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This is my second contribution to the Amanuensis Monday blog theme that was started by John Newmark on his blog Transylvanian Dutch, in which he is transcribing letters, newspaper articles, audio tapes, and a war diary etc., concerning his family.
John explains Amanuensis as "a person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another".
I have chosen for today's theme, the Will of Rachel Read. Rachel is the sister of my 6 x great grandfather Cozens Read and her Will was responsible for leading the way to their siblings and discovering even more ancestors.
The discovery of Rachel's Will was made because of the wonderful original Discharge of Legacies we found in the back of the huge Rose Family Tree book that I mention elsewhere in this blog and which original document can be seen on the Old Documents Pages.
I have found that when spinster ladies die, as they have no children of their own, they tend to leave legacies to nephews, nieces, brothers and sisters and so on and of course this usually provides a lot more information than in most Wills.
Rachel's Will is great because it not only confirms details I had about the children of Cozens Read but gives additional information about other relatives. This is such a treasure for me!!
The Will of Rachel Read
And here is my Transcript for Rachel's Will:
Transcript of the Will of Rachel Read
I Rachel Read of Tiddington in the parish of Albury in the County of Oxford spinster being of sound and disposing Mind Memory and Understanding praised be God for the same do make publish and declare this my last Will and Testament in manner following (that is to say) I give and devise the Messuage or Tenement wherein I now dwell with the closes lands hereditaments and appurtenances to the same and belonging situate and being at Tiddington and in the parish of Albury aforesaid by me purchased of Giles Prickett Gentleman and all other my Messuages Lands Tenements and Hereditaments whatsoever unto and to the use of my Nephew Michael Read of Lower Winchendon in the County of Bucks yeoman his Heirs and Assigns But nevertheless upon trust that he my said Nephew his Heirs or Assigns shall and do with all convenient speed after my decease absolutely sell and dispose of the same Hereditaments and premises with the Appurtenances either together or in parcels and either by public auction or private contract to any person or persons for the most Money or the best price or prices than can be reasonably had or got for the same and after deducting and retaining to him and themselves in the first place all such costs charges and Expences as shall be incurred in or about such sale or sales or otherwise in the Execution of the trusts hereby in him and them reposed(?) do and shall pay and apply the Monies to arise from such sale or sales as aforesaid in manner following (that is to say) do and shall pay thereout unto my Nephews and Nieces William Read of Upper Winchendon in the said County of Bucks Yeoman Edward Read of Doddershall in the parish of Quainton in the same county Yeoman Thomas Read of Worminghall in the same county Yeoman Stephen Read now or late of Little Hazeley in the said County of Oxford Yeoman Rachel Farmborough the wife of ffrancis Farmborough of Hartwell in the parish of Stone in the said County of Bucks Yeoman Jane May wife of Richard May of Westcot in the parish of Waddesdon in the same County Yeoman Catharine Pollard wife of Jeremiah Pollard of Waddesdon aforesaid Baker Sarah Rose of Westcot aforesaid Widow Elizabeth Wood wife of William Wood of Chearsley in the said County of Bucks Cordwainer and my Nephews and Niece William Read John Read Elizabeth Read and Thomas Read (sons and daughters of my late Brother William) the Legacy sum of Twenty Pounds apiece and unto my Niece Betty the wife of William Burgess of Great Hazeley in the County of Oxford labourer the Legacy or sum of Thirty Pounds all of which Legacies and sums of Money I give unto my said Nephews and Nieces respectively and direct to be paid unto them respectively within six calendar months next after my decease and also do and shall pay the cost unto my cousin Ann Cozens who now lives with me for and during the term of her natural life One annuity or clear Yearly sum of Ten Pounds free from all manner of Taxes and deductions whatsoever and to be paid to her or her Assigns by four equal quarterly payments (that is to say) on the fifth day of January the fifth day of April the fifth day of July and the fifth day of October in each Year by even and equal portions and the first payment thereof to be made on such of the said days as shall first happen after my decease And after payment of the said several Legacies and Annuity aforesaid and my just debts funeral and Testamentary expenses do and shall retain and pay the net residue or surplus of the Monies to arise from sale of my said Estate as aforesaid unto and between him my said Nephew Michael Read and my Nephew Edward Read who now lives with me in equal shares and proportions and for facilitating the sale of the said Hereditaments and premises as aforesaid I do hereby declare that the Receipt or Receipts of my said Nephew Michael Read his Heirs or Assigns shall be a good and sufficient discharge or sufficient discharges to any purchaser or purchasers and his her or their respective Heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns for the Money for which the said premises or any part thereof shall be sold or for so much thereof as is such Receipt or Receipts shall be respectively acknowledged or expressed to be received and such purchaser or purchasers his her or their respective Heirs Executors Administrators or Assigns shall not afterwards be obliged to see to the application of such purchase Money or be answerable or accountable for the loss misapplication or non application thereof or of any part thereof And as to all my ready Money debts owing ffarming stock Household Goods and ffurniture personal Estate and Effects whatsoever and wheresoever and of what nature or kind soever I give and bequeath the same and every part thereof unto my said last named Nephews Michael Read and Edward Read equally to be divided between them share and share alike and I do hereby constitute and appoint them my same Nephews Executors of this my will and hereby revoking all former and other wills by me made I do declare this to be my only last will and Testament In witness whereof I have to this my last Will and Testament contained in three sheets of Paper set my hand to each sheet thereof and to the last of them my Seal also this fourteenth day of June in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and two. The Mark of X Rachel Read. Signed Sealed published and declared by the above named Rachel Read the Testatrix as and for her last Will and Testament in the presence of us who at her request in her presence and in the presence of each other have subscribed our Names as Witnesses thereto Grace Moott of Tetsworth Oxon John Hedges atty Wallingford Chas. Carrington his clk.
This Will was proved at Oxford on the Nineteenth day of January in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and four before the Reverend John Slatter Clerk Master of Arts Surrogate of the Reverend George Turner Clerk Master of Arts Official Principal of the Reverend the Archdeacon of Oxford lawfully constituted by the Oaths of Michael Read the Nephew and one of the Executors therein named to whom admon was granted being first sworn duly to administer powers reserved to the other Executor.
Notes regarding the Will: Since obtaining this Will I know who Rachel's parents are but so far, no matter where I have looked, I haven't been able to find her Baptism yet.
Her siblings Elizabeth, Mary and Cozens were all Baptised at Caversham, Oxfordshire and another brother was Baptised at Great Haseley, Oxfordshire. But along with Rachel I cannot find the Baptism of their brother William anywhere either. Whilst I know it is very possible their parents only had the six children I just have a feeling that there are more siblings to be found for them and I just know that when I find Rachel's Baptism, I will more than likely find others!
I have come across a Robert Read living in Tiddington at about the same time as Rachel and I have also come across a Richard Read around Caversham but neither of these appear to belong to anyone!! I am thinking that just maybe they are also siblings of Rachel's?
Also in Rachel's Will she mentions her nephew Edward Read living with her but does not mention who his father is. When Rachel dies, Edward continues living with Rachel's cousin Ann Cozens as mentioned in Ann's Will (see my first Amanuensis Monday post). But I am not at all sure which Edward this is!!
Is he the son of Cozens Read? Or the son of Cozens Read's brother John? Cozens Read's son Edward dies in 1808 (so after both Rachel Read and Ann Cozens). Edward's wife died in 1801, so before Rachel wrote her Will and maybe after she died Edward went to help his aunt Rachel?
John Read's son Edward dies in 1829 and was living at Great Milton, Oxfordshire at that time but he married in 1797 and neither Rachel Read nor Ann Cozens make any mention of Edward having a wife or that his wife is also living with them!
My first original thought when reading this Will was that the nephew Edward was Cozens Read's son, but he had his own farm in Doddershall, Quainton, Buckinghamshire. But it could be possible that one of Edward's own sons ran the Doddershall farm while Edward went to live at Tiddington?
I don't know how I am going to prove which Edward was the one living at Tiddington with Rachel and Ann. Then again, there could be another nephew Edward I haven't discovered yet from other probable siblings of Rachel's!! This is going to take some sorting out! Of course any discoveries I make will be posted on the blog, but I reckon everyone will know when they hear the very loud cheering that will come … one day!!


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"It just didn't make sense."
That's what Jonathan Rovetto thought when he heard his employer, Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN), fired Brittany Koper last fall, alleging embezzlement and fraud. After all, Koper is the granddaughter of TBN founders Paul and Jan Crouch. Brittany and her husband Michael, also a TBN employee, made more than $200,000 a year and did not live extravagantly. Brittany was a rising star on track, some people thought, to take over the network one day. Why would she embezzle?
Rovetto had done work for the Trinity Broadcasting Network for nine years, seven as a freelancer and two years full-time as an assistant engineer, so he knew Koper. She had helped orient him when he came on full-time. Soon she became director of finance and saw for the first time, she says, "the unlawful distribution of the TBN Companies' charitable assets to Trinity Broadcasting's directors," including Paul and Jan Crouch and other Crouch family members.
