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Message from the Deans
A Message from Dean Brown:
Although it may expose me as somewhat plebeian, Robert Frost has always been a favorite author. I recently found again one of his thoughts regarding education: “Education doesn't change life much. It just lifts trouble to a higher plane of regard.” At this point in the year it always seems that we are surrounded by a raft of issues and concerns. Together, I know that we will sort through and resolve these, with a focus upon the best possible outcome for each student. But that doesn’t provide much comfort when we are in the midst of coping with the needs.
It may be well to remember that any dynamic human endeavor will always be dealing with needs and concerns. The only institutions I’ve ever seen that seemed immune to these sorts of concerns were those with no ambition, no goals, and (truthfully) no future. How much sadder to be in that condition!
So, while everyday problems tend to temporarily confound and vex me from time to time, I take comfort in the understanding that they are symptoms of our continued vitality, and from the knowledge that we have a host of extraordinary faculty and staff members and departmental leaders helping address the issues and find solutions. Frost was probably correct -- education probably does make troubles more apparent. At the same time, however education also provides innumerable resources with which to address those troubles, and for that I am deeply grateful.
A Message from Jocelyn Evans, Associate Dean:
The Spring 2016 semester is in full swing. I can feel the energy in the air as faculty try out new course content, experiment with high-impact practices, and engage students in collaborative learning. In the CASSH Dean's Office, we are focused on promoting our upcoming events including the Downtown Lecture Series, working with The Center for Research and Economic Opportunity (CREO) to highlight the incredible work of our faculty across the college, and getting our new programs and courses across the finish line of the CCR process for this year's cycle. Thank you to all the faculty and staff who assisted in the implementation of the mandatory attendance policy in general education courses, the verification of attendance of students for purposes of Financial Aid, and the submission of course syllabi through the FACS system. Please let me know if there is anything I can do to assist you in your efforts on behalf of our students. We're off to a great start!
A Message from Katie Riesenberg, Assistant Dean:
Happy New Year to everyone in CASSH! We are only one month into the new semester and already much has happened. The first meeting of advisors in the college exceeded my expectations. Not only did everyone get to meet our two new advisors, but the ideas and comments shared by all will prove helpful in working to make advising a more efficient process. I have already begun reaching out to different offices on campus to resolve the issues advisors currently face and hope to share resolutions with you soon. I look forward to meeting more frequently and working together as a group to create a real community of advisors in CASSH. As discussed at the meeting, something to keep in mind as we look toward spring graduation and the summer semester are students approaching the six-year graduation mark. Although departments are currently working on the 2010 cohort, we will soon turn our attention to students who began fall 2011. Progress to degree initiatives are a team effort, and I am glad to lend assistance as we work to guide as many students to degree completion as possible.
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Calling For CASSH Submissions!
Do you have news, events, staff, faculty or students that you would like featured by CASSH?
Please send in your submission to this link. We would like to feature your submissions! For questions or comments, please contact CASSH at cassh@uwf.edu.
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The Data Analytics Lab Now Open
Students in the Department of Government are utilizing technology offered by UWF's Data Analytics Lab. The Data Analytics Lab utilizes Crestron AirMedia technology, providing students with a more innovative, collaborative learning environment than the traditional classroom setting allows.
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Graphic Novelist Inspires Art Students
On Jan. 14, cartoonist, graphic novelist, writer and illustrator Chris Schweizer shared the inspiration and insight into the creative processes that drive his work. Schweizer's Crogan Adventures uses a historical framework as the backdrop for his action adventure stories. Schweizer announced his partnership with work on Disney's upcoming Pirates of the Caribbean comic.
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UWF Hosts Fourteen Schools During Marks Invitational Speech and Debate
January 22-23, fourteen teams and 90 competitors gathered from 14 colleges and universities in the U.S. The schools competed in UWF’s annual Marks Invitational Tournament. Students competed in a total of 229 speech, debate, oral interpretation and slam poetry events. Nine students from UWF’s team participated, including three novice members who joined the team for their first competition. Congratulations to UWF senior competitor Candy Roosa, who placed 5th overall in a Program of Oral Interpretation.
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Rick Scott, Communications Arts instructor, presents the class donation to Jesse Bellenger and Mary Tucker.
Intro to PR Students Give Back
Last semester, Jesse Bellenger and Mary Tucker presented the Gulf Coast Kid’s House with a check in the amount of $150. Based on Bellenger and Tucker's informative and persuasive class presentations, students of last semester’s Intro to Public Relations class chose to donate to the organization. ... Read More.
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UWF advertising student Mariana De Paula works with YEA! participant Ja’tavia Plummer to design a business package for We Exist, Plummer's non-profit organization.
Communication Arts Majors Brand Pace High Students for Success
Participants with Pace High School’s YEA!, Young Entrepreneurs Academy, are learning to “embrace their passions, live their dreams and change the world,” according to the group’s mission statement. Students of Communication Arts Instructor Kirsten Efird’s ADV3213 publication design class are providing support to these young business minds to do just that.
