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The Update, December 2010, University Of Northern Iowa. College Of Humanities, Arts And Sciences.

Update

Inside this issue:

-- American Chemical Society, a student affiliate group
-- Department News
-- Iowa Writing Project
-- UNI School of Music to Host 50th Anniversary Celebration: Varsity Men's Glee Club Christmas Variety Shows
-- Communication Studies: Student Showcased on the Jay Leno Show
-- Dmitri Vorobiev: An All Beethoven Recital Series
-- Student Spotlight: Philosophy: Joel Anderson
-- Student Spotlight: World Religions: Elizabeth Wiedenheft
-- Student Spotlight: Industrial Technology: Hannah Loan
-- UNI Students attend and participate in sixth Annual Multicultural Conference
-- Student Spotlights Continued
-- School of Music Events
-- UNI Forensics
-- Communication Studies Students …

Lark Christian, Lark Christian, Institute Of Child Nutrition

Oral History Project (all interviews)

Lark Christian has worked as a child care supervisor and statewide coordinator for child nutrition programs for the State of Mississippi. She is now the food service director for Jackson County, Mississippi.

Dianna Krebs, Dianna Krebs, Institute Of Child Nutrition

Oral History Project (all interviews)

Dianna Krebs has had an interesting path to school nutrition. After majoring in finance in college she worked as a bookkeeper, first at a bank, and then as the bookkeeper for her local school district, eventually becoming the bookkeeper for the child nutrition programs, where she rose through the ranks, becoming a coordinator, an assistant to the director, and finally the school nutrition director, where she currently supervises eighteen schools.

Saundra Isabelle, Saundra Isabelle, Institute Of Child Nutrition

Oral History Project (all interviews)

Saundra Isabelle started working part-time in child nutrition when her children started school, but immediately fell in love with it. She quickly rose through the ranks and became a manager at Pass Christian Elementary, Middle, and High Schools for five years. She is now the food service director for the Pass Christian School District.

Judy Mumphrey, Judy Mumphrey, Institute Of Child Nutrition

Oral History Project (all interviews)

After earning bachelors and master’s degrees at the University of Southern Mississippi, Judy Mumphrey taught home economics for eleven and a half years, before moving into school food service. She started out as the School Foodservice Administrator at Pass Christian before moving to Bay-Waveland Schools, where she finished her career. Her biggest challenge over that career was dealing with the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

Wanda Salley, Wanda Salley, Institute Of Child Nutrition

Oral History Project (all interviews)

An Alabama native, Wanda Salley holds degrees from Auburn University and Mississippi State University, and is also a Registered Dietitian. After beginning her career in hospitals she transitioned into school food service, first becoming a food service director in Houston, MS, followed by stints in Greenville, Pass Christian, and Harrison County, MS schools.

The Update, November 2010, University Of Northern Iowa. College Of Humanities, Arts And Sciences.

Update

Inside this issue:

-- Working to Recover: Geology Professor, Community Actor Becomes 'Super Volunteer'
-- Department News
-- Graphic Communications Name Change
-- Film Screening: Living Downstream
-- Action is Eloquence
-- Color and Camouflage
-- Regents Award
-- Student Spotlights
-- Get Your Green On
-- WCF Symphony & School of Music Events
-- UNI Art Students Study Abroad in Berlin
-- UNI's Cyber Defense Team
-- Student Spotlights Continued...
-- Students and Faculty Attend Major Graphics Trade Show in Chicago
-- UNI Teacher Wins Prestigious Award

-- WCF Symphony & School of Music Events Continued...
-- UNI Forensics …

Trudie Brinson, Trudie Brinson, Institute Of Child Nutrition

Oral History Project (all interviews)

Trudie Brinson earlier worked with the Head Start program in Virginia and then began working in North Carolina as a child nutrition manager with the migrant program.

Danny Seymour, Danny Seymour, Institute Of Child Nutrition

Oral History Project (all interviews)

Danny Seymour has been involved with school nutrition programs since 1971, beginning with a small suburban Philadelphia school district. His career path led him to direct four different school nutrition programs and to become director of the second largest school district in Pennsylvania - Pittsburgh Public Schools. Throughout his career in schools, Danny built each program on strong fundamentals of procurement as well as human resource management. While in Pittsburgh he developed the department’s Standards of Operations, outlining almost every policy and procedure for implementing a successful school nutrition operation. From 2007 to 2015 Danny held a position with the …

Gail S. Kavanaugh, Gail S. Kavanaugh, Institute Of Child Nutrition

Oral History Project (all interviews)

Gail S. Kavanaugh has served as a child nutrition director in Mississippi for over twenty-five years. She has also been very active in the state and national school nutrition associations, including testifying before Congress in the early 2000s.

