ENMU Faculty Achievements

Date: 10/21/2003
Contact: Wendel Sloan at 505.562.2253

Dr. Mark Isham, associate professor of education foundations, and Dr. Alan
W. Garrett, professor of education foundations, made a presentation titled
"Curriculum and its Sources: Perceptions of Student Teachers" at the recent
annual conference of the American Association for Teaching and Curriculum in
Baltimore. Also at that conference, Dr. Isham and Dr. Garrett contributed to
the symposium "Retrospective Panel on the Work of O. L. Davis Jr."

Northern Illinois University Press is considering publication of a
collection of "last letters" of Union soldiers, compiled by Civil War
enthusiast Franklin Crawford. Dr. Donald Elder III, professor of history and
chair, has been asked to be a reviewer for its suitability for publication.

Tim McGee, coordinator of Distance Education, will present a pre-conference
workshop called "Best Practices for Teaching Online" at the annual
conference of WCET (the Western Cooperative for Educational
Telecommunications) in San Diego, Nov. 2. Tim is the New Mexico state
representative on the steering committee of WCET.

Trio Encantada, featuring Dr. Tracy Carr, oboist; Dr. Jeanie
Wozencraft-Ornellas, lyric soprano; and Dr. Mark Dal Porto, pianist and
composer, has been invited to perform two visiting artist recitals at The
Breakers and Blithewold mansions, Newport and Bristol, Rhode Island, Dec.
27-28. Each of these mansions boasts hundreds of visitors each holiday
season and this is the second year the Trio has been invited to perform for
the holiday festivals.

Dr. Don Holladay, director of the Wesley Foundation and assistant professor
of religion, attended Perkins School of Theology, SMU Executive Board in
Dallas on Oct. 14. The Board has responsibility of serving as interpreters
for the place of theological education in the church and university, and
also to provide personal and financial support for the faculty and staff.
Dr. Holladay has been a member of the Executive Board at Perkins for two
years.

Jolene Moses (Jones), former ENMU English instructor, has had her poem
"Ballad of a Silver Dollar" published in Theatre of the Mind, by Noble House
Publishers of London.