Today's Stories:
Scottish Rite Luncheon at RU Celebrates Successful Clinic
Alum Publishes Book by Second Graders
COBE Co-Sponsors SBAA Workshop
InfoTrac Databases Being Replaced
2001 Graduate Releases First Novel
Office of University Relations Has Moved
RU faces Website Updated
Beeler Named Assistant AD for Athletic Communications
Kudos: Fred Pierson
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This Week's Top News

RU Hosts Scottish Rite Luncheon
to Celebrate Successful Summer Language Clinic
RU recently hosted a luncheon to thank the Scottish Rite Freemasonry and the Scottish Rite Foundation for their generous support of the annual RU RiteCare Summer Language Clinic and student scholarships.

The 2008 RU RiteCare Summer Language Clinic, held at the Waldron College of Health and Human Services, was devoted to children two to eight years of age diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders. The clinic provided family-centered intervention as a means of enhancing the children's language and literacy skills. The Scottish Rite scholarships allowed graduate students in the RU speech-language pathology program to work one-on-one with clinic participants. To learn more, see the RU News Release.

Alum Publishes Book by Second Graders
Angela Price, a 2007 graduate of RU's M.S. program in reading, recalls her students' response to the April 16, 2007, shootings at Virginia Tech. “My students had a lot of emotions to share and needed support and reassurance,” she says. On April 17, her students, second graders at Pulaski County's Riverlawn Elementary School, expressed their emotions and thoughts about the tragedy by writing in journals. Price was impressed by their “depth of understanding” and “caring and forgiving attitudes.” Later, in an RU writing class, she learned from a fellow student about the book September 12, written by students after Sept. 11, 2001. Adapting the idea, Price guided her students to write a book called April 17, with the theme that “this scary event happened, but life continues and we know we are safe and loved.”

Price published the book through Nationwide Learning, which donated 33 copies for shooting victims' families and one for Virginia Tech President Charles Steger.

“I think this project gave the students an opportunity to heal,” she says. “The students also felt they were giving something back to Virginia Tech by honoring the victims through their writings.”

Campus News

COBE Co-Sponsors SBAA Workshop
More than 100 deans from business schools across the South will be in Roanoke July 13-15 to attend the 2008 Southern Business Administration Association (SBAA) Summer Workshop at the Hotel Roanoke and Conference Center. The Radford University College of Business and Economics (COBE) will co-sponsor the event that includes representation from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), the premier accrediting agency for business schools.

The theme of the 2008 workshop is “Affecting Student Satisfaction Results.” Topics will include “Strategies to Enhance Student Satisfaction,” “Living Lives That Matter: Experiential Curriculum” and “Effective Student Advising Using Different Models.”

To learn more, see the RU News Release.

InfoTrac Databases Being Replaced
McConnell Library is currently replacing certain InfoTrac databases as a result of a contract change by VIVA, the statewide library consortium. InfoTrac is a library search engine focused on articles. The new databases, from EBSCO, will provide more peer-reviewed full-text journals and significantly more coverage in the areas of business and education. For assistance finding articles and journals, contact the Library Reference Desk at (540) 831-5696 or refdesk@radford.edu.

To learn more about the database changes, visit http://tinyurl.com/4j52ka. To learn more about how your research may be impacted by the change, visit http://tinyurl.com/3gs7lh.

2001 Graduate Releases First Novel
Joanna Werling McKay, a 2001 interdisciplinary studies graduate, is set to release her first novel this summer, When Plans Change. The book, published by Publish America LLLP, is “a heartwarming story of love discovered and love renewed,” explains the author.

The book took three years for McKay to complete, and she describes it as a work of Christian fiction. “I decided to follow God and write Christian fiction, and it has allowed me to merge the two most important things in my life: my faith and my writing.”

Visit PublishedAuthors.net to learn more about When Plans Change.

Office of University Relations Has Moved
The Office of University Relations has moved from RU West Campus to 704 Fairfax Street to better serve the campus community. University Relations occupies the ground and first floor of the building. Email and phone contact information will remain the same for office personnel.

RU faces Website Updated
The RU faces website has been updated to feature new outstanding faculty, staff, students and alumni. At RU faces, you will find stories about Highlanders whose caring, drive and success have created positive opportunities for themselves and those around them. Click on the RU faces icon located at the bottom right hand corner of the RU homepage.

Beeler Named Assistant AD for Athletic Communications
Joey Beeler has been named the new Assistant Director of Athletics for Athletic Communications at RU. Beeler, who has spent the last three years as the assistant sports information director at Davidson College in Davidson, N.C., will oversee communications for the Highlanders' 19 Division I varsity sports, including the athletic department's website, publications and media relations. See RU Sports Release for more.

Kudos

Fred Pierson Receives Veteran/Statesman Award
Fred Pierson, director of the RU Recreation, Parks and Tourism (RCPT) Experiential Learning Laboratory, recently received the Veteran/Statesman Award from the Association for Experiential Education (AEE). The award is presented to someone with 12 or more years of involvement in experiential education. Pierson has been involved in the field since 1992 and is currently the treasurer of the AEE Mid-Atlantic Region, a position handed to him during a recent AEE conference in Harrisburg, Pa.

The AEE is a nonprofit, professional membership association dedicated to experiential education and students, educators and practitioners who use its philosophy.

The Back Page

On this day in 1964, U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law the Civil Rights Act in a nationally televised ceremony at the White House. - History.com

Recent Releases from University Relations

BOV Approves Largest Ever Operating Budget of $163.1 Million >>Story

Student Wins National ADDY Award >>Story

Coming Up at RU

6/26 -7/10, Quest Orientation for New Students
7/4, Independence Day, No Classes
7/7-10, Baseball Camp at Moyer's Sports Complex in Salem
7/7-11, Men's Soccer Camp
7/10-13, Women's Tennis Camp
7/11-13, Men's Soccer Elite Camp
7/13-17, Women's Softball Camp
7/14-17, Baseball Camp
7/14-17, Golf Camp at Draper Valley Golf Club
7/26, Women's Soccer Clinic
7/28-31, Women's Volleyball Camp
7/28-31, Golf Camp at Draper Valley Golf Club
(See RU Calendar for more listings;
contact RU Athletics at 831-5228 for information on summer sports camps)

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