Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Today’s Response
Middle Tennessee State University

Explore the war

After two excursions to the South Pacific to expose students to some of the critical sites of World War II, an MTSU historian prepares to embark on a tour of some of the pivotal sites of the European Theater of Operations for his “Warfare and Public Memory in Western Europe” class (HIST 3070). Dr. Derek Frisby, associate professor of history, will escort students across the continent May 19-June 3, 2011, in tracing the war’s “Great Crusade.” The 16-day tour will include an examination of Normandy; Bastogne; Dachau; Operation Market Garden, a campaign fought in Germany and the Netherlands; and the “Eagle’s Nest,” Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler’s retreat in the mountains above Berchtesgarden. Students also will follow the route of the 101st Airborne Division’s “Band of Brothers.” Tours of Omaha and Utah beaches, Arnhem and the “Battle of the Bulge” site are on the itinerary, as well as the Bayeaux Tapestry, Paris, Verdun and Waterloo.

For more information, contact Frisby at 615-904-8097.
dfrisby@mtsu.edu
Financial aid is available. Apply as soon as possible. Contact the Office of Education Abroad and Student Exchange (MT Abroad) at 615-898-5179.
mtabroad@mtsu.edu

Happy holidays

It’s time again for “Operation Christmas Care,” the project that sends holiday cheer to wounded warriors. The service, which was started in 2006 by Lee Ann Newton, executive aide for the Tennessee Mathematics, Science and Technology Education Center, has sent more than 20,000 Christmas cards to hospitalized military personnel. “Unfortunately, our soldiers’ individual support systems often dwindle after the life-threatening danger has passed,” says Norton, “and yet their painful daily regiment toward recovery continues. E-mails are nice, and they’re appreciated, but a colorful card or letter with a heartfelt message of support and encouragement can beam from the walls of their hospital rooms until they leave.”

Contact Newton at 615-904-8573.
lnewton@mtsu.edu

Green is the color of money.

Will green jobs be the salvation of the American economy? In the latest edition of Tennessee’s Business, a publication of MTSU’s Business and Economic Research Center, Dr. Jim Burton, dean of the Jennings A. Jones College of Business, writes, “I don’t know if green is a trillion-dollar industry or even an industry or if there is a revolution. This may be hyperbole. But I think the Urban Green Partnership may be at least partially right. That ‘the design, commercialization and use of processes and products’ must be ‘feasible and economical’ has always been a key to success. If you add reducing pollution and minimizing risk, you have a winner and might just get a significant piece of this supposed trillion-dollar pie.”

Contact Burton at 615-898-2764.
eburton@mtsu.edu

TR EXTRA

SURVEY SAYS?--Dr. Ken Blake, director of the MTSU Poll, and Dr. Jason Reineke, associate director of the poll, will be guests on “OpenLine” on NewsChannel5+ from 7-8 p.m. Central time tomorrow, Oct. 14. Blake and Reineke also are slated to be on “This Week with Bob Mueller” on WKRN-TV (Channel 2) at 9 a.m. Central time on Sunday, Oct. 17. The fall MTSU Poll, which is slated for release this week, will focus on measuring Tennesseans’ attitudes toward Muslims, the Tennessee governor’s race, the Tea Party movement, and gun laws and ownership, among other issues. For more information, contact Blake at 615-210-6187 or Reineke at 615-494-7746.

CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?--As a free community service during National Audiology Awareness Month, MTSU undergraduate communication disorders majors will test the hearing of students at John Pittard Elementary School, 745 DeJarnette Lane in Murfreesboro, from 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 15. Using seven portable audiometers, the MTSU students will document the responses of children in second, fourth and sixth grades, as well as kindergarten. The youngsters will don headphones and raise their hands if they hear the tones emitted through the audiometers. In addition, the student clinicians will use two tympanometers to test for middle ear disease. Media welcomed. For more information, contact Elizabeth Smith at 615-898-2662 or elsmith@mtsu.edu.

