POLICING PARTNERS: 91探花Police Chief Vicky Peltzer will be leading a delegation of law enforcement executives to South Africa soon, sponsored by the Ambassador People to People Program.
South African law enforcement officials, she says, are interested in social-crime issues in underprivileged communities and the role of police services on University campuses. She and her American colleagues, meanwhile, are interested in learning about a broad range of issues, including stressors on the job, support mechanisms and training.
Peltzer was chosen to lead the delegation because she is president of the National Association of Women Law Enforcement Executives. 鈥淧ersonally,鈥� she says, 鈥淚 want to see how women fit into South African law enforcement and the challenges/success they have had.鈥�
MUSIC MANIA: Three recent books in the field of music feature major contributions by faculty from the 91探花School of Music. Patricia Campbell co-edited and contributed to a series of books and CDs called Global Music: Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture, while Shannon Dudley was a contributor. Campbell also co-authored a book and CD called From Bangkok and Beyond: Thai Children鈥檚 Songs, Games and Customs, with graduate student Pornprapit Ros Phaosavadi. Timothy Salzman was the author of A Composer鈥檚 Insight: Thoughts, Analysis and Commentary on Contemporary Masterpieces for Wind Band (Vol. 1). The book is based on interviews with conductors done by current or former 91探花graduate students David Fullmer, Steve Clickard, Raydell Bradley, Mimi Krueger, Scott Higbee, Jay Scott, David Waltman, and Miho Takekawa.
KUDOS: Communication Professor Doug Underwood鈥檚 book, From Yahweh to Yahoo, was the co-winner of the 2003 Distinguished Book Award given by the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, the major U.S. organization for scholars studying the impact of religion on culture . . . Director of the Program for Educational Transformation through Technology Scott Macklin鈥檚 film Tribal Journey: Celebrating our Ancestors won Honorable Mention award in the documentary category at the Columbus International Film festival. The film will be screening at 7 p.m. Nov. 20 at the Washington State History Museum as part of a new exhibit: Tribal Journeys: The Resurgence of the Canoe Nations, http://www.wshs.org/wshm/exhibit-tribaljourneys.htm . . . The 91探花Center for Multicultural Education will receive the 2003 Program Award, given for the best multicultural education program in the country, at the November convention of the National Association for Multicultural Education.
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