LSU'S Biweekly Newsletter for Faculty & Staff
November 4, 2005 |
VOL. 21, NO. 4 |
In November, the LSU Department of English will hold a six-part lecture series, “Perspectives in Atlantic Studies: Themes, Approaches and Texts,” to introduce the field of Atlantic Studies as a new research paradigm at LSU. The series will also introduce William Boelhower, the Robert Thomas and Rita Wetta Adams Professor of English, to LSU and the local community. Boelhower will deliver all of the lectures.
Boelhower brings with him to LSU the scholarly journal Atlantic Studies, which he edits. His appointment at LSU begins in Spring 2006.
“ Perspectives in Atlantic Studies: Themes, Approaches and Texts” will review some of the recent discussion that has helped to define Atlantic Studies. Boelhower will indicate the broad disciplinary spectrum that Atlantic Studies necessarily invokes – from cartography, archaeology and anthropology to sociology, history, literature and philosophy. Each lecture will revolve around a specific issue and will embrace a general theme, an accompanying discipline and an important literary or cultural document. The choice of topics represents major concerns within the Atlantic Studies field.
“ Perspectives in Atlantic Studies: Themes, Approaches and Texts” began on Thursday, Nov. 3, with “World Maps: The New Oceanic Order.” The second lecture, “Mapping Practices and Atlantic Studies Skills” takes place on Monday, Nov. 7, at 3:30 p.m. in Hill Memorial Library. Texts to be discussed during the first two lectures include Columbus’ journal of the first voyage, Vespucci’s letters and early modern maps of the “New World.”
The third lecture of the series, “Atlantic Studies: The Making of a New Paradigm,” will be held Wednesday, Nov. 9, at 3:30 p.m. in Allen Hall Room 102. The fourth lecture, “Atlantic Studies Complexities: Routes through the World,” takes place on Thursday, Nov. 10, at 3:30 p.m. in Allen Hall Room 102. Texts to be discussed during lectures three and four include Bernard Bailyn’s “Atlantic History, Concept and Contours” and Erich Auerbach’s essay “Philology of World Literature.”
The fifth lecture of the series, “Apple of Peru: The Gift Principle in Hawthorne’s ‘The Scarlet Letter,’” will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 15, at 3:30 p.m. in Hill Memorial Library. Lecture five will include discussion of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The Scarlet Letter.” The final lecture, “Bare Life: World War I, the International Scene, and Hemingway’s Separate Peace,” will take place on Thursday, Nov. 17, at 3:30 p.m. in Hill Memorial Library. Lecture six will include discussion of Ernest Hemingway’s “A Farewell to Arms.”
All lectures are open to the pubic and a mini-exhibit of materials relevant to the lectures will be on display in Hill Memorial Library throughout the series.
Prior to his appointment at LSU, Boelhower, senior editor of the international journal Atlantic Studies since 2004, was the chair of American literature at the University of Padua in Italy. He has also held positions at the University of Trieste and the University of Venice, Ca’ Foscari, both in Italy. He received his Ph.D. in English and American literature from Marquette University and a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from St. Francis College in Milwaukee.
The LSU Board of Supervisors approved the following measures during its Friday, Oct. 28, meeting:
Charlie D’Agostino’s career has come full circle. Upon getting his master of business administration degree from LSU in 1972, D’Agostino landed his first professional job as a marketing analyst with Gulf South Research Institute, headquartered on GSRI Avenue in Baton Rouge. Thirty-three years later, D’Agostino’s professional career has coincidentally taken him back to the place where he began.
