Reflections Magazine Issue #79 - Fall 2013 | Page 6

Campus News

Philosophy Professor Has
Articles Published

SHU Again Named a “Great
College to Work For”
For the second consecutive year, Siena
Heights is one of the best colleges in
the nation to work for, according to a
new survey by The Chronicle of Higher
Education. The results, released in The
Chronicle’s sixth annual report on The
Academic Workplace, are based on a
survey of more than 44,000 employees
at 300 colleges and universities. In all,
only 97 of those institutions achieved
“Great College to Work For” recognition
for specific best practices and policies.
Siena Heights won honors in three categories this year: Respect and appreciation, Supervisor or department chair
relationship, and Work/life balance.
The survey results are based on a twopart assessment process: an institutional
audit that captured demographics and
workplace policies from each institution,
and a survey administered to faculty,
administrators and professional support
staff. The primary factor in deciding
whether an institution received recognition was the employee feedback.

Tsuji Publishes Cell
Research Findings
SHU Professor of Biology
Dr. Jun Tsuji recently
published his experimental research findings
in the peer-reviewed
journal “BIOS.” The
paper, titled “The
glabra1 mutation affects the stomatal
patterning of Arabidopsis thaliana rosette
leaves,” describes original research data
that support the hypothesis that epidermal cells share genetic components
that determine cell fate and identity.
This paper was co-authored with Lauren
Coe ‘12, who is currently a second-year
medical student at the Kent State University College of Podiatric Medicine.

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Barst Has History Article
Published in Journal

Wolf Begins as SHU’s New
VP of Enrollment

SHU Assistant Professor
of Philosophy Dr. Jeffrey
Engelhardt recently has
had manuscript accepted
for publication in an
upcoming edition of
“Pacific Philosophical
Quarterly.” The title of his manuscript is
“What Is the Exclusion Problem?” Also,
he had two articles recently published
in the following publications: “Married
Causes” will appear in the journal “Acta
Analytica” and “Inattention and the
Speckled Hen” will appear in “Teorema.”

SHU Assistant Professor
of English Julie M. Barst
recently published an
article in “BRANCH:
Britain, Representation,
and Nineteenth-Century
History,” a peer-reviewed
extension of the online journal “RaVoN:
Romanticism and Victorianism on the
Net.” The title of her essay is “The Molesworth Report and the Dissolution of
Convict Transportation to Australia,
August 1838.”

Siena Heights University
hired George Wolf
to be its next vice
president of Enrollment
Management. He
began June 3. “George
was the top choice for
the position by the search committee,
and the Executive Committee of the
Administration supported the committee’s
recommendation,” said SHU President
Sister Peg Albert, OP, PhD. “I firmly
believe we have found the right person
for the job. He believes in the mission
and vision of the University, and has an
impressive background in higher education enrollment.” Wolf most recently
served as the vice president and dean
for Enrollment Services at Westminster
College in Missouri and has more than
26 years of enrollment management
experience with colleges and universities.
Wolf has developed and implemented
innovative models for enrollment
management, financial aid leveraging,
marketing and market segmentation, as
well as developed reporting structures
and predictive modeling for enrollment,
yield, net revenue and price elasticity
for institutional improvement and
strategic success. Wolf, 50, completed
his bachelor’s degree in mass communications/public relations from Kentucky
Wesleyan College in 1986 and his
master’s degree in human resource
development from Siena Heights
University in 2000.

Fick Selected by HRSA
SHU Associate Professor
of Leadership Dr. John
W. Fick, FACHE, was
selected by the Health
Resources and Services
Administration to
serve as a HRSA grant
reviewer effective Aug. 7.

Nowinski Has Article
Published in ‘Fresh History’
SHU faculty member
Sheila Nowinski had
an article published in
the current issue of the
journal “French History”
published by Oxford
University Press. The
article is titled “French Catholic activism
in Algeria between colonization and
development, 1930-65” (pages 371-393).
It examines the history of France’s Rural
Catholic Action organization in Algeria,
which over the decades re-made itself
from a Catholic association for European
farmers to an external aid organization
supporting a secular, Algerian youth
group. This history exposes the continuities of French and Catholic civilizing
missions across “decolonization.” It also
sheds light on the importance of French
Catholics to the elaboration of postcolonial development programs.

DiPietro Involved at
Croswell Opera House
SHU Professor of Theater
Mark DiPietro recently
directed the production
of “All Shook Up” at the
Croswell Opera House
in Adr