Five faculty received promotions in the College of Liberal Arts beginning with the 2008-09 academic year. They are as follows:

- Dr. Nancye Roussel, Associate Professor, Dept. of Communicative Disorders
- Dr. Dayana Stetco, Associate Professor, Department of English
- Dr. Rick Swanson, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science
- Dr. Matthew Isaak, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology
- Dr. Cheryl Lynch,, Professor, Department of Psychology

Congratulations to all and we thank them for their efforts in teaching and research.

Five faculty received the 2008 Outstanding Advisor Award in the College of Liberal Arts. They are as follows:

- Paula Broussard, Department of Criminal Justice
- Alice Ferguson, Department of Communication
- James McDonald, Department of English
- Nancy Coghill, Department of Sociology/Anthropology/Child & Family Studies
- Pearson Cross, Department of Political Science

Congratuations to all and we thank them for their dedication to our students.

Effective Fall 2006 a new concentration in Political Science has been added. Students may opt to concentrate in International Relations. Course requirements are available at http://liberalarts.louisiana.edu/academics/majors/pols.shtml

HUMN 300.002 -- 9:30 - 10:45 am -- Tuesday and Thrusday -- HLG 405 -- Professor Fabrice Leroy

Detective Fiction and Film Noir

This course will explore key detective novels from both sides of the Atlantic, between the 1930s and the 1990s. We will examine various aspects of the genre, includiing; the private detective character, narrative techniques of crime fiction, the depiction of the modern city, race and gender relations, sociopolitical subtexts, and the evolution of the genre over the course of the century. We will watch several film noirs, including Howard Hawks' The Big Sleep, John Huston's The Maltese Falcon, and Louis Malle's Elevator to the Gallows. All French texts will be read in translation and all French films will have subtitles. No prior knowledge of French is necesssary.

ARAB 101 -- 9:30 - 10:45 am -- Tuesdays and Thursdays -- Taught by Dr. .James McKeithen, UL-Monroe

Elementary Arabic I

A Distance Learning/Online Course offered through the Louisiana Foreign Languages Electronic Learning Consortium. For more information, call the Department of Modern Languages at 482-6811.

Attention Summer 2008 Graduating Seniors
Deadline to pay the diploma fee of $50 is Monday, June 16th. Pick up an application at the Registrar's Office; pay at Cashiers in Coronna, and file in Dean's Office, Martin Hall 246.