINNER Contest Human Resources and the Staff Nov. 30-Dec. 2 Sponsored by the Department Recognition and Development In anticipation of the holidays, Student Union Building of Music and Chamber Choir Committee encourage faculty and the University and Community staff to submit nominations for Publicity Tables Relations Committee of Staff 6:30-10 p.m. the following awards: Dec. 3 & 4 Council will bring back the Students, faculty and staff are Student Union Building The Bulldog Award well-received Holiday Door encouraged to take ornaments is presented to departments that Activities Room 3200 Decorating Contest. containing wish lists from local have demonstrated exceptional children who may not otherwise Adults- $22 customer service to individuals Contact Stacy Tucker-Potter receive gifts this holiday season. Students- $17 within and/or outside of Truman. at [email protected] Ornaments should be taped to the Children 2 and under- Free The Points of Excellence Award by Dec. 1 to enter your office wrapped gifts and returned to a acknowledges staff members who or department door in the table by 2 p.m. Dec. 2. For more Featuring a multi-course dinner, have made the effort to offer the contest. information or for additional music and revelry. very best in student services and opportunities to pick up or Tickets may be purchased at educational delivery. drop off an ornament, contact Doors must be completed http://music.truman.edu/madrigal. [email protected]. Visit http://hr.truman.edu/ and ready to be judged by For more information, contact recognition/index.asp for more Dec. 10. Winners will be Sponsored by Phi Sigma Pi. [email protected]. information about the awards. announced Dec. 14. Students Attend AFA Leaders’ Conference Blood Drive Four Truman students attended the 2010 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Agriculture Future of America (AFA) Leaders’ Dec. 8 Conference Nov. 4-7 in Kansas City, Mo. Joining Student Union Building more than 500 undergraduate students from 50 Down Under universities, delegates participated in a unique In the spirit of giving, the blend of seminars covering personal finance, University and Community leadership development, public speaking and ethics. Relations Committee of Staff Additionally, students networked with agricultural Council is hosting a Staff Council corporate executives, employers and policy-makers Blood Drive. at a forum and opportunity fair. Since 1996, the AFA Leaders’ Conference has served as a catalyst Donation only takes about an in preparing the next generation of agricultural hour and saves up to three lives. leaders. Truman’s four attendees (pictured, left to To further expedite the process, right) were Marianne Emery, Sam McKinley, Bridget make an appointment in advance Waller and Brittany Early. at http://redcrossblood.org.

NOTES SIFE Coffee Gift The Physics Colloquium will continue at 4:30 direction of Michael Bump, associate professor Card Sale p.m. Dec. 1 in Magruder Hall 1000 with a and director of percussion studies, and Vincent presentation by Shoaib Usman of the Department Wallace, graduate teaching assistant, the program From 8-11:30 a.m. every Monday of Nuclear Engineering, Missouri University of will feature the Music Department’s Concert morning until Christmas, SIFE Science and Technology. Percussion Ensembles I & II in an exciting and will be selling coffee gift cards with a handmade Christmas card diverse selection of music for percussion. The at the Coffee Corner located in Shawn Joyce, a 2006 Truman linguistics program will include Pat Metheny’s, “First Circle,” the west entrance of graduate, will be a featured speaker as part Jan Bach’s, “Woodwork” and David Gillingham’s Violette Hall. of the English and Linguistics Senior Seminar classic work for percussion orchestra, “Stained Conference. Joyce will present the keynote Glass,” among others. Admission is free. The gift card can be used address, “Foreign Languages and Linguistics in during any Monday Morning the Working World,” at 12 p.m. Dec. 2. His The American Association of University Mochas sale at the Coffee talk, “Translation as a Career,” will take place Professors (AAUP) will meet at 4:30 p.m. Dec. Corner throughout the year. at 9:30 a.m. Dec. 3. The whole Senior Seminar 3 at the University Club House, located at 516 E. It’s the perfect gift for a friend who appreciates hot chocolate, Conference, with sessions on creative writing, Patterson. Contact Marc Becker at marc@truman. tea, mochas or coffee in the ecocriticism, folktales, the Great War and edu or call 785.6036 for more information. mornings. storytelling, runs from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Dec. 2-3 in the Student Union Building Georgian Rooms. The True Men Winter Concert will take place at Sponsored by 8 p.m. Dec. 3 in Baldwin Hall Auditorium. Students in Free Enterprise. Peter Rolnick, professor of physics, will speak at the Mathbio Colloquium at 3:30 p.m. Dec. 2 The Board of Governors will meet at 1 p.m. in Magruder Hall 2050. Dec. 4 in the Conference Room of the Student Union Building. The men of Phi Sigma Kappa, in association with the Department of Public Safety and the Megan Wargo, Truman volleyball assistant Kirksville Police Department, are sponsoring coach, will conduct a meeting at 7 p.m. Dec. 7 Food For Fines a Self-Defense and General Safety Awareness for parents and students ages 12-18 interested in Pickler Memorial Library is Seminar at 6 p.m. Dec. 2 in the Kirk Gym. This participating in Kirksville Club Volleyball. Teams hosting a Food for Fines event seminar will be broken down into two sessions, will practice two times per week and play in Nov. 29 through Dec 3. Donated the first being a demonstration by DPS of basic regional tournaments. For information about the food will waive fines. One item self-defense techniques as well as a general Q&A meeting, contact Wargo at [email protected] equals $1. session, followed by a taser demonstration by the or 660.341.9610. Bring your items to the Kirksville Police department. This event is open Circulation Desk and help to all Truman students, faculty and staff as well as The Student Activities Board will sponsor support the Central Missouri the general public. For more information, contact “Holiday Lights” at 8 p.m. Dec. 8 at Kirk Food Bank, which helps families Michael Brelsford at [email protected]. Memorial. “Holiday Lights” is an event where in need in Adair County. Truman students can celebrate the holiday season. The Truman State University Percussion Kirk Memorial will be lit up with lights and a Everyone (with or without fines) Ensembles will present their annual “Percussion cappella groups True Men, Minor Detail and is encouraged to donate food Fall Sampler” concert at 8 p.m. Dec. 2 in Sweet Nothings will perform. There will be free during this week. For questions, Ophelia Parrish Performance Hall. Under the hot chocolate and cookies. call 785.4533.