Nancy Anne Boxill, Ph.D. 1980 and Graduate College core faculty, received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Argosy University, Fulton, Georgia in 2004 for her longstanding dedication to the plight of the homeless and her research and commitment to effect positive change in the lives of children who have entered into prostitution. Boxill is vice chair of the Fulton County Board of Commissioners and became the first female commissioner in 1987.

Rhoda Carroll, M.F.A., professor in the Vermont College Undergraduate Program (formerly Adult Degree Program), is editor of the Vermont College Undergraduate Program's online literary magazine RAGU/Online, with issues from 1999 and 2004.  RAGU/Online invites fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and artwork submissions from current and former ADP students, faculty, and staff.

Raymond Foster, M.P.A., B.A. 1999 and faculty advisor at the Los Angeles Center, was the primary subject matter expert for the History Channel’s Modern Marvels episode about “Police Pursuit Technology,” which aired on March 7, 2005. He was interviewed  April 18, 2005 on Mike Levine’s "Expert Witness" on  WBAI-FM New York, about law enforcement and criminal justice issues related to national security in the prelude and aftermath of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. A retired LAPD lieutenant with 24 years of law enforcement experience, Foster is author of Police Technology (Prentice Hall, 2004), and numerous articles on technology, law enforcement and leadership. He is a co-author of the upcoming Prentice Hall books, Homeland Security and the New Threats of Global Terrorism: From Cold War to Flaming-Hot War (2007) with Major General Dror Itzhaki, Israeli Security Agency (retired), a senior expert on security, protection, operations, and prevention of criminal and terror acts, and Reuven Paz, Ph.D., an Israeli expert on militant and radical Islam and Islamist movements; and An Introduction to Policing: From NYPD to LAPD with Dr. James O’Keefe, St. John’s University, New York. On July 1, Foster became president of the Rotary Club of San Dimas, California.

Jayne Greenberg, Ed.D., Florida Center Master of Education program adjunct faculty and director of physical education for Miami-Dade County Public Schools, was named 2005 National Physical Education Administrator of the Year by the National Association for Sport and Physical Education during at their annual convention in Chicago in April. Greenberg was recognized locally for her NAPSE award before a Miami Heat-Detroit Pistons basketball game.

Robert Hill, Ed.D, professor/faculty advisor and director of Student Teaching at the Florida Undergraduate Center, was appointed to serve on Broward County Public Schools’ technology advisory committee as the sole “citizen” representative. Hill currently serves on two other committees for Broward County Public Schools and three committees for Miami-Dade County Public Schools.

 

Rhoda Linton, Ph.D., Graduate College core faculty member, received a 2004 Fulbright Senior Specialists Grant in Education. Linton completed her Fulbright award at Capacity Building Initiatives (CBI), an informal educational institution that presents information on development processes to community-based organizations (CBOs) in Yangon (formerly Rangoon), the capital city of Myanmar (formerly Burma).

Elizabeth M. Pruden, Ph.D., dean of the Cincinnati Undergraduate Center, was featured in the August 31, 2004, Downtowner magazine, discussing the benefits of a UI&U education and degree. Pruden is state co-coordinator for the Ohio Network chapter of the American Council on Education/Office of Women in Higher Education’s National Network for Women Leaders.

 

Mark Rosenman, Ph.D. 1977 and UI&U distinguished public service professor, published "Grant Makers Must Focus on Government's Role," an op ed article in the Feb. 17, 2005 Chronicle of Philanthropy. He also contributed “Morphing into the Market,” an opinion piece in the Winter 2004-2005 edition of SPARCChange, a publication of the National Council of Nonprofit Associations’ State Policy Action Resource Center.

 

 

Beverly Rubik, Ph.D., Graduate College core faculty, was the keynote speaker and co-chair of scientific and medical papers at the 7th American Qigong Association Conference in San Francisco in November 2004. Her paper was titled “Electrophotography of Human Subjects’ Fingertips Pre-Post External QI Treatment.” The conference was co-sponsored by East West Academy of Healing Arts. As a result of the three-year, $1.8 million grant awarded by the National Center for Alternative and Complementary Medicine (NCCAM) at the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), Rubik continues to conduct original research on alternative and complementary medicine involving human subjects and qualitative-quantitative outcome measures in her laboratory in Emeryville, California. Rubik’s recent publications include: “The Flame of Life,” in Shift: At the Frontiers of Consciousness, ( Institute of Noetic Sciences, (December 2004) and “The Human Biofield and a Pilot Study on Qigong” in Proceedings of the International Forum on Science, Religion, and Consciousness, Porto, Portugal. Rubik’s recent presentations include delivery of the keynote lecture at the United States Psychotronics Conference in Columbus, Ohio in July 2004, where she discussed the role of the feminine in recent frontier science discoveries, and a presentation on the human energy field and personal wellness at the Biopro Group in La Jolla, California in January 2005.

Jessie Dawson Wilson, M.A., adjunct professor, Los Angeles Undergraduate Center, has written several books of poetry, and had his poems published in many anthologies. Wilson was the recipient of a poetry award from the International Black Writers and Artists at their 30th anniversary conference in 2004.