Academic Times 2017

JUST HOPE

Drs. Jody Buckholtz and Joseph Ahlander attended the American Indian Science and Engineering Society's National Conference in Minneapolis, MN. Seven NSU students also attended the meeting. The NSU AISES student chapter was awarded a community engagement award for their high school student event.

Dr. John de Banzie reviewed two chapters of on-line questions for a new Biochemistry text book.

Dr. Sung Kun (Sean) Kim, associate professor of chemistry, along with his student Mara Demuth published the article Inhibition of Bacillus anthracis metallo-beta-lactamase by compounds with hydroxamic acid functionality in the peer-reviewed journal, Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry.

Dr. Mark Paulissen reviewed a manuscript for the Southwestern Naturalist.

Dr. Spence Pilcher had an article entitled "Preparing 4-Ethoxyphenylurea Using Microwave Irradiation: Introducing Students to the Importance of Artificial Sweeteners and Microwave-Assisted Organic Synthesis (MAOS)" published in the Journal of Chemical Education (DOI 10.1021/acs.jchemed.6b00279).

November 2016 American Academy of Optometry

Award Name: Let's Talk About It Oklahoma 2017
Award Amount: $1,000
Project Director: Dr. Pamela Louderback
Funding Agency: Oklahoma Humanities Council
Purpose of Award: The project will feature (8) books, with (5) scholars presenting a session on one or more books. The sessions will also include group discussion.

BUSTAMANTE INTERNS WITH NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION IN WASHINGTON D.C.

One Northeastern State University student had the opportunity to see her coursework in action with an insider's view into the process of the country's public policymaking.

Alondra Bustamante, a junior from Beaver, OK, spent the past semester interning in Washington, D.C., for the nation's largest labor union, the National Education Association.

Being a political science major, one of my goals coming to college was to do an internship in D.C., said Bustamante.

So when her professor called her over the summer with the opportunity, she didn't know all of the details, but she knew she was going.

I didn't know how I was going to get there or where I was going to live, but I knew I was willing to take the risk, she said.

Bustamante was assigned to the media strategies department and said initially she had pretty low expectations of what she would be allowed to do as an intern.

I expected that I would be bringing people coffee, making copies, filing and doing all of the little tasks no one else wanted to do, she said.

Her actual experiences were far from these minor roles. Bustamante prepared NEA media statements, observed meetings where key education issues were being negotiated with legislators and participated in a number of special events. One memorable event was a celebration of what would have been Walter Cronkite's 100th birthday, which involved media legends like Leslie Stahl and the late Gwen Ifill.

She also had the opportunity to schedule and prepare the organization's president, Lily Eskelsen Garc a, for media interviews. This preparation included participating in mock interviews where she was encouraged to offer critiques and suggestions to help refine Garcia's answers. Bustamante's native Spanish was also utilized in preparing Garcia for interviews with Spanish media outlets.

They made me feel like I was a part of the organization, said Bustamante.

Election Day was a particularly significant memory in her experience.

It was like Christmas in the office. Everyone was so excited about the potential opportunities the outcome could have for education, she said. It was a really significant time for me to be doing my internship.

When the election went a different direction than the organization had expected, Bustamante said it was tough but that work immediately began to prepare for the country's new administration.

In addition to her internship, Bustamante was continuing her coursework at NSU. Since her internship began after Bustamante had already started fall courses, NSU faculty worked to insure she was able to continue to move forward in the pursuit of her degree.

While it may have been an unorthodox approach to juggle the course requirements to accommodate long-distance participation in a course, both the class and I recognized that this opportunity was unique for her. Her continued presence in the class allowed her to stay on track in the program and also benefited the class as a whole, Said Dr. Shannon Bridgmon, Bustamante's Public Policy professor. She made progress toward her degree and gained valuable applied knowledge of politics and policy, all while earning both money and credit during a once-in-a-lifetime adventure.

Bridgmon shared that Bustamante was able to Skype into the class for the final exam where she presented over education policy she had researched during her time at the NEA.

Bustamante is planning to return to the NEA this summer to do a second internship and said her experience has changed her future plans as well. Initially she planned to return the Oklahoma panhandle and pursue an office in the state legislature, but now she is thinking bigger.

My plans are to return to D.C. and work for an interest group that contributes to public service, Bustamante said.

Bridgmon encourages those students seek out internship opportunities beyond Green Country.

Some students may want to pursue an internship placement but may be apprehensive of going someplace new, may struggle with family commitments, or other situations where they may feel unable to relocate. However, internships provide numerous benefits to students in any field. Beyond the application of classroom knowledge and work experience, internships help students explore how they fit in" -- in the workforce, social circles, communities -- and develop new relationships while preparing them for their future. I've found students become much more aware of who they are and develop an even stronger identity and pride in where they came from, said Bridgmon.

The best part of being a faculty member is to see students grow and succeed, and student internships are one of the biggest opportunities to witness it. I can't wait to see what the future has in store for Alondra and other students who take a chance on these kinds of opportunities, said Bridgmon.

written by Dr. Anita (Hylton) Thompson
Assistant Dean, College of Liberal Arts & Executive Director, Sequoyah Institute

Ashley Goins is the new president of the American Marketing Association Top of the Line Collegiate Chapter at NSU. A junior at the Broken Arrow campus Ms. Goins is majoring in general marketing and expects to graduate in Spring 2018. Previously on the Tahlequah campus and a member of Tri Sigma, she served as a volunteer in several community service activities. Besides being recognized on the Dean's and President's Honor Rolls, Ms. Goins received the Student Academic Achievement Honor in 2016. Assistant Professor of Marketing Dr. Ronald Petty, faculty advisor, said Ms. Goins is working to re-establish Top of the Line. As of the beginning of February there were nine Top of the Line members; the chapter needs ten members to be considered viable and off probation.

In February, Professor of Marketing Dr. Jon Shapiro will be co-presenting findings from a project titled, "Structural Cultural Knowledge Theory and Key Procedural Components: Treatment Interaction Considerations for Hispanic Patients in Emergency Settings" at the 5th Cross Cultural Healthcare Conference, sponsored by the John A. Burns School of Medicine at the University of Hawaii.

The Atlantic Marketing Journal has accepted for publication Nostalgic Selling: The Louisville & Nashville Railroad and its General Public Relations, by Dr. Michael Landry, professor of marketing and chair of the Department of Marketing, Hospitality, and Supply Chain Management. The article recounts the restoration to operation an iconic Civil War artifact, the steam locomotive General, for use in the 1960s Civil War Centennial observations. The story of how Union troops in 1862 commandeered the General in attempts to sabotage rail lines between Atlanta and Chattanooga had been featured in several movies, including Disney's 1955 The Great Locomotive Chase. Accessing L&N corporate records archived at the University of Louisville, Dr. Landry explored how the railroad used the General as a public relations and sales tool during the Centennial and how it enhanced the railroad's image with customers, communities, and its labor unions.

On January 19, 2017, Dr. Vanessa Anton trained higher education faculty and administrators from across the state in assessment as it relates to accreditation. The Oklahoma Office for Educational Quality and Accountability (OEQA) hosted the site visitor training at Southern Nazarene University. Attendees trained in a day-long session with Dr. Anton, Dr. Kim Boyd, ORU; Dr. Lois Lawler-Brown, retired Oklahoma City University; and Ms. Renee Launey-Rodolf and Ms. Angie Bookout from OEQA, to become site visitors/state reviewers for teacher education accreditation.

Dr. Ferrell and Dr. Lisa Bisogno will be presenting at the Oklahoma Research Day. Their topic is Academic Intervention Design in Oklahoma Public Schools.

Dr. Sherry Been presented at ATE (Association for Teacher Educators) in Orlando, FL. The conference was titled, "Teacher Educators: Inspiring the Future, Honoring the Past." Her session focused on teacher advocacy, "How and Why Teachers Advocate: Exploring the Pedagogical Compass." Dr. Been presented with Shanedra Nowell from Oklahoma State University.

Shin Yeon Jeon, Assistant Professor of Art, had one of her Head Totem series ceramic pieces, Head Totem IV, selected for the 2017 University of Dallas Regional Juried Ceramics Competition. It will be displayed at Beatrice M. Haggerty gallery until March 13. After that, it will travel to the Wichita Falls Museum of Art to be displayed until May 15.

Dr. Ben Kracht, Professor of Anthropology, has authored Kiowa Belief and Ritual, which is forthcoming from the University of Nebraska Press July 1. He has a contract for a second book, Religious Revitalization among the Kiowas: The Ghost Dance, Peyote, and Christianity, also to be published by the University of Nebraska Press for release in Spring 2018.

Dr. Kimberly Lee, Associate Professor of English, has published a chapter in the book: Survivance, Sovereignty, and Story: Teaching American Indian Rhetorics, which will receive an Honorable Mention Award this year at the College Composition and Communications Conference (CCCC). Lee's chapter is entitled: "Heartspeak from the Spirit: The Songs of John Trudell, Keith Secola, and Robbie Robertson."

Dr. James Lindroth, Associate Professor of Music, presented his research paper entitled Secondary Instrumental Music Educators Perceptions of a Creative Peer Collaborative Professional Development Experience at the research poster session at the Texas Music Educators Association Conference in San Antonio, Texas in February.

Dr. David Linebarger, Professor of Humanities, has published three prose poems in the Mulberry Fork Review. These prose poems are part of his current project, a book of prose poems on all the grand slam champions in tennis during the open era. The prose poems published were on Monica Seles, Chris Evert, and Serena Williams.

James McGirk, Instructor of English, presented a chapter of his novel in-progress at the Tandy Supercomputer sponsored Oklahoma Innovation Institute. The chapter is titled "Is Vaporwave the Internet's first authentic art movement?" McGirk read his work-in-progress at The Chickasaw Literary Festival in Ponca City" and at the launch of The Talon.