Jeannie Sneed, Jeannie Sneed, Institute Of Child Nutrition

Oral History Project (all interviews)

Jeannie Sneed is a former director of the Applied Research Division of the National School Food Service Management Institute. Sneed now holds a position in the USDA Food Safety unit.

Fall 2010, Biology @ Su, Syracuse University Biology Department

Biology @ SU

No abstract provided.

Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 52 Number 2, Fall 2010, Santa Clara University

Santa Clara Magazine

16 - JUSTICE, EDUCATION, AND THE CATHOLIC IMAGINATION By Keith Warner, O.F.M. A religious vision of a sustainable future is less about politics than ethics. It means drawing on deep spiritual currents in the Catholic tradition-and environmental concern as if people mattered.

22 - WRITING THE ISLAND An essay in the words and images by John Seibert Farnsworth and Charles Barry. A journey to the Sea of Cortez-to paddle and dive, to hear the island speak, to look carefully, to write, to come home sunburned and transformed.

30 - INTERNET, WE HAVE A PROBLEM. By Sam Scott '96. One fine …

Tallgrass Prairie Center Newsletter, Fall 2010, University Of Northern Iowa. Tallgrass Prairie Center.

Tallgrass Prairie Center Newsletter

Inside This Issue:

-- 22nd North American Prairie Conference: Wrapping Up a National Treasure
-- The Road Less Traveled
-- Seventh Semester of NRRM Seminar, Another Success
-- Two New Tallgrass Prairie Center Publications
-- Interested in planting a prairie? Or perhaps you're restoring a remnant savanna, prairie or wetland?
-- Roadside Mowing Law Cuts One
-- Graduate Student Research Projects

Iowa Academy Of Science: The New Bulletin, V06n2-3, Summer-Fall 2010, Iowa Academy Of Science

New Bulletin

Inside This Issue:

--Message from the Executive Director

--Meet Iowa Department of Education Science Consultant Yvette McCulley

--2010 Iowa AmJAS Delegate, McKenna Templeton shares her experiences at AmJAS

--2011-2012 AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowships

--Environmental Literacy Needs and Partnerships Survey

--Experience Three Weeks in India: University of Iowa Winterim in India Program

--Academy awarded REAP-CEP Grants

--Announcements, Events & Deadlines

--Support The Academy

Wright State University College Of Education And Human Services Annual Report, July 1, 2009-June 30, 2010, College Of Education And Human Services, Wright State University

College of Education and Human Services Annual Reports

This Wright State University College of Education and Human Services annual report is from July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010.

Sylvia Dunn, Sylvia Dunn, Institute Of Child Nutrition

Oral History Project (all interviews)

Sylvia Dunn taught in Georgia and Texas before returning to her native Louisiana, where she also taught before going to work in nutrition programs at the State Department of Education. After four and a half years with the Department of Education she became the food service director for St. Tammany Parish, where she has worked for the last twenty-five years.

2010 - The Fifteenth Annual Symposium Of Student Scholars

Symposium of Student Scholars Program Books

The full program book from the Fifteenth Annual Symposium of Student Scholars, held on April 27, 2010. Includes abstracts from the presentations and posters.

Susan Wood, Susan Wood, Institute Of Child Nutrition

Oral History Project (all interviews)

Susan Wood, a Nebraska native, has spent her entire working career in Alabama. She is a Registered Dietitian and spent a number of years working in hospitals and nursing homes, as well as teaching at the University of Alabama, Birmingham. In her current position Susan is the Director of Child Nutrition Programs for Hoover City Schools, where she has served the district’s children for the past twenty-two years.

Lynda Snow, Lynda Snow, Institute Of Child Nutrition

Oral History Project (all interviews)

Lynda Snow is a native Alabamian and has worked in school nutrition for thirty-five years in Birmingham and Bessemer, Alabama. She holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Alabama A&M University. She is currently Child Nutrition Director for Bessemer City Schools.

Mary Alexiou, Mary Alexiou, Institute Of Child Nutrition

Oral History Project (all interviews)

Mary Alexiou, a native Alabamian, recently retired as the Director of Child Nutrition Programs for Vestavia City Schools. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Jacksonville State University and a master’s degree from University of Alabama, Birmingham. Prior to going into child nutrition she worked first as a consultant for various hospitals and nursing homes and then at the Guntersville Hospital. She has also been a very active member of the School Nutrition Association.

Tallgrass Prairie Center Newsletter, Spring 2010, University Of Northern Iowa. Tallgrass Prairie Center.

