• Dr. Marsha Driscoll, professor of psychology, and Christopher Brown, assistant professor of computer science, will collaborate with faculty at Weifang University in Weifang, China, beginning this June. They will be joined later in the month by Dr. Judy Olson, professor of professional education, who will begin work to set up student teaching experiences at a new American Academy and adjoining international school.

• Dr. Nancy Hall, assistant professor of nursing, co-authored papers on the role of nurses in advanced care planning that were published in the April and May editions of the Journal of Hospice and Pallative Nursing.

• Dr. Bonnie Higgins, professor of technology, art and design, has been named president of the Upper Midwest Chapter of the Exhibit Designers and Producer’s Association. She will serve a one-year term in 2014-15.

• Dr. Tiffany Hommes, assistant professor of nursing, published a paper on the use of simulation training to improve nurse education in the March/April edition of the Journal for Staff Education.

• Jeannette Lukowski, assistant professor of English, will publish her followup memoir, “Tarnished Dreams: Loving My Teen Through her Self-Destructive Spiral,” through North Star Press this June.

• Carol Nielsen, professor of business administration, will serve a one-year role as interim director of the Center for Professional Development. She will serve in this role during the 2014-15 academic year while Dr. Laurie Desiderato is on sabbatical.