Dr. Brad Montgomery-Anderson, Associate Professor of English, has won the 2017 Leonard Bloomfield Book Award for his work, Cherokee Reference Grammar, published by the University of Oklahoma Press. This national award from the Linguistic Society of America recognizes a volume that makes an outstanding contribution of enduring value to our understanding of language and linguistics.

Dr. Chris Owen, Professor of History, recently received the Visiting Scholars Research Grant from the Carl Albert Center at the University of Oklahoma to pursue research for his biography on Willmoore Kendall. One of the leading political theorists of his day, Kendall was one of the key brains behind the post-World War II upsurge in American conservative thought. His brand of conservatism suggested that the popular will, especially as expressed through Congress, was key to effective American government. Kendall was co-founder and senior editor of the National Review and helped create the Politics Program at the University of Dallas. Carl Albert, future Speaker of the House, and Kendall were students together at Oxford in the 1930s.

Dr. Dan Savage, Professor of Political Science, presented his paper Self-Reliance and Political Activism in Emerson at the Southern Political Science Conference in New Orleans on January 12-14. He was also the discussant on an Art and Politics panel.

Lara Searcy, Instructor of English, recently published a book chapter: "Freedom Writers as Narrative for Teaching Social Justice" in the textbook: Screen Lessons: What I Have Learned from Teachers on Television and in the Movies. Searcy and Josh Flores, the Oklahoma State Department of Education's ELA Coordinator, co-presented "Using the Oklahoma Academic Standards in English Language Arts to Teach, Assess, & Lead" to the ENGL 4133: Teaching English in Secondary Schools class. The presentation was designed to increase understanding of standards-based instruction and assessment and explore resources that aid in implementation of the OAS for English Language Arts. Searcy also worked with the University of Oklahoma's K20 Center to publish three curriculum lessons: "Introduction to Argument Writing," "Introduction to Expository Writing," and "OPTIC: Visual Literacy: A Reading Strategy Recipe." In addition, she was a member of the Oklahoma State Department of Education's English Language Arts (ELA) Task Force to develop Curriculum Frameworks using the new Oklahoma Academic Standards (OAS). She has presented on using the OAS in ELA to the Student Oklahoma Education Association (SOEA).

Dr. Denis Vovchenko, Associate professor of History, will travel to Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union this summer after recent notification that he is a recipient of the 2017 American Councils Title VIII Advanced Research Fellowship. Funded by the U.S. Department of State, his fellowship will allow him to conduct research for a minimum of three consecutive months collecting materials for his new book, tentatively titled: Unorthodox Fascism: Religion and Race in the Far Right in Russia, Greece, and Bulgaria (1905-1939).

Dr. Christopher Weaver, Assistant Professor of Political Science, and co-authors had two articles accepted for publication in December. Adapting Identities: Religious Conversion and Partisanship among Asian American Immigrants will be published in American Politics Research, and Reconciling the God and Gender Gaps: The Influence of Women in Church Politics will be published in Politics, Groups, and Identities. Weaver and co-authors also presented their paper An Event-Based Model of Immigrant Political Socialization, at the Southern Political Science Conference in New Orleans on January 12-14, 2017.

Dr. Virginia Whitekiller, Professor of Social Work, has the following article in press: We belong to the land: Native Americans experiencing and coping with microaggressions in the Canadian Journal of Native Studies.

The NSU Write Club, recently celebrated the publishing of the University's first literary journal, The Talon. The journal includes short stories, poetry, and non-fiction works authored by current NSU students and alumni. Christopher Murphy, Assistant Professor of English, serves as the organization's sponsor. Copies of The Talon are available for purchased from Murphy, in the Barnes & Noble Bookstore on the NSU Tahlequah Campus located in the University Center or on Amazon.

Dr. Hsin-I Sydney Yueh, Assistant Professor of Communication Studies, published her book Identity Politics and Popular Culture in Taiwan: A Sajiao Generation in January 2017. This is an interdisciplinary analysis of Taiwan's media representations of a citified femininity, everyday usage of language, and their relations to Taiwanese identity.

Dr. Cindy Cisar in the Department of Natural Sciences served as a panelist for the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program in January 2017.

Dr. Cindy Cisar, Department of Natural Sciences, was contacted by Dr. Lee Krumholz at the University of Oklahoma in January. She agreed to collaborate with Dr. Krumholz on an NSF grant proposal entitled "Taxonomic, Genetic and Functional Diversity of the Cyanobacterial Bloom Interactome at Local to Global Scales to be submitted to the Dimensions in Biodiversity program.

In January Dr. Cindy Cisar, Department of Natural Sciences, agreed to review abstracts for the National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR). The conference is to be held at the University of Central Oklahoma (UCO) in April 2018.

Through synchronous tele-education, Dr. Troy Lee, Assistant Professor in the Occupational Therapy Program, and Steve Zagarodny, second-year occupational therapy student, conducted three presentations and laboratory experiences for therapy students in Boratyn Village, Ukraine. The Ukrainian students participated in education and instruction on techniques to assist clients with neurological dysfunction in areas of self-care, functional mobility, and upper extremity motor control. Mr. Zagarodny, is fluent in the Russian language and provided translation during the experience.

Dr. Martha Parrott coordinated a day of engineering professional development with Xan Black and the Tulsa Regional STEM Alliance on February 11, 2017. The session was directed toward elementary, middle school, and high school mathematics teachers from across Oklahoma.

Dr. Martha Parrott is leading a project to provide high quality, formative mathematics assessment probes for elementary, middle school, and high school teachers from around the state. This project is in partnership with Cheryl Tobey author of Uncovering Student Thinking in Mathematics.

Dr. Martha Parrott will be presenting Transformative High Impact Practices: Eight Key Features Modeledthrough a Service Experience at the March 2017 Transformative Learning Conference. The presentation is based on the service outreach of the NSU Mathematics Clinic and the work of George Kuh (2013).

Dr. Michael Shaughnessy attended the Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference in Lincoln, NE where he presented the results of his research entitled, "Plant biodiversity affects mammal community structure in western North Dakota grasslands. Three NSU students attended the conference with Dr. Shaughnessy and presented their preliminary data as a poster entitled, "Dispersal of vertebrates among islands of the Delta Island complex in the Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge."

56th Annual Contact Lens & Primary Care Congress

Pamela Louderback's paper titled "Integrating Information Literacy Into the Curriculum: Inclusive Education Practices for a Culturally Responsive Teacher Education Program" was accepted for presentation at the International Conference on Information Society (i-Society 2016), Technical Co-sponsored by IEEE UK/RI Computer Chapter, held at the Clayton Hotel Ballsbridge in Dublin, Ireland on October 10-13, 2016. The paper, published in the conference proceedings, has recently been selected to be published as an extended version of the paper in the International Journal of Technology and Inclusive Education (IJTIE), Volume 6, Issue 2, ISSN 2047-0533.

Dr. Kim MooSong will present at the Society of Health and Physical Educators National Convention two presentations titled "Implications of University Physical Education Policies on Students' Motivation-Behavior" and "University Students' Reasons for Enrolling in Physical Activity Education Courses". During the conference, he expects to disseminate his works to the public and exchange ideas and knowledge with other professionals. In particular, these ideas and knowledge will be helpful for teaching students and developing new research projects that can work together with colleagues and students.

"Implications of University Physical Education Policies on Students' Motivation-Behavior" will be posted in the session of Motivation and Psychology. This study examined the differences of college students' physical activity motivation and behavior with different physical activity education policies (i.e., required - public health perspective vs. elective physical activity education policy -a motivational perspective). The study found that a required physical activity education policy allows for more students with lower self-determined forms of motivation. This finding highlights that a required physical activity education policy is its ability to reach less motivated students, which likely has public health implications.

"University Students' Reasons for Enrolling in Physical Activity Education Courses" will be posted in the session of Motor behavior and measurement. This study examined why college students enrolled in physical activity courses. The study found that college students' reasons for enrolling in physical activity courses are different based on gender (i.e., female students are more complex than male students) and types of motivation (e.g., fitness and having fun) and students' physical activity levels also associated with female students' reasons for enrolling in PA classes.

NSUOCO 5-State Symposium

January 2017 Grant Awards

Students joining NSU Assistant Professor of Marketing, Dr. Ron Petty, for the annual American Marketing Association International Collegiate Conference in New Orleans March 15-19 were marketing majors (from left) Ashley Goins, a Tahlequah senior and Riley Papineau, Jenks senior, along with Business Administration major Chet Ross, Bixby senior. They represented NSU's recently revived Top of the Line AMA chapter at the conference and Ashley and Riley took part in student marketing strategy competition. Riley said, When students get together that all have the same passions, goals and drive, great things can be accomplished. According to Ashley, I was able to connect with young marketing professionals from all over the country. It was great to see ideas they had and hear about what their chapters are doing for the community. Among conference speakers were Ian Dallimore, director of digital innovation and sales strategy at Lamar Outdoor Advertising, who addressed advertising innovations; Eric Cole, senior manager of inside sales for the Philadelphia 76ers, on connecting with future employers, and Amy Dunleavey, customer relationship manager and marketing analyst of the Detroit Red Wings, on the importance of analytics in sports.

The Journal of Transportation Law, Logistics & Policy has accepted for publication Whatever Happened to Transportation Education? by retiring NSU Professor of Marketing Dr. Michael Landry and Dr. Richard Stone, professor emeritus of marketing and logistics of Shippensburg University in Pennsylvania. From 2002 to 2013 Drs. Landry and Stone co-authored sixteen papers for journals and conferences, a team effort ending as a result of Dr. Stone's retirement. Not long ago the journal asked Dr. Stone to write this paper, said Dr. Landry. He contacted me about working with him on it and I was delighted to be able to work on a project with him one more time. Most of the work of Drs. Landry and Stone has been in transportation history, especially railroading. Whatever Happened to Transportation Education? discusses how higher education transportation courses have become increasingly rare as the academic focus has shifted over the years to supply chain management.

