Jan. 9, 2013

Spotlight: Faculty & Staff 

Professor developing new technique to monitor phosphorus in watersheds
Christopher Spiese, Ph.D., assistant professor of chemistry, is working on the development of a new technique for measuring dissolved phosphorus in freshwaters that could introduce a new testing method that will allow for a more cost-efficient and quicker way to monitor watersheds.

Article highlights Zoladz’s research on long-term memory
“Pre-learning stress that is temporally removed from acquisition exerts sex-specific effects on long-term memory,” a journal article based on research conducted at ONU by Phillip Zoladz, Ph.D., Jeffery Talbot, Ph.D., and several of their research assistants, has been published in the journal Neurobiology of Learning and Memory.

Fuller chairs panel
Bill Fuller, Ph.D., associate professor of mathematics, chaired the panel discussion “The Ohio MAA 2012 Calculus Survey” at the fall meeting of the Ohio Section of the Mathematics Association of America (MAA) at Baldwin-Wallace University. 

Crawford and Schuck publish essays
Two ONU professors, Ray Schuck, visiting assistant professor of history, and Russ Crawford, Ph.D., associate professor of history, have contributed essays to “American History Through American Sports: From Colonial Lacrosse to Extreme Sports," published by ABC-CLIO Praeger in 2012.

Kisor’s editorial promotes personalized medicine studies for pharmacy students
David Kisor, PharmD, professor of pharmacokinetics, is author of an editorial titled “Making personalized medicine an expectation of pharmacy students,” in the current issue of Personalized Medicine, a journal published by Future Medicine. In the article he says, “Certainly, student involvement in personalized medicine is the optimal way to raise expectations,” and cites examples, including ONU’s College of Pharmacy’s collaboration with Kroger Company pharmacies in medication therapy management.

Clingerman chapter published
Forrest Clingerman, Ph.D., associate professor of philosophy and religion, is author of a chapter in the recently-published book,  “Resisting the Place of Belonging: Uncanny Homecomings in Religion, Narrative and the Arts,” edited by Danile Boscaljon (Ashgate Publishing, 2013). The article is titled “Homecoming and the Half-Remembered: Environmental Amnesia, the Uncanny, and the Path Home.”

Publication nominated for award
“The Encyclopedia of Cyber Behavior” has been nominated for the Outstanding Reference Sources Award by the American Library Association. The publication includes a chapter, “Internet Crimes Against Children written by Keith F. Durkin, Ph.D., associate professor of sociology, and Ronald L. DeLong of MidWest Ohio Forensic Services and lecturer in in the Psychology and Sociology Department.

Weaver presents at conference
Melanie Weaver, director of financial aid, presented three sessions at the Ohio Association of Financial Aid administrators (AOSFAA) winter conference in Columbus, Ohio, Dec. 12 and 13.

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Students in the News

Parents Newsletter now available
The latest issue of the ONU Parents Newsletter talks about FERPA, financial aid and the Polar "power" card.

Dean's List now online
The Dean's List for fall semester lists full-time students with a 3.5 or higher grade point average.

Drugs and Genes web site offers information
The student chapters of the Personalized Medicine Coalition (sPMC) have created a web site to "foster the development and awareness of personalized medicine both educationally and professionally." ONU pharmacy students are helping supply educational articles for the site.

Rough weather in the forecast? 
Don't be caught out in the storm! Sign up for Nixle.com emergency text messages -- now available directly from the ONU Security Department web page. 

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