Monday, November 13, 2006

Today’s Response
Middle Tennessee State University

Techonomics

Dr. H. Lee Martin, managing partner of Clarity Resources, will lecture on “Technonomics: Understanding the Sources of Global Change,” at 3 p.m. TODAY in Room 106 of the Paul W. Martin Sr. Honors Building. TVA Chairman Bill Baxter says, “The principles of techonomics will give you and your company or organization a competitive advantage.” Martin, a former Oak Ridge National Laboratory development engineer, is the co-founder of iPIX, a technolgy that has many applications, including virtual tours used in the real estate industry. He holds 20 U.S. patents in the fields of robotics, image processing and electric vehicles.

For more information, contact the University Honors College at 615-898-2152 or the Jennings A. Jones College of Business at 615-898-2764.

You’ll just flip!

Watch a demonstration of the new Thunder Virtual Flipchart System at MTSU TODAY from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. in Room 218 of the Paul W. Martin Sr. Honors Building. You’ll see a teaching and learning enhancement tool to improve classroom interaction among students and interaction between interior and exterior learning groups. “MTSU is on the cutting edge of advanced technology for education, and Thunder will enable MTSU’s faculty and staff to continue this tradition with the breakthrough communication capabilities of Thunder,” Mike Dunn, PolyVision CEO, says. Slated to be on hand will be Cingular Wireless CEO Jim Thorpe, PolyVision Executive Vice President for Global Sales Ian Hutchinson and Dr. Sidney A. McPhee, MTSU President.

Contact Barbara Draude at 615-904-8383.

Securing the Future

Environmental awareness is the theme of “Securing the Future: Global Warming, Oil Dependence, and You” TODAY through WEDNESDAY. Students are being asked to walk, bike or carpool to school on the days of the event. Today and tomorrow students may make pledges to do something environmentally friendly at booths located in front of the Keathley University Center (KUC) from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. In exchange, those who pledge will receive green ribbons to tie around their fingers as a sign of support. Three faculty experts will conduct a panel discussion on “Securing the Future” at 7 p.m. WEDNESDAY in the State Farm Lecture Hall of the Business Aerospace Building. This event is sponsored by Americans for Informed Democracy.

Contact Angie Feeney, AID president, at amf3g@mtsu.edu

TR EXTRA

A WHOLE NEW WORLD--Your children can be transported to Japan, China and Indonesia without flight reservations. A new exhibit at the Discovery Center enables youngsters to play dress-up with sarongs and kimonos, view animated superhero Astro Boy or learn about Japanese folklore on a 20-inch DVD player, construct their own colorful kites, make origami figures, work challenging tangram puzzles, stage their own hand puppet theatre and hold Japanese tea parties. The interactive exhibit is made possible by generous donations from Toshiba, Nissan, the Foreign Ministry of Japan and the Japan-U.S. Program of MTSU. The Discovery Center is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Saturday and from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday. Admission is $5 for anyone age 2 and up. Contact Steve Hoskins at the Discovery Center, 502 SE Broad Street, Murfreesboro, at 615-890-2300.

CHICKS AND DUCKS AND GEESE BETTER SCURRY!--Curley, the handsome cowboy, and Jud, the hired farmhand, compete for the affection of the beautiful but hard-to-get Laurey. The plot is familiar to all fans of the American musical theatre. It’s “Oklahoma!,” Rodgers and Hammerstein’s classic creation, as performed by MTSU students as part of the CenterStage Series. “It’s energetic entertainment perfect for the family, but most of all it is important that our students are introduced to a show that has greatly impacted the theater industry,” Dale E. McGilliard, professor of speech and theatre, says. “Oklahoma!” will run at Tucker Theatre at 7:30 each night Nov. 15-18. Tickets range from $4 to $8 and may be purchased at the door on the evening of the desired performance. For more information, call 615-494-8810, or visit the Department of Speech and Theatre’s Web site at http://www.mtsu.edu/~theatre.