ACHIEVERS
Heather Hall and Angela McCoy have earned the Virginia
Contracting Officer (VCO) professional certification. This designation is
awarded to those who complete four courses dealing with technical-procurement
information and practices and the successful completion of a competency
examination.
Paul Lancaster, broadcast media coordinator in University Relations,
has been elected president of the College News Association of Virginia and the
District of Columbia. CNA represents news and information officers at colleges
and universities in the two jurisdictions.
Rebecca Scheckler, graduate student in the Department of Teaching and
Learning, presented a paper and participated in a panel at the Teleteaching
Conference of the International Federation of Information Processing-World
Computer Congress 98 in Vienna, Austria, and Budapest, Hungary, recently. The
title of her paper was "Educating the Mind without the Body."
Scheckler was partially sponsored by a grant from the FOCUS committee of the
Association of Computing Machinery (ACM).
The national University and College Designers Association (UCDA) recently
selected the Virginia Tech Horticulture Gardens direct mail piece to receive an
Award of Excellence in the 1998 UCDA Design Competition. The creative
director/designer was Michele Moldenhauer of University
Relations/Publications. Horticulture professor Robert E. Lyons was both
writer and photographer. Winning entries were exhibited at the 1998 UCDA
Conference held in New Orleans in September.
Biochemistry professor Jiann-Shin Chen, and lab specialists A.A.
Ismaiel, and J. Toth, participated in the 1998 General Meeting of
the American Society for Microbiology in Atlanta, in May. They presented two
papers titled: "Purification of the aldehyde-alcohol dehydrogenase encoded by
the ad gene from Clostridium acetobutylicum ATCC 824," and "Organization
of the acetone-butanol production genes in Clostridium beijerinckii NRRL
B593."
Brian Storrie, professor of biochemistry, continues his investigations
during research/study leave until January 1999 at the European Molecular
Biology Laboratory in Heidelberg, Germany. He is performing collaborative
research on bio-genesis of the sub-cellular organelle, the Golgi apparatus,
using equipment such as confocalmicroscopy, cryosectioning, and molecular
techniques.
Norman G. Marriott, professor of food science and technology, recently
spoke at two pork industry meetings in Colombia. He addressed industry members
and conducted cutting demonstrations in Bogota and Medellin, Colombia.
Susan Duncan and Susan Sumner, both associate professors of food
science and technology, coordinated a symposium on "Marketing Dairy Value
through Technology" for the Dairy Foods Division of the American Dairy Science
Association at the organization's annual meeting in July. Joe Herbein,
associate professor of dairy science, was an invited speaker with the topic
"Enhancing the Intrinsic Value of Milk through Dairy Herd Management
Practices."
Marsha L. Sickler took second place in the master's student poster
competition at this year's American Meat Science Association Reciprocal Meat
Conference. The conference was held at the University of Connecticut. The
poster presented was titled "Efficacy of TBARS Determination by use of Rapid
Extraction and Cryogenic Freezing."
James R. Claus, associate professor of food science and technology, was
elected as the chairman of the 1999 Reciprocal Meat Conference (RMC), to be
held on the campus of Oklahoma State University. He is responsible for
coordinating and developing the scientific aspects of the meeting including the
general sessions, reciprocation sessions, and update sessions. Also at this
year's American Meat Science Association Reciprocal Meat Conference Mark
Tolbert, Virginia Tech meat lab manager, was elected chairman of the Meat
Lab Managers Committee. Finally an invited poster entitled "Prolonging
Oxymyoglobin on Pork Surfaces in Vacuum Packages Using Leghemoglobin" was
presented by department members Paul P. Graham, R. K. Espinel,
J.R. Claus, H. Wang, J.E. Marcy and W.E. Barbeau in
a special session on "Current Advances in Meat and Poultry color".
Heather McMahon, master's candidate in the food science and technology,
received the award for the best student paper in enology presented at the
annual meeting of the American Society for Enology and Viticulture. Also at the
organization's annual meeting, Bruce Zoecklein, assistant professor in
the department, was re-elected as a director of the society. Zoecklein has been
invited to give two presentations at society-sponsored international symposium
on Issues in Sparking Wine Production.
