The Office of Safety and Security will be changing its name to Hamline Public Safety. The goal of the name change is to better reflect the mission of the office to provide safe academic, working, and living environment for the entirety of the Hamline community and its visitors.

Google has made available a new Gmail user interface to our hamline.edu domain. Users will have three months before it becomes the default interface, but users have the option to try the interface before it becomes the default option.

The inaugural Hamline Sustainability partnership with the University of Minnesota ReUse program's "Pack & Give Back" initiative has thus far been a success with 6,725 pounds of items collected.

A research group at Hamline is now recruiting three and four year olds to participate in a study on belief and doubt in children. Parents get $20 for participating in the study and children receive stickers and crayons.

Happy Pride Month to all of our LGBTQIA community members! Join Hamline University to celebrate the Twin Cities Pride Festival on the weekend of June 23-24. Volunteers can represent the university at the parade or at the Hamline booth.

From July 26-29, The United Methodist Summit will bring together people from congregations, annual conferences, caucus groups, agencies and organizations at all levels of the church.

The Center for Justice and Law is pleased to announce that, as of June 1, Dr. Jillian Peterson, assistant professor in the Department of Criminal Justice and Forensic Science, will begin serving as its director.

The Hamline Analytics Team returned from New York with an honorable mention at the Manhattan College Business Analytics Competition. Representing Hamline in our fourth year in the competition were students Abbey Ober '18, Jacob Prouty '19, Shunya Higa '20, and Emily Salmon '18, accompanied by faculty advisor Dr. Kim McKeage.

The Hamline University Women’s Resource Center (WRC) is thrilled to announce its newest faculty director, Jen England, an assistant professor in the English Department. The search committee was impressed with her commitment to the mission of the WRC, vision for its future, and passion for engaging students in its current and future work.

Attention baseball fans! Members of the Hamline University community can sign up to be eligible to receive four luxury suite tickets to Saint Paul Saints games at CHS Field, which is also the home of the Hamline Pipers.

Hamline student groups, faculty, and staff are invited to submit events to be included in the 2018-2019 Piper Planner.

Two cohorts totaling 90 English as a second language teachers were trained at the English Learners in the Mainstream (ELM) Institute to coach their mainstream teacher colleagues in best practices for English learners.

Hamline University Night at the Saint Paul Saints Games are coming back this summer. Join Hamline on Saturday, July 28 and Saturday, August 18 at 7:05 p.m. at CHS Field for the games.

Hamline University Staff Association is hosting their End-of-Year Gathering on Tuesday, June 19 from 3-5 p.m. on the Bush Memorial Library patio.

The Center for Teaching and Learning and Academic Affairs is pleased to announce the appointment of Jane Turk as the educational development coordinator, Rob Routhieaux as the faculty director of the Center for Teaching and Learning, and Kelly Krebs as the director of community college outreach and transfer student success.

The Dean of Students Office is seeking volunteer translators to better serve our students. The office is seeking individuals from all backgrounds, included but not limited to Spanish, Somali, Arabic, Sign, and Hmong.

There have been a number of staffing updates across the university including changes within the Center for Teaching and Learning.

Hamline will be upgrading from Windows 7 to Windows 10 over the summer to stay current with operating systems and software security standards. Any new Windows computers delivered after July 1, 2018, will come with Windows 10.

The Marketing and Communications Department has received an influx of project requests with the end of the school year. Due to the high volume of projects, they are asking that all project requests be received at least fifteen business days from when the final product is needed in-hand.

The Global Engagement Center (GEC) is currently accepting applications from Hamline University faculty and staff for the 2018-2019 Global Families Program.

Learn how to edit, maintain, and manipulate your web pages. The Hamline University Office of Digital Marketing will be hosting monthly website training sessions as an introduction to the web content management system Ektron.

The Hamline Global Studies Department encourages students to engage in United Nations sustainability goals with a fellowship opportunity. United Nations Academic Impact and Millennium Campus Network present the Millennium Fellowship open to current college students.

CJL Investigates is a new student-led organization that will research and provide students with information regarding current events.

A group of staff and students has been working with Good Acre to offer community supported agriculture (CSA) and vegetable shares at a discount for students in the upcoming fall semester.

The Global Engagement Center is excited to announce that J-Term 2019 programs are now accepting applications.

Do you want to make a difference in the lives of young people? The McVay Youth Partnership is looking for talented, dedicated Hamline students to work with middle and high school youth in an after-school program for the 2018-2019 school year.

