ESTHER ANDREWS, lecturer of dental hygiene, elected as president of the Tidewater Dental Assistants Society. Awards

GARRETT MCAULIFFE, associate professor of educational leadership and counseling, the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision National Award for contribution to internationalizing the counseling profession at the annual convention of the American Counseling Association, in San Diego.

MELVIN H. WILLIAMS, eminent scholar emeritus of exercise science, physical education and recreation; Richard B. Kreider, associate professor at the University of Memphis (formerly with Old Dominion); and J. DAVID BRANCH, assistant professor of ESPER; "Creatine: The Power Supplement" (Human Kinetics Publishers, Champaign, Ill.).

KAREN L. GOULD, dean of the College of Arts and Letters, "L'enfer postmoderne: Marie-Claire Blais, Dante et la relecture litteraire" at the annual meeting of the American Comparative Literature Association, in Montreal, Quebec.

FRAN HASSENCAHL, assistant professor of communication and theatre arts, "Cartoonists Pen/Pin President Clinton" at the annual meeting of the Popular/American Culture Association, in San Diego. She also chaired a session titled "Politics: Political and Legal Discourse."

JAMES J. MCNALLY, professor emeritus of English, "K-marked Names in 'Dubliners'" at the 12th International James Joyce Symposium, in Monte-Carlo. It also was published in the proceedings.

JOHN A. ADAM, professor of mathematics and statistics, "Mathematics in Medicine" for the EVMS "Grand Rounds" presentation series.

ROBERT ASH, eminent scholar of aerospace engineering, talks on "Mars Exploration" to residents at Westminster Canterbury, chemical engineering graduate students at Vanderbilt University and engineering students at Virginia Military Institute.

J. R. BULLINGTON, director of the Center for Global Business and Executive Education, "Taking Your Client Global" to the Norfolk-Portsmouth Bar Association. Also, "American Interests, American Values and War in the Balkans" to the Norfolk chapter of the American Association of University Women.

MICHELE DARBY, eminent scholar of dental hygiene, "Oral Risk Assessment: An Early Intervention System" for the: Georgia Dental Hygiene Educators Association, in Augusta, Ga.; Northeast Regional Conference of the Student American Dental Hygienists' Association, in Niagara Falls, N.Y.; and Long Island Dental Conference, in Melville, Long Island, N.Y.

JOAN ELLISON, lecturer, and MICHELE DARBY, eminent scholar, dental hygiene, "A Needs Assessment for a Distance Education Baccalaureate Degree Completion Program for Associate's Degree Level Dental Hygienists" at the American Association of Dental Schools, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Co-author is DEANNE SHUMAN, chair of dental hygiene.

MARJORIE FRIEDRICHS, research assistant, Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography, "Assimilation of SeaWIFS and EqPac Data into a Biological-Physical Model of the Equatorial

Pacific" at the SeaWIFS Science Team Meeting, in Monterey, Calif.

FRAN HASSENCAHL, assistant professor of communication and theatre arts, "The Future of U.S. Relations with Iraq" to the Peninsula Peace Education Center, in Hampton. She also spoke on this topic to the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of the Peninsula.

EILEEN E. HOFMANN, professor, Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography, "Issues, Concerns and Progress Toward Linking JGOFS and GLOBEC Modeling Studies" at the Second IGBP Congress in Shonan Village, Japan.

EILEEN E. HOFMANN and JOHN M. KLINCK, professors, Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography, "Disease Dynamics: Modeling the Effect of Climate Change on Oyster Disease" at the National Shellfisheries Association meeting, in Halifax, Nova Scotia. (Co-authors are S. E. Ford and E. N. Powell of Rutgers University.) Also at this meeting, "A Physiologically Based Model of the Growth and Development of Crassostrea gigas Larvae." (Co-authors are E. A. Bochenek of the New Jersey Sea Grant Extension Program, Rutgers Cooperative Extension, and Powell.) Also at this meeting, "Modeling the MSX Parasite in Eastern Oyster (Crassostrea virginica) Populations: Model Development, Implementation and Verification." (co-authors are Powell and Ford.)

CAROLE KIEHL, head of bibliographic services at Perry Library, "Create Review Lists and Statistical Reports: An Introduction for New Users" at the Innovative Users Group's annual conference in Oakland, Calif.

JOHN M. KLINCK, professor, Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography, "Hydrographic Changes on the West Antarctic Peninsula Continental Shelf During 1993" to the applied marine science faculty at Cheju National University, Cheju City, Korea.

JOHN M. KLINCK and EILEEN E. HOFMANN, professors, Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography, "Modeling Population Dynamics of Pacific Oyster Crassostrea gigas in Korea" at the National Shellfisheries Association meeting, in Halifax, Nova Scotia (with four co-authors).

FREDERICK A. LUBICH, chair of foreign languages and literatures, "Moving Toward the Millennium: The Second Coming of the Eternal Feminine" at the Virginia Humanities Conference, Mary Baldwin College, Staunton. (A longer version of this presentation was given at West Virginia University in Morgantown.) Also, "Cixous' 'La Jeune Nee' and DŸrrenmatt's 'Die alte Dame': Visions and Visitations of the Witch" at the Northeast Modern Language Association meeting, in Pittsburgh. (Also at this meeting he organized and chaired a special session on "Ideas into Icons: The Visual Turn of (Post-)Modernity.") Also, "Jews in Germany After the Shoah: The Future of an Illusion?" at Hillel House in Morgantown, W.Va.

