November 12, 2004
Faculty/Staff Footnotes
Sandra Barnhart joined the Monroe Library as the public service assistant. She is a 2004 Loyola graduate with a concentration in communications and minor in history. Barnhart worked as a work study student and student assistant in the library for four years.
Monica Bell joined the Department of Nursing as an administrative assistant. She has a bachelor of arts degree in psychology from the University of New Orleans. She comes to us from Environmental Analytical Solutions, where she was employed as a client services specialist.
Rachel Bergeron was hired in the College of Music as a receptionist and secretary.
Kelly Blackwell joined the Loyola Institute for Ministry (LIM) as coordinator of student services. She received her bachelor's degree in sociology from Xavier University of Louisiana and her master's of arts degree in sociology from the University of New Orleans.
Carl Brans, professor of physics, presented a talk on "Space, Time, Spacetime and Gravity Waves" in September at Loyola. Brans' talk supplemented a discussion Martin McHugh, assistant professor of physics, gave last spring discussing physical techniques for detecting basic waves.
Bernard Cooke, instructor in Loyola Institute for Ministry, received the 2004 Call to Action Leadership Award. Cooke is an internationally recognized sacramental theologian. For more than 50 years, he has taught theology to Catholics in ways that have empowered them to be the church, the people of God. As chair of the Department of Theology at Marquette, he broke precedent by opening a doctoral program to lay people. Cooke has taught at numerous universities in the United States and Canada and has lectured widely in North America and abroad. He is the author of more than 20 books. His most recent is Power and the Spirit of God: Toward an Experience-Based Pneumatology. The Call to Action Leadership Award honors individuals and organizations that have contributed to creating and nurturing the church envisioned at Vatican II, one that is a sign of God's saving work and a servant to the entire human community. Call to Action is a national organization with more than 20,000 laity, priests, and bishops. The organization advocates for reforms in the Catholic church such as the ordination of women, optional celibacy for priests, more focus on the church's social justice teaching, and consultation with Catholics on church decision-making.
Susan H. Cram joined the Whelan Child Care Center as a teacher of three-year-olds.
Susan Dempsey, who has more than 20 years of business administration experience, joined the Division of Institutional Advancement as an administrative assistant.
Reynolds R. (Butch) Ekstrom, M.P.S., associate director of the Loyola Institute for Ministry (LIM), has been named to the Board of Directors for the Catholic Youth Foundation USA. His three-year term is scheduled to begin during January of 2005. Ekstrom also took part in the invitation-only Edmund Rice Symposium on Spirituality and At-Risk Youth, in October. The symposium was held at the Mount Saint John Home-and-School for Boys in Deep River, Connecticut. He was the facilitator for the second annual Roundtable of the National Association for Lay Ministry (NALM) in Kansas City in June. It centered on dialogue among Catholic parish leaders from across the country on emerging forms of pastoral leadership in local U.S. churches.
Karen Ashley Greenstone, instructor in the Loyola Intensive English Program, presented "Reality Grammar Projects" at the annual LaTESOL conference in October in Baton Rouge.
Bobby Harges, Adams and Reese Distinguished Professor of Law II, gave a talk on "Seven Hot Negotiation Tips" at a seminar sponsored by Mediation Arbitration Professional Systems. Harges' 2004 Supplement to Harges and Jones' Louisiana Evidence (94th edition) was published in September. Also, his article, "Recent Developments: Alternative Dispute Resolution," was published in September.
Renaud Holcomb, a 2004 Loyola graduate with a major in computer science, was hired as media services technician. Holcomb has held a variety of jobs working with computer hardware and software, including an internship in the risk management department at Entergy. Prior to joining the library staff, he worked as a participant in the library's Student Technology Expert Program.
Craig S. Hood, professor of biological sciences, presented a seminar titled "Impacts of historical biogeography, landscape features and humans on mammalian biodiversity of Jean Lafitte National Park" to the Department of Biology, Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, La. The paper describes research results on the mammals of Jean Lafitte National Park being conducted through a two-year National Park Service grant. Hood organized and presented educational programs, including a slide presentation titled "Bats of Louisiana and the Mississippi Gulf Coast" at the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Educational Center in Lacombe, La., during the eighth annual Wild Things 2004 program.
