Great Things at the College of Liberal Arts and Education
College Offers Museum Studies Minor
The Museum Studies minor is designed for undergraduate students interested in pursuing a career in the museum field. The minor will prepare students for entry-level positions in a wide range of museums and related cultural institutions. It will also prepare students to enter graduate programs in Museum Studies. The new minor is coordinated by the Department of History. For more information, visit the Museum Studies web site.Ethics Competition
A student team from UDM's Counseling program participated in the highly competitive Ethics competition hosted by the American Counseling Association.Cyber Security Sponsors Lecture Series
The Center for Cyber Security & Intelligence Studies sponsors an annual lecture series on a broad range of cyber security topics for students, faculty, and the community. Last spring’s lectures included one delivered by the State of Michigan Attorney General's Office showing parents how to protect their children online and another addressed the global nature and impact of malware, showing the audience how cyber criminals are difficult, but not impossible, to track. For lecture information, visit http://liberalarts.udmercy.edu/programs/depts/cjs/cyber/index.htm.Mentoring in the Cyber Security Lab
Assistant Professor Jeff Ingalsbe in the Cyber Security Lab in the Briggs Building currently uses a mentoring model to help train volunteers to serve in the state-of-the-art facility. Beginners start with simple tutorials, guided by more intermediate and advanced volunteers. Intermediate volunteers enhance the tutorials and share their knowledge with beginners. At the advanced level, volunteers write their own tutorials on new topics and guide the intermediate and beginner-level volunteers. The lab can handle about a dozen mentees at any given time and operates, on average, 20 hours per week.Administrator Completed Summer Program in China
Lara Wasner, director of Language & Cultural Training, participated in the 2010 Fulbright-Hays Seminar Abroad Program on Chinese History and Culture, an examination of China's history, culture, changing society and rapid economic growth and complex education reform. The program was co-sponsored by the National Committee on United States-China Relations.College Adds Psychophysiological Laboratory
The Psychology Department in conjunction with NeuroHealth Associates, a community-based psychological services organization, have recently opened a neurobiofeedback laboratory in the Briggs Building. The Donald Deering Psychophysiological Laboratory, which is named after the psychologist who provided the lab’s equipment and technical support, will be used to support the research of UDM faculty and students. For more information, contact laboratory Director Douglas A. MacDonald at macdonda@udmercy.edu.Psychology Faculty Member to Edit New Book Series on Marriage and Family
Psychology professor Libby Balter Blume is the founder and Series Editor for the Groves Monographs on Marriage and Family, a new online and print book series based on the prestigious Groves Conference on Marriage and Family, founded in 1934. The Groves Monographs publishes work on the leading edges of theory development and empirical research in the field of family studies.
