Page 3 [ Page 2 ] [ Page 3 ] [ Contact Us ] [ Page 1 ] [ Home ] ULM Sparkle Facts ULM Honors Tenured and Promoted Faculty The New Team at University Relations   Faculty and Staff News: Awards and Grants Presentations Publications Professional Leadership & Development Congratulations In Memoriam   ULM Sparkle Facts    1. ULM experienced an enrollment increase in 2003 2. ULM experienced a rate increase for the ACT Student Satisfaction Survey surpassing all other universities in the UL-System. 3. ULM produces more health science graduates than any other Louisiana university. 4. ULM has the only state-supported School of Pharmacy . Starting salaries exceed $70,000. 5. ULM students achieve a nearly 100% pass rate in education and health science professional examinations. 6. ULM ’s alternative certification program serves as a model for teacher education programs throughout Louisiana . 7. ULM ’s College of Arts and Sciences received $1.75 million in nationally-competitive grants awarded by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the National Institute for Health to enhance our Biology, Chemistry, and Geosciences programs. 8. ULM houses a state-of-the-art music facility and recital hall. 9. ULM ’s College of Business Administration houses the Louisiana Small Business Development Center , the Regional Small Business Development Center , the Entrepreneurship Studies Center , and the Center for Business and Economic Research. 10. ULM provides medical and social services to the underserved members of our community through its Dental Hygiene Clinic, Family Resource Center, Speech and Hearing Clinic, Marriage and Family Therapy Center, Institute of Gerontology, Louisiana Drug and Poison Center, Louisiana Institute of Toxicology, and the Louisiana Medicaid Prescription Drug Program. Back To Top    ULM Honors Tenured and Promoted Faculty    The University of Louisiana at Monroe honored professors at the 9th Annual Faculty Promotion and Tenure Honors Reception held on September 29. Receiving promotion to Professor were Dr. Karen Briski, pharmacology; Dr. Jeffrey Galle, English; Dr. Judy Fellows, comminucative disorders; Dr. Helen Lock, English; Dr. Michelle McEachern, accounting; Dr. J. Christopher Thompson, music; and Dr. Stanley Williamson, management.   Receiving promotion to Associate Professor were Dr. Henry Cole, marketing; Dr. Rebecca Dodson-Webster, music; Dr. Edward Eller, English; Dr. Stephen Fox, chemistry; Marilynn Gibson, music; Dr. Brian Kelly, mathematics; Dr. Christopher Lynch, clinical pharmacy practice; Deborah McClung-Guillory, music; Dr. Richard Seiler, music; and Coralie White, music.   Those awarded Tenure were Dr. Karen Briski, pharmacology; Dr. Henry Cole, marketing; Dr. Melgardt DeVilliers, pharmaceutics; Dr. Rebecca Dodson-Webster, music; Dr. Mark Doherty, kinesiology; Dr. Edward Eller, English; Dr. Charles W. Jastram, clinical pharmacy practice; Dr. Brian Kelly, mathematics; Dr. Christopher Lynch, clinical pharmacy practice; Dr. Sharon Meyer, toxicology; Dr. Tammy Parker, economics; Dr. Richard Seiler, music; Dr. C. Turner Steckline, speech communication; Dr. Bruce Walker, management; and Martha Wooden, library science. Back To Top    The New Team at University Relations    The University’s Office of Public Affairs has undergone many changes lately, including a name change. The Office of Public Affairs is now the Office of University Relations. There are also new staff members in the office eager to help the University advance its communications and marketing strategies as well as improve relations with students, alumni, faculty, staff, and the community.   Below is a roster of the University Relations team and includes specialty areas and email addresses.   Veronika Avery             Asst. Director of Media Relations                     vavery@ulm.edu   Veronika oversees the University’s media strategy. She submits stories to the major media outlets, responds to requests from reporters, and coordinates media-friendly events.   Claudia Evans                           Office Manager                        evans@ulm.edu   Claudia keeps everyone and everything running smoothly. If you need help, but aren’t sure who is the right person, contact Claudia and she’ll take good care of you.   Vanessa Doherty                       Publications Coordinator           prevost@ulm.edu   Vanessa manages all major ULM publications, including Smoke Signals. She also consults with various departments to help them with their publications. Contact Vanessa for advice or if you have good news that should be published.   Kevin Stuart                             Marketing Coordinator stuart@ulm.edu   Kevin focuses on the University’s brands and image including advertising, message strategy, and measuring the effectiveness of our communications efforts. He’s always looking for the “best kept secrets of ULM .”   Coby Wells                              Marketing Coordinator wells@ulm.edu   Coby furthers the vital relationships ULM has with the northeast Louisiana community and businesses. She also works to increase the visibility of ULM athletics. If you know a business that wants to become involved in ULM , contact Coby. Back To Top    Faculty and Staff News:    Awards and Grants A $50,000 grant was awarded to Dr. Christine Berry (Insurance) by State Farm Insurance Company to develop online insurance courses and online modules to prepare individuals for licensing.   Dr. Christopher Blackburn (History & Government) was named Outstanding Professor on April 2003, for the History 209H course he taught in the Spring ‘02 Semester.   Debra Brossett (Nursing) was selected Louisiana Tech’s College of Pure and Applied Science 2003 Alumna of the Year at the Louisiana Tech Alumni Honors Banquet on October 17.   Dr. Richard Chardkoff (History & Government) received the Faculty Recognition Award from the ULM Athletic Foundation at the annual Booster Club fall barbecue for mentoring ULM scholar athletes.   Linda W. Christmas (Social Work) received the Adoption Advocate of the Year award at the Annual Adoptive Parents reception held by the Louisiana Department of Social Services, Office of Community Services (La.DSS/OCS) on October 29, 2003, in Baton Rouge, La. Carrie Hicks (Social Work employee and student), an adoptive mother of 5 children, was also among adoptive parents recognized this year.   CenturyTel and the Monroe Chamber of Commerce recognized the 2003 ULM Teachers of the Year at their annual “Accent on Excellence” breakfast on November 19, at the Monroe Civic Center . The 2003 ULM teachers of the year are Dr. Jose L. Cordova, College of Arts and Sciences; Dr. Helen Lock, College of Arts and Sciences; Dr. James Hood, College of Business Administration; Dr. Mark Doherty, College of Education; and Dr. Paul W. Sylvester, College of Health Sciences.   