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March 31, 2009
St. Albert's Day was in the morning - graduate students hung their posters (some of the posters were quite large!) and stood by them in order to explain their research. All of the posters were judged by faculty and the results will be announced soon.

Also as part of St. Albert's Day were oral presentations. As some students' research is not well presented in a poster, they chose to instead perform orally. Those presentations were judged as well, with the results announced soon.

In the afternoon it was the faculty's turn to showcase research. The ballroom was filled to the brim with posters, books, articles, video presentations, and other evidence of research, all categorized by department. Fr. Schlegel spoke at the event, and he was followed by a panel presentation on the economy and its impact on nonprofits, including universities, which featured Creighton experts Patrick Borchers, J.D., professor of law and vice president for academic affairs; Ernest Goss, Ph.D., professor of economics and the Jack A. MacAllister Chair in Regional Economics, College of Business; and Rowen Zetterman, M.D., dean of the School of Medicine. Mary Ann Danielson, Ph.D., associate vice president for academic excellence and assessment moderated.

St. Albert's Day Awards:

The Graduate School is pleased to announce the “best poster” and “best presentation” awards for this year’s St. Albert’s Day event: 

Best Presentation
Catherine Murari, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences – “Characterization of limb defects in a transgenic mouse line that mis-expresses sonic hedgehog”

Best Poster – Basic Sciences Category
Joseph Kirui, Department of Pharmacology – “G-protein Beta gamma;-subunit signaling is involved in breast cancer migration and invasion”

Best Poster – Arts & Sciences/Humanities Category
Joe Elliott, Department of Education – “History, identity, and the Diocese of Lincoln”

Best Poster – Clinical Sciences Category
Jennifer Reynolds, School of Pharmacy and Health Professions – “Using genetic polymorphisms to predict warfarin dose”

Best Poster (Undergraduate) – Basic Sciences Category
Kelly Wanzeck (pictured at left, below) and Natalie Erbs (pictured at right, below), Department of Chemistry – “Structure and function of a potential mammalian riboswitch”

Best Poster (Undergraduate) – Arts & Science/Humanities Category
Kathleen McKillip and Nicolas Villanueva, Department of Psychology – “Thinking outside the toy box:  Cognitive dissonance, creativity, and gendered play”

 

   

 

International Studies

07/21/2009:  Creighton University has been awarded a grant  to develop and implement an MS in Quantitative Information Problem Solving (QuIPS).  The grant is funded by the  Intelligence Community, Centers of Academic Excellence initiative.

The MS  will begin this fall semester as a "track" within the current INR program.  Students in the QuIPS track will focus on mathematical analytical techniques to include regression analysis, game theory, formal models (mathematical equations), computer techniques of data analysis,  and  spatial modeling .  These are skills in great demand not only in the intelligence community, but in government, academia, business, and non-profits.  Eighty percent of the recent graduates in the INR program have obtained their positions owing to the skills they have developed in mathematical analytical techniques.  Our goal is to offer an opportunity to Creighton students to further deepen those skills so that they can leverage them to greater effect in the current job market. Author: Dr. Clark

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Dr. Terry Clark shared lunch with INR graduate Eric Martin over the holidays.  Eric is enjoying his job as a Revenue Officer with the Internal Revenue Service.  As Eric explains it, a IRS Revenue Officer collects and investigates delinquent taxes and returns.  Though it is not related directly to international relations, he reports, 

“the analytical skills and ability to learn that I developed in Creighton's program have been most beneficial in my work.  Graduate school also helped prepare me to be self-sufficent in my job.  Being able to complete work on your own is an essential skill for a Revenue Officer, much like it is in grad school.  At some point in the future I do hope to apply my knowledge of international relations in the intelligence or international finance areas of the Treasury Department, so I am excited about my future working in the U.S. Government, whereever it leads me.” 

Eric <emartin81@gmail.com> is willing to entertain anyone with questions about government service or his experiences since graduate school. Author: Dr. Clark

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Dr. Terry D. Clark, professor of political science and director of the graduate program in international relations (INR), has been elected president of the International Studies Association, Midwest (ISAMW).  Six INR students presented papers at the November conference of the ISAMW at which Dr. Terry served as a panelist on a roundtable discussing strategies for successful Fulbright applications.

Creighton to Receive Award From National Catholic Educational Association

From Creighton's Public Relations Office: OMAHA, Neb., Creighton University’s new Catholic School Leadership (CSL) certificate has received the President’s Award from the National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA).
 
The award will be presented by the president of NCEA at the Archbishop's Dinner for Education on September 25, 2008, at the Embassy Suites Hotel and Conference Center in La Vista. This local event draws more than 700 Catholic school educators and benefactors.
 
Creighton University President, the Rev. John P. Schlegel, S.J., and Timothy J. Cook, Ph.D., associate professor and associate chair of the Department of Education, will accept the award on behalf of the University.
 
The CSL certificate is an innovative online program that is ideal for Catholic school administrators who did not attend Catholic institutions.
 
Creighton’s Department of Education and the Archdiocese of Omaha Catholic Schools Office partnered to create a framework of attributes and capabilities necessary for effective leadership in Catholic schools which resulted in the CSL certificate.  The first class which began in January 2008, filled quickly with15 participants from across the United States.
 
The Catholic school system is the largest network of private schools in the world. In the United States alone, 7,498 Catholic elementary and secondary schools enroll more than 2.3 million students and employ over 159,000 teachers. Historically, Catholic schools have played a pivotal role in the education and formation of American Catholics.
 
For more information about the CFL certificate visit: http://www2.creighton.edu/ccas/education/programs/endorsements/leadership/index.php
 

Faculty Publication
Terry D. Clark, professor of political science and director of the graduate program in international relations (INR), has had his article, “Electoral Mandate and Party Cohesion: Does It Matter in Lithuania?”, published in the September 2008 issue of The Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics.  Dr. Clark co-authored the article with Zilvinas Martinaitis and Ramunas Dilba, both of whom were graduate exchange fellows in the INR program.