Animal Science Alumni Newsletter, Summer 2003

Contents: Omtvedt Professorship Established From the Department Head’s Desk New Animal Science Website Block and Bridle Honoree of the Year Block and Bridle Awards 2002-2003 Officers and Advisors for Fall 2003 Judging Team Activities Judging Team Awards Academic Quadrathlon Animal Science Alumni Event Special Awards for Faculty National Faculty Awards Recent Department Awards and Recognitions Alumni Awards Deaths Animal Science Graduate Assocation (ASGSA) ASGSA to Establish Endowment Fund Bud Britton Animal Science Golf Classic UNL Equestrian Team FIPSE Northeast Community College Dairy Course for Nebraska and South Dakota ARDC Dairy Research Call for Information for the 2003 Winter Issue of the Animal Science Alumni Newsletter Your Newsletter Committee Alumni New

Division of Research and Economic Development Annual Report for FY2003

Annual report for the Division of Research and Economic Development of the University of Rhode Island for the year 2002-2003. Includes statistics of project proposals, expenditures, URI Foundation Awards, previous annual report summaries and awards received by individual academic and administrative departments

Exercising Authority, Restoring Accountability: AFL-CIO Proxy Voting Guidelines

[Excerpt] We are pleased to provide trustees of union benefit funds with revised AFL-CIO Proxy Voting Guidelines. These Guidelines have been updated to reflect major regulatory reforms enacted in 2002 and 2003, and to further raise the bar on corporate governance and accountability in the wake of recent corporate scandals

Conference Program: Hold fast the dream!

Welcome, by G. Roger Sell (President), the Conference Planning Team (Karron G. Lewis, Nancy Simpson, Marilla Svinicki, and Dorothy Zinsmeister), Sally Kuhlenschmidt (Program Chair) Core Committee, 2002-2003 POD Presidents and Conference Sites Conference Overview Acknowledgements POD Honored Presentation Awards in Recognition of Robert J. Menges Schedul

Constituting best practice in management consulting

This paper offers critical reflections on the construction and propagation of ‘best practice’: a concept which has become increasingly important in the business world and in civic life more generally. Focusing upon the activities of the Management Consultancies Association (MCA) we offer an analysis of the awards process instituted to applaud ‘best practice’ in the arena of consulting. Departing from existing academic representations of the advice industry which generally exclude this trade body from the analytical frame we consider the role which the MCA performs in the field of consulting. Situating the MCA’s attempt to constitute best practice within the work of Bruno Latour we argue that this construct depends upon the mobilization of an extended network of allies, advocates and spectators whose interactions have been written-out of academic analysis. The paper concludes by proposing the need for further research designed to explore, both, the heterogeneity and the porosity of the networks that construct, convey and applaud key knowledge products such as ‘best practice’

Learning From the Story of a Great Leader

This paper reports on research findings from a larger study which seeks to understand leadership from the experiences of well-known and well-recognised Australian leaders across a spectrum of endeavours such as the arts, business, science, the law and politics. To date there appears to be limited empirical research that has investigated the insights of Australian leaders regarding their leadership experiences, beliefs and practices. In this paper, the leadership story of a well-respected medical scientist is discussed revealing the contextual factors that influenced her thinking about leadership as well as the key values she embodies as a leader. The paper commences by briefly considering some of the salient leadership literature in the field. In particular, two prominent theoretical frameworks provided by Leavy (2003) and Kouzes and Posner (2002) are explored. While Leavy’s framework construes leadership as consisting of three “C’s‿ – context , conviction and credibility, Kouzes and Posner (2002) refer to five practices of exemplary leadership. The paper provides a snapshot of the life forces and context that played an important role in shaping the leader’s views and practices. An analytical discussion of these practices is considered in the light of the earlier frameworks identified. Some implications of the findings from this non-education context for those in schools are briefly noted

African Publishing Review : 2003, multiple issues, Vol. 12 No. 4-6

CONTENTS NEPAD AND AFRICAN PUBLISHING 2 HISTORY AND CULTURES IN AFRICA : THE MOVEMENT OF BOOKS 4 CURRENT OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES FACING AFRICAN PUBLISHERS 8 SAFEGUARDS AUTHORS’ WORKS 10 THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PUBLISHING IN THE CARIBBEAN 11 2002 NOMA AWARD WINNER 14 A REPORT OF THE ZIMBABWE INTERNATIONAL BOOK FAIR (ZIBF) 16 THE UNIVERSITY TRAINING COURSE 18 APNET AT THE 2003 NAIROBI INTERNATIONAL BOOK FAIR 21 THE JOMO KENYATTA PRIZE 24 BUISINESS OPPORTUNUITIES 25 REPORT OF THE 4TH FOIRE INTERNATIONALE DU LIVRE DE OUAGADOUGOU 30 APNET’S SECOND STRATEGIC PLAN 32 FIFTH PAN AFRICAN BOOKSELLERS ASSOCIATION CONVENTION 35 NOTICES 37 CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNUITIES OF INTRA-AFRICAN TRADE IN EAST AFRICA 38 PROMOTIONS 4

2002 : Part - Time Courses

Book containing information and full list of part - time courses for 2002 entry. 2002/2003 academic calendar. Faculty structure and key contacts at DIT

The Blockbuster Punitive Damages Awards

This paper provides an analysis of 64 punitive damages awards of at least $100 million. Based on an inventory of these cases, there is evidence that these blockbuster awards are highly concentrated geographically, as two states account for 27 of the 64 awards.The awards also have been rising substantially over time, with the majority of these blockbuster awards taking place since 1999.An assessment of the current status of the blockbuster punitive damages awards indicates that most of these awards have been appealed, but the reversal of these punitive damages awards is the exception rather than the rule.Many large punitive damages awards are settled without any appeal. The ratio limits outlined in State Farm v. Campbell will affect over 90% of the blockbuster awards and over 90% of the damages associated with these awards if a ratio of 1.0 becomes the upper limit on punitive damages.