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Speakers, performers bring the world to our students Each year the academic departments and centers within the College of Humanities and Social and Behavioral Sciences host a variety of events, lectures, and workshops to provide their students with access to experts in their fields of study. These activities provide students with unique opportunities to expand on their classroom instruction. The following are examples of the many activities that took place at CMU during the fall semester.
The English department hosted several guest speakers during the fall semester, including author Hal Jaffe and poet Terrence Hayes. Jaffe, nationally known for his experimental fiction, is a faculty member in the English and Comparative Literature Department at San Diego State University. Among his works are “Mole’s Pity,” “Mourning Crazy Horse” and “15 Serial Killers.” Hayes has published three books: “Wind in a Box,” forthcoming in 2006; “Hip Logic,” 2002; and “Muscular Music,” 1999. He is an associate professor of creative writing at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh.
Soler also treated the community to a two-hour acoustic concert that paid homage to “El Quijote” and included Latin American guitar selections and a show-stopping original composition. Photo courtesy of Alexander Stawinski (CM Life)
During his presentation, “Who’s buried in Grant’s Tomb: Reflections on the Good General/Bad President Enigma,” he stated that the brilliance of Ulysses S. Grant’s military career never sparkled in the White House.
“Each year we look for outstanding ROTC alumni who can act as role models for our cadets by inviting them to speak at our Nolde lectures and other events,” said Denise Gallagher, military science administrative secretary. After Cully graduated from CMU he completed flight training and flew attack helicopters in Vietnam before being transferred to the military intelligence branch and joining the special forces. He assumed command of the Special Intelligence Squadron in 1988 and retired in 1997. Also in 1997, he became the national vice president of sales at Resort Condominiums International in Indiana. The goal of the Nolde Lecture Series is to promote an understanding of the role the U.S. Armed Forces plays in American society and history and to help people understand the nature of war and the importance of leadership roles.
Philosophy and Religion Department CMU’s Center for Professional and Personal Ethics hosted a full schedule of events last semester to help support the study, teaching, and practice of ethics, which included the following:
In his 2004 book, Callahan argues that cheating occurs in every sector of life, from stealing cable television to embezzling money from a corporation, and that cheating is gaining widespread acceptance.
Clients met one-on-one with attorneys who then provided objective opinions about their options. Tom Weiss, attorney and partner of McClintic & Weiss, Becky Bolles of Hall, Lewis & Bolles PC, and Matt Romashko of Lynch, Gallagher, Lynch, Martineau & Hackett PLLC participated in the clinic.
Attorney Becky Bolles (center) meets with students during a free legal clinic sponsored by the Ethics Center in November. Photo courtesy of Aaron Hessling (CM Life).
The Central Neuroscience Society hosted two guest speakers during the fall semester. Laurent Lescaudron (pictured below) of the Institute of Transplantation and Research on Transplantation at Nantes County Hospital/University of Nantes-France gave a presentation titled “Stem Cells and Neuronal Differentiation” in September.
While at CMU he taught students techniques for harvesting and culturing bone marrow stem cells, as well as how to surgically implant them into the brains of mice carrying the mutant gene for Huntington’s disease. During the second annual BRAIN Center Open House, Scott Janis of the National Institutes of Neurological Disorders and Stroke discussed his odyssey from “CMU to NINDS.” Janis also received the BRAIN Center Distinguished Alumnus Award at the open house, which was held during CMU’s Homecoming weekend in October. The Industrial Organizational Psychology Association hosted guest speaker Ann Marie Ryan, editor-in-chief at “Personnel Psychology.” She discussed the publishing process from an editor’s point of view. The psychology department wrapped up the fall semester with a lecture by Ellen Kossek of Michigan State University’s School of Labor and Industrial Relations in December. She hosted a discussion titled “Crafting Lives that Work: Work-Family Research.” Students from MGT312: Introduction to Management also participated in the presentation.
In November, Jessica Jernigan, a frequent contributor to the magazine “Bitch: A Feminist Response to Pop Culture,” discussed her career as a writer and read from her work. Jernigan is pursuing a degree in religion at Bryn Mawr College.
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Francesc de Paula Soler,
known as the poet of the guitar, hosted a musical reading
presentation from Cervantes’ “Don Quixote” with foreign language
students who read selections from the book in Spanish.
Carl Osthaus, professor and
chair of history at Oakland University, was the keynote speaker
for the third annual George M. Blackburn Endowed Lecture on the
Civil War and Reconstruction.
Retired Colonel R. John Cully
Jr., ’70, was the featured speaker for the Colonel
William B. Nolde Lecture Series held during CMU’s Leadership
Week.
Lescaudron runs a transplant
research group at the University of Nantes and spent one month
as an adjunct professor at CMU. He is collaborating with CMU’s
BRAIN Center on projects involving use of adult bone-marrow stem
cells for treatments of cognitive and motor dysfunction in
rodent models of Huntington’s and Parkinson’s diseases.
The Women’s Studies Program hosted
a week-long poster exhibition and a panel discussion on gender
research in October. CMU students and faculty members shared
their research on a variety of issues, including women and
substance abuse and refugee policies for women.