2013-2014 Butine Recipients

March 24, 2014

The Committee on Teaching and Scholarship (TAS) has determined the award recipients of the 2013-2014 Butine Faculty Development Fund spring cycle, according to committee chair Lauretta Frederking, political science. Due to the large number of proposals received and the limited amount of funds available ($17,730), the committee was unable to fund all qualified proposals. This spring’s Butine Award recipients are:

Ami Ahern-Rindell, biology: Society of Inherited Metabolic Disorders (SIMD) Annual Meeting, $842
Barbara Braband, nursing: Association of Community Health Nurse Educators (ACHNE), $1,500
Hannah Callender, mathematics: Annual Meeting of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, $1,500
Andrea Castanette, international languages and cultures: Nicaragua Service-Learning Immersion Program, $1,500
Sr. Carol Dempsey, theology: Catholic Biblical Association of America International Conference, $759
Alice Gates, social work: Annual Meeting, Assoc. Of Baccalaureate Social Work Program Directors (BPD), $1,012
Cara Hersh, English: International Congress of the New Chaucer Society, $995
Sr. Angela Hoffman, chemistry: National American Chemical Society Meeting, $1,500
Rev. Tom Hosinski, C.S.C., theology: Special Divine Action 2014 Ian Ramsey Center Conference, $1,500
Kevin Jones, social work: The 31st Annual Qualitative Analysis Conference, $1,422
James Jurinski, business administration: Academy of Legal Studies in Business Annual National Conference, $800
Katie O’Reilly, biology: Pacific Seabird Group 41st Annual Meeting, $1,500
Jacqueline Waggonner, education: American Association for Colleges of Teacher Education, $1,400
Rev. Ron Wasowkski, C.S.C., environmental studies: A Roman, Jewish, and Christian Necropolis in Pollentia, Mallorca, $1,500.

For more information contact Frederking at tas@up.edu.

Jeffrey White, international languages & cultures, attended “Engaging College Students Using Active Learning Techniques,” .Magna Online Seminar, October 2020; and Southeast Supplemental Instruction Conference (SESI), University of North Georgia (online), September 2020.

Fr. Jim King, C.S.C., conducted the first session in a six-part workshop on the Catholic Church’s social justice teaching and Christian education from a Holy Cross perspective to the faculty and staff of Holy Redeemer Parish in North Portland on November 4, 2020.

Simon Aihiokhai, theology, presented “Alterity and Violence in Nigeria: Rethinking Interfaith Encounters” at the 63^rd annual meeting of African Studies Association (Virtually). November 20, 2020. He also presented “Rethinking One’s Gifts as a Leader in a World of Radical Diversity,” a virtual lecture on transformative leadership given to FGEN sophomores at the University of Portland Shepard Academic Resource Center, November 20, 2020; as well as “Reading Things Fall Apart through a Decolonial Lens of Inquiry: Retelling Africa’s Stories,” a virtual lecture given to students registered in PHL 410: Education and Politics. University of Portland, October 22, 2020.

Aziz Inan, Shiley School of Engineering, presented and published the paper titled, “Conducted Emissions Feedback from VSD operated products” with Pete Perkins (Principal Product Safety & Regulatory Affairs Consultant), Henry Benitez (Electromagnetic Investigations), Christian Miles (Mentor Graphics), and Joshua Thompson (Intel Corporation), in the IEEE Symposium on Product Compliance Engineering (SPCE) 2020 Virtual Conference, November 16-20, 2020. Note that except Inan, all of the other authors are UP alumni.

Alice Gates, social work, received national recognition from the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) as the 2020 recipient of the Early Career Faculty Award for Service and Leadership in Social Work Education. Gates was recognized during the virtual Annual Program Meeting of CSWE on November 20, 2020. The award presentation highlighted the contributions Gates has made at the university, local, state, and national level to address injustice and amplify the reach and impact of social work.