This language comes from a lawsuit Koper filed in February that describes—in sensational detail—claims of financial mismanagement, fraud, physical intimidation, and sexual harassment. Koper's lawsuit says the "unlawful financial transactions" exceed $50 million. Trinity has since filed at least five lawsuits of its own. Even though TBN spokesman Colby May says Koper is attempting to create a "media circus" to distract from the real issues, May has also taken an aggressive stand in the media.
That's why Rovetto was confused: "My employer was telling me one thing, and I wanted to believe them." But he says he trusted Brittany and had seen newspaper accounts of spending by the Crouches on mansions, private jets, and luxury hotels. He knew that lawsuits against TBN or its employees and affiliates seemed to crop up regularly. Then, on June 18, Brittany's sister Carra Crouch, now 19 years old, filed a suit saying a 30-year-old TBN employee had raped her when she was 13. Carra's lawsuit says TBN "deliberately covered up the incident to protect Trinity Broadcasting from negative publicity."
For Rovetto, this was the last straw. So he began to support Koper on his Facebook profile: "All I wanted to do was to help my friend." On June 28, TBN fired him. Rovetto told me that when he was a kid he stood up to a bully who was harassing a smaller girl on a playground. The bully backed off and the little girl gave him a kiss on the cheek. "It was my first kiss," Rovetto said.
Koper faces a phalanx of lawyers, including TBN's in-house counsel and at least two outside law firms. In addition, TBN's Colby May is affiliated with the American Center for Law and Justice, which has a major presence on TBN's airwaves. In contrast, Koper has been without an attorney ever since the one who filed her lawsuits quit. Koper recently hired Tulsa-based attorney Gary Richardson, a former U.S. Attorney best known in religious circles for representing clients in lawsuits against televangelist Robert Tilton in the 1990s.
Complicating the matter: Koper does not deny she and her husband Michael took money from TBN, but they say it was a loan, fully documented and approved by the board of TBN. They allege that other family members just took money from the ministry, often by charging personal items to ministry credit cards or by having the ministry pay for homes, cars, and other big-ticket items.
The technical term for using ministry money for private purposes is "private inurement." A copy of a 2011 letter that Koper gave to WORLD, if authentic, supports at least a part of Koper's allegations. The letter, an "IRS compliance review" by Dallas-based accounting firm Guinn, Smith & Co. and signed by Donald Guinn, warned TBN that its record-keeping and procedures were at best sloppy and at worst could be construed by the IRS as "noncompliance" with tax law.
The letter identified "areas with the greatest exposure" for TBN as "unreasonable compensation, personal use of the organization's assets, use of the church's credit card for personal expenses, and excessive spending." To make the case, the letter identified one three-month period in 2009 when "one of the American Express cardholders charged items for over $60,000 and no receipts for these 57 items were included in the documentation." Guinn's letter noted a $15,328 credit card purchase at Harley Davidson Orlando for which there was "no business purpose indicated." The Harley Davidson purchase is on a list Guinn called a "small sample representative of expenditures that might be considered extravagant."
Guinn concluded, "Obviously, TBN accepts as true that these items had ... ministry purpose since the charges were not disputed, but the IRS would treat them as inurring [sic] to the benefit of the purchaser." In other words, without proper documentation, tax law treats the $60,000 as income on which taxes should be paid. Koper says this list is just the tip of the iceberg. Her February lawsuit says that over many years the Crouch family and close associates siphoned as much as $50 million out of the ministry for personal purposes.
TBN spokesman May vigorously denies Koper's allegations. May says Koper and her husband took money from TBN and International Christian Broadcasting (one of more than a dozen organizations related to TBN and its parent organization, Trinity Christian Center of Santa Ana, Inc.) to purchase a home and for other personal purposes.
But if Brittany Koper is guilty of embezzlement and fraud, why is she not facing criminal charges? May said TBN turned over documents supporting its claims of criminal wrong-doing to the Tustin (Calif.) Police Department. A spokesman for the department confirmed that, but told WORLD it was up to the Orange County District Attorney to bring charges. Farrah Emami, a spokeswoman for the district attorney, said so far there have been no charges. She would not say when the investigation would be complete, and she would not comment specifically on the Koper case except to add that "embezzlement investigations are complicated and often take months."
The case could well hang on the authenticity of documents Brittany Koper says she has in her possession. Koper has stopped talking to the press and has named as spokesman Ole Anthony, founder of the Trinity Foundation. (Despite the confusing similarity of their names, the Trinity Foundation and Trinity Broadcasting Network are completely unrelated, and the Trinity Foundation has for years been an outspoken critic of TBN and many of the televangelists on the network.) Anthony said Brittany Koper had scanned hundreds of pages of documents and put them on a flash drive.
Colby May rejected Anthony's assertions: "If they have documents, they're altered documents or fakes."
Anthony fired back: "If Brittany's documents are fakes, let them prove that in court."
Trinity Christian Center of Santa Ana, TBN's parent, has not only filed five lawsuits against Brittany or Michael Koper since October 2011, but has specifically asked the court to prevent Brittany Koper from using the documents on her flash drive that May claims are "fakes."
One judge didn't buy TBN's arguments. David O. Carter, a judge in the U.S. District Court in the Central District of California, on July 25 issued several rulings—some related to the documents—that mostly favored the Kopers. Judge Carter concluded: "Trinity's several lawsuits, incessant demands for injunctive relief, and insistence on expedited rulings suggest that Plaintiff Trinity's strategy is to overwhelm the courts as well as Michael and Brittany so as to avoid a rational decision on the merits. Thus, Plaintiff Trinity's litigation strategy only lends credence to Michael and Brittany's contention that these lawsuits are retaliation for whistleblowing about Plaintiff Trinity's extensive fraud."
Judge Carter then gave TBN's lawyers until July 30 to explain why "Plaintiff Trinity" should not be "designated a vexatious litigant" and be "enjoined from filing future lawsuits against Michael and Brittany." Lawyers for "Plaintiff Trinity" met this deadline, saying it is "not a vexatious litigant and has violated no laws in accessing the Courts." They further claim that the "Kopers have feigned their whistle blowing claims ... to divert attention from their substantial criminal and civil wrongs." At press time, Judge Carter has not made a final determination in this matter.
So will this case ever get to court? Will we ever know the truth? As to the first question, both Ole Anthony, speaking for the Kopers, and Colby May, speaking for TBN, say it will and they both welcome that opportunity, though both agree that the case could go on for months if not years. It will likely consume hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal fees.
Jonathan Rovetto, who lost his job for sticking up for Brittany Koper on Facebook, has made up his mind: He said Koper "had nothing to gain and everything to lose." Others are waiting to see what the courts decide, mindful of what both the Bible and Charles Dickens teach: Most parties tend to lose money, reputation, or both during protracted legal battles.
TBN took in more than $78 million in donations in 2010 and made $60 million more by selling airtime to other ministries. Ministries on TBN at least weekly include those of Billy Graham, Franklin Graham, Kirk Cameron/Ray Comfort, Pat Robertson/The 700 Club, David Jeremiah, Joel Osteen, Benny Hinn, Joyce Meyer, Kenneth Copeland, Ron Luce/Acquire The Fire, Charles Stanley/In Touch Ministries, Adrian Rogers/Love Worth Finding, Jack Graham, and Michael Youssef.
The Trinity Foundation's Ole Anthony argues, "The majority of TBN's programming is from 'prosperity theology' preachers," and advocates of that view "use reputable ministries such as Billy Graham and Charles Stanley to give the 'seal of approval' to their theology and practices." He says theologically sound ministries have no business on TBN: "They claim that TBN is just a delivery mechanism for them, and that they don't alter their message for them. But they're being used."
1973 TBN founded in Santa Ana, Calif.
1974 Purchases first television station: KLXA, now KTBN, in Santa Ana.
1991 TBN leaves the National Religious Broadcasters following a year-long ethics investigation.
1994-1996 TBN spends $13.7 million to acquire Nashville's Twitty City, changing its name to Trinity Music City USA, a Christian entertainment park with TV studios, a church, a concert hall, and a movie theater.
1998 Former TBN employee Enoch Lonnie Ford receives $425,000 to keep quiet about his claims of a homosexual tryst with televangelist Paul Crouch.
2000 Sylvia Fleener sues TBN for $40 million, claiming TBN plagiarized her book for its movie The Omega Code. The movie earned $13 million at the box office and sold more than 1 million DVDs and videos. TBN settles for an undisclosed sum.
2006 A multimillion-dollar hospital construction project in Haiti halts when Archbishop Joel Jeune of Haiti's Charismatic Church accuses a TBN missionary of making homosexual advances toward Haitian boys hired at the construction site.
2007 TBN buys Orlando-based Holy Land Experience, a religion-based theme park.
2009 Nashville-based TBN minister Stephen Eugene Galiher, on a business trip to TBN's California headquarters, strikes a vehicle carrying David Rhodes and his wife. Rhodes dies Nov. 3 of pneumonia as a result of his injuries. Galiher pleads guilty to felony charges of driving under the influence and causing injury. Sentenced in April 2010 to five years probation, 120 days jail time, fines, and restitution. Rhodes' family files a civil lawsuit saying TBN "turned a blind eye" to Galiher's drinking problem and continued to employ him and provide him with a car.
2011 TBN fires Director of Finance Brittany Koper, the granddaughter of Paul and Jan Crouch. TBN claims she embezzled money from the organization.