Denis Janz, Provost Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies, is serving as an appraisal consultant (new graduate programs) for the Ontario Council of Graduate Studies.
Carol Jeandron, director of the Office of Service Learning, presented in October the sessions "Service Learning in Louisiana Universities" at the Louisiana Association of Nonprofit Organizations 2004 Conference in Baton Rouge and "Experiential Education: An Effective Methodology for Providing Diversity Opportunities" at the Association of American Colleges and Universities' Diversity and Learning Conference in Nashville.
Armin Kargol, assistant professor of physics, gave an invited talk "Non-equilibrium studies of ion channels" at the International Symposium on Interdisciplinary Science in Natchitoches, La., in October. The paper will appear in conference proceedings. Kargol also published two papers: "Optimal sensitivity analysis of ion channel gating kinetics" in J. Membrane Biology and "Application of the ensemble nonequilibrium response spectroscopy to Shaker potassium channel gating" in Cellular Molecular Biology Letters.
Bonnie Kingdon joined the Loyola Institute for Ministry as coordinator for evaluation and educational resources. She graduated in 2002 from Dickinson College with a bachelor of arts degree in English. Prior to coming to Loyola she worked as an enrollment adviser in the Rutgers University admissions office.
Jacqueline Malikwas hired as an administrative assistant inthe Department of Nursing Health Care Systems Management program, for both on-campus and online MSN students.As a former distance education student, she brings to her position the knowledge of what it takes to ensure thatthe unique needs of distance educationstudents are adequately understood and met.
Tameka E. Navarre was hired as a police office in University Police.
Ross O'Keefe was hired as the off-campus learning program (OCLP) production coordinator. He comes to Loyola from WGNO Channel 26 News, where he was employed as a production assistant. He received his bachelor of arts degree in radio, television, and film production from Auburn University. At Auburn, Ross worked in the MBA Graduate Outreach program as a videographer. He also worked for PBS and the Discovery Channel on documentary projects.
John R. Robles was hired in physical plant as a mechanic.
Alexandra Sirera joined the College of Business Administration as an administrative assistant. She will receive an MBA this fall. She will be the assistant to the coordinator of external programs.
Rocky Smith joined University Police as a police officer.
Sandy Toland has joined the Monroe Library as public services assistant. Prior to coming to Loyola, Sandy worked as a staff member at the New Orleans Public Library and at the India House International Hostel. She holds a bachelor degree in psychology and sociology from the University of Iowa.
Michael Ray Tregle was hired in physical plant as a mechanic.
Keith Vetter, professor of law, presented a paper, "A Brief History of the Roman Law Regarding Methods of Manumission," at the 58th Congress of the "Société internationale pour l'Histoire des Droits de l'Antiquité" hosted by the University of Sao Paulo in Sao Paulo, Brazil, law faculty. The paper will be published in the Revue internationale de droits de l'antiquite. Vetter also moderated a panel discussion in French on "Un procès de calomnie, époque préromaine avant la lex Julia."
James L. Wee, professor of biological sciences, presented a paper titled "Exploratory Investigations of Palmella-Stage Formation in the Synurophyceae" at the Sixth International Chrysophyte Symposium, held at Lammi Biological Station, Finland. Other Loyola co-authors included Craig S. Hood, professor of biological sciences, and Alicia M. James, A'03, biology alumna.
David A. White, professor of biological sciences, published a paper titled "Clonal Differences in Phragmites Australis from the Mississippi River Delta" in the journal Southeastern Naturalist. Other Loyola co-authors included Donald P. Hauber, professor of biological sciences, and Craig S. Hood, professor of biological sciences.
Kayla Whitehead is a part-time technical services assistant in the Monroe Library. She is a 2004 graduate of the College of Music, and worked as a student assistant in the library.
