TUESDAY: ACHIEVEMENTS

Fossil suggests some dinosaurs brooded like birds; art ed major recognized for innovation during pandemic; faculty collaborate on professional-skills book; and more

Sedition Explained

In the third and final installment of the Constitution in Crisis series, Department of Political Science faculty members David Chambers and Gwen Torges explain what sedition is and how it relates to recent events in Washington, DC.

“It is the first time that an adult [oviraptorid, a bipedal theropod dinosaur of the late Cretaceous] has been found atop embryo-bearing eggs.”

—Shundong Bi, professor, Biology Department

“World-First Fossil Shows Oviraptor Incubating Its Eggs like a Bird When It Died,” IFL Science

ACHIEVEMENTS

Student Recognized for Pandemic-Related Service

A volunteer at Priestley-Forsyth Memorial Library in Northumberland, art education major Kaitlyn Carey was recognized for creating innovative ways of connecting with library patrons during the coronavirus pandemic.

Fair Book Promotes Professional Skills in Chemistry; IUP Colleagues Contribute

Chemistry professor Justin Fair has coedited a book, Integrating Professional Skills into Undergraduate Chemistry Curricula. Several IUP faculty members contributed:

Fair and Anne Kondo, also from the Madia Department of Chemistry, coauthored chapters on the demand for interprofessional skills in chemistry and on a template to provide this training as a minor.
Craig Dillaman, director of New Student Orientation, contributed a chapter on how orientation supported the Effective Teamwork and Communication minor.
Rachel DeSoto-Jackson (Theatre, Dance, and Performance), Paige Matzerath ’20, Emily Ostrowski ’20, and Mimi Benjamin (Student Affairs in Higher Education) coauthored a chapter on teaching team skills in an interdisciplinary classroom within a general education course.

Liu Speaks Internationally, Publishes Journal Article

Recent activities for Foreign Languages faculty member Shijuan Liu have included the following:

In December, Liu spoke on the history of using technology in teaching Chinese as a foreign/second language for an online conference of National Tsinghua University, Taiwan.
Also in December, she gave an online lecture, “Hybrid Flexible (Hyflex) Teaching and Learning in the United States,” for Waseda University, Japan.
In September, she published “Learning the Chinese Language on a Non-traditional Path: A Case Study” in Language Learning Journal.

Siegel Finer Interviewed on Podcast

Writing across the Curriculum Director Bryna Siegel Finer was interviewed on the Pedagogue podcast about teaching basic writing, writing placement, and her book, Writing Program Architecture. Listen to the episode.

Student Assistance Fund

Help those facing financial hardship stay in school

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