Points of Pride Faculty/Staff

February 22, 2016

Lisa Staiger and Dr. Camille Brandt Participated in Increasing Teacher Diversity in Minnesota conference

Dr. Camille Brandt and Lisa Staiger, School of Teaching and Learning, participated in the Increasing Teacher Diversity in Minnesota: An Ongoing Community Conversation and Call to Action with more than 200 other people from more than organizations, school districts, institutions and various racial/ethnic communities throughout the state (see attached list). The event was held Saturday, Feb. 6 at Minneapolis Community […]

College of Education & Human Services

February 22, 2016

Anna Arnar introduced a scholarly panel on the topic of “Digital Artists’ Books: New Critical Vocabularies”

Anna Arnar, School of Visual Arts, organized and introduced a scholarly panel devoted to the topic of “Digital Artists’ Books: New Critical Vocabularies” at the College Art Association conference held in Washington D.C. The panel sought to develop new critical vocabularies for the purposes of analyzing this kind of digital object and examining the modes of experience it generates. It […]

College of Arts & Humanities

February 18, 2016

Dr. Julie Swaggert presented at the Ethnographic and Qualitative Research Conference

Dr. Julie Swaggert, Educational Leadership, presented in early February at the Ethnographic and Qualitative Research Conference sponsored by the University of Nevada Las Vegas. Her co-presenter was Neil Gleason, Clinical Psychology graduate student at MSU Mankato. The poster session based on school research completed in Africa, was titled: “Distributed Leadership at a High-Performing School in Rural Zambia: A Case Study.”

Employee News

February 17, 2016

Dr. Wooyang Kim has been appointed as a member of advisory committee of PSM program in KMAC.

Dr. Wooyang Kim, Assistant Professor in the Paseka School of Business, has been appointed as a leading member of advisory committee of PSM program in KMAC, known as the number one consulting company in South Korea. KMAC has worked with numerous Korean conglomerates and government organizations in education and business consulting. Working with Korean government – Ministry of Science, ICT […]

College of Business, Analytics & Communication

February 17, 2016

Dr. Rhonda Ficek earned Quality Matters Certification

Dr. Rhonda Ficek, Computer Science & Information Systems, recently earned Quality Matters™ Certification for her online course CSIS 316: Ethics in the Information Age. QM Reviews are a rigorous peer review process. She has been recognized for this achievement at both the state and national level. Congratulations to Rhonda on this achievement.