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November/December 2009

Faculty & Staff News

At the December 3rd Capital Area Michigan Works! Annual Dinner, CAMW! CEO Doug Stites presented Provost Stephanie Shanblatt with the Capital Area Michigan Works! Seal of Approval "in recognition and appreciation for all she does to support workforce development in greater Lansing." The award is a special category award that has only been presented twice in the last ten years.

Bo Garcia, Executive Director of the Business & Community Institute, has been appointed to the National Council for Continuing Education and Training (NCCET) Board of Directors, representing the Great Lakes Region. Bo currently serves as Vice-President of the Michigan Association for Continuing Education and Training (MACET). NCCET is the parent organization of MACET.

Margaret (Peg) Lamb, Ph.D. has been hired as the new director of the High School Diploma Completion Initiative in the Office of Advancement and External Affairs. Peg holds both a Doctorate in curriculum, teaching and policy and a dual Master's degree from Michigan State University. She has ten years of experience directing federal and state grant projects. Most recently she has worked as an educational consultant, providing grant writing, training and consultation services to area businesses, nonprofit organizations and school districts. Peg's entire professional career has been devoted to teaching students at risk, developing programs and systems to address their academic and special needs, and researching how teachers can work collaboratively to improve education outcomes for this population.

Jack Rotman, professor in the Department of Mathematical Skills, recently presented a session entitled "Where is Developmental Mathematics GOING??" at the Michigan Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges conference. The session was based on the Project that Professor Rotman is leading at the national level entitled "New Life for Developmental Mathematics." The purpose of the New Life Project is to develop a new vision for developmental mathematics, revitalize the profession and improve student success. In November Professor Rotman co-presented on the project at the AMATYC national conference.

Dr. Willie Davis, adjunct professor of Education in Social Science Department, is serving as a consultant on a Lansing Regional Sister Cities Commission Project with Sister City, the Akwapem South District in Ghana, West Africa on Water, sanitation and Health. He also attended the West Africa Regional Sanitation and Hygiene Symposium on November 3-5, 2009, in Accra, Ghana.

Letitia Fowler, adjunct faculty in Communication Department, recently traveled to Boston to present a research article, The Effectiveness of a Post-Baccalaureate Program for Students from Disadvantaged Backgrounds, (in which she received third author) published in the Research in Medical Education Section of Academic Medicine.

Dr. Jamil Hanifi, adjunct professor of Sociology, will be attending The Middle East Association Conference on November 20-22 in Boston. He will also be presenting a paper titled "The Location of Sayeds, Sufis, and Qizilbash in the State Apparatus of Afghanistan."

Dr. Edward P. Mazhangara, adjunct professor of Economics, has been appointed to the Editorial Review Board of a new and upcoming journal, The International Journal of Information and Communication Technology in Research and Development in Africa (IJICTRDA), to be published by IGI Global.

Donna Galvan, adjunct faculty of Sociology, received her Master's of Science in Instructional Design for Online Learning from Capella University on December 11.

Geoff Quick, professor of Education, spoke to the Mt. Pleasant, Michigan Rotary Club on November 30 on the subject "A Rotary Foundation Scholarship and Rotary Grant for University Teachers in South Africa."  The presentation was based upon activities he undertook at the University of Cape Town under these two awards.

Elizabeth Waiess, adjunct faculty of Psychology, presented a paper titled "Dissociation and Disorganized Attachment:  A new integration" to the Michigan Society for Integrative Psychoanalysis at Providence Hospital, Southfield.