News Taffy

At Friday's meeting of the Arkansas State University Board of Trustees, the following academic appointments were announced. The board also approved recommendations for tenure and/or promotion (please see below), as well as approving academic reassignments of duty (also included below). For details, see the NewsPage release as asu.edu.


Arkansas State University Academic Appointments:


Claudia Benavides-Espinoza
 Assistant Professor of Physical Education 
Effective: August 16, 2010


Lennie Coleman 
Instructor in Spanish 
Effective: August 16, 2010


Dwayne Powell
 Instructor in Accounting 
Effective: August 16, 2010


Barbara Warner 
Assistant Professor of Political Science 
Effective: August 16, 2010


Amanda Wheeler 
Instructor in Physical Education 
Effective: August 16, 2010



Recommendations for Tenure 
Effective for the academic year 2010·2011:
The names of those marked with an asterisk denote promotion to the rank of associate professor, as well as being awarded tenure.


College of Agriculture and Technology

*Dennis Keith Morris, Agriculture, Associate Professor


College of Business

David Kern, Economics and Finance

Melodie J. Philhours, Management and Marketing


College of Communications

*Marceline Hayes, Communication Studies, Associate Professor

College of Education

*David LaVetter, Health, Physical Education, and Sport Sciences, Associate Professor

College of Fine Arts

Timothy Oliver, Music


College of Humanities and Social Sciences

*Robert Schroer, English and Philosophy


College of Nursing and Health Professions

*Donna Caldwell, Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences,
Associate Professor George A. Jacinto,
Social Work Elizabeth Nix,
Nursing
*Patricia Guy Walls, Social Work, Associate Professor


College of Sciences and Mathematics

*Xiuzhen Huang, Computer Science, Associate Professor
Argelia Lorence, Chemistry and Physics



Promotion Recommendations for Associate Professor 
Effective for the academic year 2010-2011:


College of Business

John Mello, Associate Professor, Management and Marketing

Patricia Robertson, Associate Professor, Economics and Finance


College of Education

Dixie Keyes, Associate Professor, Teacher Education



Promotion Recommendations for Full Professor

Effective for the academic year 2010-2011:


College of Business

Sandra Bevill, Full Professor, Management and Marketing


College of Communications

John Zibluk, Full Professor, Journalism


College of Education

Kristin Biondolillo, Full Professor, Psychology and Counseling

Paul Finnicum, Full Professor, Health, Physical Education, and Sport Sciences


College of Humanities and Social Sciences

Sarah Wilkerson Freeman, Full Professor, History


College of Sciences and Mathematics

Jie Miao, Full Professor, Mathematics and Statistics

Scott Reeve, Full Professor, Chemistry and Physics



Academic Reassignments of Duty:

Osabuohien Amienyi
from Chair, Dept. of Radio-Television,
to Interim Dean,

College of Communications

Effective: July 1, 2010

Michael Bowman 
from Compressed Video Network Coordinator
to Interim Dean, Center for Regional Programs

Effective: February 13, 2010


Deborah Chappel-Traylor
from Associate Professor of English
to Interim Associate Dean, College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Effective: May 16, 2010


Gil Fowler 
from Associate Dean, the Honors College
to Chair, Department of Journalism
Effective: August 1. 2010


Edward Hammer and
 from Associate Professor of Computer Science
 to Interim Chair, Department of Computer Science
 Effective: March 17, 2010


Kendal Hatch
 from Interim Chair, Department of Music 
to Chair, Department of Music
 Effective: July 1, 2010


Mary Jackson-Pitts
from Professor of Radio-Television
to Interim Chair, Department of Radio-Television
Effective: July 1, 2010


Jeffrey Jenness 
from Chair, Department of Computer Science 
to Associate Professor of Computer Science 
Effective: March 17, 2010


Ruth Owens
 from Interim Associate Dean, College of Humanities and Social Sciences 
to Full-time teaching, Department of World Languages and Cultures
 Effective May 16, 2010.

TIAA-CREF consultants on campus May 25-27
TIAA-CREF consultants will be on campus Tuesday-Thursday, May 25-27, for confidential, one-on-one consultations to help individuals achieve financial goals by investing in mutual funds, brokerage funds, life insurance, and annuities. Consultants can also help individuals strengthen retirement plans by reviewing asset allocation mix, investment strategies, savings plans, and reviewing retirement income options.
Consultants will be available Tuesday, May 25, 12 noon-5 p.m., the 1909 Suite, number 3020, Student Union; Wednesday, May 26, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. in the small conference room, Administration Building; and Thursday, May 27, 9 a.m.-12 noon, 1909 Suite, number 3020, Student Union. To discuss your plan and options for managing your retirement savings, or to schedule an appointment with a TIAA-CREF Individual Consultant, please call TIAA-CREF at (800)732-8353, Monday through Friday, from 9 a.m.-8 p.m. (ET).

Inside

ASU welcomes summer
Inside ASU begins running its summer schedule this week; look for fewer publications of the electronic newsletter for faculty and staff. Direct questions or comments to Sara E. McNeil, director, University Communications, ext. 3633, or Gina Bowman, director, Media Relations, ext. 2250.