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Vol. 6, November 2009

Faculty Scholarship Forum

Mrs. Lipscomb Goes to Washington

The Fall 2009 Faculty Scholarship Forum was held

on October 9th. The topic of the forum was

“Mentoring Undergraduate Students in Research

in the Arts and Humanities: The Crafts to Culture

Project at Lincoln Memorial University.” Faculty

members Ms. Elissa Graff, Assistant Professor of

Art, Dr. Joanna Neilson, Assistant Professor of

History, and Mr. Wayne Wells, Assistant Professor

of Broadcast Communications, discussed the

work they did with several Lincoln Memorial

University students, through an Appalachian College Association/University of North

Carolina-Asheville Undergraduate Research Project titled “Preserving Traditional

Crafting Methods in the Cumberland Gap Region.” According to Ms. Graff, Dr. Neilson,

and Mr. Wells, this project had two main goals. The first was to record and preserve the

crafts- people in Bell County, KY, Claiborne County, TN, and Lee County, VA. The

second, and greater goal, was for this

project to give students practical skills in

the areas of history, art, and

communications.

Photos by Joey Gilbert Pictured at top: Mr. Wayne Wells

Left: Dr. Joanna Neilson

As a fast-growing, traditionally undergraduate institution that has made the jump to

Level V with an increased focus on scholarly activity and research, compliance is a top

priority. As one of the people at LMU charged with the day-to-day compliance for our

sponsored projects, I am always searching for information and training that will help me

with this area of my job. Compliance is a difficult task, it changes frequently (go figure)

and with each new administration in the White House comes new guidelines and

policies. So, given the chance to attend the National Council of University Research

Administrators (NCURA) 51st Annual Meeting in Washington D.C., I took it. Since the

beginning NCURA has been, and still is, a great resource for our office, and this meeting

was no exception. It was my first trip to D.C. and to the national meeting, so my

expectations were high. I was not disappointed.

The sessions were very informative and making

contacts with other experienced research

administrators was invaluable. Being able to

call or email someone who has been there

done that, can really make a difference. In the

end, I came away with some great information

that will help me do my job better and help our

office better serve the needs of our growing

university.

Photo and article by Pauline Lipscomb, Executive Director of the ORGSP.

ORGSP Grants Bulletin




Appalachian College Association (ACA) 2009 Summit


Seventeen members of the LMU community participated in the 2009 ACA Summit on

October 15-17, held in Abingdon, Virginia. The title of the Summit was “Reaching the

21st Century Learner.” Presenters discussed topics such as undergraduate research,

technology, and faculty development.

Building an Undergraduate Science Research Program - Making It Work

Aggy Vanderpool, Professor of Biology -- This presentation focused upon factors

required for successful undergraduate student research programs in the sciences

including developing faculty buy-in, administrative support for faculty/student research,

budgeting for and funding undergraduate science research, using undergraduate

research to build community presence and to promote college and university science

programs, and finding and developing research partners for undergraduate science

research.

Getting the Most out of your Money in a Library 2.0 World

Laura Slavin, Technical Services Librarian, and Joshua Dodson, Technical Services

Technician —Presented cost-effective examples of ways to maximize a library's

potential, while getting the most out of your money.

Increasing the self-directed learning potential of distance education students: Adult

learning theories in the development of an online information literacy course. Tiffani

Conner, Extended Sites Librarian — This presentation explored the development of an

online course wherein adult learning theories and models are considered as

foundations for empowering college students in their continued learning endeavors as

adults.

Development of Valid Rubrics Measuring Achievement for Business School Disciplines

Ron Dickinson Associate Professor of Business, Dave Hinkes, Assistant Professor of

Business, and Kathy Hulley, Professor of Graduate Education —Herb Simon’s

Administrative Behavior in 1949 founded the information processing paradigm, and also

received a Nobel Prize. The development and validation process at LMU applies

information processing to assessments used across all 7 disciplines currently in the LMU

School of Business curriculum. The process uses research from multiple disciplines on

human information processing and decision-making that are so central to a business

education. A consistent set of rubrics is better for students. To meet LMU QEP and SACS

requirements, software tools have been created to support creating and tracking a

family of such rubrics.

Web-based Course Design for the Rest of Us

Jeff Burleson, Director of Online Learning —This presentation highlighted the features

of a standardized web-based course template and its relevance to the adult learning

milieu. Presenters explained the conceptual underpinning of the template components

and provided examples of online learning units. The presentation concluded with a

discussion on challenges faced in the design of web-based courses.




ACA 2009 Summit continued


Flashy Flash: Using Advanced Tools for Classroom Presentations

Sydney Beckman, Dean of Duncan School of Law — This session will cover software

tools such as Swish, Smartdraw, Snagit, Video Studio and others that may be used to

enhance classroom presentations.