2012 In February Brittany Koper files lawsuit claiming TBN has diverted at least $50 million in ministry funds to personal purposes. In June, Carra Crouch, Koper's sister, files lawsuit against TBN alleging she was raped by a TBN employee and TBN covered up the incident to avoid negative publicity.
Sources: Court records, Los Angeles Times, Orange County Register
Listen to Warren Cole Smith discuss the TBN controvery on WORLD's radio news magazine The World and Everything in It.
Concerned about Ole Anthony being Brittany Koper's spokesman. Check out Dallas Observer's article "The Cult of Ole" ,Aug. 3, 2006. Being from the same area as him, I knew people who knew the persons mentioned in the article. She may be receiving unbiblical advice.
All legitimate Christian broadcasters should stop doing business with TBN.


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I love to use my EQ5. One of the things that fascinate me is how you can start with one idea and make so many new ones from the first one.
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while playing on my EQ5 the other day I started changing the color on a quilt block I had used in another Color Play tutorial I had written earlier. But that one was about turning the block (HSTs) and getting new layouts.
Only this time all I changed was the colors. I discovered a lot of different arrangements of this quilt block only using different colors and placing them in different places in the quilt block.
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University of North Florida faculty, staff and students are no strangers to helping one another out. In fact, several groups on campus work hard to ensure that they give back as much as they get.
The UNF Housing and Residence Life Department raised $570 in support of The 26.2 with Donna – National Marathon to Finish Breast Cancer. The Donna Run, as it is known around Jacksonville, was founded by WTLV First Coast News Anchor Donna Deegan. A three-time breast cancer survivor, Deegan began the Donna Foundation to help other breast cancer victims make ends meet while battling the disease. Also an avid marathoner, Deegan brought her two passions together and created the only marathon in the United States that is dedicated to exclusively raising funds for breast cancer research and care. One hundred percent of the proceeds go directly to breast cancer research at Mayo Clinic and to women living with breast cancer through The Donna Foundation.
Dennis Holler, a maintenance mechanic in Housing and Residence Life, is also an avid marathoner and thought the Donna Run would be a great way to get his co-workers involved. After getting both permission and support for the effort, Holler was instrumental in creating the "Let's Get Casual" campaign to raised much-needed funds. Employees who donated to the cause were able to wear jeans on specially designated Fridays during the fall semester.
"Two years ago, I got involved with The Donna Foundation and the 26.2 with Donna," Holler said from his office on campus. "I love running and wanted to find a way to bring this Jacksonville effort back to campus and the office. After talking to our director, we decided to fund-raise not only for the 26.2 for The Donna Foundation itself."
They were successful. Staff members created a buzz about it and would chat throughout the week about what jeans they were going to wear and how the donations were going to make a difference right here in the Jacksonville community.
Holler said, "It started off as something really simple and turned out to be a great way to show people outside in the community what is going on at UNF and what matters to us. As a university, it is important that we are not only touching the lives of our students, but that we are involved in the community as part of Jacksonville. Many universities are associated closely with the towns in which they are established with a great deal of mutual name recognition – and we have that here. UNF is associated directly with Jacksonville and we have a responsibility to give back to the community."
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"This is my passion," Holler said. "I joke with everyone that my wife enjoys running so I enjoy it by proxy and it always gets a laugh, but it is true. She loves running and I have come to love it, too. I jumped at this chance and when I suggested it in the office, they jumped all over it, as well. People were talking about it for days. Next year, we want to open it up to the whole campus community. When I presented the idea, I had aspirations of maybe raising a couple of hundred dollars. But to raise nearly $600 blew me away. I can't wait to see what we can do next year."
And it is not just faculty and staff who are jumping at the chance to get involved in philanthropic efforts on and around campus. Students involved with the third annual Dance Marathon jumped, jived and jigged their way to raise more than $28,000 for Children's Miracle Network of Northeast Florida/Southeast
Georgia. The Network is dedicated to improving the health and welfare of all children by raising funds and awareness for the pediatric program at Shands Jacksonville and Wolfson Children's Hospital. The funds raised stay in the community to improve health care for local children.
Levi Porter, co-chair of the event, said more than 250 students participated in the event last semester and made the commitment to raise not only much-needed funding but to stay on their feet for the entire 17 hours and three minutes of the event. The length of the event is significant because the 17 represents the 17 million children served at Children's Miracle hospitals each year and three represents the number of years the event has taken place on the UNF campus.
"Most of us have been in a situation when we have needed the benefit of the good will or services of others," Porter said. "But unlike us, some of these children do not get the opportunity to live a full life and we want to help in any way we can by raising money for to make to specialized training available to medical personnel or to purchase much-needed equipment."
"Children's Miracle Network is thrilled to see that Dance Marathon at UNF has grown to a phenomenal new level this year," said Kelly Novak, community development coordinator for Children's Miracle Network of Northeast Florida/Southeast Georgia. "The funds raised by these students will directly benefit the pediatric programs at Shands Jacksonville and Wolfson Children's Hospital."
Funds raised by Dance Marathon are used to purchase critically needed medical equipment, child life resources and educational materials for these hospitals. Since the inception of Dance Marathon at the University of North Florida, the students have successfully raised more than $61,000 for the cause. This year's event saw a $10,000 increase in funds raised over the previous year.
"We have a pretty strong climate of giving on campus," Porter said. "Our students, faculty and staff have a desire to do good – especially in things that are going to benefit the whole of our community."
For the first time in five years, UNF President John Delaney and Provost Mark Workman are inviting individual faculty members, faculty teams and directors to submit academic flagship program proposals. Through this presidential initiative designed to strengthen UNF's core competencies and advance its aspiration to become a regional institution of national quality, the duo is looking for the next program to grant the prestigious flagship designation.
Delaney, Workman and a six-member Flagship Committee are hoping to see an influx of varied proposals submitted by the Feb. 14 application deadline. They're looking for graduate or undergraduate programs that excel in the "scholarly accomplishments of their faculty and demonstrate potential of those faculty to sustain a trajectory toward scholarly distinction, [have] potential to produce particularly compelling or exceptional educational outcomes for students [and] power to link the quality of education at UNF to a range of civic needs in the region," according to the Flagship Program Overview listed on the Academic Affairs website.
"We're looking for programs that are already distinctive in terms of the focus and quality of research carried out within them; we're looking at the potential of those programs to really advance student learning and educational opportunities; and we're looking at the potential of those programs to make a difference regionally," Workman said. "There are so many possible varieties across those three criteria that programs could take any number of forms and still meet those criteria."
Programs that make the grade and are selected as flagships receive significant budgetary support from the University for at least five years to allow for growth, whether it means hiring new faculty, bringing in national experts as directors or making significant program enhancements. That's all spelled out in the programs' initial proposals. When the University launched the first call for flagship proposals in 2005, the idea was that flagship programs would also receive enough external funding to become self-sustaining within the first five years, although Workman said that expectation has been somewhat tempered over the years.
"Some of the programs have indeed leveraged University support and flagship designation to solicit substantial external support, but we know now it probably is unrealistic of us to think that they could get so much support as to sustain their activity at the same level they can achieve with full University funding," Workman said. "And our shift in expectations is in part a function of the fact that after we funded these programs, the country went into a recession so the availability of external dollars is not abundant."
The School of Nursing in the Brooks College of Health was the first program to receive flagship status in 2005 — to further refine its nationally distinctive community-based and population-focused undergraduate nursing curriculum, which it has successfully accomplished with the additional flagship funding. The next year, four other programs were selected as flagship programs: International Business and Transportation & Logistics, both in the Coggin College of Business, and Coastal Biology in the College of Arts and Sciences.
Dr. Li Loriz, director of the School of Nursing and a member of the Flagship Committee that will be reviewing proposals, said the biggest benefit of becoming a flagship program is resources.
"[Having access to extra resources] is particularly important now, when economic resources are so tight," Loriz said. "There is also a sense of pride that comes with the flagship designation. You feel you are finally validated and supported for all the good work the program has done and proposes to do in the future."
Funding is undoubtedly the most tangible benefit to programs designated as flagships, but perhaps equally important is "the prestige that comes along with having a formal designation as a program that's been recognized by the University as distinctive and as having the potential to rise to an even higher level of quality with adequate resources," Workman said. "And I think each of the programs that has received such funding and such designation has used the resources and the badge of honor to that end. So I think it's been effective."
Workman said ultimately the president started this initiative by way of raising the visibility and reputation of UNF — and the University's flagship programs definitely have contributed to that end.
In some cases, the visibility and reputation of the University's flagship programs draw in regional or national experts to become a part of those programs.
"We had a collection of faculty with interest and talent in Coastal Biology, but it wasn't until we hired an external director that that program really took on coherence," Workman said. "[Dr.] Courtney [Hackney] brought with him such knowledge of the discipline, as a coastal biologist himself, and such a broad range of acquaintances across the discipline that his presence really helped galvanize our resources into a concerted effort."
Loriz encourages faculty and program directors to take the time to carefully craft and submit proposals because this is an important opportunity to "think outside the box" and make important program changes.
