Tom Head (Economics) has been appointed to the Nobel Peace Prize Nominating Committee of the American Friends Service Committee. In 1947, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Quakers worldwide for the work they had done, particularly relief work, between the two World Wars and after World War II. It was accepted jointly by the two Quaker service organizations, the Friends Service Council of Britain and the AFSC. The AFSC, as a past recipient of the Prize, has the privilege of making a nomination each year to the Oslo Nobel Committee, and the Nobel Peace Prize Nominating Committee conducts research and formulates these recommendations on behalf of the Quaker service organizations.
Eloise Hockett (School of Education) presented three papers at the World Federation of Associations of Teacher Education (WFATE) in Nairobi, Kenya, in November: “Using reflective practice as effective professional development at a college in Kenya,” “Cultural humility: Expanding the concept and practice of cultural competency,” and “Kenyan Quaker schools peace curriculum: Implementation and follow-up results.”
She also had an article published in the January issue of Quaker Life magazine titled “Climb the Hill.” Finally, Linda Samek, Scot Headley and Eloise just had an article published in the winter edition of the International Christian Community for Teacher Education Journal, titled “Cultural humility: A framework for local and global engagement.”
Rodger Bufford (Graduate Psychology) chaired the American Psychological Association Commission on Accreditation’s site visit to the doctoral psychology program at Loyola University of Maryland Jan. 14-15.
Mark Pothoff (Student Life) and Emily Maynard (Portland Center Site Coordinator) were named employees of the month for December and January, respectively.