Tulsa Chapter President of the Institute for Supply Management David Young (left) presents a $1,000 scholarship to NSU Supply Chain Management senior Nelson Rojas-Basante at the annual dinner NSU hosted for ISM on the Broken Arrow campus. On the right is Ed Longan NSU Supply Chain Management graduate who directs ISM-Tulsa's education program. Young is director of purchasing and supply management for Union Public Schools. Rojas-Basante, who has three associates degrees, has been employed for fifteen years at Aaon Heating and Cooling Products in Tulsa, and Long is a food and beverage buyer for River Spirit Resort and Casino in Tulsa.

VEX Robotics Recognized as NSU COE Partner with RBPEA

The Regents Business Partnership Excellence Award (RBPE) is designed to highlight successful partnerships between higher education institutions and businesses. VEX Robotics was selected by President Turner to be honored this year, along with other businesses selected by other institutions in the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education. The College of Education partners with VEX Robotics in a variety of ways to impact teacher candidate and P-12 student learning. The RBPE luncheon reception and award ceremony was held on Tuesday, March 7, 2017 at the University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond.

Oklahoma Magazine Announces the 11th Annual Class of 40 Under 40--Dr. Bea Keller-Dupree, Associate Professor of Psychology

Thirteen students from Dr. Kevin Wang's Research in Biology and Molecular & Cellular Biology Laboratory classes presented posters at the Oklahoma Research Day hosted by Northwestern Oklahoma State University at the Central National Bank Center.

A consortium of scientists from Oklahoma State University (PI, Dr. Jason Vogel), University of Oklahoma, University of Tulsa and Dr. Cindy Cisar in the Department of Natural Sciences at NSU submitted a grant proposal to the National Science Foundation entitled INFEWS/T3: Nexus of Food, Energy, and Water Systems for Produced Water Reuse in March.

Dr. Sapna Das-Bradoo participated in the Library Focus Group on the BA campus on February 24. The group discussed on integrative and collaborative ways to work closely with academic support services such as the writing center and CTL.

Dr. Sapna Das-Bradoo had two undergraduate students present their research at the Oklahoma Research Day at Northwestern Oklahoma State University.

Dr. John de Banzie made a presentation at the DaVinci Institute Awards Ceremony in Oklahoma City.

Dr. John de Banzie reviewed questions for three chapters of a new Biochemistry textbook. The questions will be used for the publisher's adaptive online learning environment that will accompany the textbook.

Dr. Richard Hasenauer, Assistant Professor of Mathematics, was invited to give a talk at the East Coast Sectional Meeting of the American Mathematical Society, March 11, 2017 at the College of Charleston in Charleston, SC. The title of the talk was "Characterizing non-Noetherian BFDs and FFDs".

Dr. Jim Hicks and student researcher Tucker Mastin presented a poster titled "Wireless Power Transfer Through Tuned Magnetic Resonance" at Oklahoma Research Day, March 3, 2017.

Dr. Suneeti Jog co-authored the following publication: Jog, S. K, J. T. Bried, X. Feng, A. Dzialowski, C. Davis and M. Papes. 2017. Can land use indicate wetland floristic quality and taxonomic distinctness? Ecological Indicators 78:331-339.

Dr. Suneeti Jog led a botany field trip at the Oklahoma Academy of Science Spring Field meeting at Robber's Cave State Park on April 1, 2017.

Dr. Kyeorda Kemp had two students (graduate student Cody Poe and undergraduate student Cheyanne Youngblood) attend and present data at Oklahoma Research Day.

Up to 2016, only 10 individual Northern Saw-whet Owls had ever been observed in Oklahoma. These observations were anecdotal and reported between 1933 and 1994. Northern Saw-whet Owls have long been considered "stragglers" or "rare visitors" to Oklahoma. This past fall, however, Dr. Mia Revels and her students managed to turn that idea on its head. Dr. Revels obtained funding from Northeastern State University to purchase the equipment to set up an owl banding station on the J.T. Nickel Family Nature and Wildlife Preserve in the fall of 2016. She was encouraged by the fact that colleagues in northwest Arkansas had success in capturing Northern Saw-whet Owls the previous season. Abbey Ramirez and Laura Courser, NSU students, were involved in the project from its inception. After a slow start in October, they caught their first Northern Saw-whet Owl on November 4 at 9:00 pm! By the end of their field season, November 24, they had captured 18 Northern Saw-whet Owls! This project nearly tripled the number of records for Saw-whets in the state! Based on this and other similar banding project data, scientists now think that many Saw-whets move southward in the fall and remain south of their breeding range for much of the winter, moving back northward in time to breed. This is more of a migratory movement than a true migration, since not all individuals move, nor do they seem to have a particular destination in mind. The winter range of Saw-whets extends from coast to coast in the northern US and southern Canada. So, it is quite possible that migrating saw-whets could be found in any part of Oklahoma during the time that they are moving through. Two of the individuals that they captured were already banded, one near Port Rowan, Ontario, Canada and the other near Duluth, Minnesota. Most of the birds that they captured were females, but four males were also captured. Dr. Revels plans to conduct another field season next fall to add to our information about Northern Saw-whet Owls in Oklahoma.

Dr. Michael Shaughnessy presented his paper, "Plant diversity affects mammal community structure in western North Dakota grasslands" at the Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference in Lincoln, NE. Dr. Shaughnessy was accompanied by two NSU undergraduate students (Ryan Farney and Justin Currie) and one NSU graduate student (Jana Green) who presented a poster of the results of their on-going project entitled, "Dispersal of Vertebrates among islands of the Delta Island complex in the Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge - Vian, OK."

On February 23, 2017, nine student members of the NSU Fish and Wildlife Club attended the Oklahoma Natural Resources Conference in Tulsa, OK. The students received support from the Oklahoma Chapter of the Wildlife Society to attend the conference ($600) and one student (Sean Votaw) was awarded an OCWS scholarship ($500). Dr. Michael Shaughnessy serves as the advisor to the NSU Fish and Wildlife Club. The Club meets on alternate Tuesdays during the Spring semester. The next Club meeting is 21 March at 5pm in Room 160 in the Science Center.

Dr. Michael Shaughnessy submitted an application for a PAN grant to supplement on-going field research studying small mammal, reptile and amphibian biogeography on riverine islands in Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge.

Former NSU student Ms. Laura Myers and NSU Natural Science Professor Dr. Mark Paulissen had the following article published in the Journal of North American Herpetology: "Aggressive behaviors and their effect on resource use by male little brown skinks, Scincella lateralis." This article is from Laura Myers' Honor's Thesis that she completed under Dr. Paulissen's mentorship while she was a student at NSU. Laura is now a science teacher at Grandview Middle School.

Dr. Kevin Wang published review paper in prestigious journal International Journal of Molecular Sciences : Nattokinase: An Oral Antithrombotic Agent for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease. Authors: Yunqi Weng, Jian Yao, Sawyer Sparks and Kevin Yueju Wang. 2017, 18(3), 523; doi:10.3390/ijms18030523.

Dr. Kevin Wang published research paper in PLOS One: Bioactivity of a modified human Glucagon-like peptide-1. Authors: Fangfang Xu, Kevin Yueju Wang, Nan Wang, Gangqiang Li, Dehu Liu 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0171601

The Oklahoma Association of Optometric Physicians has awarded Dr. Richard Castillo of Tahlequah the 2017 Distinguished Service Award.

The award goes to an optometric physician who has shown exemplary leadership within the profession. Castillo, an ophthalmologist and optometrist, has been the principle surgeon and a clinical professor of optometry at Northeastern State University's College of Optometry since 1996. He is responsible for overseeing the school's surgical program and also serves as an assistant dean.

Castillo gained international prominence when he pioneered office laser, surgical and anesthesia services for optometric physicians. Because of his work, those practices are now common nationally and even globally.

"Richard Castillo has literally changed the way optometry is practiced, not just in Oklahoma, but everywhere," said OAOP President Dr. David Hall. "He has helped increase NSUOCO's reputation as a prestigious location for eye health research, raised the bar for the entire profession and, most importantly, helped implement new procedures that will improve the health of countless patients. I am proud to call him a colleague and a fellow member of the OAOP."

For his ground-breaking work, Castillo was recently honored with a Special Citation from the Oklahoma House of Representatives for Outstanding Contributions to the Advancement of Surgical Optometric Care in the State of Oklahoma. He was honored with a similar award from the Oklahoma State Board of Examiners in Optometry in 2015.

Castillo is the immediate past-chair and a commissioner of the National Commission on Vision and Health. He has served on numerous committees for the National Board of Examiners in Optometry. He is a graduate of the Oklahoma College of Optometry and the OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery. He completed a medical/surgical residency in comprehensive ophthalmology/ophthalmic surgery at Oklahoma State University, where he served as chief resident, and is a past director of the OSU Ophthalmology service.

Castillo and his wife, Dr. Tammy Castillo - who is also an NSU Optometry graduate - live in Tahlequah along with their two sons, Nathan, a second-year optometry student at NSU-OCO, and Joshua, an NSU college freshman.

Three Optometry residents, Dr. Nerissa Klingelhofer, Dr. Megan Shirey, and Dr. Nicole Ethridge, provided a Rapid Fire presentation at the 2017 OAOP Vision Summit held in Norman, OK on March 10.

Dr. Nerissa Klingelhofer presented Opportunistic Conjunctival Infection.

Dr. Megan Shirey presented Ocular Syphilis: Making the Diagnosis

Dr. Nicole Ethridge presented Benign Eyelid Lesions.

