Campus Connection.
March 2 , 2001

Volume 16, Number 24


Features.

Employee Information.

Campus Briefs.

Campus Calendar.

Submit a News Item.

Previous Issues.

Professional Accomplishments

  • Vin Auger, political science, led a group of 14 students to the Midwest Model United Nations simulation held in St. Louis.
  • Andrew J. Baker, agriculture, was named second-runner-up for the "Outstanding Research Paper and Presentation Award" at the Central Region American Association for Agricultural Education Research Conference in St. Louis. The research study was titled "Assessing and Prioritizing Present Inservice Needs and Evaluating Past Inservice Programming Designed for Illinois Agricultural Education Instructors." Baker also presented "Assessing and Comparing the Scheduling Systems Utilized by Agricultural Education Programs in Illinois" at the conference. He took eight students to participate in the Undergraduate Program conducted at the conference as well.
  • Adam Chacksfield, political science, presented "Beyond Benefit-Cost Analysis: Teaching Policy Evaluation for the 21st Century" for a panel called Between Policy and Economics at the 24th Annual Conference on Teaching Public Administration at Arizona State University in Tempe. He also participated in a panel called "It's Not Your Father's Oldsmobile: Rethinking PA Programs for the New Millennium."
  • David Connelly, political science, presented "Teaching IT in PA Programs — What Does the Syllabus Look Like?" for a panel on Distance Education at the 24th Annual Conference on Teaching Public Administration at Arizona State University in Tempe. He also participated in a panel called "It's Not Your Father's Oldsmobile: Rethinking PA Programs for the New Millennium."
  • Keren Humphrey, counselor education/college student personnel, was recently elected to a three-year term on the Governing Council of the American Counseling Association (ACA). Humphrey will represent the American College Counseling Association.
  • Linda Stickney-Taylor, Joyce E. Nielsen, Gloria Barr and Pam Hines, School of Extended and Continuing Education, presented "Establishing a Travel and Study Abroad Program" at the Illinois Council on Continuing Higher Education Annual Conference in Bloomington.
  • Sharon Wrobel, political science, presented "Reconsidering Comparative Public Adminstration: Attracting and Serving Alumni of International Service Organizations" at a panel on Integrating the International Student into American Public Administration at the 24th Annual Conference on Teaching Public Administration at Arizona State University in Tempe. She also chaired a panel called "It's Not Your Father's Oldsmobile: Rethinking PA Programs for the New Millennium."

 

WIU logo.

Campus Connection is produced by the Office of University Relations at Western Illinois University. It is distributed each Friday when the University is in session and approximately four times during the summer.

Electronic submission of material is preferred, either through the online submission form or by e-mailing the Connection editor. Deadline to submit materials for consideration is 10 a.m. Tuesday of each publication week.