Valerie Fields (Student Life & Leadership) received the Outstanding Faculty/Staff Award of Excellence from the ULM Student Government Association on May 6, 2003 .   Kerry Heafner (Biology) received the 2003 Charles Heimsch Award in Botany from the Miami University of Ohio.   Shaneka Hebert (mass communication senior) won third place for video editing in a student competition sponsored by the Southwest Journalism Congress at their annual convention on November 5, in Dallas , Texas . Hebert's entry, "A Caring Environment," focused on recent changes at ULM under the leadership of President James Cofer.   Dr. Anna Hill (Biology) was voted 2003 Favorite Professor for Alpha Lambda Delta (freshman honors society).   Dr. Terry L. Jones (History & Government) was selected as Louisiana Tech’s College of Liberal Arts 2003 Alumna of the Year at the Louisiana Tech Alumni Honors Banquet on October 17.   Robyn Jordan (Biology) was voted Favorite Professor for Alpha Lambda Delta (freshman honors society) 2003.   Dr. Ruth Miller (CIS) and Dr. Donna Luse (Business Communication) recently won the McGraw Hill/Irwin Distinguished Paper Award for the Association of Business Communication, Southwestern United States for their paper entitled “The Most Important Written, Oral, and Interpersonal Communication Skills Needed by Information Systems Staff During the Systems Development Process.”   James Danny Nevala (Psychology graduate student) was awarded the Will Bergeron Scholarship at the Louisiana School Psychological Association's annual meeting. This award recognized Danny as the outstanding psychology graduate student in the state of Louisiana .   Patricia Roshto (Accounting) was recently recognized by Beta Gamma Sigma, the international honor society for business programs that are accredited by AACSB- the International Association for Management Education, for her contributions to ULM ’s Beta Gamma Sigma chapter.   The ULM Incumbent Worker Training Program was recognized as a Program of Excellence at the annual Monroe Chamber of Commerce and CenturyTel "Accent on Excellence" Breakfast on November 19. By the end of the currently funded grants, a total of 5,978 employees will have been trained through ULM IWTP grants, the funding for which is $8,386,982. The IWTP staff includes Georgia Sanderson, Judith Poindexter, Camille Harris and Patsy McLean.   Dr. Pamela Saulsberry (Social Work) was recently presented a CAMEO Award in recognition of outstanding leadership in the area of education by the Omicron Iota Omega Chapter of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority.   A $233,855 grant (2003-2005) was awarded to Dr. Kim M. Tolson and Dr. John Carr (Biology) by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife & Fisheries and matching funds from ULM to conduct a study entitled "Avian and Herpetofaunal Surveys on Four Wildlife Management Areas in Northeast Louisiana ."   A $274,000 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey (BRFSS) contract to accomplish 9,000 interviews of Louisiana residents in 2004 was awarded to Dr. Jerry Wall (Management), Director of the Center for Business and Economic Research.   Jane Wampler (Mathematics) was selected as the Outstanding University Mathematics Teacher at the Louisiana Association of Teachers of Mathematics.   Joel Willer (Communication) received awards from two national college media organizations for work in preserving Internet webcasting opportunities for college radio stations. College webcasters’ continuing service had been threatened by the costs of new digital music copyright royalties created by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998. Willer’s efforts included authoring written testimony to the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary; written comments to the House Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property; lobbying visits to the offices of several members of both houses of Congress; multiple written filings to the Copyright Office of the U.S. Library of Congress; an appearance at a roundtable hearing conducted by the Copyright Office and at a subsequent status conference; and a written sworn declaration for a case currently before the U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit. ● Willer participated on the team representing noncommercial entities in webcasting royalty negotiations with the Recording Industry Association of America, as authorized by Congress in the Small Webcaster Settlement Act of 2002. ● College Media Advisers presented the Reid H. Montgomery Distinguished Service Award for work without which “many college stations’ Internet presence -- for many of them their only presence -- would have been silenced.” Collegiate Broadcasters, Inc. also awarded a special commendation for Willer’s work in securing an appropriate webcasting royalty scheme. Both presentations were made at the National College Media Convention in Dallas , Texas , held November 5-9.   ULM 's Beta Gamma Sigma chapter recently received the "Bronze Chapter Award" from Beta Gamma Sigma, an international honor society for business programs accredited by the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)-the International Association for Management Education. Back To Top    Presentations    Cheryl Bates (Dental Hygiene) presented "Musculoskeletal Disorders: Are You at Risk?" to the Northeast Louisiana Dental Hygienists' Association on September 9.   Dr. Christine Berry (Insurance) presented “IT Risk Management: Security Awareness in Academia,” co-authored by Dr. Christine Berry and Dr. Ronald Berry (CIS) at the Southern Risk and Insurance Conference on November 23-25, in Clearwater, Fla.   Dr. Christopher Blackburn (History & Government) presented “Society and Culture in Napoleonic Europe” at An Evening with Napoleon in November 2003, at Louisiana Tech University . ● Dr. Blackburn presented “War and Society in Napoleonic Poland,” at the Consortium on Revolutionary Europe, 1750-1850, in February 2003, at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette .   Paulette Cappel and Pat Melton (Social Work) presented “Youth Violence in Schools: Prevention and Intervention Strategies,” at the National Association of Social Workers-LA 2004 Conference on March 24-26, in Baton Rouge , La.   Sharon Chaney (Dental Hygiene) presented "Red Flags and Caution Lights" to the Northeast Louisiana Dental Hygienists' Association on February 4.   