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Chloe Littzen, nursing, presented “Young adult nurse work-related well-being, contemporary practice worldview, resilience, and co-worker support during the COVID-19 pandemic.” at the Sigma Theta Tau International, Beta Mu Chapter Induction Ceremony.

Stephanie Salomone, mathematics, and Valerie Peterson, mathematics, participated in the Facilitator Training program for the Inclusive STEM Teaching Project, and NSF-funded, multi-institutional, nationwide program to provide online training in inclusive teaching practices for STEM faculty. Faculty, stay tuned for more information about the online course facilitated by Salomone and Peterson.

Cassy Esparza, admissions, won the PNACAC Excellence in Admissions Award.

Dave Houglum, Franz Center for Leadership, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation earned the CPCC credential (Certified Professional Co-Active Coach) from the Co-Active Training Institute on April 14, 2021 by completing over 200 hours of training, 100+ hours of coaching clients, feedback on multiple recorded coaching sessions with individual coach supervisors, group coaching supervision, mentor coaching, and final practical exam. The Co-Active Training Institute is widely recognized as the most rigorous professional coach training and certification program in the industry and is known as the “gold standard” of coaching by the Institute of Coaching, a Harvard Medical School affiliate.

Simon Aihiokhai, theology, presented  “Deconstructing the Idolatry of White Supremacy: Embracing a Trinitarian Identity as Solidarity with Others.” A Keynote Address Given to Niagara University Community on their Theological Day of Reflection. Event is Organized and Sponsored by the Rose Bente Lee Ostapenko Center for Race, Equity, and Mission, Niagara University. Thursday, April 29, 2021. 12– 1:30 p.m. The keynote address can be found here – passcode: P=7ZywL.

September Nelson, nursing, presented “Predictors of Intent to Leave Among Long-Term Care Nurses” at the 2021 Western Institute of Nursing Research Conference held virtually April 14-17. She was invited as winner of the WIN Gerontology Special Interest Group (WINGSIG) award for gerontological nursing abstracts accepted for presentation at the 2021 annual meeting. Awardees are selected through peer-review by the sub-committee of WINGSIG members.

Barbara Bloom-Groshong and Lisa J. Reed, Pamplin School of Business, presented “Balancing Fairness with Flexibility in the 21st Century’s “Gig Economy”: Worker Classification in the Aftermath of California’s Proposition 22 and COVID-19” to the Pacific Northwest Academy of Legal Studies in Business 2021 Annual (Virtual) Conference on April 16, 2021.

Xan Arch, Library Operations, presented “One of Us: Social Performance in Academic Library Hiring” (with Gilman, I.) Program presented online at the Association of College and Research Libraries Conference, April 2021.

Karen Eifler, Garaventa Center, had her essay “Theology Can Learn A Lot From Schitt’s Creek” published in the April 10, 2021 issue of National Catholic Reporter. The complete piece is available at this link.

Jordy Wolfand, Shiley School of Engineering, contributed “Simulating the thermal impact of substrate temperature on ecological restoration in shallow urban rivers” (with Abdi, R., Rogers, J.B., Rust, A., Philippus, D., Taniguchi-Quan, K., Irving, K., Stein, E.D., Hogue, T.S.) to Journal of Environmental Management. 2021. 289. 112560. https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1cug914Z6thNIK

Deirdre Katz, education, presented “The role of self-compassion in reducing stress and increasing resilience in late adolescence” (with Keil, A., Mehlman, R., Peckins, M., Lagaspi, S., Kawakami, B., & Saturn, S.) at the 2021 Annual Meeting of American Educational Research Association (AERA), Virtual conference due to Covid 19, April 2021. She also presented “Schoolwide Social and Emotional Learning in an Alternative High School” (with Mahfouz, J. & Romas, S.) at the same conference.

Kathleen Bieryla, Shiley School of Engineering, contributed “Biomechanics of Single Stair Climb with Implications for Inverted Pendulum Modeling” (withy Christine Buffinton and Roberta Blaho) in Journal of Biomechanical Engineering. 2021 Mar 25.​​​​​​​ https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4050639

Salvador Orara, innovation, continues to volunteer on the Content Advisory Committee for “We Design,” a program created by the Design Museum Foundation. “We Design” emphasizes the need for more racial and gender diversity in the fields of design and innovation, and highlights the importance of equity and inclusion in any practice that generates ideas. A “We Design” publication featuring a new set of practitioners is scheduled for Fall 2021.

