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Topeka Capital-Journal, The, May 19, 2002 by Capital-Journal

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Oasis Tanning has been named one of the top 250 salons in the nation by Looking Fit Magazine, a national trade publication supporting the indoor tanning industry.

Oasis Tanning Salon is owned and operated by Rich and Lynn Morgan. Heaven Fitzgerald is the store manager. This is the third straight year that Oasis Tanning Salon has been judged to be in the top 250 salons in the country. Oasis Tanning Salon is at North Topeka Boulevard and Morse.

Washburn University faculty members have been awarded Sweet Sabbaticals by the Washburn Endowment Association.

Janice S. Barton, professor of chemistry, plans to spend one month obtaining hands-on experience in structure prediction through comparison of protein sequences and motifs. Her first choice of location for this study is a research laboratory at a hospital institute in Toronto.

Betty J. Cole, associate professor of biology, will travel to the Galapagos Islands, Scandinavia and Seattle. Her itinerary includes two Chautauqua short courses, ecology and diversity studies in the Olympic Rain Forest and Mount Helena, an update in immunology at the Karlinski Institute in Sweden and an American Society of Microbiology Undergraduate Education conference and national meetings to update her microbiology for teaching.

Shiao-Li Ding, associate professor of music, will study traditional forms of Indian and Chinese music and be tutored on instruments such as sarod, tabla, qin, dizi and pipa. Ding will also participate in an international workshop in Norway.

Thomas Esser, associate professor of art, plans to travel to Peru, Belize, China, Indonesia, Greece, Cyprus, Crete, Italy and France to create new photographic and digital images suitable for exhibition.

Howard Faulkner, professor of English, will spend the summer in Paris learning French sign language, studying with a private tutor and taking classes.

Gary B. Forbach, professor of psychology and director of the Institute for the Study and Practice of Leadership, will teach the inaugural section of the junior leadership course required for the leadership studies certificate. Forbach also plans to travel to Arizona, Arkansas, North Carolina, Texas, Virginia, California, Georgia and Oklahoma.

David A. Freeman, professor of political science, will examine how a president's formal education affects his understanding of the presidency and his actions as president. The bulk of his research will be done at the University of Nebraska and the University of Missouri.

Maureen Godman, assistant professor of English, will journey to England and Scotland to research the role drama had on life at the royal court and aristocratic households of the late 16th and early 17th centuries. She will conclude the summer by attending Shakespeare festivals in Ashland, Ore., and Seattle.

Teresita S. Leyell, associate professor in the School of Business, will attend seminars and visit business schools in Spain and Argentina in her research of globalization topics. Leyell will also make a presentation on the effectiveness of technology enhanced learning at a WebCt user conference in Boston.

Mary M. McCoy, associate professor of biology, will observe and study organisms in four sites in the Central and South American tropics. She also plans to attend two Chautauqua workshops in Seattle.

David H. McElreath, professor and chairman in criminal justice, will examine revisions in domestic and international security in response to international terrorism and continue studies on the changing patterns of crime, criminal behavior and criminal justice that have occurred in Eastern Europe in relation to the redevelopment following the fall of the Soviet Union. Sites for his research include the Czech Republic, Austria, Hungary, Romania, Canada and Washington, D.C.

Edward Navone, professor of art, plans to visit art museums in France, Belgium, Italy, California and Illinois. He will also view a rare "Madonna and Child" by Michelangelo at Bruges, Belgium.

Marie-Luce Parker, professor and chairwoman of international studies, will visit the University of Clermont Ferrand, a WU sister institution in France, and the University of Cantabria in Spain, the future site of a direct exchange program with Washburn. She will conduct taped interviews regarding the political and social situation in France and research the history and culture of the Basque region of Spain for use in a teaching unit.

Paul Prece, professor of theater, plans to attend performances in New York, Boston, Toronto, London, Rome and Amsterdam. He will also continue work on a dissertation and structure two presentations to be given at conferences in the fall.

J. Karen Ray, professor of English, will divide her time between London and Dublin, Ireland. She will study the works, culture and milieu of Aphra Behn, the first female professional playwright; Jonathan Swift, Irish author and satirist; and Lady Isabella Augusta Gregory, founder of a Dublin theater.