A Note from the Ice Chest…

Dear COLA community:

In the north country, the leaves have popped and mostly dropped, and

the weather turned to cold, rain, and even snow. It is the season of change, and

reflective of that pattern, here on campus, is change – to rules and procedures,

curricula, the catalog, personnel, and students new and graduating.

We urge you to remain aware of the changes, to help your new colleagues, and to share

information. We also want to remind you and encourage you to visit us in the college office and in

your specific major departments – for advising, for answers and to ask more

questions, and to update us on how your time here is moving along.

November and more, as we wait for the score, work hard, stay

connected, and have fun.

Yours,

Adam Peltz

Academic Counselor

504-280-1230

apeltz@uno.edu

Register for Spring 2014:

Registration for the Spring semester began on November 4. Graduate students, honors students, and

athletes register first, followed by currently enrolled seniors with the highest number of hours earned.

Registration for currently enrolled students proceeds in decreasing order according to the number of

hours earned. Please note: Priority for registration is based on your classification and the number of

hours earned as of the beginning of the Fall 2013 semester. Check Student Center in WebSTAR for your

“appointment,” the specific time and date you will be able to access the registration system. The current

Course Catalog is available ONLINE. Please consult it as you register. Prerequisites, co-requisites, and/or

specific restrictions are listed in the course descriptions in the Catalog. WebSTAR does not block

enrollment in most courses based on prerequisites; it is your responsibility to find out whether you

qualify to take each course. DO NOT REGISTER FOR A COURSE UNLESS YOU KNOW YOU HAVE

MET THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR THAT COURSE. You will very likely be dropped from the

class if you do so – probably after it is too late to add another:

http://registrar.uno.edu/catalog/index.cfm .

The LAST DAY to WITHDRAW from CLASSES with a “W” or to RESIGN for the

Fall 2013 semester is…

Before withdrawing from a course, please talk with your

instructor and Financial Aid and Scholarships. After you

drop, check your schedule one more time to make sure there

are no classes in which you are mistakenly enrolled. Be sure

to get a printed copy of your revised schedule after you

complete that process. Each withdrawn course will carry a

$50 fee.

***Do you aim to graduate in May, August, or December 2014?

You MUST have completed and signed a Graduation Checksheet with the College of Liberal

Arts. See page 6 for details.***

WORKING ON A DOUBLE MAJOR, DUAL DEGREE, OR LIBERAL ARTS MINOR WITH RESTRICTED

COURSES? If you are doing so, please come to the COLA office to declare your second major and/or minor. We

want to make sure you can get into the courses you need, and we also want to make sure you are counted as a

major (or minor) everywhere you should be.

College of Liberal Arts (COLA) A Refreshing Place to Learn

Fall 2013 SodaPOP News

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ACCESS the STUDENT CALENDAR

As the calendar is subject to change,

please stay up to date via this link:

http://registrar.uno.edu/bulletin/importantdates/index.cfm

and view the Student Calendar.

For important college announcements and communications, CHECK

YOUR UNO EMAIL AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK!

To Our STUDENTS ON ACADEMIC PROBATION:

Please remember that you are limited to 13 hours in the Fall or Spring (and 7 in the

Summer), while you remain on probation. You remove yourself from probation when your

overall GPA reaches a 2.0...but your GPA’s in your major, UNO, and Overall must be 2.0’s in

order to graduate.

Liberal Arts Undecided Students (LAUN)

We welcome walk-in and scheduled

appointments for advising in the college

office -- 273 Milneburg Hall. If you need

to make a special trip to campus or

require a meeting outside of our regular

advising hours (M-TH, 8:30am-Noon and

1:00pm-4:00pm), call 504-280-6367 to schedule a session with Adam Peltz.

The OFFICE of CAREER and COUNSELING SERVICES upcoming events:

-- Relaxation Session - 11/7/2013 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM, Nov 7 | 2:00 pm

-- Achieving Balance & Managing Stress Workshop - 11/13/2013 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM, Nov 13 | 11:30 am

TROUBLE-SHOOTING

Financial hold? - Bursar’s Office, AD 1006, 280-6489

“Invalid Access” message or Enrollment Appointment info (found in WebSTAR)? - Registrar’s Office, AD 112, 280-6216

Advising hold? - College Office, MH 273, 280-6267 (AFTER you have met with an advisor in your department)

“Restricted Course” message? - Academic Department that offers the course

Admissions hold? - Admissions Office, PEC, Library First Floor, 280-6595

Financial Aid hold? - Financial Aid Office, PEC, Library First Floor, 280-6603

Immunization hold? - Student Health Services, UC, 238280-6387

Library hold? - Library, 280-6549

Password need to be re-set? - Help Desk, UCC 101-N, 280-6701 (or use WebSTAR link)

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New, New-ish, and Needed News

