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FSC faculty pursue academic projects 

LAKELAND, Fla. (Feb. 4, 2004) - Florida Southern College faculty continued their extracurricular academic pursuits by giving presentations, conducting workshops, publishing articles, and attending conferences. Following is a summary of their recent endeavors. 

Dr. Lynn Clements, accounting professor, spoke at the Florida Southern Continuing Professional Education Series Nov. 18, discussing fraud investigation. The course guides the CPA through the steps to investigating suspected fraud and assisting the victim throughout prosecution. 

Dr. Mavra Kear, nursing professor, was appointed president of the District 12 (Polk County) Florida Nurses Association for 2004-2005. In addition, she was elected vice-commodore of the Winter Haven Nautical Club for 2004. 

Dr. Eugene Lebrenz, economics professor, served as chair of the "Topics in Wage Determination" session of the Southern Economics Association Conference in San Antonio Nov. 24. Presenters discussed impacts of additional education on wage rates, the wage gap by gender, and differences in wage rates for Florida Internet Technology workers by gender. 

Dr. Bernard Quetchenbach, English professor, has published an essay and several poems. "Peregrines," a personal essay considering the nomadic life of academia, appears in Art and the Natural Environment Section of Organization & Environment (Dec. 2003). He has written a poetry chapbook, "The Hermit's Act" (Finishing Line Press, 2004), and his poems "The Hermit's Work" and "The Hermit's Fall" appear in the Fall/Winter 2003 issue of Rosebud. In addition, his poem "Indian Lake" appeared in the December issue of The Worcester Review. 

Dr. Rebecca Saulsbury, English professor, has written two essay appearing in "Writers of the American Renaissance: An A-to-Z Guide" (Greenwood Press, 2003). "Alice Cary (1820-1871)" and "Maria McIntosh (1803-1878)" are two of the many women who wrote during the antebellum era in American literature. "My essays are largely bio-bibliographical in nature," Saulsbury explains, "providing a starting point for advanced undergraduates and graduate students as well as general readers." 


About Florida Southern College
Florida Southern is a four-year, private, co-educational liberal arts college affiliated with the United Methodist Church. The college offers more than 40 undergraduate majors and a master of business administration degree accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Located in Lakeland, Fla., the college is home to the largest, single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture in the world.

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