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Doors open at Dalton State East...
Pressed into service ahead of schedule to accommodate fall
semester classes, the College’s newest building, Dalton State
East, is located on Dalton’s north by-pass adjacent to the
Whitfield County Career Academy and includes a soaring
lobby, nine light-filled classrooms, one computer lab, one
general purpose lab, and fourteen faculty/staff offices.
September 2010 Birthdays
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21 22 23 24 25 27 Paul Fonstad
Sharon Beavers
Regina Ray
Richard Jackson
Lynn Morse
Elicia Walker
Rosemarie Barkus
Laura Rose
Jim Coleman
Ashish Shaukat Jiwani
Kristen Wentworth
Dick Hennier
Jodi Johnson
Ray Carroll
Lee Ann Cline
Cecil Cooper
Mike Hoff
Tom Gonzalez
Lizabeth Austen-Jaggard
Nick Henry
Crystal Edenfield
Kerri Allen
Holly Woods
Kristi Casey-Hart
Charlsie Sexton
Tony Simones
Larry Cooper
Katrina Autry
Heather Shores
Shannon Veve
Birthday Spotlight
Dalton State Awarded Adult Education Mini-Grant
Dalton State’s Adult Education Program was recently awarded an adult education
mini-grant in the amount of $5,501 by the Technical College System of Georgia.
Congratulations to Director Sherry Riley and the entire Adult Education staff!
Director of Residence Life
and Judicial Affairs
Constitution Day
How long have you worked here?
Just over a year. I started in June of 2009.
Thursday, September 16 • 7:30 – 9 pm • Goodroe Auditorium
Celebrate Constitution Day with a presentation by Dr. Anthony Simones!
If you are offended by candid conversations, please do not attend.
Please do not bring children.
Kristen Wentworth
What are your responsibilities?
I oversee everything related to on-campus
housing–staff training and supervision,
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CAMPUS WATCH
Dr. Clay
The August 2010 issue of Mathematics Teacher includes an article entitled “Volume of the Frustum
Generalized” by Dr. Robert Clay, Associate Professor of Mathematics. The article generalizes a work
by Dr. Javad H. Zadeh, Assistant Professor of Mathematics, published previously in the September
2008 issue of Mathematics Teacher entitled “Egyptian Geometry.” In addition, reflecting the connection between mathematics and music, the University of Pittsburgh Center for American Music recently
accepted six of Dr. Clay’s musical arrangements, including selections like “Jeanie with the Light Brown
Hair” and “Massa’s in De Cold, Cold Ground” for the Stephen Foster Memorial Collection, where they
may be accessed by performers and scholars from all over the world.
Dr. Nielsen
Sesquicentennial Endowed Chair and Professor of Management Dr. Marilyn Helms and Dr. Richard
C. Becherer of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga were granted U.S. State Department approval
to study entrepreneurship in Cuba during July. Their four-day visit served as a subject for Dr. Helms’
column in the Dalton Daily Citizen and was covered by the Chattanooga Times Free Press. In addition,
Dr. Helms’ manuscript entitled “Student Expectations of Technology-Enhanced Pedagogy: A Ten-Year
Comparison” written with coauthors M. J. Jackson, W. Jackson, and J. Gum has been accepted for
publication in the Journal of Education for Business.
Dr. Charles D. Johnson, Dean of the School of Technology, had an article entitled “Navigating the
Multilingual Workplace” published in the September/October 2010 issue of Dalton Magazine.
Dr. Helms
At the invitation of the Korea Institution and Economics Association (KIEA), Dr. Harold Jones
traveled to South Korea in August to present a paper entitled “Ideology, Character, and Progress” at
the second annual National Institutions and Effectiveness Conference which was held in Seoul. Dr.
Jones, whose invitation was initiated by recognition for his book Personal Character and National
Destiny, joined approximately 50 other presenters from around the world for the event. “It was an
honor and a pleasure to participate in this conference,” said Dr. Jones. “I spent a year in Korea 35
years ago, when I was in the Army, and it was great fun to see Korea once again. The changes are
breath-taking.” Also, in July, Dr. Jones traveled to Fort Rucker, Alabama, to lecture on his book in
classes conducted there by Troy State University.