Metro Transit College Pass bus cards for students will now be sold at the Cashier's Office in East Hall 113.

Biology Professor Jodi Goldberg was awarded the Cutting-Edge Curriculum Award for her First Year Seminar “Rock, Paper, Scissors, Lizard, Spock: When Did Sheldon Cooper Know He Was A Scientist?”

Mark Berkson, professor of religion, gave a talk on May 31 titled "Mindfulness Meditation and its Applications for Well-Being" at Wayzata City Hall as part of the city's wellness program.

Trish Harvey, Jennifer Carlson, and Karen Moroz presented on June 7 at the Higher Education Innovation Summit at the University of Minnesota Rochester. Their presentation was titled "Feeling Real: Creating Social Presence in Online Courses."

Hamline School of Business MBA Program Director Peggy Andrews presented on the topic "Managing to Flourish" at the 2018 Management and Organizational Teaching Society Annual Conference at Coastal Carolina University on Friday, June 8.

Mike Reynolds, professor of English and associate dean in the College of Liberal Arts, presented a paper, "Prophesizing the End-Times in South African Speculative Fiction," at the international, interdisciplinary Social Life of Time Conference, held in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Professor Susie Steinbach was featured in JSTOR's "Ask a Professor" column.

Deanna Thompson, professor of religion in the College of Liberal Arts, presented her paper, "Luther's Legacy: The Wild Space of Christian Freedom" at a conference called The Alternative Luther in Skalholt, Iceland on May 31-June 3.

Aida Audeh, professor of art history, published "Vincent van Gogh, Dante, and the Studio of the South" in the international peer reviewed journal Studies in Medievalism volume 28.

Zan Christ, coordinator for religious and spiritual life programs in the Wesley Center, delivered a Khutbah and led prayer at the Women’s Mosque of America in Los Angeles, California.

MFAC faculty member Ron Koertge discusses the creative life of writing and teaching, along with the experience of working in poetry and prose, in a new interview with the Los Angeles Review.

Congratulations to Eric Dols and Gabrielle Brown, both juniors, and sophomore Jessie Juenemann. The three Hamline Pipers took the lead and earned All American honors at the NCAA D-III Outdoor Track & Field meet in La Crosse, WI at the Roger Herring Stadium.

Criminal Justice Professor Jillian Peterson presented her research on evidence-based police crisis intervention at the Office of Justice Programs Conference on Crime and Victimization in Brainerd, Minnesota.

Allison Baker, professor of studio art and art history, presented on inclusivity and the politics of iron casting at the International Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art.

Gina Erickson, professor in the Hamline Department of Criminal Justice and Forensic Science, recently published her research in the journal Longitudinal and Life-Course Studies.

Footfalls, Donna Isaac (MFA ‘07)’s first full poetry collection, is out now from Pocahontas Press. Congratulations, Donna!

15 books from our MFAC faculty and alumni have been chosen as part of the 2018 edition of The Best Children’s Books of the Year from the Children’s Book Committee at the Bank Street Center for Children’s Literature. Congratulations to all!

Education professors Joe Lewis and Letitia Basford presented their research at the 14th International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois.

The Wesley Center Social Justice Award was established in honor of Professor Emeritus Donald P. Irish to recognize Hamline University faculty and staff for their work on behalf of human rights, social justice, and peace. The award recognizes someone who integrates social justice into all aspects of their leadership on campus. This year’s recipient of the Wesley Center’s Social Justice Award is Dr. Binnur Ozkececi-Taner. 

MFAC faculty Phyllis Root’s latest book, Searching for Minnesota’s Native Wildflowers: A Guide for Beginners, Botanists, and Everyone in Between, is out now from University of Minnesota Press. Congratulations, Phyllis!

Three Hamline professors — Stacie Bosley, Lisa Stegall, and David Schultz — have been featured in The Academic Minute podcast to share their research.

Criminal Justice Professor Jillian Peterson was interviewed by Fatherly about the potential damaging impact of active shooter drills on kids.

Professor Allison Baker exhibits a sculpture called "Unyielding Shapes: An Exhibition of Women in Contemporary Cast Iron" at Franconia in the City @ Casket.

Congratulations to Nicola Koh (MFA ’17), whose list of recent achievements is incredibly impressive—four journal publications, another forthcoming piece, a Loft Teaching Artist position for Summer 2018, and a 2017 VONA Foundation fellowship!

