Dr. Bill Meadows (Sociology and Anthropology) served as the keynote speaker for the Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony at Laguna Pueblo, NM on July 29. The event was held to recognize Mr. Joseph R. Day Sr., a Laguna Code Talker who served with fourteen other natives from several tribes in a radio net in the Pacific Theater of WW II. On September 4 Dr. Meadows reported on his … [Read more...] about Native American Code Talkers
September 2 at American Political Science Association meeting Ms. Lina Benabdallah, one of our former graduate students in the Master's of Global Studies program, received a "Best Graduate Student Paper Award". After earning her MGS degree, she taught for us in our Dalian, China program for a year. She is currently a doctoral candidate at the University of Florida (where … [Read more...] about Political Science Student Success Story
Congratulations to Dr. Patrick A. Beach, Philosophy Instructor, for finishing second in Teaching Ethics’ recent 1,000-word essay competition! The essay was in response to an ethical case study called “The Bus Puzzle”. “The Foolhardy Do-Gooder” appears in Teaching Ethics1 (2016), pp. 135-136. Here's the link to the first page: … [Read more...] about Philosophy Instructor takes second place in essay contest
Congratulations to Ashley Leinweber, Assistant Professor in Political Science, who was among the recipients honored at the Board of Governors meeting with the Excellence in Public Affairs Award. The Board of Governors' Award for Excellence in Public Affairs was established at Missouri State University to recognize faculty and staff who excel at carrying out the … [Read more...] about Ashley Leinweber receives Award
This year the FCTL Production crew; Mike Fisher and Eric Taylor, worked with Dr. Eric Nelson, History, Dr. Lora Hobbs, Religion, and Jennifer Pursley, Mathematics who have had great success using Mediasite to improve learning outcomes and to transform both their online and blended classes. They produced a video to be submitted for Sonic Foundry’s Enterprise Video Award (EVA) … [Read more...] about FCTL Production Team 2016 EVA Recipients