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News and Views

Fall 2000 Volume 11, Issue 1

Faculty News

Awards and Presentations  

• Dr. Antoinette Emch-Deriaz, CWSGR and Department of History
  Dr. Emch-Deriaz  was designated as a 2000 Anderson/CLAS Scholar Faculty Honoree by the Anderson Scholar winners for her outstanding teaching.
• Dr. Tace Hedrick, CWSGR and Department of English
  Paper presentations:
  "Bodies Out of Time: Historicity, Race, and øOur America.Ó Modernist Studies Association, Philadelphia, PA, October 12-15, 2000; "Mestizo America: 'Modern' America?" Seminar paper, Modernism and Caribbean Literature. Modernist Studies Association, Philadelphia, PA, October 12-15, 2000; and "The New Mestiza? La Raza Cósmica at the Millenial Border." Special session #715, "Border Studies in the New Millenium." Modern Language Association, Washington, D.C., December 27-31.
• Dr. Angel Kwolek-Folland, Director, CWSGR, Department of History
  Dr. Kwolek-Folland attended the State University System leadership retreat October 15-18, through the Institute for Academic Leadership at Florida State University. She was nominated by the interim provost, David Colburn. The workshop is "for those chairpersons who have potential for making significant contributions to higher education in Florida."
• Dr. Milagros Peña, CWSGR and Department of Sociology
  Paper presentations:
  "Mobilization and Latina Non-Government Organization Activism in Mexico and the US Southwest," American Sociological Association, August  12-16, Washington D.C. and  "Latina Mobilization and the Religious Connection on the U.S. Border," presented at the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, October 19-22, Houston.
  Dr. Peña was awarded a laptop by the Office of Instructional Research (OIR) in order to develop web pages as permanent resources for her classes. Congradulations Dr. Peña!
• Dr. Zoharah Simmons, Department of Religion
  Dr. Simmons was nominated to serve on the African Studies Advisory Council. The Center for African Studies Advisory Council's main purpose is to promote the programs and goals of the Center for African Studies in the University, by providing suggestions and advice to the director and the administrative staff of the Center. It also plays an advocacy role within the university and greater community for African studies and Africa-related issues.

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