semester highlights
adviser on the prevention of genocide
to United Nations Secretary-General
Ban Ki-moon, presented the keynote
address, “Prevention of Genocide: Risk,
Resilience and Responsibility.” The event
also included a roundtable with Charles T.
Call, Ph.D., senior adviser at the Bureau
of Conflict and Stabilization Operations,
U.S. Department of State, and Elizabeth
B. White, Ph.D., research director at the
Center for the Prevention of Genocide,
who spoke about the international legal
obligation to prevent genocide.
Shenandoah University First-Year
Seminar (FYS) awards were presented to
worthy individuals who put incredible
time and effort into the FYS program
and embody its goals and mission. Among
the awards presented was the Gabriella
Miller FYS Award, established in October
to honor a student who embodies a love of
learning-for-learning-sake, brings infectious
energy to the classroom and inspires
others. Freshmen Kitana Asjon-Jervis
and Sapana Ojha, were presented with
this award. Senior business administration
major Ashley Cross received the Timothy
Doak Mentor Leadership Award, which
is given to a student mentor who can be
counted on consistently inside and outside
the classroom, shows initiative and follows
through on ideas that go beyond what is
required. Associate Dean and Professor
of Management RT Good, Ed.D.,
received an FYS Teaching Excellence
Award. Dr. Good taught the FYS course
“Stop Thinking: Can We Dare Say That
at a University?” The award is presented
annually to an FYS professor who inspires
students to achieve beyond what they
believe they are capable of, embodies
a creative teaching style and builds a
sense of community in the classroom.
Four-Year Teaching Service Awards were
also presented to: Assistant Professor
of English Michelle Brown, Ph.D.;
President Tracy Fitzsimmons, Ph.D.;
Director of International Programs
Bethany Galipeau-Konate, M.B.A.;
Adjunct Professor of Writing Ginger
Garver, M.A.; Adjunct Assistant Professor
of Dance Christopher Ham, M.F.A.,
and Assistant Professor of Writing Mark
Richardson, Ph.D.
Shenandoah’s Pharmacogenomics
and Music Production & Recording
Technology (MPRT) programs were
Photo: Lee Graff
First Year Seminar 2013 award recipients included Associate Dean and Professor of Management RT Good, Ed.D.; senior business
administration major Ashley Cross, and freshmen Kitana Asjon-Jervis and Sapana Ojha.
renewed as Apple Distinguished
Programs for innovation, leadership and
educational excellence in creative and
effective implementations of technology.
Both programs were renewed for 2013
through 2015, a recognition first achieved
in 2011. “It remains a great honor for two
of our academic programs to continue
to receive recognition for their cuttingedge use of technology,” said Center for
Teaching & Learning Director Anne
Marchant, Ph.D. “The selection of
pharmacogenomics and MPRT as Apple
Distinguished Programs highlights the
university’s success at creating rich and
compelling learning environments that
engage students and provide tangible
evidence of academic accomplishment.”
Contemporary Forms of Slavery. He also
collaborated on several documentaries and
testified before the United Nations and
the U.S. Congress regarding his experience
as a survivor of slavery.
Author and activist Jean-Robert
Cadet, a former child slave from Haiti,
discussed his book, “Restavec: From
Haitian Slave Child to Middle-Class
American,” in November. The Restavek
system has continued despite Haiti’s own
constitution, its ratification of the United
Nations Convention on the Rights of
the Child and its 1984 Child Labor law.
Cadet continues to advocate for freedom
for these children through his foundation,
Restavek No More, which works to
eliminate child slavery while providing
immediate relief for children trapped in
the Restavek system through education.
Cadet remains a one-time member of
the United Nations Working Group on
The university hosted a Remembrance
Day National Roll Call on Veterans Day,
Nov. 11, to honor fallen service members.
More than 90 volunteers read the names
of more than 6,770 service members who
gave their lives in service to the nation in
Iraq and Afghanistan. The event concluded
with an address by Lt. Col. Barry Sebring
of Randolph-Macon Academy (R-MA); an
airplane flyover with a “Thank You Veterans”
banner; the singing of the national anthem
by student Julia Buhagiar; the presentation
of the colors and a flag-folding ceremony
by cadets from R-MA; a 21-gun salute by
the Winchester Veterans of Foreign Wars
(VFW) Post 2123; and a performance of
“Taps” by student James Fox.
Photo: Rick Ours
Cadets from Randolph-Macon Academy fold an American
flag in honor of fallen servicemen and servicewomen during
a Remembrance Day ceremony held on Nov. 11.
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