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Mayer chairs, moderates economic development conference Robert Mayer, School of Business executive-in-residence, was the host chair of the Missouri Economic Development Financing Association Conference, held Oct. 8-9 in Riverside, Mo. Mayer also presented and moderated a panel of statewide speakers on the "New Reality of Financing." The presentation covered the current financial burdens on the banking and commercial real estate sector, along with the a discussion on the use of financial incentive tools, such as tax increment financing, new market tax credits and bond financing, and the use of these tools in the current recession economy. October 28, 2009, 3:24 pm Park Recognized through the Carnegie CASTL Affiliates Program October 28, 2009, 3:24 pm The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching Colloquium was held October 23 in Bloomington, Indiana, to conclude the three-year Carnegie “CASTL” project dedicated to promoting the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL). Williams, biology students help clean Missouri River For the past three years, Don Williams, Ed.D., associate professor of biology, has encouraged Park University students in his BI 111 (Environmental Biology) class to volunteer for Missouri River Relief, a grassroots, volunteer and equipment-based organization dedicated to reconnecting people to the Missouri River through hands-on river clean-ups and education events. This year, two students, Kody Brownfield, a senior majoring in information and computer science, and Kristin Kiehl, a sophomore majoring in fine arts, and their friends joined Williams, along with 500 others from the Kansas City area, to scour the banks and sand bars of the "Mighty Mo" for trash along Kaw Point Riverfront Park in Kansas City, Kan. October 28, 2009, 3:23 pm Hageman's paleontology research again cited in journal Scott Hageman, associate professor of geology and chair of the Natural and Physical Sciences Department, has had one of his papers cited in a major peer reviewed journal. For the third consecutive year, his paper "Fusulinid Taphonomy: Encrustation, Corrasion, Compaction and Dissolution" has been used as a reference by international authors, most recently in the journal, Facies. Since 2007, the articles citing Hageman's paper represented localities in Brazil, Iran and Spain, by authors from Austria, Brazil and Spain. October 28, 2009, 3:22 pm DePriest presents session for virtual conference Desiree DePriest, Ph.D., adjunct instructor of information and computer science and business administration, presented the session, "Collaborative Learning: Using Internet and Web-Top Applications to Enhance Student Teams," for the Kaplan University Village conference. DePriest's session, presented virtually on Oct. 8, focused on the use of free web-top applications to enhance collaboration and social networking among students working in groups in online learning environments. October 21, 2009, 8:47 am
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