Dr. Jenna Lighthizer, Dr. Alan McKee, Dr. Earlena McKee, and Dr. Latricia Pack presented a 2-hour continuing education lecture at the spring meeting of the Oklahoma Association of Optometric Physicians in Norman, Oklahoma on March 11, 2017. Their presentation was "Contact Lens Practice: Clinical Cases with Panel Discussion".

Award Name: Stilwell Public Schools Rising Above (4yr) award 2016-2020
Award Dates: 10/01/2016 - 09/30/2020
Annual Award Amount: $53,000
Total Award Amount: $212,000
Project Director: Dr. Phillip Bridgmon
Funding Agency: U.S. Department of Education through sub-award from Stilwell Public Schools
Purpose: To provide funding for concurrent enrollment and academic services to Stilwell High School students.

The Oklahoma Librarian, the official journal of the Oklahoma Library Association, published a Member Profile in its March issue highlighting the career of Karl G. Siewert, Librarian on the Broken Arrow campus. The article discusses his more than 15 years experience in libraries, including his current position as president of the Oklahoma Association of College and Research Libraries, his work recording the collaborative CYA Podcast, and his thoughts on the profession of librarianship and the importance of professional library organizations. Read the full issue now!

Tom Rink was elected to serve as the President of the Oklahoma Chapter of the Special Libraries Association (SLA) for 2017.

Tom Rink was appointed by OLA President-Elect Linda Pye to serve as the Co-Chair of the Local Arrangements Committee for the 2018 Annual Conference of the Oklahoma Library Association which will be held in Tulsa in late April 2018.

Dr. Vanessa Anton presented clinical practice research with the AACTE Clinical Practice Design Team at the American Educational Research Association (AERA), in San Antonio, Texas, on Sunday, April 30, 2017. Co-presenters were Dr. John Henning, Monmouth University; Dr. Diane Fogarty, Loyola Marymount University; Dr. Carol Ryan, Northern Kentucky University; and Dr. Lynn Mills, Georgia Gwinnett College. In order to prepare more effective teachers, this group of educators/researchers are looking at how teacher candidates develop in clinical settings.

(Left to right) Dr. Lynn Mills, Georgia Gwinnett College; Dr. Vanessa Anton, Northeastern State University; Dr. John Henning, Monmouth University; and Dr. Diane Fogarty, Loyola Marymount University presented their research at AERA in San Antonio. (Not pictured Dr. Carol Ryan, Northern Kentucky University)

Dr. Vanessa Anton, who serves on the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education's (AACTE) Clinical Practice Commission (CPC), served as a panelist for their Next Steps on the Path From Theory to Practice webinar on May 12, 2017. Other panelists were Dr. Nancy Fichtman Dana, University of Florida; Dr. Valeisha Ellis, Spelman College Atlanta; Dr. Shirley Lefever, Wichita State University; and Dr. Audra Parker, George Mason University. Dr. Rod Lucero, AACTE VP of Member Engagement and Support, and Ms. Amanda Lester, AACTE Associate Director of Member Engagement and Support, moderated the event. The invitation-only webinar had approximately 50 educator attendees from around the country. The purpose was to provide information about the CPC's work, an update about the progress of their White Paper, A Pivot Toward Clinical Practice, It's Lexicon and the Renewal of the Profession of Teaching and anticipated release, and plans for the next rounds of the CPC's work. Attendees were invited to take part in the last round of the CPC's extensive vetting process for the White Paper by providing feedback to inform the final revision.

Mrs. Jericho Hobson and R.A.C.E. Fellows, Farah Cochran and Tabitha McIntyre, attended and presented at the Elevating and Celebrating Effective Teaching and Teachers (ECET2OK) Conference May 12th-13th. The Fellows assisted in presenting a session on Effective Teaching in the 21st Century with Emerging Technologies. Mrs. Jericho Hobson presented a session on Being a Tech Savvy Teacher with NSU alumni Kaytlin Mathis. Mrs. Jericho Hobson concluded her time at the conference with a session titled Balance in the Classroom, providing strategies for balancing academic expectations and building positive classroom relationships.

BA Public Schools Gifted Scholars Enrichment Program

Dr. Sapna Das-Bradoo had five undergraduate student posters selected for presentation at the NSU Undergraduate research day at Tahlequah on April 19, 2017. One of the posters won the Student Choice Award for the best poster.

Photo Caption: (left to right) Back row: Steven Shirley, Joshua Baer, Tyler Noble, Brandon Curry, Dr. Sapna Das-Bradoo, Fernando Moreno-Garcia, Casey Eddington; Sitting: Natasha Morrissey, Sarah Woller, Ryan Davis, Battle Okda

Dr. Sapna Das-Bradoo attended and presented research poster at DNA replication and recombination Keystone conference at Santa Fe, New Mexico from April 2 to April 6, 2017.

Dr. Sapna Das-Bradoo was nominated and awarded the Outstanding Commitment to the NSU Community award at the Banquet on the Broken Arrow campus on April 14, 2017.

Dr. Sapna Das-Bradoo s honors student, Mohamed Abdelmonem was selected as the Outstanding scholar for College of Science and Health Professions. Mohamed gave a talk on April 19 at the Undergraduate research day and was awarded the Outstanding scholar best speaker . Mohamed also represented NSU at the Research Day at the Capitol on March 27 and 28 where he presented his research poster.

Dr. Sapna Das-Bradoo was nominated and awarded the NSU Top Ten RiverHawks Recognition Award on April 19 in the Second Century Square on the Tahlequah campus.

Dr. Spence Pilcher published the article, "Hybrid Course Design: A Different Type of Polymer Blend", in the Journal of Chemical Education.

In an effort to better connect microwave chemistry to the world at large, CEM Corporation has begun releasing a series of highlights publications that use microwave systems for their chemistry. The April 25th highlight was on an article involving the preparation on 4-ethoxyphenylurea recently published by Dr. Spence Pilcher. The article was highlighted on Twitter, Facebook, Google+, and other social media or websites.

Dr. Michael Shaughnessy received a President's Ambassador Network grant to supplement his present NSU FRC grant and expand his current research project on small mammals, reptiles and amphibians in Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge.

Dr. Alissa Proctor presented a poster on Survey of New Graduates Readiness to Provide InfantSEE Exams at the 47th Annual College of Optometrists in Vision Development Meeting in Jacksonville, Florida April 26-29, 2017.

Dr. Richard Castillo, NSU-OCO professor and Tahlequah Ophthalmologist, travelled to Raleigh, NC at the invitation of the North Carolina Optometric Society (NCOS). Dr. Castillo met with lobbyists for the NCOS, and NC legislators from the state's General Assembly to discuss matters pertaining to medical and surgical optometry, and a bill pending in the NC legislature which would advance the scope of practice for all optometrists in the state.

Dr. Castillo conducted a Webinar for the American Board of Optometry. 500+ doctor attendee's were online to hear Dr. Castillo's presentation on optometric office surgery. This is the second webinar Dr. Castillo has put on for the American Board of Optometry.

In April, Dr. Castillo also participated in a series on online meetings as part of the American Optometric Association's Surgery Curriculum Task Force. A project sponsored by the AOA which seeks to define resources for optometric surgical education and training.

Lastly, Dr. Castillo travelled to Calgary, Alberta to speak at an Ocular therapeutics conference for Canadian Optometric Physicians. He lectured on laboratory medicine and neuroimaging to the group of attendees.

Dr. Latricia Pack attended the 2017 Alcon Contact Lens Educator Meeting in Fort Worth, Texas on April 26-27, 2017.

Two Family Practice residents represented NSUOCO well at the 2017 47th Annual COVD meeting poster session held in Jacksonville, FL. The meeting was April 25-29.

Dr. Riyad Khamis presented Batter Up: Implementing a Sports Vision Training Program After a Traumatic Brain Injury."

Dr. Alex Conley presented Prescribe or not to Prescribe: A case report over an intermittent exotropia with accommodative dysfunction.

Award Name: INBRE Travel 2017 - New Orleans, Louisiana
Award Dates: 05/01/2017 - 04/30/2018
Total Award Amount: $2,000
Project Director: Dr. Sallie Ruskoski
Funding Agency: Oklahoma INBRE (National Institutes of Health through the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education).
Purpose: Funding to assist with travel expenses to attend and present at the American Society for Microbiology Microbe 2017 conference in New Orleans, Louisiana on June 1-5, 2017.

Award Name: INBRE Travel 2017 - Cold Spring Harbor, New York
Award Dates: 05/01/2017 - 04/30/2018
Total Award Amount: $2,000
Project Director: Dr. Sapna Das-Bradoo
Funding Agency: Oklahoma INBRE (National Institutes of Health through the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education).
Purpose: Funding to assist with travel expenses to attend and present at the Eukaryotic DNA replication and Genome Maintenance conference in Cold Spring Harbor, New York on September 5-9, 2017.

Award Name: Mcm10 and Mrc1 Summer Mentor 2017
Award Dates: 05/22/2017 - 07-14/2017
Total Award Amount: $4,192
Project Director: Dr. Sapna Das-Bradoo
Funding Agency: Oklahoma INBRE (National Institutes of Health through the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education).
Purpose: Funding will be for the mentoring of one student at Northeastern State University for dates specified above. Mentoring will occur in a laboratory setting under direction of Dr. Das-Bradoo.

NSU Provost Dr. Mark Arant and Xuan Li, Instructional Coordinator for Asian Programs, traveled to Weifang, China to investigate the possibility of NSU establishing a campus in Weifang. During their time in China, Dr. Arant and Mr. Li also visited with Qifeng Zhao an NSU alumni who is the CEO of Shanghai Dianhong Investment Co. LTD, as well as other universities interested in partnering with NSU. NSU currently hosts about 65 visiting scholars from China.