"This is the time to think about the future and how the program can be enhanced," she said. "Through this recognition and support, you can help UNF to continue to make a mark in higher education."
Workman is eager to receive and review the various forthcoming flagship program proposals, although he says so far they're "in the dark" about which programs will be submitting applications.
"The committee this time wrote a call for proposals that was deliberately less prescriptive than the former calls, to encourage and allow for a diversity of proposals. So I think we all stand to be surprised and delighted by what comes forward," he said.
Once the Feb. 14 deadline has been reached, members of the Flagship Committee will review the proposals, identify their strengths and weaknesses and make recommendations to Workman and Delaney, who will make the final selection together.
"The Flagship Committee by March 4 recommends to me, I'll consult with the president and the president will make the announcement before the end of the term," Workman said.
The Request for Flagship Program Proposals, including proposal guidelines and requirements, is available online at http://www.unf.edu/acadaffairs/provost/Flagship_Programs.aspx.
Juan Williams, a journalist, author and political commentator, will be the keynote speaker at the 30th annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholarship Luncheon presented by the University of North Florida's Intercultural Center for PEACE. The program will begin at noon Thursday, Feb. 24, in the University Center Banquet Hall.
"This was personal for me," said Oupa Seane, the director of the Intercultural Center for PEACE. "Many years ago when I first came to the United States, I was very much interested in black authors and the first book I read was Mr. Williams' 'Thurgood Marshall: An American Revolutionary.' I thought the book was fantastically written."
Seane said not only is he a huge fan of Juan Williams and his body of work, so is UNF Provost Mark Workman, who has a personal connection to the author. Workman and Williams attended the same university as undergraduates. "The provost had been talking to me for the past two years about bringing Williams to campus and this was the year I was able to do it. We have had many wonderful speakers on campus but I am so excited about having Juan deliver this address in particular," Seane said.
Workman said, "I recommended him to Oupa because Mr. Williams is a prominent and articulate public intellectual who has produced informed and compelling studies of the civil rights movement. I believe that Mr. Williams' stature makes him a worthy speaker for our MLK Luncheon, an event that I regard as among the most important on the annual UNF calendar."
Seane said Williams is one of the rare journalists; one who looks at issues from all sides and finds it necessary to have a polite conversation with others whose opinion differs from his. The topic for the MLK Luncheon speech is "Eye on the Prize: America and the Dream." Williams' remarks will look at Civil Rights then and now, the historical foundations of the movement and the contemporary realities.
"I do hope he touches on the recent tragedy in Arizona," Seane said. "I think he can deliver a message of reconciliation, a message of unity, a message of civil discourse, a message of understanding."
Williams' career reflects his ability to discuss hot topics with tempered emotion through intellect and insight. He spent more than 20 years at The Washington Post, as an award-winning editorial writer, op-ed columnist and White House correspondent. He has also written for The New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, and has been published in magazines including The Atlantic Monthly and Time. Williams also wrote six highly regarded books on the state of the U.S., including "Enough: The Phony Leaders, Dead-End Movements, and Culture of Failure That Are Undermining Black America – And What We Can Do About It." He also wrote the "Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years, 1954-1965" and the aforementioned tome on Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States. Williams was a senior news analyst for National Public Radio (NPR) from 1999 until October 2010.
Williams' contract with NPR was infamously terminated when he made on-air remarks about Muslims. A guest on the Fox News Channel's The O'Reilly Factor, Williams said he got nervous on airplanes if any of his fellow passengers were wearing Muslim garb. Following a public outcry, NPR ended its relationship with the longtime journalist who had won several awards for fairness in reporting.
"I am going to ask him to touch on his experience with NPR," Seane said. "Many of my own friends and colleagues were very upset when he was let go and I think that people are very interested in what really happened."
Individual tickets and corporate tables may be purchased online at http://capricorn.anf.unf.edu/unftbo3/shopdisplaycategories.asp or at the UNF Ticket Box Office in the Arts and Science Building, Building 8, Room 1100, or by calling (904) 620-2878. For more information about the luncheon itself, call the Intercultural Center for PEACE at (904) 620-2475.
This is the 30th anniversary of the luncheon and it is going to be very special," Seane said. "We are going to have a great speaker, some lively entertainment and we are going to be celebrating our students. In its history, the luncheon has raised and distributed more than $77,000 in scholarships. We have educated many students – students who have gone on to careers in government, in outstanding companies, in education. We are very proud of what the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Luncheon has done. Dr. King would have been very, very pleased."
In the event of an emergency, the University of North Florida campus just got a little safer, thanks to a $120,000 grant from the Department of Homeland Security.
If and when a disaster strikes campus, the Crisis Management Team (CMT) kicks into high gear to keep the students, faculty and staff out of harm's way. The CMT is charged with ensuring the safety of the campus and making sure every member of the UNF community is as informed as they possibly can be – and that is where the grant money comes in.
"The communication equipment in the department is ancient," said University Police Chief John Dean. "This grant will allow us to move into the 21st century in terms of communication."
The money actually is from a federal Justice Assistant Grant (JAG) through the Department of Homeland Security. The much-needed funds will go to outfit the Mobile Command Unit with a plug-and-play mobile communication console that will allow the University Police to be in constant contact with one another and other law enforcement agencies in the area.
The Mobile Command Unit is used whenever and wherever it is needed, can be set up just about anywhere on campus and is totally self-supporting for about to 48 hours. If a disaster strikes, the UPD will be ready to respond to anyone on campus who needs help.
"If anything occurs on campus, we can be there and fully functioning within a short amount of time and for as long as necessary," Dean said. "We can virtually run the show from the middle of a parking lot. And, if need be, we can communicate with the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department, the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office, the three beach police departments and the Emergency Operations Center. That allows us to tap into a whole host of resources for our campus community."
Lieutenant Crystal Serrano, manager of police communication, wrote the grant for the department. She worked with the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office to determine what equipment would be compatible with the system already in place and then began gathering quotes for the exact equipment necessary. A great deal of research and investigation went into the grant proposal, with Serrano doing most of the work herself.
"I worked up the quote and then wrote the application and the grant itself," Serrano said. "We heard back from them in about a month and a half."
"That was pretty quick," Dean said. "Most grants take anywhere from six months to a year-plus. We were very pleased with the outcome and the timeline."
Dean said the grant came at just the right time. "Without this grant money, we simply would not have been able to upgrade our communication system."
In the past year, the University has invested nearly half a million dollars into upgrades that barely scratched the surface in terms of disaster preparedness.
"It is all part of a multi-phased plan to get us where we need to be," Dean said. The University allocated about $300,000 for new portable radios recently that allowed the 29 sworn officers and 19 staff members to communicate in real time and all across the 1,381-acre campus. Another $80,000 was used to purchase a new computer-aided dispatch (CAD) system to allow specially trained police officers to get first responders on the scene as quickly as possible.
"We want to make sure we are not caught short and we have what we need to do our job and keep this campus and students safe," Dean said.
Most chairs encountered throughout the day define themselves fairly simply – a place at the family table, a comfortable spot with a great view of the river, a seat of corporate power. But when looking at the 40-plus chairs selected for "The Art of Seating: 200 Years of American Design," there is so much more. These works of art have compelling stories to tell about our national history, the evolution of American design and incredible artistry and craftsmanship.
"The Art of Seating," an exhibition which opened Jan. 21, at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) Jacksonville, a cultural resource of the University of North Florida, provides the region with a unique opportunity to see chair types previously only seen in major Northeast museums or withheld from public display in private homes. The American Chair Collection, the center of this exhibition, is an amazing and comprehensive private collection of iconic and historic chairs from the early 1800s through today's studio movement.
The exhibition also offers a glimpse into the dedication and passion of a private collector who worked with scholars, conservators, photographers and MOCA's curatorial staff to bring this show together. "The exhibition provides us with an opportunity to see readily recognizable pieces mixed with some gems rarely seen by the public," said Thomas Serwatka, UNF chief of staff and interim director of MOCA.
A free educational symposium from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 19, in the University Center provides the public with a chance to learn from the collector, chair designers and international artists. Among the featured speakers are renowned antiques expert Judith Miller, author of more than 100 books and a BBC television personality; Benjamin Pardo, director of design for Knoll, a leading chair manufacturing firm; and artists Vivian Beer, Jon Brooks and Jacksonville-based Dolf James (who's large-scale sculpture will adorn the museum's atrium during the run of the exhibition).
The creation of the chair collection began with the purchase of an Egyptian Revival side chair and has since blossomed throughout the past eight years to the more than 40 works on display in this exhibition. The American Chair Collection started as a way to provide further context to the Thomas H. and Diane D. Jacobsen Collection of American paintings, sculpture, silver and furniture, acquired during the early 1990s. In November 2005, Jacobsen brought some of the best works in the collection to the Cummer Museum for an exhibition that honored her late husband's life and memory.
"The Art of Seating" takes the viewer into the design studio through patent drawings, documented upholstery, artist renderings and multimedia presentations. Selections from the Jacobsen Collection of American Art offer a stylistic journey in furniture with showstoppers by John Henry Belter, George Hunzinger, the Herter Brothers, the Stickley Brothers, Frank Lloyd Wright, Charles and Ray Eames, Isamu Noguchi, Frank Gehry and others still waiting to be discovered. The exhibition will also feature contemporary and historic designs by some of the biggest furniture manufacturers such as Knoll, Herman Miller and Steelcase. Specially created pedestals and interior spaces designed by Designmind's Larry Wilson will add dramatic presentation elements.
