Sujithamrak will present at international conference -
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 Dr. Siriporn Sujithamrak, assistant professor in the College of
Business and Technology at Black Hills State University, will present an
article at the international Council on Hotel, Restaurant, and
Institutional Education (I-CHRIE) conference in Philadelphia.
Her presentation, “Native American’s Attitudes toward Tourism,” is
based on research funded by the USA’s Department of Commerce’s Economic
Development Administration (EDA) grant. This study is made possible with
the assistance from Denelle High Elk, Lewis & Clark Coordinator,
Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe who is also an author in the study. The grant
will cover expanded topics including services and amenities available
from the tribe, websites, economic impacts, and marketing activities
used to attract international tourists to visit the tribe and will
include another tribe, the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe.
High Elk distributed questionnaires to high school students to
evaluate their attitudes toward tourism. The second step is to ask tribe
members about their attitudes toward tourism and compare and contrast
the findings between these two groups. The researchers plan to conduct a
similar study with the Lower Brule Sioux.
“This is a unique opportunity. There is a variety of research
conducted about resident’s attitudes toward tourism, but none has been
done with Native Americans,” Sujithamrak said. “This study can serve as
a benchmark for other tribes.”
I-CHRIE is the global advocate of hospitality and tourism education
for schools, colleges and universities offering programs in hotel and
restaurant management, foodservice management and culinary arts. The
international CHRIE conference annually attracts more than 500 leaders
and educators in the hospitality education field from all over the
world. Sujithamrak has been a member of I-CHRIE since she was a graduate
student and relies on her memebership to access current information and
research.
Sujithamrak received her doctorate in foodservice and hospitality
management from Kansas State University in 1999. She has been a member
of the BHSU faculty since 2001.
842nd welcomed home - top
Members of the 842nd National Guard Unit, who have been on
active duty for 16 months, were welcomed home yesterday with parades in
Spearfish, Sturgis and Belle Fourche, a picnic at Lyle Hare Field on the
BHSU campus and the deactivation ceremony in the Young Center. Michael
Tiffany (below) and his family were among the National Guard members in the
parade yesterday in celebration of their homecoming. Tiffany and two
other BHSU employees, Tim Johnston and Jade Harney, as well as several
BHSU students are members of the 842nd National Guard Unit.
BHSU hosts piano camp -
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 Dani Bergey (left) studies her sheet music and Ben Shreeves (right)
concentrates on the correct tones during a piano camp workshop at Black
Hills State University. Sponsored by the area Music Teacher’s
Association, the camp included a variety of activities to help students
refresh their theory, sight-reading and musicianship skills. Area piano
teachers, Jenny Braig, Kelly Batchelder, Rita Hicks, and Janeen Larsen,
led activities at the camp. Students learned about Beethoven, played
music games and made art works based on listening, wrote compositions,
and performed a recital. The camp will be repeated next year.
Grants opportunities
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Below are the program materials received in the Grants Office, 309
Woodburn, through July 28. For copies of the information, contact our
office at 642-6204 or e-mail requests to
grants@bhsu.edu. Fellowship information will also be posted on the
Student Union bulletin board near the information desk.
CNCS to Support
Professional Corps Programs (Corrected web address)
The
Corporation for National and Community Service has announced the
availability of $2.9 million in funding to support AmeriCorps
Professional Corps programs that engage professionals to provide health,
public safety, homeland security, education, and other human services in
needy communities. AmeriCorps Professional Corps programs operate where
insufficient numbers of qualified professionals exist to serve a
critical need, and engage AmeriCorps members in service to address that
need. Grants will support programs addressing critical community needs
through the service of professionals, such as nurses, doctors, emergency
medical technicians, teachers, social workers, early childhood
development staff, engineers, lawyers, paralegals, police officers, and
firefighters in communities with inadequate numbers of such
professionals.
Eligible applicants include nonprofit
organizations, institutions of higher education, Indian tribes, and
subdivisions of states, including city and local government entities.
Programs must operate in two or more states.
Deadline: Aug. 17, 2004. Complete
funding guidelines and application procedures are available at
http://www.cns.gov/whatshot/PDFs/ProfessionalCorpsNOFA.pdf
Defense University
Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP)
The Department of Defense (DoD) announces the Fiscal Year 2005
Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP), a part of
the University Research Initiative (URI). This funding is available
through Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, Air
Force Office of Scientific Research. The DURIP is designed to improve
the capabilities of U.S. institutions of higher education (hereafter
referred to as "universities") to conduct research and to educate
scientists and engineers in areas important to national defense, by
providing funds for the acquisition of research equipment.
Deadline: Aug. 26, 2004. To review
the full announcement go to
http://www.fedgrants.gov/Applicants/USAF/AFMC/AFOSR/AFOSR-BAA-2004-3/Grant.html
Math Science
Workforce (NSF)
The National Science Foundation solicits proposals to increase the
number of U.S. citizens, nationals and permanent residents equipped to
pursue careers in the mathematical sciences. Grants support three
distinct categories:
Modification of the existing VIGRE program (vertical integration of
research and education), to integrate research and education for
graduate students and postdoctoral associates, involving undergraduates
in learning by discovery, including international activities;
Mentoring students at transitional points in a mathematical sciences
career path that are critical for success from undergraduate studies to
the early years in a tenure-track position, for example, the transition
from talented high school student to the study of advanced mathematics
at university; and
Use of research training groups in the mathematical sciences that
focus on a major research theme as a way of providing enhanced
research-based training and education experiences and collective
mentoring.
Deadline: Oct. 12. Go to
www.nsf.gov/pubs/2004/nsf04600/nsf04600.htm for more information.
Transitional
Rehabilitation Services (ED)
The Education Department invites applications to support model
demonstration projects to promote community integration, successful
post-secondary education outcomes and employment for transition-age
youths and young adults. Projects must focus on research-based mentoring
methods that provide appropriate supports for transition-age youths and
young adults and aim at increasing meaningful community, education and
job integration. Among other things, applicants must describe how
mentors will help consumers develop and improve self-confidence,
community integration skills, work skills, self-determination, skills,
advocacy and decision-making.
Deadline: Aug. 19. Additional information is available at the ED
website at
www.ed.gov/pubs/edpubs.html
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