Erika Bailey-Johnson, sustainability coordinator, presented at the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education’s annual conference, Oct. 25–28 in Minneapolis. She was one of four co-presenters at an all-day pre-conference workshop entitled “Sustainability, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Across the Curriculum.” Bailey-Johnson also presented “Including Mental and Physical Wellness in the Sustainability Model.”

Dr. Valicia Boudry, associate professor of mass communication, and Dr. Mary Fairbanks, associate professor of nursing, have received Quality Matters certification for online courses they teach. Quality Matters is a faculty-centered peer review process designed to certify the quality of online and blended-delivery courses. Boudry’s Principles of Public Relations course was certified in July, and Fairbanks’ Community and Family Health Nursing course was certified in October.

Dr. Misty Condiff, assistant professor of nursing, was the keynote speaker at the Aotearoa Indigenous Nurses Conference, Aug. 7-9 in Auckland, New Zealand. Her presentation was titled “The Lived Experience of American Indian Organ Donors and Recipients: Stories of Cultural, Physical and Spiritual Triumph.”

Dr. Eric Forsyth, professor of human performance, sport and health, has received certification as a Master Athletic Administrator through the National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association’s education program. His professional involvement project was the book, “NIAAA’s Guide to Interscholastic Athletic Administration,” which he co-edited and was co-author of its introduction and conclusion, with Dr. John Olson.

Dr. Timothy Goodwin, assistant professor of professional education, has published a new book, “Within These Woods,” which is a thematic collection of his poems, essays and artwork that explore how a human being lives in the world as a member of a globally interconnected ecosystem.

Debra Sea, assistant professor of mass communication, in October had her short film “Lift to Move” presented as an official selection at the London Greek Film Festival. The film is a tribute to Màrkos Vamvakaris, recognized as the father of rebetiko, a style of Greek folk music that emerged in the 1960s.

Thomas Dunn, assistant professor of mathematics and computer science, in October presented “Multiplicities and Integral Closure of Monomial Ideals” at the North Central Section of the Mathematical Association of America fall meetings at BSU.

Dr. Janice Haworth, associate professor of music, in October presented a paper titled “The Evolution of Traditional Rhythms in Redefining the West African Country of Guinea” at the International Conference on Musicology and Ethnomusicology in London. Haworth also presented a paper titled “Drumming in a Cultural Context: From Notational Architect to Ethnomusicologist” at the British Forum for Ethnomusicology One-Day Conference at Newcastle University.

Dr. Kelly La Venture, assistant professor of business adminsitration, has co-authored a new book, “The Human Factor to Profitability: Building a People-Centered Culture for Long-Term Success,” with Dr. Jeannette Kersten of the University of Wisconsin-Stout. LaVenture and Kersten presented the book in October at the World Congress on Education in Dublin, Ireland.

Francois Neville, assistant professor of mathematics and computer science, in October presented “The Perceptron:  Introducing Artificial Intelligence into the Developmental Math Classroom” at the North Central Section of the Mathematical Association of America fall meetings at BSU.

Dr. Anton Treuer, professor of languages and indigenous studies, in October launched his new book, “Warrior Nation: History of the Red Lake Ojibwe.” The book, which documents four centuries of the Red Lake Nation’s history through stories carried by its people, is Treuer’s fourth published by the Minnesota Historical Society and his 14th overall.

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?” in June at the Computer Ethics: Philosophical Enquiry/International Association for Computing and Philosophy joint conference in Newark, Del., along with Dr. Frances Grodzinsky of Sacred Heart University and Dr. Keith Miller of the University of Illinois-Springfield. Wolf also presented “Augmented Reality All Around Us: Power and Perception at a Crossroads” in September at the ETHICOMP 2015 conference in Leicester, U.K. in September, also with Grodzinsky and Miller. He is vice chair of the Association for Computing Machinery’s Committee on Professional Ethics.

Natalia Himmirska, associate professor of technology, art & design, and John “Butch” Holden, professor of technology, art & design, participated in the city of Bemidji’s First City of Arts: Studio Cruise tour in October. Holden displayed his pottery work and the work of his students, along with pottery wheel demonstrations, while Himmirska showed painting work done by her and her students.

Dr. Dennis Lunt is serving as BSU’s director of leadership studies for the 2015–16 academic year. Lunt manages curriculum for the leadership studies program, coordinates reviews of capstone projects, advises students pursuing a leadership minor, and organizes campus events associated with leadership.