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Convocation 2010

The entire university is invited to take part in Convocation 2010 on Thursday, Sept. 2. Scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. in the Sports Science & Athletics Pavilion. Convocation, a significant event on the Orientation Week schedule, offers first-year and transfer students a ceremonial introduction to their new academic home.

Dr. Jack Meek publishes “Governance Networks”

Dr. Jack W. Meek, Professor of Public Administration, has co-authored a book with Christopher Koliba and Asim Zia of the University of Vermont. "Governance Networks in Public Administration and Public Policy," published by CRC Press, offers a conceptual framework for describing governance networks and outlines the skills and functions of public administrators operating in the context of networked relationships.

Dr. Jeffrey Kahan publishes “Bettymania and the Birth of Celebrity Culture”

Dr. Jeffrey Kahan, Professor of English, recently published "Bettymania and the Birth of Celebrity Culture" (Lehigh, 2010). In 1804, a kind of madness descended upon Britain. A thirteen-year-old boy, William-Henry West Betty, arrived and took Ireland, Scotland, and England by storm. Women were fixated on his beauty; men referred to him as the “personification of Hamlet.” Crowds were so intent upon securing tickets for Betty's performances that officers were called out to stop rioters in the streets. What attracted audiences to this prodigy, why did his popularity fade, and why was he all but forgotten in a few short years? [Click the title for details]

Dr. Yousef Daneshbod presents on Electrostatic Forces

Dr. Yousef Daneshbod, Assistant Professor of Mathematics, presented "Analysis of Electrostatic Forces on Sessile Drops During Electrowetting-on-Dielectric" at the 16th National Congress of Theoritical and Applied Mechanics at the Pennsylvania State University in University Park, Pennsylvania in July. In this research he collaborated with Dr. Ali Nadim of Claremont Graduate University and Dr. James Sterling of Keck Graduate Institute. [Click the title for details]

La Verne Using $250,000 Fletcher Jones Grant to Fund New Complex Dynamical Systems Lab

La Verne is using a $250,000 grant from The Fletcher Jones Foundation to help fund its new Complex Dynamical Systems Laboratory, providing an environment in which students and faculty from a broad range of disciplines can come together and explore pattern formation and dynamics in nature.

Dr. Christine Broussard and Faraj Mourad (’10) awarded NIH Grant

Dr. Christine Broussard, Associate Professor of Biology, and Faraj Mourad (’10) were awarded an National Institute of Health (NIH) Research Supplement to Promote Diversity In Health-Related Research for the Project entitled, “Prenatal Developmental Immunotoxicity of Diethylstilbestrol and Methoxychlor.” The $57,346 grant allows Mr. Mourad to participate in the project as a full-time post-baccalaureate research associate at the University of La Verne for a year. The supplemental project will address the mechanism by which endocrine disruptors influence the immune system.

Upcoming Events

Volleyball vs. Otterbein

(14 East Cache La Poudre St. Colorado Springs, CO 80903 - Friday, September 3, 2010 at 11:00am) Molten Pikes Peak Challenge

Orientation & Welcome Week: Leopards of the Caribbean Carnival

(Football Field - Friday, September 3, 2010 at 11:00am) All students are welcome! FREE FOOD provided by Jake's Roadhouse…

Volleyball vs. Colorado College

(14 East Cache La Poudre St. Colorado Springs, CO 80903 - Friday, September 3, 2010 at 5:00pm) Molton Pikes Peak Challenge

Men's Water Polo - Triton Invitational

(9500 Gilman Drive, MC 0531, La Jolla, CA 92093-0531 - Saturday, September 4, 2010)

Volleyball vs. Carleton College

(14 East Cache La Poudre St. Colorado Springs, CO 80903 - Saturday, September 4, 2010 at 9:00am) Molten Pikes Peak Challenge

Women's Soccer v. Elizabethtown

(1 Alpha Drive, Elizabethtown, PA 17022-2290 - Saturday, September 4, 2010 at 2:00pm)