LINC-on is On!: Information Literacy QEP Begins at LMU

Philip Smith, Information Literacy Librarian, Christy Cowan, Associate Professor of

Psychology, and Jacques Debrot, Assistant Professor of English -- Presented some of the

highlights of putting together Knowledge Incorporates Source Selection, Evaluation and

Synthesis (KISSES), aimed at integrating information literacy competencies into two

undergraduate courses at LMU. The plan was a success and served as a pilot for LMU’s

QEP, LINC-On (Learning Is Now Connected, including publicity, assessment, and

curriculum planning).

Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Research in the Community: The Crafts to Culture

Project at Lincoln Memorial University

Joanna Neilson, Assistant Professor of History, Elissa Graff, Assistant Professor of Art,

and Wayne Wells, Assistant Professor of Communication — The presenters discussed

their work with several Lincoln Memorial University students through the ACA-UNCA

Undergraduate Research Project entitled ‘Preserving Traditional Crafting Methods in

the Cumberland Gap Region’ that the presenters have been teaching as an

interdisciplinary junior-level course.

Take Note with Office OneNote 2007

Karen Carter, Instructional Technologist — Microsoft® Office OneNote™ 2007 was the

focus of this presentation. During this hands-on session, participants learned to

organize notes, lecture materials, meeting minutes, lists, capture graphics from the

Web, record audio notes, and more through customized notebook sections, folders, and

pages providing easy access to locate the correct, complete information.

Art - Relevant or Frill?

Elissa Graff, Assistant Professor of Art – This presentation focused on the push for job

readiness at college campuses, and how the liberal arts curriculum is fighting uphill to

prove its worth. The presentation discussed adapting programs to meet the needs of

our students, without giving up the arts core values.

An Exploration of Burnout among Online University Professors

Jack McCann, Dean of School of Business — This study examined the correlation

between years of online work experience, gender, educational level, academic training,

and burnout. The correlation was not found to be significant among these areas. In

addition, this research examined stress among higher education faculty members with

online courses. Random selections of online instructors were contacted. The analysis

revealed there were appreciable differences in syndromes for burnout when comparing

online and traditional teaching methods. In fact, it appears as though the online

instructor is less stressed than his/her counterpart.

For more information about these presentations and the ACA,

please visit the ACA website at www.acaweb.org.

http://www.acaweb.org

ORGSP Grants Bulletin Office of Research, Grants



Congratulations to those who recently put in the extra time and hard work it takes to

submit a grant application:

Ann Callahan—Appalachian College Association Research Fellowship application to

conduct a study entitled “A Qualitative Exploration of Spiritually-Sensitive Hospice

Care.”

Elissa Graff, Joanna Neilson, Wayne Wells—ACA-UNCA application for an under-

graduate research project entitled “Preserving Traditional Culture in the

Cumberland Gap Region.”

Recent Grant Awards

The following are grant awards that have been processed by the ORGSP. If your grant

award is not listed, please let us know.

$2,250 to Carol Campbell—TN Arts Commission Arts Build Communities (ABC)

Grant.

Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum

The Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum’s Lincoln at Gettysburg program presents

“. . . the terrible baptism of blood and fire. . .”

Written by Carol Campbell, the

production will be presented on

Thursday, November 19th, at 10 a.m.

and 7 p.m. A celebration of the 146th

anniversary of Lincoln’s famous speech

will be held in the Museum’s Arnold

Auditorium. “. . . the terrible baptism of

blood and fire . . .” gives an account of

issues faced by Confederate General Robert E. Lee following his Army’s successful rout

of the Union Army at the Battle of Chancellorsville and death of General Thomas J.

“Stonewall” Jackson; tells of Lincoln’s continuing “problems with *Union+ generals”

along with the vulnerability of Washington City and other nearby Northern cities; and

calls attention to the horrible losses suffered by both armies.

The play features Dennis Boggs as President Abraham Lincoln; Dr. David Chaltas as

General Robert E. Lee; Bill White as General James Longstreet; Roger Kelley as

Confederate General John B. Imboden; Ken Creswell as General George Gordon Meade;

Janice Derreberry as Gettysburg resident and nurse, Lettie White ; Jonathan Greene as

Lincoln’s messenger, Stephen Brown; and Luke Gilly as General Meade’s Adjutant.

Due to limited seating, reservations are suggested. Admission: $4.00 for adults; $2.00

for children 6-12 and includes a visit through the Museum’s galleries.

For more information, please contact Carol Campbell, Program and Tourism Director of the

Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum. 423-869-6439 or [email protected].

