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William George Burnard of Oxford was included on the Ohio State University honor roll for the summer quarter.

Those honored received a GPA of at least 3.5 on a 4.0 scale and were enrolled for at least 12 credit hours. There were 1,584 students named to the honor roll.

Two Oxford students have enrolled at Earlham College, the college announced recently.

Cara Stone, daughter of Larry Frimerman, and Hillary Swift, daughter of Jane and Willis Swift, were both reported to have enrolled at Earlham College, located in Richmond, Ind.

Advocates for women recognized at symposium

Individuals were recognized with Women's Leadership and Male Ally Awards at the Women's Leadership Symposium and Celebration held in March. Awardees were nominated by their communities and organizations and honored as advocates for women, champions of equality and models of leadership.

Women's Leadership Award recipients for 2008 are: Halle Popson (senior exercise science and health studies major); Dana E. Crawford (doctoral candidate in psychology); Rita Lowe (LPN, student health service); April Robles (interim director, Cliff Alexander Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life and Leadership); Diana Marie Spillman (associate professor, kinesiology and health); and Angela Van Horn (event and community coordinator, Wilks Leadership Institute).

Kip Alishio (director, student counseling service) was recognized with the 2008 Male Ally Award. Karen Schilling (dean, College of Arts and Science) was presented the 2008 Kathy McMahon Klosterman Award.

Other award nominees were: Miami students Ashley Adkins, Kaitlyn Baker, Nicole Brasseur, Emily Garritson, Jill Gottke and Abby Zofkie; Miami faculty members Jay Kimiecik (kinesiology and health and director, Employee Health & Well-Being), Jean Lynch (sociology and affiliate, women's studies), Kelly Magee (English), Heather Bisher (first year adviser, Dorsey Hall), Matthew Boaz (director, office of equity and equal opportunity), Marlene Diers (CHES, programming coordinator, Employee Health & Well-Being); and Molly Kelly-Elliott (clinical faculty and undergraduate special education adviser, educational psychology).

Professor awarded Fulbright research chair for study

Shelia Croucher, Rejai Professor of Political Science and American studies at Miami University, has been awarded a Fulbright Research Chair in North American Studies. She will spend January through May 2009 at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, researching migration and the politics of belonging in North America.

Croucher will focus on her ongoing research relating to transnational identity and migration in North America, which also includes her forthcoming book "On the Other Side of the Fence: American Migrants in Mexico."

The Centre for North American Politics and Society at Carleton University is the only research center in Canada devoted to the study of the North American region.

The traditional Fulbright Scholar Program sends some 800 U.S. faculty and professionals to 140 countries each year to lecture, do research or participate in seminars, and some 800 foreign faculty come to the United States. It is a program of the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and is administered by the Council for International Exchange of Scholars.