Tallgrass Prairie Center Newsletter

Inside This Issue:

-- 22nd North American Prairie Conference: Restoring a National Treasure
-- Fewer Grass Seeds Increases Wildflowers
-- Another Semester of Successful Seminars at the TPC
-- Wetland Plant Materials Development Meeting
-- Recent Publications about Center programs and projects
-- Another Roadside Infraction
-- Student Employee Profiles
-- Can You Identify this Seedling

Iowa Academy Of Science: The New Bulletin, V06n1, Spring 2010, Iowa Academy Of Science

New Bulletin

Inside This Issue:

--Message from the Executive Director

--Proposed Dues & Bylaws Changes

--Candidates for President-Elect

--Candidates for IAS Board of Directors

--Candidate for ISTS Section Vice Chair

-- Election 2010 Ballot

--Iowa Outdoor Youth Summit

--Graceland and Lamoni are Melting Pots of Tradition and Diversity in Southern Iowa

--Announcements, Events & Deadlines

--Gifts made to the Iowa Academy of Science in 2009

Charles Kirby, Charles Kirby, Institute Of Child Nutrition

Oral History Project (all interviews)

Mr. Kirby worked for the USDA for 25 years, which included serving as Southeast Regional Director for 15 years. Subsequently, he served as the State Director of Child Nutrition in Mississippi. During his tenure in Mississippi, he helped develop and operate a statewide purchasing cooperative for schools. Since retiring from Mississippi, he has provided consulting services in the area of purchasing and financial management to state and local school districts and the NFSMI.

Tommy Ramey, Tommy Ramey, Institute Of Child Nutrition

Oral History Project (all interviews)

Tommy Ramey worked for 34 years in the State of Alabama beginning as a teacher/coach and retiring in 2000 as State Director of the Child Nutrition Programs for the Alabama State Department of Education. His major accomplishments include developing and instituting a commodity processing program that saved local education agencies (LEAs) $1.5 annually; being recognized by the USDA for having the most efficient method for delivery of USDA donated food; initiating the development of the State Nutrition Policies and Procedures Handbook; and initiating and assisting in the development and passage by the State Board of Education, certification standards for local …

Gaye Lynn Macdonald, Gaye Lynn Macdonald, Institute Of Child Nutrition

Oral History Project (all interviews)

Gaye Lynn MacDonald worked in the school nutrition program of Bellingham Public Schools in Bellingham, Washington for 32½ years, 20 years as the program director, overseeing 23 sites offering breakfast, lunch and after school snacks. In 2002-2003, she served as president of the American School Food Service Association, representing 54,000 members.

Jerry B. Cater, Jerry B. Cater, Institute Of Child Nutrition

Oral History Project (all interviews)

Jerry B. Cater retired after 11 years as Research Scientist with the Applied Research Division of the National Food Service Management Institute. She served 19 years as Director of School Food Services in Long Beach, Mississippi. While at NFSMI, she served as project manager on numerous research projects including the development of Financial Management Information System model for school nutrition programs. The model served as the basis the design of FUNDamentals, a financial management reporting software.

Proceedings Of The 122nd Annual Meeting Of The Iowa Academy Of Science [Program, 2010], Iowa Academy Of Science

Iowa Academy of Science Documents

Contents:

Program Summary --- 2-3
Acknowledgements --- 4
Welcome from our Campus Host --- 5
IAS 2009-2010 Volunteers --- 6
Iowa Junior Academy of Science --- 7
General Session I --- 8
IJAS Award Luncheon --- 9
IAS Annual Business Meeting --- 9
Symposia Presentations --- 10-12
Great Moments in Iowa Science --- 13
Senior Poster Program --- 14-15
President's Banquet --- 16
General Session 11 --- 17
General Session III --- 18
ESTA Award Luncheon --- 19
Saturday Field Trips --- 20
Section Meeting Programs and Oral Presentations (Alphabetical by Section) --- 21-29
Abstracts (by Section) --- 30-59
Author …

Iowa Academy Of Science 122nd Annual Meeting [2010]: Advance Program, Iowa Academy Of Science

Iowa Academy of Science Documents

Contains information about the schedule and presentations for the 2010 annual meeting of the Iowa Academy of Science.

Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 51 Number 4, Spring 2010, Santa Clara University

Santa Clara Magazine

14 - BENDING LIGHT By Steven Boyd Saum. They wanted to show that green living is not a compromise. So, for the international Solar Decathlon, the SCU-led Team California built a house of light and wonder. And it was dazzling enough to win No. 3 on the planet.

22 - CONNECT THE DOTS By Scott Brown '93. From border security to disaster preparedness, Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano '79 has one immense portfolio. She's also the point person on immigration. How to put those together?

28 - THIS PLACE WE CALL HOME By Kristina Chiapella '09 '09. Generations ago, …