Dr. Kenneth E. Clow, (Dean of the CBA) presented “The Role of the Internet and the On-line Purchasing of Insurance,” co-authored by Dr. Clow and Dr. Christine Berry (Insurance) at the Emerging Issues in Business and Technology Conference on October 29-November 2, in Myrtle Beach, S.C.   Dr. Dodson-Webster (Music) performed a recital in the Charles Ives Concert Hall in July, in Danbury , Conn.   Dr. Mark Doherty (Kinesiology) and Dr. Wilson Campbell (Kinesiology) will co-present “Parental Attitudes Toward Sexuality Items on the 2003 CDC Youth Risk Behavior Survey” at the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance National Convention, in March 2004, in New Orleans , La.   At the annual convention of the American Speech-Language Hearing Association held in November in Chicago, Ill., Dr. Judy A. Fellows, Dr. Paxton Oliver (CODI) and Courtney Brasher (graduate student) presented “ESL University Students: Analogical Reasoning Skills for Synonyms.” Dr. Fellows, Dr. Oliver, Lindsey Poche and Jenny Pierce (graduate students) presented “Job Stress In Speech-Language Pathologists.” Dr. Fellows, Dr. Oliver and Jessica Nolen (M.S. CODI alumnus) presented “Comparison of University ESL and EFL Speakers’ Analogical Reasoning Skills.” Jenny Pierce, Lindsey Poche, and Fawnda White (graduate students) presented “Role of Preschoolers’ Parents in Preventing Literacy Acquisition Difficulty.”   Valerie S. Fields, Duke Johnson, Kelly Platt, and Eric Whitten (Student Life & Leadership) presented “FISHing-Student Affairs Theory to Practice” at the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators Regional III Summer Symposium on June15-18, in Destin, Fla. ● Fields, Johnson, and Platt presented “Let’s Go FISHin: Just Keepin’ It Reel” at the Louisiana Association of College and University Student Personnel Administrators meeting on September 29, in New Orleans, La. ● Fields presented “Don’t Take it Personal” at the Louisiana Association of Student Financial Aid Administrator on March 25-27, in Lafayette, La., and “No Child Left Behind, Meeting Content Standards in Mathematics” at the East Carroll Parish School District meeting on August 13, in Lake Providence, La. ● Fields and Johnson presented “Right On Man vs. Fashizzle my Nizzle: Bridging the Generation Gap on Campus” at the annual Louisiana Association of College and University Personnel Administrators conference on September 29, in New Orleans, La.   Dr. Ann Findley (Biology), R. P. Scott, J. M. Holt, C. M. Doffitt, and E. H. Weidner presented “Localization of Catalase Activity Within the Posterior Vacuole of Microsporidian Spores,” at the 77th Annual Meeting of the Louisiana Academy of Sciences on March 20-21, and at the ULM 3rd  Annual Student Research Symposium on April 2. ● Dr. Findley, Dr. Willy Hoefler (Agriculture), N. Wickramasekera, and T. Smith, presented “RAPD Analysis as a Molecular Indicator of Meat Tenderness in Beef Cattle,” at the 77th Annual Meeting of the Louisiana Academy of Sciences on March 20-21, and at the ULM 3rd Annual Student Research Symposium on April 2. ● Dr. Findley, M. E. Lazarus, S. Rolen, and J. Caprio presented “Effects of Ultraviolet Radiation on the Olfactory Response of Catfish,” at the 77th Anuual Meeting of the Louisiana Academy of Sciences, on March 20-21, and at the ULM 3rd Annual Student Research Symposium, on April 2. ● Dr. Findley, R. Scott, B. Hodge, P. Thurlow, A. Stacey, M. Ellerbe, C. Doffitt, J. Holt, and E. H. Weidner presented “Early Carbohydrate Metabolism and Aerobic Enzyme Analysis of Spraguea Lophii and Ameson Michaelis (Microsporidia)” at the ULM 3rd Annual Student Research Symposium on April 2. ● Dr. Findley presented “The Science of Stem Cells”at the ULM College of Arts & Sciences Showcase on January 29; at the NELMTS Meeting on May 13; and at the Rotary Club of Monroe on September 18. ● Dr. Findley presented “Is the Microsporidian Posterior Vacuole a Peroxisome?” at the LSU Department of Biological Sciences, on May 9, 2003 .   Dr. Gary L. Findley and Cherice Evans (Chemistry) presented “iiField Ionization of CH3I in Supercritical Ar,lr” at the 36th Annual SRC Users™ Meeting on October 25, at the University of Wisconsin Synchrotron Radiation Center , in Stoughton , Wis.   Dr. Jo Galle (Foreign Languages) and Nancy Quinonez (graduate student) co-presented “Self-Locations/Dislocations in Alice Walker’s Georgia and Isabel Allende’s Chili, the Women of The Color Purple and the House of Spirits” at the Southern Women Writers Symposium on October 16-18, in Rome, Ga. ● Dr. Galle presented “Redrawing the Boundaries: The Outsider as Catalyst in Conde’s Guadeloupe and Faulkner’s Mississippi” at the Southern Writers Conference on September 18-20, in Fayetteville, N.C.   Dr. Gordon E. Harvey (History & Government) presented a paper on school integration in South Carolina at the Organization of American Historians in April 2003. Dr. Harvey presented a paper on environmental politics in 1970s Florida at the Southern Historical Association in November.   Aleecia R. Hibbets (Accounting) presented “Utilization of Unique Measures in the Balanced Scorecard: Effects of Awareness and Experience,” at the American Accounting Association convention on August 3-6, in Honolulu , Hawaii .   Howard John (Dental Hygiene) presented "Digital Radiography, A Hands-On Experience" to the Northeast Louisiana Dental Hygienists' Association on October 7.   Dr. Terry L. Jones (History & Government) gave a public lecture entitled the "Lewis and Clark Expedition" at the Ouachita Parish Library in West Monroe , La. , in August.   Dr. Greg Leader (Pharmacy) and Bethany Thomas (emerging scholar) traveled to Morgantown , W.Va. , on October 18, to present her emerging scholar project at the 25th annual Eastern States Pharmacy Student Research Conference. Thomas was one of two pre-pharmacy students in the eastern part of the United States that presented their research. Dr. Marvin Schulted (Pharmacy) and Chandra Gaines (student) also attended to present Gaines’ research.   Dr. Mingsheng Li (Finance) and Dr. Robert Eisenstadt (Economics) presented “Price Support and Spreads in the IPO Aftermarket: An Empirical Microstructure Study,” at the 2003 Southern Financial Association conference on December 3-6, in Charleston, S.C. ● Dr. Li presented “Asymmetric Information in the IPO Aftermarket” at the 2003 Financial Management Association International Conference on October 8-11, in Denver, Colo.   