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USA Presidential Candidate Forum to be Held Friday, Jan. 31, in Laidlaw
A public forum with a fi nalist for president of the University of South Alabama will take place at 5 p.m., Friday, Jan. 31, in the Laidlaw Performing Arts Center. Dr. Tony G. Waldrop, provost and executive vice president at the University of Central Florida, will speak. Th e forum is open to faculty, staff , students, alumni and the community. At the forum, Waldrop will discuss his candidacy for the University’s presidency. Attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions of the fi nalist and to submit an evaluation of the fi nalist following the forum. Th e evaluations will be delivered to the USA Board of Trustees for consideration. Th e USA Board of Trustees announced Waldrop as a fi nalist earlier in the week following a search process involving a special board-appointed search committee of faculty, staff , students, alumni and supporters of the University. Waldrop was on campus for a visit with leaders of University constituent groups. More than 130 nominees and applicants from across the nation have been identifi ed during the search.
“We want to encourage everyone who can to come to the forum, listen and ask questions of this fi nalist,” said Board of Trustees Chair Dr. Steve Furr. “Afterward, as has been the case throughout our search, there will be opportunities to answer survey questions which will greatly help in our selection of the University’s next leader.” Information about the search process and Waldrop, including his vita, is available from the USA Presidential Search page, www.southalabama.edu/trustees/presidentialsearch/ and the USA home page, www.southalabama.edu. USA’s next president will succeed the late Gordon Moulton, who retired July 1, 2013 after 15 years as president. Dr. John W. Smith has served as
acting president.
Respected Archaeologist and Writer to Lecture on “The Attacking Ocean”
Dr. Brian Fagan, one of the world’s leading archaeological and historical writers, will visit USA on Th ursday, Feb. 6, to lecture on his recently published book, “Th e Attacking Ocean: Rising Sea Levels, Sea Surges, and Humanity.” Th e 7 p.m. event in the Recital Hall of the Laidlaw Performing Arts
Center will be free and open to the
public. Fagan’s visit is sponsored by
the Archaeology Museum and Jaguar
Productions as well as community
co-sponsors the Mobile Bay Sierra
Club, Dauphin Island Sea Lab and
the Mobile Bay National Estuary
Program.
“Th e Attacking Ocean” tells the
story of the complex relationship
between human societies and rising
sea levels since the end of the Ice Age,
some 15,000 years ago.
Following the lecture, Fagan will
sign books. Copies of the book are
available for purchase in the shop at
the Archaeology Museum.
“Our specifi c focus this year is
the environment, so Dr. Fagan was
a natural fi t. Th is lecture fulfi lls part
of the Archaeology Museum’s main
mission of learning from the past to
help better inform our future,” said
Barbara Filion, education curator for
the museum.
A native of England, Fagan
studied archaeology at Pembroke
College, Cambridge. He was Keeper
of Prehistory at the Livingstone
Museum, Zambia, from 1959 until
1965. During six years in Zambia and
one in East Africa, Fagan was deeply
involved in fi eld work on multi-
disciplinary African history and in
monuments conservation. He came
to the United States in 1966 where
he was professor of anthropology at
the University of California at Santa
Barbara from 1967 until 2003 when
he became professor emeritus.
Fagan has specialized in
communicating archaeology and the
past to general audiences through
lecturing, writing, and other media.
A former Guggenheim Fellow, he
lectures about the past all over the
world. His many books include three
volumes for the National Geographic
Society, including the bestselling
“Adventure of Archaeology.”
USA Offi ce of Multicultural Student Affairs to Host Annual Black History Month Events
Th e Offi ce of Multicultural
Student Aff airs and the African-
American Student Association will
host its annual events to celebrate
Black History Month during February.
Most events are free and open to
the public.
Jeramey Anderson, 22, the
youngest person ever elected to the
Mississippi House of Representatives,
will speak on Wednesday, Feb. 12, at 7
p.m. in the Recital Hall of the Laidlaw
Performing Arts Center. During his
presentation, Anderson will talk about
“making history” at any age.
Anderson founded an organization
known as Th e Purple Knights of
America, which is dedicated to serving
as a mentoring organization to young
boys ages 11-18.
He is the recipient of numerous
honors and has served in an array
of leadership positions, including
being named to “Who’s Who Among
Outstanding American Students.” As
Youth of the Year, he created “Hearts
for Haiti” and raised funds for that
country’s earthquake victims. He
served as the 2010 Youth of the Year
Dr. Brian Fagan
Dr. Tony G. Waldrop Jeramey Anderson
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USA Marx Library Photography ExhibitFocuses on Re-Evaluation
Exploring the eff ects of societal
infl uence on individuals is at the core
of the latest photography display at
the USA Marx Library.
