• Mahmoud Al Odeh, assistant professor of technology, art and design, presented a pair of papers at the Association of Technology, Manufacturing and Applied Engineering conference, Nov. 15-16 in Nashville, Tenn. His presentations were entitled “Value Steam Mapping: Recreating an Industrial Environment in an Educational Setting,” and “Sustainable Supply Chain Management: Literature Review, Trends, and Framework.”

Al Odeh also has received a New Faculty Grant from the university. He will use the grant to create relationships between the Department of Technology, Art and Design and the industrial sector in Bemidji. The project will focus on enhancing logistics and supply-chain management in Bemidji by investigating current processes and exploring emerging techniques and technologies.

• Lawrence Hanus, assistant professor of counseling services, presented at the 63rd Annual Conference of the Association for University and College Counseling Center Directors. The conference was held Oct. 20-24 in Newport, R.I. Hanus presented “Lessons learned: Implementing a new fee for services policy” describing how counseling services implemented a BSU to begin billing students for counseling services.

• Dr. Anton “Tony” Treuer, executive director of the American Indian Resource Center, had his book “Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians But Were Afraid to Ask” named to Indian Country Today’s “Heritage 101” list, recognized for putting people in touch with native history and demolishing stereotypes.

Treuer also recently gave keynote addresses at the Minnesota Librarians Association Conference, the South Dakota Indian Education Association Conference, and the Hmong-Native Alliance Conference “Widening the Circle.”

• Dr. Patrick Welle, professor of economics, was on a year-long sabbatical in 2011-12 conducting major research projects. He was co-investigator on a grant funded by the Legislative Citizens Commission on Minnesota Resources (LCCMR) titled “Cost-Effectiveness of Management Options for Maintaining and Restoring Shallow Lakes in Minnesota.” Welle also began directing a research project expected to run through June, 2013, to develop an Integrated Resource Management Plan for the Red Lake Nation. He also spent time during his sabbatical serving as a grant reviewer, providing keynote addresses on lake economics to various groups in the Twin Cities metro area, and presenting at a number of annual meetings and conferences.