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APSU 2007-08 Significant Achievements

• College of Arts and Letters


• College of Science and Mathematics


• Center for Extended and Distance Education


• Enrollment Management and Academic Support Services


• Division of Student Affairs

College of Arts and Letters

Art

Kell Black

• College of Arts and Letters


• College of Science and Mathematics


• Center for Extended and Distance Education


• Enrollment Management and Academic Support Services


• Division of Student Affairs

College of Arts and Letters

Art

Kell Black

Communication

• The department in conjunction with Charter and Clarksville-Montgomery County School System
webcast all area high school and APSU spring graduations to Iraq and Afghanistan and sent dvds
of the ceremonies to our soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan.
• The Sports Broadcasting program has been identified nationally as one of the premier programs
in the country.
• The department produced "Love Letters from Home" which were video messages from loved
ones sent to service personnel abroad.

History and Philosophy

• We have added four new permanent faculty to help accommodate enrollment growth in both
undergraduate and graduate programs. We are ahead of the estimated enrollment in the MA in Military History.
• We now are able to offer upper level work in the history of the Middle East.
• We have added more research language expertise to our department with Dr. Cameron Sutt, who
speaks Hungarian. We now have Greek, Latin, German, French, Spanish, Russian, Croatian, and
Hungarian.

Languages and Literature

• Barry Kitterman published his novel, The Baker's Boy, through the Southern Methodist
University Press (2008).
• Assistant Professor of English Blas Falconer published a collection of poems, A Question of
Gravity and Light, through the University of Arizona Press (2007).
• Assistant Professor of English Ken Cervelli's book, Dorothy Wordsworth's Ecology, was
published by Routledge (2007).
• Assistant Professor of German Norbert Puszkar was honored with the Socrates Award.
• In May, Professor of English Mickey Wadia delivered a (uniquely entertaining) address to the faculty in his role as recipient of the Alumni Association's Distinguished Professor Award.
• Professor of Classics Tim Winters was the invited lecturer at the annual meeting of the Tucson
Society of the Archaeological Institute of America. He taught a graduate seminar on Greek Epigraphy and gave a public lecture on the archaeology of the island of Salamis.
• The department successfully navigated four five-year reviews: three academic audits and one
program review.

Music

Thomas King

College of Professional Programs and Social Sciences

Books

Psychology

Publications

Military Science

• Austin Peay cadets served as coaches and mentors for both the Upward Bound Program and the
Junior Govs Program this summer.
• Austin Peay commissioned 19 lieutenants in FY08; overproducing by 35% for the FY.
• At the ROTC summer advanced camp, 42% Austin Peay cadets finished with the highest rating
versus only 23% of cadets nationwide.

College of Science and Mathematics

Allied Health Sciences

• The Medical Technology Program will have a site survey this November as part of continued
accreditation since 1985.
• The Radiologic Technology program will complete the self-study this year.

Biology

Four extramurally funded grants this summer:
• Drs. Sergei Markov and Joseph Schiller. Microorganisms for Biofuel Production and CO2
Mitigation. EPA. $10,000
• Drs. Sergei Markov and Jefferson Lebkuecher. MRI: Acquisition of a Photobioreactor for pilotscale
studies of biofuel generation from microalgae. NSF. $107,000
• Dr. Carol Baskauf. The population genetics of Arabis perstellata. TDEC. $9,000
• Derek Eison and Dr. Andrew Barrass. Fish as indicators of water quality in Pleasant Grove Creek,
KY. Federation of Fly Fishers. $1000
Dr. Willodean Burton directed the 2008 Science and Math Academy which instructed 33 high school
students in science and mathematics.

Center for Field Biology

• Dr. Floyd Scott, Professor of Biology and Principal Investigator in the Center for Field Biology,
has sent his Graduate Research Assistant, Joshua Ream, to Manus, Brazil to present on their
research findings at the 6th World Congress of Herpetology.
• Dr. Andrew Barrass, Assistant Professor of Biology and Principal Investigator in the Center for
Field Biology, accompanied his Graduate Research Assistant Morgan Kurz and his
Undergraduate Research Assistant Seth McCormick to Snowbird, Utah where the students will
present at the 45th annual meeting of the Animal Behavior Society. Seth, a sophomore, is
making his second presentation to this group and Morgan, a beginning graduate student is making
her first.

Computer Science

• Jim Vandergriff served as Program Chair for the Southeastern Section of the Mathematical
Association of America meeting.
• Jiang Li and Yingbing Yu developed new courses as part of the new minor in Computer
Networking.
• Jiang Li and Nancy Smithfield co-wrote a paper that was presented by Jiang Li at the ACM Mid-
Southeast Chapter in Gatlinburg, TN
• Yingbing Yu presented a paper at the ACM Mid-Southeast Chapter Meeting in Gatlinburg, TN.
• Nancy Smithfield received an award for Excellence in Academic Advising.

Mathematics

• Jackie Vogel is chairing the Tennessee Mathematics Teachers Association (TMTA) meeting that
will be held at APSU in September. She is also president of the organization.
• Jackie Vogel is also serving as Program Co-Chair for the 2009 National Council of Teachers of
Mathematics (NCTM) Regional Conference in Nashville where 3,000-5,000 mathematics teachers are expected to attend. Mary Lou Witherspoon is serving as the Local Arrangements Committee Co-Chair for this conference.
• NSF S-STEM Grant for Mathematics and Physics at Austin Peay State University, $582,740

Physics and Astronomy

• First APSU Governor's School, the Governor's School for Computational Physics. The school
will grow from 36 students in Summer 2008 to 60 in Summer 2009, and expand to include the APSU Department of Mathematics.
• National Science Foundation (NSF) Grant for Acquisition of a Distributed Computing Cluster,
$176,177
• Tennessee Space Grant Award to enhance Undergraduate Research in Physics and Astronomy,
$19,500
• American Astronomical Society Small Research Grant for a Large Format Imaging Camera for
the APSU Observatory, $6,638

Woodward Library

Gina Garber, digital services librarian and assistant professor of library administration, was a 2008
Socrates Award recipient.

Christina Chester-Fangman, Gina Garber, and Nancy Gibson, all assistant professors of library
administration, presented a workshop, “Plagiarism: Addressing the Complex Issue in Any Course,” at the
2008 Teaching Professor Conference held May 16-18 in Kissimmee, Florida.

Nancy Gibson, instructional technology librarian and assistant professor of library administration, was
elected as treasurer of the New Members Round Table of the American Library Association, and will
serve as chair of the College & University Libraries Section of the Tennessee Library Association for the
upcoming school year.

Sharon Johnson, instructional services librarian and associate professor of library administration, was
appointed to serve a two-year term as an intern on the American Library Association's Public Awareness
Committee.

Jonathan Bates, library associate, was accepted to the graduate program at the School of Information
Sciences, University of Tennessee. He will begin classes this fall as a distance education student.

Center for Extended and Distance Education

• Julia McGee, Interim Dean, CEDE- served as Chair of the TBR Continuing Education and Economic
Development Committee and as a member of the CEED Reporting Subcommittee. In addition, Julia
was nominated by the Division of Student Affairs for exemplary staff member of the year in 2008. In
2007, Julia was a guest speaker at the Chamber's Excel Program at NEHS. Also, Julia serves as a
volunteer in the Helping One Student to Succeed (HOSTS) Program at Byrns-Darden Elementary
School.
• Kathrine Bailey, Multi-Media Specialist, Distance Education, presented at the following conferences:
o Wimba Connect — April, 2008
o Instructional Technology Conference — April, 2007 and 2008
o Academic Impressions — October, 2007
o Desire 2 Learn/Fusion — July, 2008
o In addition, Kathrine Bailey has had the following items published in ERIC — “Don't make me collaborate” and “Get a Second Life”. Also, she has a virtual world blog that has been picked up by two other websites.
• Stacy Snider, Technical Clerk, passed Certified Professional Secretary exam — December, 2007
• Lisa Phelps, Secretary III, passed Certified Professional Secretary exam — December, 2007
• Mike Dunn, Online Advisor, named Organization Advisor of the Year for 2007/2008 for his
faculty/staff advisor role to the Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity.
• Mary Alice Burkhart, Extended Education Coordinator, made the following presentations:
o “Business Etiquette” for UT Martin-Staff Professional Development Program — October, 2007
o “Diversity in the Workplace” — Clarksville Montgomery County School Board Professional
Development Seminar — January, 2008
o “Peer Review Team Development” — Bridgestone Metalpha Employee Development Program —
February, 2008
o “Business Etiquette for Women in Business” — UT Martin Annual Women in Business
Conference — February, 2008
o “Generations in the Workplace and “Diversity is an Inside Job” — Tennessee Technology Center
Western Regional Retreat — April 2008
o “Diversity is an Inside Job” — Society for Human Resource Managers Clarksville Chapter — July,
2008
o In addition, Mary Alice Burkhart served as Co-Chair, TBR ROCE Curriculum Committee and
Co-Chair, TACHE Ad Hoc Partnership Committee

TRIO

• Marsha Lyle-Gonga, Director, High School Upward Bound (H.S.U.B.) — PhD. in Public Policy &
Administration — August, 2008
• Marsha Lyle-Gonga, Director and Sharon Conner, Counselor, H.S.U.B, presented at the Joint
Conference of the Kentucky Association of Educational Opportunity for Program Personnel and
Tennessee Association of Special Programs — October, 2007. The presentation title was “The Effects
of Peer Mentoring and Group Team Participation on Upward Bound Retention: A Case Study”.
• Dan Botula, Director, Tri-County Upward Bound — Dan wrote a successful grant, funded by the U.S.
Department of Education for the continued funding of Tri-County Upward Bound through 2011. The
grant is worth one million dollars over four years.
• Marissa Chandler, Director, TRIO Student Support Services is a 2008 Leadership Clarksville
graduate. In addition, Marissa will be published in the Southeastern Association of Educational
Opportunity Program Personnel Journal with her publication entitled “Educational Opportunity
Center Participants' Attitudes and Expectations Towards Career Counseling”.
• Lorneth Peters, Academic Counselor, TRIO SSS, was published in the NACADA Academic
Advising Today with her publication entitled “Practical Ways We Can Assist First Generation
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• Joy Pigott, Secretary II, TRIO SSS, received her Bachelor's degree in Political Science — May, 2008.

Enrollment Management and Academic Support Services

• TBR/FIPSE grant to support redesign of mathematics courses for underprepared students (with
Mathematics Department)
• Developed Tracking system to determine impact of specific behaviors on academic performance
(Institutional Research)
• Acquired program to make Academic (Early) Alert available in AP Self-Service (with Information
Technology Services)
• Created Transfer Centerincludes on-line orientation, improved enrollment procedures and
improved turnaround time for evaluating transcripts of admitted transfer students. (Offices of
Admission and the Registrar)
• Online withdrawal capability for all students who have completed 12 or more hours university level
course work.
• Developed One Stop which provides improved communications to students (with Public Relations)
• Successful recruitment events: AP Day, Montgomery County College Night, College Visits, College
Fairs, AP Night, Saturday Tours, etc.

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• Amy Deaton is the President-Elect of the Tennessee Association of Collegiate Registrars and
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• Sally Allen is the Secretary-Treasurer of the Tennessee Association of Collegiate Registrars and
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Academic Support Center

• Virtual Academic Support Center created for online students
• Martin Golsoninvited by the National Council for Academic Transformation to present at two
conferences.

Career, Advising and Testing Center

• Career Services expanded with the appointment of an assistant directors and move to UC 112.

New Student Programs

• Revised and expanded APSU 1000 sections for conditionally admitted students to place more
emphasis on study skills, time management, test taking.
• Discipline specific sections of APSU 1000 for all academic departments
• Special APSU 1000 sections for undeclared students, living-learning community (Hand Village),
honors students, and athletes.

Student Affairs Division

Dr. Sherryl Byrd, associate vice president for student affairs and senior student affairs officer at Austin Peay State University, has been appointed to a leadership position with the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA). She will serve a two-year term on the NASPA Region III Advisory Board as liaison to the Southern Association for College Student Affairs (SACSA) Executive Committee. Dr. Byrd also serves on the Strategic Planning Committee and is a Foundation Board Member for SACSA as well as the Secretary for the Tennessee Board of Regents Student Affairs Sub-Council.

Greg Singleton, Dean of Students received the Dr. Karlem Reiss Award at the 2008 Southeastern Interfraternity Conference for outstanding service to the interfraternal community in the southeast. Only the 5th recipient in the 40 year history of the conference. He was also selected to serve as the National Scholarship Officer for Kappa Alpha Order National Fraternity and was featured in the University of Memphis Magazine as a distinguished alumnus of the University of Memphis

David Davenport, director of University Recreation was chosen the 2008 TBR Maxine Smith Fellow.

Beulah C. Oldham, director of Disability Services, was appointed recently to the Advisory Council for the Education of Students With Disabilities. The council monitors progress in programs serving children with disabilities, issuing an annual report.

Joe Mills, director of Housing, Residence Life and Dining Services served as a faculty member for RELI (Regional Entry-Level Institute) for new housing/residence life professionals at Furman University.

Connie Sanders, interim director of the Child Learning Center graduated with a Bachelor degree in professional studies.

Student Affairs

• Coordinated the Unity Celebration Dinner with speaker Nikki Giovanni which included a poetry contest for students, winner seated with Dr. Giovanni, and personal interview with The All State staff.
• Developed and implemented Student Affairs student development travel funds program. Funds assist students who travel to present research, represent the University with their organizations, and some leadership development.
• Sponsored campus wide staff development with nationally recognized higher education lawyer and consultant on debriefing Virginia Tech and what can be learned from the investigation.
• Provided support to Athletics to promote sports events.
• Presented first Charles M. Waters Award to a graduating long-term student staff member on The All State staff to Dave Campbell, now on staff with The Leaf Chronicle.

Student Government Association

A ribbon cutting to introduce The Peay Pickup trolley service will begin at 7:15 a.m., Monday, Aug. 25 in front of the Browning Administration Building on the Austin Peay State University main campus. Recently, the Student Government Association at APSU partnered with the Clarksville Transit System (CTS) to provide students, faculty and staff free transportation around campus via The Peay Pickup and around town on CTS buses. The Peay Pickup trolley will be available beginning Aug. 25. CTS will operate the trolley from 7:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., Monday-Friday when classes are in session.

African American Cultural Center

• Two cultural trips taken:
o National Underground Railroad - Cincinnati, Ohio
o Civil Rights Museum - Memphis, Tennessee
• Language Lab Completed
• Library Athenaeums established (replaced Brown Bag initiative)

Child Learning Center

• The Child Learning Center maintained their Accreditation from the National Association for the
Education of Young Children.
• The Child Learning Center scored the Three Star Rating from the Tennessee Department of
Human Services with a score of 6.38 out of 7.0.

Disability Services

We have our first Adaptive Technology Coordinator, Mr. Philip Voorhees. He brings a wealth of
knowledge on adaptive technology for students with disabilities and will assist the university in the
advancement of providing technology access to all students.

University Recreation

• May 2008: Foy Fitness & Recreational Center Pool open and August 26-Grand Opening.
• Jan 2008: Foy Fitness and Recreational Center opened to Alumni.