Reflections Magazine Issue #75 - Winter 2012 | Page 5

Campus News from the heights Davin Heckman Busy as a Fulbright Scholar Mark Schersten Named New CAS Dean SHU Associate Professor of English Davin Heckman, who is studying and teaching this year at the University of Bergen in Norway as a Fulbright Scholar, has had the following activity over the past few months: Dr. Mark Schersten was recently named the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. He began teaching philosophy at Siena 27 years ago and has served as chairperson of the Humanities division and as a member on Academic Cabinet for 15 years. Schersten co-chaired the steering committee to prepare the Higher Learning Commission self study in 2002, and has participated on numerous regular and ad hoc committees. He also served as faculty ombudsperson, chairperson of TFA, and coordinator of the annual Chiodini-Fontana Ethics Lecture Series. He published an article entitled “Inside Out of the Box: Default Settings and Electronic Poetics” in the journal Dichtung Digital. Dichtung Digital (dichtung-digital.de) is a journal for reviews and scholarship about digital literature and art. It was founded in June 1999. The magazine features content in both German and English (with all contributions in English). Heckman also recently had his article, entitled “Electronic Literature as a Sword of Lightning,” published in the Leonardo Electronic Almanac. It is the web-based counterpart to the print journal, Leonardo. He also chaired a panel on literary criticism and digital media at the International Symposium for Electronic Art in Istanbul, Turkey. On Sept. 17 he presented his paper “Tagging Practices and the Disturbed Dialectic of Literary Criticism.” Davin also presented in October at the online symposium “Materialities of Text: Between the Codex and the Net.” The symposium is at the University of Westminster in Great Britain. He presented on the topic, “The Politics of Plasticity: Neoliberalism, Deliberation and the Digital Text.” SHU Nursing Director Elected to CCNE Nominating Board SHU Director of Nursing Dr. Sue Idczak has been elected to the Nominating Board of the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE). Officially recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education as a national accreditation agency, the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) is an autonomous accrediting agency, contributing to the improvement of the public’s health. CCNE ensures the quality and integrity of baccalaureate, graduate, and residency programs in nursing. English Faculty Member Matthew Barbee Visits University of Maryland SHU Assistant Professor of English Matthew Barbee visited the University of Richmond Oct. 24 to speak with students and faculty studying Southern history. A class on the history of Richmond is using his dissertation as a core text. Barbee’s dissertation focuses on the ways the past, especially the Civil War and the Civil Rights Movement, are “remembered” in Richmond. He discussed his research with the students, and gave an informal public lecture to students, faculty, and community members. Frost Releases New Book on History of Adrian SHU Assistant Professor of History Julieanna Frost released a new book entitled Adrian, which is Siena H