• JODY RAMBO, adjunct instructor of English, will give a poetry reading on Nov. 11 during an English department colloquium.
• NANCY MCHUGH, associate professor of philosophy and director of women's studies, will give a talk titled "Telling Her Own Truth: June Jordan, Black English and the Epistemology of Ignorance" at a colloquium cosponsored by women's studies and African studies on Nov. 17.
• LEO YIP, East Asian Studies teaching fellow, will give a talk titled "Intercultural Theatre within Asia: Representing China in Japanese Noh Theatre" at an East Asian Studies colloquium on Nov. 18.
• CAROLYN PERKINS, associate vice-president of student development and dean of students, spoke on "Student Development Issues for First-Year Students" at the WittSems Faculty Lunch on Nov. 4.
• MARY JO GROVES M.D., university physician, gave a presentation titled "AIDS and STDS: Sexual Awareness" on Nov. 4 as part of Student Senate's Sexual Awareness Week.
• KRISTEN COLLIER, director of community service, supervised and worked alongside 20 student volunteers during Make a Difference Day, Oct. 30. Now in its 14th year, Make a Difference Day has created an international day of celebrating service throughout thousands of communities. The Wittenberg volunteers painted the interior of a transitional home for Interfaith Hospitality, an organization that assists homeless women and children in Springfield.
• STACI RHINE, associate professor of political science, was interviewed for an article titled "Down to the Wire" that ran in the Springfield News-Sun Oct. 31. Rhine's current research interests involve studying the media's effect on political knowledge and participation, and in patterns of media consumption and their effect on citizenship.
• SHI-MING LI CHANG, associate professor of theatre and dance, will direct the Annual Fall Dance Concert, Thursday-Sunday, Nov. 4-7.
• MICHAEL MCCLELLAND, assistant professor of English, is the author of best-selling novel Oyster Blues, which has been selected by the Wittenberg Book Club for discussion at its December meeting.
• ROB BAKER, professor of political science, wrote an OP-Ed titled "Time to Reconsider Electoral College" that appeared in the Springfield News-Sun on Oct. 31. Baker teaches American National Government, State and Local Government, and Urban Politics classes. He has also served as a guest election night analyst on local radio.
• THOMAS TAYLOR, professor of history, was quoted in two recent articles in the Springfield News-Sun. The articles included information about the election of 1876, Reconstruction and the Jim Crowe laws. Taylor, an expert of American intellectual history, is the current president of the Ohio Academy of History and the recipient of its 2001 Outstanding Teaching Award.
• KEVIN SALZMAN, assistant professor of art, currently has artwork on display in an invitational exhibition titled "Common Wounds" at the International Center of Bethlehem, Israel. His digital imagery is also included in "20/20," an invitational exhibition featuring 20 regional artists at Capital University's Schumacher Gallery in Columbus, Ohio, which will be on display Oct. 29 - Dec. 10.