FOR THE BEAUTY OF THE EARTH--As part of Earth Science Week. today, Oct. 13, from 3:30-4:15 p.m., Dr. Mark Abolins, associate professor of geosciences, will talk about “Urban Growth near Mobile Bay, Alabama: The ‘Other’ Threat to Gulf Coast Wetlands” in Room 452 of Kirksey Old Main. Tomorrow, Oct. 14, Bob Sneed, Chief of the Water Management Section, Nashville District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, will talk about the May 1-2 Middle Tennessee flood from 6-7 p.m., again in KOM 452. All Earth Science Week 2010 events, including a catered barbeque dinner at the MTSU Mineral, Gem and Fossil Museum, 122 Ezell Hall, following Sneed’s lecture, are free and open to the public. For more information, contact Abolins at 615-594-4210 or mabolins@mtsu.edu.

WHY CAN’T JOHNNY READ?--A dyslexia information forum is scheduled for parents, teachers and other interested individual from 6:25-8:00 p.m. for tomorrow, Oct. 14, on the second floor of the Linebaugh Public Library, 105 W. Vine St. in Murfreesboro. A panel of local teachers and personnel from Murfreesboro City Schools, along with school psychologists, professors and staff from the MTSU Department of Psychology and the Tennessee Center for the Study and Treatment of Dyslexia will provide information about the learning disorder and will respond to questions from participants. The forum is being held in recognition of Dyslexia Awareness Month as designated by the International Dyslexia Association. For more information, contact Janet Camp at 615-896-5987 or jccamp41@comcast.net.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK/A WONDERFUL TOWN—MTSU’s Baldwin Photographic Gallery is proud to play host to “New York, September 11” by world-renowned photographic cooperative Magnum Photos through Oct. 18. This stunning exhibition of 39 rare photographs began touring the nation five years after the terrorist attacks on the United States. These pictures capture images as they happened—many from an intimate, street-level perspective. Also included are beautiful photos of the World Trade Center twin towers before their fall. The Baldwin Gallery is in the McWherter Learning Resources Center. Exhibitions are free and open to the public. Hours are Monday through Friday from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. and on Saturday from 12-4 p.m.

FUN AND GAMES—MTSU Student Programming will present Videogame Night from 4-7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 15, on the second floor of the Keathley University Center and Karaoke Night at 10 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 17, at the Cyber Café. For more information, contact Jenni McCray, Chair of Distribution, at mtdistribute@gmail.com or jlm7k@mtmail.mtsu.edu.

NUTS TO YOU--This is the final week to order Georgia pecans from ASCE. Three sizes are available this year: small pieces, medium pieces, and halves. Each size is $7 per pound. All orders and money must be submitted by noon on Friday, Oct. 15. For more information, contact Pansey Carter at 615-898-2508 or pcarter@mtsu.edu.

THE HUMAN TOUCH--The MTSU Department of Human Sciences will celebrate “100 Years of Human Sciences” at an open house from 3-6 p.m. tomorrow, Oct. 14, at the Ellington Human Sciences Building and Annex, 2623 Middle Tennessee Blvd. This event will feature interactive cooking demonstrations, student displays and a pumpkin-carving contest, among other activities. Human Sciences includes Textiles, Merchandising and Design; Family and Consumer Studies; Nutrition and Food Sciences; and Interior Design. For more information, contact the department at 615-898-2884.

GETTING YOUR CAREER ON TRACK---The MTSU Career Development Center will host its fall 2010 Career Fair from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. today, Oct. 13, on the track in Murphy Center. More than 90 organizations are registered to attend. More than 40 are open to all majors. More than 15 graduate/professional schools will be in attendance. Employers are recruiting primarily for full-time employment. However, some have indicated they have internships, co-ops and even part-time positions available. For more information, contact the Career Development Center at 615-898-2500.