Through YEA!, these high school students are developing entrepreneurial skills through hands-on training. By launching real-life businesses through the program ... Read More.
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Based on the research of Jennifer Knutson, UWF graduate research assistant, and produced by Michael Thomin, coordinator for FPAN's Destination Archaeology Resource Center, Finding Campbell Town uncovers the history of the French Huguenots in British Northwest Florida.
Graduate Student's Research Lays Foundation for the Award Winning Finding Campbell Town
For the second year, Michael Thomin received both First Place and the People’s Choice Award in the 2016 Advisory Council on Underwater Archaeology Photography Competition. In his production, Finding Campbell Town, Thomin features the research work of Jennifer Knutson, UWF graduate research assistant pursuing her master’s degree in historical archaeology.
Thomin is the coordinator for Destination Archaeology Resource Center, a branch of Florida Public Archaeology Network (FPAN) in Northwest Florida. He chose to feature Campbell Town in efforts to increase awareness of the settlement outside of academic settings. According to Thomin, a large portion of the archaeological process is conducted ... Read More.
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UWF Department of Music receives a gift for the Larry Butler Award.
UWF Receives $18,867 from Frank Brown Songwriters Festival for Larry Butler Award
The University of West Florida celebrated a $18,867 donation to the Larry Butler Memorial Music Award on Thursday, Jan. 28 at the UWF Center for Fine and Performing Arts. The new funds are a result of ticket sales and donations from the Nashville Songwriter’s Hall of Fame show as part of the Frank Brown International Songwriters Festival, hosted at UWF in November. ...Read More.
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Photo is courtesy of Karen Ellenberg.
UWF Hosts its 10th All-Steinway Celebration
On January 30th, UWF hosted its 10th annual All-Steinway Celebration. Through a generous gift from Helen Wentworth in 2006, the UWF Department of Music became the second university in Florida to earn the distinction of being an “All-Steinway School.” Eight students performed works by Gershwin, Beethoven, Bach, Brahms, Liszt and Albeniz. Dr. Hedi Salanki-Rubardt, director of chamber music, piano program and harpsichord at UWF, and Blake Riley, assistant professor of collaborative piano, also performed. ... For more on the event, visit WUWF.
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Pottery shards from Luna discovery.
Luna Settlement Discovered
The University of West Florida archaeology program recently identified the archaeological site of the Luna settlement – the first multi-year European settlement in the United States – in a developed neighborhood in Pensacola. The artifacts discovered are evidence of the Spanish settlement by Tristán de Luna y Arellano from 1559 to 1561, the earliest multi-year European colonial settlement ever archaeologically identified in the United States. ... Read More.
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Photo from UWF Newsroom.
UWF Graduate Student Creates Blackwater River Maritime Heritage Trail
University of West Florida | news@uwf.edu
The Blackwater River is teeming with historical treasures, many of them vestiges of the area’s once booming lumber industries.
Take for instance a 4.1-mile stretch that University of West Florida graduate student Ben Wells has exhaustively surveyed. Although only a relatively small sliver of the 58-mile waterway, it is dotted with 13 to 15 different shipwrecks, Wells said. ... Read More.
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Artwork by Casey Jensen, UWF student.
FIELD WORK: Art Project Requires Hours of Detailed Painting
By Brandy Hilboldt Allport • DEC 8, 2015
Ask people to describe clouds, and they usually mention “fluffy,” “soft” and “white.” They might talk about “gray,” but Casey Jensen bets they will not say “brown.” ... Read More.
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Graduate student Maddeline Voas. Photo by Michael Spooneybarger.
UWF Uses 3-D Technology To Recreate History
By Richard Conn • NOV 20, 2015
Hours after the discovery of a new species of human ancestor was announced, Dr. Kristina Killgrove was able to put replicas of bones from the landmark archaeological find in the hands of her students. ... Read More.
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Professor Melds Science & Art To Create New Experiences
By BRANDY HILBOLDT ALLPORT • JAN 21, 2016
Anyone who walked by Professor Thomas Asmuth’s office on the University of West Florida Pensacola Campus recently might have heard intermittent beeps and seen flashes of light as he worked on one of his projects that merges science and art.
Art is often defined as an item produced in a visual form, such as a painting or sculpture. Asmuth, an assistant professor in digital and experimental media, stretches the traditional definition of art, blending disciplines to explore human creative skill and imagination. He embraces the ever-expanding fields of science ... Read More.
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Playing with Death: UWF Professor Allen Josephs Gives Insight into the World of Bullfighting,
Featured in Award-Winning Documentary
Dr. Allen Josephs, professor in the Department of English, was recently quoted in the New York Times for his research of matadors, bullfighting and the Spanish culture. The article referenced an interview recently conducted by True.Ink Magazine. The interview has been featured in GORED, an award-winning documentary produced by MotherLode Films, on the culture of bullfighting. Allen Josephs is a world-renowned Hemingway scholar and professor of literature and Spanish studies.
