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Faculty Spotlight On... Avis HatcherPuzzo

Fayetteville State University

College of Arts and Sciences

SPRING/SUMMER 2012

Special Features: CAS, MOE and STEM, p.3 Ms. FSU, CJ Major, p.7 Outgoing ACJS President, p. 8 International Early College, p. 9 Calendar of Events, p.10

Avis HatcherPuzzo, a faculty member in the De-

partment of Performing and Fine Arts, has been

very busy this academic year. Just a sprinkling of

her many activities: planning the Holiday Spec-

tacular in December 2010; choreographing a show

at the NC Museum of History, as part of a Kick –off

to black history month; and shepherding a group of

students to Texas, where FSU was inducted into

the Black College Dance Exchange. Her work con-

tinued past the end of the semester, when she

taught an intersession class, taking her students to

New York City to train with one of her old stu-

dents, founder of the Faison Firehouse Theatre.

She topped this off with yet another trip to New

York, this time for a week of grant-funded study at

Alvin Ailey.

What drives HatcherPuzzo? Simply, it is to upend our commonplace notions of dance and its pur-pose. Brought in five years ago this August to create a dance minor, HatcherPuzzo’s wants students and the community at large to see dance as something more than simple entertainment. Most folks are exposed to dance in its more popular forms (reality television shows, for instance). But dance is also an artistic discipline, with a set of formal techniques that require training for mastery. By expos-ing her students, and the FSU community at-large, to the world of dance as art, she seeks to ex-pand expectations of what dance is and what it should be. Her efforts seem to be paying off. FSU has recently been host to major dance performers, including Philadanco and Judith Jamison. Moreover, she is slowly building a cadre of students who seek fur-ther study in dance. In a notable example: one student has received a half scholarship to study with Lula Washington. Ms. HatcherPuzzo sees these events as proof that she is on the right track.

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Grants and Publications

Award Recipients Department Academician of the Year Award Dr. Abdelmajid Kassem Biological Sciences Student of the Year Award Ms. Kurkessa Springs Sociology Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award Dr. Dean Swinford English Staff of the Year Award Mrs. Lynndora Thompson Sociology Advisor of the Year Award Dr. Samantha Daniel Psychology FSU Teacher of the Year (CAS rep) Dr. Lori Guevara Criminal Justice Department of the Year Award Department of Performing and Fine Arts

Congratulations to all award recipients!

CAS Honors and Awards Recipients for 2012:

Dr. Allison Van Nyhuis, (ENGL) recently published the following articles: “Teaching Michelle Cliff's No Telephone to Heaven in a Postcolonial Context.” Radical Teacher: A Socialist, Feminist, and Anti-Racist Journal on the Theory and Practices of Writing (93) 2012. Print “American Dreams and Nightmares: Migration and Myth in Claude McKay's Twentieth-Century American Poetry.” Revista Canaria de Estudios Ingleses 62 (2011): 31-42. Print “Negotiating Colonial Roots and Gendered Places: Machismo and Feminism in Esmeralda Santiago’s América’s Dream.” Ometeca 16 (2011): 32-56. Print. “Example of a Well-Designed Course.” Designing Better Learning Experiences. 1st ed. Nov. 2010 / 2nd ed. Apr. 2011. Web. She also recently delivered the following conference paper presentation: “Caribbean Literature, North American Migration, and the American Dream.” The 2011 South Atlantic Modern Language Association Convention: The Power of Poetry in the Modern World. Loews, Atlanta. 4 Nov. 2011. Dr. Dean Swinford, (ENGL) recently published “‘Some Beastlike Fungus’: The Natural and Animal in John Gardner’s Grendel.” Lit: Literature Interpretation Theory (22.4, 323-335). Dr. Chuck Tryon (ENGL) recently published the following pieces: “Digital Distribution, Participatory Culture, and the Transmedia Documentary,” Jump Cut 53 (August 2011) This article was trans-lated into Spanish and republished in Blogs & Docs as “Distribución digital, cultura participativa y documental transmediático,” <http://www.blogsandocs.com/?p=1170>. “Redbox vs. Red Envelope, or What Happens when the Infinite Aisle Swings through the Grocery Store,” Canadian Journal of Film Studies, 2011. “Fan Films, Adaptations, and Media Literacy,” Across the Screens: Science Fiction on Television and Film. Ed. Jay Telotte and Gerald Duchovnay. London: Routledge, 2011, 176-190. In addition, Dr. Tryon has been invited to join a team of researchers at the Carsey-Wolff Center at UC, Santa Barbara, for their Connected Viewing Initiative (CVI). The CVI is also receiving support from Time Warner and includes a group of scholars from around the globe who will be examining the future of media consumption. His project is a collaboration with Max Dawson, a profes-sor at Northwestern University, and is called "Streaming U: College Students and Connected Viewing." They will examine "the connected viewing behaviors of full-time college students on two campuses to generate a richer understanding of how and why they choose different video platforms. It also asks the question on so many industry executives’ minds: how do these behaviors influence students’ attitudes about the value of media content and the nature of digital ownership?"