During the spring semester the Hamline School of Business sponsored the first annual data analytics competition for high school students. Undergraduate students have been participating in local, regional and national data analytics competitions for several years now; sponsoring a high school competition gives them an opportunity to take the lead in bringing data analytics to the high school level and extending Hamline's presence in the data analytics community.

Dr. Craig Waldron, lecturer in the Hamline School of Business, had his article on the vanishing of social capital published in the Kentucky League of Cities Magazine.

Professor of public health Susi Keefe and co-president of Feed Your Brain Campaign An Garagiola were acknowledged in the Minnesota Private Colleges April Newsletter for their work on Food Justice and Insecurity on college campuses.

The Hamline School of Business Foundations of Management classes under the instruction of Professor Tom Burns and Professor Rob Routhieaux sponsored the Sixth Annual We Take the Lead 5K to benefit the Disabled American Veterans of Minnesota (DAV of MN). The event was a great success with 153 runners participating and over $9,000 raised.

Gina Erickson, professor of criminal justice and forensic science, recently presented the paper "Context Matters: Long-Term Effects of Juvenile Correctional Confinement" at the Population Association of America Conference in Denver, Colorado.

Professor of Religion Deanna Thompson was invited by the Center for Ethics and Public Engagement at Luther College to speak about faith in the digital age on Friday, May 4.

Dr. Joe Lewis, associate professor of education, was invited to speak at the spring 2018 graduation ceremony at the Faribault Prison School.

Hamline collaborated with Bethel University on two recent learning opportunities. Many of Hamline’s Muslim students met with Bethel’s Christian students as part of an Interfaith Youth Core funded grant.

Artwork by digital media arts senior Jordan Coffer has been selected to represent the 2018 Zine Librarians unConference, an international gathering to be held in Minneapolis in July. The gathering will be hosted by the Hennepin County Libraries system, University of Minnesota Libraries, and Minneapolis Community and Technical College Library.

A logo designed by Emily Ferm, junior majoring in digital media art, has been selected to represent Feed Your Brain, a student-led initiative to increase awareness of food insecurity and increase food access for Hamline students.

Professor Jim Scheibel gave a keynote address titled “Wanted: Citizen Students and Citizen Professionals" on May 3, 2018, to the Oakdale Chamber of Commerce for their annual scholarship luncheon.

Dr. Leila DeVriese was recently recognized by the Hamline Undergraduate Student Congress as the 2018 Faculty of the Year.

Peggy Andrews, Hamline University School of Business MBA director, will be presenting “Humble Inquiry, Writing, and Speaking: The Trifecta of Business Communication” at the 2018 Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) Redesigning the MBA Curriculum Conference.

The Guthrie Theater is the most recent host of the Center for Global Environmental Education's (CGEE) Mississippi Multimedia Gallery 55" touch screen display. The program is serving as a special complementary exhibit to the Guthrie's most recent production, "An Enemy of the People."

The Office of Residential Life is pleased to announce the students and staff who were recognized at the 2018 end of the year celebration.

MFAC faculty Ron Koertge’s latest book of poetry, Olympusville, is out now from Red Hen Press. Congratulations, Ron!

Hamline’s Chief Information Officer is recognized for vision and leadership by the Twin Cities CIO Leadership Association and the Minneapolis – St. Paul Business Journal.

Patty Born, assistant professor of STEM and environmental education,  has published an article titled "Regarding Animals: A Perspective on the Importance of Animals in Early Childhood Environmental Education."

Dr. Betsy Martínez-Vaz, associate professor of biology and biochemistry, attended the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in San Diego with Hamline students Brennon Fleagle, Aldina Imamovic, Joshua Slostad and Uriel Vazquez-Rios.

Criminal Justice Professor Jillian Peterson presented for all of the Ramsey County Juvenile Justice Department staff on how to promote long-term behavior change including trauma-informed care, rewards over punishments, caring relationships, and effective mental health treatment.

After a semester of Hamline students visiting classrooms at the Hmong Academy, the education classes returned the favor and hosted more than 150 youth from Hmong Academy School.

Biology Professor Kathryn Malody and Hamline alumna Jessica Tomaselli ’09 participated in the annual Art in Bloom event at the Minneapolis Institute of Art.

On Thursday, April 26 the 2018 Hedgeman Honors and Awards was held in Anderson Center room 112 with over 90 faculty, staff, and students and in attendance, recognizing undergraduate student excellence in academic, leadership, and service.