Dr. Price
“Teaching Matters, But So Do Perceptions: Top 10 Mistakes New and Not-So-New Faculty Should
Avoid” by Dr. Mary Neilsen, Dean of the School of Liberal Arts, was published in What We Teach:
A Collection of Papers Presented at the Eighth Annual Teaching Matters Conference, July 2010.
Dr. Johnson
Dr. Jones
Professor of Psychology Dr. Christy Price has had three articles published: “Solutions for Student
Incivility” was published in August in The Teaching Professor, a national publication that focuses on
innovative strategies, techniques, and approaches for facilitating learning in higher education; her review
of Michael Harris’s and Roxanne Cullen’s book Leading the Learner-Centered Campus: An Administrator’s
Framework for Improving Student Learning Outcomes was published in the August issue of The Journal
of Learning Communities Research; and “Why Don’t My Students Think I’m Groovy? The New Rs for
Engaging Millennial Learners” was published in What We Teach: A Collection of Papers Presented at the
Eighth Annual Teaching Matters Conference, July 2010. In addition, Dr. Price conducted faculty
development workshops on her Millennial learner research at Georgia Southern University on
August 10 and at Georgia Perimeter College on August 13.
Dr. Jack Waskey, Professor of Social Science, contributed eight entries to the new Encyclopedia of
Nanotechnology and Society by Sage Press: “Center on Nanotechnology and Society (Nano & Society
at Kent School of Law)”; “Nanotechnology Engagement Group (Involve)”; “Nanotechnology Issues
Dialogue Group (UK)”; “National Center for Learning and Teaching”; “Nanotechnology: The Power
of Small (TV Show)”; “National Nanotechnology Panel (NNAP)”; “Laboratory Animals and
Nanotechnology”; “Public Well-Being.” Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Society. Edited by David
Guston. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2010.
Dr. Waskey
Dr. Zadeh
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Dr. Larry Cooper, Associate
Professor of Education, was recently
inducted into the Luke Garrett
Middle School Hall of Fame. Dr.
Cooper was an administrator and
principal at the school for 13 years.
During Dr. Cooper’s tenure,
Garrett Middle School, which is
located in Austell, Georgia, was
named a National School of
Excellence and selected to be a
National Demonstration Center
for teaching Physical Education.
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programming, facilities issues, recruitment, assignments, mediation of
student issues, planning for growth and expansion, etc., as well as all of
the student conduct issues on campus.
What do you like best about your job? Strange as this may sound, I
really like the discipline aspect when I get to help a student who has made
bad decisions or gotten into trouble learn from these and get his or her life
back on track.
What do people on campus not know about what you do?
I live where I work and am more or less on-call 24 hours a day.
What is your age on this birthday? I’m proud to be turning 35.
Help build the Dalton State hiking trails!
Construction is underway in the forest behind the campus
and volunteers are needed.
Get some exercise and have some fun!
Fall Work Day Schedule:
Fridays • 8:30 to Noon
September 17
October 1
October 15
December 3
Saturdays • 8:30 to Noon
November 13
December 11
Bring sturdy shoes or boots, gloves, drinking water,
and a respect for yellow jackets.
Meet on George Rice Drive at the service drive
just south of the parking deck.
Questions? Contact John Lugthart @
[email protected]
TRANSITIONS
Welcome to
Ashley Baugh, Bursar
Angela Keener, Custodial Services
Jia Min, Lecturer, Humanties
Nicholas Nichols, Police Officer
Lori Rich, Human Resources
Amanda Smith
Laboratory Professional
Where did you grow up and where have you lived?
I was born and raised in Concord, New Hampshire; moved to Fort
Collins, Colorado, for school in 1995 and lived there for seven years.
Following this, I lived and worked at Penn State in State College,
Pennsylvania, for four years and then in Ames, Iowa, for three years.
Whom do you call family?
