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What was your previous position and where? I was a doctoral candidate and instructor in the marketing department at Texas A&M University at College Station.

What brought you to LSU? My goal after attaining my Ph.D. was to start my academic career at a research-oriented university, preferably one with a doctoral pro-gram. Being a proud Louisiana native - from Rayne, which is 15 miles west of Lafayette - LSU was my No. 1 choice since it met those criteria. Better yet, when I was told during my interview that the marketing department has a yearly retreat in Gulf Shores, I was sold! What is your current title at LSU? Assistant Professor of marketing What are your research interests? My current interest is consumers’ perceptions of authentic brands. Authentic brands are those that are perceived to be passionate about what they do. My research suggests that authentic brands have a stable image - e.g., a long history, consistent over time - and are rare - e.g., unique, associated with a specific region. My interest in this topic may be partly due to the fact I am from Louisiana. Louisiana exudes authenticity; we are very passionate about our unique and long-lived traditions.

What do you hope to accomplish at LSU? I would like to continue working with my colleagues and our doctoral students on research aimed at top-quality journals. Mentoring doctoral students is particularly important to me, and I hope to eventually teach a doctoral seminar on research meth-ods or statistics.

What do you enjoy most about LSU? My department. In addition to being recognized for its research, it is collegial and social. Nearly everyone in the department has worked with another marketing faculty member on a research project; there is a tremendous amount of teamwork. We also have at least five parties a year. This type of environment at a top research institution is very rare. What are your major accomplishments? Professionally, I would have to say getting my job here at LSU. That was very exciting. Personally, I have completed a marathon and several triathlons.

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JULIE GUIdRYAssistant Professor

Department of MarketingE. J. Ourso College of Business

DiD you know? LSU has more than 350 registered student organizations ranging from fraternities and sororities to quidditch and Japanese animation.

Terry and Liz Beven Advance Forever LSU Campaign with $100,000 Gift

by scott madere

On Tuesday, Feb. 17, the Forever LSU campaign announced a gift of $100,000 to LSU Libraries from LSU alumnus Dr. Terence “Terry” Beven, and his wife, Liz. The Beven donation takes the form of an endowed gift, which will help LSU address the Libraries’ needs for many years to come. Dean Jennifer Cargill of the LSU Libraries thanked the Bevens, noting the unrestricted nature of their gift. “We especially appreciate that this gift will allow us to spend the funds on the area of greatest need, whether on a new academic program or to make a special one-time purchase. Libraries have changed a great deal over the years, so it helps to have this flexibility to buy electronic materials as well as print,” she said. The Bevens have a long history of service to LSU Libraries, and represent the Libraries as its representative on the Forever LSU National Campaign Cabinet. They are also members of the Libraries’ Benefactor’s Society and Friends of the LSU Libraries. Dr. Terry Beven was raised in Baton Rouge, and earned a bach-elor’s degree from the LSU College of Arts & Sciences in 1954. He was awarded an M.D. from LSU Health Sciences in 1957. He is a Life Member of the LSU Medical School Alumni Association. Dr. Beven is a past president of the American College of Nuclear Physicians. He was awarded its Lifetime Achievement Award in 2005, and Mentor of the Year award, 2008-09. Dr. Beven served on that organization’s Board of Regents and as chair of the Govern-ment Affairs Committee. He has also served as a member of the Proficiency Testing Program and Imaging Committee, and Nuclear Medicine Political Action Committee. He is also an active member of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, or SNM, chair of its Audit Subcom-mittee of Finance and has served as secretary treasurer. He is a past

recipient of the SNM President’s Distinguished Service Award. Dr. Beven also served as a board member and inspector/reviewer for the Intersocietal Commission for the Accredita-tion of Nuclear Medicine Laboratories, or ICANL. Dr. Beven has long been associated with Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medi-cal Center, where he served as director of Nuclear Medicine after establishing the nuclear medicine service there in 1965. He is a member emeritus of the Board of Directors of the Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center. The Bevens enjoy traveling to conferences where Terry par-ticipates, or has been invited to present. They have three children: John, Bill and Lyn. John graduated with a degree in physics from LSU in 1984, and later received an M.A. and Ph.D. from Florida State University. Bill graduated from Rice University and earned an M.A. from Stanford University. Lyn graduated from Loyola University of the South. The Bevens have seven grandchildren. They are mem-bers of St. Aloysius Catholic Church and supporters of the LSU Rural Life Museum and LSU Museum of Art.

by erNie ballard

LSU is one of the country’s most popular universities among high school students, according to U.S. News & World Report. In the publication’s recently released list of Most Popular Colleges: National Universities, LSU was ranked 16th, based on the percentage of ap-plicants accepted by a university who end up enrolling at that institution in the fall, or Yield Rate. “We’re pleased that U.S. News has once again recognized LSU on a national level,” LSU Chancellor Mi-chael Martin said. “From moving into the top tier in the last rankings to now being named one of the country’s most popular colleges, LSU’s reputa-tion continues to rise and reflect the greatness taking place on our campus daily.” U.S. News & World Report calcu-lated each university’s Yield Rate with data from the fall 2007 enter-ing class, and universities with a high rate show that “the school is most likely very popular with a top reputation and that the students are highly motivated to go there.” LSU’s Yield Rate is 55 percent, putting the university ahead of schools such as University of Texas, University of Georgia, University of Alabama, Ohio State University, University of Tennessee, Cornell University and Georgetown University. The top five schools on the