Deanna Thompson, professor of religion, has written a chapter titled "Professional Responsibility, Informed Consent and Neighbor Love in Cancer Trials: Theological, Ethical and Legal Dimensions" in Lutheran Theology and Secular Law: The Work of the Modern State. 

Sam Imbo, professor of philosophy, was featured by Fulbright Japan in their My Fulbright Story series.

Undergraduate student excellence was celebrated at the annual Honors Convocation on Thursday, May 3.

BFA/MFA faculty member Angela Pelster-Wiebe has been named a mentor in Nonfiction for the 2018-2019 Loft Mentor Series.

Anthropology Professor Lewis "Skip" Messenger delivered a pedagogical methodology paper on Saturday, April 14 at the American Archaeology Meeting in Washington, D.C.

Karen Moroz and Jennifer Carlson presented "Social Consciousness: Creating Literacy Environments that Encourage Critical Thinking and Dialogue" at the Minnesota Council of Teachers of English Annual Conference.

Hamline MFAC Faculty Gene Luen Yang talks about writing, teaching, and the MFAC program in a new feature with Cynthia Leitich Smith.

Professor Dorothee Dietrich recently gave two presentations at the 90th annual Conference of the Midwestern Psychological Association in Chicago: "Interpersonal Emotion Regulation Strategies and Negative Affect After Ostracism" and "Coping and Resilience in Light of Rejection-Sensitivity."

Hamline communication studies majors Emily Butts, Makayla Durand, Lea Gorius, Natasha Semanko and Kalli Wilson were among a selected group of undergraduate students who presented their communication research at the University of St. Thomas' 27th Annual Undergraduate Communication Research Conference on Friday, April 20.

Education professors Letitia Basford and Joe Lewis presented their research at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting in New York City.

Assistant Professor of English Jen England's chapter, "Survive, Thrive, or Perish: Environmental Collapse in Post-Apocalyptic Digital Games," was published in the edited collection The Discourses of Environmental Collapse: Imagining the End.

Religion Professor Mark Berkson was the featured speaker at the Pressing Questions in Religion event at Illinois State University. His talk was titled "The Cultivation, Calling and Loss of the Self: Confucian and Daoist Perspectives on Vocation and a Meaningful Life."

Students in the Advanced Exercise Physiology: Clinical Applications course, taught this spring semester by Professor Lisa Stegall, have been conducting high-impact research for a project regarding blood pressure in college-aged people and an updated classification of hypertension.

Assistant Professor Patty Born will travel to Pacuare Reserve, Costa Rica for an educator fellowship on science and environmental education. While there, she will be involved in sea turtle monitoring and rainforest ecology research projects.

The Hamline Sculpture Guild held its inaugural art event called TalentShowCarWashBakeSale for the Saint Paul Art Crawl.

On behalf of the Hamline University Board of Trustees, the Dean of Students Office is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2018 John Wesley Leadership and Service Award for Students and the 2018 John Wesley Trustee Award for Faculty and Staff.

Jen England co-authored an article, "Tweens as Technofeminists: Exploring Girlhood Identity in Technology Camp," with Robert Cannella.

The Hamline University Model United Nations team recently returned from the National Model United Nations Conference in New York City where they were recognized with the Honorable Mention for Best Delegation award.

Hamline School of Business MBA Program Director Peggy Andrews was a featured speaker on the topic "Managing to Flourish" at the 2018 Twin Cities Young Professionals Summit on Friday, April 13.

Associate Professor Alina Oxendine recently presented her research titled "Social Capital and Support for Improving and Investing in Public Health" at the 76th Annual Midwest Political Science Association Meeting in Chicago.

Hamline’s student newspaper, the Oracle, was once again recognized for its outstanding journalism at two conferences this winter.

Patsy Egan, director of ATLAS, recently presented at the International TESOL Convention in Chicago.

Education Professor Letitia Basford provided a workshop to the Minnesota Reading Corps on the school-to-prison pipeline.

Until Tomorrow, Mr. Marsworth, by MFA faculty Sheila O'Connor, a Spring 2018 Kids’ Indie Next List Pick and MIBA Midwest Connections Pick, is available now from Penguin.

Associate Professor of Political Science Binnur Ozkececi-Taner presented her new research at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association in San Francisco, California from April 3-7.

38 Hamline Students presented their research at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) 2018 at the University of Central Oklahoma on April 5 to April 7.

The Creative Writing Programs faculty member Angela Pelster-Wiebe’s new flash nonfiction piece, "Charlottesville, 2017," has been published in Tin House.

John Mazis, professor of history, is presenting a series of six lectures at the University of St. Thomas Selim Center for Lifelong Learning.

School of Education faculty and staff presented a workshop for teacher leaders at the international Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) convention in Chicago, Illinois.

Religion Professor Mark Berkson gave a talk at Lakeside Congregation near Chicago entitled "Jews, Buddhism and Multifaith Identity: Or, What is a Jubu Anyway?"

Javier Gutierrez, associate dean of students, spoke at the 2018 IRace Summit at the Great River School in St. Paul, Minnesota. IRace is designed to help students understand and embrace individual diversity.

Professor of Public Health Sciences Susi Keefe presented on her research in coastal Tanzania at the International Center of Global Change at the University of Minnesota on March 23.

Hamline School of Business Professor Ken Fox was one of three keynote panelists at a Mitchell Hamline School of Law colloquium on the meaning and importance of "Facts, Stories and Truth in Mediation," on March 26.

Sophomore Hani Abukar recently presented a poster at 21st annual Conference on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education in San Diego, California.

John Akre, adjunct faculty member in the Department of Digital Media Arts, was awarded a 2018 Artist Initiative Grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board.

John-Mark Schlink, professor in the Department of Studio Art and Art History, was selected for the 2018 Print Triennial in Krakow, Poland.

Senior marketing major Tarrant Collett was awarded Soldier of the Year for the 682nd Engineering Battalion of the Minnesota National Guard.

Hamline School of Education Assistant Professor Rebecca Neal co-authored the article, "Detailing Relational Interactions in Urban Elementary Mathematics Classrooms," in the Mathematics Teacher Education and Development journal.

Assistant Professor in the School of Education Kim Hartung shared her newest research in a presentation titled “Supporting New School Leaders,” at the National Social Science Association’s Technology and Social Sciences Conference in Las Vegas on March 25-27, 2018.

Alumnus Yi Gang ‘82 was appointed as the Governor of the People’s Bank of China. Much like the United States Federal Reserve, the People’s Bank of China is the central bank of the country that regulates the financial industry. Yi is the first new appointment to lead the bank in more than 15 years.

Michelle Benegas, professor in the Hamline School of Education, responds to the changing landscape and language in the field of English as a Second Language (ESL) in her blog post.

Hamline School of Education Associate Professor Bill Lindquist presented on his chapter in the upcoming book, "Toward Inclusion of All Learners through Science Teacher Education" at the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST).

Lifeng Dong, professor and the Emma K. and Carl R. N. Malmstrom Endowed Chair in Physics, has co-authored two scientific articles in the development of low cost, solution-processed, and high performance solar cells.

Professor of Public Health Sciences Susi Keefe and four students in the public health sciences senior seminar presented their research at the Midwest Sociological Society Conference on Friday, March 23.  

Criminal Justice Professor Jillian Peterson gave a half-day workshop at the Minnesota Social Service Association Annual conference on evidence-based mental health crisis intervention.

Hamline University is proud to announce An Garagiola, a junior studying women's studies and sociology, as the recipient of the 2018 Newman Civic Fellowship.

Professional established painter Tim Tozer talked about his work to Professor Wykes' painting class at the Groveland Gallery in Minneapolis.

Minnesota Campus Compact has announced Hamline's winners of the Presidents’ Student Leadership Award, Presidents’ Civic Engagement Award, and Presidents’ Community Partner Award. These awards provide an opportunity for presidents of Minnesota Campus Compact's member institutions to give statewide recognition to effective leaders in the development of campus-community partnerships.

MFA faculty Sheila O’Connor launches her newest, Until Tomorrow, Mr. Marsworth, with two local bookstore events: Saturday, April 7, in Minneapolis and Sunday, April 13, in St. Paul.

Hamline Chief Information Officer Mark Kondrak has been named as a finalist for the 2018 Twin Cities CIO of the Year Award.

Religion Professor Mark Berkson gave two talks recently at the Jay Phillips Center for Interfaith Dialogue and the Adath Study Group.

Larry R. Masterson, professor of chemistry and biochemistry, traveled  to San Francisco with biochemistry students to present at the Biophysical Society Annual Meeting.

