Biology and Agriculture
Moving to the Museum: Larry L. St. Clair (BS ’74), former chair of the Integrative Biology Department, is now the director of the Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum. He replaces H. Duane Smith (BS ’63), who retired.
Education
Public School Prep: The Leadership Preparation Program, BYU’s administrative-training program for public-school teachers, celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2006. The program boasts a 93 percent placement rate. Award Namesake: The Utah Science Teachers Association recently created the annual Dr. Marvin N. Tolman Lifetime Achievement Award in Science Education in honor of a BYU professor of teacher education.
Engineering and Technology
Fabulous Facilities: BYU’s student chapter of the International Facilities Management Association (IFMA) received the Student Chapter of the Year Award at the IFMA Annual Convention in San Diego. First in Flight: Student engineers won first place at the second annual U.S.-European Competition and Workshop on Micro Air Vehicles at Eglin Air Force Base in Sandestin, Fla.
Family, Home, and Social Sciences
Write On!: FHSS has opened a new student-staffed writing lab to strengthen social-science students’ writing and critical thinking processes. Better National Security: The Geography Department has added a new geospatial intelligence emphasis to prepare students for jobs related to government and national security. Dean Made Fellow: Blaine R. Porter (BA ’47), a former dean of the college, was named a council fellow to the National Council on Family Relations. Campaign Purse: Candidates and congressional committees had a banner cycle in money raised in 2005–06, according to a report from the BYU Center for the Study of Elections and Democracy. David B. Magleby, dean of FHSS, and Kelly D. Patterson (BA ’82), associate professor of political science, presented the research at a press conference in Washington, D.C.
Fine Arts and Communications
Singin’ the Blues: The student group Jazz Voices performed in New York City at the International Association for Jazz Education Conference. Good News: The broadcast journalism program took first place at the Hearst Journalism Awards Intercollegiate Broadcast News Competition.
Humanities
Romance Book: Larry H. Peer (BA ’63), professor of humanities, classics, and comparative literature, won the International Conference on Romanticism’s Jean-Pierre Barricelli Prize for the year’s best book in the field of romanticism. The Gift of Poetry: The National Endowment for the Arts awarded English professor Lance E. Larsen (BA ’85) a $20,000 literature fellowship for poetry.
Health and Human Performance
Fit Honors: William J. Vincent, of exercise sciences, received a national honor award at the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance convention in March.
Law School
Best Brief: Law students Andrew V. Collins (’07) and Mitchell F. Park (BA ’04), finalists in the overall moot court competition, received the award for best legal brief at a competition held at George Washington University. Warning! Kids Online: The BYU Law Review held a conference in February to address ways to prevent pornography while upholding free speech.
Marriott School
Ethical Achievement: Sarah Hunter McMullin (’07) and Philip J. Arias (BS ’07), both undergraduates from the Marriott School of Management, took first place in the University of Arizona Eller College of Management’s 2006 International Ethics Case Competition. Civil Rights: Assistant professor of public management Chyleen Richey Arbon (BA ’94) was appointed by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights to its Utah Advisory Committee.
Nursing
More RNs: Beginning fall 2007, the nursing baccalaureate curriculum will change to allow students earlier entry into courses and a shorter path to graduation, increasing the number of nursing graduates over the next five years. Fond Farewell: Elaine S. Marshall has completed her nine-year term as dean of the College of Nursing. Mary Williams (BS ’71) serves as interim dean.
Physical and Mathematical Sciences
Computing Commendation: Dan R. Olsen Jr. (BS ’76) was recently selected as a fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery for his contributions to user interface technology.
Religious Education
For Sale: Susan Easton Black (BA ’66), professor of Church history and doctrine, her husband Harvey B. Black (BA ’50), and Brandon S. Plewe (BS ’92) recently completed a seven-volume publication titled Property Transactions in Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois, and Surrounding Communities (1839–1859).
