Dr. Lynn Mahlum, Director of Teacher Education and Field Experiences, presented at AACTE in Indianapolis on March 2. As a member of Network for Excellence in Teaching (NExT), Mahlum collaborated with colleagues from Winona State, Bethel, Roosevelt Education Center, and FHI 360 to present ‘New Clinical Experiences: Earlier, Longer, More Frequent, and Higher Quality.’
After a nearly year-long conversation among and between faculty and administration, the temporarily named “College of Humanities and Social Sciences” has decided on the appellation as an official one. The name is intended both to identify its disciplines with traditional categories and to suggest affinities between humanities and social science areas.
Oscar Flores and TJ Hansen, Economics, presented a paper at the Eastern Economics Association in Boston, Mass. Flores and Hansen attempt to explain differences in freshman retention rates across public, four-year institutions in the nation.
In recognition of Women’s History Month, the Women’s and Gender Studies program and the MSUM Women’s Center is sponsoring a poetry reading by Mariahedessa Ekere Tallie. CMU 101, MSUM (free and open to the public) March 12, 7 to 8:30 p.m. (Q&A and book signing to follow) More info at www.ekeretallie.com
Jesse Leyk, economics major, presented a paper on the impact of NAFTA on imports of transportation equipment. Leyk’s presentation was part of the undergraduate research sessions (IPE sessions) of the Eastern Economics Association held in Boston. Over 40 students from all over the nation presented. Leyk’s main finding is that NAFTA appears to have caused increased imports from Canada at […]