list are Harvard University, Brigham Young University, University of Nebraska, Stanford University and Massachusetts Institute of Tech-nology. “This is a great accomplishment for our university,” said LSU Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Astrid Merget. “I applaud the

efforts of our recruiting and admis-sions staff for working to facilitate the enrollment process for high school seniors and for attracting students of high ability and talent who are fervent about LSU. This ranking shows that their hard work and enthusiasm over the past few years is being noticed around the country.” In recent years, LSU has made efforts to become more efficient and effective in how the university recruits and enrolls students. These efforts include the establishment of one

centralized office for recruiting and ad-mitting students, Office of Undergraduate Admissions and Student Aid. The office makes contact with students through the recruiting efforts, and follows them throughout the process of admission and financial aid until they have enrolled. Some of the ways that LSU has streamlined the admissions process is the ability to apply online and sending out one scholar-ship and financial aid letter to students detailing federal, state and intuitional funds available.

LSU Ranked One of the Most Popular Universities in the Nation

by ashley berthelot

In recognition of their impressive contributions to the field of physics, the work of LSU researchers Jim Matthews, John Wefel and T. Gregory Guzik was counted among the American Institute of Physics’ list of the Top 10 Physics Discov-eries of 2008. The three LSU professors were included for their work with cosmic rays. Matthews collaborates with the prestigious Pierre Auger Observatory in Argentina, which observed a de-crease of cosmic rays at the very highest energies, clearing up the mystery associated with previous observations suggesting an excess of such events. Wefel and Guzik work with the Advanced Thin Ionization Calorimeter, or ATIC, balloon experiment collaboration, led by the LSU Department of Physics and Astronomy. In 2008, ATIC data revealed a mysterious source of high-energy cosmic ray electrons that had never before been detected and could not be explained by the standard model of cosmic ray origin. “The Auger collaboration was delighted to be cited by AIP,” said Matthews. “ATIC as well,” agreed Wefel, “but this citation really speaks to the high caliber of research being conducted here at LSU.”

LSU in Physics’ Top 10 Stories of 2008

by timothy e. rodrigue

J. Scott Fargason, professor of the LSU De-partment of Finance in the E. J. Ourso College of Business, has been appointed as an advisor to the Louisiana Health Care Quality Forum. The Quality Forum is a non-profit organization committed to improving the quality of health care for citizens of Louisiana, whether they have private insurance, government insurance or no insurance at all. Consumer advocates, employers, insurers and health care providers have joined forces to create

this organization with the recognition that by working together meaningful changes can be realized for the benefit of the state. The Department of Finance at LSU’s E. J. Ourso College of Business offers high quality programs for undergraduate and graduate students in-terested in careers in finance, banking, business law and academia. Aiming to create exciting educational opportunities for its students, the department employs tools such as the Securities Markets Analysis Research and Trading Lab. This 44-station simulated interactive trading floor enables students to gain practical experience in the fast-paced world of securities analysis, research and trading. Additionally, the Department of Finance encourages, supports and conducts research in real estate by housing the nationally renowned Real Estate Research Institute.

Fargason Appointed Quality Forum Advisor

Dr. Terry and Liz Beven

“We’re pleased that U.S. News has once again recognized LSU on a national level. From moving into the top tier in the last rankings to now being named one of the country’s most popular colleges, LSU’s reputation continues to rise and reflect the greatness taking place on our campus daily.”

- Michael MartinlSU chancellor

J. Scott Fargason

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by melissa Foley

The LSU Women’s Center and the African-American Cultural Center, in conjunction with the YWCA Greater Baton Rouge, are hosting a Dialogue on Race throughout the month of February. The Dialogue on Race is a nationally recognized program consisting of a six-week series of dialogues facilitated by trained volunteers. This inaugural series on the LSU campus began on Jan. 27 and will run through March 3. The program’s participants take part in discussions each week, based on prior readings, which are facilitated by questions from the trained volunteers. “We are pleased to offer this significant program to members of the LSU community,” said Roberta Madden, YWCA director of Racial and Social Justice. “It begins with de-fining terms to provide a common language for this complex subject and includes sessions on white privilege, institutional racism and affirmative action. The process uses dialogue rather than debate to grapple with uncomfortable issues.” The Dialogue on Race is a unique opportunity for women and men of diverse cultures to speak frankly and safely about racial issues while learning from each other about the repercussions of prejudice and institutional racism. The Dialogue on Race operates on the premises that:

4 Racism is a community problem, not just a problem for people of color.

4 Dialogue is a focused kind of communication that allows us to explore the role of institutional power in order to lead to intelligent action.

4 Individual power to act inside the institutions of our own community can be discovered through the dialogue process.

The YWCA Greater Baton Rouge’s Dialogue on Race orig-inated in 1968 with the Living Room Dialogues — a ground-breaking program for women of different races to meet in one another’s homes for frank discussions about prejudice during that time period. The YWCA Greater Baton Rouge was chartered in 1967 as the local affiliate of the YWCA USA. YWCA Greater Baton Rouge programs are designed to achieve the mission of elimi-nating racism and empowering women. Their programs and services focus on four crucial areas: health care, education, social and racial justice, and women’s empowerment. “The Dialogue on Race program is an excellent oppor-tunity for faculty, staff and students to engage in meaningful conversation about the successes and challenges that exist at LSU,” said Chaunda Allen, director of the LSU Office of Multi-cultural Affairs. “We are excited that the Women’s Center and African-American Cultural Center are working in conjunction with the YWCA to host this program on campus. I hope that these conversations will spark more action-oriented solutions to continue moving our campus forward around issues of diversity and inclusion.” “As a trained facilitator with the YWCA Greater Baton Rouge Dialogue on Race, I have seen very powerful attitude shifts about race that occur among participants,” said Katrice Albert, LSU Vice Provost for Equity, Diversity & Community Outreach. “I am so proud that the Women’s Center and the African-American Cultural Center are serving as safe spaces for these necessary and vital conversations. I am certain that the LSU community will want to continue the Dialogue on Race Series.” The LSU African-American Cultural Center implements educational, cultural and social activities that acknowledge and address the needs of African-American students at LSU.