Photo: The Provost Dr. Mark Arant visited with Qifeng Zhao.

Dr. Linda Wilson, Professor in the College of Education, appeared in the News on Six's noon show in June and July. Dr. Wilson presented demonstrations on how to make fluffy slime and edible geometry. She worked with Dave Davis.

You can find the video and also the recipe for the fluffy slime here!

Dr. Maria Christian, Assistant Professor of Higher Education Leadership, and Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology Communications Instructor Kari Henry Hulett's presentation titled "No Place Like Your Classrooms: Identifying Factors that Influence Learning" was presented at the Lilly Conference on Evidence-Based Teaching and Learning in Bethesda, MD June 2017.

Dr. Sophia Sweeney did a professional development workshop titled "Montessori Principles in Practice" for 12 early childhood educators and parents for Little Sprouts Preschool and Pope's Lil' Britches Playschool and Daycare.

Dr. Linda Wilson, Professor in the College of Education, was a keynote speaker at the High Impact Learning and Teaching Conference at the State University of New York Polytechnic Institute in May. Dr. Wilson's presentation focused on the topic of learning styles, specifically on global and analytical learners.

Dr. Wilson also gave a two hour interactive seminar including various learning style manipulatives such as flip chute cards, task cards, domino cards, and shower curtain games. The manipulatives varied from hand held size to full page cards. This gave the participants an assortment of choices and experiences.
Conference participants included professors from area two-year general education colleges and professors from universities throughout the state of New York.

Kara West, a recent graduate of NSU's Library Media Certification Program, represented NSU and the Library Media & Information Technology Student Association (LMITSA) in the 2017 Student to Staff Program at the American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference in Chicago in June. Kara was one of 40 nominees across the nation who was selected for the program which offers a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to work behind the scenes with ALA staff. In addition to working in her assigned role, she had multiple opportunities to attend meetings and special programs with the group. Kara served as the LMITSA President for 2016-2017.

Dr. Linda Wilson designed a new one-hour summer immersive learning course entitled Ancient Cultures in Oklahoma. This was a traveling course. The first day of study was spent traveling to sites in southeastern Oklahoma that are associated with ancient cultures who once lived or traveled through our state.
The students started their day at the Spiro Mounds Archaeological Center in rural Spiro, Oklahoma. They took a tour of the museum and listened to a presentation from Spiro Mounds Manager Dennis Peterson. For one thousand years the Spiro area was the capital of a huge area governing over 60,000,000 people affiliated with the Mississippian culture. The Spiro area was home to over 10,000 people. Spiro was the capital to over 60 native tribes speaking over 30 different language groups including over 3,000,000 people.

The class traveled west to Cavanal Hill, which is the tallest hill in the world. Cavanal Hill is 1,999 feet high. The class drove up the winding road to the top for a spectacular view that included views of both Oklahoma and Arkansas. It is believed that the Vikings traveling through Oklahoma saw Cavanal Hill and carved boundary markers (rune stones) to show their ownership of the hill and surrounding areas. A specific rune stone the Poteau Rune Stone was discovered in the area. A class favorite was a trash can designed to be bear proof and mountain lion proof .

The final stop of the traveling day was to rural Heavener to view the famous rune stone. Once Heavener State Park, the city of Heavener now runs this park. It is believed that the rune stone was left as a boundary marker by Vikings traveling through the area between 900 A.D. and 1000 A.D. The stone measures 12 feet tall, 10 feet wide, and 16 inches wide. The stone was first discovered by the Choctaws after their removal from the east. It has since been studied by armature archaeologists as well as Scandinavian runologists.

The class met the second day in the classroom completing hands on activities relating to the three sites visited the previous day. Although the class was created for Elementary Education majors, students from other majors took the course as well.

COE News

Dr. Sapna Das-Bradoo attended and presented research poster at the IDeA Central Region conference at Sioux Falls, South Dakota from June 7 to June 9, 2017. Her graduate student, Casey Eddington and laboratory technician, Brandy Fultz also attended the conference.

Dr. Sapna Das-Bradoo s graduate student, Casey Eddington, submitted and defended his Master's thesis on June 16, 2017. Casey is starting doctoral program this Fall in the Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics at the University of Minnesota.

Dr. Sapna Das-Bradoo s research student, Tyler Noble, gave a talk on his summer research project at the Tulsa Area Bioscience Education and Research Consortium (TABERC), Oklahoma Society of Physiologists (OSP) and Tulsa Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience (T-SfN) symposium at OSU-Center for Health Sciences, Tulsa on July 28, 2017.

Dr. John de Banzie updated his Genetics Laboratory textbook with two new exercises. The book is available to students without charge through the Apple iTunes store.

Dr. John de Banzie completed an accuracy checking project for the adaptive online learning environment associated with a new Biochemistry textbook.

Dr. Sung-Kun (Sean) Kim reviewed a research article for the journal Plos One and a research article for the journal Biochemical Pharmacology.

Dr. Mark Paulissen was invited to review a manuscript submitted to the journal Functional Ecology. This is the 30th different peer-reviewed journal that Mark Paulissen has reviewed manuscripts for during his academic career.

SVOSH Team Roatan 2017

Award Name: Great Expectations 2017- 2018
Award Dates: May 1, 2017 - April 30, 2018
Award Amount: $1,253,677
Project Director: Dr. Linda Dzialo
Funding Agency: Other Sources-Private Foundation
Purpose of Award: To teach innovative and inspirational education techniques to school teachers in order to help revolutionize the classroom educational experience of children.

Award Name: TABERC Summer 2017
Award Dates: May 1, 2017 - July 31, 2017
Award Amount: $1,500
Project Director: Dr. Sapna Das-Bradoo
Funding Agency: Tulsa Area Bio-science Education & Research Consortium (TABERC)
Purpose of Award: To develop bio-science research in Tulsa and surrounding communities by providing summer internships at local universities and community colleges.

Award Name: Release Time: Seed-derived Fall 2017
Award Dates: 08/01/2017 - 12/31/2017
Total Award Amount: $37,784
Project Director: Dr. Kevin Wang
Funding Agency: Oklahoma INBRE through Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education (OSRHE)
Purpose of Award: Release time to prepare a future NIH grant proposal for the Seed-derived research project.

Award Name: SMaRT Grant Enzyme dynamics of Biofilm Dispersion B 2017
Award Dates: 05/01/2017 - 08/30/2017
Total Award Amount: $4,259
Project Director: Dr. Sung Kun (Sean) Kim
Funding Agency: Oklahoma INBRE through Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education (OSRHE)
Purpose of Award: Funding is provided to cover summer wages for both the faculty mentor and student for research endeavors and academic enrichment. Funding is also provided for laboratory supplies.

Award Name: Summer Mentor - Chromium 2017
Award Dates: 05/23/2017 - 07/14/2017
Total Award Amount: $2,200
Project Director: Dr. Ratnakar Deole
Funding Agency: Oklahoma INBRE through Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education (OSRHE)
Purpose of Award: Funding for laboratory supplies to assist with summer mentor program.

Award Name: Summer Mentor - Nanoparticle 2017
Award Dates: 05/23/2017 - 07/14/2017
Total Award Amount: $2,200
Project Director: Dr. Nathan Green
Funding Agency: Oklahoma INBRE through Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education (OSRHE)
Purpose of Award: Funding for laboratory supplies to assist with summer mentor program.

Award Name: American Indian Science & Engineering Society (AISES Travel Grant Fall 2017)
Award Dates: 07/01/2017 - 10/31/2017
Award Amount: $3,450
Project Director: Ms. Alisa Douglas
Funding Agency: Oklahoma State University-Oklahoma EPSCoR through National Science Foundation
Purpose of Award: To assist students with travel expenses to the following:
AISES National Conference- September 21-23, 2017 Denver, Colorado

Award Name: RPI Elucidating the 4u8c Type 2 Cytokines 2017 Year 1.5 of 2.5 years
Award Dates: 05/01/2017 - 04/30/2018
Award Amount: $91,478
Project Director: Dr. Kyeorda Kemp
Purpose of Award: To research the overactive TH2 cells that play an important role in immune responses to external pathogens via the secretion of cytokines IL-4, IL-5, and IL-13. Overactive TH2 responses is associated with many pathological results. Research in drug therapies for these diseases that target cytokine IL-4 have been met with success in clinical trials. This research will use a commercially available drug specific to IRE1a to illuminate how unfolded protein response (UPR) promotes TH2 cytokine production and lends itself in the long-term to the development of a UPR specific drug for the treatment of TH2 mediated diseases.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health (NIH) through OUHSC

Award Name: RPI Investigating the Role of Mcm10 2017-2018, Year 1.5 of 2.5 years
Award Dates: 05/01/2017 - 04/30/2018
Award Amount: $94,420
Project Director: Dr. Sapna Das-Bradoo
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health through Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center
Purpose of Award: Cells proliferate with remarkable fidelity. Defects in quality controls known as checkpoints, are at the root cause of cancer, aging and many other diseases. The proposed project will uncover crucial insights in these mechanisms, thereby increasing the probability of developing new strategies for treating diseases caused by genome instability.

Award Name: Oklahoma Alliance for Manufacturing Excellence 2017-18
Award Dates: July 1, 2017 - June 30, 2018
Award Amount: $46,000 Year 3 of 5
Project Director: Mr. Curtis Evans
Funding Agency: Oklahoma Alliance for Manufacturing Excellence through the National Institute of Standards & Technology-U.S. Department of Commerce and OSRHE
Purpose of Award: A Manufacturing Extension Agent working out of the NSU-BA campus will assist local manufacturers in various ways to make their businesses more successful.