Dr. Russell Minton (Biology) presented “One if by Land, Two if by E-: The Role of Information Technology in Taxonomic Studies”; “Clams and Clades: Systematics of Veneridae” (P.M. Mikkelsen and R. Bieler); “Taxonomy of Elimia Interrupta (Haldeman, 1840) and a New Species of Pleurocerid Snail From the Hiwassee River” (A.E. Bogan, and W.E. Holznagel); and “Taxonomy on the Half-Shell: a PEET Project Investigating Marine Bivalves” (Bieler, R., P.M. Mikkelsen, J. Bonacum, I. Kappner, and I. Tëëmkin) at the American Malacological Society, in Ann Arbor, Mich. ● Dr. Minton presented “Phylogeny of North American Amblemines” (D.C. Campbell, J.M. Serb, J.E. Buhay, K.J.Roe, and C. Lydeard) and “Rediscovery and Systematics of Leptoxis Melanoides From the Black Warrior River Drainage, Alabama” (J. Garner, and C. Lydeard) at the Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society in Raleigh, N.C.   Dr. Richard E. Norman (Chemistry), R. Seth Baker and Craig Eubanks (emerging scholars) attended the 59th Annual Southwest Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society held in Oklahoma City , Okla. , on October 27, where Baker presented his research “Syntheses and X-Ray Crystal Structure Determinations of Di-μ-halo-bis{[tris(2-aminoethyl)amine]nickel(II)} Diperchlorate.”   James Pettit (graduate student) presented "Comparisoned Like the Horse: Representing Kate in Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew" authored by Dr. LaRue Sloan (English) at the annual meeting of the national Popular Culture Association on April 17, in New Orleans, La.   Dr. Keith Parker (Construction) presented “The Role of Universities in Underground Damage Prevention” at the Damage Prevention Convention on October 8-10 in Minneapolis , Minn.   Dr. Ava Pugh and Jorenda Stone (Curriculum & Instruction) presented "Past and Present Food Facts and Societal Influences" at the Louisiana Council for the Social Studies State Convention on November 7, in Metairie, La. ● Dr. Pugh, Ms. Stone and Dr. Sherlyn Powell (Curriculum & Instruction) presented "Ice Cream, Colors, and Technology" at the National Science Teachers Association Convention on October 31, in Minneapolis, Minn. ● Dr. Pugh presented "Elementary Teacher Abilities on How to Counsel Students on Death" with Dr. Fred Groves (former ULM professor) at the Mid-South Education Research Association Convention on November 6, in Biloxi, Miss.   Dr. Pamela Saulsberry (Social Work) gave a presentation addressing considerations given to race, ethnicity, and class when making social service decisions in the best interest of the child, at the 6th Annual State Conference of the Louisiana CASA on November 17.   Dr. Girish Shah (Basic Pharmaceutical Science) presented "Neuroendocrine Factors in Prostate Growth and Neoplasia" on September 19, at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock , Ark. ● Dr. Shah presented "Neuroendocrine Markers in Prostate Cancer" on September 25, at the Scott Cancer Center at the LSU Medical Center in New Orleans , La.   Dr. C. Turner Steckline (Communication) conducted a workshop on empathy training in Baton Rouge , La. , for the Office of Ederly Affairs, on October 29, 2003 . ● Dr. Steckline presented “Looking Out and Looking In Within Alison Moore’s ‘The Angel of Vermont Street’” at the Louisiana Communication Association Conference in Lake Charles, La., on September 6, and received the award for Best Paper on the Conference Theme. ● Dr. Steckline presented “The Glimpse Given Life in ‘The Angel of Vermont Street,’ and ‘It Had Wings’” at the ULM Honors Colloquium on “Concepts of Divinity in Art, Literature and Music,” on September 30.   Dr. Christopher Thompson (Music) presented workshops on Baroque Interdisciplinary Studies at the Convention of the National Conference on Gifted Education in Indianapolis , Ind. , in November, and was invited to present a workshop on the same topic at the International Conference on Arts and Humanities in Honolulu , Hawaii , in January 2004. ● Dr. Thompson has been invited to perform a recital in Williamsburg , Va. , where he will also present a violin masterclass at the College of William & Mary. ● Dr. Thompson and Dr. Richard Seiler (Music) will perform a recital on March 8, 2004 , in the Biedenharn Recital Hall, as part of the ULM Faculty Artist Series.   Dr. Jerry Wall (Management) presented "Implications of a Changing Population on Labor Force Participation in the Baltic Nations," co-authored with Larry Short (Management) at the annual meeting of the Alliance of Universities for Democracy in October 2003, in Vilnius, Lithuania. ● Dr. Wall presented “Telephone Interviewing in the 2000s” at the annual meeting of the Association for University Business & Economic Research (AUBER) in October in New Orleans , La.   Dr. Paul Washington (Geosciences) presented “Geomorphic Evidence for the Structure and Timing of the North Louisiana Tectonic Zone” at the 115th Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America on November 2-5, in Seattle , Wash.   Joel Willer (Communication) presented “Webcasting Legal Issues” and “What Makes a Good Web Site?” at the November National College Media Convention in Dallas , Texas . ● Willer participated on a two-person panel, “The New Web Royalty Rates: Why?” along with the executive director of the Recording Industry Association of America’s SoundExchange royalty licensing division.   Richard Willis (Dental Hygiene) presented “Local Anesthesia Review" to the Northeast Louisiana Dental Hygienists' Association on March 11.   Dr. Holly L. Wilson (Philosophy) presented "Kant and Environmental Philosophy: Just How Green is Kant" at the "Interpreting Kant" conference at Loyola University on September 16, in New Orleans , La. This paper will be published in the proceedings of the conference, and has been accepted for presentation at the North American Kant Society session during the American Philosophical Association meeting in Pasadena, Calif., in March 2004.   Leonard D. Yielding (Criminal Justice) hosted a 3-day seminar on basic crime scene investigation through the Institute of Law Enforcement . Attendees included law enforcement officers from throughout Louisiana and from Mississippi . The seminar was conducted by Captain Wesley Bruce of the Vidalia Police Department. Back To Top    Publications    Dr. Peter Aku (Biology), W.M. Tonn, C. A. Paszkowski, G. J. Scrimgeour, M. Lange, E. E. Prepas, and K. Westcott co-authored “Effects of Forest Fire and Harvesting on Fish Assemblages in Boreal Plains Lakes: a Reference Condition,” published in Trans. Am. Fish. Soc. ● Dr. Aku, W.M. Tonn, S.M. Boss, G. J. Scrimgeour, and C. A. Paszkowski co-authored “Fish Assemblages in Subarctic Lakes: Does Fire Affect Fish and Environment Relations in Northern Alberta?” published in Trans. Am. Fish.   