This center also provides a venue for all students to learn about African-American culture, heritage and traditions. The LSU Women’s Center provides support, referral and information to students, faculty and staff on issues and con-cerns related to women. The Women’s Center also promotes the advancement of women’s issues and well-being through its services, educational programs and advocacy efforts. “The LSU Women’s Center is very proud to be one of the hosts to the Dialogue on Race program. I believe that an hon-est dialogue about racism is a big step in the right direction to bring about change to our campus community and the city of Baton Rouge,” said Catherine Hopkins, director of the LSU Women’s Center. For more information on how to register for the Dia-logue on Race, contact Madden at maddenr@ywca-br.org.

February 27, 2009

Staff Senate to raise money for Education Fund with its annual Clovers and Quarters fund drive The Staff Senate will launch its annual Clovers and Quarters fund drive from March 16-20 to support the Staff Senate Education Fund. The canisters will be placed throughout campus and donations will help a deserving staff member earn a degree from LSU.

Each year, the Staff Senate provides one staff member with a $500 scholarship ($250/semester) to help defray the cost of non-exempt fees associated with attending LSU. Recipients are selected by the Office of Undergraduate Admissions and Student Aid based on criteria including academic accomplishment and personal need for financial assistance.

Past recipients have come from the LSU Middleton Library, the Office of Facility Services, and the Office of Undergraduate Admissions and Student Aid. To make a more substantial donation through payroll deduction or personal check, please visit www.lsu.edu/staffsenate to download a contribution form.

Dialogue on Race takes place each week and serves as an opportunity for women and men to speak frankly

about racial issues while learning from each other.

LSU Faculty Members Selected as 2009 Service-Learning Scholars

by billy gomila

Twelve faculty members representing a variety of disci-plines were selected for LSU’s 2009 Service-Learning Faculty Scholars Program. The LSU Center for Community Engagement, Learning, and Leadership, or CCELL, initiated the innovative Faculty Scholars Program, which offers $2,000 stipends to encour-age experiential education and “hands-on” learning that benefits the community, to promote the institutionalization of service-learning courses in every department, encourage interdisciplinary dialogue and to advance the objectives of the LSU Flagship Agenda. Scholars were selected by a com-mittee of the Service-Learning Advisory Council. “The selection committee was impressed with the diversity represented in the applications,” said Jan Shoe-maker, director of CCELL. “The Scholars represent disciplines ranging from art to biology. Their applications also reflect

widespread desire to develop teaching strategies that engage students and enhance learning.” This year’s Faculty Scholars are Letti Lowe-Ardoin, accounting; Cassandra D. Chaney, human ecology; Rachel A. Dowty and Melanie Gall of the Stephenson Disaster Management Institute; Nick Erickson, theater; Dee Jacobsen, kinesiology; Sukhamay Kundu, computer science; Meghan S. Sanders, mass communication; Darius A. Spieth, art history; Karen Sullivan, biological sciences; Cathleen C. Williams, animal sciences; and Jun Zou, interior design. “Some of the Scholars had already begun to imple-ment elements of service-learning into their courses, but they all recognized the value of a planning process whereby they can develop more effective strategies for reinforcing the academic and civic mission of a land-grant research university,” Shoemaker said. Each recipient will attend a weekly, 90-minute seminar where they will plan and discuss course design, social

responsibilities of universities, liability, assessment and reflection as they relate to service-learning courses. At the completion of the seminar, scholars will develop a new course that includes service learning or incorporate it into a previously designed course. Those courses will be imple-mented in a subsequent semester: summer 2009, fall 2009, or spring 2010. Scholars will also submit a report or article for publication after teaching the course. “I want to share and learn with my colleagues so I may enhance my students’ opportunities,” said grant recipient Letti Lowe-Ardoin. “I am such a strong believer in service-learning. We should strive to help the community while offering our students valuable lessons that cannot be taught in the classroom.” For more information about the Faculty Scholars Program or service-learning at LSU, visit CCELL’s Web site at www.ccell.lsu.edu or contact CCELL director Jan Shoemaker at 225-578-9264.

by erNie ballard

The Fellowship of Southern Writers will pres-ent the Robert Penn Warren Award for Fiction to LSU English Professor Moira Crone during the Arts & Education Council’s Confer-ence on Southern Literature in Chattanooga, Tenn., in April. Crone will receive her award and give a reading

at the event on Friday, April 3. For more information on the conference, visit http://southernlitconference.org/. Crone, called a “recognized master of the short story,” has been compared to Flannery O’Connor and deemed “to-tally sui generis” by The New York Times. Author Doris Betts said of her most recent book, “What Gets Into Us,” “(Crone’s) skill at plot and suspense so magnify each story that together they interlock and become a satisfy-ing novel. All the parts of these fictions are wonderful, but

