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Founders’ Day Submissions Due Thursday, March 3, 11:59 p.m.

February 26, 2016

founders day girl copySubmissions for the University’s annual Founders’ Day celebration are due Thursday, March 3, by 11:59 p.m. Faculty who have questions about the Founders’ Day schedule and how to submit student presenters’ data for the schedule can speak to their school’s liaison (listed below) or contact Michele Leasor, program coordinator, at 8264 or leasor@up.edu.

The Founders’ Day celebration will take place on Tuesday, April 12. Four sessions of student presentations will be held in place of regularly scheduled classes, and all students and faculty are encouraged to take part in the day’s events, featuring senior presentations, undergraduate research, panel discussions, recitals, and more.

2016 Founders’ Day liaisons:

  • Business: Ian Parkman, Christine Naylor
  • CAS: Laura Hogue
  • Education: Jackie Waggoner, Stacey Boatright
  • Engineering: Jamie Strohecker, Kim Spir
  • Nursing: Carol Craig, Kim Nguyen.

Filed Under: 02-29-2016, Academics, Provost's Office Tagged With: Carol Craig, Christine Naylor, Founders Day, Ian Parkman, Jackie Waggoner, Jamie Strohecker, Kim Nguyen, Kim Spir, Laura Hogue, Michele Leasor, Provost's Office, Stacey Boatright

Founders’ Day, April 14

January 26, 2015

West HallThe University’s annual Founders’ Day celebration will take place on Tuesday, April 14. Four sessions of student presentations will be held in place of regularly scheduled classes, and all students and faculty are encouraged to take part in the day’s events, featuring senior presentations, undergraduate research, panel discussions, recitals, and more. Faculty who have questions about the Founder’ Day schedule and how to submit student presenters’ data for the schedule can speak to their school’s liaison (listed below) or contact Michele Leasor, program director, at 8264 or leasor@up.edu.

2015 Founders’ Day liaisons:

  • Business: Ian Parkman, Christine Naylor
  • CAS: Linda Lechler
  • Education: Jackie Waggoner, Stacey Boatright
  • Engineering: Kim Spir, Jamie Strohecker
  • Nursing: Carol Craig, Kim Nguyen.

Filed Under: 01-26-2015, Academics, Events, Provost's Office Tagged With: Carol Craig, Christine Naylor, Founders Day, Ian Parkman, Jackie Waggoner, Jamie Strokecker, Kim Nguyen, Kim Spir, Linda Lechler, Michele Leasor, Stacey Boatright

Welcome To New Faculty

September 6, 2013

1chapel150A number of new faculty faces are gracing the University campus now that the fall semester is under way. Please be sure to welcome them to the campus community:

  • College of Arts and Sciences: Ted Christopher Eckmann, environmental studies; Valerie Francisco, sociology; Zachary Simmons, psychology.
  • Pamplin School of Business: Ian D. Parkman, marketing.
  • School of Nursing: Patricia H. Cox, Halina Barber, Christopher M. Silva.

For more information, contact Kathy Robb, provost’s office, at 7105 or robb@up.edu.

Filed Under: 09-09-2013, Academics Tagged With: Christopher Silva, Halina Barber, Ian Parkman, Kathy Robb, Patricia Cox, Ted Eckmann, Valerie Francisco, Zachary Simmons

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Anita Gooding, social work, was selected as a 2020-2021 Field Research Scholar by the Transforming Field Education Landscape (TFEL) program at the University of Calgary in Alberta, Canada. Scholars attend regular seminars and present their own research related to strengthening field education in social work.

Ösel Plante, development, has a debut collection of poetry titled Waveland set for publication by Black Lawrence Press in April 2021. Please use this link to learn more.

Aziz Inan, Shiley School of Engineering. recently shared some of his work on palindrome dates with the staff of Farmers’ Almanac which lead to an articled titled “2021: A Special Year For Palindrome Dates, Starting This Month!” See the article using this link.

Bob Butler, professor emeritus of environmental studies; Jenda Johnson, Earth Sciences Animated; and Nic Zentner, Central Washington University, published an animation titled “Ghost Forests: Evidence for a Giant Earthquake & Tsunami in the Pacific Northwest.” This animation explores how Native American oral history, geology of ghost forests in coastal Washington and Oregon, and written accounts of a tsunami that flooded Japanese Pacific Coast villages converge to document the most recent Cascadia subduction zone megathrust earthquake on January 26, 1700 at about 9 p.m. The Ghost Forest animation can be found on the IRIS website at: https://www.iris.edu/hq/inclass/animation/740 or on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xPbt8iiDRo&feature=youtu.be.

Steven Kolmes, environmental studies, wrote an editorial on “Sustainability and the Role of Higher Education” in Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development, Vol. 62, , pp. 2-3. See the article at this link. He also contributed “On a ‘Just’ Transition, Environment” in Science and Policy for Sustainable Development, 63:1, 29-31, DOI: 10.1080/00139157.2021.1842715.. See the article using this link.

Amber Vermeesch, nursing, received an Opus Prize Foundation Grant Sabbatical Support, Opus Prize Foundation, $5,000, on November 12, 2020.

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