JoAnne Rankin retired after 34 years of service to EMU. Jiuqiang Liu was promoted to the rank of Associate Professor and awarded tenure. · Joanne Caniglia received the EMU Distinguished Faculty Award in Teaching. She also received a Dwight D. Eisenhower Higher Education Professional Development Grant for her proposal "Number & Pattern in African Culture: A Preservice Mentorship Program". Donald Buckeye and Bette Warren were the EMU recipients of the 1996-97 Michigan Association of Governing Boards' Distinguished Faculty Awards. · On October 25 EMU hosted the 28th Midwest Graph Theory Conference (MIGHTY XXVIII). The EMU-MCTM Mathematics Education Conference will be held on March 28. For further information, contact Geraldine Green or Carla Tayeh.