Senate Scholarly Activities Committee announces May travel awards The Senate Scholarly Activities Committee received 34 travel grant applications, requesting a total of $43,799.36 in response to the May call for proposals. The following awards were made at the committee meeting of May 10: Alaska, Hawaii, and foreign travel awards * Sebastian Braun (Indian Studies), $1,143.90 * William Caraher (history), $900 * Brett Goodwin (biology), $1,146.60 * Joseph Hartman (geology and geological engineering), $1,159.88 * Mark Hoffmann (chemistry), $1,446.48 * Eunjin Kim (computer science), $482.40 * Timothy O’Keefe (information systems and business education), $1,152 * Donald Poochigian (philosophy and religion), $1,471.95 * Richard Shafer (communication), $1,440 * Jeffrey Stamp (entrepreneurship/marketing), $675 * Vasyl Tkach (biology), $1,112.40 * Hanying Xu (geology and geological engineering), $495 * Xiaodong Zhang (Earth system science and policy), $1,677.60 * Julia Zhao (physics), $495 * Yanjun Zuo (information systems and business education), $360 Domestic and Canadian travel awards * Abdallah Badahdah (sociology), $437.95 * John Crawford (English), $432 * Jane Dunlevy, (anatomy and cell biology), $392.40 * Saleh Faruque (electrical engineering), 499.50 * Wen-Chen Hu (computer science), $531.90 * Sukhvarsh Jerath (civil engineering), $413.19 * Richard Josephs (geology and geological engineering), $459 * Cindy Juntunen (counseling), $439.74 * Barbara Lewis (music), $681.98 * Yeo Lim (civil engineering), $495 * Michael Loewy (counseling), $439.74 * Iraj Mamaghani (civil engineering), $885.60 * Ronald Marsh (computer science), $387 * Patricia Moulton (Center for Rural Health), $406.80 * Jennifer Muehlenkamp (psychology), $510.77 * Alexei Novikov (chemistry), $297.90 * William Semke (mechanical engineering), $430.20 * Sandra Short (physical education, exercise science and wellness), $445.15 * Timothy Young (physics), $378 -- Patrick A. Carr, Vice Chair, Senate Scholarly Activities Committee, pcarr@medicine.nodak.edu, 701/777-2576