Perhaps the most illustrious piece of history in this collection is that of the House of Representatives Chamber arm chair from 1857. Designed by Thomas U. Walter, architect of the Capitol from 1851 to 1865, the House of Representatives chairs were created to be used in the halls of Congress and were showcased in portraits of political leaders such as Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson.
In conjunction with "The Art of Seating," the museum is providing several other educational and celebratory activities, including MOCA's annual gala Saturday, March 12, and a series of public lectures and films. For more information about "The Art of Seating: 200 Years of American Design" and its related activities, visit mocajacksonville.unf.edu or call MOCA at (904) 366-6911.
This exhibition is generously sponsored by MOCA's Partners in Excellence.
Season Sponsors
: Mrs. Donald M. Cox; GrayRobinson, P.A.; Haskell; Parker Vision; Perdue Office Interiors; and WJCT Public Broadcasting
Contributing Sponsors:
Agility Press; AT&T Advertising Solutions; BlueCross/BlueShield of Florida; Brunet-García Advertising & P.R.; Cultural Council of Greater Jacksonville; Emeco; Florida Financial Group; Ken Klein; Knoll; The Lazzara Foundation; PRI Productions Inc.; The State of Florida's Division of Cultural Affairs; and Larry Wilson, ASID, IIDA, of Designmind
Fred Sudler doesn't like talking about himself. He is quick to credit others for his success – whether it is his parents for instilling his work ethic or his staff who change requests into reality for Enterprise Systems in Information Technology Services at UNF.
He overcame his natural reluctance to talk about himself because of the importance he places on the First Generation Scholarship Program. He has supported this program for several years through the annual Faculty Staff Drive.
"I believe in giving back and as a UNF employee I want to set an example. If you don't invest in UNF, why should the next guy (employee or community neighbor)," he said, explaining his decision to support the University and The Power of Transformation capital campaign.
But mention the First Generation Program and a spark lights in Sudler's eyes as he recounts the transformative impact education has had in his life.
Born on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, Sudler recalls a high school diploma as generally being considered the end of educational achievement when he was growing up. But that wasn't good enough for Sudler or his two younger brothers, all of whom joined the Navy to get out of small-town America and expand their horizons.
In six years of service, Sudler traveled the world and was ultimately stationed in Mayport near the end of his enlistment. He stayed in Jacksonville, earned his associate's degree at the community college and began working as the "computer guy" at an area law firm. That eventually led to a position at PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he spent eight years and became a technology manager for the Jacksonville office.
But it was at UNF where Sudler first witnessed the real power of education to transform lives. He earned both a bachelor's degree and an M.B.A at UNF after landing a job as a technology coordinator at the Coggin College of Business and eventually becoming the assistant dean for Information Technology. His education became a springboard for him personally and professionally. He met his wife here – Dr. Yemisi Bolumole, director of the Transportation & Logistics Flagship Program – and then landed his current job as director of Enterprise Systems in Information Technology Services in spring 2004.
"A college education basically changed my family tree in one generation," he said. His two brothers also went on to get college degrees. "My dad was a carpenter and my mother worked in factories. We went from a family of laborers to a family of white-collar workers in one generation." His mother later earned a college degree after raising her children.
Having experienced the power of education in his life, Sudler was naturally attracted to the First Generation Scholarship Program. As the name implies, the program is designed to make college possible for first-generation college students of Florida families. For every private dollar contributed to the scholarship, the state will match the donation with an equal amount. More than $2.5 million in First Generation scholarships has been awarded at UNF since 2006, when the program started. While more than 750 have been aided by the scholarships, more than 250 students have earned degrees at UNF through the program.
For Sudler, the decision was a simple one. He said he remembers the time when the bridge separating the Eastern Shore of Maryland from the metropolis of Baltimore/Washington was more than a physical bridge. "The bridge symbolized a link to a different world even though it was only 20 minutes away."
Sudler said that recognizing and being thankful to God for his blessings has helped him realize he has a responsibility to build a bridge so others can follow.
The Faculty Staff Drive is a perfect way for UNF employees to participate not only in the First Generation Program, but in any of 184 different projects on campus. Last year's Faculty Staff Drive raised more than $100,000, the first year it exceeded the five-figure threshold. This year, organizers hope to achieve 50 percent participation. To date, more than $48,000 has been raised and the drive continues through June.
Sudler's plan is to go beyond the Faculty Staff Drive in supporting the First Generation Scholarship Program. "It is a cause in which I believe strongly. I hope one day to have my own Sudler Scholar at UNF."
Department: Student Union
Job title: Associate Director
Years at UNF: 25
What do you do at UNF? Describe your job duties.
I am in charge of daily operations for the new Student Union and Amphitheater. That entails making sure the various systems within the building work. There is an extensive audiovisual and technical component that requires a lot of attention. Additionally, through my direct reports I manage the Game Room and Student Union marketing team. For the first 20 years I was the combination of technical director and manager for the Robinson Theatre as well as the Robinson Student Life Center.
Tell us about your family.
My wife, Dr. Ann Marie Byrd, is an educator and author. She is currently working on a narrative history about women who volunteered for the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps in World War II. She has had several pieces published in magazines and online publications. My son, Michael, is currently working on his political science degree at UNF. He has traveled extensively in Europe and led an international volunteer group during an eight-week work experience in Potsdam, Germany.
If you could choose any other career, what would it be and why?
I decided that when I grew up I wanted to be a theatrician. You have to understand that was sometime in my mid to late 20s. I was one of the founders of a theatrical group — it was quite good. I earned both a BFA and an MFA in theatre. I love the challenge of making a character come to life. The act of creating another living, breathing, thinking personality out of your own psyche and talent is very fulfilling. I enjoy directing plays as well. My favorite was probably, "I'm Not Rappaport." However, "Chapter Two," where I first cast and met my wife, ranks right along side it.
What would you like to do when you retire?
I don't think you ever retire. The work changes and the pleasures you derive change with what you do. Working at UNF has been the constant cycle of watching and helping the growth of students whom I've impacted over the years. This is the informal learning that occurs outside the classroom. I know I have learned a lot about myself from them and hope that I've made some small impact on their lives.
What is your favorite thing about working at UNF?
It was a privilege to have formed working relationships with many of the founding faculty and administrators.
What is the best thing you ever won?
Irene Ryan acting nominations all three years in grad school
If you won the lottery, what would do with the money?
I remember just before the Berlin Wall came down the lottery was at an obscene amount of money and I thought if I won I'd use the bulk of the money to dismantle that atrocity. Realistically, I'd want my immediate and extended family to be financially secure. In that vein I'd like to be able to make a difference in lives: establish scholarships, endow a chair to help students benefit from a thoroughly classic liberal arts education.
If you were not working at UNF, what would you be doing?
Teaching acting and directing — practicing my art and my craft
What is your favorite way to blow an hour?
Read a very good book or watch a foreign film
What was the best money you ever spent?
My marriage license and later, the delivery room charges for my son
What is the proudest/happiest moment of your life?
It is impossible to stop the camera shutter and pick one. I can't think of one that doesn't involve either my wife and and/or my son. Professionally, it has to be my involvement in planning and building the Student Union. It was the culmination of years of talking about, imagining and planning. My work home is a very distinctive piece of architecture.
Tell us something that would surprise people to know about you.
Barry Levinson's Baltimore trilogy [three loosely connected movies set in Levinson's hometown: "Diner," "Tin Men" and "Avalon"] resonates for me. One of his characters in the movie "Avalon" says, "If I had known things were going to change I would have tried to remember harder." As W.C. Fields said, "All things considered, I'd rather be in Philadelphia."
What was the first concert you ever attended, and what was the most recent concert you attended?
Bob Dylan and Joan Baez was one of the first. I was stoked because they had separated but came back together for that concert. I think the first was Elton John. I used to go see the Second Coming, which morphed into the Allman Brothers. I think the last concert I went to was the Tito Puente concert in the Robinson Theatre.
What person had the greatest impact on your life?
Politically, John F. and Robert Kennedy; FDR has to be near the top.
It depends on the phases. Arthur Carnes, a director trained in Great Britain, taught me that theatre was supposed to be fun while involved in the process of making. My wife, Ann Marie, became not only my best friend but a helpmate in navigating life. Dr. Douglas Covey, who was both mentor and friend, is now vice president of Student Affairs at Georgia State in Atlanta.
What are you most passionate about?
Politics, justice and the importance of the arts and creativity in education
Who is the most famous person you ever met?
Buddy Ibsen, who played Daniel Boone's sidekick Georgie Russle and Jed Clampett in "The Beverly Hillbillies"
Seriously, it would be Tito Puente. I had the privilege of meeting and talking to some of best jazz musicians playing in the modern era. Rich Matteson and the UNF Jazz Program furnished me with an education in jazz. Leonard Bowie brought in some very fine blues players as well. Dick Bizot's Irish music brought both Irish musicians and writers of note. Somewhere, I have an autographed poster from The G. Gordon Liddy/Timothy Leary debate. I think that covers the famous and the infamous.