**APPLICATION for DEGREE**

You must apply for your degree through your

Student Center in WebSTAR. This is a new

procedure. (Formerly, you would have applied

directly through the Registrar’s website.) You can

only claim a major/minor that you have officially

declared in the computer system, so please see the

college office if you require that we make this

adjustment. **For safe-keeping, PLEASE EMAIL

ADAM PELTZ after you have completed your

application for degree.**

PEC – PRIVATEER ENROLLMENT CENTER

Newly opened on the first floor of the library, the PEC serves as an all-in-one office that includes Admissions,

Financial Aid, First Year Experience (FYE), Orientation, and Bursar representatives. The PEC also has First Year

Advisors (FYA), under the leadership of Gerard Williams, who work with new Freshmen and Transfer Students

with fewer than 30 hours. The FYA’s are Caleigh Keith (COLA Liaison), Jessica D’Laneuville, Emily Horne, and

Amy Miller. After visiting the PEC, all students should still visit their respective major departments or, if

undecided, the COLA Office in 273 Milneburg Hall. For more information, visit

http://www.uno.edu/pec/index.aspx .

FIRST YEAR EXPERIENCE (FYE)

UNO’s FYE team has grown to five and moved its offices to the

PEC: Nicole Ralston, Mike Hoffshire, Nick Fuselier, Tonia Salas,

and Cat Polivada are the FYE team. Nicole Ralston is COLA’s FYE

liaison and can be reached at 504-280-6150 or nralston@uno.edu

for UNIV, time-management, study, wellness, and other related

and referable issues: http://www.uno.edu/fye/index.aspx .

UNO CARES ACADEMIC ALERTS

UNO Cares is an academic support system. Some instructors submit academic alerts to our office and to your

department chair (if you have a declared major). These alerts are generated when a student misses an excess of

classes, is missing work or is failing the course, has reported trouble in his/her life that warrants attention, or

seems to be struggling with the material. UNO Cares is now maintained by FYE through WebSTAR.

WITHDRAWING from a class / FEEs

Students may add and drop classes during the first two weeks of the semester without receiving a W. However,

there is a $50 fee per added course and a $50 per dropped course during the second week of classes.

Thereafter, the cost of withdrawing (dropping after the 14th day) from a course remains $50.

Applicable to the Fall 2013 semester, students will be charged $150 to enroll during late Registration.

Check out the Online PHILOSOPHY DEGREE and SCHOLARSHIPS http://www.uno.edu/cola/Departments/Philosophy/online.aspx

http://www.uno.edu/cola/Departments/Philosophy/awards.aspx

Contact department chair Rob Stufflebeam – rstuffle@uno.edu .

For HISTORY Majors

New History majors are eligible for a one-time $500 scholarship. Contact department chair Andrew Goss --

agoss@uno.edu for more information and eligibility requirements.

URBN 1000

Beginning in the Spring ’14 semester, the Department of Urban Studies and Planning is offering a 1000-level

introduction to the discipline – Introduction to Cities

Thunderhawk, Jim Richard

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In the College of Liberal Arts, faculty advisors in the department of your major are available for advising. Faculty

advisors are designated teachers who provide regular guidance in regard to course offerings in your major,

possibilities for internships, progress toward graduation, career opportunities, and many other areas of concern and

interest:

Geography

Anthropology

Chair, David Beriss, dberiss@uno.edu

Rachel Breunlin, rsbreunl@uno.edu

D. Ryan Gray, dgray@uno.edu

Jeffrey Ehrenreich, jehrenre@uno.edu

English

Chair, Peter Schock, pschock@uno.edu

Undergraduate Coordinator, Patricia Roger,

proger@uno.edu

Chair of Freshman English, Allison Arnold,

aarnold@uno.edu

Graduate Coordinator, Robert Shenk,

rshenk@uno.edu Director, MFA Creative Writing Workshop,

Rick Barton, Fredrick.Barton@uno.edu

Fine Arts

Chair, Cheryl Hayes, chayes@uno.edu

Graduate Coordinator, Dan Rule

drule@uno.edu

All full-time faculty advise. Please contact the

department at 280-6493.

Film, Theatre, and Communication Arts

Undergraduate Coordinator, Debra Daniel,

ddaniel@uno.edu

Graduate Coordinator, John McGowan-

Hartmann, jmcgowan@uno.edu

Department Chair, David Hoover,

dhoover@uno.edu

Film: John Hamp Overton, joverton@uno.edu

All full-time faculty advise. Go to

http://ftca.uno.edu/ for details.