Award Name: Indian Education Professional Development Program Yr. 1 of 4 2016-17
Award Dates: 10/01/2016 - 09/30/2020
Total Award Amount: $7,000 - Years 1-3 then $26,000 for Year 4
Project Director: Dr. Debbie Landry
Funding Agency: U.S. Department of Education/Cherokee Nation/American Indian Resource Center
Purpose: To provide project with financial support and training for 15 pre-service teachers. All training will lead to degrees, licensure and certifications.

Award Name: Alternative Dispute Resolution- Early Settlement East Program 2017-2018
Award Dates: July 1, 2017 - June 30, 2018
Award Amount: $70,581
Project Director: Ms. Stacey Stephens
Funding Agency: State of Oklahoma Supreme Court
Purpose of Award: To provide mediation services according to the Dispute Resolution Act and other directives and forms provided by the Administration Director of the Courts. Dispute mediation services shall be provided to northeast Oklahoma as determined by need.

Award Name: OHC 2018 46th Annual Symposium on the American Indian
Award Dates: 08/01/2017 - 04/30/2018
Award Amount: $5,000 Outright Funds + $1,000 3rd Party Match Total = $6,000
Project Director: Ms. Sara Barnett
Funding Agency: Oklahoma Humanities Council
Purpose of Award: Funding will be utilized to assist with scholar fees, facilities, and other costs associated with the 2018 Symposium on the American Indian.

Award Name: Synthesis and Characterization of a New Family of Solvate Ionic Liquids
Award Dates: 09/01/2017 - 08/31/2020
Award Amount: $70,000
Project Director(s): Dr. Chris Burba/Dr. Spence Pilcher
Funding Agency: American Chemical Society- Petroleum Research Foundation
Purpose of Award: To provide undergraduates the opportunity to participate in scientific research with an emphasis on the petroleum-related compounds.

Award Name: MORe OFFN- Multiple Organization Regional One Oklahoma Friction Free
Award Dates: 06/15/2017 - 05/31/2019
Award Amount: $333,859
Project Director: Dr. Richard Reif
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Purpose of Award: Funding assistance to expand the network capabilities of NSU, RSU, SOSU and SWOSU which will allow for involvement in the OneOklahoma Friction Free Network (OFFN), a science DMZ that will permit researchers to connect reliably to supercomputers and increase computational capabilities. As a result of the connection to OFFN, SOSU and SWOSU will develop a collaborative, team-taught class on parallel programming that will be offered online to their students.

Award Name: Oklahoma Arts Council - NSU Chamber Series 2017-2018
Award Dates: 07/01/2017 - 06/30/2018
Award Amount: $1,000
Project Director: Dr. Jeffery Wall
Funding Agency: Oklahoma Arts Council
Purpose of Award: Funding will be utilized to assist with professional performance fees for both chamber music and solo performances. Master classes will also be provided to area music students.

Award Name: Oklahoma Arts Council: Indigenous Arts 2017-2018
Award Dates: 07/01/2017 - 06/30/2018
Award Amount: $2,500
Project Director: Sara Barnett
Funding Agency: Oklahoma Arts Council
Purpose of Award: Funding will be utilized for artists involved with the American Indian Heritage month and the powwow at the 2018 Symposium on the American Indian.

Award Name: Oklahoma Arts Council - Performing Arts 2017-2018
Award Dates: 07/01/2017 - 06/30/2018
Award Amount: $9,000
Project Director: Dr. Robyn Pursley
Funding Agency: Oklahoma Arts Council
Purpose of Award: Funding will be utilized to present a diverse variety of performing artists with educational outreach events related to each performance.

Sara Barnett, Director of the Center for Tribal Studies, traveled to Oklahoma City for the Gates Millennium Scholars (GMS) Advisory Council meeting on June 12-13. Representatives from the United Negro College Fund, American Indian Graduate Center, Hispanic Scholarship Fund, Asian and Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund and other professional members gathered in OKC for their semi-annual meeting to discuss the Gates Millennium Scholarship program. Ms. Barnett, having recently been named as the GMS Alumni Association President, will continue to serve on the GMS Advisory Council through April 2018.

The Gates Millennium Scholarship program was created in 1999 with a $1.6 billion grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to fund 20,000 scholars demonstrating financial need, exceptional academic background, leadership skills, and a commitment to community service. In 2016, the last cohort of scholars was admitted to the program. The GMS Alumni Association was created in 2010 to identify and connect some 12,000+ alumni of the scholarship program who have earned their bachelor degrees. Ms. Barnett has served as the Central Southern Regional Advisor (2013-2015), Executive Regional Advisor (2015-2017), and currently serves as the President of this national association.

Chi Sigma Iota (CSI) Events

A painting by Professor of Art, Lance Hunter, was published in Splash 18: The Best of Watercolor which was released in July. This is the latest edition of the Splash series of books published annually by North Light Books. According to the cover, Splash 18 showcases "the work of 130 modern day masters from around the globe" and the book was edited by Rachel Rubin Wolf. Hunter's watercolor, Sayuri, was also featured in the June issue of Watercolor Artist magazine in an article promoting the upcoming release of the Splash book. The artist has been fortunate to have his work featured in the Splash books from the two previous years, as well.

NSU ROTC hosted the 4th Annual 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb at Doc Wadley Stadium on Monday, September 11, 2017. Paying homage to those heroes who sacrificed their lives in 2001, nearly 160 individuals from the Northeastern State University Reserve Officer Training Corps, Tahlequah Fire Department, Gideon Fire Department, NSU athletic and Sequoyah High School students and members of the QuahFit Elite Fitness gym gathered at Doc Wadley Stadium, marching up and down the steps, trekking nearly 110 stories.

Professor of Anthropology, Benjamin R. Kracht authored the book Kiowa Belief and Ritual. The book reconstructs Kiowa cosmology during the height of the horse and buffalo culture from field notes pertaining to cosmology, visions, shamans, sorcery, dream shields, tribal bundles, and the now-extinct Sun Dance ceremony.

Associate Professor of Drama Dr. Robyn Pursley and Associate Professor of Drama Chris Miller presented a workshop, Using Improvisation for Ensemble Building, at the Oklahoma Speech Theatre Communication Association annual conference in Ada on September 16, 2017. Scott Pursley, Assistant Professor of Drama led a panel discussion, Creating Educational Theatre Resources at the same conference.

Sydney Dorrough published an article titled "Ipads in the School Setting: Improving Occupational Performance" in OT Practice.

Sydney Dorrough presented at Grandview Public School on "Autism in the Classroom" during teacher professional development on August 7th.

Dr. Heather Fenton presented Development of a Capstone Rubric to Measure End-of-Program Competencies at the Fall 2017 Community and Collaboration Day. With new accreditation guidelines, the graduate nursing program revised the program systematic evaluation plan to include use of the capstone project to measure the key indicators specific to the nursing program.

Dr. Richard Hasenauer, Assistant Professor of Mathematics, (with Jim Coykendall) submitted a paper titled "Factorization properties of Prufer domains" to the Glasgow Mathematical Journal. It has been accepted for publication.

Dr. Jim Hicks had a paper titled "Stimulated Raman adiabatic passage in sodium vapor with picosecond laser pulses" published in the August 1st, 2017 issue of Physical Review A.

Dr. Martha Parrott, Professor of Mathematics, working with author and researcher Cheryl Tobey, created a portfolio of Formative Assessment Probes specifically aligned to the Oklahoma Academic Standards for Mathematics in grades 3 through Pre-Algebra and both Algebra 1 and Algebra 2. The Oklahoma State Department of Education has made these Formative Assessment Probes available to the entire state of Oklahoma for classroom use. Read more at OKMathTeachers.

Dr. Michael Shaughnessy was asked and accepted an appointment as an editor for the student centered journal 'Aletheia' - the publication of the Alpha Chi National College Honor Society.

Richard E. Castillo, OD, DO, professor and assistant Dean/Chief of NSU-OCO Surgical Services invited and facilitated NSU-OCO students to organize. Dr. Castillo will serve as faculty sponsor for the NSU-OCO Optometric Surgery Club. This is the first such organization anywhere in the United States. The inaugural meeting which was held August 29th (complete with pizza!) at the College of Optometry was very well attended and kicked-off by NSU-OCO Dean Emeritus George Foster, O.D., D.O.S. who spoke on the history of surgical optometry in Oklahoma.

Dr. Matthew Krein, Dr. Sarah Krein, Dr. Joseph Shetler and Dr. Nathan Lighthizer presented at the Primary Care Update Continuing Education Meeting in Tahlequah. Topics included advanced therapeutic procedures, pediatric therapeutic prescribing, interpreting diagnostic equipment and judicious prescribing.

The Nix Foundation Donation

Award Name: Student Support Services Year 3 of 5 2017-2018
Award Dates: 09/01/2017 - 08/31/2018
Award Amount: $304,777
Project Director: Lena Deere
Funding Agency: U.S. Department of Education
Purpose of Award(s): To provide student services to those who meet the federal eligibility criteria and demonstrate academic need in order to successfully complete a program of study at NSU. To provide a comprehensive system of support services such as counseling, tutoring and academic enrichment activities.

Award Name: Regional Touring Program - Dallas Children's Theatre 2017
Award Dates: 07/20/2017 - 11/04/2017
Award Amount: $3,600
Project Director: Dr. Robyn Pursley
Funding Agency: Mid America Arts Alliance through National Endowment for the Arts
Purpose of Award: Funding will be utilized to present two performances at Northeastern State University's Center for Performing Arts on Wednesday, October 4, 2017. These performances will reach over 1900 students in the Cherokee and Wagoner counties. The Dallas Children's Theatre has been named one of the top five professional groups in the United States.

NSU Delegation Recruits in India

We would like to welcome our newest member of the NSU College of Education, Ms. Maggie Bisogno!Maggie's parents are Alec and Dr. Lisa Bisogno, the Assistant Dean of College of Education.

