Welcome to the following new employees at the Mount: Staff members Kathrine Case, library services; Casey Brewster, Mike O’Hara and Summer Quesenberry, athletics and recreation; Greg Williams, mission and ministry.
Congratulations to Mark Bell, chair of accounting, was the featured guest on "Everyone's Planning Hour," a public radio talk show on 89.3 AM. He talked about the value of a college education and some of the benefits of the Mount, as well as various financial topics including investing and use of Internet for efficiency.
Robert Bodle, assistant professor of communication studies, authored the book chapter, “Regimes of Sharing,” which has been translated into German for the collection Generation Facebook: Über das Leben im Social Net (Verlag, 2011).
Carol Cooper, transfer credit analyst and academic advisor, Irene Richardson, assistant registrar, Melanee Atkinson, associate athletic director, and Amy Murdoch, assistant professor of graduate education, recently completed the Women’s Institute for Leadership Development program, a year-long program through the Higher Education Collaborative of Greater Cincinnati. Monthly seminars on a variety of leadership and development topics are held at each of the participating colleges throughout the area.
R. A. Davis, professor of biology, was an invited presenter and tour leader at Big Bone Lick State Park, KY, on Saturday, September 24, as part of the Cincinnati area's Great Outdoor Weekend. Fossil bones and teeth of large, extinct mammals collected at Big Bone Lick in 1739 became the first fossil vertebrates from "The New World" to be studied scientifically in "The Old World" --- making Big Bone Lick literally the premier fossil-vertebrate locality in North America.
Mary Kay Fleming, associate professor of psychology, was invited to give the opening plenary on "Why assess?" and several break-out sessions at an assessment workshop for the faculty of Centre College in Danville, Ky.
Kim Hunter, director of instructional technology, and Mary Kay Fleming, assessment coordinator, gave a presentation on "Assessing and closing the loop on undergraduate general education" at the first biennial meeting of the Association for Assessment of Learning in Higher Education, hosted by the University of Kentucky.
Marge Kloos, SC, dean of the division of arts and humanities, was honored as a Silver Jubilarian, recognizing her 25 years of commitment to the Sisters of Charity with a Mass at the Motherhouse in September.
Bill Lonneman, assistant professor of nursing, took part in a news conference and was quoted by a state environmental organization in a press release, “Cincinnati Named 16th Smoggiest Large Metropolitan Area in theCountry.”
Joe Meyer, assistant director of clinical education, became a board certified clinical specialist in geriatrics by the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties this summer, joining one of only 35 physical therapists in the state of Ohio to receive this prestigious certification.
Congratulations to Beth Murray, professor of biology, whose latest book, “Death: Corpses, Cadavers, and Other Grave Matters" was selected by the American Association for the Advancement of Science as one of the top 10 summer reads in the USA for kids grades 7-12.
Mifrando Obach, associate professor of education, and Beth O'Brien, assistant professor of educational studies at the University of Cincinnati, conducted a one-day workshop on learning abilities and disabilities in the southern island of Mindanao, the Philippines. The workshop was attended by 200 teachers from more than 12 Iligan City area private schools. At the end of the workshop, they awarded one school with a professional development scholarship and four teachers with resources for teaching children with learning disabilities courtesy of funds from Autism Speaks - Cincinnati.
Congratulations to Liane Szucs, controller, was selected as a YWCA Rising Star.
Robert Bodle, assistant professor of communication studies, delivered his paper, “Upholding Online Anonymity in Internet Governance: affordances, ethical frameworks, and regulatory practices” at GigaNet Sixth Annual Symposium. United Nations Office in Nairobi, Kenya, September 26. The Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GigaNet) is an emerging scholarly community initiated in conjunction with the UN Internet Governance Forum.
Mary Kay Fleming, associate professor of psychology, and Dan Segrist, formerly of the Wellness Center, presented a poster entitled, "Ego-Identity predicts the perceived role of alcohol in college" at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, in Washington, D.C.