Katie Walden, a University student
pursuing a bachelor of fi ne arts degree
with a concentration in photography,
created the exhibit “Stereotypes
and Judgment: Enough is Enough”
to focus on the individual person
as opposed to their body type or
achievements and roles within
society.
Th e exhibit is displayed in the
library’s fi rst fl oor gallery and will
remain on display until Feb. 28. Th e
gallery is free and open to the public
during library hours.
Th e exhibit consists of six models
photographed in four diff erent images
to represent stereotypes and societal
infl uence. Th e fi rst image depicts
the model fully nude to represent a
blank slate, while the second image
displays the model partially covered
with something known to be a big
societal infl uence, such as magazines
or computers.
Th e third image shows the model
wearing clothing meant to be gender
specifi c. Th e fourth photograph
displays the model with something
they love or enjoy doing, but blurs the
model’s face, meant to show the
media’s trend toward classifying
people and refusing to acknowledge
those who do not fi t into the defi ned
mold.
“Th rough this work, I aim to move
my viewing audience into a state of
awareness and understanding by
encouraging my viewers to re-evaluate
what they fi nd meaningful in other
people and in themselves,” said
Walden. “Th is body of work calls
attention to the negatives that come
from solely focusing on gender-role
stereotypes and body image.”
Walden, a native of Eufaula, Ala.,
spends most of her time taking
photographs or working in the
darkroom developing fi lm. In the
summer of 2013, she was selected and
commissioned by the UCUR Program
to create the current display, which is
her largest project to date.
Also on display in the Rodning
Gallery of Art is a nature collage
exhibit by Megan Moore, professor
of art.
Th e USA Marx Library displays
exhibits throughout the year. For more
information regarding showcases,
please visit http://www.southalabama.
edu/librarygalleries/. All displays
are open to the public during library
hours. To view the library’s schedule,
visit http://www.southalabama.edu/
univlib/info/hours.html.
Dr. Richard Honkanen Speaks at NIH Research Symposium
In 2011, Dr. Richard Honkanen,
professor of biochemistry in the
College of Medicine, was awarded
a fi ve-year Transformative Research
Project Award by the National
Institutes of Health (NIH) that
totaled $ 1,695,625. He was one of 11
researchers across the United States to
receive the highly competitive award.
As a result of Honkanen’s project
abstract, he was recently invited
by Dr. Francis Collins, director of
NIH, to give an oral presentation at
the 2013 High-Risk High-Return
(HRHR) Research Symposium.
Th e HRHR Research Symposium
was held in Bethesda, Md., where all
guests were the recipients of NIH
High-Risk High-Reward grants.
“Due to the highly competitive
nature of getting the awards, having
my project chosen for an oral
presentation was indeed fl attering,”
said Honkanen.
“Most speakers were from high-
profi le universities, such as Harvard,
Stanford, MIT, and Johns Hopkins,”
he added, “Needless to say, I was
extremely proud to represent USA as a
speaker at the symposium.”
Th e Transformative Research
Project Award has been given to some
of the nation’s most accomplished
scientists, including Dr. Th omas C.
Sudhof, one of three recipients of
the 2013 Nobel Prize in physiology
or medicine. Th ese awards are very
limited in number and represent the
most competitive awards across all
disciplines of the National Institutes
of Health.
In this research project, Honkanen
is developing methods to safely
engineer human immune cells,
adapting a strategy used by bacteria to
allow macrophages, or natural defense
cells, to metabolize cholesterol.
“In humans the inability
of macrophages to break down
cholesterol represents a critical early
event in the maladaptive immune
response that leads to the onset and
progression of atherosclerosis,” said
Honkanen.
Th e grant has helped to fund
Honkanen’s research project that could
potentially change the way physicians
treat high cholesterol in the future.
USA Children’s & Women’s Hospital Welcomes Two Midwife Nurses
Shandra Andry and Kathryn
Detjens recently joined the
University’s department of obstetrics
and gynecology to serve as nurse
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midwives working exclusively at USA
Children’s and Women’s Hospital’s
evaluation center and at the hospital’s
labor and delivery service.
Th e addition of Andry and
Detjens as nurse midwives enhances
the quality of care for the female
patients seen in the evaluation center
after hours -- from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m.
Prior to their employment at USA,
Andry worked at USA Children’s
& Women’s Hospital, and Detjens
served as an advanced registered nurse
practitioner at Sacred Heart Health
Systems in Pensacola, Fla.
Andry received nursing education
from Sandhills Community College
in Pinehurst, N.C., completed an
associate’s degree in nursing at
Excelsior College in Albany, N.Y., and
graduated with a master’s of science
in nursing-midwifery from Frontier
School of Midwifery and Family
Nursing in Hyden, Ky. Her special
areas of interest are natural childbirth
support, centering pregnancy, and
breastfeeding support.