Dr. Christopher Blackburn (History & Government) authored “The Polish Peasantry in the Late 18th Century” published in the 2003 edition of The Consortium on Revolutionary Europe , 1750-1850: Selected Papers, 2001. ● Dr. Blackburn authored two encyclopedia articles on “Napoleaon Bonaparte” and “Maurice de Talleyrand” published in 2003 in The Louisiana Purchase : A Historical and Geographical Encyclopedia. ● Dr. Blackburn wrote a reference article on “Napoleon Bonaparte” published in 2003 in Louisiana Purchase/La Cession de La Louisiane (1803-2003): a History in Documents and Maps.   Dr. John Carr (Biology) and M.A. Messinger co-authored “Graptemys Gibbonsi (Pascagoula Map Turtle) Predation” published in Herpetological Review. ● Dr. Carr and E. Greenbaum co-authored “Staging Criteria for Embryos of the Spiny Softshell Turtle, Apalone Spinifera (Testudines: Trionychidae)” published in the Journal of Morphology. ● Dr. Carr, E. Greenbaum, and M.C. Baldéé co-authored “Geographic Distribution: Dendroaspis Polylepis (Black Mamba),” published in Herpetological Review.   Dr. Kenneth E. Clow (Dean of the CBA) authored the following textbooks:  Services Marketing: Operation, Management, and Strategy (2nd Ed.) and Integrated Advertising, Promotion, and Marketing Communications (2nd Ed.).   Dr. Rebecca Dodson-Webster (Music) had an article accepted to the International Horn Society official journal The Horn Call. The article, titled "Fit to Play" is the first in a continuing series in this quarterly journal.   Dr. Ann Findley (Biology), M. D. Jones, C. C. Locklear, R. Buchholz, and S. J. Hecht co-authored “Production of a MHC Class II B Molecular Probe for the Wild Turkey, Meleagris Gallopavo” published in J. Appl. Genetics, (2003). ● Dr. Findley and E. Weidner co-authored “Catalase in Microsporidian Spores Before and During Discharge,” published in Biol. Bull., (2003) ● Dr. Findley and Amy Ouchley (Biology) co-wrote “Lecture Notes For Human Anatomy And Physiology” published by Kendall/Hunt Publ. Co., Dubuque , IA , 1st ed. 1998, 1999; 2nd ed. 2003. 168 pp.   Dr. Gary L. Findley (Chemistry), C. M. Evans, and J. D. Scott co-authored “iiSubthreshold Photoionization in Molecular Dopant/Perturber Systems,lr” published in Recent Res. Devel. Chem. Physics.   Dr. Robert Hanser (Criminal Justice) has recently signed a book contract with Pearson/Prentice Hall for publication in 2005. The book is tentatively titled Special Needs Offenders and the Community. ● Dr. Hanser is the author of three chapters in Sexual Assault: The Victims, the Offenders and the Criminal Justice System to be published by Carolina Academic Press in the Spring of 2004.   Dr. Gordon E. Harvey (History & Government) signed an advance contract with the University of Georgia Press for his second book, a political biography of former Florida Governor and presidential candidate Reubin Askew. ● Dr. Harvey was named Education section co-editor for the Alabama Online Encyclopedia. ● Dr. Harvey is the co-editor and contributing author for a book of essays on Southern History and Culture, and a contributing author to a book on the environmental history of Florida . ● Dr. Harvey is the Book Review Editor for H-Pol, an online discussion network for political historians. ● Dr. Harvey is editing a collection of biographical essays on Florida governors, and beginning research on a book on the "Sunbelt South" of the 1970s and 1980s.   Dr. Terry L. Jones’ (History & Government) new book Cemetery Hill: Struggle for the High Ground, July 1-3, 1863 , part of the Battleground America series, was released in August by Da Capo Press. It is an account of the fighting that took place on Cemetery Hill during the Civil War battle at Gettysburg, Pa. ● Dr. Jones recently signed two publication contracts. One is with Gibbs Smith Publishers to write an eighth grade Louisiana history textbook for release in 2005. The other is with Scarecrow Press to prepare a paperback edition of his Historical Dictionary of the Civil War (2002), to be entitled The A to Z of the Civil War.   Dr. Barbara Michaelides (Foreign Languages) authored the workbook Spanish for Business, published in July 2003, by Prentice Hall. This workbook accompanies texts that are part of a series entitled Spanish for the Professions. A second workbook in the series, Spanish for School Personnel, has been accepted for publication in 2004, and she has been asked to author the next in the series, Spanish for Law Enforcement.   Dr. Russell Minton (Biology) and C. Lydeard co-authored “Phylogeny, Taxonomy, Genetics and Global Heritage Ranks of an Imperiled, Freshwater Snail Genus Lithasia (Pleuroceridae)” published in Molecular Ecology. ● Dr. Minton and A.E. Bogan, co-authored “Case 3249. Lithasia Haldeman, 1840: Proposed Conservation” published in the Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. ● Dr. Minton, J.T. Garner, and C. Lydeard co-authored “Rediscovery, Systematics, and Re-description of Leptoxis Melanoides (Conrad, 1834) (Gastropoda: Pleuroceridae) from the Black Warrior River Drainage , Alabama , U.S.A. ” published in the Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. ● Dr. Minton and S.P. Savarese, Jr. co-authored “A New Species of Pleurocerid Snail (Gastropoda: Cerithioidea: Pleuroceridae) from the Harpeth River, Tennessee, USA,” accepted for publication in The Nautilus.   Dr. Richard Norman (Chemistry) and S. S Gunatilleke co-wrote “N,N,N’,N’-Tetrakis(2-pyridiniomethyl)ethylenediamine tetraperchlorate” published in Acta Crystallographica Section E 2003. ● Dr. Norman, P. Mallikaratchy, F. Fronczek, and T. Junk co-wrote “Tribromo-(3,5-dimethyl-2-nitrophenyl-C,O)-tellurium(IV), bromo-(3,5-dimethyl-2-nitrophenyl-C,O)-tellurium(II), and bromo-(3,5-dimethyl-2-nitrosophenyl-C,O)-tellurium(II)” published in Acta Crystallographica Section C 2003. ● Dr. Norman and W.G.P. Ariyananda co-wrote “Tris(2-ammonioethyl)amine tribromide” published in Acta Crystallographica Section E 2003. ● Dr. Norman, A. Gosh, A.D. Ryabov, S.M. Mayer , D.C. Horner, L.Vuocolo, C. Culver, M.P. Hendrich, C.E.F. Rickard, C. Horwitz, and T.J. Collins co-wrote “Understanding the Mechanism of H+-Induced Demetalation as a Design Strategy for Robust Iron(III)-Peroxide-Activating Catalysts” published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society.   Amy Ouchley (Biology) worked on the re-publication of Dr. R. Dale Thomas’ (retired ULM professor) 100 Woody Plants of Louisiana , in April, 2003.   