NEW Leadership Oregon to honor women leaders Dec. 4

Dragan Milosevic and Tim Anderson, Engineering Management faculty, and alumnus Peerasit Patanakul, co-authored the paper "A Decision Support Model for Project Manager Assignments," which was awarded the Transactions on Engineering Management Best Paper Award for 2007. The paper first appeared in IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Vol. 54, No. 3, August 2007, and was selected by the journal's editor-in-chief and department editors from 54 papers published in the journal in 2007.

Portland State joins universities in Europe and the United State in study of urban areas

Harrell Fletcher, Art faculty, participated in the panel discussion "Words without Pictures" at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in Los Angeles, Nov. 17.

Japanese performance artist Hitsujiya Shirotama will give the free lecture "Using Just the Human Body" Dec. 4 at 6:30 p.m. in 294 Smith Union.

Dan Fortmiller and Mary Ann Barham are appointed to new positions in Student Affairs

Paul Collins, English faculty, authored the essay "Peculiar Memoirs" published in The Autobiographer's Handbook, Henry Holt & Co.

Social sustainability in Chile is the subject of a free colloquium Nov. 24 from noon to 2 p.m. in 294 Smith Union.

Walk the Labyrinth Dec. 2 anytime from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in 326 Smith Union. The self-guided meditation is free and open to the public.

"White Privilege 101" is the topic of a free Office of Diversity and Equity talk Nov. 18 from 9 a.m. to noon in 228 Smith Union.

Celebrate winter bicycling with PSU and city of Portland transportation officials at a brown bag lunch Nov. 20 from noon to 1 p.m. in 238 Smith Union.

Charles Weber, Engineering and Technology Management faculty, has been awarded a grant of $208,957 from the National Science Foundation for a study on "Enabling Timely Revolutions in Organizational Performance."

The Honorable Pierre-François Mourier, French consul general in San Francisco, will discuss, in French, his country's presidency over the European Union Nov. 21 at 1 p.m. in 298 Smith Union.

Hillary Jenks, University Honors faculty, authored the article "Urban Space, Ethnic Community, and National Belonging: The Political Landscape of Memory in Little Tokyo" published in GeoJournal: An International Journal on Geography, Vol. 73, No. 3, 2008.

Micki Caskey, Curriculum and Instruction faculty, co-presented the sessions "Creating and Sustaining Healthy Teams: What Teachers and Principals Really Want to Know," "Research and Resources in Support of This We Believe: Assessment to Promote Learning," "Spotlight on Research," "Pathways to Publication," and "Writing for Publication Demystified" at the National Middle School Association Conference in Denver, Oct. 30-Nov. 1. Caskey also continued her service as chair of the association's Research Advisory Board.

Rita Robillard, Art faculty, has artwork in the Place in Time: Contemporary Landscapes exhibit at the Williamson Gallery at Scripps College in Claremont, Calif., Nov. 2-Dec. 14. Robillard also participated in a panel for the opening night events and presented a lecture on her work at the college. Robillard's work can be viewed on her Web site. [http://www.ritarobillard.com] Sue Taylor, Art faculty, authored an essay on Robillard's art titled "Poetical Cosmology," which will appear in the exhibition catalog.

Thomas Luckett, History faculty, presented "The Sales and Business Strategies of a Parisian Artisan, 1754-1764: The Letters and Accounts of N-C Flocquet" at the annual meeting of the Western Society for French History in Québec City, Canada, Nov. 6-8.

The Florestan Trio will perform Brahms, Beethoven, and Franck on Nov. 14 at 8 p.m. in The Old Church, 1422 SW 11th Ave. The concert is free to staff, faculty, and students.

Greg Jacob, English faculty, authored an entry on the Union Fishermen's Cooperative Packing Company published on The Oregon Encyclopedia's Web site.

Heejun Chang, Geography faculty, gave the invited presentation "Water for All: Reconciling Human Needs with Ecology in the Willamette River Basin" at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s Hydrology for the Environment, Life and Policy workshop in Tucson, Ariz., Oct. 29.

"Japanese Calligraphy: From Genji to Today" will be presented in a free lecture Nov. 17 at noon in 333 Smith Union.

Lynette Feder, Liberal Arts and Sciences faculty, was one of 35 experts invited to participate in a three-day national panel on "The Effects of Marriage and the Couple Relationship on the Health of Infants, Adolescents and Older Adults," funded by the Johnson Foundation and convening at the Wingspread Conference Center in Racine, Wis. The panel's charge was to think through new directions in research that might answer the needs of policy makers and politicians. A working paper will be published on the panel's discussions and conclusions.

Michael Smith, Education Policy, Foundations and Administrative Studies faculty, authored the paper "Four Steps to a Paradigm Shift: Employing Critical Perspectives to Improve Outreach to Low-SES African American and Latino Students and Their Parents" published in the Journal of College Admission, Vol. 101, Fall 2008.

Sarah Renkens, Transportation and Parking Services, presented "Measuring Progress: Methods for tracking use of alternative transportation" at the First Annual Oregon University System Sustainability Conference in Eugene, Oct. 23.

Tom Buell, English emeritus faculty, is featuring some of his writing and sculpture on his Web site.

The Andrew Oliver Kora Ensemble will give a free performance as part of the Thursday Noon Concert Series Nov. 11 in The Old Church, 1422 SW 11th Ave.

Aequis Spa is offering a 20 percent discount to all PSU employees who use the promo code "Viking Power" when making an appointment at the spa, 419 SW 11th, 503-223-7847.

Hazel Denhart (formerly Rebecca Black), Communication Studies faculty, received a $55,000 grant from Mercy Corps to design a service learning program at University of New Orleans.

Junghee Lee, Art faculty, authored an article titled "Environment as an Indicator in the Buddhist Art of Asia" published in the Journal of Visual Art Studies, Vol. 13, No. 1 (2008).

Michael J. Smith, Education Policy, Foundations and Administrative Studies, was named to the editorial board of the Journal of College Admission.

Paul Collins, English faculty, authored "The Eight Faces of Orson Fowler" published in New Scientist, Oct. 4; "Buzzkill" published in The Believer, September 2008; "I'll Have the Banana Pancake Flambé Stonehenge" published in Slate, Aug. 20; and "163 Ways to Lose Your Job" published in New Scientist, Aug. 6.

Staff responsible for Unclassified Letters and FTE Calculations are encouraged to register for the free workshop Nov. 19 from 9 to 11 a.m. in 518 Market Center Building. To register, e-mail mluebke@pdx.edu.

William Lang, History faculty, presented "The Last Best Place: Twenty Years Later" at the Montana Festival of the Book, Humanities Montana, Missoula, Oct. 25.