| 26 May 2009 |
Michael McGregor receives Lily Endowment residency
Michael McGregor, English faculty, has received a Lily Endowment residency for the Collegeville Institute's 2009 summer writing workshop. |
| 26 May 2009 |
Mary Anne Rees elected national treasurer of the College Music Society
Mary Anne Rees, Development, was elected national treasurer of the College Music Society. |
| 26 May 2009 |
Debra Gwartney appears on Tyra Banks Show
Debra Gwartney, English faculty, appeared on the Tyra Banks Show to discuss her new book, Live Through This, May 18. |
| 26 May 2009 |
Victoria Belco receives Fulbright
Victoria Belco, History faculty, has been awarded a Fulbright grant to conduct research in Italy on “Crime and Criminal Justice in Fascist Italy.” She will be conducting archival research primarily at the state archive in Florence, and the host institution is the University of Bologna. |
| 18 May 2009 |
Laura Nissen named 2009 Social Worker of the Year
Laura Nissen, Social work and Reclaiming Futures faculty, has been named 2009 Social Worker of the Year by the National Association of Social Workers Oregon chapter for her work as the national program director of Reclaiming Futures. |
| 18 May 2009 |
Anna-Louise Reysenbach participates in deep-sea research expedition
Anna-Louise Reysenbach, Biology faculty, just returned from a deep-sea research expedition, funded by the National Science Foundation and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to investigate a new undersea volcanic eruption near Tonga in the Southwestern Pacific. The research team was the first ever to observe, sample, and document a volcanic eruption as deep as 1,200 meters. |
| 18 May 2009 |
David Ervin elected to United States Society for Ecological Economics board
David Ervin, Environmental Sciences faculty, has been elected to the Board of Directors of the United States Society for Ecological Economics. |
| 05 May 2009 |
William York to participate in National Endowment for the Humanities summer seminar
William York, University Honors faculty, has been selected to participate in a National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Seminar for College and University Professors, "Disease in the Middle Ages," in London, July 5-August 9. York also received an NEH grant to cover expenses associated with participation in the seminar. |
| 05 May 2009 |
Patricia Backlar serves on clinical ethics conference planning committee
Patricia Backlar, Philosophy faculty, has been invited to serve on the planning committee for the Sixth International Conference on Clinical Ethics Consultation, held under the auspices of Providence Center for Health Care Ethics, in Portland, May 11-14. |
| 05 May 2009 |
Rik Lemoncello chosen to attend Lessons for Success workshop
Rik Lemoncello, Speech and Hearing Sciences faculty, was selected from among the top 20 new faculty nationwide to attend the annual Lessons for Success workshop, sponsored by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association April 30 and May 1 in Rockville, Md. The workshop helps new faculty with grant writing and balancing professional responsibilities in academia. |
