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Hip-hop historian Inside this edition: ‘PopMaster Fabel’ to offer Scholarships are group effort, page 2 personal perspective Sept. 7 Feel ‘Vibrations of Laughter,’ page 2 see page 8 Tasty fish a ‘Grand Slam’ option, page 6 Get more fit this fall, page 6 a publication for the Middle Tennessee State University community www.mtsunews.com • Sept. 6, 2010 • Vol. 19/No. 5 Aerospace-ISR Birthday present Professor’s 3rd pact will create Fulbright takes new tech jobs him to Malaysia by Tom Tozer by Gina K. Logue [email protected] [email protected] partnership between Middle r. Sean Foley, an assistant Tennessee State University professor of history at Aand ISR Group will provide a D MTSU, will embark in mid- hands-on training ground for MTSU September on a 10-month research students, attract industry and excursion in Southeast Asia after knowledge-based workers to winning the third Fulbright Tennessee and generate permanent Fellowship of his career. jobs that cannot be exported to other Foley will work and study pri- countries. marily in Malaysia, where he will Principal players say the collab- examine religious links between oration is unique to the southeastern Southeast Asia and the Arab- United States and will one day wield dominated Middle East region global influence. under the auspices of International MTSU officials signed a memo- Islamic University Malaysia in the randum of understanding on Aug. capital city of Kuala Lumpur. 20 with ISR Group, a Savannah, In addition, Foley’s study and Tenn.-based provider of Unmanned lecture itinerary will take him to Aircraft System, or UAS, services. India, Thailand and Brunei, an expe- ISR, whose four divisions are rience he will chronicle with period- Technical Services, Logistics and ic columns in The Tennessean. Depot, Training Systems and Range Foley’s 2010-11 fellowship comes Services, assists clients in developing from the Fulbright Program, which unmanned-vehicle technologies for is sponsored by the U.S. Department air-, ground- and water-based sys- of State’s Bureau of Educational and tems. Cultural Affairs. Marianne Craven, Through this collaboration, the bureau’s managing director of MTSU’s Department of Aerospace, academic programs, says the pro- REORGANIZING—Librarian Grover Baker accesses a top shelf at the Center for considered among the top three pro- gram funds faculty and research Popular Music as Cataloging Assistant Christi Underdown-Dubois observes. A grams of its kind in the nation, will new compact-storage shelving system is providing more efficient archiving for the scholars such as Foley as well as be able to expand its teaching and center, which is celebrating its 25th birthday; see page 3 for the story. international scholars’ work in the research and be on the ground floor United States. MTSU Photographic Services photo by J. Intintoli See ‘Aerospace’ page 5 See ‘Professor’s’ page 7 Conference puts economy in local, U.S. perspective by Tom Tozer the Business and Aerospace Building or by calling degree from Sam Houston State University and a [email protected] 615-898-2764. Faculty should not register online. law degree from the University of Houston Law MTSU students may attend the morning session, School. He is active in several civic and charitable homas E. Skains, chief executive officer of excluding lunch, at no charge. organizations. Piedmont Natural Gas, will be the keynote The fee for non-MTSU guests is $50 per per- “With his background in energy and environ- T speaker at MTSU’s 18th annual Economic son. The registration deadline is Friday, Sept. 17. mental concerns and his work in areas of technol- Outlook Conference, Friday, Sept. 24, at the Skains was elected Piedmont president and ogy that are addressing these issues, Thomas Embassy Suites Conference Center in chief operating officer in 2002 and became CEO in Skains is a great headliner for the conference,” Murfreesboro. February 2003, taking the post of chairman of the said Dr. Jim Burton, dean of MTSU’s Jennings A. Registration begins at 8:15 a.m. Skains will board later that same year. He was an attorney Jones College of Business. “We are honored to speak at 9. and a senior vice president at Transcontinental welcome an industry leader of his caliber to MTSU faculty may attend free by registering Gas Pipe Line Corp. in Houston, Texas. Skains directly with the dean's office in Room N219 of earned his Bachelor of Business Administration See ‘Conference’ page 5 the winning university will be IN BRIEF announced at the Peay game at PERMIT NO. 169 NO. PERMIT Floyd Stadium Saturday, Sept. 11. MURFREESBORO TN MURFREESBORO SCHOOL-SUPPLY DRIVE IS ON! Turn in your donations by 9 a.m. U.S. POSTAGE PAID POSTAGE U.S. Help MTSU beat Austin Peay Thursday, Sept. 9, in bins across ORGANIZATION off the gridiron, too! Collect school campus. For more information, NONPROFIT NONPROFIT supplies for Rutherford County e-mail [email protected] or call 615- and Murfreesboro City students; 