Campus News Network — May 15, 2001

Page	Title	Summary
1	Elmer to head Admissions and Career Center	Clark Elmer will serve as interim director of the Career Center, replacing Muriel Stone who retired May 9.
1	Budget update	A budget was passed by the legislature but the Governor may still veto it.
1	UNI to present community forum on quality of early childhood education	President Koob will moderate the first forum of "Envisioning Iowa's future."
2	UNI in the news	Faculty and programs of UNI are featured in various newspapers.
2	Online employee suggestion system	State employees can make suggestions through the Reconnecting Iowans Web site.
	Lynn Dykstra, Sharlene Morgan, Bev Schomaker, and Sue Watkins	Received awards for their publications.
	Rheta DeVries	Received honors from the University of Houston.
	Kenneth Atkinson	Received an award from the UNI Department of Military Science.
	Daya Shankar	Received an award from the Iowa American Association of University Women.
	Dr. Mingshui Cai	Will be co-authoring a column on children's literature.
	Charline Barnes	Will be serving as chair of the International Reading Association Teacher as Researcher Committee for the third year.
	Barbara Safford	Will review reference projects for a publisher.
	Chris Denison	Continues to consult with the NIRSA aquatics committee.
	Linda Fitzgerald and Judy Finkelstein	Presented at a conference for the education of young children.
	Barbara O'Donnell	Made a presentation to talented and gifted educators.
	Michelle Swanson	Delivered a presentation on team building.
	Charline Barnes	Presented at the African American Studies Conference.
	Chris Denison	Co-authored materials, co-facilitated a roundtable, and co-presented at the National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association conference.
	Andy Martin	Will co-chair the National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association Outdoor Recreation Symposium.
	Kenneth Atkinson	Presented a paper on the Dead Sea Scrolls and Queen Salone Alexandra and also spoke about his discovery of a temple in Israel.
	Roberto Clemente and Angela Clark-Hanify	Presented a programs and papers on immigrants from Bosnia and Kosovo.
	Roberto Clemente, Paula Gilroy, and Jennifer Murra	Presented a paper on personality disorders.
	Roberto Clemente	Was part of a panel on fathering and manhood.
	Daya Shankar	Published article on health education programming.
	Dennis Schmidt	Co-authored an article for tax professionals
	Roberto Clemente	Will have an article on reducing youth violence published.
	Mary Herring	Presented at the Casting Congress.