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Susan Thompson (International Programs) was given the Ron Moffatt Award for Peace and Social Justice for her dedication to international education and the academic and cultural exchange of students and research by NAFSA: Association of International Educators, Region XII, at its annual conference in November.

John Bowers (English) delivered a lecture titled "Tolkien Editing Chaucer" to the Medieval Colloquium at the University of Virginia in October. The presentation was based on his latest research in September recovering from Oxford archives a lost, forgotten book by J. R. R. Tolkien. This was his Clarendon Chaucer student edition which occupies him…

Howard Gordon (Teaching & Learning) was named president of the Association for Career and Technical Education Research at the recent 2014 conference in Nashville, Tenn. He will serve a two-year term of office.

Linda Lister, Stephanie Weiss, Lillian Roberts, Xavier Brown, and Cheyna Alexander (all Music) of 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Opera won in two categories at the National Opera Association Collegiate Opera Scenes Competition, which took place at the national convention in Greensboro, N.C. in January. 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Opera won in both the graduate and musical theatre divisions.

Ryan Larsen (International Programs) was given the Outstanding Service in International Education Award for his dedication to study abroad by NAFSA: Association of International Educators at the Region XII annual conference in November.

Andrew Murtishaw (Psychology) recently won first place in a graduate student research competition sponsored by the Southern Nevada section of the American Chemical Society for his research titled, "Chronic LPS-induced Inflammatory Response in a Diabetic Model of Alzheimer's Disease." His research in the Behavioral Neuroscience Laboratory of…

Monica Bolton, Chelcie Heaney, Andrew Murtishaw, and Jefferson Kinney (all Psychology) recently published the article, "Postnatal Alterations in GABAB Receptor Tone Produce Sensorimotor Gating and Protein Level Differences in Adulthood." Bolton works in the Behavioral Neuroscience Laboratory of professor Kinney and this is her second manuscript…

Melissa Bowles-Terry (Libraries) offered workshops on classroom assessment techniques for librarians at two international conferences in 2014. The workshops took place at the International Federation of Library Associations information literacy satellite meeting in Limerick, Ireland and at the European Conference on Information Literacy in…

Steven Clarke (Architecture) has been appointed as the new director of the 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Downtown Design Center (DDC). The DDC is a platform for students and faculty to get involved in our community through funded projects and grants. He brings a unique set of skills and experiences to this position, including a keen understanding of food systems and water…