Miguel Perez , Dr. Ronald Berry (CIS) and Dr. Christine Berry (Insurance) co-authored “Information Technology Security Awareness in Academia: An Initial Assessment” published in Issues in Information Systems in October 2003, and presented this paper at the International Computer Information Systems conference in Las Vegas, NV, on October 1-4.   Dr. David Roane (Biology), J Zhou, X. Xi, I. Bogacka, B. Li, D.H. Ryan, and R.J. Martin co-authored “Short-Term Food Restriction and Refeeding Alter Expression of Genes Likely Involved in Brain Glucosensing,” published in Exp. Biol. Med., in September 2003. ● Dr. Roane, X. Xi, J. Zhou, D.H. Ryan, and R.J. Martin co-authored “Double-Color Fluorescence in Situ Hybridization with RNA Probes,” published in Biotechniques, in May 2003. ● Dr. Roane, B. Li, X. Xi, D.H. Ryan, and R.J. Martin co-authored “Distribution of Glucokinase, Glucose Transporter GLUT2, Sulfonylurea Receptor-1, Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor and Neuropeptide Y Messenger RNAs in Rat Brain by Quantitative Real Time RT-PCR,” published in Brain Res. Mol. Brain Res., in May 2003. ● Dr. Roane, R.A. Hill, S. Rudra , B. Peng, J.K. Bounds, Y. Zhang, A. Adloo, and T. Lu co-authored “Hydroxyl-Substituted Sulfonylureas as Potent Inhibitors of Specific [(3)H]Glyburide Binding to Rat Brain Synaptosomes,” published in Bioorg. Med. Chem., in May 2003.   Dr. Pamela Saulsberry (Social Work) reviewed the book Spirituality and the Black Helping Tradition in Social Work (2002) by Elmer P. and Joanne M. Martin, NASW Press, Washington , D.C. for the Fall 2003 issue of The New Social Worker.   Dr. C. Turner Steckline (Communication) authored “On Agnes of God” published in Masterplots II: Drama Series. Christian Moe. (Ed). ● Dr. Steckline authored “Disability and Sexual Communication: Transfiguring Pleasure, Transfiguring Pain,” published in the Louisiana Communication Journal 2 (2003).   Dr. Christopher Thompson (Music) co-authored "Interfacing the Social Sciences with the Fine Arts: An Interdisciplinary Approach to the Teaching of Baroque Style" published in the November issue of the refereed Journal of the National Social Science Association.   Joel Willer (Communication) wrote “New Possibilities for College Webcasters: The Evolution of Copyright Royalty Policy” published in College Media Review, Vol. 41, No. 3, Summer 2003. Back To Top    Professional Leadership & Development    Cheryl Bates, Sharon Chaney and Ellie John (Dental Hygiene) attended the continuing education activity "Defining Quality Pedagogy" in the Summer. ● Bates completed the Academy for Teaching Excellence in the Fall.   Dr. Hollis G. Bray, Jr. (Construction) was appointed to the Board of Trustees of the American Council for Construction Education (ACCE), one of the accrediting bodies for construction programs throughout the nation. Dr. Bray has been actively involved with the ACCE since 1988, chairing accreditation teams and serving on the Accreditation, and the Development Committees.   Lillian Brown (University Advancement) completed and graduated from the 2003 Leadership Ouachita Program sponsored through the Monroe Chamber of Commerce on November 4, 2003 .   Col. Ernest Bruce (Aviation) attended the premiere of "In the Shadow of the Blade," a documentary about helicopter operations in Vietnam , in Austin , Texas , on November 8. Bruce was a helicopter pilot in Vietnam for 18 months and piloted a Huey that was featured in the film.   Linda Bryan (Communicative Disorders) completed all academic requirements for the Ph.D. at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in December 2003. She is ABD and plans to graduate in August 2004.   Dr. Bob N. Cage (Educational Leadership) was named President of the Louisiana Schools Facilities Management Association at its Fall conference in Lafayette , La. Dr. Cage has been a member and has held offices of treasurer, and president-elect with LSFMA since its inception in 1988. As a facilities consultant, Dr. Cage has assisted over 40 school systems in Iowa , Florida , Mississippi , Kentucky , and Louisiana during his 35-year career. Dr. Cage has facilitated two conferences a year, fall and spring, for the organization over the past 10 years. As president, he will continue this responsibility as well as provide leadership to membership.   Paulette Capel (Social Work) attended the “Early Intervention To Prevent Violence In Youth” seminar on October 17, in Shreveport, La. ● Capel attended “The Psychopath Next Door: Antisocial Personality Disorder” seminar on November 7, in Monroe, La.   Sharon Chaney and Beverly Jarrell (Dental Hygiene) attended the "American Dental Educators' Association" meeting on March 2003.   Dr. Paul Croft (Geosciences) is currently serving as President-Elect of the National Weather Association in 2003. Croft also chaired the Winter Weather Session of the conference and he will assume the role of President of the NWA for 2004. He is currently the Testing Chair and a member of the Broadcast Committee, a member of the Education Committee, and has previously served as program conference Co-Chair and Vice President of the Association. ● The research and project work of eight ULM undergraduate atmospheric science majors was highlighted at the National Weather Association 2003 Conference. Dr. Paul J. Croft and Dr. Lynn Leblanc (Geosciences) have worked with the students since January on a variety of research projects as well as service and professional development activities (See Renaissance for more information).   Camile Currier and Pamela Jackson (Student Services & Judicial Affairs) participated in a Judicial Training Academy sponsored by the National Center for Higher Education Risk Management on September 22, in New Orleans , La.   Nancy Davis (Alumni Relations) was promoted to administrative specialist. ● Davis was elected to a 2nd term as OPHS PTO President, she serves on the Baseball Booster Board at OPHS, and served on the Ouachita Parish School System's principal selection Committee.   Dr. Rebecca Dodson-Webster (Music) was featured in the 2003 International (French) Horn Symposium at Indiana University , and in the Charles Ives Concert Hall in Danbury , Conn.  ● Dr. Dodson-Webster was a featured soloist with the Monroe Symphony Orchestra in November 2003. ● The first installment of Dr. Dodson-Webster’s article series "Fit To Play" appeared in the October issue of The Horn Call, the official journal of the International Horn Society. ● Dr. Dodson-Webster was a featured artist at the Oklahoma Horn Workshop at the University of Oklahoma on October 24-26, 2003 . ● Dr. Dodson-Webster attended the International Horn Society's International Symposium at Indiana University in Bloomington , Ind. on June 3-7, 2003 . While there, she performed with the University of Wisconsin Alumni Ensemble .   