Thomas A. Walbridge Jr., retired professor in the College of Forestry
and Wildlife Resources, has been granted the International Forest Engineering
Award by the Council of Forest Engineering. The award recognizes individuals
for outstanding service and sustained contributions to the profession through
education extension, research, development, or administration. Walbridge, a
51-year Society of American Foresters member, taught at the college from 1973
to 1989 and is currently active as a consultant.
Robert Bush, director of the Center for Forest Products Marketing and
Management, coordinated a successful seminar where students learned preparation
for job searches. More than 60 forest products undergraduate and graduate
students attended a seminar in September, at which industry representatives
gave tips on the first part of any job search and how to prepare an effective
resume. Topics included what companies look for in a resume; the importance of
balancing academic, employment, and other activities; and the value of
internships and similar work experience.
Christopher Neck, assistant professor of management at the Pamplin
College of Business, discussed leadership and team empowerment in his
presentation, "Best Practices in Marketing Leadership," at the 63rd annual
Sales and Marketing Executives International Convention in Dearborn, Mich., on
September 25. Neck was one of only two academic presenters at the meeting,
which primarily featured speakers who are senior corporate executives such as
the CEO's of Chrysler, Borders Group, Hallmark Cards, Amway, Siemens Automotive
Corporation, Bose, and Federal Mogul.
Julie Ozanne, associate professor of marketing, was a panel discussant
at the conference, "No Purchase Necessary: Building the Voluntary Simplicity
Movement" at the USC on September 19. Ozanne, who has authored research papers
on the "simplicity" movement, which advocates shunning consumerism in favor of
simple living, was on a panel that discussed "The Best Things in Life Aren't
Things." Participants included simplicity advocates, authors, and
environmentalists, including Duane Elgin and Cecile Andrews.
Ernest J. Pavlock, professor of accounting, presented a paper,
"Accountability: The Focus of the New Millenium" at the 15th International
Conference of the World Association for Case Method Research and Application in
Marseille, France, on July 9-13. The conference theme was "Interactive Teaching
and the Multimedia Revolution." Pavlock, who teaches in the MBA program at the
Northern Virginia Center, is also a member of the association's executive board
and participated in board meetings during the conference.
Warren Stutzman, the Thomas Phillips professor of engineering in the
Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, presented the
keynote address at the 22nd Antenna Applications Symposium in September at the
University of Illinois. Stutzman's talk was titled "Antennas for Industry and
Government in the Next Century."
Tom Dingus, professor of industrial and systems engineering and
director of the Center for Transportation Research, and Jonathan Hankey,
research scientist at the Center for Transportation Research, are the
recipients of the 1997 Jerome H. Ely Human Factors Article Award. The award was
given for a paper with Daniel McGehee, Natarajan Manakkal, Steven Jahns, and
Cher Carney, titled "Human Factors Field Evaluation of Automotive Headway
Maintenance/Collision Warning Devices."
Virginia Tech's National Residence Hall Honorary Society (NRHH) was named the
Chapter of the Month in the South Atlantic Region for September. These awards
are presented at the university, regional and national level each month. This
is the first time that the Virginia Tech chapter has been recognized. Larry
Robertson is the NRHH advisor and assistant director of residence
education.
NRHH members are selected to represent the top 1 percent of residence-hall
leaders across the country. Virginia Tech's membership includes residence-hall
staff member, Residence Hall Federation (RHF) and Hall Council leaders, and
students who have made a major contribution to the residence-hall community.
Currently, there are approximately 40 individuals who are active members.
Virginia Tech's NRHH officer team includes: Adam Childers, president;
Greg Bonessi, vice president-Membership; Todd Miller, vice
president - Recognition; Holly Swanson, recording secretary; Heather
Dunahoo, treasurer; Drew Chadwick, SGA representative; and Andrea
Williams, RHF Representative.
