Faculty and staff members who have given presentations or had articles published are listed below.
In the News
Tim Penning, associate professor of communications, was interviewed by MiBiz.com for a story about MLive Media Group changes and competition.
Sketches
Elena Lioubimtseva, associate professor of geography, was appointed to the Higher Education Challenge panel of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture.
Patricia Clark, professor of writing, served as poet-in-residence at the annual Theodore Roethke birthday bash, which celebrates the native poet and 1954 Pulitzer Prize winner.
Ryan A Thum, assistant professor of water resources, co-wrote articles, “Hybridization, Cryptic Diversity, and Invasiveness in Introduced Variable-leaf Watermilfoil,” published in Evolutionary Applications; and “Loopholes in the Regulation of Invasive Species?” published in Biological Invasions.
WGVU received a grant from the Michigan Humanities Council for the Michigan Hometown Stories: Saugatuck/Douglas project, which will include a one-hour broadcast documentary.
Judy Whipps, professor of liberal studies and philosophy, wrote a book chapter, “Feminist-Pragmatist Democratic Practice and Contemporary Sustainability Movements,” published in Contemporary Feminist Pragmatism.
Bob Smart, executive director of the Center for Scholarly and Creative Excellence; J. Kevin McCurren, executive director of the Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation; and Roderick Morgan, professor of biology, received a grant from the Michigan Initiative for Innovation and Entrepreneurship for their project, “Commercializing a Novel Class of Antibiotics Against MRSA and Clostridium Difficile.”
Kathy Agee, science program coordinator for the
Regional Math and Science Center, and Ranelle Brew,
assistant professor of Allied Health Services, received a grant from
the Abbott Vascular Laboratories for the sHaPe Summer Health and
Professional Exploration summer camp program.