Dr. Mark Doherty (Kinesiology) completed the Tegrity Software training as part of ULM ’s first On-line Course Development Project.   Valerie S. Fields (Student Life & Leadership) acted in the capacity of a facilitator and recorder for an undergraduate workshop, and attended the graduate advisor certification, as well as the leadership development for sorority leaders and potential leaders at the 2003 Alpha Kappa Alpha Leadership Seminar and Graduate Advisor Certification on July 11, 2003, in Las Vegas, Nev. ● Fields attended the National Pan-Hellenic Council, Inc. 62nd National Convention “Unified in Our Quest to Shape the Future” on october 23-26, in Dallas, Texas. ● Fields was promoted to Assistant Dean of Student Life and Leadership in October, she is now responsible for the areas of Student Life, Spirit Groups, Student Activities, Greek Life, and Student Programming.   Kathleen Gillan (Student Life & Leadership) will serve as a 2004 Risk Management Committee member for the Association of Fraternity Advisors. ● Gillan attended the National Pan-Hellenic Council, Inc. 62nd National Conference “Unified in Our Quest to Shape the Future” on October 23-26, in Dallas, Texas. ● Gillan attended the 2003 National Interfraternity Conference/Association of Fraternity Advisors Annual Meeting “Remembering Our Purpose” on December 10-14, 2003 , in San Antonio , Texas .   Dr. Robert Hanser (Criminal Justice) attended the Volunteers in Homeland Security Conference 2003 in Austin , Texas , where his paper “Special Initiatives in Volunteerism: Collaboration between University Students and Citizen Corps Programs” was included in the conference proceedings.   Dr. Gordon E. Harvey (History & Government) was elected to the Board of Directors for the Louisiana Historical Association, and to the membership committee of the Southern Historical Association. ● Dr. Harvey offered political and elections analysis for national and local media, including ABC News, The Washington Times, and The News-Star. ● Dr. Harvey was named to the Friends of the Ouachita Parish Library.   Dr. Peggie Jelks (Instructional Leadership & Counseling) was one of only 35 Early Childhood Educators in the United States invited to the prestigious Oxford Round Table in England .   J. Duke Johnson (Student Life & Leadership) was promoted to Director of Student Life and Leadership in October.   Robyn Jordan (Biology) was the sponsor for two projects of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute-Undergraduate Research Program: Misty Hales’ “Comparative Rates of Food Puzzle Manipulation in The Guenon Genus Cercopithecus,” and Kara Morgan’s “Behavior in Debrazza Guenons, Cercopithecus Neglectus.” ● Jordan participated in the Assessment/Evaluation workshops funded by the Louisiana Board of Regent Enhancement Grant and coordinated by ULM and Louisiana Tech from September 2002 to March 2003. ● Jordan served as chair and coordinator for the Women’s History Month Celebration in March 2003. ● Jordan is the vice president of AWIS-NLA and alumni advisor for the group. ● Jordan chairs the Media Committee, and has been publishing the Annual Biology Newsletter Biofeedback since 2000. ● Jordan has been working in coordination with the Louisiana Department of Agriculture since 1998 to acquire free “Project WET” books for pre-service teachers in her Science 103 classes.   Dr. William Kolling (Basic Pharmaceutical Sciences) has been appointed for a three-year period to the Editorial Advisory Panel of Pharmaceutical Formulation & Quality, a journal received by over 50,000 scientists and managers in the pharmaceutical industry, analytical instruments and services sector, and the chemical industry.   Dr. Greg Leader (Pharmacy) has been named to the Pharmacokinetics Section of the editorial board of The Annals of Pharmacotherapy, one of the most prominent clinical pharmacy journals in the country.   Lynn LeBlanc (Geosciences) was installed as president of the Louisiana State Council Chapter of the Military Officers Association of America (MOAA), formerly known as the Retired Officers Association (TROA) on February 15, for a two-year term.   Dr. Sandra Lunte, (Music) the newly-named Emy-Lou Biedenharn Endowed Professor in Music, ran the annual three-day ULM High School Flute Camp in June. ● Dr. Lunte attended a five-day master class taught by internationally-renowned flutist and composer Gary Schocker in June, in West Park, N.Y. ● Dr. Lunte and Dr. Richard Seiler (Music) performed a recital at Grace Episcopal Church in July, in Monroe, La.  ● Dr Lunte held the fourth annual High School Flute Invitational in November, which brought almost thirty high school flutists to campus to join the ULM Flute Choir in concert. ● Dr. Lunte performed nine concerts in December with the Louisiana Trio, an ensemble dedicated to bringing music into rural parishes in north Louisiana .   Dr. Harihara M. Mehendale (Toxicology) is a member of the FDA Dietary Supplement Subcommittee. Dr. Mehendale was elected Chair-Elect, Division of Toxicology, of the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET) in Bethesda , Md. , in 2003.   Jacqueline W. O’Neal (Economics & Finance) attended the 2003 Developments in Legislation & Jurisprudence Seminar on October 16-17, in Monroe , La.   Amy Ouchley (Biology) is chairing the Friends of Black Bayou Education Committee.   Dr. Keith Parker (Construction) was elected Vice-President of the Association of the Louisiana Utility Councils for 2004, and will serve as President of the Association in 2005.   Dr. Lorra Pettit (Communicative Disorders) completed her audiology Doctorate (Au.D.) at Central Michigan State University in December 2003.   Dr. Davis Pritchett (Biology) serves as the Chair of the Premedical advisory committee, as the premedical advisor, as the treasurer of Phi Kappa Phi ,as the advisor to the Mortar Board, and is participating in a long-term ecological research program involving reforestation and natural recovery of bottomland areas.   Dr. Ava Pugh (Curriculum & Instruction) has been re-elected to another three-year term to the Foundation Board of the Mid-South Education Research Association. Dr. Pugh chaired the sub-committee on nominations for the 2004 term.   Jarrett Reeves (Communication) was elected 2003-2004 president of the Southwest Journalism Congress at the annual convention on November 5, in Dallas , Texas .   