Tell us something about you that even your friends don't know:
I seriously considered archaeology as a profession, without the influence of Indiana Jones prompting me to look for lost treasures.
What do you hope to accomplish that you have not done yet?
Travel abroad, the grand tour as it was meant to be done; spending time in a place rather than on the American plan of five days four nights and an itinerary that would exhaust a Clydesdale. I'd like to get to know people, go to out of the way places.
What's the last book you read?
"City of Shadows" by Ariana Franklin, a mystery set in Berlin between the world wars. I recommend it highly.
Brooks College of Health
Nursing: Dr. Carol Ledbetter was one of 400 national health-care leaders selected to attend the National Summit on Advancing Health through Nursing in Washington, D.C. The summit was convened to officially kick off the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Initiative on the Future of Nursing's Campaign for Action and mobilize participants to implement recommendations from the Institute of Medicine's report, "The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health."
Public Health: Dr. M. Tes Tuason published "The Poor in the Philippines: Some Insights from Psychological Research" in Psychology and Developing Societies, Vol. 22, No. 2, pages 299-330.
Coggin College of Business
Accounting & Finance: A paper authored by Drs. Pieter de Jong and Antony Paulraj (Management) titled "The Effect of ISO 14001 Certification Announcements on Stock Performance" was accepted for publication in the International Journal of Operations and Production Management.
Management: Dr. Dong-Young Kim recently had two articles accepted for publication: "E-government Maturity Model Using the Capability Maturity Model Integration" (with Gerald Grant), published in the Journal of Systems and Information Technology, Vol. 12, No. 3, pages 230-244; and "Performance Assessment Framework for Supply Chain Partnerships" (with Vinod and Uma Kumar), published in Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, Vol. 15, No. 3, pages 187-195.
Marketing & Logistics: Dr. Adel I. El-Ansary has two articles in the newly published "Wiley International Encyclopedia of Marketing," which is one of the premier marketing reference resources available worldwide. The articles are titled "Multichannel Marketing" and "E-Commerce and Internet Marketing," and both appear in Vol. 1 (Marketing Strategy) of the six-volume encyclopedia set.
An article was published in the December issue of Marketing News about Dr. A. Coskun "Josh" Samli titled "Longtime AMA Member Looks Back at 50 Years of Marketing." Samli has been a member of the American Marketing Association (AMA) since 1958.
College of Arts & Sciences
Art & Design: Vanessa Cruz had a paper titled "Teaching Design Online: The System, The Style, and The Reason It's Important" accepted to the European Academy of Design Conference in Lisbon, Portugal.
Nofa Dixon had her work displayed in two exhibitions: Concurrency Northeast Florida Sculpture Exhibition at the AT&T Lower Tower in Jacksonville; and 20th Anniversary Celebration Exhibition Art Ventures at the Cummer Gallery in Jacksonville. Dixon also juried the Best of Friends Exhibition at the Amelia Arts Association in Georgia.
Stephen Heywood exhibited at the 16th Annual Nellie Allen Smith Commemorative, National Juried Pottery Competition in Fayetteville, N.C., and won a third place function award. Heywood also exhibited in Gulf Coast Community College's Third Annual National Juried Cup Show: Form & Function: Four Person Group Exhibition; The FIRM at the University of Arkansas at Monticello; and Worchester Center for Crafts, The Joy of Bowls, National Juried and Invitational Exhibition, in Worcester, Mass., and Concurrency, a regional juried exhibition in Jacksonville.
Dominick Martorelli exhibited in a show called "The Figurative Nude" at the Wilson Center at Florida State College at Jacksonville.
Christopher Trice had an image and essay included in a book titled "Photos for the Gulf," published by Composing with Images Press. Proceeds from the sale of the book benefit oil spill relief efforts.
Biology: Dr. Clifford Ross and Amanda Kahn contributed to two graduate student presentations: Nathan Lauer's "The Effects of Short-term Salinity Exposure on the Sublethal Stress Response of Vallisneria americana Michx. (Hydrocharitaceae)" (also with M. Yeager and D.R. Dobberfuhl); and Stacy Trevathan's "Seagrass Physiology and the Causative Agent of Wasting Disease, Labyrinthula sp." Both were presented to the Southeastern Estuarine Research Society in November.
Dr. Daniel Moon was featured in The Times-Union letter to the editor: "Potential ecological problems remain as result of BP oil spill" published in November (http://jacksonville.com/opinion/letters-readers/2010-11-29/story/potential-ecological-problems-remain-result-bp-oil-spill). Moon and Jaime Moon published "Effects of Environmental Stress Cascade up Through Four Trophic Levels in a Salt Marsh Study System" in Ecological Entomology, Vol. 35, No. 6, pages 721–726; and (with Amy Keagy) "Direct and Indirect Interactions" in Nature Education Knowledge, Vol. 1, No. 11, page 9. Moon also contributed to two presentations by graduate students: Diana M. Silva's "The Effects of Salinity and Predation Pressure from Odonates on a Salt Marsh Arthropod Community"; and Asher Williams' "Porewater Phosphate Dynamics Along a Salinity Gradient in the Lower St. Johns River, Florida," also with contributions from Dr. Courtney Hackney. Both presentations were given at the Southeastern Estuarine Research Society meeting in St. Augustine in November. Hackney also served as a panelist to the National Science Foundation (NSF) sponsored workshop at the Duke Marine Lab in Beaufort, N.C., in October. The title of the conference was "Shifting Shorelines: Combining Insights from Biological, Physical and Social Sciences."
Chemistry: Dr. Jennifer Bryant and colleagues published a journal article titled "Design and Evaluation of a Novel Hemispherical FAIMS Cell" in the International Journal of Mass Spectrometry, Vol. 298, pages 41-44.
Communication: Dr. Christa Arnold presented "Revisiting Patient Communication Skills Training: A New Intervention and Method" at the National Communication Conference in San Francisco in November.
Christine Holland presented a talk titled "The Impact of Overseas Student Teaching on Preservice Teachers' Cross Cultural Competence" at the 39th annual conference of the Mid-South Educational Research Association in Mobile, Ala.
Languages, Literatures & Cultures: Clayton McCarl presented a paper titled "Phantom Journeys, Phantom Books: Francisco de Seyxas y Lovera's Elusive Pirate Library" at The Republic of Letters and the Empire of the Two Worlds: Culture and Society in Baroque, Spain. This was an international conference sponsored jointly by the Instituto Cervantes, the Hispanic Society of America and The Graduate Center of the City University of New York, in September.
María Ángeles Fernández published "Lope narrador: la figura de donaire como génesis de las Novelas a Marcia Leonarda" in the selected proceedings of the 400th anniversary of Lope de Vega´s "The New Art of Writing Plays" AISO (International Association of Spanish Golden Age Theater) 14th annual conference in July 2009. The proceedings were edited and published by Germán Vega García-Luengos at the University of Valladolid in Valladolid, Spain, 2010. Ángeles Fernández also presented "Amor se escribe con mayúscula: cartas de Lope a Sessa" at the International Association of Hispanists´s 17th annual conference in Rome, Italy, in July; and "La retórica de la experiencia: apuntes sobre enargeia en las Novelas a Marcia Leonarda de Lope" at the 2010 AHCT (Association for Hispanic Classical Theater) Symposium on Golden Age Theater in El Paso in March.
Music: Dr. Michael Bovenzi was featured as the guest artist at the Bellis Clarinet and Saxophone Festival at the University of Missouri, St. Louis. Bovenzi performed a solo recital, gave clinics and was soloist with the UMSL Symphonic Band.
Dr. Nick Curry published "State Project Money Put to Good Use" in the November edition of American String Teacher. He also traveled to Boca Raton where he was an invited guest clinician for the 16th annual "Cellobration," conducting and working with more than 75 high school cellists and performing a master class and concert. UNF students traveled with him and participated as well.
Political Science & Public Administration: Dr. Hyunsun Choi (with Drs. J. Kim, S. Han and Y. Tae) presented "Community Business Building Process in a Transitional Neighborhood: Assets, Participation, and Sustainability in Yang-Rim Dong, South Korea" at the 51st ACSP Annual Conference in Minneapolis in October. Also in October, Choi presented "Collaboration and Management in the Face of Climate Change: Regional Governance in the Implementation of California Senate Bill 375(SB375)" (coauthored by S. Choi) at the Korean Association for Public Administration 2010 International Conference in Seoul, Korea.
Dr. David Schwam-Baird presented "The Colombian Government, the U.S. and the Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia: An Analysis of Policy Failure" at the 28th Annual Conference of the Association of Third World Studies in Savannah in October.