In early August, LSU’s E. J. Ourso College of Business began relocating the Louisiana Business and Technology Center – the small business and technology incubator which D’Agostino leads – from its compact quarters on the LSU campus to the newly acquired 200-acre business and technology research park site located on GRSI Avenue. Since that time, the seven-member LBTC staff has been busy helping its 18 tenant companies get settled in their new space and mobilizing a one-stop shop for assisting displaced Louisiana businesses in getting small business disaster recovery assistance after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
With the center’s tenants settled and post-hurricane activity leveling out, D’Agostino was able to host an official grand opening celebration on Thursday, Oct. 20. The center also celebrated its 17th anniversary and hosted its annual graduation ceremony. LBTC tenant company International Mezzo Technologies graduated from the business and technology incubator program. In addition, General Informatics was named the 2005 Company of the Year; Time Solutions Inc. was named the LBTC Graduate Company of the Year; and Aquaculture Systems Technologies, LLC named the LBTC/LTTO/SBIR Company of the Year.
According to D’Agostino, currently 10 buildings sit on the South Campus site, with LBTC occupying the main building. Other LSU research units also occupy space at the South Campus site. The new location offers the same services and amenities to both the incubator tenants and the outreach clients of the Small Business Development Center and NASA Technology Transfer office.
“ The South Campus offers us greater opportunities to serve Louisiana’s small businesses and entrepreneurs, particularly at a time when many businesses will be relocating throughout our state,” said Robert T. Sumichrast, dean of the E. J. Ourso College of Business.
Created in 1988, the LBTC assists entrepreneurs and small businesses with access to the resources they need to grow and attain long-term success. The center works in partnership with such agencies as the U.S. Small Business Administration, Louisiana Economic Development, Louisiana Small Business Development Center Network and the Louisiana Business Incubation Association.
In its history, LBTC has worked with more than 1,850 businesses and entrepreneurs developing more than 375 business plans, starting nearly 100 businesses and creating more than 9,000 jobs for Louisiana.
In May, the LBTC was selected as the recipient of the 2005 Randall M. Whaley Incubator of the Year Award by the National Business Incubation Association. This award is given by the national association to spotlight outstanding incubator programs that have exemplified effective economic development and job creation results for a sustainable period of time.
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| Lt. Col. Philip Pugh Jr. |
In July 2005, Lt. Col. Philip M. Pugh Jr. assumed duties as the LSU professor of military science, which is the head of LSU’s military science program. Prior to coming to LSU, Pugh served a three-year tour at the Pentagon as the deputy commander, U.S. Military Observer Group-Washington.
“When I think that legendary Union general William Tecumseh Sherman, one of the fathers of America’s professional Army, was the university’s first superintendent and that LSU was in the company of West Point, Annapolis and Texas A&M as one of the top four schools producing military officers for the United States during World War II, I feel proud and honored to be a part of a university so steeped in military tradition,” Pugh said.
As professor of military science, Pugh oversees LSU’s military science and Army ROTC program. He serves as both department chair and battalion commander.
“ I’m assuming this position at a time when there is a lot of anxiety among our citizens because our Army is at war. However, I’m very encouraged by what I’ve seen thus far at LSU,” Pugh said. “The number of cadets who have actually committed to the process of becoming an officer in our military science program by contracting is the largest we have had in 10 years. Moreover, the university administration and student body are very supportive of the ROTC program. I’m looking forward to the challenges ahead and building on the foundation laid by the two previous professors of military science.”
Pugh’s military education includes the Chemical Officer Basic and Quartermaster Officer Advanced Courses, the Inspector General Course, the Logistics Executive Development Course and the Army Command and General Staff College. He has a bachelor of science degree in biology from Georgia Southern University, a master of science degree in administration from Central Michigan University, a master of science degree in logistics management from Florida Institute of Technology and a master of military art and science degree from the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College. He was commissioned a second lieutenant in 1986 from the Georgia Southern University.
In his first assignments as an Army officer, Pugh served as the chemical officer and assistant operations officer with the 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry and 3rd Battalion, 64th Armor, 3rd Infantry Division and the brigade chemical officer for 1st Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division in the U.S. Army European Command. He subsequently served as the commander of D-Company and the commander of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 195th Ordnance Battalion and post inspector general at Fort Dix, N.J.