their sum is a spellbinding whole.” Her other publications include, “Dream State,” stories set in South Louisiana, “A Period of Confinement,” a novel, and “The Winnebago Mysteries and Other Stories,” another collec-tion. Crone’s works have been published in numerous maga-zines and journals, including The New Yorker, Mademoiselle, Boston Sunday Globe Magazine, Oxford American, Missouri Review, North American Review, Ploughshares, The Southern Review, Gettysburg Review and New Orleans Review. She has also been included in several anthologies, among them “Best from the Ohio Review, 25th Anniversary Anthology”; “Smith Voices”; “Various Gifts”; “American Made”; “New Stories by Southern Women”; and “Wide Awake in the Pelican State: Anthology of Contemporary Louisiana Stories.” Her stories have been published as among the “Year’s Best” five times by the award anthology, “New Stories From The South,” in 1984, 1994, 2001, 2005 and 2007. She has received an individual artist’s grant from the National Endow-ment for the Arts, a fellowship at the Mary Ingraham Bunting Institute of Radcliffe College at Harvard, and an ATLAS – Award to Louisiana Artists and Scholars – from the Louisiana Board of Regents. She won the Pirate’s Alley Faulkner Society

Short Story Prize in 1994 and William Faulkner/Wisdom Award for Novella in 2004. A native of Goldsboro, N.C., and a graduate of Johns Hopkins University and Smith College, Crone has taught in the MFA Program in Creative Writing at LSU, which she directed from 1997 through 2002. She has also taught at Johns Hop-kins and Goucher College. She is on the faculty of the Prague Summer Program and has served as fiction editor for the University Press of Mississippi. Former recipients of the Robert Penn Warren Award are Dorothy Allison, 2007; Donald Harington, 2003; Mary Hood, 2001; Barry Hannah, 1999; Allen Wier, 1997; Madison Smartt Bell, 1995; Cormac McCarthy, 1993; and Lee Smith, 1991. Founded in 1987, the Fellowship of Southern Writers is a not-for-profit organization that seeks to recognize and encourage literature in the South. It seeks to do this through commemorating outstanding literary achievement, encour-aging young writers through awards, prizes and fellowships, recognizing distinction in writing by election to membership and through other appropriate activities. For more information, contact Carolyn Mitchell with the Fellowship of Southern Writers at Carolyn-Mitchell@TheFSW.org or 423-763-4366.

Professor and Fiction Writer Moira Crone to Receive the Robert Penn Warren Award for Fiction

Moira Crone

LSU Women’s Center and African-American Cultural Center Host dialogue on Race

LSU OPERA SET TO PERFORM ‘THE RAPE OF LUCRETIA’ The LSU Opera continues its current season with one of the most performed and admired of all 20th-century operas, “The Rape of Lucretia,” by Benjamin Britten. Four performances of the opera are scheduled for March 12, 13 and 14, at 7:30 p.m. each night, and a matinee performance Sunday, March 15, at 3 p.m. All performances will be at the Reilly Theater. In 1946, Britten, considered the greatest of all English opera composers, set this timeless 18th century antiquity punctuated by tastes of fear and undertones of violence, yet beautifully artistic and arresting in its piety, as the first of his famous chamber operas. Set in Rome during a devastating Greek invasion, “The Rape of Lucretia” is the heart-wrenching yet awakening story of a soldier’s wife who is loyal, lonely and mistreated. The story is based in ancient Rome, depicted among arrested ruins harkened from the era of World War II. Staging and costuming will reflect the classic lines and beauty of the 1940’s era with the use of con-temporary elements to represent the juxtaposition of greed and deceit meeting love and salvation. LSU Opera brings a unique approach to the tale by implementing three-quarter thrust staging, which allows audiences to be seated on three sides of the Reilly Theater, creating intimacy and impact for both the audience and singers. Ticket information is available by visiting www.music.lsu.edu and clicking on “Buy Opera Tickets,” or by calling the LSU School of Music at 225-578-3261. Student prices are available with a valid LSU ID.

LSU RURAL LIFE MUSEUM PRESENTS ANNUAL BURdEN SYMPOSIUM The LSU Rural Life Museum will present the 15th annual Ione E. Burden Symposium on Saturday, March 7, on the museum’s grounds on Essen Lane in Baton Rouge. This year’s conference, “The Printed Word: Paper, Pen and Press,” focuses on the printed word in the form of newspapers, books, photographs and cartoons, and how it has played an important role in Louisiana history, particularly in politics. Through an array of distinguished speakers, the symposium will trace this progression through all of its mediums. Florence Jumonville, chair of the Louisiana and Special Collections Department of the Earl K. Long Library at the University of New Orleans, will discuss the history of printing in Louisiana in a talk titled “Start the Presses! An Overview of Early Printing in Louisiana.” Elaine Smyth, head of the Special Collections Division of the LSU Libraries, will present a program titled “From Dance Cards to Death Notices: Finding Entertainment and History in Louisiana Ephemera.” Ronald Garay, nationally recognized media historian and former associate dean at the Manship School of Mass Communication, will speak on the “Early Years of Journalism and Journalism Education at LSU.” David Norwood, staff artist and illustrator to The Advocate since 1961, has titled his talk “A Picture’s Worth a Thousand Words: Reflections on Newspaper Art.” Bruce Schultz, communications specialist responsible for photography at the LSU Agricultural Center, will present a talk titled “19th Century Photography - The Black Art.” A Washington Hand Press similar to one used by Benjamin Franklin, which is being donated to the museum by the Manship School, will be on exhibit along with early newspapers, broadsides, lithographs and daguerreotypes. The symposium begins at 8 a.m. The $40 registration fee includes lectures, a Louisiana lunch and a speaker reception. For reservations, call 225-765-2437. The symposium honors the memory of Ione E. Burden, who contributed so much to the museum and to the Baton Rouge community.

