Hannah Highlander, mathematics, presented “Inviting Students to Engage in the Modeling Process Through a New Framework for Models and Modeling, Professional Development for Undergraduate Educators: Scientific Thinking with Models and Data Workshop” (with copresenters Melissa Aikens, Kam Dahlquist, Joe Dauer, Sam Donovan, Carrie Eaton, Greg Goins, Kristin Jenkins, John Jungck, Glenn Ledder, Robert Mayes, Joe Redish, Richard Schugart) at Evolution Annual Meeting, Portland, Oregon, June 2017.
Sharon A. Jones, engineering, was an invited participant at the First Global Engineering Deans Industry Forum in Fontainebleu, France, June 28 -30, 2017.
Karen Eifler, Garaventa Center, presented “Growing By Attraction: Beauty As a Path in Catholic Higher Education” at Collegium: A Colloquy on Faith and Intellectual Pause at 25 Conference at St. Catherine University in Minneapolis, MN, on June 23.
Heather Dillon, engineering, presented “Design and Implementation of an Aspirational Ethics Laboratory Course” (with Doughty TA, Lulay KE, Eifler KE, and Hensler ZY) and “Increasing Engagement in Materials Laboratory with Backward Design and Quadcopters” (with Lulay KE, Eifler KE, Doughty TA, Anderson D, and Bastida JI) at the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, Columbus, Ohio, June 2017.