898-5812. www.mtsunews.com FOR THE RECORD Winning scholarships is a collective effort by Laura Clippard • Forward informational e-mails from the UFO school); [email protected] to your students and post them in your PipelineMT • Harry S. Truman Scholarships—college jun- announcements; iors may apply for these very competitive awards, ince coming to the Undergraduate • Send us names and contact information for which are tailored to students who plan to spend a Fellowships Office in fall 2008, I have realized potential scholarship candidates; career in public service; S that the old African proverb, “It takes a vil- • Volunteer to read one or multiple fellowship • Morris K. Udall Scholarships—open to lage to raise a child,” applies also to winning essays, depending on your time commitments; Native American college sophomores and juniors national scholarships. It takes the entire MTSU • Serve on a student inter- or to individuals interested in environmental stud- community to recruit, encourage and guide stu- view committee; and/or ies or tribal public policies; dents toward achievement at the national level, a • Invite the UFO to do a • George J. Mitchell Scholarships—open to fact made clear by the recent announcements of presentation to your faculty graduating seniors interested in graduate study in several Fulbright Scholars from the university. I committee or even your class. Ireland; would like to thank everyone who assisted with the The UFO will work with • Marshall Fellowship Program—provides two promotion, recruitment, interviews and review of students interested in a variety academic years of advanced study in the United last year’s students. Because of your support, we of competitive undergraduate Kingdom in a wide variety of areas (40 awarded have had our best year ever. and postgraduate opportunities. each year); Part of the challenge is to identify the right stu- We are especially interested in • Rhodes Scholarships—provides a scholarship dents at the right time to apply. One frustration is promoting the following: for a graduating senior to spend two years at to meet wonderful students and realize that they • Fulbright Fellowships— Clippard Oxford University (extremely competitive; no more missed the timeline for application. For example, designed to promote interna- than one nominee per institution); and the Truman Fellowship requires students to apply tional understanding through study or teaching • USA Today Academic Teams—recognize 20 during their junior year; that’s just one example of abroad for a year. Applicants must expect to have students per year per team throughout the United why we need MTSU to be on alert for freshman bachelors’ degrees by the time they begin their States for outstanding achievement and leadership. and sophomore students with excellent leadership assignment. Foreign language facility and contact If you know outstanding students, please skills. with a foreign scholar often are required; some encourage them to complete the UFO Interest Form As the academic adviser for the University countries are less competitive than others. Fulbright by the end of their sophomore year. Faculty, staff Honors College, I work directly with about 800 stu- also sponsors summer institutes for college fresh- and students can e-mail me at [email protected], dents, but I see many others on campus who do not men and sophomores in England; call at 615-898-5464, or stop by Room 227 in the take honors classes but also are eligible for fellow- • Goldwater Scholarship—available for sopho- Paul W. Martin Sr. Honors Building. ships. mores and juniors majoring in math, engineering or Here are a few suggestions on how faculty and the natural sciences, these awards are designed for Laura Clippard is the academic adviser for the staff can help students continue their educations individuals who have already participated in University Honors College and serves as coordinator in via undergraduate fellowships: undergraduate research who are planning to pur- the college’s Undergraduate Fellowships Office. For more • Make announcements in your classes from sue postgraduate education in these areas (not gen- details about the UFO, visit the office’s website at the UFO; erally given to students who plan to go to medical www.mtsu.edu/honors/ufo. Foundation celebrates 17 faculty members’ service he MTSU Foundation cele- health and human performance; Wilson (nursing); • Creative Activity—Dr. Joseph brated 17 faculty members for Soraya C. Noguiera, foreign lan- • Public Service—Drs. Mark L. Akins, recording industry; T their “outstanding work and guage and literature; Byrnes, political science • Special Projects—Dr. Rebecca the services they provide to our stu- and M. Wayne Rollins, and interim dean of the Conard, history/public history, and dents” with special awards Aug. 27 business communica- College of Liberal Arts; Professor Leon Alligood, journal- at the Fall Faculty Meeting in Tucker tion and entrepreneur- Jennifer Caputo, health ism; and Theatre.