In addition to my biological family–mom, dad, sister and the world’s best
niece and nephews (Julia, 10; Matthew, 8; and Andrew, 5), I’ve been fortunate to have a few very close friends and mentors who I consider family,
as well. Among these are my very best friend, Josh, who lives in California,
and my trainer/coach, Mary Ann, who has helped me to lose almost 100
pounds over the past nine months.
What do you like to do in your spare time? I am a health and fitness
nut, and I love the outdoors! I also have two four-legged, furry children–
a four year-old yellow lab named Jake and a two year-old chocolate lab
named Miley–who provide endless entertainment!
That of which you are most proud? Two things. First, during my last
year at Penn State University, I completed a 48-hour dance marathon
(no sitting/no sleeping!) for pediatric cancer research. Second and more
recently, I have lost close to 100 pounds (95 as of today!!!) since December
1st of last year. During this time, I have embraced a new lifestyle of health
and fitness that I hope to share with others. I am in the process of becoming certified as an indoor cycling/spin instructor, and I will be running my
first half-marathon here in Dalton on October 16th.
What words of wisdom would you give to students?
Step outside of your comfort zone every now and then and try something
new. There are so many fantastic opportunties for you in college, and the
time goes by faster than you could ever imagine. Get involved and make
your time here count!
If you were stranded on a desert island and could only have one item,
what would it be? Coffee.
When I retire, I will...? Open an in-home doggie daycare!
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FINE ARTS and LECTURE SERIES EVENTS FOR FALL 2010
Sponsored by the Office of Student Activities
INMAN MAJORS
Author of
The Millionaires, Wonderdog,
and Swimming in the Sky
Wednesday, September 15
7:30 pm • Goodroe Auditorium
A professor of English at James Madison
University in Virginia, Inman Majors is
the author of three novels and numerous
poems and scholarly articles. An instructor
of creative and advanced fiction writing,
his highly-acclaimed, satiric novel
Wonderdog falls into the unofficial cannon
of “loser lit” fiction, a genre that features
protagonists who are self-destructive
malcontents. Wonderdog protagonist
Dev Degraw perfectly fits that stereotype:
as a recently divorced father, a miserable
lawyer, and a former child actor of a failed
TV series, Dev, whose father is governor
of Alabama, is asked to “clean up his act,”
with hilarious consequences.
Majors, a graduate of Vanderbilt
University and the University of Alabama,
will talk about the craft of writing fiction.
OGYA
World Music Band
Friday, October 1
7:00 p.m.
Goodroe Auditorium
Known for its capability of performing
any genre of music, the OGYA World
Music Band delights listeners with a
repertoire that includes Reggae, Calypso,
Latin, Jazz, Funk, Rock & Roll,
African Traditional and Contemporary,
Blues, Bluegrass, and Country.
OGYA, which means “Fire,” is a spirited
regional eight-member band that travels
throughout the southeast and beyond with
the goal of “making people happy and
bringing joy to the world.”
OGYA was formed by Kofi and Rebekah
Mawuko in 2004 and had its official debut
during the 2006 Riverbend Festival in
Chattanooga, where concert-goers were
overheard commenting
“I couldn’t stop smiling” and
“This is happy, inspiring music.”
SHARYN McCRUMB
New York Times Best-Selling Author
of
She Walks These Hills and
The Rosewood Casket
Tuesday, November 9
7:30 pm • Goodroe Auditorium
Best known for her Appalachian
“Ballad” novels, Sharyn McCrumb has
earned the Dykeman Award for Regional
Historical Literature, the Chaffin Award
for Achievement in Southern Literature,
and the Appalachian Writers Association
Outstanding Contribution to
Appalachian Literature Award.
Both She Walks These Hills and The
Rosewood Casket deal with vanishing
wilderness in the mountains of East
Tennessee and North Carolina. The
Ballad of Frankie Silver tells the story of
the first woman hanged for murder in
North Carolina; The Songcatcher is a
genealogy in music; and Ghost Riders
is an account of the Civil War in
the Appalachians.
All events are FREE and open to the public.
Seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis.