Susquehanna University Degenstein Professor of History Donald Housley presented a five-part lecture series titled, "A Goodly Heritage: Five Looks at the Susquehanna Story," in March and April. Sponsored by the history department and Phi Alpha Theta, the first in the series of programs, "The Founding," focused on the 1858 founding of Susquehanna University. "By the Numbers," looks at the demography of the university, "Athletics," focuses on sporting life being more than amusement in institutional history. A walking tour, "The Campus Maps Our History," and a program on "Mission and Market" consluded the series.

Assistant Professor of English Tom Bailey had his second book published, A Short Story Writer's Companion,published by Oxford University Press. Bailey currently holds the Winifred and Gustave Professorship in the Humanities. His first book from Oxford University Press is titled On Writing Short Stories.

Director of the Writers' Institute Gary Fincke recently published a book of poems, The Almanac for Desire and had his work featured on "Poetry Daily," at poems.com the most prominent American Web site for poetry. The site reprints poems from current books and magazines, provides a biographical sketch of the writer. The Almanac for Desire has been nominated for the Poetry Society of America's annual William Carlos Williams Award.

Assistant Professor of Chemistry Steven Mayer, along with Susquehanna senior chemistry major Jeremy Gach, and Evelyn Forbes and Philip Reid of the University of Washington, had an article, "Exploring Phase Diagrams Using Supercritical Fluids," published recently in the Journal of Chemical Education, vol. 78, no. 2, pp. 241-242.

Cyril Stretansky, professor of music and director of choral activities, recently presented two clinic sessions entitled "The Choral Rehearsal as a Voice Class" for the choral directors representing the 33 high schools of the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association District 6 at Windber Area High School in the Johnstown-Altoona area.

Assistant Professor of History George Wei presented a paper, "The Development of Taiwanese Nationalism and Its Current Role in US-China-Taiwan Relations," at the annual meeting of the American Historical Association, in January in Boston. His article, "The Economic Cooperation Administration, The State Department, and the American presence in China, 1948-1949," appeared in the February issue of Pacific Historical Review.

Lecturer in Art Robin Adsit has two paintings, "Bounties/Burdens" and "Fission/Fusion," included in the nationally juried exhibition SKIN at the Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights.

Antonin Rusek of the Department of Economics attended the exercise "Open Road 2000" in Portsmouth, Va., in January. The theme of the exercise was "Beyond the Borders: An Examination of Sea Based and Maritime Dimension of Alliance Joint Operations." As an economist, Tony actively participated in the discussion and analysis of problems arising from the unstable dynamics of globalization processes. These include the role of the maritime power projection in encountering and eliminating threats to NATO nations stemming from WMD proliferation and cyber attacks and the refugee cum immigrants cum peacekeeping situations.

Gail Levinsky, assistant professor of music, recently presented a clinic to area band directors on saxophone performance practice & pedagogy at the District VIII Band Festival. In March, she took part in the Indiana University of Pennsylvania Sixth Festival of Women Composers performing "Holy Roller" by Libby Larsen.

Patrick Long, assistant professor of music, recently gave a panel presentation at the National Association of Schools of Music national conference entitled "Teaching Composition to Non-Majors." His composition, "Strange Loops," has recently been recorded by the Radford University Percussion Ensemble and released on Highlander Records.

Associate Professorss Olugbenga Onafowora and Tony Rusek of the Department of Economics attended the International Atlantic Economic Society conference in Athens, Greece, March 15-20. Dr. Onafowora presented the paper "Depreciations and Output Contractions in East Asia: Further Empirical Results" and chaired the session on consumption, saving and investment. Tony Rusek presented the paper "Pros and Cons of 'Official Dollarization' in Eastern Europe."