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Submit items to Campus CurrentsThe Campus Currents is distributed every Friday. If you would like to include an item in the newsletter send it to: Campus Currents, Unit 9512 or by e-mail to Campus Currents. Deadline is Thursday at 8 a.m. Standiford and Kirby present at library conference - Top
Brenda Standiford and Colleen Kirby presented "Censorship in the School Library" at the 84th annual conference of the South Dakota Library Association. Standiford is cataloging librarian and Kirby is special collections librarian/assistant professor at Black Hills State University. They are current chair and past chair respectively of the SDLA Intellectual Freedom Committee. At the conclusion of the SDLA Conference, Kirby began her tenure as SDLA president for the 1999/2000 term. Besides chairing the IFC, Standiford is also serving as executive secretary of the South Dakota Library Association. SDLA, which has been active since 1904, is responsible for promoting quality library service for all present and potential users of libraries in South Dakota and furthering the professional development of librarians, trustees, and library employees. Weather station project grant for middle schools funded for a second year - TopA $6,000 NASA grant award to continue a middle-school weather station project at five western South Dakota schools was funded for a second year.
The “NASA Weather Station Pilot Project” at South Dakota Tech supports the efforts of South Dakota Space Grant Consortium (SDSGC) in its plan to continue the project in the five western South Dakota schools. Started last year, the project involved teacher workshops and the maintaining of equipment at the five sites. Hines said he would be working with Tom Gerkin at S.D. Tech to move the program forward. There are plans to expand the project and tie it to a local television station, but the details have yet to be worked out. “The stations are up and running now,” said Hines. “There is one classroom at each site dedicated to weather survey.” The BH instructor says he visited the school sites three times last year. Black Hills State is providing the educational component to the project. “With Internet capabilities it would be ideal if the five sites could collaborate with one another to compare notes and predict the weather,” said Hines. “Two-way video communication is a possibility and the next logical step for us to be involved.” He also noted that plans are being made to develop curriculum units for student integration of math and science concepts with weather themes. Hines will continue to be the contact person for the designated collaborators at the different schools and will work with the director and outreach coordinator of the SDSGC to ensure the project's success. The goals of the south Dakota Weather Station Network include student involvement in the collection of real observational data; student teamwork in the computer-based analysis of their data; student awareness of weather phenomena; enhanced collaboration between SDSM&T and BHSU; cooperation between diverse cultural groups; establishment of an e-mail and Internet communications network among area schools; and potential expansion to other schools. Retirement banquet set for Ellen Koan - TopYou are cordially invited to a retirement dinner for Mrs. Ellen Koan being held at the Donald E. Young Center in the Hall of Fame room Oct. 29. The meal will be served promptly at 6 p.m. with a social hour afterwards. The choice of meals on the menu will be chicken fried steak or roast beef. The dinner is at your own expense and the cost is $11.50 per person. Please RSVP by telephone before Oct. 21, 1999, with the number in your party and your choice of meal. This is imperative so that we may have a correct count for the banquet. The phone number to call is 642-6560 (facilities services). We would also like everyone to say farewell to Ellen by sharing with us a story, memory or remembrance during her twenty-five years here. So, be thinking of something special. There will also be a coffee for Ellen on October 29 from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. in the Pangburn Little Dining Room. So please stop by and wish her farewell. Hosted by facilities services employees. BHSU receives Chiesman grant for library materials - TopThe Black Hills State University E. Y. Berry Library received nearly $3,000 from the Chiesman Foundation for curriculum materials this fall. This was the second year a grant from the Chiesman Foundation was awarded for purchasing materials related to teaching civic education. This year's material will support curriculum items for faculty in the university's department of history and social science. Dolores Moodie, curriculum librarian, said, “The Chiesman grant has benefited students and professors. A lot of material went to the curriculum library last year. This year's material will go into the main library.” John Usera, chairman of the Chiesman endowment, said, “I hope this will be a continuous endeavor on the part of all stakeholders in developing updated materials in the areas of social studies, political science, U.S. government, and civic education. ...”
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Kelly O'Connor-Salomon
She said the interactive style of teaching does not work for her because that was not the way she was taught; however, she does like to mix art and history with the basic English and writing classes to help give the students a different perspective. Salomon grew up in Worcester, Mass., and earned her bachelor's degree in English and history from Worcester State College in 1990. She earned a master's degree in medieval studies from the University of Connecticut in 1992, and another master's in English literature from Trinity College in 1998. Salomon teaches basic English and composition classes, so she has a few students who don't really appreciate English. She said, “It's what you make of it,” and tries to make the required classes more enjoyable by applying art and history to the coursework to make it more appealing. Prior to her current position at Black Hills State, Salomon was employed by the University of Connecticut since 1990 as a teaching assistant, academic tutor, and finally as an instructor; all positions involved composition and literature courses. Salomon received several distinctions throughout her college career which include: Lambda Iota Tau English Honors Society at Worcester State College in 1989, Pre-Doctoral University Fellowship at the University of Connecticut in 1990, Graduate Studies Scholarship at Trinity College from 1995-97; and she was a nominee for the Paul Brown Thesis Award at Trinity College in 1998. As for the future Salomon said, “I would like to be a professional student; I want to broaden my knowledge and find a permanent place to be.” She is also ten years into the creation of a “pseudo-historical fantasy” novel and hopes to finish it and have it published soon. Salomon's hope for a legacy is that she be “remembered as an author of some fame and also as a teacher and scholar who contributed something worthwhile” to her field. Her husband, Dr. David Salomon, is an assistant professor of English at Black Hills State. |
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Volleyball, University of Sioux Falls, 7:30 p.m., home
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The sub-grant, written by
Larry Hines, math/science instructor at Black Hills State, and
awarded through the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology,
will provide continuation of a project started last year at
schools in Sturgis, Kadoka, Rockyford, Buffalo, and Ridgeview. 
Kelly
O'Connor-Salomon is from the old school – her
approach to teaching is a traditional straight-forward
style with a twist.