Faculty Development Newsletter December 2002

Marilyn Antunes (Mathematics), together with Randy Dean (Admissions & Student Development), attended a conference at the University of Richmond for directors of the summer Gear-Up program.

Mary Gurnick (Chemistry) participated in a seminar on Microchip Applications of Capillary Electrophoresis at the University of Virginia, where application of small-scale capillary electrophoresis to the separation and measurement of pharmaceutical metabolites in living mammals was discussed.

Tom Milton (Biology) and Lee Woodruff (Biology) attended seminars at the University of Richmond on November 4 and November 25, the first on “Genetic Counseling in Clinical Practice” and the second on “Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents: A Shrimp's-Eye View.” In addition, on November 11, Tom went to the University of Richmond for a biology seminar on “The On-Off Control of Firefly Flashing.”

Alenka Hlousek-Radojcic (Biology) organized the campus-wide collection of yogurt lids so that RBC students, faculty, administration and staff were able to donate $199 to the Susan B. Komen Foundation through Yoplait’s "Save Lids to Save Lives" program.

Charlotte Rhodes (Physical Education & Wellness) attended an AARP Triump Classic Triathalon in St. Petersburg, Florida and placed third in her age group. In preparation, she took classes for 8 weeks, learning information and tips she has been able to share with students and colleagues interested in competing in such events.

Leslie S. Thysell (Accounting) attended the Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants’ educators’ student recruitment conference in October to train CPA-educators to speak to high school and two-year college students about the accounting profession.

In November, he served as a principles-of-accounting education focus-group participant, helping determine what topics should be added or deleted from first-year accounting courses and how much coverage should be given to them.

In November, he also attended the College of William and Mary's School of Law's Annual Tax Conference, geared to providing lawyers, CPA's and accounting educators with updates on the latest developments in tax law and related accounting issues.

Dan Zelinski (Philosophy/Religion) participated this past fall term in a graduate-level Seminar, "Religion and Culture Workshop," hosted by the Center for the Study of Religion at Princeton University, where he is based this semester. (The seminar will continue in the Spring).

Additionally, he worked with Professor Christian Wildberg to prepare the graduate seminar "CLA 526/REL 510: The Moral Mystic," which they will co-instruct at Princeton next semester, and a conference that university will host on the same topic on May 17 & 18. The conference will include presentations by eminent scholars of Christian, Jewish, Islamic, Hindu, and Buddhist mysticism.