Senate Scholarly Activities Committee announces travel awards The Senate Scholarly Activities Committee received 40 requests for funds to travel to domestic or Canadian destinations (a total of $41,823.01 requested); and four requests for funds to travel to Alaska, Hawaii, or foreign destinations (a total of $8,978.72 requested), in response to the September call for proposals. The following awards were made at the committee meeting Oct. 5: Foreign, Alaska, Hawaii travel: Richard Fiordo (communication), $921.06; Jared Keengwe (teaching and learning), $736.42; David Lawrence (philosophy and religion), $1,723.96; Jeremiah Neubert (mechanical engineering), $1,088.86. Domestic and Canada travel: Nancy Beneda (finance), $441.59; Timothy Bigelow (electrical engineering, $420.61; Frank Bowman (chemical engineering), $400.18; Amanda Boyd (modern and classical languages and literatures), $475.01; John Bridewell (aviation), $471.49; Matthew Cavalli (mechanical engineering), $438.99; Dane Crossley (biology), $469.17; Peri de Silva Jr. (economics), $469.54; Van Doze (pharmacology, physiology and therapeutics), $464.25; Tracy Evanson (family and community nursing), $601.45; Philip Gerla (geology and geological engineering), $174.56; Cullen Goenner (economics), $371.40; Janice Goodwin (nutrition and dietetics), $397.96; Gregory Gordon (law), $418.57; William Gosnold (geology and geological engineering), $471.49; Elizabeth Harris-Behling (English), $401.76; Dana Harsell (political science and public administration), $348.74; Andy Hultquist (political science and public administration), $397.21; Mark Jendrysik (political science and public administration), $449.50; Brenda Kallio (educational leadership), $468.52; Scott Korom (geology and geological engineering), $465.92; Roni Mayzer (criminal justice), $220.98; Michael Minnotte (mathematics), $577.90; Seong Hyun Nam (management), $480.03; Susan Offutt (Center for Rural Health, teaching and learning), $258.12; Glenn Olsen (teaching and learning), $390.54; Matthew Picklo Sr. (pharmacology, physiology and therapeutics), $147.07; Ty Reese (history), $508.59; Claudia Routon (modern and classical languages and literatures), $394.61; S. Amebu Seddoh (communication sciences and disorders), $372.89; Rebecca Simmons (biology), $439.18; Jeffrey Sun (educational leadership), $462.21; Jefferson Vaughan (biology), $410.40; Rebecca Weaver-Hightower (English), $431.09; David Whalen (space studies), $440.85; Robert Wood (political science and public administration), $412.08; Zhengwen "Zane" Zeng (geology and geological engineering), $379.57; Yilei Zhang (finance), $380.69. -- Patrick A. Carr, Ph.D., Chair, Senate Scholarly Activities Committee, Anatomy and Cell Biology, pcarr@medicine.nodak.edu, 701/777-2576