Aziz Inan, engineering, had his article, “Remembering Phillip H. Smith on his 100th Birthday,” as an external link for Phillip H. Smith (1905-1987), the inventor of the Smith chart: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phillip_Hagar_Smith. Inan presented and published the article in the 2005 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium Digest, Volume 3B, pp. 129-132, Washington, D.C., July 3-8, 2005. That same year before the symposium, Inan had the opportunity to travel to New Jersey and visit Smith’s wife, Anita Smith, in their original house, and she was able to provide a few corrections in his article.

Patricia Cox, nursing, has been appointed to the Nursing Education Advisory Group of the Oregon State Board of Nursing.

Casey Shillam, nursing, presented “Influence: The Understated Power-Play in Advancing a Healthcare Leadership Agenda” at the Navigating Change in the Health Workforce Speaker Series on October 6, 2016, in San Francisco, Calif.

Susan Stillwell, nursing, was elected to the National League for Nursing’s Commission for Nursing Education Accreditation, Board of Commissioners, representing nursing education.

Sharon J0nes, engineering, and student Parker Schibel attended the 2016 National Academy of Engineering Grand Challenges Scholars Program annual meeting in Washington, D.C., on October 6-7. Jones also sat on a panel, “Dialogue with the Deans,” at the ASCE Post National Conference at the Oregon Convention Center, Portland, Ore., on Saturday, October 1 and presented “American Engineering Education for the 21st Century: A Northwest Perspective” with moderators James Hamann, CEO & President, Otak, Inc.,  and Blaine Leonard, P.E., D.GE, Intelligent Transportation System Program Manager, Utah Department of Transportation, Salt Lake City, Utah.