Achievements

Hank Sims

Journalism & Mass Communication

Journalism lecturer Hank Sims has been chosen to serve as a judge for the annual Association of Alternative Newsmedia "AltWeekly" awards.

The Association of Alternative Newsmedia (AAN) is an organization of 130 alternative newspapers and websites across the USA and Canada, and includes the Village Voice, the LA Weekly, the San Francisco Bay Guardian and many other respected alt-weekly newspapers.

Matthew Derrick

Geography

Assistant Geography Professor Matthew Derrick was selected as a grantee by the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) Eurasia Program Title VIII to participate in its “Summer Workshop in Quantitative Methods” in Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, this June. As a participant in the workshop, which is designed to enhance training in quantitative methodology and increase familiarity with existing data sets among scholars of the region with policy-relevant interests, Derrick will further develop an in-progress article examining the territoriality of religious temples in Russia. His research will be considered for inclusion in the SSRC Eurasia Program Title VIII Policy Brief Series.

Paul Cummings

Music

Associate Professor Paul Cummings has authored several entries in the most recent volume of "Teaching Music Through Performance in Band," published by GIA. This publication is unique in the series, as it includes only solo works with wind band accompaniment. Cummings contributed eight biographical sketches of composers, along with annotated listings of their works for solo instrument and band. He studied numerous monographs and journal articles, communicated with living composers and reviewed liner notes from a variety of recordings. http://www.teachingmusic.org/bandSolos.cfm

Sondra Schwetman

Art + Film

Sondra Schwetman will hold a solo exhibition at the Curris Center Gallery at Murray State University in Murray, KY from June 8 - July 30, 2012. For images of her work, visit www.Sondra-Schwetman.com.

Hayden Thomas and Brandon Durr

Politics

Hayden Thomas and Brandon Durr were selected as the winner and runner-up, respectively, of the 2012 David Kalb Awards. Established by former Associated Students President David Kalb ('76, Political Science), the awards recognize students who have demonstrated personal commitment and leadership by taking an active role in student government.

Nicholas Klein-Baer

Geography

Junior Nicholas Klein-Baer was one of 12 U.S. students awarded a fellowship by the Russian Geographical Society to conduct archeological fieldwork in Tuva, Russia. Nick will spend June 2012 at the "Valley of Kings" camp near Kyzyl, the capital of the Tuva province. His work will focus on salvaging cultural artifacts before the construction of a new railway connecting Kyzyl to the Kuragino transportation node in Krasnoyarsk. The international expedition aims to bring together Geography and Archeology students from around the world.

Matthew Derrick

Geography

Assistant Geography Professor Matthew Derrick co-authored an article titled “A Splintered Heartland: Russia, Europe, and the Geopolitics of Networked Energy Infrastructure” in _Geopolitics_. The paper interrogates the geographical logic of Russia’s role as an energy provider to Europe by focusing on the provision of gas to Europe via Nord Stream, an underwater pipeline that went online last year. The paper describes a rapidly evolving networked space that effectively “splinters” the territorial integrity of the region and thereby complicates notions of Eurasian geopolitics that emphasize proximity, territorial hegemony and state-centric international relations.

Journalism Students

Journalism & Mass Communication

Student writers for The Osprey and Lumberjack received several awards at the California College Media Association's Awards Banquet held April 21 at CSU Fullerton. The annual event honors the best in student media at community colleges and universities around the state.

The Lumberjack placed second in the Infographic and Photo Illustration categories and took home third in the General Newspaper Excellence, Back to School or Orientation Issue, Sports Story, General Newspaper Excellence, Photo Series and Special Section categories. Alum Derek Lactaoen's ('11, Journalism) April 27 Lumberjack story also nabbed first place in Arts and Entertainment. The Osprey took home second in the Magazine Review category and third in General Magazine Excellence.

Alex Anderson

Art + Film

Studio Art senior Alex Anderson was one of forty students from around the country be included in FUSION, the 2012 Society of North American Goldsmiths Conference Student Exhibition. Anderson has been in the jewelry and small metals program for three years and the honors program for a year and a half. Her work is on display through May 12 at the HSU Annual Juried Student Exhibition.

HSU Speech and Debate Team

Communication

The HSU Speech and Debate Team was named the 2011-2012 Northwest Forensics Conference Division II Debate Sweepstakes Champion. The team was also named the 2011-2012 Northwest Forensics Conference Sweepstakes Bronze Medal Program.