Recent Grant Submissions

mailto:[email protected]




Recent Scholarly Activity Continued

Jonathan Marcantel

Jonathan A. Marcantel. "Rome is Burning: Piercing the Corporate Veil and the Injustice

of Equity" Forthcoming (2009).

Jonathan also presented a "Proposal for a New South Carolina Rule of Professional

Responsibility" to the South Carolina Bar House of Delegates in January of 2009.

Michelle Heinan

Essary A. C., O’Donoghue D. L., Boissonneault G. A., Brenneman A. E., Heinan M. L.,

Moreau T. (2009) Clinical Watch: The PCMH: A model for primary care. Journal

of the American Academy of Physician Assistants, 22 (9), 16, 21.

Van Dyke E. M., O’Donoghue D. L., Boissonneault G. A., Brenneman A. E., Essary A. C.,

Heinan M. L., Leger M. M., McNellis R. (2009) Clinical Watch: Autistic Disorder:

Early interventions can improve outcomes. Journal of the American Academy of

Physician Assistants, 22 (7), 18-20.

Heinan M. L., O’Donoghue D., Boissonneault G. A., Brenneman A. E., Essary A. C., Leger

M. M., McNellis R., VanDyke, E. M. (2009) Clinical Watch: Melanoma: Early

detection saves lives. Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants,

22 (5), 18, 21.

Brenneman A. E., O’Donoghue D., Boissonneault G.A., Essary A. C., Heinan M. L., Leger

M. M., McNellis R., VanDyke, E. M. (2009) Clinical Watch: Adult Immunization:

2009 vaccine schedule. Journal of the American Academy of Physician

Assistants, 22 (3), 15-19.

Boissonneault G. A., O’Donoghue D., Brenneman A. E., Essary A.C., Heinan M.L., Leger

M. M., McNellis R., VanDyke, E. M. (2009) Clinical Watch: Obesity: Current

treatment protocols. Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants,

22 (1), 16, 18-19.

Ann Callahan

Callahan, A. M. (2009, October). A Qualitative Exploration of Spiritual Care at the End-of

-Life. Presented for the North American Association of Christians in Social

Work’s Convention in Indianapolis, IN.

Callahan, A. M. (2009, Fall). [Review of the book Guide to caregiving in the final

moments of life]. Journal of Social Work Values and Ethics, 6(3). Available at

http://www.socialworker.com/jswve/content/view/137/69/

Roy Wilcox

Received an award to present his post professional development experiences from

attending the NSF Surface Science workshop at Kettering University in June 2006 at a

symposium for the “Center for Workshops in the Chemical Sciences" at the 239th ACS

National Meeting in San Francisco, CA, March 21-25, 2010. Dr. Wilcox will discuss how

he has used those experiences to complete his dissertation on surface science of wood

and implement analytical chemistry student training at LMU in chemical microscopy

using the Polarized Light Microscope.





Thomas Mackie

Completed background research and design for a travel exhibit titled “His Ambition

Knew No Rest: A Self-taught Child of the Frontier.” This included a detailed literature

search into art that commemorated Lincoln’s love for learning and how it influenced

Americans in the 20th century. The commemoration art was juxtaposed with quotes

from memoirs of Lincoln’s youth in the collection of the Abraham Lincoln Library and

Museum.

Thomas also completed background research into new acquisitions purchased by the

ALLM. The Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum purchased a rare example of sheet

music mocking the Presidential efforts of Robert Todd Lincoln in 1888. The music titled

“Massa Linkum’s Boy,” was written in plantation dialect to mock the excitement of

potential African-American voters to a Lincoln candidate for president. The sheet music

illustrates the strong hatred toward Lincoln and his emancipation policies into the late

19th century.

Steven Wilson

MAP 1 Consultation of McMinn Country Heritage Center in Athens, Tennessee on

November 17-18, 2009. Will review the operations of this site for the American

Association of Museums and the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).

Applicants selected to review for IMLS are chosen on years experience and professional

standing in the museum community.

Steven is also doing research and writing a column for the Military.com website, on

Robert Anderson and Fort Sumter. The column (one of several each year) examines the

complexities behind the siege and eventual fall of Fort Sumter, Charleston, South

Carolina, and the beginning of the Civil War. Each column for Military.com is a localized

view of a military encounter, individual, weapon, or battle.

Steven will address the Blount County Civil War Roundtable on November 19th. The

title of his presentation is “The Humor, Humility and Ambition of Abraham Lincoln."

Michelle Ganz

Supported 2 dissertation candidates doing research on Cassius Clay at the ALLM.

Michelle recently supported research for four doctoral projects. Presently four doctoral

projects are using the collections at ALLM under Michelle’s archival guidance.

