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2 I 'ijChc ([urrrnt I SEPTEMBER 6, 2011 I WWW.THECURRENT-ONlINE.COM I I NEWS 1IChr([urrrnt VOL. 45, ISSUE 1351 WWW.THECURRENT-ONLINE.COM Colleg of Nursi g Dean at University of EDITORIAL Editor-in-Chief. ...... ... ... ... ................ .. .. .. .... .... ..... Matthew B. Poposky Managing Editor ........ .......... ...... .......... .. ... ... ............. Janaca Scherer issouri-St. L u·s resigns after 5 years News Editor................. ... ................... .... ........ ......... ...... Minho Jung Features Editor .. .... ... .. ............................. .... ......... .. ..... Ashl ey Atkins Sports Editor........... ..... ...................................... Open - Please Apply A&E Editor .... ................... ....... ........ ................. ............ Cate Marquis Opinions Editor. .... ..... .. ........... .. ... .... ...... :. .......... ....... .Jeremy Zschau The college of nursing is looking for candidates inter Copy Editors ....................................... Sara Novak, Johanna Hoffarth Staff Writers .................... ..... ........ ....... ...... ............ .... ........... ... David von Nordheim, Greg Laine, Yusef Roach, Ryan Krull, Maddie Harned, ested in the position of dean for the nursing college Endea Wilbert, Angie O'Dell, Eli Dains, Dan Spak, Mavis Hollis, Sharon Pruitt, Cedric Williams, Owen Shroyer MINHO JUNG DESIGN News Editor Photo Editor........ .... .... ........... .... ......... ................... Jennifer Meahan researcher in the field of nursing. Web Ed itor ......... .. ....... ...... ........ ....... ..... ......................... Yusef Roach Juliann G. Sebastian, dean of the college of nursing at 'I took a faculty position before I got my Doctor of Staff Photographers ....... .. ................... Nikki Vahle, Jarred Gastreich University of Missouri - St. Louis has decided to retire after Philosophy. It was very early in my career. The opportunity Illustrators ................................................................... Karlee Sellars 5 years of dedication. "I have very mixed feelings. I have really enjoyed being came up. What was imeresting to me was that faculty here. UMSL is such a great university and the college of roles are, I always thought, the best possible because, as a nursing has been doing grear things. It is h;ud to leav~.~ nursing faculty member, you can practice. teach. conduct G. U.. research, and be involved with professional organizations," BUSINESS Juliann ebasrlan, dean of ge of nursing, said. "But, of co urse, I'm xcit d about fu ture opportunities and ne-\\' Sebastian sajd. t I loved it. I always loved it. I felt very Business M nager..... .... ................. ... ..................... .. .... John Wall ace things to l ~ a rn and so forth. So, I have very ambivalent fortunate to be a nursing faculty member." Di trib ution Manager. ............... ................ ...... .... .. .... .. ...... Ryan Krull feeling ." As ci1e dean of the college of nursing, Sebastian helped Advisor.......... ....................... .. ....................... .. .. ...... ..C harlo e Petty The colleg of nur ing is looking fo r someone who improye the quality of education in the department. can fill the positi n. on the department will appoint The college of nursing programs at UMSL for both an interim de n until the ? find a qualified candidate. A bachelor's and master's of nursing have been enhanced and CONTACT US committee il l also be appOinted in an attempt to find the reaccredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Address 388 MSC, 1 University Blvd right replacement. Education in 2009. The Doctor s of nursing practice Saint Louis, MO 63121-4400 Since her appointment in 2006 as dean at the college program was also accredited last ear. For the last five years, Newsroom 314-516-5174 of nursing, eba tian has been an influencial force upon the enrollmem of students at th~ college of nursing has Business! Advertising 314-516-5316 studenrs and fac uhy ali . Sh pr vio u ly erv d at rh increased dramaticall}. Fax 314-516-6811 ni"er 'iry' of K Dwclq' acting a dean of th college of M oving (0 the new position I hope (0 continue to hear E-mail (General) [email protected] nursing there. from UMSL I kno'A that the college ofnursing at UNISL E-mail (Advertising) [email protected] The fi Id of nursing h d in pir d h r ven before she , ill always do great things. I'll be really proud to hear E-ma il (Empl oyment Inquiries) . [email protected] attend d II ge. H r dream of becoming a nurse was v hat's going on at' the University," Sebastian said. '[I am E-mail (Tips) thecu rrentti [email protected] naturally nurture d by participating in volunteer works at excited about] moving to the new position to try some new Twitter umslcurrent hos pirals. challenges.' Facebook The Current "As a matter of fact, I was very interested. in nursing. I Sebastian is moving to the Universiry of Nebraska to had a little v [unteer experience in a hospital when I was a become the dean of college of nursing at their medical ABOUT 1:hc ~ ITrnt teenager before I wem to college," Sebastian said. "I liked center. She did not forget to leave a message to students at it. I liked the idea of being in health care. I liked all the UMSL: The Current is the student newspaper at the University of Nl issouri sciences one has ro study to become a nurse. I also liked "Enjoy your college years. Learn as much as you can. St. Louis, printing weekly through the fall and spring semesters on being able to study humanities and some of social sciences Take advantage of all the opportunities that are there. Mondays. Advertising rates are available upon request; terms, condi as well. It was a good blend, I thought." There are so many opportunities at this University," tions and restrictions apply. The Current financed in part by student Her passion and career path eventually led her to a Sebastian said. "This is your time. [It is] your special time." activities fees, is not an official publication of UM-St. Louis. teaching position where she started a new career as a The University is not responsible for the content of The Current andl or its policies. 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All letters must be signed and must include a daytime like ro correct these mistakes in this issue. The Black Leadership Organizing Counsil was referred to phone number and, where applicable, student number. The Editor-in First, the article concerning the "Watermelon Feast" on · as a Counsel, rather than its proper name. Chief reserves the right to respond to and to deny any letters. AFFILIATION S MON. TUES. WED. THURS. 77 FRI. SAT. SUN. 82 MCMA 75 78 79 77 81 U 52 56 59 59 - 63 63 65 NEWS WWW.THE(URRENT-ONLlNE.COM Computer science professor receives grant, aims to improve researc thods MADDIE HARNED proposal in ten is selected to receive funding. Staff Writer "To succeed, me proposal must address an important The National Science Foundation's Division of Informa topic of public interest and the principal investigator must tion and Intelligence Systems recently awarded a $446,000 have done some prior work to show mat me goals are worthy grant to Martin Pelikan, associate professor of computer sci- . and feasible," Pelikan said. "The project must also address ence at me University of Missouri-Saint Louis. The grant broader impacts besides the research goals." money will go toward Pelikan's project tided "Model-Direct Pelikan's "Model-Directed Hybridization" project will use ed Hybridization: Principled Design of Hybrids of Model me facilities of the Missouri Estimation of Distribution Al Building, lvfetaheuristics and More Traditional Optimization gorithms Laboratory (MEDAL). Pelikan founded MEDAL Techniques." in 2006 with funding from Fhe NSF and the Air Force Office Pelikan's project deals with developing new, more effective of Scientific Research. optimiza,tion techniques. Improved optimization techniques MEDAL is located at the Department of Mathematics could be applied to a variety of disciplines and would ad and Computer Science in me College of ,"lits and Sciences vance the ability to solve difficult problems in fields such as at UMSL. Pelikan believes me project will have a significant science, engineering and commerce. impact on the university. "The key goal in this project is to develop intelligent opti "The new funding will help Iv1EDAL grow and provide mization techniques that are able to not only solve one par new students with the opportuniry to participate in cutting ticular problem or problem instance, but that can also learn edge research," Pelikan said. "To complement the