Our IAC Dean, Jackie Royster, has received the 2014 Winifred Bryan Homer Outstanding Book Award for her book, coauthored with Gesa Kirsch, on Feminist Rhetorical Practices: New Horizons for Rhetoric, Composition, and Literary Studies. This award, granted by the Coalition of Women Scholars in the History of Rhetoric and Composition, recognizes outstanding scholarship and research in feminist pedagogy, practice, history, and theory.

Congratulations, Dean Royster!

The Georgia Tech Child Care Centers are enrolling for Fall 2013 - with limited 
space available. Our Georgia Tech Child Care provides care for children ages 6 
weeks to 6 years; provides scheduling for full-time or drop-in care; and 
has infant, toddler, pre-school, and pre-kindergarten programs.

Contact:

www.brighthorizons.com/techhomepark

http://child-care-preschool.brighthorizons.com/GA/Atlanta/gtchildrenscampus/

Making Good Use of Summer - time

From: Mary McKinney, Ph.D. of Successful Academic Coaching and it appeared in the June 27, 2005 issue of The Successful Academic News. Copyright © 2000-07 Mary McKinney, Ph.D. - All Rights Reserved
Don't Waste Your Summer


. . . Based on extensive reading, and years of trying to become more productive, here are a few of my suggestions for making the best use of your summer. Ask yourself the following questions:

1) What is your number one priority for the summer?

IAC Friends,

If you have not seen it, do not miss it: The Gettysburg Address in Powerpoint http://norvig.com/Gettysburg/

In the larger context, this goes to E. Tufte's argument, "The Cognitive Style of Powerpoint" - http://users.ha.uth.gr/tgd/pt0501/09/Tufte.pd

IAC Friends,

Our colleague, Lisa Yaszek (LMC) has been accepted to the Higher Education Resource Services (HERS) Leadership Institute at Bryn Mawr for summer 2014. This program offers academic women the opportunity to acquire continuing skills for leadership development and senior leadership positions in higher education.

Congratulations, Lisa - and all good wishes ! -Mary

IAC Friends,

Our colleague, Janelle Knox-Hayes (PubPolicy) has received a Fulbright award for research and teaching in Iceland, as part of her work on understandings of the ways that societies manage the environmental impacts of modern economic systems.

Congratulations, Janelle - and all good wishes !

IAC Friends,

More good news !

Newly published is Susan Cozzens' book, co-edited with Dhanaraj Thakur, 
on Innovation and Inequality: Emerging Technologies in an Unequal 
World(see flyer attached).

Congratulations to Susan on publication of her new book !

The past week marked the 50th anniversary of the US Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Implementation was gradual - but the Act was the basis for voter registration and desegregation of schools and facilities serving the public ("public accommodations").

We may take faith in the courage of conviction of this Act in changing America.

EXAMPLES OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR FACULTY



1. American Association of University Women Resources



Resources are available for developing leadership skills among women – including webinars and on-line forums: http://www.aauw.org/



2. American Council on Education (ACE) Fellowship Program

As part of my research on the prolific in science, this came across the transom:

A unique documentation--not widely circulated--on the articles of Nobel Laureates and Clark Medalists that have been rejected - and eventual fate/outcomes of the articles: G. B. Shepherd, Rejected (1995)