Katie Danielson, education, had her piece, “Effectiveness of scaling up a vocabulary intervention for low-income children, pre-K through first grade” (with coauthors Susan B. Neuman and Preeti Samudra) published in The Elementary School Journal, 121(3), 385-409. https://doi.org/10.1086/712492

Claire McKinley-Yoder, nursing, contributed “Student-led fall prevention care management reduced fall risks at assisted living facilities” (with coauthors Kiyoshi-Teo, H., Lemon, E., & Ochoa, O.) in the December 2020 edition of Innovation in Aging,  4(Suppl 1), 238, https://doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igaa057.767

September Nelson, nursing, was awarded Outstanding Abstract at the Western Institute of Nursing – Gerontology Special Interest Group, April 2021. She also attended the Western Institute of Nursing Research Conference- Predictors of intent of leave among long-term care nurses, April 2021.

Cara Hersh, English, was mentioned in a piece on crafting and presenting effective syllabi in The Chronicle of Higher Education’s Teaching newsletter.

Simon Aihiokhai, theology, has come a board member for Community of Peace in Louisa, Virginia. Community of Peace is an Ecumenical Christ-Centered community of welcome, sung prayer, dialogue, and solidarity.

Chloe Littzen, nursing, co-presented “The focus of the discipline: Reimagined from an emancipatory lens.” at the Nursing Theory Annual Conference.

Amber Vermeesch, nursing, is serving on the American Association of Nurse Practitioners Nomination Council from 7/1/2021 – 6/30/2024.

Amber Vermeesch, nursing, was elected as a Distinguished Practitioner & Fellow by the National Academies of Practice.

Claire McKinley-Yoder, nursing, coauthored “Primary school classmate characteristics and school nursing predicting graduation from high school.” Public Health Nursing [published ahead of print] 00: 1– 10. https://doi.org/10.1111/phn.12896

Claire McKinley-Yoder, nursing, presented “The Relationships Among Individual and School Characteristics and Long-term Educational Outcomes” Research Symposium: A Rapid Research Response in a Changing Environment in March, 2021. Philadelphia, PA

Salvador Orara, innovation, presented “Discursive, Speculative, and Critical Design: Stoking the embers of imagination in the space of possible eventualities.” Guidewire Software User Experience Growth Week (Virtual) on March 25, 2021.

Rebecca Smith, Benjamin Gallegos, and Nicole Ralston, education, published Integrating culturally responsive pedagogy and virtual reality: Preparing preservice educators for secondary language arts classes. In C. M. Moran and M. Rice (Eds.), Virtual and augmented reality in English language arts education. Lexington Books.

Andrew Lafrenz, nursing, presented “College Students of Color Experience Disproportionate Declines in Physical Health and Mental Well-Being During the COVID-19 Pandemic.” Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine Annual Conference (Virtual) on March 12^th, 2021.

Jeff Kerssen-Griep, communication studies, led a workshop detailing Interculturally Skilled Instruction Across Barriers for a group of faculty at Baylor University’s Truett Theological Seminary.

Christine Weilhoefer, biology and environmental studies, co-authored an article, “Multiple Estuarine Gradients Influencing Tidal Flat Benthic Algal Biomass and Community Structure in the Yaquina Estuary, OR, USA” in the peer-reviewed journal Estuaries and Coasts (September 2020).

Jacqueline Van Hoomissen, biology, is serving as an invited participant on Portland Metro STEM Partnership’s Action Learning Team on Addressing Inequities and Disparities in STEM Education.  The Learning Team’s potential outcomes include curating and elevating cultural funds of knowledge, defining professional learning needs of educators, and recommending policies that address inequities and disparities in STEM education.

Bob Butler, Professor Emeritus of environmental studies, published an animation “Japan 10th Anniversary of 2011 Earthquake—Lessons learned from Seismogeodesy”. This animation explains the plate tectonics, seismology, and GPS observations of the March 11, 2011 magnitude 9.1 Tohoku-oki, Japan earthquake and resulting tsunami. It also explores lessons learned for earthquake early warning and tsunami warning systems in subduction zones worldwide.