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CAS, MOE AND STEM

E.E. Smith High School and Fayetteville State Univer-sity In 2009, Fayetteville State University and E.E. Smith High School, along with Cumberland County Schools initiated a Memorandum of Agreement to enhance STEM education through a unique early college program. The principal of E.E. Smith High School wanted to enhance the educational opportunities of their Math Science Academy, so he approached FSU with a proposal for us to offer college level courses to their students. We saw this as an impor-tant opportunity to create a pipeline of high-performing students interesting in the STEM programs to FSU. We also saw this pro-

gram as a method to help break the gridlock many STEM students experience when so many of their courses have prerequisites which slow down their matriculation to a degree. What makes this partnership unique, as opposed to many early college programs, is that the students who complete the program will come to the university with many of their prerequisites met and ready to start taking courses deep into the STEM program of their choice. The first step in this process is to have computer science 105, with a focus on robotics, taught to sophomores in the Math Science Academy at E.E. Smith High School. Dr. Czejdo, our Distinguished Professor of Science and Technology, has been teaching this course to the students now over the last couple of years. Those students who are successful can then start taking college courses on FSU’s campus along with other college students. The courses they will take in their Junior year are Mathematics 129 and 130. Then in their senior year, they can start branching out into Mathematics, computer science, chemistry, biology, or biotechnology. If they are successful and complete the en-tire program, they would arrive on FSU campus with 21 credit hours, and would have already com-pleted either CHEM 160, ZOOL 110, MATH 241, or CSC 130. Just think of their probability of suc-cessful graduation with a STEM degree in four years, as well as their parent’s delight in possibly sav-ing more than a semester of tuition costs. The MOU is still relatively new and a handful of E.E. Smith students have just started taking courses on FSU campus this year; but the potential is great. What we need to do now is to help the high school to attract the best and brightest students in Cumberland Country to the Math Science Acad-emy, continue to provide the most inspirational instruction possible to those student in CSC 105 at E.E. Smith, and to help those students feel a part of FSU so that they continue on that pipeline to our university. I believe that this MOU is one of those partnerships in which everyone benefits: our fac-ulty, our university, E.E. Smith High School, the parents, and most of all the students. This MOU comes up for renewal in 2013. It is my hope that the STEM faculty members fully support this plan and work to help make sure that it continues and actually thrives. We will need to review the plan to make sure it still fits with all the changes we are making with our core and program curricula.

EE Smith students took CSC 105 each spring semester. Six students took MATH 129 in the fall 2010.

Four students took MATH 130 in the spring 2011. Only one student took MATH 129 in the fall 2011

By Dean David Barlow Dr. Bogdan Denny Czejdo contributed to this article.

