Darnishia Slade, manager of global engagement for the Pavlis Honors College, is the recipient of the inaugural Bayard Rustin Award presented by the Michigan Tech Chapter of the the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE). The award was presented at Michigan Tech’s 30th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Banquent Celebration held on Jan. 21. . . .
Shari Stockero (CLS/Math) has been named the 2019 Mathematics Teacher Education Outstanding Reviewer by the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators. Her research focuses on noticing high-potential instances of student mathematical thinking (MOSTs) and understanding what it means to productively use these instances to support student learning. Specifically, in her current work, she and her colleagues . . .
L. Syd M Johnson (HU) has been appointed associate editor of the journal Neuroethics, published by Springer. Neuroethics is a forum for interdisciplinary studies in neuroethics and related issues in the sciences of the mind. Posted in Tech Today, January 14, 2019
Nancy Barr (ME-EM) has been elected to the IEEE Professional Communication Society’s board of governors. The PCS’s mission is to foster a community dedicated to understanding and promoting effective communication in engineering, scientific and other technical environments. Barr’s three-year term began Jan. 1 and runs to December 31, 2021. Posted in Tech Today, January 11, 2019 . . .