GARRETT MCAULIFFE, associate professor of educational leadership and counseling, a poster session, "Constructivist Counselor Education: A Learner-Centered Imperative," at the annual convention of the American Counseling Association, in San Diego. Also, "A 'Plunge' into Otherness: A Study Abroad Course in Counseling" to the International Interest Group of the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision, in San Diego.

SUSAN K. MCFARLIN, doctoral student in I/O psychology; WILLIAM FALS-STEWART, assistant professor of psychology; DEBRA A. MAJOR, associate professor of psychology; and TIMOTHY T. FREITAS, Psy.D. doctoral student; a poster presentation, "Workplace Violence and Substance Abuse," at the 14th Annual Conference of the Society of Industrial/Organizational Psychology, in Atlanta.

RICHARD A. RUTYNA, associate professor emeritus of history, "Alvah H. Martin, Norfolk and the New South" to members of the Martin family and public and college officials at the unveiling of the portrait of Martin at the Martin Building, Tidewater Community College, Norfolk campus. Also, a talk on the subject of his new book (written with PETER C. STEWART, associate professor emeritus of history), "The Writing of 'The History of Freemasonry in Virginia,'" to members and their guests of Norfolk Masonic Lodge No. 1, AF&AM.

MELISSA SAINSBURY, graduate teaching assistant in urban services/health services, "Course Selection Factors Deemed Important by Dental Hygienists Prior to and After Initiation of Mandatory Continuing Education in the Commonwealth of Virginia" at the American Association of Dental Schools, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Co-authors are EVELYN THOMSON-LAKEY, lecturer, MICHELE DARBY, eminent scholar, and SHIRLEY GLOVER, director of continuing education, dental hygiene; and STACEY PLICHTA, assistant professor of community health professions.

MELVIN H. WILLIAMS, eminent scholar emeritus of exercise science, physical education and recreation, "Impact of Creatine Supplementation on Creatine Metabolism and its Interactions with Other Nutritional Behavior of People Active in Sport" at the American College of Sports Medicine Roundtable on the Physiological and Health Effects of Oral Creatine Supplementation, in Indianapolis. Also, "Dietary Supplements for Sport Performance Enhancement: Help or Hype?" and "Dietary Fads" at the American College of Sports Medicine Health and Fitness Summit and Exposition, in New Orleans. Also, "Creatine: The Power Supplement" at the American Medical Athletic Association Sports Medicine Meeting, in Boston.

STEVE YETIV, assistant professor of political science, "Should the United States Be 911 for the World?: The Evolution of the U.S. Commitment to the Mideast as a Case" at the 21st Annual Retreat of the Christopher Wren Association, College of William and Mary, in Chanco, Va. Also, a talk to the Jewish Community Relations Council of Tidewater on the implications of the recent Israeli elections.

JEFF BARRY, head of systems development at Perry Library, "A Balancing Act: The 1999 Automated Systems Marketplace" in vol. 124, no. 6 of Library Journal. He also co-authored "Data Dealers Forging Links" in vol. 124, no. 9 of Library Journal.

GLEN F. COTA, research associate professor, Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography, "Modification of NO, PO and NO/PO During the Flow Across the Bering and Chukchi Shelves: Implications for Use as Arctic Water Mass Tracers" in vol. 104 of Journal of Geophysical Research (with four co-authors).

MICHAEL S. DINNIMAN, research scientist, Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography, "Frontogenesis in the North Pacific Oceanic Frontal Zones - A Numerical Simulation" in vol. 29, no. 4 of Journal of Physical Oceanography. Co-author is Michele Rienecker, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.

KAREN L. GOULD, dean of the College of Arts and Letters, a book chapter, "La tentation de L'Amerique: l'intime et le social dans Petites Violencesde Madeleine Monette" in "Relectures de Madeleine Monette" (Summa Publications).

EILEEN E. HOFMANN and JOHN M. KLINCK, professors, Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography, "Understanding the Success and Failure of Oyster Populations: The Importance of Sampled Variables and Sample Timing" in vol. 17, no. 4 of Journal of Shellfish Research. Co-authors are T. M. Soniat of Nicholls State University and E. N. Powell of Rutgers University.

KEVIN H. JOHANNESSON, assistant professor of ocean, earth and atmospheric sciences, "Origin of Middle Rare Earth Element Enrichments in Acid Waters of a Canadian High Arctic Lake" in vol. 63, no. 1 of Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. Co-author is Xiaoping Zho, University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

A. D. KIRWIN JR., professor, and B. L. LIPPHARDT JR., research assistant professor, Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography, "Integrable Unsteady Motion with an Application to Ocean Eddies" in vol. 5 of Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics.

WU LI, associate professor of mathematics and statistics, "Abadie's Constraint Qualification, Hoffman's Error Bounds and Hausdorff Strong Unicity" in vol. 97 of Journal of Approximation Theory. Co-author is M. Bartelt, Christopher Newport University.

FREDERICK A. LUBICH, chair of foreign languages and literatures, edited and introduced "Thomas Mann, Death in Venice, Tonio Kršger and Other Writings" (The German Library, vol. 63, New York: Continuum). The book includes a forward by American literary critic Harold Bloom.

ALLEN G. SANDLER, associate professor of early childhood, speech-language pathology and special education, "Short-changed in the Name of Socialization? Acquisition of Functional Skills by Students with Severe Disabilities" in vol. 37 of Mental Retardation.

ARNOLDO VALLE-LEVINSON, assistant professor, Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography, "Hydrography and Geostrophy Around Easter Island" in vol. 47 of Deep-Sea Research I. Co-authors are Julio Moraga and Jorge Olivares of the Facultad de Ciencias del Mar Universidad Catolica del Norte, Chile.