Psychology: Dr. Christopher Leone, along with LouAnne Hawkins and student protégés, gave five presentations at the annual meeting of the Society of Southeastern Social Psychologists in Charleston, S.C.: "Tis Better to Have Loved and Lost? Thoughts of Self-Monitors at a Relationship's End (with David Beane, Natalie Hofmann and James Kindelsperger); "Friends or Enemies?: Effects of Thought, Schemas, and Need for Structure of Attitude Polarization" (with Matt Valente and Christina Nicolaides); "Religion and Attitudes About Abortion: Closed-Minded Extremism or Internalized Values?" (with Heather Johnston and Andrew Wood); "Devil or Angel? Some Effects of Self-Monitoring and Relationship Length on Perceptions of Former Romantic Partners" (with Lee Gainey, Meghan Babcock and Dustin Thomas); and "Beyond a Doubt? Some Effects of Thought, Attitude Object, and Need for Structure on Attitude Polarization" (with Shawn Lewis, Omar Aleman, Richard Mottola, James Solari and Hawkins).
Dr. Michael Toglia, along with co-authors C. J. Brainerd, V. Reyna, R. Holliday and Y. Yang, published a journal article titled "Developmental Reversals in False Memory: Effects of Emotional Valence and Arousal" in the Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, Vol. 107, pages 137-154. Toglia also, along with A. D. Leedy, C. M. Baker and A. Cheng, presented a paper titled "Veridical and False Memory for Survival and Nonsurvival DRM Lists" at the Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, in St. Louis in November.
Sociology & Anthropology: Dr. Melissa D. Hargrove presented an invited paper, "The Evolutionary Fitness of White Racism," at the 109th Annual American Anthropological Association meetings in New Orleans. She also served as a panel discussant, screened the film "Black Seminoles" and discussed the importance of recognizing "Black Indians" as part of the UNF Native American Month Lecture Series sponsored by the Intercultural Center for PEACE, and was an invited panelist for "Performance in Pedagogy/The Pedagogy of Performance: An Interdisciplinary Panel Discussion with UNF Faculty," sponsored by the English Department.
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Construction Management: Drs. Patrick Welsh and J. David Lambert and graduate student Mike Toth presented and demonstrated the "UNF Low-cost Water Quality Buoy" at the SECOORA (Southeast Coastal Ocean Observing Regional Association) Basic Operational Buoy workshop at Jacksonville University in December. The buoy is designed for sheltered waters and wirelessly transmits real-time water quality data via cell phone text messaging. Representatives of several Southeast universities and state agencies participated.
School of Computing: Lisa Jamba and Jean Fryman (School of Engineering) were selected as CCEC representatives on the planning committee for the first UNF Expanding Your Horizons conference to take place Feb. 26 in the University Center. The conference is designed for sixth- to eighth-grade girls to learn more about careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (www.expandingyourhorizons.org/conferences/unf/). Fryman also coordinated a November field trip for students from Sally Mathis Elementary Science Academy, who visited the UNF School of Engineering and participated in "What is an Engineer Anyway?" and a hands-on load bearing exercise where winners were awarded "Future Engineer" T-shirts provided by the UNF School of Engineering Advisory Council.
Dr. Karthikeyan Umapathy and Sandeep Purao had their paper "Systems Integration and Web Services" published in the magazine Computer, Vol. 43, No. 11, November 2010 (http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MC.2010.328).
School of Engineering: Dr. Chris Brown and UNF students spoke to high school students at Clay High School on engineering careers and the American Society of Civil Engineers concrete canoe contest. Brown also gave an invited presentation at Orange Park High School titled "Engineering Careers and the UNF-SAME (Society of American Military Engineers) Model Concrete Canoe Contest." Brown, Dr. Alan Harris, and students Aaron Watkins and Justin Komma presented their paper, "Exposing High School Teachers to Wireless Sensor Network Research in the University of North Florida Environmental Hydrology Living Laboratory: A Study in Active Learning," at the Intellectbase International Consortium Academic Conference in December.
Dr. Murat Tiryakioglu and Ralph T. Shuey published their paper, "Modeling Quench Sensitivity of Aluminum Alloys for Multiple Tempers and Properties: Application to AA2024," in Metallurgy and Materials Transactions, Vol. 41A, November 2010.
Dr. Susan Vasana and Terry L. Smith had their paper titled "Whole-Mind Teaching and Learning: A Case Study in Engineering" published in World Transactions on Engineering and Technology Education, Vol. 8, No. 3, 2010.
College of Education & Human Services
Childhood Education: Dr. Christine Weber's manuscript titled "A Comprehensive Plan for Differentiating the Training of Teachers of the Gifted Online at the State, District and University Level in Florida, USA" has recently been accepted for publication in 2011 in the Journal for Gifted Education International. In November at the National Association for Gifted Children Annual Conference in Atlanta, Weber presented "Case Studies: Exploring Issues in Gifted Education" and "Navigating through the Maze of Standards: Looking for Appropriate Instruction for Gifted and Advanced Learners."
Dr. Katie Monnin recently signed her third book contract for her book "Really Reading Graphic Novels," which will be available in early 2012.
Leadership, School Counseling & Sport Management: Dr. Elinor Scheirer's paper proposal submission titled "Accountability, High-Stakes Testing, and the Educational Rights of Children" has been accepted by NFPF/NERA (Nordisk Förening för Pedagogisk Forskning/Nordic Educational Research Association) for inclusion in its 2011 international conference in Finland in March. NFPF/NERA is the main association for educational researchers in the Nordic countries.
Milestone Anniversaries
Congratulations to the following employees who will celebrate a milestone anniversary at UNF in February:
30 Years:
Cheryl Fountain, Professor, Florida Institute of Education
10 Years:
Pamela Alexander, Accountant, Auxiliary Services
Margaret Armstrong, Assistant Director of ELP, Student Affairs
Epifanio Mallari, Custodial Worker, Physical Facilities
Bruce Turner, Assistant Director of Academic Support Services, Academic Center for Excellence
Five Years:
Courtney Anderson, Coordinator of IT Support, Information Technology Services
Ashley Ballard, Coordinator of Health Education and Adjunct, Health Promotions
Regan Bartley, Administrative Secretary, Art & Design
Justin Bergstrom, Coordinator of Marketing Publications, Florida Institute of Education
Felicia Bernard, Administrative Secretary, Coggin College of Business
Gregory DiFranza, Program Specialist, Training & Services Institute
Spspe Gbelayan Payne, Senior Custodial Worker, Custodial Services
Kathleen Leone, Director of Development, Student Affairs
Karen McSheffrey, Office Manager, Student Health Services
Heather Monroe-Ossi, Coordinator of Educational Training Programs, Florida Institute of Education
Nancy Viafora, Coordinator of Accounting, Controller's Office
Stephanie Weiss, Assistant University Librarian, Carpenter Library
The following employees were either hired by UNF or were promoted from OPS positions from mid-November to mid-January:
James Abdur-Rahman, Senior Custodial Supervisor, Physical Facilities
Tracie Abraham, Adjunct, College of Education & Human Services
Teresa Becsi, Instructor, Marketing & Logistics
Leonyd Calderon, Adjunct, Clinical & Applied Movement Science
Julie Carter, Coordinator of Instructional Design, Center for Instruction & Research Technology
Hether Celetti, Programming Assistant, Student Government
Randy Cox, Maintenance Mechanic, Physical Facilities
Nakul Datre, Coordinator of Research and Program Services, Civil Engineering
Michael Davenport, Groundskeeper, Physical Facilities
R. Charlene Davis, Academic Adviser, Academic Center for Excellence
Abigail Ellis, Adjunct, Criminology & Criminal Justice
Alice Eng, Assistant University Librarian, Carpenter Library
Jennifer Garrow, IT Support Technician, Information Technology Services
Quincy Gibson, Scientist, Biology
Jeriann Gonzales, Adjunct, Brooks College of Health
David Hacker, Adjunct, Building Construction Management
Andrew Hambidge, IT Support Coordinator, User Services
Christopher Hawk, Coordinator of Academic Support Services, One-Stop Center
Sarah Holdstein, Assistant Director of Development, Coggin College of Business
Jennifer Iovanovici, Financial Aid Specialist, Enrollment Services Processing
Albert Isaacs, Adjunct, Leadership & Counseling
Shikha Iyengar, Adjunct, Brooks College of Health
Patricia Kapcio, Executive Secretary, the Graduate School
Marilou Kelemen, Administrative Secretary, Psychology
Matthew Kimball, Assistant Professor, Biology
William Kintz, Adjunct, Sociology & Anthropology
Deborah Klim, Senior Payroll Representative, Controller
Robert Kreps, Applications System Analyst, Florida Institute of Education
Tyran Lance, Office Manager, College of Arts & Sciences
John Lumpkin, Adjunct, Music
Christy Manuel, Coordinator of Education & Training, Florida Institute of Education
Catherine McMurria, Adjunct, College of Education & Human Services
Paul Mettler, Associate Professor, Clinical & Applied Movement Science
M. G. Middlebrook, Data Processing Associate, The Graduate School
Anthony Morrison, Radiologist, Student Health Services
Jenny Neidhardt, Office Manager, Childhood Education
Shawn Ochrietor, Maintenance Mechanic, Physical Facilities
Jose Perez, Adjunct, College of Computing, Engineering & Construction
Karl Pezdirtz, Adjunct, Physics
Gloria Rojas, Custodial Supervisor, Custodial Services
Claudia Sealey-Potts, Assistant Professor, Nutrition & Dietetics
Lena Shaqareq, Instructor, College of Education & Human Services
Victoria Shore, Office Manager, Student Government
Kathryn Strickland, Assistant Professor, Communication
Courtney Taylor, Adjunct, History
Delores Truesdell, Adjunct, Brooks College of Health
Chantell Waters, Coordinator, The Women's Center
Debra Wellmann, Administrative Secretary, Coggin College of Business
John Woodward, Adjunct, Sociology & Anthropology
Mary Wrenn, College Adviser, The Jacksonville Commitment
Dana McCoy (Program assistant, ADA Compliance Office) and her husband, Barry, celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary in September, with a trip to Alaska. The couple spent 10 days on Kodiak Island fishing and bear-watching.
