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Steve Petzold (Engineering) was named support staff member of the year and Sarah Thomas Baldwin (Spiritual Life) was administrator of the year.
Cathi Comish (Boise Center Admissions) was named employee of the month for May.
The U.S. Army Historical Foundation has recognized Kerry Irish’s (History) article, “Dwight Eisenhower and Douglas MacArthur in the Philippines: There Must Be a Day of Reckoning,†as the winner of the 2010 Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Writing Award in the category of Academic Journals and Magazines. Kerry will attend the foundation’s annual meeting on June 12 and will take advantage of the trip to Washington D.C. to do some research in the National Archives.
Ed Higgins (English) published his poem “Waning Winter†in the spring 2011 issue of The Greensilk Journal, a literary ezine. He also published two poems, “12 Word Poem†and “Ohmygod! Eve said,†in the April issue of the online literary magazine Clockwise Cat.
Gary Tandy (English) had an article, “C. S. Lewis and Popular Culture: Echoes of Perelandra in LOST,†published in the March/April edition of The Bulletin of The New York C. S. Lewis Society.
Doug Campbell’s (Visual Arts) poem, “To Return,†appears in the current issue of Windhover: A Journal or Christian Literature. He also will have a haiku published on the HSA “Haiku Wall†exhibited in the historic Liberty Theatre Gallery at the Quarterly National Haiku Society of America Meeting in Bend on June 3-5. Also, three of his poems – “The Journey,†“Balancing Act†and “Things†– and an acrylic painting, “I Pledge Allegiance to the Fish,†were part of the Search For Peace Art Festival at St. Pius X Parrish in Portland. Doug also had five linocuts – “Lot and his Daughters,†“Baptism,†“Cain,†“Rievaulx Cloister†and “Pearl of Great Price†– included in the 13th Annual Judeo-Christian Juried Online International Art Exhibition, Upstream People Gallery.
The inaugural issue of the Journal of Early American History has just appeared. Paul Otto (History) is a member of the editorial board and regularly serves as a manuscript reviewer for the publication.