Tracy Johnson (Liberal Arts) and John Starkey (Business) presented at the 2016 NSHE Southern Diversity Summit. The presentation focused on how non-traditional students or adult learners on our campuses are ever increasing in numbers. Lifelong learning, career re-tooling, and re-entry into higher education calls for an integrated approach that is…

Orlando White (Residential Life) won the regional National Residence Hall Honorary "Of the Month" (OTM) honor for October. He was selected by student representatives from states throughout the inter-mountain region. His students nominated him, and described him as encouraging "RHA (Residence Hall Association), NRHH (National Residence Hall…

Karl Kingsley (Dental) is the senior author of a new study, "Screening of a Pediatric and Adult Clinic Population for Caries Pathogen Scardovia Wiggsiae," published in the Journal of Clinical and Pediatric Dentistry.       

Rebecca Martin (Physics & Astronomy) received a three-year, $297,116 grant from the NASA Exoplanets Research Program to study planet formation in binary star systems. About half of observed exoplanets are estimated to be in binary star systems rather than around a single star like our Sun. Planet formation in binary star systems may be…

Danica G. Hays (Education) recently co-authored Standards for Multicultural Research for the counseling discipline. These guidelines are an output of her work on the Association for Assessment and Research in Counseling (AARC) Diversity Committee; AARC is a division of the American Counseling Association. The guidelines are intended to promote…

Ranita Ray (Sociology) recently was elected to serve as co-chair of the Sociologist for Women in Society's Sister to Sister Committee.

David G. Schwartz (Center for Gaming Research) moderated a panel for the U.S. State Department's Experience America program in October. The panel featured six Las Vegas tourism industry stakeholders discussing the dynamics behind the city's hospitality industry and its relevance for other countries. Thirty-five ambassadors and other guests…

Maria Jerenic-Pravica (Honors), Kate Wintrol (Libraries) , and Daniel Bubb (Honors) hosted a roundtable discussion at the National Collegiate Honors Council national conference on reasons why students should or should not go to college. The conversation resulted in fruitful dialog about the challenges students face not only deciding which college…

Timothy Erwin (English) recently was named a traveling lecturer for the Jane Austen Society of North America and will represent the organization at gatherings in Boise, Idaho; Tucson, Arizona; and Vancouver, British Columbia, this year. His Textual Vision: Augustan Design and the Invention of Eighteenth-Century British Culture (Bucknell…