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The Undergraduate Research Summer Institute, URSI, at LSU Eunice accepted a donation from SLEMCO Wednesday, June 3, at its initial organizational meeting for the 2009 institute.
SLEMCO Board President, Jerry Meaux, Acadia Parish members Remie McGee and Buck Leonards, Ken Bordelon, Coordinator of Economic Development, and George Fawcett, Director of Marketing and Governmental Relations, were on hand to present the $20,000 gift to the LSUE Foundation.Chancellor William Nunez, under whose tenure URSI was brought to the two-year university campus, noted that this gift will have a major impact on the program, now entering its thirteenth year at LSU Eunice. Seven faculty-student teams will explore diverse topics this summer ranging from research involving Cajun prairie ecosystems to radiologic technology, respiratory therapy and parenting issues. A poster symposium where the results of their research will be detailed, is scheduled for early fall.
“Undergraduate research focuses on supporting collaborative research using student-faculty teams,” said LSU Eunice Foundation Director Madelaine Landry. “Many two-and four-year campuses promote its benefits for undergraduates across every academic discipline. With this additional funding from SLEMCO, we hope to enable our students to participate in more statewide and national symposiums with their peers from other institutions.”
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Gloria Hernandez, Louisiana State University Eunice, Eunice, La. joined thousands of math educators from around the world to share and learn new concepts, strategies, and techniques in math education at the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) 2009 Annual Meeting and Exposition in Washington, D.C., April 22–25.NCTM’s Annual Meeting and Exposition is the largest gathering of math educators in the world. The conference featured more than 800 presentations, covering all grade levels and major math subjects and led by national and international education experts, with an emphasis on helping teachers strengthen skills and teaching methods necessary to prepare their students for the 21st century.=====
Holly Bell, Angela Greaud, and Mary Leslie presented a workshop for the National Association for the Education of Young Children in November, 2008 in Dallas, Texas. The workshop, entitled “DAP in a Box! Implementing interest centers in traditional primary grade classrooms,” focused on aligning developmentally appropriate practices with state standards in core curriculum areas through the implementation of shoebox learning centers. Sample box activities designed by Ms. Bell, Mrs. Greaud, and Ms. Leslie were explored by participants in a hands-on type of setting. The three education professors await acceptance of their proposal to do a follow-up workshop for the national conference in 2009. Holly Bell also attended the 54th Annual Convention West for the International Reading Association in February of 2009. The conference was held in Phoenix, Arizona. Ms. Bell and Ms. Leslie are both members of the IRA. =====
Associate Professor and Coordinator of Fire and Emergency Services, Steve Gervais, provided members of the Eunice Rotary Club with information about computer forensics at their weekly lunch meeting on March 18, 2009. Gervais also demonstrated how forensics experts can recover files that had deleted from computer hard drives. He spoke earlier in the year to the Rotary Club about LSU Eunice's Crime Scene Management program.
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Mary Leslie, Associate Professor in Education and Developmental Studies, attended the Gulf-South Summit on Service Learning and Civic Engagement through Higher Education at the Baton Rouge Hilton Hotel March 25 through the 27th. Sponsored by LSU's Center for Community Engagement, Learning, and Leadership, the Summit offered a variety of presentations and workshops by faculty from across the country who involve their students in service projects as part of their course work. Angela Greaud, Holly Bell and Leslie also attended and presented at the National Association for the Education of Young Children conference in Dallas in November 2008.
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Members of the faculty and staff of the Division of Business and Technology surprised Dr. Fred Landry with a token of appreciation for his dedicated work as division head. Landry is stepping down as division head after serving nine and a half years in that position.=====
Dr. Domingo Jariel published two articles in the Forensic Science entitled "Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry" and "Geological Materials."
The articles published in October, can be found on page 88 and page 562.
Forensic Science is a comprehensive reference source on the theory, techniques, and applications of the various forensic sciences.=====
Malcolm F. Vidrine, PhD, a professor of Biology at LSU at Eunice, has recently published his 100th refereed scientific paper.
The latest paper, entitled Unionicola (Walcottatax) Weni N. Sp. And U. (Walcottatax) Arcuatoides Vidrine (ACARI: Unioniclidae) from freshwater mussels in China, was coauthored by two undergraduate students who conducted research as part of LSUE’s Undergraduate Research Summer Institute and the publication was funded by research publication funds of the Division of Sciences and Mathematics through the LSUE Foundation. The paper appeared in the International Journal of Acarology this month.
Vidrine was presented a plaque (pictured above) by the Division of Science and Mathematics for successfully achieving 100 refereed scientific papers.
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Carra Sergeant is currently serving a three-year term with the Women's Commission of Southwest Louisiana. Sergeant was appointed Registration Chair for the Women’s Commission of Southwest Louisiana’s Fall Conference for Women held in October in Lake Charles.
The conference also consisted of professional development and health workshops and featured keynote speaker, Debbie Allen (pictured above with Sergeant). The actress, writer, producer and Houston native spoke about women’s roles in society and how preconceived ideas are changed depending on circumstances.=====
The Fall Connections meeting for classified and professional staff is set for 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, October 28 in the A-126-128 (Conference Center). Madelaine Landry will be the facilitator for our Fall 2008 Connections meeting.
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Michael Axelrod and Sanford Wood attended the annual conference of the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA) in New Orleans on October 8th and 9th. URISA is a professional association of academics and government employees in the field of geographical information systems (GIS). Most of the members are mid-level civil-service employees who are responsible for the development and maintenance of large GIS databases for city, county, and state (provincial) governments in the United States and Canada.Conference workshops covered a wide range of topics, from technical instruction on three-dimensional modeling of geographical data, to discussion of legal questions about public access to government data. Some of the most interesting workshops focused on the use of GIS to solve real-world problems in such areas as traffic congestion, parcel mapping, and uniform address maintenance for 911.One of the most useful parts of the conference was the opportunity to network with people who are in a position to provide education and employment opportunities for LSUE graduates.http://www.urisa.org/=====
Assistant Professor of English, Billy Fontenot, speaks to the 16 new inductees at the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society induction ceremony, September 26. Fontenot was the guest speaker at the event. Fontenot provided students with "Rules to Success" that he learned from his father while growing up.
Inducted in the Honor Society were Chantell Wilson, Lafayette; Heather Monte, Duson; Danielle Morgan, Bossier City; Lacey Broussard, Rayne; Tiffany Sayers, Eunice; Lesley Reviere, Eunice; Randy Miller, Carencro; Rikki Vincent, Lafayette; Adrienne Reviere, Eunice; Candice Cortez, Opelousas; Delgetha Guidry, Crowley; Sadie Ardoin, Eunice; Benjamin Duplantis, Jennings; Tamara Monceaux, Oakdale; Reyna Florek, Sunset; and Vanessa Guilbeau, Rayne.=====
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