Leilani Arthurs, assistant professor of earth and atmospheric sciences, has been elected acouncilor-at-large for the National Association of Geoscience Teachers. Arthurs will serve a one-year appointment with the association, which works to raise the quality of geosciences education from kindergarten through the collegiate ranks.
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Kathy Krone, professor of communication studies, has received the Charles H. Woolbert Research Award from the National Communication Association. The award is given annually to honor scholars whose journal article or book chapter that has stood the test of time and has become a stimulus for new conceptualizations of communication phenomena. It recognizes Krone's work with a colleague on the article, "The Policy Exists But You Can't Really Use It," published in theJournal of Applied Communication Research, 30 (2002, pages 50-77). Krone received the honor during the NCA's annual convention, held Nov. 19-22 in Las Vegas.
