Thursday, February 6, 2009

Today’s Response
Middle Tennessee State University

Y’all come back now, you hear?

The MTSU Department of Art’s Gallery at Todd Hall presents “Revisited,” an exhibit featuring the collective works of four of its retired faculty members, through Friday, Feb. 20. The artists whose work is being showcased are Ollie Fancher, who taught graphic design and drawing; Jim Gibson, sculpture; Klaus Kallenberger, jewelry; and David LeDoux, painting. Eric Snyder, gallery curator, says these individuals “contributed a great deal to the Department of Art’s program and curriculum and have been asked to return to MTSU in honor of their hard work.” The gallery is open from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays and is closed on all state holidays. Admission is always free and exhibits are open to the public.

For more information, contact Snyder at 615-898-5653.
esnyder@mtsu.edu

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The Fox Reading Conference for Professional Development is slated for 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. CST tomorrow, Feb. 7, in Room S102 of MTSU’s Business and Aerospace Building. The featured speaker will be Susan L. Hall, Ed.D., educational consultant and trainer and president of 95 Percent Group, Inc. Hall is the author of I’ve DIBEL’d, Now What? and Implementing Response to Intervention: A Principal’s Guide. Teachers and students in Bedford, Cannon, Coffee, Franklin, Grundy, Lincoln, Marshall, Moore and Warren counties in Tennessee may view programs via satellite in their counties. The Webcast will be available at http://www.mtsu.edu/~itsc. This conference is sponsored by the Tom and Elizabeth Fox Endowment for Reading.

For more information, go to http://dyslexia.mtsu.edu.

Bucks abroad

What impact is the anemic economy having on Tennessee exports? In the Winter 2009 edition of Global Commerce, Dr. Steven Livingston writes that the state’s foreign sales in the third quarter were up nearly $700 million from a year ago. However, Tennessee still trails the rest of the nation. Livingston says, “Exports were strongest outside of North America and among those industries best able to benefit from the weaker dollar that characterized the first half of the year. Exports to Canada and Mexico were not as strong, in large part because they are concentrated in the automotive and computer sectors where the state has been having its problems over the past two years. Sales in Canada were up but by only $55 million, less than a 4 percent gain.”

Contact Livingston at 615-898-2720.
slivings@mtsu.edu

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MISSISSIPPI MUSINGS--Author and poet Beth Ann Fennelly and MTSU students will be featured in a poetry reading that will be open to the public at 4 p.m. today, Feb. 6, in Room 106 of the Paul W. Martin Sr. Honors Building. A book signing with Fennelly and a reception, which are open to the public, will follow the poetry reading. Fennelly has published three books of poetry—Unmentionables (Norton, 2008), Tender Hooks (Norton, 2004) and Open House (Zoo Press, 2002)—and a book of letters, Great with Child (Norton, 2007). Her poems have appeared in Best American Poetry 2005 and Best American Poetry 2006. Fennelly lives in Oxford, Miss., and is an assistant professor of English at the University of Mississippi. For more information, contact Dr. Claudia Barnett at 615-898-2887 or cbarnett@mtsu.edu.

PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION--Baldwin Photographic Gallery is displaying an exhibit fearing photographs by Jim Stone, whose work has been exhibited and published internationally and is represented in the permanent collections of major museums. Stone has written or co-authored several books that are used as textbooks, and he currently teaches in the Department of Art and Art History at the University of New Mexico. Stone will deliver a lecture at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 9, in Room 221 of MTSU’s Learning Resources Center with a reception to follow in the gallery. Hours for gallery viewing are Mon.-Fri. 8-4:30 p.m., Saturday from 12-4 p.m., and Sunday from 6-9:45 p.m. Exhibitions are free and open to the public. For more information, call 615-898-2085.

SEEING RED--Support the fight against heart disease in women by wearing red on National Wear Red Day, today, Feb. 6. The June Anderson Women’s Center will distribute red ribbons and educational information in the lobby of the Keathley University Center from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. For more information, call the Women’s Center at 615-898-2913.

STIMULUS PACKAGE—On Tuesday, Feb. 10, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Tennessee State Fairgrounds in Nashville, MTSU will partner with 15 area universities to host the College to Career Fair and Teacher Recruitment Fair. More than 120 employers will be recruiting for various full-time, degreed positions. A free ticket is required and a limited number are available at the Career Development Center in Room 328 of the Keathley University Center. Contact the Career Development Center at 615-898-2500 or career@mtsu.edu.

THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE HOME.--To help students dealing with high prices and tight budgets, the MTSU Off-Campus Housing Web site will waive its $25 fee for posting notices of apartments to be sublet effective immediately. The Web site (www.mtsuoffcampus.com) was created in November 2007 by the Office of Off-Campus Student Services in cooperation with Off-Campus Partners, a Virginia-based company providing services to nearly 30 universities. Property managers pay fees to post information such as location, price and type about apartments, condominiums and houses for rent and for sale. To make it easier for students to cut transportation costs, the Web site also features Carpool Central, a message board for people seeking rides to and from school; Ride Board, for rides wherever they want to go out of town; and a Roommate Matching message board. For more information, contact the Office of Off-Campus Student Services at 615-898-5989 or ocss@mtsu.edu.