Salvador Orara, innovation, was featured in the AIGA Design Teaching Resource Guide for his contribution of project briefs for interdisciplinary teams to utilize design in tackling wicked problems. AIGA is the oldest and largest professional association for design.

Genevieve Brassard, English, has published a review of Modernism, Sex, and Gender, by Celia Marshik and Allison Pease, in the latest issue of The Space Between Journal (Volume 16, 2020).

Hannah Pick, Dundon-Berchtold Institute, published a review of Yuval Levin’s A Time to Build: From Family and Community to Congress and the Campus: How Recommitting to Our Institutions Can Revive the American Dream through the journal of Christian Higher Education (22 January, 2021; DOI: 10.1080/15363759.2020.1865123).

Natalie Nelson-Marsh, communication studies, was featured in the Portland Business Journal magazine February 26 edition for her participation in the panel discussion on “Organizational Transformation – The Impact of COVID on the Future of Work.”

Katie Danielson, education, published “Enacting content-rich curriculum in early childhood: The role of teacher knowledge and pedagogy.” Early Education and Development, 32(3), 443-458. doi.org/10.1080/10409289.2020.1753463

Alice Gates, social work, presented on March 3, 2021 as part of the University of Minnesota School of Social Work 2021 Research Colloquium Series.  Her paper was titled “Engaging equity and critical race perspectives in community-based research.”

Jordy Wolfand, Shiley School of Engineering, published Assessing resilience of a dual drainage urban system to redevelopment and climate change. Journal of Hydrology. 2021. 596. 126101.

Stephanie Salomone, mathematics, was an invited participant at Envisioning and Enacting an Inclusive and Diverse STEM Professoriate: Aligning the Recruitment and Retention of Diverse STEM Faculty, an APLU Think Tank, virtual.

Jeffrey White, International Languages & Cultures, presented MS Teams And Office Integrations During Covid (2.0). Roundtable presentation and discussion at the 2021 National College Learning Center Association Virtual Winter Conference.

Hillary Gaudio and Randy Hetherington, education, presented Inequity in the classroom: Improving teacher training by listening to completer voice. Virtual paper presented at the Oregon Association of Teacher Educators (ORATE) conference.

Randy Hetherington, education, co-presented Training transformative leaders: Valuing teacher wellness in complex change. Virtual paper presentation at the Association of Independent Liberal Arts Colleges of Teacher Education (AILACTE) conference.

Jacqueline Waggoner, Randy Hetherington, Hillary Gaudio, Bruce Weitzel, James Carroll, education, presented Inequity and the reality of teacher preparation: Hearing the voices of completers. Virtual paper presentation at the Association of Independent Liberal Arts Colleges of Teacher Education (AILACTE) conference.

Bruce Weitzel, Hillary Gaudio, Jacqueline Waggoner, James Carroll, Randy Hetherington, education, presented The completer voice: Inequity revealed. Virtual paper presentation at the Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) conference.

James Carroll, Randy Hetherington, Jacqueline Waggoner, Hillary Gaudio, Bruce Weitzel, education, presented Educator preparation in traumatic stress. Virtual paper presentation at the Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) conference.

Randy Hetherington, education, co-presented Interrelated leadership: Valuing teacher impact in a complex school. Virtual paper presentation at the Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) conference.

Natalie Nelson-Marsh, communication studies, participated as a panelist at the BizWomen Coalition Thought Leader Forum on January 26. Nelson-Marsh was invited as an expert to participate in the discussion of “Organizational Transformation – The Impact of COVID on the Future of Work.” Nelson-Marsh also attended a Western States Communication Association (WSCA) Teaching Workshop about “Preparing Students to Self-Advocate and Articulate the Value of Communication to Future Employers.”

Cara (CJ) Poor, Shiley School of Engineering, coauthored “Stormwater Treatment Effectiveness of Established Lined Bioretention Facilities in Portland Oregon.” Journal of Sustainable Water in the Built Environment, 7: 05021002.

Rebecca Smith and Nicole Ralston, education, presented “Developing teacher researchers: Pedagogical approaches for supporting teacher learning in assessment, evaluation, and research.” Association of Teacher Educators (ATE) annual meeting, Virtual Conference.

Toyin Olukotun, nursing, coauthored “African American Women’s Maternal Healthcare Experiences: A Critical Race Theory Perspective.” Health Communication. 2021 Feb 20:1-2.