LSU HILLTOP ARBORETUM HOSTS JUNIOR MASTER GARdENER PROGRAM The LSU Hilltop Arboretum will host the Junior Master Gardener program beginning on Saturday, Feb. 28, and continuing throughout March and April at the arboretum located at 11855 Highland Road. The Junior Master Gardener program aims to ignite a passion for learning, success and service through a unique gardening education. Children ages 7-10 who are in the second through fifth grades are invited to participate in a festival and four hands-on gardening programs to introduce them to the fun art and science of gardening. The program gets started with the Kickoff Festival on Saturday, Feb. 28. There are two sessions to choose from with the first session being held from 8 a.m. to noon, while the second session will follow from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. The Kickoff Festival is free to all participants. The Junior Master Gardener Kickoff Festival will give the children the opportunity to rotate among three activity stations based on plant growth and development. At the end of the festival, participants will be encouraged to sign-up for the four-session Hands-On Gardening Program that emphasizes hands-on gardening lessons through engaging and fun projects. The Hands-On Gardening Program will take place from 9 a.m. to noon on March 21, March 28, April 18

and April 25. The fee for the four-session program is $40. Participants will create and take home gardening projects to spark enthusiasm for developing a garden at home or in their neighborhoods. Topics will include ecology, environmental and landscape horticulture. Each project will be fun and engaging while reinforcing essential lessons taught in Louisiana schools. To register for the Junior Master Gardener series, or for more information, call 225-767-6914, e-mail hilltop@lsu.edu or visit www.lsu.edu/hilltop.

INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMEd PIANIST PHILLIPPE BIANCONI TO PERFORM AT LSU French pianist Phillippe Bianconi, a past silver medalist at the prestigious Van Cli-

burn international piano competition, will perform at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, March 11, and Thursday, March 12, in the Recital Hall of the LSU School of Music as part of the LSU Performing Arts Series. Bianconi made his debut at Carnegie Hall in New York City in 1987. Armed with the critical acclaim of that recital, he has continued a career that has taken him around the world and garnered further praise for his musical artistry. He has appeared as the featured premier orchestras of Europe including those of Berlin, Paris, Prague, Strasbourg, Toulouse and Warsaw, as well as the National Orchestra of France. He has also appeared with the Melbourne (Australia) Symphony Orchestra and has toured Japan during which several performances were televised nationally. In North America, Bianconi’s featured appearances include those with the orchestras of Atlanta, Chi-cago, Cleveland, Dallas, Los Angeles, Pittsburg and St. Louis, as well as Montreal, Quebec and Vancouver. A resident of Paris, Bianconi studied at the Nice (France) Conservatory, Gaby Casadesus in Paris and Vitalij Margulis in Frieburg-in-Breisgau, Germany. Tickets to Phillippe Bianconi’s performances are available through the LSU Union Box Office at 225-578-5128, or at www.uniontheater.lsu.edu. Due to construction at the at the LSU Union during the 2008-09 academic year, the Performing Arts Series venue has been shifted to the School of Music Recital Hall. Convenient evening parking is available in the parking areas in front of the School of Music and Pleasant Hall, and on the side of Thomas Boyd Hall.

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LSU Named to Presidential Honor Roll for Community Serviceby billy gomila

The Corporation for National and Community Service has honored LSU with a place on the President’s Higher Edu-cation Community Service Honor Roll for exemplary service efforts and service to America’s communities. “Led by our amazing faculty, LSU’s service-learning program provides a much richer classroom experience for our students while simultaneously providing them the oppor-tunity to directly and positively impact thousands of lives in the Baton Rouge community,” said Vice Provost for Academic Affairs Stacia L. Haynie. “To be recognized by the Corporation for National and Community Service for our commitment to civic engagement is ‘lagniappe,’ as we say in Louisiana.” Launched in 2006, the Community Service Honor Roll is the highest federal recognition a school can achieve for its commitment to service-learning and civic engagement. Hon-orees for the award were chosen based on a series of selection factors including scope and innovation of service projects, percentage of student participation in service activities, incen-tives for service, and the extent to which the school offers academic service-learning courses. The university’s applica-tion was prepared by the Center for Community Engagement, Learning, and Leadership, or CCELL. The university was recognized for a variety of civic engagement initiatives, including the College of Education’s

work addressing the educational and physical activity needs of hurricane-displaced children and families residing at Renaissance Village FEMA trailer park; the McKinley Farmers Summer Experience, an 8-week program facilitated by LSU faculty and students to educate at-risk teens on entrepreneur-ship, basic horticulture, food preparation and nutrition; the work of LSU’s Greek organizations, which contribute over 50,000 hours and $250,000 to community and philanthropic efforts each year; and the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commem-orative Celebration, a week-long series of events organized and executed by students, to educate LSU and the Baton Rouge community on the importance of actualizing Dr. King’s ideals of social justice, non-violence, education and service. LSU’s innovative service-learning programs – particularly those that work with public schools – were included in the university’s general service activities. These include the Chem-Demo program, which provides chemistry demonstrations to K-12 students; the work of biological engineering students to build safe, accessible playgrounds; and English and math tutoring and mentoring programs. “In this time of economic distress, we need volunteers more than ever,” said Stephen Goldsmith, vice chair of the board of directors of the Corporation for National and Com-munity Service, which oversees the Honor Roll. “College students represent an enormous pool of idealism and energy to help tackle some of our toughest challenges. We salute