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CASSH Brags - Have you Heard?
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CASSH Brags!
Faculty and Staff Brags
Congratulations to Jim Jipson, Department of Art professor, for being promoted to full professor.
Congratulations to Dr. William Lees, director of the Florida Public Archaeology Network, for receiving the Charle R. McGimsey III--Hester A. Davis Distinguished Service Award from the Register of Professional Archaeologists .
Mike Thomin received a First Place and Peoples Choice Award in the 2016 Advisory Council on Underwater Archaeology Photography Competition in the video category for Finding Campbell Town.
Student Brags
Congratulations to the following students who have been accepted to participate on UWF's National Advertising Student Competition (NASC) team for 2016. Directed by Sabrina McLaughlin, the interdisciplinary team will compete with a communications campaign submission on behalf of Snapple, the NASC's 2016 client.
UWF Team participants:
Sarah Balducci, communication arts
Katie Butler, graphic design
Lindsay Cribb, communication arts
Sandra Guerrero Gamboa, communication arts
Danny Kaczmarczyk, communication arts
Jennifer Kelly, communication arts
Michelle Le, graphic design
Elizabeth Martin, communication arts
Samuel Meier, marketing
Laura Nardo, communication arts
Larua Quintero, communication arts
Brittany Stephens, communication arts
Paulina Szydlo, communication arts
Congratulations to UWF senior competitor Candy Roosa placed 5th overall in Program of Oral Interpretation.
Congratulations to the following students who participated in the Florida Music Educators Associations's All-State Intercollegiate Band: Christal Gibson, Kevin Fails, Jarrett Watkins, Colin Slavin, Jacob Dearrington, James Fair and Vivienne Boudreaux.
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UWF Music Students Lead the State at Florida Music Educators Association Conference
The UWF Department of Music sent nine instrumentalists and nine vocalists to the annual Florida Music Educators Association Conference from Jan. 13 to 16, 2016. Seven of the instrumentalists took part in the All-State Intercollegiate Band while attending, with two of the students placing first-chair.
Congratulations to the following students who participated in the Intercollegiate Band:
Christal Gibson, bassoon – First Chair
Kevin Fails, horn – First Chair
Jarrett Watkins, trumpet
Colin Slavin, trumpet
Jacob Dearrington, trumpet
James Fair, tuba
Vivienne Boudreaux, percussion
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Dr. William Lees Receives Distinguished Service Award
Dr. William Lees, executive director of the Florida Public Archaeology Network, was recently honored with one of the most prestigious and meaningful awards in the field of archaeology. Awarded by the Register of Professional Archaeologists, the Charles R. McGimsey III – Hester A. Davis Distinguished Service Award is intended to recognize the distinguished service of a Registered Professional Archaeologist.
The Registry recently recognized and honored Lees for service and contributions to the field by stating,
"Through a long career of practicing, teaching, and service to archaeology, Bill Lees has exemplified what it means to be a professional archaeologist. His leadership of major organizations has shaped the discipline of archaeology in the United States and he has been celebrated for his vision and dedication. The Register’s McGimsey-Davis Award is an appropriate and fitting recognition of Bill’s continued commitment to our field and to promoting the value of our discipline to the public."
Congratulations to Dr. William Lees for being selected to receive the the 2015 Charles R. McGimsey III – Hester A. Davis Distinguished Service Award.
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Announcements & Submissions
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15th Annual Women's Studies Conference Call for works - Feb. 12
The deadline for the 15th Annual Women's Studies Conference Call for works is February 12. For more information on submission qualifications, read here, or contact Dr. Kathy Romack at kromack@uwf.edu.
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Dr. Evans' Resource Corner:
Lit. Review Writer's Guide
We discovered it during a New Faculty Development brown-bag lunch with Melissa Gonzalez. Dr. Meredith Martin, new to the Division of Anthropology and Archaeology, noted that she was shocked that her students had no idea what an annotated bibliography was or how to write a literature review. Melissa pointed her to the Library's "Literature Review: Conducting & Writing" page. It provides an overview of the purpose of a literature review, the steps required for conducting a literature review, the Library tools for finding "the literature," the different ways of organizing literature, and the major style guides for citing material appropriately. It even provides students with sample literature reviews for reference.
This month's highlight is the AWESOME literature review guide provided by the UWF Library. From me to you... you're welcome. ~ Jocelyn Evans, CASSH Associate Dean.
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The US Department of Education Offers Funding Opportunities
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Alumni Relations Grants
The UWF Alumni Association Board of Directors established its Alumni Grant program in 1999 to benefit special projects and provide funds to student organizations and faculty for educational opportunities that fulfill the university's mission. For more information contact Alesia Ross at aross@uwf.edu or apply here.
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Graduate Student Researcher Travel Award Program
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