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New Faculty

NEW PROGRAMS B.A. in Intelligence Studies. For more information, contact program coordinator Dr. Dianne White Oyler at 910-672-1946 or doyler@uncfsu.edu B.A. of Social Work. For more information, contact the SW department at 910-672-2432. The graduate program in Bi-ology has 20 students enrolled in the M.S. Biology program, and have provisionally accepted five new applicants. For more infor-

mation, contact Dr. Phil Senter, Profes-

Ms. Polly Boyer, Lecturer, Nursing Dr. Esperanza Granados, Professor, World Languages & Cultures. Chair of the Department of World Languages & Cultures Ms. Carol Hamlin, Lecturer, Nursing Mr. Thomas Jackson, Lecturer, English Mr. William Lee,Lecturer, Government & History Dr. Judith Mann,Assistant Professor, Nursing Dr. Mark Marquez, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Social Work Dr. Sharon Williams, Professor, Social Work Director of the Bachelor of Social Work Program Ms. Tamara Carter Woods, Instructor, Social Work Bachelor of Social Work Field Coordinator Fulbright Scholar in Residence Dr. Emmanuel Odozi, Visiting Professor, Communication Dr. Masum Akond, Post Doctoral Research Associate, Biological

Sciences

American Red Cross student Club opens on FSU Campus The spirits of Dr. Charles Drew and Clara Barton sprang up on our campus as Fayetteville

State University now has an American Red Cross Campus Club. It was approved in March 201@ and March is nation-ally recognized as Red Cross Month. The club is looking for students in any major and to have faculty who can co ad-vise it. The goal of the club is to have on campus activities in education offered by the American Red Cross such as hands only CPR and disaster training. Being of service to the Red Cross by fundraising and recruiting volunteers is the main goal. See Bronco Advantage for more information Dr. Charles Drew is created with the patient for Blood Plasma and he was the initial director of Red Cross Blood Ser-vices. One myth about him was Dr Drew died after a car accident here in North Carolina with the story being he was denied admission to the hospital because of his race. However, the physicians with him said they all were treated and Dr. Drew's injuries were severe and lethal so getting blood plasma would not have saved him. o they cost him his life. Clara Barton is consider the mother of the Red Cross activities started in wars and are closely tied to Genvia Convention for soldiers and prisoners of war. Disaster Services is a major component of what the Red Cross does now. It is not a government supported agencies and survives mostly because of volunteers and donations. You might say the Red Cross is of the people, by the people and for the people. Because Red Cross blood services and health services are staffed by nurses we could say the spirit of Florence Nightin-gale, mother of profession of Nursing is also alive and well on our campus and blood drives do happen on this campus. The Red Cross requests people give time, money and blood. Having established a new club open to all majors will help us be better prepared for disasters and help save lives. It ap-pears that we are the first of the small UNC schools to start one. It also appears to a new model for clubs as it one that is open to all majors and serves an off campus agency. Please go to the American Red Cross web pages for more infor-mation on Disaster Preparedness Services, Disaster Response Services, Health and Safety Services, International Ser-vices, or Blood/Biomedical Services.

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What’s New Impacting CAS? From the Desk of the Provost...

The revised post-tenure review policy is in its second year of implementation. Post tenure review was initially implemented in 1998 throughout the UNC system to help ensure that tenured faculty remain productive members of the university. In 2008, the UNC Board of Governors required each campus to revise its post-tenure review policy to include updates to the policy in the UNC Code. FSU’s revised policy requires tenured faculty members to complete the process on the fifth anni-versary of their most recent personnel action. It is designed to recognize and reward faculty who earn a final rating of exceeds expectations or meets expectation. These faculty receive a modest salary increase. If a faculty member is judged to need improvement, he or she will develop a two-year improvement plan. The plan may include requests for release time, funding for travel, or other assistance to support improvement. The provost’s office is committed to do all that is possible to support individual improvement plans. The primary aim of post tenure review is to support ongoing and continuous improvement among the faculty. I encourage each faculty member to read http://www.uncfsu.edu/policy/employment/Post-Tenure_Review_Rev1.pdf Dr. Massey and I will conduct a workshop in the early fall semester for all faculty scheduled to undergo the process in 2012-13. If you have questions about the policy, please feel free to contact Dr. Massey or me.

POST TENURE REVIEW

BY: Dr. Jon Young, Provost

Grants and Publications, cont.