Louisiana State University for making community service a campus priority, and thank the millions of college students who are helping to renew America through service to others.” The Honor Roll is a program of the Corporation, in collab-oration with the Department of Education, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation. The President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll is presented during the annual conference of the American Council on Education. “I offer heartfelt congratulations to those institutions named to the 2008 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll,” said American Council on Education Presi-dent Molly Corbett Broad. “College and university students across the country are making a difference in the lives of others every day – as are the institutions that encourage their students to serve others.” Recent studies have underlined the importance of service-learning and volunteering to college students. In 2006, 2.8 million college students gave more than 297 million hours of volunteer service, according to the Corporation’s Volun-teering in America 2007 study. Expanding campus incentives for service is part of a larger initiative to spur higher levels of volunteering by America’s college students. The Corporation is working with a coalition of federal agencies, higher educa-tion and student associations, and nonprofit organizations to achieve this goal.

by timothy e. rodrigue

Charles D’Agostino, executive director of the Louisiana Business & Technology Center at LSU, has been appointed to the Louisiana Coalition for Capital Board of Advisors. “I am excited about being asked to serve on the founding board of advisors for the Louisiana Coalition for Capital,” D’Agostino said. “For the last 21 years, the Louisi-ana Business & Technology Center at LSU has been active in assisting small businesses and entrepreneurs attract capital for their businesses. The coalition should make an impact on initiatives to improve access to capital and sup-port entrepreneurs. Other states such as Texas, Wisconsin,

Massachusetts and California have been leading the efforts nationally, and the Louisiana coalition will be able to research successful programs that can be implemented here.” The LLC is a broad-based coalition of leaders who support economic development and job creation through long-term access to capital for Louisiana ventures and small businesses. LCC works to serve as a catalyst and voice for capital formation in the state. The organization is comprised of individuals who champion the idea of growing and strengthening Louisiana’s flow of capital to promising young companies. The Louisiana Business & Technology Center, an integral part of LSU’s E. J. Ourso Col-lege of Business’ Stephenson Entrepreneurship Institute, endeavors to enhance economic development in Louisiana through the support of existing small businesses and the develop-ment of new businesses. Established in 1988, the LBTC’s highly successful business incubator program has been honored as the National Business Incubator Association’s Incubator of the Year.

LSU’s Charles d’Agostino Appointed to LCC Board

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The LSU School of Architecture will host a workshop on designing and building environ-mentally friendly, or “green,” schools in Louisiana on Saturday, Feb. 28, from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. in the Design Commons of the College of Art and Design on the LSU Campus. The workshop, which will be followed by a wine and cheese reception, is free and open to the public. The workshop is the first of its kind and is sponsored by the Bush Clinton Katrina Fund through Global Green, an international foundation that is dedicated to stemming global cli-mate change by creating green buildings and cities. Global Green has been active in the post-Katrina rebuilding of New Orleans, including Wilson Elementary, the state’s first LEED-certified school. The workshop will focus on sustainable design in the school system because of the impact that green building has on improving education. “Building green schools reduces negative impacts on our environment, while creating productive and healthy learning environments, improving student learning and increasing teacher retention,” said Marsha Cuddeback, a professor in the LSU School of Architecture and conference organizer. Workshop speakers include experts from the U.S. Green Building Council, as well as representatives from private industry, the federal government, the LSU School of Architecture and the state legislature. To register for the event or for more information, go to www.globalgreen.org/events/48.

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AcademicMon./March 2 – Fri./March 6

Spring mid-semester exams

tues./March 10

9 a.m., Spring mid-semester grades due

AthleticsFri./Feb. 27

7 p.m., Baseball vs. Central Florida (Alex Box)

7 p.m., Gymnastics vs. Arkansas (Maravich Center)

Fri./Feb. 27 - Sun./March 1

All Day, Softball at NFCA Leadoff Classic, Columbus, Ga. (South Commons Stadium)

All Day, Track & Field at SEC Championships, Lexington, Ky. (Nutter Fieldhouse)

Sat./Feb. 28

10 a.m., Women’s Tennis at UL-Lafayette, Lafayette, La. (Cajun Courts)

1 p.m., Men’s Tennis vs. UL-Lafayette/New Orleans (“Dub” Robinson Stadium)

3 p.m., Baseball vs. Central Florida (Alex Box)

3 p.m., Men’s Basketball at Kentucky, Lexington, Ky. (Rupp Arena)

Sat./Feb. 28 - Sun./March 1

All Day, Swimming & Diving at Georgia Last Chance Meet, Athens, Ga., (Ramsey Center)

Sun./March 1

1 p.m., Baseball vs. Central Florida (Alex Box)

2 p.m., Women’s Basketball at Ole Miss, Oxford, Miss. (Tad Smith Coliseum)

tues./March 3

6:30 p.m., Baseball at New Orleans, New Orleans, La. (Maestri Field)

Wed./March 4

6 p.m., Softball vs. Nicholls State (Tiger Park)

6:30 p.m., Baseball vs. Mississippi Valley State (Alex Box)

7 p.m., Men’s Basketball vs. Vanderbilt (Maravich Center)

thurs./March 5 - Sun./March 8

Women’s Basketball at SEC Championships, North Little Rock, Ark. (Alltel Arena)

Fri./March 6

2 p.m., Men’s Tennis vs. Auburn (“Dub” Robinson Stadium)