Keith Bistodeau, adjunct professor of communication studies, is being awarded the top panel in the Graduate Student Caucus of the Central States Communication Association at the annual conference in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Hamline students Edgar Juarez Lopez, Evelyn Sanchez, Sydney Elwood, Christopher Morales Farfan, and Wendy Vo presented their work at IMPACT conference at Mayo Clinic on March 10, 2018.

Professor of Practice Jim Scheibel spoke on March 11 about civic learning at the opening session of the National Service Learning Conference held in downtown St. Paul.

Kyle Knapp, a senior studying criminal justice, published an opinion piece in the MinnPost about the complex motives behind mass shootings based off of his research with Jillian Peterson.

Professor Kim McKeage's paper, "Living in a Gender Binary World: Implications for a Revised Model of Consumer Vulnerability" has just been published in the Journal of Macromarketing, volume 38 issue 1.

Susie Steinbach, director of honors and professor of history,  was interviewed in JSTOR's "Ask a Professor" feature.

Hamline Piper hockey fans scored big when the Finnish women’s hockey team prevailed over the Olympic Athletes from Russia (OAR) in the bronze medal game at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games.

Assistant Professor of Graduate Education Trish Harvey was awarded the Scholar Award by AILACTE for her research project in St. Paul public schools.

Religious and spiritual life student leaders from the Wesley Center participated in the Interfaith Youth Core Conference at the University of St. Thomas.

Andrew Wykes, professor in the Department of Studio Arts and Art History and specialist in contemporary painting, is featured in the film Painting the Place Between which was broadcast on Minnesota TPT/PBS on Saturday, February 24.

Hamline students presented research at the Minnesota Capitol as part of the Scholars at the Capitol event on Wednesday, February 21.

As a part of the Hamline School of Business' Career Mentor Program students and mentors were given the opportunity to participate in the Gallup's Strength-finders test and seminar.

President Fayneese Miller was featured in Texas Christian University's (TCU) Alumni Magazine for her numerous accomplishments and her leadership at Hamline.

Lifeng Dong, professor and the Emma K. and Carl R. N. Malmstrom Endowed Chair in Physics, was invited to give colloquium talks on the development of multifunctional graphene-based nanocomposites for energy conversion and storage.

Hamline School of Education Assistant Professor Patty Born will lead a full day workshop on "Nurturing STEM Outdoors" for the Wisconsin Association of Environmental Education's "Preserving Early Childhood" conference in late February.

MFAC faculty and 2017 Newbery Medal-winning author Kelly Barnhill’s collection of short stories and a novella, Dreadful Young Ladies and Other Stories, is out now from Algonquin Books.

Hooper, the latest novel from prolific CWP alum Geoff Herbach (MFA ‘06), is out now from HarperCollins. Don’t miss the launch event at the Red Balloon Bookshop on March 7th at 6 PM

Tom Schlick, Hamline School of Business career mentor, recently published a book titled, "Jumpstart Your Service Revolution: Transform Your Company's DNA and Thrive in an Age of Disruption."

In the wake of the recent tragedy in Florida, Professor Jillian Peterson lends her expertise on mass shootings to CNN and the Star Tribune.

Forensic Science Professor Glenn Hardin gave a talk on drug testing for the First Judicial District public defender annual meeting. The talk focused on assessing the reliability of forensic drug tests and on how to interpret test results.

Jim Scheibel and his students worked closely with students in St. Paul's sister city, Nagasaki, Japan this J-Term. They attended the forum, "Nuclear Issues: Peace and Our Future," sponsored by the Nagasaki Sister City Committee and Nagasaki University.

The 2018 ALA Awards have been announced and among the winners are MFAC faculty Nina LaCour with the Printz Award, Laurel Snyder with the Geisel Award, and Jackie Briggs Martin has a Sibert Honor book. 

Andrea Bell, professor of modern languages and literatures, was a co-presenter with poet Ed Bok Lee at "Writers Go to the Movies," a film discussion series organized by creative writing professor Angela Pelster-Wiebe.

School of Education faculty members Karen Moroz, Vivian Johnson, and Trish Harvey presented "Modeling Engagement and Collaborative Formative Assessment Utilizing Digital Tools" at the Minnesota Association of Colleges for Teacher Education's 2018 Winter Meeting.

Education professors Letitia Basford and Joe Lewis were invited, along with 200 other stakeholders across the country, to attend a State of Opportunity in America Summit in Washington, D.C.

