W. Ralph Andersen, a professor of botany and range science, and animal science professor Robert L. Park and associate professor Richard N. Thwaits have received a Utah Centers of Excellence Grant.
Sociology professor Stephen J. Bahr has been selected to be chair of the Department of Sociology.
West A. Barton, director of Print Services, has been elected to another term as a regional vice president for the International Publishing Management Association.
Delora P. Bertelsen, assistant to the dean at the Marriott School of Management, has been appointed to be manager of equal employment at BYU.
Ruth E. Brasher, director of the Honor Code Office, has received the Outstanding Alumna Award from the College of Eastern Utah.
Capt. Cortney S. Brewerton has been appointed to be an assistant professor of Aerospace Studies in the Air Force ROTC program.
Three nursing faculty members have received awards from the Utah Nurses Association: Lynn C. Callister, Education Award; Rosanne Schwartz, Special Service Award; and Barbara L. Mandleco, Research Award.
Val H. Christensen, a former associate regional vice president with FHP, has been named the administrative director of the McDonald Health Center.
Ethnobotanist Paul Cox has been elected president of two international societies: the International Society for Ethno Pharmacology and
the Society for Economic Botany.
Political science professor Earl Fry has been named the Bissell-Hyde Fulbright Chair at the University of Toronto.
Kerry Hammock, assistant director of Student Leadership Development, and Richelle Sumpter Anderson, Honor Code assistant to the dean of Student Life, have been appointed to committees for the American College Personnel Association.
Educational psychology professor Richard A. Heaps has been appointed chair of Disaster Services for the Utah County Chapter of the American Red Cross.
Hans-Wilhelm Kelling, a professor of Germanic and Slavic languages, has received a Fulbright fellowship to study in Germany.
Volleyball coach Elaine Michaelis has been named the administrator of women’s athletics at BYU.
John S. Robertson, a professor of linguistics, has been named chair of the Department of Linguistics.
Marriott School of Management associate dean Milton E. Smith has received a Certificate of Merit from the National Academic Advising Association.
Elaine Shaw Sorenson, associate dean of the College of Nursing, has been selected for induction into the Western Academy of Nurses.
Kip Sperry, an assistant professor of family history, has been selected to be a National Genealogical Society Fellow.
Eight students have received National Science Foundation 1995–96 Graduate Fellowships: Clark Barrett, Provo; Steven Castle, Sierra Vista, Ariz.; Douglas Creer, Lacey, Wash.; Edward Johnson, Temple, Texas; Travis Oliphant, Taylorsville, Utah; Angela Trego, Richland, Wash.; Keith White, Auburn, Wash.; and Shirley Ann Ducharme, Albuquerque, N.M.
For the second year in a row, students from BYU placed among the top five teams at the Model United Nations conference in New York.
U.S. News & World Report has ranked the J. Reuben Clark Law School 48th and the Marriott School of Management 31st in their respective categories nationwide.
The International Publishing Management Association awarded Print Services the In-Print Best of Show Award for a catalog published for an exhibit in the Museum of Art.
The racquetball team brought home 22 medals and the World Cup trophy from the 1995 World Collegiate Racquetball Tournament. BYU’s team won the World Cup despite forfeiting nine Sunday matches.
The National Association of Student Personnel Administrators has honored Traditions Showcase, a BYU new student orientation program, with its Most Innovative Program Award.