The Loyola University 2008 PRSSA Bateman Team received first place in the National PRSSA Bateman Case Study Competition for its public relations campaign promoting Safe Kids Worldwide, an international nonprofit organization dedicated to preventing unintentional childhood injury.
Boatner, a graduate student studying for her master's degree in communications and international marketing at Hawaii Pacific University, is the organization's first African-American female president as well as first national president to represent Hawaii.
Prof. Lisa Martin, '95, worked as a field producer in March on the cable network TNT movie, The Librarian: The Curse of the Judas Chalice.
The Loyola University New Orleans chapter of Pi Sigma Alpha inducted new members into the organization in December 2007. The purpose of Pi Sigma Alpha is to stimulate scholarship and intelligent interest in political science.
Thirty-five Department of Political Science students were honored with inclusion on the Dean's List for Fall 2007. To be eligible for this distinction, students must have earned a 3.5 grade point average.
Maria Calzada's project involves new methods for determining the isotopic ratios of atoms in molecules. Calzada and Spence will also develop course materials for interdisciplinary computation-intensive courses.
Frank Jordan arranged for seven high school students from East Harlem, New York to spend their spring break restoring habitat of a tiny endangered fish, the Okaloosa darter, which is restricted to six streams in northwestern Florida.
New Orleans native, John Conway, Ph.D., is a professor of mathematics and the department chair at George Washington University.
John Mosier, Ph.D., published The Myth of the Great War in 2001. The book was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in history.