Dr. Pamela Higgins-Saulsberry, Dr. Jenny Savage, and Andrea Savage (Social Work) were invited as members of the GSU/ULM Cultural Diversity in Child Welfare Collaboration. This collaboration was initiated by GSU School of Social Work and is a collaboration of the La.DSS/OCS funded Title IV-E Child Welfare Training Programs at both schools. Title IV-E competitively awards up to $5,000 to undergraduate social work students at GSU and ULM and up to $7,000 to GSU graduate students. Students must make a year commitment to work up to one year or more depending on the number and amount of awards they received. They work with the La.DSS/OCS as a child protection, foster care, adoption, or family services worker. GSU and ULM are among seven State universities in the agency/university child welfare training partnership, operating in Louisiana since 1996. ● Dr. Higgins-Saulsberry received her Ph.D. in Social Work from Jackson State University , Jackson , Miss. , in August 2003.   Pam Shepherd (Alumni Relations) was elected to the CASE District IV Board of Directors for 2003-05 as the Director for Louisiana . ● Shepherd is the co-chair for the February 2004 LACASE Convention to be held in Shreveport, La. ● Shepherd made a presentation at the 2003 LACASE meeting in Baton Rouge, La., about student alumni groups entitled "Growing your own".   Dr. Christopher Thompson (Music) was recently elected as President of the Louisiana String Teacher’s Association, the State chapter of the American String Teacher’s Association.   Dr. Kim M. Tolson (Biology) is a founding member of Ark-La-Miss Wildlife Study Group. ● Dr. Tolson sponsored the first annual symposium on white-tailed deer on August 2, 2003 , and was a featured speaker at the symposium. ● Dr. Tolson is currently serving as Vice-President of the Association of Southeastern Biologists, as well as Chair of ASB Enrichment Fund and Chair of ASB Place of Meeting Committee.   Dr. Jerry Wall (Management) obtained contracts to conduct seven economic impact studies of local events, including the Folklife Festival, Bassmaster Classic, Mistletoe in Monroe , the Mardi Gras parade, Impresario's Choice, the Magnolia Classic Paint Horse Show, and the Louisiana Quarter Horse Association Show, during 2003 and 2004. ● Dr. Wall was elected to serve as Treasurer of the International Alliance of Universities for Democracy (AUDEM) in October, 2003.   Tommy Walpole (Alumni Relations) is currently serving on the Board for the local YMCA.   Joel Willer (Communication) participated in Webcasting copyright royalty negotiations between the Recording Industry Association of America and several entities representing noncommercial entities, as authorized by the U.S. Congress in the Small Webcaster Settlement Act of 2002. The noncommercial entities active in these discussions included the American Council on Education; Collegiate Broadcasters, Inc.; the Intercollegiate Broadcasting System; the National Federation of Community Broadcasters; and the National Religious Broadcasters Music Licensing Committee. ● Willer has been appointed to a nationwide industry task force to determine an appropriate reporting scheme to allow for the distribution of future royalties paid by noncommercial Webcasters to copyright owners and performers of sound recordings.  The task force is the result of a negotiated digital recording royalty settlement between the Recording Industry Association of America and several entities representing noncommercial entities, as authorized by the U.S. Congress in the Small Webcaster Settlement Act of 2002. ● College Media Advisers has named Willer co-chair of the organization’s new governmental liaison committee.  The charge of the committee is to monitor, inform and activate CMA members with regard to legislative and regulatory issues at the local, state and national levels that impact the activities of student electronic and print media. ● Willer provided the lighting design and direction for the fall production of “The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas ,” produced by the Little Theatre of Monroe.   The Computer Information Systems Department offered the first Business Technology Summer Camp on June 9-13, where high school students and teachers learned about careers in the information systems field and skills such as programming, database development, web-page development, and networking. Back To Top    Congratulations    Brian Taylor ( Computing Center ) and Kim Taylor (Computer Science) announce the birth of Luke Ryan Taylor on January 8, 2003 . Luke was welcomed home by his 2 year old sister Sophie.   Kelly Platt (Student Life & Leadership) and Chris McCready were married on December 13, 2003 , in West Monroe .   Dr. Mark Doherty (Kinesiology) and Vanessa Prevost (University Relations) were married on December 27, 2003 in a small ceremony in Mount Pleasant , SC.   Andrea Savage (Social Work) is the proud mother of Raymece Savage, a senior and quarterback at Wossman High School , who won the Louisiana ’s Wendy’s High School Heisman Trophy in November. This award is made to only two high school senior athletic scholars in each state by the Wendy’s Corporation. He was chosen from a nomination list for Louisiana of 14,150 students. He will go on to compete for the National Wendy’s High School Heisman award. Raymece is an outstanding student, whose mother hopes he will consider her alma mater, ULM , for his college career!   Back To Top    In Memoriam    MY SON SHOULD BE IN SCHOOL My daughter has entered school, too Her excitement begins anew Although I'm happy she will learn Inside my anger starts to burn My son should be in school Right now, some parents are so glad They have no reason to be mad Their precious kids will make them proud They're not crying like me out loud My son should be in school Don't tell me what your kids have done Now, no one talks about my son You'll never understand my pain I now repeat my sad refrain My son should be in school The reason why he's not in school Is a depraved drunk broke a rule The rule is 'never drink and drive' It's why my son is not alive My son should be in school So now, think twice before you act You may kill someone; it's a fact Don't break this most important rule For one who does is such a fool All kids should be in school By: Vickie Hollingsworth, Social Work Department, Mother of Nathan James Hollingsworth (1983 – 1991) killed on July 30, 1991, by a drunk driver.   Mr. Foster Halley Holdeman, a former ULM Professor passed away on May 27, 2003 .   Mr. Champ Oneal Jones, a ULM Graphic Services employee, passed away on May 9, 2003 .   Mr. George T. “Tommy” Wilson, a ULM Auto Services employee, passed away on May 16, 2003 . 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