Foreign Languages Chair, Eliza Ghil, eghil@uno.edu

Undergraduate Studies:

Undergraduate Coordinator for Spanish, Joke

Mondada, jmondada@uno.edu

Undergraduate Coordinator for French,

Juliana Starr, jstarr1@uno.edu

Graduate Studies:

Graduate Coordinator for French, Denis Augier,

daugier@uno.edu

Graduate Coordinator for Spanish,

Maria del Carmen Artigas, martigas@uno.edu

Chair, James Lowry, jlowry@uno.edu

Juana Ibanez, jibanez@uno.edu

History

Chair, Andrew Goss, agoss@uno.edu

Graduate Advisor, James Mokhiber,

jmokhibe@uno.edu

Undergraduate Advisor, Nikki Brown,

nlbrown2@uno.edu

(For Spring 2014, Andrea Mosterman,

amosterm@uno.edu)

International Studies

Director, John Hazlett, jhazlett@uno.edu

Music

Chair, Instrumental, and Vocal:

Charles Taylor, ctaylor@uno.edu

Undergraduate Cooordinators:

Robin Williams, rhwillia@uno.edu

Jazz Studies:

Ed Petersen, epeterse@uno.edu

Steve Masakowski, smasakow@uno.edu

Graduate Coordinator and Choral Ensembles:

Caroline Carson, cpcarson@uno.edu

Philosophy

Chair, Robert Stufflebeam, rstuffle@uno.edu

Planning and Urban Studies

Department Chair, Renia Ehrenfeucht,

renia.ehrenfeucht@uno.edu

Undergraduate Coordinator, John Renne,

jrenne@uno.edu

David Lambour, dmlambou@uno.edu

Political Science

Chair, Michael Huelshoff, mhuelsho@uno.edu

A-H and Undergraduate Coordinator:

Ed Chervenak, echerven@uno.edu I-P: John Kiefer, jkiefer@uno.edu

Q-Z: Michael Huelshoff, mhuelsho@uno.edu

Pre-Law: Salmon Shomade, sshomade@uno.edu

Sociology

Chair, Vern Baxter, vbaxter@uno.edu

Associate Chair, Susan Mann, samann@uno.edu

Jack Carter, jpcarter@uno.edu

Undergraduate and Graduate Co-coordinator,

D’Lane Compton, dcompton@uno.edu

Minor in Women’s and Gender Studies

Susan Mann, samann@uno.edu

- PURSUE AN INTERNSHIP: More and more evidence indicates that an internship improves your skill set

and your employment possibility and enhances your experience as a student. Contact the

department of interest with your idea or for a list of existing opportunities.

- DO SOME RESEARCH: Conducting research is not only for graduate students and faculty

members. Explore the possibility of your own research proposal or for the chance to assist a

colleague or professor. Talk with the department of interest.

APPEALS FOR EXCEPTIONS

TO DEADLINES AND

REGULATIONS

A general caution: You should

not file an appeal for an

exception to University

deadlines or regulations unless

you can prove that

EXTRAORDINARY

CIRCUMSTANCES TOTALLY

BEYOND YOUR CONTROL

prevented you from taking the

appropriate action at the

appropriate time. And as the

University Appeal Form states:

“Forgetfulness and ignorance of

University policies and

procedures are not acceptable

reasons.”

Appeals to Register or Add

Courses After the Deadline:

First, ask yourself: “Am I

submitting this appeal because

the class was full during regular

registration and I figured I

would just ‘sit in’ until a seat

opened up?” If the answer is

“yes,” don’t bother with the

appeal; it will not be

approved. And that will be

true even if the instructor told

you to do so. All sections of all

courses are considered closed at

the end of final registration, so

it is not possible for a seat to

“open up.”

Appeals to Drop Courses or

Resign After the Deadline:

Ask yourself if there were

EXTRAORDINARY

CIRCUMSTANCES TOTALLY

BEYOND YOUR CONTROL

which prevented you from

dropping courses by the drop

date. If not, then you should

not attempt to file an appeal. It

will not be approved. If you

have any questions about the

appeals process contact the

College office at 280-6266.

Quick Tip: If you have to make

an appeal to add a class late or

register late, turn it in quickly!!

Do not hold on to the appeal

and submit it at your leisure,

thinking it "doesn't matter"

when it's turned it. It DOES

matter. And the longer you

wait to bring the appeal to the

College office, the less chance

there is that it will be

approved. Really.

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DEAR TRANSFER STUDENTS: Residency Requirements

The University residency requirement states that the last 25% of coursework for your degree (for most LA

majors, the last 30 hours) must be taken in residence at UNO while enrolled in the College that will grant

the degree (in your case, of course, Liberal Arts). In addition, the College residency requirement states that

students must take at least 12 hours of coursework in their major at UNO, and that 9 of those 12 hours

must be at the 3000 level or higher. BUT BE AWARE, these requirements are most likely changing,

effective Fall ‘14.

“Non-Equivalent” Transfer Credit

Transfer students are often concerned when they receive the Evaluation of Transfer Credit compiled by the Office of

Admissions and see that some of their transfer courses were determined to have no direct UNO equivalent. Such

courses are labeled by their subject and level only (for example, “FTCA 3000NE”), giving some students the impression

that the credit in question was not accepted here. NOT TRUE!! If the course appears on your evaluation, it has been

accepted by the university, and (assuming you passed it and there is a place for it in the curriculum you are following)

it can be used toward your degree. “NE” (“non-equivalent”) does not mean “not accepted.” If you have a number of

“NE” transfer courses in your major that you believe might be appropriate substitutes for UNO requirements in your

discipline, speak to the Chair or Undergraduate Coordinator in your department. If that person agrees with your

assessment, he or she will send a memo to the College office so that the substitution can be noted when it is time for

your graduation check-out. For “NE” courses outside your major, it is generally not necessary for you to seek out

written approval from various departments to use that work in fulfillment of General Degree or College requirements;

the College will handle these matters, unless your input is needed or you believe an error was made in evaluating your

transfer work.

