Nutshell Notes

• Shred and recycle old campus directories: Meredith’s 2009-10 campus directories have now been published. In order to protect student information, faculty and staff are asked to shred and recycle the previous year’s directory. Old copies can be placed in shred bins on campus, where they will be collected for shredding and recycling. Contact the HR office at ext. 8898 with questions.

• Sustainability Coordinator Laura Fieselman made presentations during the Greening the Campus VIII conference. Fieselman presented “Integrating the First Year Experience: Sustainability Education Meets Service Learning” and “Using the Community Visioning Model for Sustainability Planning.” She was the co-leader of a workshop on “Promoting a Culture of Shared Responsibility: Empowering Others to Take the Lead,” which was presented with sustainability directors at Duke, NC State and UNC-Chapel Hill. The conference was held September 20-23 in Indianapolis, Indiana.

• Marisa Campbell, director of Meredith’s Paralegal Program, has been appointed to the American Bar Association’s Standing Committee on Paralegals Approval Commission. She will serve a one-year term.

• Tomecca Sloane, director of Commuter Life and Diversity Programs, has begun her first of two terms on The Meredith Fund Advisory Board.

• On October 5, three representatives from the Meredith athletic department traveled to Charlotte, N.C. to take part in the NCAA CHAMPS/Life Skills Workshop.  Head Softball Coach Robert Luckadoo is serving as Meredith’s lead on the CHAMPS/Life Skills program being developed at Meredith.  Assistant Athletics Director/Sports Information Director Greg Jarvis and Assistant Athletics Coordinator David Zinn attended the workshop with Luckadoo.  The CHAMPS/Life Skills program is a total development program for student-athletes and is supported through the promotional and financial efforts of the NCAA Leadership Advisory Board and the NCAA national office. 

Have you presented research or attended a professional meeting recently? Has your department earned an award? Share news of these accomplishments and more with the Meredith community. Faculty and staff are invited to submit items for Nutshell Notes. Email items to Melyssa Allen, “In A Nutshell” editor, at allenme@meredith.edu by the 15th of each month for publication in the following issue.