Detjens received her degree in
nursing from Milwaukee County
General Hospital School of Nursing
in Milwaukee, Wis., and a bachelor’s
of science in nursing from the
University of California in San
Francisco. She earned a certifi cation
of midwifery from Frontier School
of Midwifery and Family Nursing in
Hyden, Ky., as well as a master’s of
science in nursing from Case Western
Reserve University in Cleveland.
For more information on the USA
OBGYN nurse midwives, contact
Danny Rickert at (251) 415-1569.
Kathryn Detjens
Shandra Andry
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“The first question we heard
during the ultrasound was,
‘Do twins run in your family?’“
We were shocked when we found out we were having twins,
but we’re very excited. We chose Dr. Frankie Bodie with USA
Children’s & Women’s Hospital because they have a Level 3
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, which is especially important to
us now that we know we’re having twins.
My obstetrician tells me that in order to take care of myself,
I need to listen to my body, eat healthy and exercise, which
are things I did even before I was pregnant. Exercising is
now even more important to me because I’m trying to
keep myself and my babies healthy.”
Jennifer Myer
Mobile, AL
University of South Alabama
Health SystemAppointments (251) 434-3711
For more stories about our patients,
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Enjoying a Special Visit — A young patient at USA Children’s & Women’s Hospital enjoys the attention of one-on-one technology training during a recent visit from the North and South team members of the 2014 Reese’s Senior Bowl. Th e annual visit is part of the hospital’s Mapp Child and Family Life Program, which strives to normalize children’s stays at Children’s & Women’s Hospital.
Making Memories — A 2014 Reese’s Senior Bowl player shares a high fi ve with one of the younger patients at the USA Children’s & Women’s Hospital as his teammates enjoy the moment. Each year, the bowl players take time out from their bowl preparations to visit the hospital’s patients.
for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Jackson
County (Miss.) and was fi rst runner
-up for the State of Mississippi Youth
of the Year. In 2009, he was elected
as lieutenant governor of Mississippi
Boys’ State.
Anderson is a graduate of Moss
Point High School, and he received
his associate degree in criminal
justice from Pearl River Community
College. Anderson is currently a
senior at Tulane University majoring
in homeland security and public
relations while he continues his work
to empower youth through his own
ambition and success.
Additional events for Black
History Month at USA include:
• Monday, Feb. 3, noon-1 p.m.
– Th e annual USA Soul Food
Luncheon will be held at the
Waterman Globe in the Mitchell
Center. Seating is limited.
Admission is $8. To make
reservations, call (251) 460-6895.
• Wednesday, Feb. 5, 7 p.m. --
Women of Excellence inductions
will be held in the USA Marx
Library.
• Monday, Feb. 10, 7 p.m. -- Black
History Jeopardy will be held in
the auditorium of the USA Marx
Library. Th is event is co-sponsored
by the African-American Student
Association and the Abeneefoo
Kuo Honor Society.
• Tuesday, Feb. 11, 6 p.m. -- Th e
Black History Scavenger Hunt
will be held at the USA Student
Center. Th e event is co-sponsored
by Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority,
Inc.
• Th ursday, Feb. 13, 7 p.m. --
AASA Night at the basketball
game will be held at USA’s
Mitchell Center.
• Friday, Feb. 14, 5:30-7:30 p.m.
-- Minority Preview Night will
be held at USA’s Mitchell Center
on the main fl oor. Th is event,
sponsored by the USA Offi ce of
Admissions, is for prospective
minority students.
• Monday, Feb. 17, 7 p.m. --
Abeneefoo Kuo Honor Society
inductions will be held in the
Health Sciences Building in the
main auditorium.
• Tuesday, Feb. 18, 7 p.m. -- Th e
“If You Really Knew Me” forum
will be held in Room 160 of the
Humanities Building.
• Wednesday, Feb. 19, 7 p.m.
-- MADDRAMA Performance
Troupe will present “Th ere’s a
War Going On” in the Laidlaw
Performing Arts Center. For more
information, visit http://www.
maddrama.com/.
• Th ursday, Feb. 20, 7 p.m. -- A
Night of African-American
Art will be held at the Mobile
Museum of Art. Th e event is
sponsored by Kappa Alpha Psi
Fraternity, Inc.
For more information, call Petre’
Freeman, coordinator of the Offi ce of
Multicultural Student Aff airs, at
(251) 460-6895.
Mobile Mayor Visits Children’s & Women’s Hospital — Mobile Mayor Sandy Stimpson, right, listens as Owen Bailey, administrator at USA Children’s & Women’s Hospital, explains equipment used in the hospital’s new Children’s Tower. Stimpson and his senior staff toured the new addition and joined hospital leaders for lunch.