Senate Scholarly Activities Committee awards travel grants The Senate Scholarly Activities Committee received 47 travel grant applications, requesting a total of $53,573.78 in response to the January call for proposals. The following awards were made at the Jan. 29 committee meeting: Alaska, Hawaii, and foreign travel awards: Sharon Carson (English), $757.67 Emanuel Grant (computer science), $1,491.48 Luke Huang (technology), $1,120.10 William Lesch (marketing), $462.75 Domestic and Canadian travel awards: Mary Askim-Lovseth (marketing), $374.73 Anamitro Banerjee (chemistry), $425.82 Olaf Berwald (modern and classical languages and literatures), $400.46 Frank Cuozzo (anthropology), $377.34 Steven Dennis (finance), $425.82 Dee Ann Ellingson (accountancy), $357.21 Kim Fink (art), $456.39 Bonni Gourneau (teaching and learning), $410.16 Devon Hansen (geography), $435.88 Dana Michael Harsell (political science and public administration), $305.75 James Haskins (finance), $357.21 Hill, Michael J. (Earth System Science and Policy), $435.88 Awarded Xiaozhao Huang (English), $402.70 Bette Ide (family and community nursing), $423.21 Jason Jensen (political science and public administration), $371.38 Arthur Jones (art), $425.82 Mohammad Khavanin (mathematics), $513.65 Steven LeMire (educational foundations and research), $410.16 Steven Light (political science and public administration), $372.50 Michael Loewy (counseling psychology and community services), $416.87 Jacquelyn Lommen (communication), $410.53 Iraj Mamaghani (civil engineering), $509.87 Barry Milavetz (biochemistry and molecular biology), $378.09 Juana Moreno (physics), $437.75 Alexei Novikov (chemistry), $428.43 Grace Onchwari (teaching and learning), $431.78 David Pierce (chemistry), $377.34 James Porter (pharmacology, physiology and therapeutics), $431.04 Joelle Ruthig (psychology), $337.07 Elizabeth Scharf (anthropology), $521.48 Katherine Scheurer (political science and public administration), $447.82 Nuananong (Lek) Seal (family and community nursing) $372.87 William Semke (mechanical engineering), $425.44 Kathy Smart (teaching and learning), $337.07 Jeffrey Sun (educational leadership), $410.16 Brian Urlacher (political science and public administration), $419.85 Enru Wang (geography), $298.30 Crystal Yang (art), $425.82 Timothy Young (physics), $393.75 Julia Zhao (chemistry), $469.82 -- Patrick A. Carr, Ph.D., Chair, Senate Scholarly Activities Committee, Anatomy and Cell Biology, pcarr@medicine.nodak.edu, 701/777-4278