Appointments: Assoc. Professor Kerry Ann O'Meara (Education Leadership, Higher Educ. & Int'l Educ.) was appointed to serve on the Board of Directors for the International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement (IARSLCE). A non-profit organization, IARSLCE is devoted to advancing the fields of service-learning and community engagement research across the educational spectrum (i.e., primary, secondary, post-secondary, and further education).   Awards and Recognitions: Asst. Director Janis Cornell-DeMoss (Student Services) was named the 2009 Provost's Professional Academic Advisor of the Year. The award is presented to individuals who demonstrate attitudes and behaviors that constitute excellent academic advising including, accessibility/availability, outstanding communication skills, mastery of university policies and procedures, student advocacy, collaboration, and dedication. Cornell-DeMoss will be recognized on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2009, during the 14th Annual Undergraduate Studies Advising Conference at the Art-Sociology Building. [Editor's note: Professor Susan Komives, Counseling and Personnel Services, will deliver the conference's keynote address.] Professor Melanie Killen (Human Development) received an honorable mention for the 2009 Otto Klineberg Intercultural and International Relations Prize as co-editor of the book, Intergroup Attitudes and Relations in Childhood through Adulthood The publication focuses on "how individuals make judgments, and interact with individuals from different group categories, broadly defined in terms of gender, race, age, culture, religion, sexual orientation, and body type."   Publications: You can call them students/authors! Members of the spring 2009 CSP (College Student Personnel) Student Leadership class, taught by Professor Susan Komives (Counseling and Personnel Services), have published a new textbook for undergraduate students that explores the Social Change Model of Leadership Development. Komives and Ph.D. candidate Wendy Wagner (CSPA) edited the book, which was sponsored by the National Clearinghouse for Leadership Programs and released by Jossey Bass Publishers. Student authors listed below. PART 1: SOCIAL CHANGE AND THE SOCIAL CHANGE MODEL OF LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT 1. What Is Social Change? - Wendy Wagner 2. An Overview of the Social Change Model of Leadership Development - Kristan Cilente 3. Applying the Social Change Model: A Case Study Approach - José-Luis Riera 4. Change - Nurredina Workman PART 2: SOCIETAL/COMMUNITY VALUES 5. Citizenship - Jennifer Bonnet PART 3: GROUP VALUES 6. Collaboration - Jordan England 7. Common Purpose - Alex Teh 8. Controversy with Civility - Cecilio Alvarez PART 4: INDIVIDUAL VALUES 9. Consciousness of Self - Justin Fincher 10. Congruence - Tricia Shalka 11. Commitment - Ashlee M. Kerkhoff and Daniel T. Ostick PART 5: CHANGE AGENTS 12. Becoming a Change Agent - Marybeth J. Drechsler and William A. Jones, Jr. Epilogue - Susan R. Komives & Wendy Wagner		INSIDE: Upcoming events & Important dates Faculty/Staff/Student News Alumni News Campaign Update Tech Talk CoE In The News CB front page CB archives College home page
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