Parents Night Out Fundraiser

February 11, 2013

The Moreau Center’s Border Immersion program is offering a babysitting night to raise funds for their upcoming immersion, according to Pat Ell, Moreau Center. The event will take place on Saturday, February 23, from 5 to 10 p.m., at the Vermont Hills Family Life Center UP daycare house. Children will be taken care of by professional staff and UP students. The Border Immersion is an opportunity for UP students to spend a week at the Mexico-U.S. border, learning about immigration and human rights issues. There is a suggested donation of $10 per hour and $5 per additional sibling. Contact Elizabeth Polsin at polsin14@up.edu or Derek Block at block15@up.edu to reserve a spot.

Bob Butler, professor emeritus environmental studies, wrote and directed an animation on Japan’s Earthquakes & Tectonic Setting recently published by the Incorporated Research Institutes for Seismology (IRIS). The computer animation was done by Jenda Johnson, Earth Sciences Animated. View the animation at: this link or on youtube.

John Watzke, education, presented “From Grad School to Tenure: Establishing Scholarly Opportunities in Language Studies” at the annual conference of the International Society for Language Studies, University of Hawaii-Monoa, Honolulu, HI, in June 2017.

Mead K. Hunter, performing and fine arts, was recently interviewed by the National Endowment for the Arts for the Spotlight column of its summer newsletter. You can read the exchange at this link.

Michael F. Andrews, McNerney-Hanson Endowed Chair in Ethics, served as conference director for the International Association for the Philosophy of Edith Stein Fourth Biannual Conference (University of Portland), June 8-10, 2017. He serves as vice-president of the international organization. Over fifty scholars attended the Conference from eleven countries Scholars met on campus for three days to debate and engage various aspects of Edith Stein’s philosophical and theological thought through twenty-seven sessions and extended conversations in German, Italian, French, Spanish, and English.

Aziz Inan, engineering, published his article titled, “10 brainteasers to celebrate Martin’s birthday,” in the Steubenville Herald-Star on June 11, 2017. Last week, June 7 marked the centennial birthday of Italian–American singer, actor, comedian, and film producer Dean Martin, who was born in Steubenville, Ohio on June 7, 1917. The article can be seen at this link.

Susan Stillwell, nursing, presented a poster, “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Audio Feedback,” at the Teaching Professor Conference Cutting-Edge Learning for Exceptional Educators, St. Louis MO, June 2-4, 2017.

Tammy VanDeGrift, engineering, was an invited senior panelist for the workshop Launching Academics on the Tenure-Track: An Intentional Community in Engineering. She provided mentorship for post-docs and early career women faculty in electrical engineering and computer science. She served on three panels: mentoring, mastering teaching, and navigating organizations and tenure.

Mead K. Hunter, performing and fine arts, presided over The New Harmony Project’s annual new play development conference in Indiana from May 20-June 4. Two of the scripts workshopped at the conference are now scheduled for New York City premieres in the fall and spring.

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