Output. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Questioned Document Examiners, Charleston, South Carolina. August 2012.

Dean Sam Oleka will chair the National Council of Deans of Colleges of Arts and Sciences Committee on Cultural Diversity in Seattle Washington from October 30th through November 5th. He will participate in a panel discussion on: “How to Improve Student Retention and Increase Graduation Rates using a Well-designed and Engaging Academic Learning Committee”. He will also lead the Minority Deans' Breakfast discussion on: “Strategic Pathways for Minority Faculty Leadership Development”.

Dr. Shields has also been invited to be a plenary presenter at a major conference on environmental philosophy entitled "The Bifurcation of Nature" on February, 2013 at the Claremont Graduate University. He is currently working on a paper "Is Hartshorne's Environmental Ethic Reductively Consequentialist?" This summer He served as an invited referee for the prestigious Australian Journal of Philosophy, adjudicating a manuscript submission on fatalism and the senseless theory of truth."

• Dr. Tamara Sluss worked with biology undergraduates and Masters of Environmental Studies to determine the potential of Kentucky's mined lands for biofuel production from prairie switch grass. They presented their results in two posters and a presentation at the ESRI Conference in San Diego, CA, July 21-25 and will present at the State GIS conference in September. The project was funded by a grant from the Dept. of Defense through EKU CRAFT (Center for Renewable and Alternative Fuel Technology)
• Dr. Shannon Brogan's students in SPE 401: Institutional Communication Project are working with the Cornerstone Art Gallery to host 3 events which should promote the Division of Fine Arts. For example, the performances will include choral, band, and oral performances by past and present Speech Minors.
• Dr. Tierra Freeman, Dr. Erin Gilles, and Dr. Shannon Brogan are developing a research project about standardized testing and motivation. This may be valuable information due to the ACT/SAT scores of students at Kentucky State University. Also, Dr. Erin Gilles, Ms. Kim Sipes, Dr. Jason Wrench and Dr. Shannon Brogan are developing a research project about Workplace Bullying.
• Ms. Karen Heavin has developed “Access to Algebra program” for high schools in the KSU region which uses the tools developed by UK for its Web Homework System. The homework exercises are linked back to a textbook and include online videos illustrating problem solutions. She works regularly with the high school math teachers in this impressive program designed to expose students to the difficulty and rigor of a college Algebra while still in high school.
• Dr. Robert Lancaster and Dr. Bea Downey participated in the Study Abroad program at Universidad de La Salle, Bogata, Colombia from May-June 2012. KSU students presented English speaking seminars on education and politics. They hope to return to La Salle during 2013 summer for a repeat engagement.
• Dr. Tucker Landy, Associate Professor of Liberal Studies, has submitted a manuscript, After Leo Strauss: New Directions in Platonic Political Philosophy, to SUNY Press. It is currently under review.