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• Susan Longerbeam, assistant professor of educational psychology, has been selected for the Emerging Scholars Program, sponsored by American College Personnel Association. Longerbeam will receive research mentoring from senior association scholars and support to further develop her research interests and agenda.
• Raymond J. Michalowski, Arizona Regents Professor of criminal justice at NAU, co-edited a new book that sheds light on how the connections between U.S. business and government factored into such high-profile debacles as the downfall of Enron and the Exxon Valdez oil spill.
  
  State-Corporate Crime: Wrongdoing at the Intersection of Business and Government is a collection of case studies concerning not just Enron and the Exxon Valdez, but also the violation of American Indian treaty rights, radioactive contamination during nuclear weapons production, the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion, the crash of ValuJet 592, the invasion of Iraq and Halliburton in Iraq.
  
  It was co-edited by Ronald C. Kramer, professor of sociology and director of the Criminal Justice Program at Western Michigan University.
• Richard Quartaroli, Cline Library special collections librarian, was on the planning committee and the speakers committee for the 2nd Grand Canyon History Symposium, held at Grand Canyon National Park, Jan. 25-28. He also organized the session "The Legacy of John Wesley Powell" and presented "John Wesley Powell's Cartography of the Colorado River System" as part of that session.
• Kathryn (Katie) Sheridan, advisor for the Honors Program, has been appointed as a member of the Diversity Issues standing committee of the National Collegiate Honors Council through 2009. The committee develops goals and priorities related to diversity issues, and advises the council's board of directors on these goals and priorities.
  
  The council is the professional organization designed to serve students and professionals in honors programs and to advance undergraduate education. Nearly 600 colleges and universities around the world are members of the council.