Accomplishments - October, 2020

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M Cecil Smith, School of Education, is co-editor of the 2020 edition of “The Handbook of Adult and Continuing Education.” The handbook provides information on contemporary issues of concern to adult and continuing education, the programs and resources available to adult learners and opportunities to challenge and critique the structures embedded in the field that perpetuate inequity and social injustice.

“Banjo Series: African Connection,” an exhibition featuring the work of Najjar Abdul-Musawwir, School of Art and Design, is on display through Oct. 30 at Northwest Missouri State University’s Olive DeLuce Art Gallery.

Douglas Lind, SIU School of Law, is the co-author “The Leaven of Sympathy: A Bio-Bibliography of Frederick C. Hicks,” a pioneer among law librarians. Lind is also author of “Bibliography of American Law School Casebooks, 1870-2018, Second edition

Jennifer S. Sherry, School of Health Sciences, and Mallory Wheeler, a dental hygiene 2020 graduate, received a Rosie Wall Community Spirit Grant from the American Dental Hygienists' Association Institute for Oral Health. The funds are for the Carbondale Warming Center to provide oral health kits and healthy snacks for their guests. The Dental Hygiene Clinic’s contact information is listed in special posters in case guests would like students to assess their concerns.

“Addressing the Opioid Epidemic: Recommended Solutions from Physicians by Jessica Cataldo, Sandra Collins, Richard McKinnies, Jane Nichols and Thomas Shaw, all faculty in the School of Health Sciences, was published recently in the journal, Qualitative Research in Medicine and Healthcare.

Najjar Abdul-Musawwir, School of Art and Design, received “Best of Show” honors for his “Colors Of African Eyes” at the VISIBLE exhibition in September at the Yeiser Art Center in Paducah, Kentucky.


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