Today's Stories:
Phi Beta Lambda Chapter Earns 11 State Leadership Awards
Survey to be Sent Today on Student Housing Development
Outdoor Movie on Heth Lawn and Rock-N-Bowl Tomorrow
Sociology/Anthropology Spring Speaker Series Continues Monday
Kudos: Political Science Professor Reginald Shareef
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Today's Top Story

Phi Beta Lambda Chapter Picks Up
11 State Leadership Conference Awards
The Radford University chapter of Phi Beta Lambda recently participated in the State Leadership Conference in Richmond, receiving two first place awards and nine second place awards.

Thirteen chapters involving more than 120 delegates, including representatives from Virginia Tech and the University of Virginia, competed in various events at the conference. "As faculty advisor to Phi Beta Lambda, I am proud of the latest achievements of our chapter," said Prahlad Kasturi, professor of economics and faculty advisor to Phi Beta Lambda. To learn more, and for caption information on the photo below, see the RU News Release.

Campus News

Students Have Opportunity to Voice Opinion
About Student Housing Development
The university is considering the development of new on-campus student housing. Surveys will be sent to all Radford students today. All students are encouraged to complete the survey, even if they are not planning on living in on-campus student housing. Survey completion deadline is Thursday, April 24.

As an incentive, one $300 first prize, one $100 second prize and two $50 cash prizes will be awarded to four randomly selected students who complete the survey by deadline.

Outdoor Movie on Heth Lawn and Rock-N-Bowl Tomorrow
The box office hit "National Treasure: Book of Secrets" will be shown on Heth Lawn tomorrow night at 9 p.m. After the movie, head to the Hurlburt Game Room for Rock-N-Bowl. Both events are sponsored by the Campus Activities Board.

Sociology/Anthropology Spring Speaker Series Continues Monday
The Department of Sociology and Anthropology 2008 Spring Speaker Series, "Exploring the Human Condition," continues Monday, April 14, with Timothy Diamond presenting "Opening Nursing Home Doors: Fomenting Revolution in Long Term Care" from 1 - 2 p.m. in the Bonnie Auditorium. Diamond is from Ryerson University and is author of the highly acclaimed book, Making Gray Gold: Narratives of Nursing Home Care. The event is free and open to the public. To learn more, contact Paula Brush.

Kudos

Work of Political Science Professor
Reginald Shareef Featured in Publications
Reginald Shareef, a professor in the political science department, wrote two articles that were recently featured in prestigious publications. "Want Better Business Theories? Maybe Karl Popper Has the Answer" appeared in the Academy of Management Learning & Education journal. In the article, Shareef outlines a Philosophy of Science shift in the business school culture from Thomas Kuhn's "normal science" paradigm framework to Karl Poppers "revolutionary science" methodology. The shift mitigates or minimizes "the dysfunctions of unethical management and paradigmatic-based theory construction that plague contemporary MBA education," says Shareef.

His second article, "Teaching Public Sector Ethics to Graduate Students: The Public Values/Public Failure Decision-Making Model" was published in the Journal of Public Affairs Education. In this article, Shareef says he outlined a "praxis ethical framework for public managers based on the 'Market Efficiency/Public Failure' decision-making model." The goal is for public managers to run their agencies as efficiently as possible while being able to identify the "tipping point" where efficient management crosses over to unethical managerial behavior.

The Back Page

On this day in history, Paul McCartney formally announced the breakup of the Beatles. -- History.com

Photo answer to April 9 edition: An outside view of McGuffy Hall.

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