If you want to discuss the initial evaluation of your transfer credits, consult the Admissions specialist assigned

to your section of the alphabet (by first letter of last name):

A-D: Jamie Mathews, 280-7018, jtmathe1@uno.edu

E-K: Brian Harris, 280-7012, baharri3@uno.edu

L-Q: Katie Bandy, 280-7015, kbandy@uno.edu

R-Z: Kandise Woods, 280-7016, klwoods1@uno.edu

International: Marissa King, 280-6578, mrking@uno.edu

Get Ready To Toss Those Caps: COMMENCEMENT IS COMING!

The University of New Orleans will hold the graduation ceremony for the

Class of December 2013 at the UNO Lakefront Arena on Friday, December,

20, 2013 at 3:00 p.m. For details, please go to the Registrar’s homepage or

click on THIS LINK .

Art With Flowers, Jim Richard

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The GRADUATION CHECKOUT PROCESS

Are you leaving us in May, August, or December 2014?

***1. REQUEST A GRADUATION CHECKSHEET – when you have reached 75+ hours***

If you have discussed remaining requirements with your faculty advisor and it seems possible for

you to graduate next spring, summer, or fall, request a graduation checksheet from the College

Office (MH 273) as soon as possible. This is different from a departmental checklist or tracking

sheet, by which you may have been charting your progress with your advisor; you must have an

“official” checksheet completed by College personnel in order to graduate. (If you have already

completed this step, please do not sign up to receive a new checksheet. We update our copy

each semester; if you’ve lost yours, we will make a copy of the updated version for you.)

***2. FILE AN APPLICATION FOR DEGREE

An Application for Degree should be completed during the semester preceding the semester of

your intended graduation. THE NEW PROCEDURE IS TO COMPLETE THE PROCESS

THROUGH YOUR STUDENT CENTER IN WEBSTAR. You will receive an error message if you

input a major for which you are not officially declared in WebSTAR and will need to visit the

college office to have that data updated. There is a $50.00 diploma fee.

3. RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS

UNO requires that the last 25% of your degree be taken in residence – that is, at UNO, while

enrolled in the College of Liberal Arts. Credit by CLEP tests, LSU Independent Study, or any other

non-UNO, non-traditional means may NOT be earned and used toward graduation once you

are in the last 30 hours of your degree. If you have changed from one college to another, YOU

must change your Program/Plan with the College you are entering. Remember that, after you

have completed any coursework from an institution other than UNO, you will need to have

your transcripts forwarded to UNO’s Admissions Department.

4. SUBMIT WAIVERS, SUBSTITUTIONS, & EXCEPTIONS

Bring written verification of any waivers, substitutions, or exceptions promised to you by your

department Chair or Undergraduate Coordinator to Mr. Peltz.

5. VERIFY YOUR MINOR

If you are minoring in a discipline that is not housed in Liberal Arts, provide Mr. Peltz with

written verification of your minor from the appropriate College. (For Liberal Arts

interdisciplinary minors, see Dr. John Hazlett for global area studies minors; Dr. Susan Mann for

the Women’s and Gender Studies minor; Dr. Vern Baxter for the Environmental Studies minor,

and Adam Peltz for the Minor of Disaster Resilience Studies.)

6. MAKE THE COLLEGE AWARE OF CHANGES

Notify the College if your graduation plans change and be sure to fill out a new Application for

Degree for the semester in which you intend to graduate. The fee for filing an additional

Application for Degree after the first is $50.00.

7. MONITOR YOUR GPA

Meet with Mr. Peltz if you are concerned about your grade-point averages in the three areas that

require a 2.0. The three areas in which you must have a GPA of 2.0 or better in order to

graduate are:

• Overall

• UNO courses

• Courses in your major

After you graduate, why not join the UNO Alumni Association? Membership is free:

https://www.unoalumni.com/sslpage.aspx .

REMINDER TO ALL:

You must earn 120 hours of credit (exclusive of developmental

courses and junior/community college credits in excess of 60

credits) in order to graduate. So, even if you have fulfilled general

degree requirements, College requirements, and all required courses

in your major, you are not “finished” until you earn enough credits

to bring you to 120 HOURS!

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DEPARTMENTAL ANNOUNCEMENTS and ACHIEVEMENTS

This semester, the COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS welcomes new student workers Anna

Brown, Eduardo Lopez, and Emilie Nutter, all Film majors, and MFA (poetry) graduate assistant

Laurin Jefferson. Arts Administration graduate assistant Sharbreon Plummer continues her tenure.

We congratulate both Sharbreon and COLA Executive Coordinator of Operations and

Events Jennifer Miguez on passing their comprehensive examinations!