Dr. Nicole Lucas (SOCI) was awarded two grants this year to conduct research in her discipline. She was awarded a $30,000 grant from the Carolina-Shaw Comprehensive NIMHD Research Center in Chapel Hill, North Carolina to examine the topic, “The Effect of Perceived and Received Social Support on the Mental Health of African American Men and Women.” Dr. Lucas also received a $1,200 grant from the National HBCU Research Network to examine access to quality mental and physical health care services among economically disadvantaged African Americans. Dr. Lucas credits the availability of the “faculty summer research stipends,” made available through the Graduate School, for giving her the opportunity to conduct research that lead to funding opportunities. Drs. Maurice Mongkuo, (POLI), Nicole Lucas, and Angela Taylor (CRJC), Assistant Professor of Criminal Jus-tice) published “The effects of motivation and knowledge on HIV prevention behavior among historically black college students: An application of the Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills Model” in Greener Journal of Medical Sci-ences, Volume 2(2), pp. 001-007 (February 2012). Dr. Mongkuo also presented this paper at the International Organi-zation of Social Sciences and Behavioral Research Conference, in Atlantic City, New Jersey, April 24, 2012, where it received the “Best Paper Award.” Jeremy Fiebig (PFA) was honored by the Triangle’s Indy Week magazine as having one of the best supporting per-formances in the Triangle in 2011. Fiebig appeared as Peter Quince in the Koka Booth Amphitheatre production of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Indy Week honors the best performances, direction, and design in thea-ter in the Triangle each year. Fiebig also served as Assistant Director and Dramaturge for the production.

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New Program Spotlight UNDERGRADUATE MINOR IN AFRICANA STUDIES

Intersession 15 of 21 courses taught by CAS Faculty

An interdisciplinary undergraduate minor in Africana Studies is being offered in the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS), beginning with the fall semester of the 2012-2013 academic year. The program will be administered by the Department of Sociol-ogy. Africana Studies is the study of people of African descent throughout the African Dias-pora. The curriculum for the minor consists of a minimum of 18 credits hours of coursework.

There are three core courses and three required electives. The core courses are The Sociology of the Black Community (SOCI 370), An Introduction to Africa (HIST 270), and African American History (HIST 210). The three required electives must be selected from specified courses in the Behavioral and Social Sciences, the Humanities, and the Arts, respectively. Students must attain a grade of C or above in each of the core and elective courses. For further information, please contact Dr. Jerry N. Woods, Department of Sociology, at jwoods1@uncfsu.edu or at (910) 672-2220). You may also contact the Department of Sociology at (910) 672-1122 or log on to the Department website at www.uncfsu.edu/sociology.

The second year of intersession recently concluded. Of the 21 courses offered 15 were taught by CAS faculty. Learning on location sights included Spain, New York City, Washington D.C., North Carolina museums and battlefields. Intersession courses run for 12 days and meet all re-quired contact hours.

History Club: The FSU History Club is participating in a long term project of sur-veying tombstones at Cross Creek 2/Brookside cemetery. Students, along with faculty advisor Dr. Kelli Cardenas Walsh have photographed the tombstones and are currently recording the names, noting dates and descriptions of the interned. Many of the citizens buried there are tied to the history of FSU such as Dr. E.E. Smith and Mr. Robert Harris.

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CAS and Alumni

Brandon N. Phillips (BS – Chemistry, 2004) had completed a MD from Medical College of Wisconsin

– Milwaukee in 2008, and he is now an Ophthalmologist with Walter Reed Army Medical Center

Kristin Noell who has been accepted into the PhD program in Toxicology at the University of Mary-

land Eastern Shore (UMES). Kristin is one of our MS in Biology graduate students who worked under

Dr. Chao.

