Entries from September 2008

September 26, 2008

Steffanell Publishes Article in Romance Quarterly

Alexander Steffanell recently published an article in the Romance Quarterly, a scholarly journal from the University of Kentucky Foreign Languages department.  The article is entitled, “Violencia sexual y la construccion del otro: el caso de la madre Castillo, una mistica del Nuevo Reino de Granada.”  Steffanell presented the article as a paper (a chapter from [...]

September 24, 2008

Karen Mundy Attends Salzburg Seminar

Karen Mundy went to the Salzburg Global Seminar in Austria from September 7-12.  The topic of the seminar was “Peace-Making and Peace-Building: Securing the Contributions of Women and Civil Society.”  The Mellon Foundation provided funding for the trip.  
The conference mostly focused on Resolution 1325, adopted by the United Nations Security Council in October of [...]

September 22, 2008

Grant Henley Attends Chicago Conference

Grant Henley attended a workshop in Chicago sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of German the weekend of September 12.  The workshop was put on by a task force appointed to examine program models to increase enrollment in college and high school German classes.  The task force, entitled “Sustaining the Momentum”, was hosted by [...]

September 22, 2008

Evans and Lay Participate in Program Meeting in Nashville

Dr. Steven Lay and Dr. Johnny Evans recently attended a meeting in Nashville hosted by the board of directors of Edvantia, a funding agency, related to the grant Lee University received last year in the math and physics education program.  At the meeting, Edvantia showcased five of their grant programs across the state of Tennessee, [...]