Pugh has also served as a logistics officer with Headquarters Command for Allied Forces Southern Europe; the forward logistics officer of Headquarters, Implementation Force for Operation Joint Endeavor in Zagreb, Croatia and Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina; the operations and security officer, 417th Base Support Battalion, 5th Corps for U.S. Army European Command; the group operations officer, 49th Petroleum Group; and the battalion executive officer, 3rd Quartermaster Battalion, 49th Petroleum Group for U.S. Army Forces Command.
Pugh’s awards and decorations include two Defense Meritorious Service Medals, three Army Meritorious Service Medals, the Joint Service Commendation Medal, the Army Commendation Medal, the Joint Service Achievement Medal, two Army Achievement Medals, the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, the UN Medal, the NATO Medal and the Army Staff Identification Badge.
Pugh is married to the former Bruna DeNuzzo of Turin, Italy, and they are the parents of 4-year-old Philip III and 2-year-old Victoria Alice. A 1982 graduate of Thomasville High School in Georgia, Pugh is the son of Alice and the late Philip Pugh, both former teachers at Jerger Elementary and Thomasville High School in Georgia.
"Habitat: New and Selected Poems, 1965–2005,” by LSU Press author Brendan Galvin, has been selected as a finalist for the 2005 National Book Award in Poetry, sponsored by the National Book Foundation. The announcement was made on Oct. 12 by best-selling author John Grisham at Rowan Oak, the former home of William Faulkner in Oxford, Miss.
LSU Press is the only university press to have published a 2005 National Book Award finalist in any category. This is the fifth time an LSU Press poetry book has been a finalist for the prize. Lisel Mueller’s “The Need to Hold Still” won in 1981.
The winner in each of the four categories – fiction, nonfiction, poetry and young people’s literature – will be announced at the National Book Awards Benefit Dinner and Ceremony in Manhattan on Nov. 16. The dinner will be hosted by American author, musician and radio personality Garrison Keillor. Each winner will receive $10,000 plus a bronze statue; each finalist will receive a bronze medal and a $1,000 cash award.
Brendan Galvin is the author of 13 previous poetry books. LSU Press published five of those titles: “Place Keepers” in 2003, “The Strength of a Named Thing” in 1999, “Sky and Island Light” in 1997, “Saints in Their Ox-Hide Boat” in 1992 and “Wampanoag Traveler” in 1989. Among Galvin’s many honors are the Folger Shakespeare Library’s O. B. Hardison Jr. Poetry Prize, the Sotheby Prize of the Arvon Foundation and the International Poetry Forum’s Charity Randall Citation. He currently resides in Truro, Mass.
Other poetry finalists for 2005 include former National Book Award winner John Ashbery, Vern Rutsala and former finalists Frank Bidart and W.S. Merwin. The finalists were selected by a distinguished panel of judges who were given the charge of selecting what they deem to be the best poetry book of the year.
LSU’s Swine Palace Productions, in conjunction with Barnes & Noble Booksellers, will host a book fair Tuesday, Nov. 8, through Sunday, Nov. 13, to generate funds for Swine Palace’s Project Lagniappe. The book fair will be held at Barnes & Noble Booksellers, located at 2590 Citiplace Ct. in Baton Rouge.
Project Lagniappe offers a limited number of reduced cost or free tickets to non-profit, undeserved, charitable organizations in the nine parish capital region of Point Coupée, East Feliciana, West Feliciana, St. Helena, West Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge, Livingston, Iberville and Ascension. The funds raised at the Barnes & Noble book fair will help support Project Lagniappe.
By presenting a voucher when merchandise is purchased, customers will be able to donate a percentage of their purchases made during the book fair to Swine Palace and Project Lagniappe.
To receive vouchers, or for further information, please visit the Swine Palace Web site at www.swinepalace.org or contact Swine Palace at 225-578-3533.