12:02 p.m., April 24, 2009----For the Record provides information about recent professional activities of University of Delaware faculty, staff, alumni and students.

Presentations

Kathleen Minke, acting director of the School of Education, and Deborah Boyer, project leader with the Center for Disabilities Studies, presented "Embedding Family-School Collaboration into School-wide PBS,” at the 6th International Conference on Positive Behavior Support (PBS), March 26-28, in Jacksonville, Fla.

Deborah Boyer and Megan Pell, of the Center for Disabilities Studies, presented "Using School Climate Data To Enhance PBS Implementation,” at the 6th International Conference on Positive Behavior Support, March 26-28, in Jacksonville.

Deborah Boyer, project leader with the Center for Disabilities Studies, presented "District and State Coordination of School-wide Systems,” at the 6th International Conference on Positive Behavior Support, March 26-28, in Jacksonville.

Farley Grubb, professor of economics, "Creating Maryland's Paper MoneyEconomy, 1720-1739: The Role of Power, Print, and Markets," at the International Conference on Paper Money in Theory and Practice in History, Barnard College, Columbia University, New York City, April 16-19.

Mark Samuels Lasner, senior research fellow, Special Collections Department, University of Delaware Library, "Oscar Gives Himself Away: Reading Wilde's Presentation Copies," April 24, Armand Hammer Auditorium, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Awards

Ron Longsdorf, who graduated from UD's Master of Fine Arts program in 2007, was recently awarded a Delaware Division of the Arts Individual Artist Fellowship.

Service

Araya Debessay, professor of accounting and management information systems, has been appointed to serve as a member of the Audit Committee of the Delaware Public Employees Retirement System.

Exhibitions

Troy Richards, assistant professor of art, has a new art exhibit opening at Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia.