Hebble, Mr. Chris Russey, in mathematics, and Dr. Bruce Griffiths, in biology, participated in the development and presentation of these workshops. Proposed activities for year two include: continuation of Program Improvement Profile work in targeted schools in the subject area(s) not completed in year one; development of content-focused summer workshops to address identified needs in mathematics and science; and the beginning of curriculum development projects.

KSU faculty involvement in the CKPIMS has been significant to date and will lead to continued relationships with teachers and administrators from the targeted schools and districts after the conclusion of the project.

Dr. Wasim Al-Hamdani, Associate Professor of Cryptography and Information Security, has contributed to Chapter 17 in Information Security Management: Case Studies, which will be published in August 2009. Dr. Al-Hamdani's section in Chapter 17 is titled "Cryptography Algorithms Standards: Guidelines for Management." Dr. Al-Hamdani and Wendy Dixie of Information Technology contributed Chapter 16 in this publication entitled "Impact of Incomplete or Missing Information Security Policy." This reference provides tools to combat the growing risks associated with information technology and is an essential reference publication for all academic and research libraries, as well as all public administration and governmental libraries. Professionals and practitioners, as well as all computer users who are interested in protecting their information, will find this publication a valuable reference.

Dr. Narayanan Rajendran, Associate Professor of Biology, conducted a one-day workshop for high school students, “Introduction to the Techniques in Molecular Microbiology,” The workshop, a collaborative approach between Kentucky State University and Franklin County Public Schools, was funded by the National Science Foundation.

Dr. Chi Shen, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, attended the 24th ACM Symposium on Applied Computing last week. This was one of the most competitive conferences in its history. Over 1,100 papers were submitted and approximately 300 papers were accepted. Dr. Shen presented her research paper, co-authored with Dr. Mike Unuakhalu, “A Class of Multistep Sparse Matrix Strategies for Concept Decomposition Matrix Approximation” at the conference. She also served as a reviewer.

Dr. Andrew Martin, Assistant Professor of Mathematics, attended the 88th annual meeting of the Southeastern Section of the Mathematical Association of America. He presented a paper entitled “On Two Different Published Algebraic Representations of Napier's Logarithm.”

Aquaculture student Tiffany Ogunsanya presented her paper, “Acute Toxicity of 5 Percent Prentox Prenfish Totenone to Freshwater Prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii” at the recent Aquaculture American 2009 Conference in Seattle, Wash. The World Aquaculture Society named her presentation the Second Best Student Oral Presentation based on her presentation and on her paper's scientific merit.

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