From ffondjo at langston.edu  Mon Oct  5 15:33:54 2015
From: ffondjo at langston.edu (FONDJO-FOTOU, FRANKLIN)
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2015 20:33:54 +0000
Subject: [Lu_faculty] FW: Dr. Steven Gordon and Mrs. Linda Akli visit to
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Hi,

This email is to remind you  that Mrs. Linda Akli and Dr. Steven Gordon will be visiting Langston University tomorrow Tuesday, October 6, 2015.
They will be having a general talk in Hamilton Hall Room 206 for 1:00PM-2:00PM.

Looking forward to seeing your students and you.

Regards,

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From: FONDJO-FOTOU, FRANKLIN
Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2015 1:11 PM
To: lu_faculty at lists.onenet.net
Cc: FONDJO-FOTOU, FRANKLIN <ffondjo at langston.edu>
Subject: FW: Dr. Steven Gordon and Mrs. Linda Akli visit to Langston University

Hi,

This email is to inform you that Mrs. Linda Akli and Dr. Steven Gordon will be visiting Langston University on Tuesday, October 6, 2015. They will be having a general talk in Hamilton Hall Room 206 for 1:00PM-2:00PM. The main topic of their visit is to talk about curriculum improvement and reform in the field of computational science and Engineering (Attached are the Education Flyer and an XSEDE general flyer).  As well as XSEDE Education Program. Please find below both Dr. Steven Gordon and Mrs. Linda Akli bios. Please bring your students.

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Linda Akli is the Assistant Director of Training Education and Outreach at SURA and the XSEDE lead for the Under-Represented Community Engagement program. She is responsible for developing and delivering programs to broaden use of High Performance Computing and other advanced technologies in research and education. Previously she was employed at the American Association for the Advancement of Science where she led the development of the BEN Collaborative, a digital library for biological sciences education, and managed several student programs aimed at increasing participation in STEM including the Packard Graduate Scholars and the Merck-AAAS Undergraduate Science Research Program.

Ms. Akli's began her career in computer communications systems engineering.  Her communication systems projects include international electronic messaging and global directory standards development, technical contributions to federal electronic commerce programs, and congressional committee policy input on defense communications.  Ms. Akli is a graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Dr. Steven Gordon is the Senior Education Specialist at the Ohio Supercomputer Center and Professor Emeritus in City and Regional Planning at The Ohio State University.  He has also served as the Interim Executive Director of OSC for three years and the Senior Director of Education and Client Services.  Currently, Dr. Gordon is the lead for the education program of the Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment (XSEDE) program funded by the National Science Foundation and the manager of the Blue Waters Graduate Fellowship Program.

At OSC, Dr. Gordon has led the efforts to start computational science education programs at a number of Ohio institutions.  For the XSEDE project, he is working with universities nationwide to assist them in starting computational science education programs by providing program models, shared materials, and professional development activities for faculty.

His academic research centers around water quality and watershed management issues as well as the application of modeling and simulation to environmental assessment, land use change, and the use of Geographic Information Systems.
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Sincerely,

Dr. Franklin Fondjo Fotou
Assistant Prof./Chair Dept. of Technology | School of Art & Sciences | Langston University | Hamilton Hall Room: 123-122 | Phone : +1-405-466-3302 | Fax : +1-405-466-2931 | P.O. Box 1500 | Langston, Oklahoma 73050-1500
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From jimshowalter48 at hotmail.com  Tue Oct 13 15:02:49 2015
From: jimshowalter48 at hotmail.com (James Showalter)
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2015 15:02:49 -0500
Subject: [Lu_faculty] Regents' Faculty Survey
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10-13-15  Tues // 2:52 p.Faculty,Dr. Montgomery forwarded the following survey from the Regents.   
Please take time to complete the survey via the link below so our faculty will be heard.  Note that there are only ten days left to do the survey (must be in by October 23).
If you have questions,  please contact me.
Jim Showalterchair, Faculty Senate



From: Stuart, Debra [mailto:dstuart at osrhe.edu] 
Sent: Friday, October 09, 2015 3:34 PM
To: Kyzer, Melany; Buchanan, Kent; Norman, Stan; LaMascus, Scott; 'adrian.hinkle at swcu.edu'; MONTGOMERY JR, CLYDE; Hess, Cynthia; Jason Morrison
Subject: State Regents Faculty Advisory Council and Annual Faculty Assembly The Faculty Advisory Council (FAC) needs your assistance in distributing their annual faculty opinion survey; the results of which will serve as the basis for their future work plan.  Below is a link to the survey.  Please forward this to the chair of your faculty senate to distribute appropriately.  Responses are anonymous and will be aggregated by institution then summarized by type of institution for the FAC to review.  The due date is October 23rd. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/3T93X8X Also, please send a faculty representative to the Annual Faculty Assembly on Saturday, November 14th, at 10:00 am in the State Regents office.  The agenda will include a presentation on the state of Oklahoma higher education, the FAC annual report, the results of the faculty opinion survey, and selection of new members for the FAC.  More information about the FAC can be found at http://www.okhighered.org/FAC/. Please contact me if you have any questions.  Thank you. Debra L. Stuart, Ph.D. 		 	   		  
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From jimshowalter48 at hotmail.com  Wed Oct 14 13:47:51 2015
From: jimshowalter48 at hotmail.com (James Showalter)
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2015 13:47:51 -0500
Subject: [Lu_faculty] faculty survey again
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10-14-15  Wed // 1:44 p.Faculty,I have had some people write me and say there was no Regents' survey.   It is there.  You have to scroll down to the letter I forwarded from Dr. Montgomery's office.
I just took the survey and, like all surveys, there are things I'd change,  but it is interesting and I encourage all LU faculty to take it.   
If you have problems,  please contact me.  
Jim Showalterchair, Faculty Senate
PS  If the survey makes you think of some changes needed on our Langston campuses,  please contacted your Faculty Senator and discuss it.  We need input front he faculty. 		 	   		  
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