ACTIVITIES
Josette Beaulieu-Grace, Senior Professor of Language, authored an article entitled "We Are the Crossroads: What Direction Shall We Take?" for the Spring 2007 edition of the LaTESOL (Louisiana Association of Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages) Newsletter. The article is an account of efforts by the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) to address needs of students who are non-native speakers of English. In gathering information for this article, Ms. Grace attended NCTE meetings and conferences in Nashville, TN, in November 2006, and New York, NY, in March 2007.
Fr. Thomas Gwozdz, SDB, Ph.D., Malachy Burns Alumni Professor of Philosophy, attended the Bernard Lonergan Workshop scheduled during 17-22 June 2007 at Boston College, in Boston, MA. The workshop focused on Lonergan's legacy, as two of his major works -- Insight and Method in Theology -- celebrate their respective 50th and 35th anniversaries of publication.
Fr. Gwozdz also attended a series of lectures on evolution and intelligent design held in December 2006 as part of the President's Forum on Contemporary Issues and Controversies sponsored by Loyola University in New Orleans. Panelists for the lectures included the theologian John Haught, of Georgetown University; the intelligent design advocate Paul Nelson, of Biola University; and the intelligent design critic Barbara Forrest, of Southeastern Louisiana University.
Financial support for Fr. Gwozdz's activities comes from the Malachy Burns endowed professorship, created by generous donations from alumni of Saint Joseph Seminary College and matching funds from the Louisiana Board of Regents.
Dr. Russ Pottle, Academic Dean and Abbot David Melancon Endowed Professor (Literature) presented a paper entitled "On the Rails: Conversation, Travel, and Allegory in Ernest Hemingway's 'Hills Like White Elephants'" at Viageros y Literatura de Viages: "Tras Sus Huellas," an international conference on travel writing sponsored by the Facultad de Filologia of the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, in Madrid, Spain, in September 2007. The paper is an analysis of Hemingway's short story through allegories of travel and tourism.
Dr. Pottle will be a discussant at a round table entitled "Travels in the American South: Towards a Canon," at the annual conference of the South Atlantic Modern Language Association, scheduled for November 2007 in Atlanta, GA. The round table panel is organized by the International Society for Travel Writing.
Staff of the Rouquette Library, including Bonnie Bess Wood, Director of the Library; Dr. Susan Blalock, Assistant Librarian; and Br. Bede Roselli, presented a poster session entitled "Going Where They Are: User-Centered Design and Delivery" at the Annual Conference of the American Library Association, scheduled during 21-27 June 2007 in Washington, D.C.
The Rouquette Library uses information design principles to produce resources that operate where students' hearts are -- in computer media, such as iTunes -- and streams the information to the users' computers, Ipods and PDAs. The poster session displays and explains the evolution of bibliographic instruction on the Dewey Decimal System from traditional printed texts to computer interactive instruction to podcasts.
Josette Beaulieu-Grace, Senior Professor of Language, authored an article entitled "We Are the Crossroads: What Direction Shall We Take?" for the Spring 2007 edition of the LaTESOL (Louisiana Association of Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages) Newsletter. The article is an account of efforts by the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) to address needs of students who are non-native speakers of English. In gathering information for this article, Ms. Grace attended NCTE meetings and conferences in Nashville, TN, in November 2006, and New York, NY, in March 2007.
Fr. Thomas Gwozdz, SDB, Ph.D., Malachy Burns Alumni Professor of Philosophy, attended the Bernard Lonergan Workshop scheduled during 17-22 June 2007 at Boston College, in Boston, MA. The workshop focused on Lonergan's legacy, as two of his major works -- Insight and Method in Theology -- celebrate their respective 50th and 35th anniversaries of publication.
Fr. Gwozdz also attended a series of lectures on evolution and intelligent design held in December 2006 as part of the President's Forum on Contemporary Issues and Controversies sponsored by Loyola University in New Orleans. Panelists for the lectures included the theologian John Haught, of Georgetown University; the intelligent design advocate Paul Nelson, of Biola University; and the intelligent design critic Barbara Forrest, of Southeastern Louisiana University.
Financial support for Fr. Gwozdz's activities comes from the Malachy Burns endowed professorship, created by generous donations from alumni of Saint Joseph Seminary College and matching funds from the Louisiana Board of Regents.
Dr. Russ Pottle, Academic Dean and Abbot David Melancon Endowed Professor (Literature) presented a paper entitled "On the Rails: Conversation, Travel, and Allegory in Ernest Hemingway's 'Hills Like White Elephants'" at Viageros y Literatura de Viages: "Tras Sus Huellas," an international conference on travel writing sponsored by the Facultad de Filologia of the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, in Madrid, Spain, in September 2007. The paper is an analysis of Hemingway's short story through allegories of travel and tourism.
Dr. Pottle will be a discussant at a round table entitled "Travels in the American South: Towards a Canon," at the annual conference of the South Atlantic Modern Language Association, scheduled for November 2007 in Atlanta, GA. The round table panel is organized by the International Society for Travel Writing.
Staff of the Rouquette Library, including Bonnie Bess Wood, Director of the Library; Dr. Susan Blalock, Assistant Librarian; and Br. Bede Roselli, presented a poster session entitled "Going Where They Are: User-Centered Design and Delivery" at the Annual Conference of the American Library Association, scheduled during 21-27 June 2007 in Washington, D.C.
The Rouquette Library uses information design principles to produce resources that operate where students' hearts are -- in computer media, such as iTunes -- and streams the information to the users' computers, Ipods and PDAs. The poster session displays and explains the evolution of bibliographic instruction on the Dewey Decimal System from traditional printed texts to computer interactive instruction to podcasts.