Give yourselves a treat and visit Music alumnus (Fall 2006) and Assistant Dean Anthony

Cipolone’s Hightail Farms photos. He manages more than the college budget…how about a

dozen fresh eggs? For release, from UNO PRESS:

proprietors Abram Himelstein

(CWW Fall ’05) and G.K. Darby:

The Center for the Book at the

University of New Orleans will

celebrate its slate of upcoming

books with a catalog release

party on November 18, 2013.

Titles we will be celebrating

include: Courting Pandemonium

by UNO’s Fredrick Barton, Talk

that Music Talk by UNO’s Rachel Breunlin and Bruce Sunpie Barnes; How We Do It by UNO’s

Jeffrey Ehrenrich and the FiYiYi Mandingo Warriors; a book of Clementine Hunter’s early

paintings introduced by Richard Gasperi; The Backstretch edited by the Neighborhood Story

Project; Bouki Fait Gombo by Ibrahima Seck; and The Tom Dent Reader edited by Kalamu Ya

Salaam. For more about the party and our forthcoming books, please visit unopress.org.

The DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH has been busy this semester. The department hosted

two Third Wednesday Discussions and is excited about the third, scheduled for November 20,

which will highlight alumni who are teaching in the metro area. English had a rousing crowd for

its Yeah, You Write reading at the Sandbar in September, at which undergraduates Garrett Piglia,

Jasmine Angel, Riley Bingham, Ryan Bonfanti, Shaina Washington, Siera Martinez, and William

Webb shared their original work. They've also collaborated with Chapelle High School,

including them in the First Year common read program; their students composed essays for UNO

Believes, a celebration of student writing, set for November 12 at the Sandbar at 5pm. English’s

own Robin Baudier will be the featured reader of the event, sharing the stage with UNO

undergraduates, faculty, and staff. All are welcome; food will be

served.

In the MFA Creative Writing Workshop, the Storyville project,

which showcases our students reading their nonfiction pieces about

New Orleans and broadcasts them on WWNO, went live on

September 26.

Finally, we're proud to announce the publication of our new

departmental magazine Word, which will soon be available on our

department's webpage.

Kore Press published Creative Writign Workshop professor Carolyn Hembree's debut poetry collection, Skinny (2012). The book has been

nominated for a Norma Farber First Book Award, and a single poem from

the collection was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. The collection was also

featured on Verse Daily, an online anthology. Skinny will be featured at the

2013 Louisiana Book Festival in Baton Rouge. In December, Carolyn sat on

a panel about publishing and editing and read her poetry as part of 2012

Tulane's Poetry Exchange Project Symposium. Carolyn and her students will

also participate in the 2013 Symposium. Carolyn's

second manuscript was a finalist for the 2012 Tupelo

Press First/Second Book Award and the 2012

Switchback Books Gatewood Prize. Her poems and

prose appear in forthcoming issues of Drunken Boat, Horseless Review, and

Jacket2. Carolyn's poems have also been selected for inclusion in three

forthcoming anthologies: The Gulf Stream: Poems of the Gulf Coast, Hick

Poetics, and one from Third Man Records.

Professor Randy Bates has new nonfiction forthcoming in the Chatahoochee Review, and his RINGS: On the Life and Family of Collis

Phillips (FSG) was re-issued as an e-book by Perseus Books on October 21.

Peek at this booklist from CWW Alumnus

Jarret Lofstead (Spring 2003) and NOLAFugees:

www.nolafugeespress.com/our-books-2.

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DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES (BAIS): BAIS and other

UNO students have participated annually in the New York City based

Model United Nations competition. These are UNO’s recent nation

representations and award: St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Honduras

with an outstanding delegation award, Austria with a distinguished

delegation award, and most recently Vietnam with an outstanding

delegation award and four outstanding position paper awards. For

more information on Model U.N, contact Dr. John Hazlett – jhazlett@uno.edu .

At the end of October, with Center Austria and The World Affairs Council of New

Orleans, BAIS hosted a guest lecture “Democracy in the Post-Arab Spring World: A Progress

Assessment of Syria, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, and Yemen.” Les Campbell (National Democratic

Institute) and Tom Garret (International Republican Institute) presented.

For interest in Arab travel and internships, contact Dr. Hazlett or BAIS Senior Mary Grace

Bernard – mcbernar@uno.edu .

POLITICAL SCIENCE and MASTER of PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION Associate Professor Dr.

John Kiefer presented a paper and chaired a panel on “Crowdsourcing for Emergency

Management & Homeland Security” at the Southeastern Conference of Public Administration in

Charlotte, North Carolina, in September. He was invited to serve on the editorial board of the

peer reviewed journal, Risk, Hazards & Crises in Public Policy. Dr. Kiefer was also invited to

serve a second term on the editorial board of the Journal of Public Affairs Education. Dr. Keifer

was appointed to the NASPAA Committee on Accreditation Standards by the president of

the Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration

(NASPAA). And, he presented a paper on “Assessing Student

Outcomes in MPA Programs: Best Practices” at the annual conference

of the Network of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration

(NASPAA) in Washington, DC in October.

Political Science doctoral student Sabrina K. Freeman

presented a paper on social media at the Southeastern Conference of

Public Administration in Charlotte, N.C., in September. Professor

Bethany Stich served as the chair of the Kline Award at the conference.

Find out more about PHILOSOPHY’s Tocqueville Project: www.tocquevilleproject.org/

and the online B.A.

In October, WOMEN’S AND GENDER STUDIES and the UNO Women’s Center Coffee

Talk Series featured a compelling presentation from HISTORY professor Dr. Nikki Brown on The

Art of Black Power: African American Women Artists and Black Nationalism:” From the flyer:

“Some of the most strident demands of the Black Arts Movement and of Black Nationalism were

made by women like Elizabeth Catlett, Bettye Saar and Faith Ringgold, who see it as their

obligation to produce art that reflected the dignity of ordinary African Americans and challenged

racism. The art of African American women is best and most clearly understood as working in

service to a Black nationalist vision -- self-determination, liberation theology, economic

independence for the African diaspora, and freedom of speech for American political prisoners.”

The Graduate Program in ARTS ADMINISTRATION (AADM )continues to expand its activity and

impact on the local and national cultural field. Early planning of out-of-state capstone student

internships in the 2014 spring involves commitments from two characteristically diverse and

fantastic hosts: the South-by-Southwest Festival (SXSW Music Festival) in Austin and the

Smithsonian Institution Touring Exhibitions Program based in Washington, DC! Numerous New

Orleans area organizations will also welcome aspiring arts managers.

Student and graduate employment demand is stronger than ever. Most recently, AADM

students report being hired as Director of Programming for the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra’s

exciting new Jazz Marketplace, Assistant to the Director of Entertainment at the World War II

Museum and a promotion to Visitor Services Coordinator at the New Orleans Museum of Art.

The Arts Administration program leads UNO’s participation in the new UL System’s

undergraduate fully online Organizational Leadership Program with an intensive 8-week course

on theater management having just completed its first cycle and a new music management course

set to go in the spring – a first for UNO arts admin fully online and available undergrad!

On the research front, the Program is continuing its relationship with the Arts Council of New

Orleans and the New York research firm of Trudel│Macpherson in updating a statewide survey

titled “How Strong is Your Social Net?” on adoption of social media into the operational

structures of Louisiana cultural institutions. The results will be contrasted with national data, and

shared among Louisiana’s cultural leadership. This allows exploration of trends in this dynamic

area following the groundbreaking work explored in a community-wide workshop hosted by the

Program in 2012, with data posted at

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The DEPARTMENT OF FINE ARTS has been a locus of visual arts activity!

Professor and Chair Cheryl Hayes curated an exhibition called “Ten for Ten’s Sake”

at TEN Gallery, 4432 Magazine St. The show opened for Art for Art’s Sake, New

Orleans’ annual arts festival on the first Saturday of October. The exhibit included

works by instructors Kathy Rodriguez and Jeff Rinehart, and current undergraduate

student Harriet Burbeck. UNO Master of Fine Arts alumni Jonathan Mayers and Peter

Barnitz (both 2011) were also featured.

Several students, including Matthew Bivalaqua, had work on display

during Art for Art’s Sake. Local art hero and UNO Master of Fine Arts alumnus

Dan Tague (2000) had a solo exhibition open at Jonathan Ferrara Gallery for Art for Art’s Sake

as well. Tague, who was recently featured in a BBC interview, exhibited prints of folded dollar

bills in his show titled “The Almighty Dollar.”

Professor Richard Johnson was featured in Facing South: Portraits of Southern Artists, a

photographic survey of Southern contemporary artists by author and photographer Jerry Siegel.

This was a co-publication of the Julie Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University and

the University of Alabama Press, copyright 2010. Johnson was also featured in the book A

Unique Slant of Light: The Bicentennial History of Art in Louisiana, which was

published by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities. Artists included in

the book were selected for their contributions to the visual arts in Louisiana.

Additionally, Johnson was one of five visual artists honored by the New Orleans

Museum of Art at “Love in the Garden,” a celebration of the 10th anniversary of

the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden. He received

an award for his lifelong contributions to the visual arts in

New Orleans and Louisiana on September 27, 2013.

Artist in Residence Tony Campbell, one half the artist-

collaborative team Generic Art Solutions, will be exhibiting as

G.A.S. with UNO Master of Fine Arts alumnus Matt Vis (2007)

in Miami at the inaugural exhibition, “Renaissance Men,” for Mindy Solomon

Gallery. Generic Art Solutions recently closed a show entitled “In God We

Trust” at the Zacheta National Gallery Warsaw in Poland. Additionally, they

are exhibiting in Beaumont, TX at the Dishman Museum of Art (“Crescent City

Connection”) and will exhibit in “Circa Now” at Jonathan Ferrara Gallery in

New Orleans from Nov. 2013- Jan. 2014.

Artist in Residence Ariya Martin returned from her second trip to Haiti this past summer,

where she and her non-profit One Bird taught children about making photographs. She is

curating an exhibit called “Objects in Mirror May Appear Larger” for the UNO-St. Claude Gallery

(2429 St. Claude Ave.) in November and December 2013. This show

will also be in conjunction with PhotoNOLA, New Orleans’ annual

photography conference.

Professor Dan Rule is serving as the department’s Courses and

Curriculum liaison, and several changes are occurring as a result of the

department’s efforts to enrich their curriculum. The Imaging curriculum

has been divided back into Printmaking, Photography, and Digital Art.

Additionally, new courses have been added such as Visiting Lecturer

Alexa Arroyo’s “Images of Disaster” course. Dr. Rebecca Reynolds has

been offering choice courses as well, including Public Art Seminar,

20th century Survey, History of Photography, Art Since 1960, and

History of Sculpture.

Instructor and UNO-St. Claude Gallery Director Kathy

Rodriguez curated a show about artist collaborations titled “Making

It” this past August at the UNO-St. Claude Gallery. She also held a

solo exhibition called “In Heaven, Everything Is Fine” at TEN Gallery

this past July. She has continued to write for New Orleans Art

Review, and is preparing for a solo exhibition at Staple Goods Gallery

in the St. Claude Arts District this November.

Over the past summer, Visual Arts League held its first juried exhibition. UNO students

dominated juror Miranda Lash’s (Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, New Orleans

Museum of Art) choices for the show. Current Master of Fine Arts candidates Peter Hoffman and

Jason Childers took the top prizes (Juror’s Prize and Visual Arts League Award, respectively) at

the exhibition. VAL continues to hold fine arts film screenings, fundraisers, and various art

projects (including plans for a chalk mural this Spring).

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Professor Jim Richard retired after thirty-eight years of service to the department. His

dedication and expertise are cherished among those students who were under his tutelage.

Instructor Guillermo Fernando de Castro III of the DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN

LANGUAGES is hosting Cafecito, the Spanish conversation group in LA 212, 12:30 – 1:30 on

November 5 and 19, and December 3. For more information, please send an email

gdcastr@uno.edu .

During Spring break 2014, the COLA and Foreign Languages will co-host the International

Conference on Emile Zola and Naturalism (March 6-8, 2014, right after Mardi Gras). Dr. Juliana

Starr, Associate Professor of French, is the Chief Organizer, and other sponsors include Center

Austria and the Diversity Committee. The sessions will be held on the second floor of the

University Center. The opening cocktail will be at the UNO main campus art gallery and will

feature “Southern Women at Work”, a photography exhibit in conjunction with the conference

and Women's History Month. A film screening of the Louisiana feature “Low and Behold” will

be in the Robert E. Nims Theater in the PAC. The banquet will be a river cruise on the

Steamboat Natchez, and there will be an optional tour of Laura Plantation. One hundred

participants will be coming from 18 different countries including the USA, Norway, Portugal,

Brazil, France, Germany, Austria, Canada, Switzerland, India, Lebanon, Tunisia, Finland, China,

Senegal, and Japan.

Thirteen people associated with UNO will be presenting papers: 3 faculty in Foreign

Languages, 3 faculty in Film Studies, 2 faculty in English, 2 faculty in History and Women’s

Studies, 2 graduate students in English and 1 former graduate student

in Foreign Languages. All UNO faculty and students are invited to

attend the sessions for free. Here is the website for the

conference: http://www.ualberta.ca/~aizen/events/index.html .

Dr. Starr sang with the New Orleans Opera chorus in two

performances of Marschner’s little-known work Der Vampyr (The

Vampire), October 11 and 13, 2013. She also presented a paper titled

“Labor of Necessity/Labor of Love: Working Women in Zola’s

Germinal and Travail and Sand’s Ville noire” at the South Central

Modern Language Association Conference in New Orleans, October 3-

5, 2013.

Spanish Professor Dr. Manuel García-Castellón participated in

the May 29, 2013 Conference of the Latin American Studies

Association, presenting “AEl abolicionismo español del XIX y su raíz

krausista,” in Washinton, D.C. He served as a member of the Editorial Board for

Transmodernity. Journal of Peripheral Cultural Production of Luso-Hispanic World through the

University of California at Merced. Dr. García-Castellón also published an article, “A

Intertextualidad en las letras filipinas e hispanoamericanas” in Revista Filipina, Winter-Spring

2013. Finally, his manuscript Florilegio del Me´ham Lo´ez. An Anthology of Sephardic Tales is

under submission with Ediciones Certeza, Zaragoza, Spain.

Dr, Elaine Brooks will be reading the her paper “Atmospheric Translation: Rendering in

English the Poetic World of Filth and Dust in Fernando Contreras Castro’s Novel, Única mirando

al mar” at the Mid-America Conference on Hispanic Literatures on November 22nd at the

University of Missouri. In summation, Única Gazing at the Sea is the first translation of Fernando

Contreras Castro’s famous Costa Rican novel of injustice and social commentary as revealed by

the inhabitants of Río Azul’s trash dump. As the first translator of Contreras Castro’s work in

English, the author’s description of muck, clay, sand, dirt and the hovels that stand amazingly on

what he calls the shifting shores on a sea of debris, has been rendered in English using poetic and

atmospheric descriptions of broken dreams wrought by misfortune and by society’s neglect of the

other’s well-being. Many challenges arise as Dr. Brooks translates Única. How does she describe

daily life in a trash dump with the same poetic nuances and with the same unusual references to

legal work and to other professions juxtaposed within the context of waste? In this paper she

will describe the processes of atmospheric translation and will also solicit audience participation

as a vehicle for entering Única’s search for communication and for love in a world of decay.

For internship and job opportunities, DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY’s Juana Ibanez is

coordinating a series of meet and greets between students and private companies that offer jobs

in geography-related events. For more information, contact Ms. Ibanez – jibanez@uno.edu .

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Professor Irvin Mayfield of the DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC will be

at the Chicago Theatre at the end of November, playing with the

Preservation Hall Jazz Band. Professor Mayfield teaches HUMS 2090

“New Orleans as Discourse,” that allows participating students the ability

to interview professionals and icons in the New Orleans cultural

community (Art, Humanities and Music) about their areas of expertise.

Modeled after “Inside the Actors Studio,” he interviews each guest,

followed by a question-&-answer session with the students:

www.IrvinMayfield.com/blog. He will also be teaching MUS 4001 -

Jazz Composition: A Directed Independent Study, in which each student

will be guided through the process of writing new music for various configurations, including big

band.

In October, among other talents including drummer Johnny Vidacovich, Jazz at the

Sandbar featured Ed Peterson, Steve Masakowski, and Victor Atkins.

This past summer, Dr. Ryan Gray of the DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY and

students from UNO kept busy with two different archaeological projects

here in the city. For the second year in a row, UNO held its summer field

school in archaeology at the site of the Iberville Housing Project. Iberville

was constructed in 1940 and was located almost exactly over the former

location of Storyville, New Orleans’ famous red light district. Although

only officially in operation from 1898 to 1917, Storyville maintains a unique

place in the city’s history as one of the birthplaces of New Orleans jazz.

Excavations this summer recovered a wealth of artifacts dating to the

second half of the nineteenth century, with research focusing on why this

ethnically and economically diverse neighborhood was eventually

designated as the ‘Restricted District’.

The archaeological project was the subject of a public event at the

Old U.S. Mint in September. Developed in conjunction with the Jazz

National Historical Park and the Louisiana State Museum, the event

featured speakers on the Storyville area’s history and archaeology, along

with musicians performing music from that era.

In addition, the UNO Department of Anthropology and Dr. Gray,

along with both students and volunteers, conducted excavations at

Madame John’s Legacy, one of the oldest extant buildings in New Orleans’ French Quarter.

Tulane University’s Masters in Preservation Studies program contracted UNO to perform this

work as part of a larger technical conservation study prepared for the Louisiana Division of

Historic Preservation and the Louisiana State Museum, which owns and maintains Madame

John’s. Archaeological investigations uncovered a rich array of materials dating to the French

and Spanish Colonial eras, including extensive evidence of the great 1788 fire that destroyed the

previous building at the location. Artifacts recovered included Native American pottery, large

quantities of wild animal bone, French and Spanish ceramics, and a 1722 coin minted by the

French government for circulation in the colonies. Information from the dig will additionally

help to inform the long-term conservation plans for this historically-significant building.

The UNO Department of Anthropology will continue to offer opportunities for students

to gain archaeological experience in both the field and the lab. Anyone interested is encouraged

to contact Dr. Gray -- drgray1@uno.edu -- for more information.

The DEPARTMENT OF FILM and THEATRE’s Graduate Coordinator John McGowan-

Hartmann has an article coming out in the Fall 2013 issue of The Journal of Social History. It is

entitled, “Shadow of the Dragon: The Convergence of Myth and Science in 19th Century

Paleontological Imagery”.

The 2013-14 Theatre season is an active one. Jim Fitzmorris’ A Truckload of Ink ran in

September, followed by David Rimmer’s Album. Upcoming, Mark Medoff’s Parcifal Worthy will

run from November 19-24 in the Robert E. Nims Theatre. Next year, look for Fredrick Mensch’s

Father, Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, and Kate Fedor’s Rx. For more information, call

504-280-SHOW.

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COLA COOLER

The LUNCH-HOUR TABLE -- November 11 -- North Patio behind the UC:

On the North Patio, between the UC and the Recreation Center, from 11:30am-1:00pm…we will

set up to answer questions, hear about your semester, and remind you that November 11 marks

the deadline to withdraw from Fall classes.

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CODA COLA

This past summer, recent COLA retirees Assistant Dean Beth LeBlanc

and Dean Susan Krantz tied the knot in New York City, and we extend

to them our exuberant congratulations.

Blue light rain, unbroken chain,

Looking for familiar faces in an empty window pane.

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