CSU Press Releases

Dr. Katherine Nelson-Born, Columbia Southern University Chair, Goes to Oxford Round Table

Orange Beach, AL / June 13, 2006 – Dr. Katherine Nelson-Born, Columbia Southern University’s Chair of General Education, has been invited to the Oxford Round Table in Oxford, England, July 9-14, 2006, at the Harris Manchester College, University of Oxford. This Round Table is limited to an interdisciplinary group of approximately 35-40 scholars with expertise in education and policy. The purpose of the Oxford Round Table is to promote human advancement and understanding through the improvement of education. To this end, the Oxford Round Table provides a forum for the study and consideration of current issues facing state and national systems of education. The Round Table meets periodically and at each session is comprised of a small select group of leaders from both the public and private sectors of several countries. http://www.oxfordroundtable.co.uk.

Dr. Nelson-Born will present a paper entitled “How Systems Theory and Writing Across the Curriculum Unite the Sciences and Humanities and Promote Student Learning,” which also will be considered for publication in the “Forum on Public Policy: A Journal of the Oxford Round Table.”

“Columbia Southern University is proud of Dr. Nelson-Born and this outstanding honor for which she has been chosen. Having a distance learning professor selected to present at this round table of scholars is an indication of the acceptance that a distance learning education has achieved in the academic community.” – Dr. Joe Manjone, Columbia Southern University Provost.

About Columbia Southern University

Columbia Southern University (CSU) is an accredited member of Distance Education and Training Council (DETC). The Accrediting Commission of the DETC is listed by the U.S. Department of Education as a nationally recognized accrediting agency. DETC’s address is: 1601 18 th Street, Washington, D.C. 20009 and can be reached at 202-234-5100. CSU offers associate, bachelor and graduate programs in many fields including Business Administration, Fire Science, Human Resource Management and Occupational Safety and Health. Undergraduate and graduate certificate programs are also available.

About Dr. Katherine Nelson-Born, CSU Chair of Education

Dr. Nelson-Born holds a doctorate in English from Georgia State University (1998). She has an MFA degree in Creative Writing from Virginia Commonwealth University (1993) and a BA degree in English Education from the University of New Orleans (1987). Dr. Nelson-Born brings with her to CSU 18 years of achievement in postsecondary education and administration.