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02/24/03

Awards and Honors
Paul Elledge, professor of English and associate provost for faculty affairs, has been awarded the Elma Dangerfield Prize by the International Byron Society for "the best contribution to Byron studies during the last year. His book, Lord Byron at Harrow School: Speaking Out, Talking Back, Acting Up, Bowing Out, was recently published by Johns Hopkins University Press.

Carol Etherington, assistant professor of nursing, received the 2003 International Achievement Award from the Florence Nightingale International Foundation. She was recognized for her international contribution in advocacy for vulnerable and victimized populations, as well as victims of disasters.

Camp Howard, executive chef in dining services, has been certified by the American Culinary Federation as a “Certified Executive Chef” in recognition of his educational expertise and professional experience.

Karen Stevens, director of marketing and student recruitment at the School of Nursing and director for the Center for Career Planning and Placement, recently received the 2002 President’s Award from the Rural Health Association of Tennessee.

Daniel Usner, professor of history, has been awarded The Los Angeles Times Distinguished Fellowship by The Huntington Library. This endowed position for visiting scholars will allow Usner to spend the 2003-04 academic year researching and writing at The Huntington in San Marino, Calif. Usner presented an invited lecture at the Louisiana Purchase Bicentennial Conference in New Orleans, Jan. 23. His paper, one of several delivered by historians of early Louisiana and the American West, was titled “Patterns of Livelihood, Networks of Exchange: Economic Life Inside the Louisiana Purchase.”

L. Roy Xu, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, won the Young Investigator Program Award from the U.S. Office of Naval Research for his research on hybrid interface mechanics and nano-composite materials.

Appointments and Elections
Elizabeth Calhoun, program manager at the Center for Better Health, was named to the 2003 board of directors for the Young Health Care Leaders. The organization of young health-care professionals is partnered with the Nashville Health Care Council.

Colleen Conway-Welch, dean of the School of Nursing, was recently appointed to the Institute of Medicine’s Provisional Committee on Institutional and Policy Strategies for Increasing the Diversity of the Healthcare Workforce. This committee will assess and describe potential benefits of greater racial and ethnic diversity among health professionals, in an effort to improve access to and the quality of health care for all Americans. The committee will also assess institutional and policy-level strategies that may increase diversity within the health professions. The mission of the Institute of Medicine is to advance and deliver scientific knowledge to improve human health. The Institute provides information and advice concerning health and science policy to government, the corporate sector, professions and the public.

Bonnie Pilon, senior associate dean for practice management at the School of Nursing, executive director of the Vine Hill Clinic and director of the University of Community Health Services, was recently appointed to the board of the National Nursing Centers Consortium, a national nonprofit organization of nurse-managed health centers in the United States.

Papers and Presentations
R. Wilburn Clouse, associate professor of leadership, policy and organizations, presented the keynote address at the annual CFO retreat for the Tennessee Independent Colleges and Universities Association in December 2002. His topic was “Thinking Creatively for the Year 2020.” Clouse hosted the fourth Regional Entrepreneurship Forum in Nashville Dec. 16, 2002. The theme was the “Future of Entrepreneurship Education.” Clouse, along with graduate students Terry Goodin, Joe Aniello, Deane Peterson and Jeff Helbig, presented a research paper titled “Entrepreneurship in Action: A Report from Real Entrepreneurs and Mentors” at the 17th Annual USASBE National Conference held in Hilton Head, S.C., Jan. 23-25. Clouse and Goodin presented a second research paper at the same conference titled “The E-Academette Model: An Educational Reform Model for Marginalized Schools.”

Jennifer Mayer, associate director of student activities, and Cory Bezek, graduate assistant, will present “Do You Mean I Can Do This for a Living? Moving from Undergraduate Programmer to Grad/Staff Assistant to Student Affairs Professional,” at the National Association for Campus Activities 2003 national convention Feb. 27 at the Opryland Hotel in Nashville.

Professional Activities
Carol Swain, professor of law and political science, will participate in a panel discussion on “Voting Rights and Minorities in the 21st Century” at the New York University School of Law March 11.

Items for “Faculty and Staff Notes” should be sent to Jessica Howard, via e-mail to jessica.howard@vanderbilt.edu, via fax to 343-7313 or by mail to the Vanderbilt Register, 708 Baker Building, 110 21st Ave. S., Nashville, TN 37203.