Dr. Alesha Baker, Assistant Professor in the Educational Leadership Department, presented at the Open Education Conference in Anaheim, CA, Oct. 10-13. Her four presentations included collaborations with scholars Dr. Tutaleni Asinoand Joshua Baker (pictured) from Oklahoma State University, Dr. Chancey Bosch from Oral Roberts University, and Rebecca Morales(pictured) from Broken Arrow Public Schools. They included Secondary Students' Perceptions of Open Science Textbooks, Open Educational Resources in Developing Countries: Cases from Namibia and Uganda, Teacher Professional Development Using OER in Uganda, and The School Librarian's Role in the Adoption of Open Textbooks.

As a part of the partnership between NSU and Broken Arrow Public Schools Scholarship program, coordinated by COE Assistant Dean, Dr. Lisa Bisogno, Dr. Cindi Fries and Ms. Jericho Hobson, COE Teacher Education faculty provided an afternoon of critical thinking and coding learning activities to the BAPS Centennial Middle School. With the assistance of 6 NSU teacher candidates, thirty 6-8th grade students practiced writing algorithms and programming various types of robots.

Dr. Ingrid Massey shared her research findings on "Faculty and Student Perceptions of Reading and Language Arts Preparation and Preparedness for the State Subject Area Test" at the 49th Annual Rocky Mountain Educational Research Association conference at Cameron University.

Dr. Sally Armstrong and Janice Blankenship presented a question and answer session for EPIC mentors and students on the Broken Arrow campus on September 14. They will offer the same session for new EPIC mentors and students for spring 2018 in early January.

Dr. Lisa Bisogno was awarded $5,181.00 for her grant Gifted Partnership Program with Broken Arrow Public School.

J. M. Kirk PhD LADC, with assistance from the COE, space and equipment, has created a Social and Behavioral Science lab in Haskell Hall 109. This lab will foster faculty-student collaboration on research. Dr. Kirk is currently gathering data on 2 projects. Vascular response to induced stress: Is recovery effected by meditation or acceptance and commitment? IRB # 17-080 and Becoming one with the force: A closer look at mindfulness IRB # 17- 101. Both studies record physiological responses to induced stress under different experimental conditions. Ms. Beth Bowin will be using the SBS lab to collect data for her dissertation which examines the effects of therapy animals on induces stress. This project is currently being proposed and the IRB application is being written. Any faculty or student who wishes to examine the lab, promote research collaboration or is interested in participating in the studies should contact Dr. Kirk.

Oklahoma School Administration (Superintendent and Principal) Certification Workshop

Dr. Ernst Bekkering, Dr. Neal Xiong, Mr. Steve Rice, and Dr. Richard Reif accompanied several students from NSU to the Oklahoma Supercomputing Conference at OU in September.

Scott Wengerd, Margaret Bates and Sydney Dorrough attended the Oklahoma Occupational Therapy Association state conference in Oklahoma City, September 29th-30th. Several occupational therapy students also attended and hosted a booth where they sold t-shirts and promoted Northeastern State University's Occupational Therapy Program.

Dr. Nathan Green attended two recruiting fairs at Union High School and Broken Arrow High School on behalf of the College of Science and Health Professions.

Dr. Nathan Green and researchers John Rodriguez, Stephen Kane, Samira Darbandi, and Alina Pavlishinets hosted Boy Scout Troop 92 at the Green Laboratory to complete the scout's science badge activities. The scouts participated in gold and silica nanoparticle synthesis and imaged the surface of a penny using Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM).

Dr. Janaki K Iyer published a study on estrogen receptor expression in chronic hepatitis C and hepatocellular carcinoma pathogenesis in the World Journal of Gastroenterology.

Dr. Kemp published a review article with three students, two recently graduated and one senior, in the journal Endoplasmic Reticulum in Diseases. The article "Prion disease and endoplasmic reticulum stress pathway correlations and treatment pursuits" was published online 09/02/2017.

Dr. Diana Mashburn, also representing the Oklahoma League for Nursing as President, attended the National League for Nursing (NLN) Education Summit 2017: Our Community of Colleagues in San Diego, CA. Sessions included topics such as recruiting and retaining qualified faculty, experiences of Native American faculty, and utilizing simulation in education and practice.

Dr. Martha Parrott will present "Inspiring Growth Mindset through High Quality Measurement Tasks" at the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics conference in Florida, October 2017.

Dr. Martha Parrott published a chapter in Leadership and Influence in Higher Education Teaching Leadership Approaches from Instructors Who Teach for Success.

The NSU Mathematics Clinic, an outreach service initiative, has been nominated for the national Thomas Ehrlich Civically Engaged Award. The clinic is directed by Dr. Martha Parrott, Professor of Mathematics.

NSU-Broken Arrow will be the host site for the June 2018 Oklahoma Council of Teachers of Mathematics annual conference. Dr. Martha Parrott serves as a OCTM Board member and will serve as a conference chair for this event.

Dr. Mark Paulissen led two Herpetology field trips to catch amphibians and reptiles at the Oklahoma Academy of Sciences field meeting at Quartz Mountain State Park September 29-October 1.

Dr. Michael Shaughnessy supervised the final field season of 2017 for the 'Island biogeography' project being conducted at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge. Fieldwork was conducted by NSU graduate studentJana Green and NSU undergraduate student Justin Currie.

NSU John Vaughan Libraries, Head of Special Collections and Archives Brenda Bradford is one of 25 preservation professionals chosen from across the United States to attend HENTF's Heritage Emergency and Response Training (HEART) at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. Participation in HEART is organized by the Smithsonian Cultural Rescue Initiative (SCRI) and FEMA's Office of Environmental Planning and Historical Preservation (OEHP), co-sponsors of the Heritage Emergency National Task Force (HENTF) and funding by The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The goal of the program is to strengthen U.S. disaster response networks and connect participants to the wider international network of people trained to document and protect cultural heritage in times of crisis. Sessions will provide realistic training in damage assessment, rapid documentation, emergency evacuation, salvage, rehousing and storage, crisis communication, team building and more.

Sarah Burkhead Whittle, Chair Emeritus of the Community of Oklahoma Instruction Librarians (COIL) attended the October meeting held at the University of Central Oklahoma. This round-table discussion included academic library instruction activities, issues, and challenges, along with conversations about the implementation of critical pedagogy.

Award Name: Trio Upward Bound, Year 1 of 5 (2017-2018)
Award Dates: September 1, 2017 - August 31, 2018
Award Amount: $263,937
Project Director: Dan Mabery (Interim)
Funding Agency: U.S. Department of Education
Purpose of Award: The Upward Bound program will provide services and projects that increase the likelihood that students will complete high school as well as earn post-secondary credits in high school with the ultimate goal of completing a program of post-secondary education.

Award Name: Educational Talent Search - Tahlequah Campus, Year 2 of 5 (2017- 2018)
Award Dates: September 1, 2017 - August 31, 2018
Award Amount: $246,000
Project Director: Diane Walker
Funding Agency: U.S. Department of Education

Award Name: Educational Talent Search- Broken Arrow Campus, Year 2 of 5 (2017- 2018)
Award Dates: September 1, 2017 - August 31, 2018
Award Amount: $246,000
Project Director: Diane Walker
Funding Agency: U.S. Department of Education
Purpose of Award(s): To identify disadvantaged youths with potential for post-secondary education, encourage them to complete secondary school and undertake post secondary educational training. To publicize existing forms of student aid. To provide tutorial services for youths being encouraged to undertake or re-enter programs of post-secondary education. This program is part of TRIO.

Award Name: Alliance for Minority Participation 2017-2018
Award Dates: September 1, 2017 - August 31, 2018; Year 4
Award Amount: $43,357/year
Project Director: Dr. Jody Buckholtz
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation through Oklahoma State University
Purpose of Award: A subcontract to contribute to the national agenda to increase the number of underrepresented minorities receiving B.S. degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

Award Name: Native American Support Center (NASC), Year 2 of 5, (2017-2018)
Award Dates: 10/01/2017-09/30/2018
Award Amount: $336,151
Project Director: Ms. Mary Nordwall
Funding Agency: U.S. Department of Education
Purpose of Award: Implementation of the NASC - Native American Support Center. This center will assist in the retention, intervention and referral services of at-risk native students as well as provide internal academic advising, personal and academic coaching, tutoring and mentoring. Primary goals of this center are:

1. Increase Native American student retention;
2. Develop a peer-to-peer college persistent mentoring program;
3. Provide a source of culture, connection, and care for Native American students on all three campuses.

Award Name: INBRE Travel Award - Ventura, California, 2017-2018
Award Dates: 09/23/2017 - 04/30/2018
Award Amount: $2,000
Project Director: Dr. Sapna Das-Bradoo
Funding Agency: Oklahoma INBRE through OSRHE and National Institutes of Health
Purpose: Funding to assist with travel expenses to attend the DNA Damage, Mutation, and Cancer conference for professional development March 25-30, 2018.

Andrea Sprague is the new Budget Specialist for the Office of Academic Affairs. She tracks all budgets that report to Academic Affairs, handles payments of invoices, purchase and check requests, and purchase orders.

She previously worked as a dental assistant in Tahlequah and continues to teach dental assisting at the Indian Capital Technology Center. Andrea has also worked at NSU in the Office of Continuing Education. Her employment in those capacities has helped prepare her to work in a fast-paced setting with multiple tasks at a time and the ability to handle any situation that may arise. Andrea is working toward her Bachelor's Degree in Human & Family Sciences from NSU.

What do you like about NSU?
The atmosphere and building relationships throughout the university. The benefits are great, and I like being able to have some of the same breaks as my son.

What do you enjoy doing in your free time?
Spending time with my son, going to the lake, crafting, listening to live music, and being around friends and family.

What is your favorite quote?
You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, smarter than you think, and loved more than you know. A.A. Milne.

