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NOTEBOOK3Member News,Suzanne Benally was the keynote speaker at the annual Symposium on Spirituality and the Environment hosted in April by Congregation Har HaShem in Boulder, Colo. A former executive director and director of education programs at AISES, Benally is the executive director of the Indigenous rights advocacy organization Cultural Survival.,Dr. Twyla Baker, AISES Board of Directors chair, and Melanie Howard of the Canadian Indigenous Advisory Council attended Maanomatapoyah: First Steps, the rst Canadian conference for CaISES, the Canadian Indigenous Science and Engineering Society. The three-day conference was held in February and hosted by Mount Royal University in Calgary, Alberta.,Rachel Byington, former Title VII First Nations instructional resource teacher at the Madison [Wis.] Metro- politan School District, was quoted extensively in an article about diversity and inclusive pre-college curricula in the Daily Cardinal, the newspaper of the University of Wisconsin–Madison. She spoke to the importance of preparing teachers to teach Native history. Byington is now pursuing her PhD.,Several AISES student and profes- sional members were instrumental in the publication of a special issue of the Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Education.Dr. Karletta Chief was the editor of Emerging Voices of Tribal Perspectives inWater Resources, and Dr. Ryan Emanuel, Dr. Otakuye Conroy-Ben, Lani Tsinnajinnie, and Crystal Tulley-Cordova were lead authors of papers included in the April 2018 edition of the journal. The peer- reviewed papers describe research related to tribal communities and include tribal case examples from around the country. Find more information and read the issue at ucowr.org/journal-issue-archives/163.,Dr. Henrietta Mann is a newly elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Founded in 1780, the academy is one of the nation’s oldest learned societies and a policy research center that champions scholarship and civil dialogue. The membership of the Cambridge, Mass.–based academy comprises many of the world’s most accomplished scholars and practitioners.Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer at the 2018 March for ScienceMarching for ScienceAISES has continued as an o cial sponsor and partner in the annual March for Science, held this year on April 14. Among the many Indigenous scientists endorsing the march is Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer, distinguished teaching professor and director, Center for Native Peoples and the Environment, at the SUNY College of Environ- mental Science and Forestry in Syracuse, N.Y. Dr. Kimmerer is the 2016 recipient of the Ely S. Parker Award, the highest AISES honor.Dr. Karletta Chief was the subject of a cover story in University News, an independent student newspaper at the University of Missouri– Kansas City. The story,written in observance of Earth Day, cited Chief’s ongoing work for environmental justice, especially on the Navajo Nation. Dr. Chief was the winner of the2016 AISES Professional of the Year Award.3AISES News CONTINUEDHawaii STEM ConferenceThe Hawaii STEM Conference was an opportu- nity for pre-college members and educators to gather with industry representatives for hands-on student sessionsand professional develop- ment opportunities. The event is held annually to promote the importance of STEM education.AISES Circle PartnersThe generosity of our Full Circle of Support (FCS) Partners and Circle of Support Partners is integral to the AISES mission. FCS Partners are organizations that have established a multiprogram partnership with AISES for three or more years, while Circle of Support Partners assist in funding a diverse range of programs and events in the STEM elds. We wish to thank eachfor their continued effort to serve AISES student and professional members.Full Circle of SupportCircleof SupportExcellence PartnersSuccess Partners6 WINDS OF CHANGE • SUMMER 2018aises.orgHILLEL STEINBERG (DR. ROBIN WALL KIMMERER)