Ash Hartwell, adjunct professor in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Policy, Research and Administration and a member of the school’s Center for International Education, was invited by the Graduate School of Education at the American University Cairo (AUC), to give a public presentation on Feb. 13 on the theme “Education for Global Prosperity.”
The keynote presentation examined scenarios based on current global and Middle East conditions and proposed a concept of human capacity development linked to justice and human rights as the essence of global prosperity.
Tameka L. Gillum, associate professor of Public Health, provided expert testimony at a Feb. 11 congressional briefing in support of reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA).
Ken Toong, executive director of Auxiliary Enterprises, has been named a winner of a 2013 Silver Plate Award from the International Foodservice Manufacturers Association (IFMA) in the colleges and universities category.
Giang Pham, assistant professor in Communication Disorders, was recently awarded two grants to strengthen communication needs and services to Vietnamese communities regionally and abroad.
Martina Nieswandt, associate professor in the School of Education's Department of Teacher Education and Curriculum Studies, was an invited visiting scholar to the University of Bremen, Germany, in January and February.