3:30 p.m., Track & Field hosts LSU Invitational (Maddox Fieldhouse)

4 p.m., Women’s Tennis at Auburn, Auburn, Ala. (Yarborough Tennis Center)

7 p.m., Baseball vs. Illinois (Alex Box)

Sat./March 7

TBA, Men’s Basketball at Auburn, Auburn, Ala. (Beard-Eaves Coliseum)

1 p.m., Softball vs. Kentucky - Doubleheader (Tiger Park)

2 p.m., Baseball vs. Illinois (Alex Box)

6 p.m., Gymnastics vs. NC State in the Etta James Memorial Meet (Maravich Center)

Sun./March 8

11 a.m., Baseball vs. Illinois (Alex Box)

1 p.m., Softball vs. Kentucky (Tiger Park)

1 p.m., Men’s Tennis vs. Alabama (“Dub” Robinson Stadium)

1 p.m., Women’s Tennis at Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Ala. (Tennis Stadium)

Sun./March 8 - tues./March 10

All Day, Women’s Golf at UCF Challenge, Orlando, Fla. (Grand Cypress GC)

tues./March 10

6 p.m., Baseball at Southeastern Louisiana, Hammond, La. (Alumni Field)

Wed./March 11

6 p.m., Softball vs. Baylor (Tiger Park)

6:30 p.m., Baseball vs. UL-Lafayette (Alex Box)

thurs./March 12 - Sun./March 15

TBA, Men’s Basketball at SEC Championships, Tampa, Fla. (St. Pete Times Forum)

ExhibitsMon./Dec. 1 - Sat./Feb. 28

All Day, “Audubon at Oakley: Louisiana Selections from Birds of America” and “The Pathway of Promise: 1500 Years of Religious Texts and Moral Guidebooks,” Hill Memorial Library Lecture Hall, Closed Sunday

thurs./Jan. 1 – thurs./Dec. 31

All Day, “Constructing Identity from Hogarth to MySpace,” 50th Anniversary Exhibition, LSU Museum of Art, Shaw Center

Sat./Jan. 17 – Sun./Feb. 15

All Day, LSU School of Art Faculty Exhibition, Shaw Center - Alfred C. Glassell Jr. Exhibition Gallery, Closed Mondays

Sun./Jan. 25 – Sun./april 19

All Day, “Rodin: A Magnificent Obsession, Sculpture from the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation,” LSU Museum of Art

Fri./Feb. 13 – thurs./March 5

LSU Juried Student Art Show, Reception: Friday, Feb. 13 at 6 p.m., LSU Student Union Art Gallery, Open Monday – Friday from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. and Sunday from 1 p.m. – 5 p.m.

Sat./Feb. 28 – Sun./March 29

All Day, Rachel Hayes: Patient Persistence, Shaw Center - Alfred C. Glassell Jr. Exhibition Gallery, Closed Mondays

tues./March 3

6 p.m., Women in the Arts Gallery Night, Women’s History Month, Shaw Center

LecturesFri./Feb. 27

3:30 p.m., “The Louisiana Recovery” by Paul Rainwater, Louisiana Recovery Authority, E130 Howe-Russell, Reception follows

Mon./March 2

6 p.m., “What Hope for Afghanistan?” by Athanasios Moulakis, Acting President of the American University of Afghanistan, Sponsored by Eric Voegelin Institute and ISI, Hill Memorial Library

thurs./March 5

6 p.m., Satisfied Woman Series – Eating, Sponsored by the Women’s Center and LSU Wellness Department, LSU Women’s Center

Fri./March 6

3:30 p.m., “The Oxygen Paradox: Why We All Get Old and Die” by Kelvin J. A. Davies, The William A. Pryor Lecture Series, Life Sciences Annex Auditorium

Sat./March 7

8 a.m., “The Printed Word: Paper, Pen, and Press,” LSU Rural Life Museum Ione E. Burden Symposium, LSU Rural Life Museum, Admission Charge, Registration required, www.rurallife.lsu.edu

Wed./March 11

5 p.m., James Surls, Sculptor, Visiting Artist, LSU School of Art, Design Building

thurs./March 12

6 p.m., Satisfied Woman Series – Partying, Sponsored by the Women’s Center and LSU Wellness Department, LSU Women’s Center

7 p.m., Women’s History Month Star Performance, Keynote speaker: Chief Justice Catherine “Kitty” Kimball of the Louisiana Supreme Court, Sponsored by the LSU Women’s Center, Bo Campbell Auditorium, Cox Communications Academic Center

Meetingsthurs./March 5

1 p.m., LSU Board of Supervisors Meeting, System Building

SpecialFri./Feb. 27

10 p.m. - 2 a.m., Late Night LSU, Sponsored by Tigers After 10, Student Union

Fri./Feb. 27 - Sun./March 1

Rape Aggression Defense Systems, Sponsored by the LSU Student Health Center Wellness Education Department, Portable building located behind Public Safety Building, Call 578-5718 to register

Sat./Feb. 28

Noon, College Reunion sponsored by LSU’s Black History Month Committee, LSU Parade Grounds

Sun./March 1

LSU Museum of Art Free First Sunday, Supplies are limited to a first-come, first-serve basis, LSU Museum of Art

tues./March 3

8 p.m., LSU Symphonic Band Concert, First Baptist Church, Tickets are available at music.lsu.edu or by calling 225-578-3261