Adam Rollins

Invited to submit an ORAU Coal Combustion Products Proposal. Dr. Rollins is proposing

to use slime molds as biomonitors at the site of the Kingston fly ash spill.




Academic Showcase

The School of Allied Health Sciences held an Academic Showcase on October 27th in

the Schenck Center. Below is a list of presenters and their respective presentations.

Mary Hatfield, Director of Veterinary Technology — “Preventing Animal Cruelty

and Abuse”

Katherine Pebworth, Department Chair and Associate Professor of Physical

Education and Kinesiology — “Students Cheat Because They Can?”

Vina Faulkner, Chair for Department of Allied Health and Associate Professor of

Veterinary Science — “Cytotauxzoonosis (Feline Blood Parasite)”

Kay Paris, Chair for Department Chair and Associate Professor of Social Work —

“Helping Suicidal Elders”

Ann Callahan, Assistant Professor of Social Work — “Spiritual Care at the End-of-

life”


Lisa Travis

Presented four posters at the Southern Chapter/Medical Library Association (SC/MLA)

Annual Meeting October 28 - November 1, 2009, in Memphis, TN. The titles of the

posters are “Investigating Availability of Library Services at Clinical Rotation Sites,”

“Brief Library Survey To Assess Library Services and Skills,” “ Characteristics of Study

Spaces and Policies on Their Use in Academic Medical Libraries,” and “Using Google

Docs To Solicit Input on Renewal of an Electronic Books Consortial Purchase.”

Lisa was also appointed to the Medical Library Association’s Bylaws Committee. The

appointment will last until 2012.

Sydney Beckman

Sydney Aaron Beckman, Susan Crump, and Fred Galves. Evidence: A Contemporary

Approach. West, 2009.

Kay Paris

Completed training to become a site visitor under the new accreditation standards for

the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE), at the CSWE annual program meeting in

San Antonio, Texas.




Foundation Corner

Fall is the perfect time to plan for the upcoming year. As you think about possible

projects and research areas, as in “I’ve always wanted to do…” let me help you with

funding ideas. Often, all I need initially is an outline of your project or program. That

gives me the information I need to search for possible foundation funding. Remem-

ber that all foundations want to have a project budget, a time line and an idea of

how you will measure success. 2010 deadlines are being announced and it’s best to

get a head start.

The Appalachian College Association scholarships are just now being announced for

2010:

Colonel Lee B. Ledford Awards for student research deadline: January 4

Appalachian Citizen Scholars Service Learning Awards deadline: February 1

Barbara Paul Robinson Scholarship for law students deadline: March 1

NSF Scholarships for STEM Majors deadline March 15

More information is available on their website: www.acaweb.org. The ORGSP or I will

be glad to assist you with your application.

All private foundations have specific interests and guidelines. Sometimes a project or

idea will fit within those guidelines, but the foundation just does not have available

funds. We still want to submit proposals and let foundation directors and program

officers know what we are doing here at LMU. With your help, we will continue to

tell our story. I have great expectations for the coming year!

Also, I am pleased to announce that The Colby Foundation has awarded Lincoln

Memorial University the Colby Cassani Endowed Lectureship Series. LMU joins Lake

Erie College of Medicine, Oklahoma State University, and Pacific Northwest

University of Health Services as the only medical universities in the nation to hold

this prestigious lectureship.

The LMU lectureship series will include a talk from a medical professional specializing

in organ and tissue donation, an organ procurement organization professional to

speak about state requirements, and a donor family member or recipient to tell of

their personal journey. The first LMU Colby Cassani Endowed Lectureship Series will

be held in 2010. Congratulations to Dr. Neal Cross, Dr. Ray Stowers, and Dr. Randy

Evans for their help and encouragement in writing this successful proposal.

You can reach Martha at

(423) 869 6398

[email protected]

By Martha Scheidler, Director of Foundations

Upcoming Funding Opportunities and Deadlines

Links to funding agencies and to new funding opportunities searchable by discipline are

available on the ORGSP web page at

http://www.lmunet.edu/curstudents/ORGSP/funding-sources.shtml

http://www.acaweb.org


http://www.lmunet.edu/curstudents/ORGSP/funding-sources.shtml



Vol. 6 November 2009

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or call (423) 869-6291

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or call (423) 869-6834

If your grant award, application, presentation, or publication has not been mentioned

in this edition, please forward your information to us using the contact information

listed above.

The ORGSP is located in Duke Hall, Office Suite 304

ORGSP Contact Information

As a reminder, all

applications for

external funding must

first begin by contacting

the ORGSP

The ORGSP staff would like to thank everyone for their submissions to the newsletter!

Happy Thanksgiving!




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