In May, Sr. Martha Ann Kirk, CCVI and professor of religious studies, and Dr. Jessica Kimmel, professor of education, attended an internal Conference on Forgiveness at the Tantur Ecumenical Institute in Jerusalem that focused on reconciliation in the Middle Eastern conflict between Israel and Palestine. Kirk has been a scholar-in-residence at Tantur in the past and continues her research on Biblical women. Her book, “Women in the Bible,” has just been published and the UIW Mabee Library has two copies available.

At least six members of the UIW faculty lent their talents to the 10th annual San Antonio College Multicultural Conference in April. Dr. Moumin Quazi, former assistant professor of English, was one of the event's opening speakers and announced this year's theme, which was “Transcending Multiculturalism,” and introduced the conference's new journal, “Voices,” which he co-edited. Also, the band The Mombasa Code, featuring Quazi and Dr. Paul Lewis, assistant professor of philosophy, played at the conference's opening at San Antonio College, April 20. On April 21, UIW hosted the Conference’s art exhibit, under the direction of assistant professor of art, Kathy Vargas. During the conference, Roberta Leichnitz, coordinator of the McNair Scholars Program, discussed “Cross-Cultural Communication in American Popular Cinema: The Joy Luck Club Example,” and Phil Lampe, professor of sociology, spoke on “Exporting an Image.” Capping off this year’s event, joining two other writers, Dr. Jo LeCoeur, professor of English, and Quazi read selected works to the crowd at the Quarry Market Borders.

Dr. Terry Dicianna, provost, spoke at a conference on May 24-25 in Las Vegas. The conference, titled “Partnering with Colleges of Pharmacy to Attract More New Graduates to Your Hospital or Health System,” included case-study presentations from the following leaders: The John Hopkins Hospital, Purdue University School of Pharmacy, Kaiser Permanente Colorado, the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and many more.

This July Dr. Pat Watkins was named the vice president for international initiatives. She replaced Dr. Pat Burr who returned to the H.E.B. School of Business and Administration as the distinguished chair of international programs. Dr. Denise Staudt assumed the role of interim dean of the Dreeben School of Education. Staudt will maintain her role as director of teacher education and serve as the interim dean.

Dr. Michael Mulnix

Dr. Gilberto Hinojosa, former dean of graduate studies, joined the faculty of the Dreeben School of Education, working in the Ph.D. program. Dr. Michael Mulnix, former associate professor of marketing, was appointed the acting dean of Graduate Studies and Research. His appointment will last for the next two years.

Dr. Chris Paris, former Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences Assistant Dean, joined the English faculty in the fall semester. Dr. Lydia Andrade, former associate professor of political science, assumed the role of HAAS Assistant Dean.

Dr. David Foglesong, associate professor of biology, recently participated in two conferences sponsored by the American Society for Microbiology. Both meetings were held in New Orleans from May 21-27. The first meeting was the 11th annual conference for undergraduate educators attended by 250 participants. The meeting took place at Xavier University of Louisiana. The second meeting was the 104th general meeting of the American Society for Microbiology attended by more than 14,000 people at the Convention Center. Both meetings featured numerous excellent presentations on teaching and research in microbiology, as well as displays by numerous vendors of scientific equipment and supplies.

With topics like “Why is the sky blue?” “Do sunspots affect the Earth?” and “Comets! What if they crash?” students from the gifted and talented program at Rogers Elementary School displayed their knowledge of the solar system in PowerPoint presentations at UIW in early May. These presentations were the culmination of a semester-long project in which students at the University of the Incarnate Word mentored 12 students at Rogers Elementary. Through a program coordinated by Dr. Susan Hall, professor in the Dreeben School of Education, the UIW students paired up with the younger students, allowing the elementary school students access to college facilities and exposure to college students, while giving the UIW students a chance to learn more about teaching and working with young children.

The Spring 2004 issue of the Palo Alto Review has articles by Dr. Jo LeCoeur, professor of English, and Dick McCracken, dean of alumni relations. LeCoeur had a feature titled “Roll Back Through the Credits: Problem of Justice in Academia” and McCracken’s article was “Rip Van River,” with some photos by Adela Gott, multimedia specialist, and alumna Ellen Shull, who is also the editor of the Palo Alto Review.

Dr. Cyndi Porter, dean of the Virtual University and pre-pharmacy coordinator, and Linda Etter, administrative assistant to the provost, attended the Texas Pharmacy Association annual meeting in Dallas, July 8-9. UIW had an exhibitor’s booth to increase pharmacy community awareness of our new School of Pharmacy and attract both potential students and faculty.

Dr. Judy Beauford, associate professor of mathematics, presented “Tangrams for Shape, Proportion, Fractions, and Measure” investigating the use of tangrams in mathematics classrooms, at the Conference for the Advancement of Mathematics Teaching 2004 held in San Antonio, July 15-17.

Dr. Tim Henrich

Dr. Tim Henrich, associate professor of human performance, Department of Human Performance and the School of Nursing and Health Professions, presented his summer research results in the following formats. “Qualitative Aspects of Swimming: Dynamical Systems Approach vs. Schema Theory,” “New Evidence on the Application of the Bernoulli Theorem to Stroke Mechanics,” “A Propulsive Force Generation: Does Body Roll Generate Torque?” and “Physiological Factors Affecting the Training and Performance of Competitive Swimmers” at the Danish National Swimming Coach Symposium in Kobenhaven, Denmark, Sept. 3-5.

Dr. Carrie Taylor-Hamilton, assistant professor of English, attended the EUROSLA conference, an international linguistics association, in September in Spain. She presented an adaptation of her doctoral research on a panel looking at cross-cultural communication and pragmatics. The papers of this panel became the foundational articles in a new linguistics journal that premiered at the conference. This summer, Taylor-Hamilton also had one of her earlier papers published in an edited text on linguistics.

Sara Kolb, nursing professor, Jean Deliganis, parish nurse at St. Philip of Jesus, and Irene Gilliland, nursing professor, along with Mark Vaezie, consultant for St. Philip of Jesus, presented at the joint conference of three international organizations: the III Jornada Internacionales de Cultura de los Cuidados, the 30th Annual Conference of the Transcultural Nursing Society, and the VI Reunion sobre Investigacion Cualitativa en Salud. The

Dr. Mary Ruth Moore

conference was held June 14-16 in Alicante, Spain. Their presentation, “Assessment of Capacities of Faith, Religion and Culture for Addressing Health Care in an Economically Poor Hispanic Community in San Antonio, Texas” discussed work in capacity building done at the Ministerio de Salud.

Dr. Mary Ruth Moore, associate professor in the Dreeben School of Education, and Dr. Susan Hall, professor in the Dreeben School of Education, were both invited by the National Head Start Association to write an article on Children and Family for the association's journal, which has 150,000 subscribers.