The Office of Research and Sponsored Programs announces the following grants and contracts:
John Dean (Campus Police), "University of North Florida Police Department UPD Project 25 Compliance," City of Jacksonville/U.S. Department of Justice, $120,000
Dr. Janice Donaldson (Small Business Development Center), "Florida Small Business Development Center Network 2011," University of West Florida/U.S. Small Business Administration, $1,707,104
Drs. Elizabeth Fullerton (Childhood Education) and Caroline Guardino (Exceptional Student and Deaf Education), "Collaborating with Teachers to Improve Student Outcomes," NEA Foundation, $5,000
Dr. James Gelsleichter (Biology), "Assessment of Deepwater Fish Assemblages Associated with DeSoto Canyons and Continental Slope Waters in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico," Florida State University/Florida Institute of Oceanography, $37,652
Dr. Courtney Hackney (Biology), "Florida Department of Environmental Protection Interchange of Personnel," Florida Department of Environmental Protection/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, $52,414
Dr. Tammie Johnson (Public Health), "Epidemiology, Data Analysis: Services for the Diabetes Prevention and Control Program," Florida Department of Health, $15,000
Dr. Gerald Merckel (College of Computing, Engineering and Construction Dean's Office) and Daniel Cox (Engineering), "Omnii Sense – Proposed High-Tech Company," Florida Board of Governors, $40,000
Drs. Jeffrey Michelman and Robert Slater (Accounting & Finance) and Bobby Waldrup (Coggin College of Business Dean's Office), "Data Security in the Public Utilities Industry," JEA, $16,785
Dr. Karen Patterson (Exceptional Student & Deaf Education), "State Personnel Development Grant 2010-2011," Florida Department of Education/U.S. Department of Education, $135,000
Dr. Len Roberson (Exceptional Student & Deaf Education), "Educational Interpreters Project 2010-2011," Florida Department of Education/U.S. Department of Education, $229,829
Dr. Jeffrey Steagall (Economics & Geography), "Consortium for Small and Medium-size Enterprises and Entrepreneurship Education," Clemson University/U.S. Department of Education, $1,848
Drs. Patrick Welsh (Engineering) and J. David Lambert (Construction Management), "Monitoring the Guana-Tolomato-Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve (GTMNERR) with the Advanced Basic Observational Buoy (ABOB) in Conjunction with the NERR System-wide Monitoring Program (SWAMP) with Real-time Display in the NERR Education Center," Southeast Coastal Ocean Observing Regional Association, $16,855
Dr. Jeffry Will (Center for Community Initiatives), "Homeless Census and Survey Project Winter 2010," Emergency Services and Homeless Coalition/U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, $23,671
Quinoa is a grain-like crop grown mainly for its edible seeds, and its flavor is similar to cream of wheat, but with a hint of nuttiness. Jackie Shank, undergraduate nutrition program director in the Department of Nutrition & Dietetics, discusses some myths and facts about this tiny grain that packs a big nutritional punch.
Myth: Quinoa is weird.
Fact: Quinoa, pronounced KEEN-wah, is really cool, albeit unfamiliar to most Americans. Food scientist Harold McGee said Chenopodium quinoa is native to northern South America and was a staple food of the Incas. It was domesticated around 5,000 B.C. Today, most of the world's quinoa is grown in Peru and Bolivia. It's in the same family as beets and spinach, and although the fresh greens of the plant are edible, it's the tiny round seeds that are typically eaten.
Myth: Quinoa isn't widely available.
Fact: You'll find quinoa at any natural food market and at some traditional grocery stores as well. Save money by purchasing from a store that offers grains in self-service bulk bins. You can also purchase quinoa online from companies such as Bob's Red Mill at http://www.bobsredmill.com/organic-quinoa-grain.html.
Myth: Quinoa isn't as nutritious as other grains.
Fact: Quinoa's a nutritional powerhouse. It's high in protein compared to most other grains, and like soy, the protein is complete, containing all nine of the essential amino acids required by humans. A typical serving of three-fourths cup of cooked quinoa packs four grams of healthful fiber and more than two milligrams of iron. It contains respectable amounts of magnesium, folate and vitamin B6. Quinoa also receives accolades for what it doesn't contain: pesky cholesterol and saturated or trans fat. The Agricultural Department's MyPyramid Food Guide counts one-half cup of cooked quinoa as a serving of whole grain.
Myth: Quinoa is too bitter to be tasty.
Fact: It's true thatmany varieties have a natural coating of bitter defensive compounds called saponins; however, saponins are easily removed by rinsing the quinoa under cool running water in a fine strainer. For convenience, most boxed quinoa has been pre-rinsed.
Myth: Quinoa has limited uses and is complicated to prepare.
Fact: Not true.Quinoa is a versatile and delicious whole grain with a mild, slightly nutty flavor. It can be cooked in water like rice, by simmering for 15 to 20 minutes until the extra water is absorbed and the curly germ separates from the seed. Quinoa can be added to soups and stews, and ground into flour for use in bread products. It doesn't contain the sometimes-troublesome gluten proteins, so it's an allowed grain for people who need to avoid gluten.
Cream of Quinoa
1 cup quinoa, rinsed well and drained
½ teaspoon sea salt
Your choice of sweet and creamy condiments: honey, milk, yogurt, cinnamon, raisins, walnuts, wheat germ, coconut or sunflower seeds
Bring 4 cups water and the quinoa to a boil in a medium saucepan. Reduce the heat to very low, cover, and cook until thickened, about 30 minutes. Stir in the salt. Serve hot with your favorite condiments.
Yield: 2 to 4 servings
Nutrition facts per serving (about three-fourths cup, without condiments): 185 calories, 3 grams total fat, 0 grams saturated fat, 0 mgs cholesterol, 4 grams fiber, 7 grams protein, 2.3 mgs iron
Source: "Three Bowls, Vegetarian Recipes from an American Zen Buddhist Monastery" by Seppo Ed Farrey, 2000
If you have questions about quinoa, contact Shank by e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com. "The Goods" monthly column runs every third Thursday in the Taste section of The Florida Times-Union, promoting UNF Nutrition & Dietetics faculty and featuring myths and facts about various foods.


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Plea for Full Disclosure with Affordable Care Act
The Affordable Care Act is here to stay. Now the components need to work together in order for the benefit of all. South Dakota Congresswoman Kristi Noem expresses concern that the Obama Administration is less than forthcoming in providing information regarding its status. She explains her vote on a measure that will shed more light on what is happening inside the insurance exchanges. Without this disclosure, Noem anticipates sticker shock for younger, healthier South Dakotans. Her opinion is expressed in the following words.
Like many parents in South Dakota, I want more opportunities and a greater country for my kids than I inherited. That's why I entered public service in the first place. In recent years, I have been very worried about the tremendous weight the federal government is putting on our kids.
The Affordable Care Act, in particular, rests directly on the backs of young people. "Older adults will be paying premiums that don't fully cover their expected medical expenses, while young adults will be paying premiums that more than cover their expenses," explained a December 2013 study by the Kaiser Family Foundation, a longtime supporter of the Affordable Care Act.
To distribute costs more evenly, the Affordable Care Act includes a rule that says insurance companies can't charge any one person more than three times the amount they are charging another person for the same coverage. This forces young, healthy people to pick up a bigger portion of the tab.
Before health care reform, many states limited insurance companies to charging older and sicker individuals no more than five times the amount they would charge a young, healthy person. As a result, if a healthy person was charged a $100 monthly premium, their insurance company could ask a sicker individual to pay as much as $500 a month for the same plan. Under health care reform, however, if an insurer bills a less healthy individual $500, the younger, healthier individual must pay at least $167 for the plan – 60 percent more than the $100 they could have paid before the Affordable Care Act was implemented.
Overall, premiums for single people between 21 and 29 who are not eligible for government subsidies are expected to rise 42 percent higher than if the Affordable Care Act had not been enacted. That's a pretty big increase for a group that is necessary to the viability of the Affordable Care Act.
The White House believes 2.7 million young people must sign up for insurance on the exchanges to balance the health insurance risk pools. If not enough young people sign up, these risk pools will become too risky. Insurers could pay out more than they take in. And costs could skyrocket in 2015.
Unfortunately, there is no way to know if enough young people have entered the system to keep rates from jumping because the administration refuses to release that information. During the first week of the 2014 legislative session, I helped the House pass the Exchange Information Disclosure Act. This bill would require weekly reports on health exchange signups that will help determine if enough healthy, young people are signing up.
With this information, all of us will have a better understanding of future price trends so we know what to expect a year from now. We'll also have a better idea of the costs young people could face as they're trying to start their lives under the Affordable Care Act.


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