Student William White has entered the ASCAP Foundation Morton Gould Young Composers Awards competition. The ASCAP Foundation Morton Gould Young Composers Awards are granted annually to encourage talented young composers of Classical music. White has submitted a solo work for piano as his entry. White is a student from the composition studio of Dr. Barry C. Johnson.
Dr. Eung Cho's paper, "Maximal Frequent Sets" has been accepted for publication in the International Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics.
Dr. Sam Oleka, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences has been selected and appointed Chair of the Committee on Cultural Diversity of the National Council of Deans of Colleges of Arts and Sciences (CCAS), a position in which he is charged with the responsibility of organizing a section of the Annual Conference in Seattle, Washington next Fall. This appointment is recognition of his active participation in the Council since KSU became a member.
Dr. Barbara Buck, Chairperson of the Division of Fine Arts, was Elected Regional Chair National Association of Schools of Music (NASM) Region Eight, November 2011 - NASM Annual Meeting Phoenix Arizona.
While attending the Kentucky Mathematical Association of America conference, Dr. Robert Hebble was elected to another term as Kentucky Mathematical Association of America secretary. As officers of the organization, Dr. Hebble and Dr. Andy Martin participated in both the Business and Officers meetings at the end of the conference. Senior Devrion Wells, gave two talks on the topic of Graph Theory: The Adolescent Branch of Mathematics.
The Division of Fine Arts had a proposal accepted and received Title III funding for an Area of Music 2012 Winter and Spring Concert Series, which will be performed in the Bradford Hall Carl H. Smith Auditorium.
College of Agriculture, Food Science and Sustainable Systems
Dr. Michael Bomford of KSU's College of Agriculture, Food Science and Sustainable Systems, is cited as an expert source for an article on companion plants in the March issue of Kentucky Living magazine, and for chapters on farm and food system energy use in Daniel Imhoff's new book Food Fight: The Citizen's Guide to the Next Food and Farm Bill (Watershed Media, 2012).
Two members of Dr. Bomford's research team, Anthony Silvermail and Jon Cambron, presented three posters at the Southern Sustainable Agriculture Working Group meeting in Arkansas last week. All three projects were conducted with assistance from graduate students in the Master of Environmental Studies program.
College of Professional Studies
Dr. Minerva Cruz, Assistant Professor in the School of Public Administration, published an article entitled "Are Older Adults Satisfied With the Implementation of Federal Programs to Serve Aging Populations? A Case Study Policy Implementation," with Sage Publications. The