Senate Scholarly Activities Committee awards travel grants The Senate Scholarly Activities Committee received 42 travel grant applications, requesting a total of $46,280.56 in response to the January call for proposals. The following awards were made at the committee meeting Jan. 23. Foreign travel/Hawaii/Alaska travel: * Emanuel Grant (computer science), $692 * Jaesun Park (management), $968 * Rebecca Romsdahl (Earth System Science and Policy), $1,213 * Timothy Young (physics), $1,000 * Weizhu Zhu (research affairs, School of Medicine), $1,300 Domestic/Canadian travel: * Michael Blake (music), $198 * Amanda Boyd (modern and classical languages and literatures), $488.21 * Sandra Braathen (information systems and business education), $381.20 * Frank Cuozzo (anthropology), $388.20 * Heidi Czerwiec (English), $348.20 * J. Roberto Demagalhaes (accountancy), $388.20 * Steven Dennis (finance), $368.19 * Dee Ann Ellingson (accountancy), $388.20 * Melissa Gjellstad (modern and classical languages and literatures), $328 * Devon Hansen (geography), $389.20 * James Haskins (finance), $388.20 * Margaret Healy (educational leadership), $488.20 * Xiaozhao Huang (English), $488.21 * Jason Jensen (political science and public administration), $388.20 * Jin-Kyu Jung (geography), $383 * Naima Kaabouch (electrical engineering), $509 * Jeong Lee (finance), $388.20 * Steven Light (political science and public administration), $641 * Patrick Luber (art and design), $313.20 * Jennifer Muehlenkamp (psychology), $446 * Timothy O’Keefe (information systems and business education), $389.20 * David Perry (counseling psychology and community services), $416.80 * James Popejoy (music), $465 * Hassan Reza (computer science), $309.20 * Glenda Rotvold (information systems and business education), $381.20 * Bradley Rundquist (geography), $389.20 * Elizabeth Scharf (anthropology), $477.20 * William Semke (mechanical engineering), $576.30 * Clifford Staples (sociology), $54 * Brian Urlacher (political science and public administration), $378 * Enru Wang (geography), $389.20 * Michael Wittgraf (music), $374.20 * Julia Zhao (chemistry) $388.20 * Margaret Zidon (teaching and learning), $428 * Yanjun Zuo (information systems and business education), $460 -- Patrick A. Carr, Ph.D., Chair, Senate Scholarly Activities Committee, Anatomy and Cell Biology, pcarr@medicine.nodak.edu, 701/777-2576