2012 MISS FSU - BARBARA HENRY

Professional Roundup... The third annual Dr. Valeria Fleming Professional Round-Up was held on Friday, April 13, from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm in the Lyons Science Annex seminar room and lobby. The event is so named in recogni-tion and honor of Dr. Valeria Fleming, who has dedicated more than 50 years of excellence to edu-cation to Fayetteville State University and the state of North Carolina. The purpose of the event is to showcase alumni working in professional STEM re-lated fields in an effort to encourage students cur-rently enrolled at FSU to achieve their career goals. In addition, FSU students have the opportunity to

establish a Bronco- Network with visiting alumni. This year, the alumni panel consisted of the follow-ing: Sherry Lambert, Pharm.D.; Andraieka Shipman, Pharm.D.; Del Ruff, NC Education Dept.; Stephanie Means Price, 3rd –Yr UNC Dental Student; and Melvin Echols, MD, Cardiologist at Duke. The alumni panel shared with FSU faculty, students, and friends their experiences at FSU and beyond in pursuit of their professional careers. The FSU-RISE scholars, who wore white laboratory coats, served as ushers for the event. (Article and photo contributed by Dr. James Raynor)

Ms. Barbara Henry, a criminal justice major, is this year’s Miss FSU, and will be featured in the September issue of Ebony magazine. Ms. Henry, from Jacksonville, NC, is the president of the FSU chapter of the National Association of Blacks in Criminal Justice (NABCJ) won the CJ depart-ment’s Leadership Award for the 2011-2012 academic year. An accomplished student, in 2011 she was a partici-pant in the CLEO-Womble Carlyle Road to Law School Academy.

Do you know of other students who have been accepted to graduate school? Let us know for inclusion in future issues of the CAS Newsletter.

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CAS and Grants

On April 4th several CAS Faculty Members were recognized for their work in securing grants. Accord-ing to the Office of Public Relations, “Under the supervision of OSRP Director, Dr. Leslie Evelyn, and the Associate Vice-Chancellor for Research, Dr. Daryush Ila, eighteen of the University’s faculty and staff were awarded in seven categories of excellence.” CAS Faculty constituted 10 of the 18 faculty/staff who were recognized for their work in securing grants in four of the seven categories awarded. Excellence –Grantee Recipient Dr. Abdelmajid Kassem (Biol) Dr. James Raynor (Biol) Excellence in Grant Proposal Submission Dr. Lawrence Flowers (NatSci) Dr. Rakesh Malhotra (Geog) Dr. Subir Nagdas (Chem/Phys) Excellence in Collaborative Partnerships Dr. Shirley Chao (Biol) Top CO-PI Dr. Abdirahman Abokor (Chem/Phys) Dr. Yufang Bao (MCS) Dr. Perry Gillespie (MCS)

Melissa Barlow, Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice, never aspired to become presi-dent of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. Spurred on by the suggestion of colleagues in the organization, she put her name forth for nomination, and was “shocked” to win. Once that had subsided, she saw the position as a golden opportunity to promote the voices of critical criminolo-gists, whose work often that stands apart from the mainstream of criminal justice scholarship. Dur-ing her tenure as president, her platform was “Sustainable Justice,” a concept that embodies a critique of current criminal justice policies (such as mass incarceration) as well as advocacy for justice reinvestment, which involves directing greater economic resources into crime-ridden areas, and creating alternative justice forms (such as mediation), that seek to build and strengthen com-munities. The highlight of her presidency was the organization’s annual meeting, which was held in New York City in March. In selecting the plenary speakers, Barlow further sought to promote a variety of perspectives less commonly seen. Among the people she drafted were Ethan Nadelmann, ad-vocate of humane drug policy and Eric Cadora, a pioneer of justice mapping. The meeting also served as an opportunity to showcase FSU’s CJ department. Criminal justice faculty were deeply involved, both in planning the program and as presenters of research. Impor-tantly. a group of CJ master’s students were also able to attend the conference. The enhanced exposure of the department’s work is a positive, and intentional, side effect of Barlow’s tenure as head of ACJS. As she stated, “We (FSU) have a real presence at leadership levels of the organi-zation.” This helped to fulfill another important goal of Barlow’s leadership: to demonstrate the im-portant scholarship and practice that takes place on regional campuses generally, and at HBCUs in particular.

