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July 18, 2008

ACHIEVERS


Maslyn Contributes to Article on Employee Reactions
Dr. John Maslyn, associate professor of management in the College of Business Administration, recently co-published an article titled "The Contribution of Positive Politics to the Prediction of Employee Reactions" in the Journal of Applied Social Psychology.

Cusic to Publish Four Different Projects
mbcusicHRO.jpgProfessor of Music Business Don Cusic has two books coming out this year and has contributed to two others. Discovering Country Music will be published by Praeger on July 30, and The Trails of Henry Flipper, First Black Graduate of West Point is scheduled for publication on Sept. 30. In addition, Cusic contributed a chapter, “Cowboys in Chicago,” to The Hayloft Gang, a book about WLS in Chicago published by the University of Illinois Press. Also, Cusic’s entry on “Blues” is scheduled to be published by the African-American Encyclopedia of Popular Culture, edited by Todd Boyd, which is scheduled to be published on Oct. 30.

Buckner Participates in Dietary Supplements Course
Martha_Buckner.jpgMartha Buckner, Ph.D., R.N., associate professor in the Belmont University School of Nursing, joined more than 100 other professors and graduate students from universities throughout the U.S. and Canada to participate in the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS) course, “Dietary Supplement Research Practicum 2008.” The Practicum was held on the NIH campus in Bethesda, Maryland, June 9-13. ODS offers this annual intensive course to provide essential knowledge of dietary supplements to academic faculty and their doctoral or post-doctoral students with a serious interest in this subject. Experts from NIH, academic institutions, and Federal regulatory agencies such as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) served as speakers.

Williams to Speak at Disney Leadership Conferences
Susan%20Williams.jpgDr. Susan Williams, professor of management in the Jack C. Massey Graduate School of Business, will be speaking in September at both the East and West Coast sessions of the 2008 Walt Disney Parks & Resorts Leadership Conference. Since 2003, Disney has offered this annual leadership development opportunity to their cast members who are “leaders of leaders,” with the conferences now numbering between 10,000 -11,000 leaders on both coasts. The sessions provide a broad range of content from business-focused, practical leadership development topics to personal enrichment sessions.


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