Ian Russman recently gave a poster presentation titled "Studying Natural Calamities Through Mathematical Models" at the Mathematical Association of America national meeting.

Dominic Klyve '00, now on the faculty at Central Washington University, was recently named the editor elect of The College Mathematics Journal.

Serena King, professor of psychology, was awarded a grant from Northstar Problem Gambling Alliance and the Minnesota Department of Human Services in collaboration with the Lao Assistance Center of Minnesota to conduct a large scale study and intervention on gambling behaviors, attitudes and substance use in the Lao community.

Jen England, assistant professor of english, was awarded a Mansergh-Stuessy grant for her project "Using Basic Robots as a Playful Approach to Discovery and Learning," designed to engage students, faculty, staff, and administrators across the university in playful learning and teaching practices.

On February 9-10, Professor of Religion Deanna Thompson will be leading workshops for the faculty of theology and philosophy at Mount Mary's University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Hamline School of Education Assistant Professor Patty Born traveled to New York City Public Schools in January to provide professional development on citizen science and urban ecology for teachers.

Allison Baker, assistant professor of sculpture, exhibits work in "Fe: Women working in iron, bronze, and aluminum." Fe is a sculptural exhibition showcasing female artists that work predominantly in cast, welded, and forged metals.

Criminal Justice Professor Jillian Peterson gave a half-day workshop on mental illness for the Minnesota Juvenile Detention Association.

Hamline School of Business Professor Ken Fox co-authored the article "A Conversation About Facts, Stories, and Truth in Mediation" for the Winter 2018 American Bar Association Dispute Resolution Magazine.

College of Liberal Arts Deans Marcela Kostihova and Mike Reynolds facilitated a series of workshops on collaborative articulation of comprehensive program review processes at the American Conference of Academic Deans (ACAD) Institute hosted at the Association of American Colleges & Universities (AAC&U) 2018 national conference in Washington D.C.

Congratulations to Sarah Ahiers (MFAC '16)  and Caitlin Bailey (MFA '12), both named as finalists for the 30th annual, 2018 Minnesota Book Awards!

Negative Space, a short film by Ru Kuwahata and Max Porter, just received an Oscar nomination for Best Animated Short. The film is based on a poem by MFAC faculty Ron Koertge.

Professor Susi Keefe was an invited panelist for the Minnesota Public Health Association forum "Who can you trust to deliver health care messages?"

The Creative Writing Programs faculty Angela Pelster-Wiebe’s wonderful new craft essay, “On Invention,” is featured in Black Warrior Review's newest issue (44.1).

Jeannie Fox, director of nonprofit management programs, recently returned from a one-week residency at the University of Iceland in Reykjavik.

Recently, the Society of Physics Students (SPS) chapter at Hamline University received the Marsh W. White Award for their proposal titled "Renewable Energy in Units Anyone Can Understand."

Education professors Joe Lewis and Letitia Basford present their research about innovative high schools that intentionally strive to prevent the school to prison pipeline at the International School Choice and Reform Conference in Florida.

Craig Waldron, lecturer in the Hamline School of Business, had an article published in the League of Minnesota Cities Magazine on the vanishing social capital in our cities.

Legal Studies Professor Leondra Hanson spoke to the Minnesota Women Lawyers at Meeting Myra: A Celebration of Inspirational Women Lawyers.

John-Mark Schlink's, lecturer in studio arts, print titled "Void 1" is published in Art in Print.

LOVE, the beautiful new picture book by our very own Newbery Medal-winning MFAC faculty, Matt de la Peña, illustrated by Loren Long, is now available from Putnam Books.

Associate Dean of Students Javier Gutierrez presented a day long workshop on social justice and the power of narrative to the staff of Fort Lewis College Office of Residential Life.

Jim Hagen, professor of marketing in the Hamline School of Business, was interviewed by Jordana Green on WCCO-Radio about retail store bankruptcies.

Religion Professor Deanna Thompson's commentary on the holidays being a season of joy and a season of sorrow was published on Christmas Day in the Star Tribune's editorial section.

Alumna Kari Patey '99 has been named the WCCO-TV news director.

Duane Cady, professor emeritus of philosophy, gave a keynote address for a conference on nonviolence and public policy sponsored by the National Centre for Peace and Conflict at Otago University in Dunedin, New Zealand.

Jim Scheibel, professor of practice in the Hamline School of Business, addressed Washington County department heads and supervisors discussing the value of public service.