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Paul Otto (History) presented “Henry Hudson, the Munsees, and the Wampum Revolution†at a conference, “Henry Hudson, New Netherland, & Atlantic History,” at State University of New York at New Paltz on Sept. 25. He also published “Intercultural Relations between Natives and Europeans in New Netherland†in Four Centuries of Dutch-American Relations, 1609-2009 (Albany: SUNY Press, 2009). Finally, Paul also published museum exhibition catalog entries on Wampum and Munsee Indians in Dutch New York Between East and West: The World of Margrieta van Varick (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2009).
Jim Steele (School of Business) led a concurrent session titled “Tipping the Career Ladder: Is Up the Only Way?†at the Northwest Human Resource Management Association conference at the Portland Convention Center on Sept. 30. The workshop was part of a special track for HR professionals in transition. The conference was attended by about 600 HR professionals from Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Alaska.