• Dr. Angela Fournier, associate professor of psychology, has been named coordinator of the 2015-16 Student Scholarship and Creative Achievement Conference.

• Dr. Keith Marek, professor of chemistry, received the Noel Olson Volunteer of the Year Award from the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference this summer. The award honors individuals who, as volunteers, have made significant contributions to the conference.

• Dr. Mike Morgan, professor of English, will be presenting at the Great Plains Alliance for Computers and Writing conference in October. His presentation will introduce the current development of the wiki platform FedWiki, and will discuss how ease of use might short-circuit learning.

• Dr. Carla Norris-Raynbird, associate professor of sociology, is principle investigator on a grant with BlueCross BlueShield Minnesota to assess the Nice Ride program and the bikeability of the Bemidji community. Work on the $33,092 grant began in July and is expected to conclude in November.

• Dr. James White, associate professor of human performance, sport and health, has had articles published in both the American College of Sports Medicine Certified News and Whitetales Magazine, published by the Minnesota Deer Hunters Association.

“Returning to the Wild: Tailoring Exercise Programs for an Outdoorsperson Diagnosed with a Chronic Disease” aims to help therapists, fitness professionals and health care providers work with people recovering from serious health setbacks, such as heart disease or cancer. In the article, White provides recommendations and guidelines for safely prescribing exercise to people wishing to return to hunting or fishing after a health setback.

In Whitetales, White wrote “Prepare for the Season: Getting and Staying Physically Fit Will Make Your Hunting Experience Even Better” which he said aims to help the “average Joe” who is looking to get in better shape for the upcoming hunting season.

• Dr. Marty Wolf, professor of mathematics and computer science, presented “This Ethical Trap is for Roboticists, Not Robots: Why Use a Robot When a Human Will Do?” at the Computer Ethics: Philosophical Enquiry/International Association for Computing and Philosophy joint conference in Newark, Del., along with Fran Grodzinsky and Keith Miller.

Wolf also presented “Augmented Reality All Around Us: Power and Perception at a Crossroads” at the ETHICOMP 2015 conference in Leicester, U.K. in September, also with Grodzinsky and Miller.

Wolf has been named vice chair of the Association for Computing Machinery’s Committee on Professional Ethics. The association is a leading international organization of practicing software development professionals and computer science academicians.