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Andy Angyal, professor of English, has been
invited to take part in the Carolina Seminars, monthly meetings of faculty,
administrators and public officials. The meetings, which will be held at
the University Center for International Studies at the University of North
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Tom Erdmann, associate professor
of music, had his cover article on Larry Carlton published in the October/November
2001 issue of Jazz Player magazine.
Erdmann also judged several marching band festivals recently. He judged
the music category at the 24th annual Old Dominion Dixie Classic Marching
Band Festival in Virginia on Sept. 22. He was the music judge at the Trojan
Marching Band Festival at Tunstall High School in Dry Fork, Va., on Oct.
6, and was the music general effect judge at the Dan River High School
Festival of Bands in Ringgold, Va., on Oct. 20.
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Maria Falbo, associate professor of physics,
attended a conference titled "Planning for the National Underground Science
Laboratory," held in Lead, S.D., Oct. 4-7. The NUSL offers the unique potential
to explore a wide range of science in the world's deepest underground laboratory.
The lab will be located in the Homestake Mine, a South Dakota gold mine
which will close this winter and will then be operated by the U.S. Department
of Energy. Falbo was invited to discuss planning of the lab and its use in undergraduate
research activities.
Falbo is also planning a colloquium titled "Seeing the Stars from Inside
the Earth: Planning the World's Deepest Underground Laboratory." The colloquium
is scheduled for 6-7 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 28, in McMichael 115.
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Maurice Levesque, associate
professor psychology, published an article titled "Self-Handicapping as
a Method of Self-Presentation: An Analysis of Costs and Benefits" in Current
Research in Social Psychology, a peer-reviewed online journal. The journal
is sponsored by the Center for the Study of Group Processes at the University
of Iowa. Levesque co-authored the article with Charles A. Lowe, professor
of psychology at the University of Connecticut, and Catherine Mendenhall,
a former student who worked with Levesque.
Levesque also gave a presentation titled "Personal Relationships and the
Social Relations Model" at the Society of Experimental Social Psychology
annual conference, held Oct. 17-21 in Spokane, Wash. Levesque's presentation
was part of a symposium on the various applications of the social relations
model, which is a methodological and statistical model for the study of
interpersonal perception and behavior. One of the studies he presented was
conducted on campus with several Elon undergraduate researchers.
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Alan White, director of athletics, received the
first Distinguished Service in Sports Award Oct. 16. White received the
award from the Sports Development Council, which operates under the Burlington/Alamance
County Convention and Visitors Bureau. The award honors White's role in
bringing recognition to Alamance County through Elon's athletics program
and his contributions to the county's sports scene. |
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