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Lori DeKruyf (Counseling) recently received the 2014 Western Association for Counselor Education and Supervision Publication Award in recognition of contributions made to counselor education and supervision literature. Among the contributions were collaborative pieces, with Richard Auger from the University of Minnesota, Mankato, and Shannon Trice-Black from the College of William and Mary, for a two-part special issue for Professional School Counseling, the flagship journal for the American School Counseling Association. Their co-editing culminated in 14 peer-reviewed articles contributing to the professional literature on the role school counselors play in meeting students’ mental health needs.
Chengping Zhang’s (Business) paper, “Incorporating Powerful Excel Tools into Finance Teaching,†was published in the Fall/Winter 2014 issue (Vol. 40, No. 3/4) of the Journal of Financial Education. The paper demonstrates how to effectively use Excel tools to teach key finance concepts, such as financial statement analysis, time value of money, stock and bond valuation, capital budgeting, portfolio theory and financial derivatives.
Ed Higgins’ (English) poem, “Poem for the betraying Lover and his new Love,†was published in the Pea River Journal (Vol. 3, Fall 2014). In addition, his flash-fiction piece “Couth†appeared in the recent online British journal The Short Humor Site on Dec. 26.
Saurra Heide (Education) was named the university’s Employee of the Month for January.