Wed./March 4

8 p.m., LSU Symphonic Winds Concert, First Baptist Church, Tickets 578-3261 or music.lsu.edu

thurs./March 5

10 a.m. - Noon; 2 - 4 p.m., Free HIV Testing, Sponsored by the LSU Student Health Center Wellness Education Department, Union Feliciana Room

thurs./March 5 – Sat./March 7

9 a.m. - 7 p.m. TH-F, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Saturday, Friends of the LSU Libraries Book Bazaar, LSU Mini-Farm and Nelson Memorial Buildings

Sat./March 7

5 p.m., Rachel Hayes: Patient Persistence Reception, Shaw Center - Alfred C. Glassell Jr. Exhibition Gallery, Free

tues./March 10

10 a.m. - 2 p.m., National Women & Girls HIV/AIDS Day, Sponsored by the Women’s Center, Free Speech Alley

Wed./March 11

6 p.m., Dance the Night Away, Sponsored by Student Activities Board, Union Ballroom

Wed./March 11 - thurs./March 12

8 p.m., Performing Arts Series Presents Philippe Bianconi, School of Music Recital Hall, Tickets 578-3261 or music.lsu.edu

Wed./March 11 - Sun./March 15

7:30 p.m., DNA Play, HopKins Black Box theatre, 137 Coates Hall

thurs./March 12

11 a.m., “Music with John West,” Sponsored by the Student Activities Board, Free Speech Plaza

thurs./March 12 - Sun./March 15

LSU Opera Presents “The Rape of Lucretia” by Benjamin Britten, LSU Reilly Theatre, Tickets 578-3261 or music.lsu.edu

Workshops & SeminarsMon./March 2

1 - 4 p.m., Microsoft Access 2, Room 133 Himes Hall, Register at training.lsu.edu, Contact 578-1020 for more information

Wed./March 4

Noon, Sigma Xi Luncheon. Grant-in-Aid presentations - “The influence of lake characteristics on the persistence of Florida-strain alleles in stocked Louisiana lakes” by Melissa Fries and “The role of climate variability in the community dynamics of estuarine nekton” by Bryan Piazza, Union International Room

thurs./March 5

11 a.m., “Specific Deletion of Glucagon in Mice (Gcg-/-) Highlights the Dominant Role this Peptide Plays in Bodyweight and Glucose Homeostasis” by Mark Sleeman, PBRC Reilly Auditorium

Fri./March 6

9 - 11 a.m., Using Photoshop to Enhance, Room 133 Himes Hall, Register at training.lsu.edu, Contact 578-1020 for more information

Sat./March 7

8 a.m. - 5 p.m., The Fifth International Conference on Islam in the Contemporary World: The Gulen Movement in Thought and Practice, Sponsored by the Atlas Foundation, Lod Cook Center

Wed./March 11

1 p.m. - 4 p.m., Microsoft Excel 1, Room 101 Fred C. Frey Building, Register at training.lsu.edu, Contact (225) 578-1020 for more information

thurs./March 12

11 a.m., “Mass Spectrometry-Based Metabolomics from Solution and Surfaces” by Gary Siuzdak, PBRC Reilly Auditorium

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February 27, 2009 TODAY

LSU School of Human Ecology to create memorial fund in name of former professor Teresa Summersby aaroN looNey

The LSU School of Human Ecology is currently working to establish a memorial student support fund in honor of a former professor who recently died after a lengthy battle with cancer. The Teresa A. Summers Memorial Student Support Fund would include contributions from friends of Summers to the LSU Foundation to establish an endowed support fund to benefit stu-dents in the Division of Textiles, Apparel Design and Merchandis-ing. Summers, a retired professor in the LSU School of Human Ecology, died Jan. 10 in Baton Rouge. She was 60. An expert in ap-parel merchandising and Internet marketing strategies, Summers retired after a 33-year career with the university. She originally joined the faculty as a researcher in 1975 and, during her career, taught 15 different courses focusing on apparel merchandising and product development. In 2001, she was named Louisiana Professor of the Year. During her career at LSU, she served as associate dean of the College of Agriculture and later as assistant vice president for academic affairs with the LSU system. Among other accomplishments, Summers also developed

the first international field study program in the LSU College of Agriculture, established the LSU System Task Force on Diver-sity and worked closely with the staff of the Louisiana Board of Regents to ensure that academic concerns of System campuses were appropriately represented at all Regents forums. “The achievements and impact of Teresa Summers on the LSU community were remarkable,” said LSU System President John Lombardi. “Her imprint appears in many places as a force for those academic qualities that define high quality and dedicated service.”

According to the endowment agreement, the recipient(s) of this fund must be a full-time undergraduate student at LSU enrolled in an experiential learning course or professional enrichment activity offered by the Division of Textiles, Apparel Design and Merchandising in the LSU School of Human Ecology. Students may apply for the award by completing an application form available from the Textiles, Apparel Design and Merchandis-ing division head. Preference will be given to students who show financial need. The recipient(s) of this award shall be selected by a faculty committee composed of the division head, undergraduate coordinator and internship coordinator, with final approval by the director of the School of Human Ecology. The award shall be with-drawn if the recipient(s) is either placed on disciplinary probation or resigns from the university. The amount and number of awards will be determined by the faculty committee, with approval by the director of the School of Human Ecology or a designee based on the annual net earn-ings of the fund. The awards may be distributed during the fall, spring or summer semesters.

For more information or to donate to the Teresa A. Summers Memorial Student Support Fund, contact Lori Dowden, assistant to the director of the LSU School of

Human Ecology, at 225-578-2409 or ldowden1@lsu.edu. Teresa Summers