| 26 Jan 2009 |
Debra Gwartney receives literary fellowship
Debra Gwartney, English faculty, is one of six Oregon writers awarded a literary fellowship from the Oregon Commission on the Arts. She also won second prize (from 1,600 entries) in the recent Family Circle fiction contest. Her memoir. Live Through This, will be published by Houghton Mifflin on Feb. 10, when Gwartney will give a reading in New York City and will be featured on Good Morning America. As part of a one-month book tour, she'll read at Powell's on Feb. 12. |
| 26 Jan 2009 |
Ken Stedman receives Humboldt Fellowship
Ken Stedman, Biology faculty, was recently awarded an Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship to conduct research in Germany. |
| 26 Jan 2009 |
Ruth Falco and Paula Stanovich receive education inclusion awards
Ruth Falco and Paula Stanovich, Special Education and Counselor Education faculty, received Mobius Inclusion Awards from the Northwest Down Syndrome Association on Jan. 14. Falco received the Early Childhood Educator Inclusion Award and Stanovich received the School-Age Inclusive Educator Award. |
| 20 Jan 2009 |
Emily Gilliland marches in 2009 Inaugural Parade
Emily Gilliland, Oregon Campus Compact faculty, will march in the 2009 inaugural parade for President-Elect Barack Obama in Washington, D.C., Jan. 20. Gilliland, an alumna of AmeriCorps, is representing the national network of civic leaders. |
| 20 Jan 2009 |
Joan Strouse to spend a Semester at Sea
Joan Strouse, Educational Policy, Foundations, and Administrative Studies faculty emerita, will be a faculty member on the spring 2009 voyage of Semester at Sea, sponsored by University of Virginia. |
| 12 Jan 2009 |
Dana Bostrom receives University Technology Management award
Dana Bostrom, Academic Affairs faculty, was selected to receive the Association of University Technology Management President's Award at its 2009 Annual Meeting. |
| 12 Jan 2009 |
Mark Kaplan quoted in Men's Health
Mark Kaplan, Community Health faculty, was quoted in an article on men and suicide in Men's Health magazine, December 2008. |
| 12 Jan 2009 |
Hamid Moradkhani elected associate editor of engineering journal
Hamid Moradkhani, Civil and Environmental Engineering faculty, was elected associate editor of the American Society of Civil Engineers Journal of Hydrologic Engineering. His initial appointment will be from 2008-2010. |
| 12 Jan 2009 |
Mark Sytsma receives Oregon Department of Agriculture award
Mark Sytsma, Environmental Sciences faculty, received the Distinguished Service Award from the Oregon Department of Agriculture for outstanding contributions and leadership in invasive species management in Oregon at the 2008 Interagency Weed Symposium. |
| 12 Jan 2009 |
Jennifer Allen appointed to board of Oregon Forest Resources Institute
Jennifer Allen, Graduate Studies and Research faculty, has been appointed by Senate President Peter Courtney and House Speaker Jeff Merkley to the board of the Oregon Forest Resources Institute as its public representative. The public representative is a non-voting ex-officio position. Allen will be the third public representative since the board's formation by the state legislature 17 years ago. |