Dr. Melissa Barlow—Outgoing President of ACJS

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CAS and International Early College

FSU has partnered with Cumberland County Schools and The New Schools Project to bring the Cumberland International Early College High School (CIECHS) to FSU’s campus in Fall of 2012. Tentatively expected to be housed in the Knuckles Building, CIECHS’ academic focus is on pre-paring students to compete locally and globally through emphasis on second language acquisi-tion and cultural studies. CIECHS began this year at E. E. Smith High School with its first freshman class. Each year a new class will be added, until up to 300 students are attending. Students’ families can request attendance at CIECHS through the Cumberland County Schools’ School of Choice Program.

Freshmen at CIECHS take a Cultural Studies course their freshman year and complete projects focused on world cultures. This year, for example, students raised money to provide animals to coun-tries around the world by allying with Heiffer Inter-national, and an international service project is ex-pected to be assigned to all seniors. Students study Spanish, Mandarin, or Arabic. FSU faculty in World Languages and Cultures, as well as Ful-bright Scholars from China, are currently working with CIECHS students and their teachers.

CIECHS students can take up to 60 free credits of FSU’s college courses as high school juniors and seniors. Upon high school graduation, students are eligible to attend FSU, promoting reten-tion and early graduation. It is hoped they will continue to take language courses as college stu-dents to help prepare them for careers in our global economy, and new languages may be added to the curriculum eventually. Esperanza Granados, Chairperson of the World Languages and Cultures department, is pleased with the program, saying: “Having students interested in an international high school program is very encouraging, and being involved in that initiative has a very positive impact on FSU. Foreign language study is being promoted worldwide as a skill that prepares new genera-tions for a global market. Therefore, they are more relevant than ever. We need to provide our students with the ability to communicate with others, and understand cultural differences and

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The CAS Newsletter is edited by Dr. Angela Taylor (CJ) Dr. Kelli Cardenas Walsh (HIST) Story Contributors Dean David Barlow Dr. Jeff Brooks Dr. Sherree Davis Dr. Heather Griffiths Mr. Jeremy Fiebig Ms. Socorro Hernan-dez Hinek Photo Contributors Dr. Kelli Cardenas Walsh Mr. Jeremy Fiebig Ms. Socorro Hernan-dez Hinek If your CAS program has news for the next issue, please forward to: ataylo14@uncfsu.edu and kwalsh@uncfsu.edu

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Sweet Tea Shakespeare Company

August · 7-10: Bronco Kick-Off · 16: First Day of Classes September · 3: Labor Day · 11: Convocation October 2 Hari Jones, Assistant Director and Curator of the African American Civil War Memorial Freedom Foundation and Museum lecture. Contact History Program for more information, 672-1573 · 6: Jose Obando/West End Mambo Salsa Band, Contact PFA for de-

tails. · 18-19 Midterm Break · 27: Homecoming. · 30-31:PFA Chamber Music Night, Contact PFA for more information November · 12: Veteran’s Day · 22-23: Thanksgiving Holiday · 30:Last Day of Classes · December

· 8: Fall Commencement

Fall 2012 Calendar

Sweet Tea Shakespeare performed two productions, William Shake-speare's Much Ado About Nothing and Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest, in June and July at Cape Fear Botanical Garden to audi-ences of about 400 people over the two weekends -- one of which was the hottest weekend in North Carolina recorded history! Sweet Tea Shake-speare is a new, annual, summer theatre project in Fayetteville that's hosted by the FSU Fine Arts Series. The project received logistical support from the FSU Foundation, Inc., a grant from the Arts Council, summer re-search support from Academic Affairs, assistance from the FSU Public Re-lations office, housing from Methodist University, FSU's Department of Per-forming and Fine Arts, and Gilbert Theater. The project included actors and crew from all over Fayetteville and the larger region, including several cur-rent and former FSU students. The project, which is headed by FSU Assis-tant Professor Jeremy Fiebig, plans an annual partnership with Cape Fear Botanical Garden after this successful first year. Already, plans are set for two performances in summer 2013, one of which will include Shake-speare's Romeo & Juliet.. For more information contact Jeremy Fiebig at 672- 2572