Oklahoma School Counselor Association

The Oklahoma School Counselor Association (OSCA) held its 6th annual Fall conference at NSU-BA on Thursday, November 2nd and Friday, November 3rd. Superintendent Hofmeister was awarded the first annual Profile in Courage Award recognizing her commitment to higher standards for OK students, her advocacy for a teacher pay raise, and her grace under pressure. Two national leaders in school counseling headlined the event, Dr. Russ Sabella, known for his publications in the integration of technology in school counseling programs, and Dr. Trish Hatch, the co-author of the ASCA model. Additionally, three professors in the psychology and counseling department presented: Dr. Keller-Dupree presented a workshop on social/emotional interventions, Dr. Kurt Choate offered his expertise on best practices for working with students who identify as transgender, and Dr. Mary Waters gave an opportunity for school counselors who are also licensed as LPCs to get three hours in face-face ethics. Dr. Eloy Chavez joined the fun on Thursday by pitching the ACT course that NSU offers. One school counselor commented, "I loved the conference; I left with ideas I could use Monday with my students."

OSCA thanks NSU and especially Jacki Adair and her staff for accommodating 230 school counselors and guests to our campus.

Margaret Bates attended the American Occupational Therapy Association Education Summit in Ft. Worth, Texas this month. A common theme among presenters at the conference was interprofessional education, which happens to be the subject of her doctorate capstone. Margaret has initiated an interprofessional education experience with Dr. Krine in optometry where occupational therapy students in pediatric evaluation and intervention and optometry students in their vision therapy course evaluate children at a local private school. The results to-date are inspiring.

Dr. Cassandra Crawford-Cigar presented a poster, "Using Social Media to Enhance Lifestyle Behavior Changes in College Nutrition Courses," at the 2017 Food & Nutrition Conference & Expo (FNCE ) in Chicago, IL on October 23, 2017. The abstract was also published in The Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Supplement 1 Abstracts, A-68.

Dr. Cassandra Crawford-Ciglar participated in NSU's Counselor Connection on October 12 by demonstrating food science techniques in the Food Lab. Over 100 high school counselors toured the food lab and participated in food tasting experiments demonstrating knowledge and skills taught to Nutritional Sciences students.

Dr. Sapna Das-Bradoo gave a talk at Booker T. Washington high school on October 13, 2017. The talk was on HeLa cells: controversy and applications . The students also had the opportunity to visualize the cultured cells under a microscope.

Dr. Sapna Das-Bradoo s students, Sara Woller and Batuel Okda, presented their research at the Arkansas INBRE conference in Fayetteville on October 26 and 27, 2017.

Dr. Sapna Das-Bradoo gave a research talk at the Tulsa Community College Science Seminar Series on November 1, 2017.

Dr. Sapna Das-Bradoo attended the Keystone Symposia entitled, Rigor in Science: the challenge of reproducibility in biomedical research, on November 8, 2017.

Dr. Sapna Das-Bradoo s students, Sara Woller and Batuel Okda, presented their research at the Tulsa Research Day at the University of Oklahoma, Tulsa on November 10, 2017.

Dr. Sapna Das-Bradoo attended and gave an oral presentation at the Tulsa Research Day at University of Oklahoma, Tulsa on November 10, 2017.

Drs. John de Banzie and Cindy Cisar from the Department of Natural Sciences attended the Arkansas INBRE conference at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville on October 27 and 28. Their student, Sarah Cruz, presented a poster entitled "A Graphical Approach to Comparison of qnrS-Carrying Plasmid Sequences. Drs. de Banzie and Cisar also judged biology posters at the conference.

Dr. Richard Hasenauer, Assistant Professor of Mathematics, was invited to Clemson University to speak at the Algebra and Discrete Mathematics Seminar on October 19. He gave a talk titled "Semiclass groups and atomicity in Prufer domains." While there, he also gave a talk to the Clemson Math Club, "Triangles, Circles, and Circular Arguments."

Dr. Diana Mashburn received the Oklahoma Nursing Association Nightingale Award of Excellence at the Dawn of a New Era in Healthcare Convention on October 18 and 19 in Norman, OK. The Nightingale Award of Excellence is conferred on an ONA member who during their career has consistently surpassed expectations of a professional nurse; thus enhancing the image of nursing as a profession. Recipients have also demonstrated other professional behaviors, such as mentoring, advocacy, research conduction or utilization, publications and presentations throughout his/her career.

Dr. Martha Parrott, Professor of Mathematics, coordinates mentoring professional development training as part of the Oklahoma State Department of Education Mathematics Science Partnership grant, Oklahoma Teacher Induction Program [OTIP]. To extend training opportunities, she will accompany mathematics mentor teacher participants to the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Innovation 8 Conference in November 2017.

With funding made possible by the Schusterman Center and in partnership with Xan Black and the Tulsa Regional STEM Alliance, Dr. Martha Parrott will provide mathematics professional development for Tulsa area teachers, summer 2018 - spring 2019. NSU-BA will be the host site for this mathematics institute.

NSU Natural Sciences Professor Dr. Mark Paulissen and Oklahoma College of Optometry student Devyn Moran have had the following article published in the upcoming issue of the JOURNAL OF HERPETOLOGY: Intraspecific Aggression in Neonate Common Five-Lined Skinks (Plestiodon fasciatus). Part of the data used in this article came from Ms. Moran's Honor's Thesis that she completed under Dr. Paulissen's mentorship while she was an undergraduate at NSU. Most of the lizards used in this study were caught on or near the NSU campus (all lizards were released unharmed when the study was completed).

Dr. Shaughnessy applied for an OK-LSAMP supplemental grant to study feral hogs in Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge.

Three of the Oklahoma College of Optometry residents had posters accepted at the American Academy of Optometry meeting in Chicago, IL on Oct 11-14. Posters were selected based on excellence, uniqueness, complexity, relevance, and outstanding overall presentation.

Dr. Pamela Martin presented a poster on Optic Neuritis: A Potential Presenting Sign of Tick-Borne Illness. Dr. Martin is a Family Practice/Ocular Disease Resident at NSUOCO.

Dr. Stephanie Stanley gave a poster presentation on Acute Angle Closure Secondary to an Intraocular Mass. Dr. Stanley is a Primary Eye Care/Ocular Disease resident at the Fayetteville, Arkansas VA Medical Center.

Dr. Kelsey Haugen presented a poster on Acquired Nyctalopia with History of Typical and Atypical Antipsychotic Use. Dr. Haugen is a Primary Eye Care/Ocular Disease resident at the Fayetteville, Arkansas VA Medical Center.

As President of the Oklahoma Association of College and Research Libraries, Karl G. Siewert (NSUBA Library) helmed the Association's annual conference at OSU-Tulsa on Friday, November 10. The theme of the conference was Reaching Toward the Margins: Critical Librarianship in Academia, and the keynote speaker, Jim Elmborg (SLIS Dean - University of Alabama), presented an insightful lecture about the library as text and as a contact zone within the text of its community. Other presentation titles included "Women in STEM: Libraries Paving the Way to Future Careers", "Servant Leaders in an Era of Critical Librarianship", "The Transformative Library Worker: Notes Towards an Investigation", and a panel discussion regarding Interlibrary Loan led by Mr. Siewert. More than 60 librarians from across Oklahoma and beyond attended the event, and evaluations indicate that they were highly satisfied with the content.

Award Name: Violence Prevention Program II, 2017-2020
Award Dates: 10/01/2017 - 09/30/2020
Award Amount: $299,968
Project Director: Ms. Sheila Self
Funding Agency: U.S. Department of Justice - Office on Violence Against Women
Purpose of Award: To reduce instances of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence and stalking on the NSU campuses.

Award Name: American Indian Emergency Fund, 2017-2020
Award Dates: 09/06/2017 - 05/31/2020
Award Amount: $12,000
Project Director: Ms. Sara Barnett
Funding Agency: American Indian Education Fund
Purpose of Award: To provide one-time emergency funds to students struggling to stay in school due to unforeseen financial circumstances. Award is for $2,000 each fall/spring semester for three years.

Award Name: The Big Read, 2017-2018
Award Dates: 07/01/2017 - 10/31/2018
Award Amount: $15,000
Project Director: Dr. Pamela Louderback
Funding Agency: National Endowment for the Arts/Arts Midwest
Purpose: To encourage participation in the arts through a reading selection - The Shawl.

Award Name: Oklahoma Teacher Connection Gifted Partnership Program, Broken Arrow, 2017-2018
Award Dates: 09/23/2017 - 10/01/2018
Award Amount: $5,181
Project Director: Dr. Lisa Bisogno
Funding Agency: Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education (OSRHE)
Purpose: To provide outreach initiatives to attract middle school students in the Broken Arrow school district to the profession of education and teaching careers and provide innovative workshops to students enrolled in local area school gifted programs.

International Education Week

In honor of International Education Week, November 13-17, the Office of International Programs invited the campus community to participate in a variety of events throughout the week. Some of the week's activities included a daily International Trivia game by email, an International Coffee Break & Tea Time, Spin it to Win it, a soccer match between NSU international students and members of the community, and an afternoon of games where students and staff could hang out with international students and play games such as Dominos, checkers, cards and other classic games. One of the highlights was the international "pop n go," where the campus community members were invited to pop into the international office, grab some popcorn and get their names written in a foreign language. Students, faculty, and staff also had the opportunity to attend short presentations on studying or leading a trip abroad.

It is the annual goal of the Office of International Programs to use International Education Week as an opportunity to raise awareness of international education on the NSU campus and to invite campus community members to learn more about international opportunities and ways they can contribute to further diversification and internationalization of the campus.

For information on how you can get involved in international affairs at NSU, visit the Office of International Programs, room 121 of the John Vaughan Library, or by calling 918-444-2050 or by visiting the OIP website.

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