Dr. Kandace Creel Falcon, Women and Gender Studies, has been appointed to the Chicano Latino Affairs Council (CLAC) for congressional district seven. CLAC is a statewide government agency whose mission is to advise the governor and state legislature on the issues of important to Minnesota’s Chicano Latino community.
Kim Park Nelson, faculty in the AMCS department, organized, attended, and presented at the Third International Symposium of Korean Adoption Studies in Seoul, South Korea on July 29. This is her third time as lead organizer of the Symposium and lead editor of the Symposium proceedings. The Symposium is a one day academic conference that is part of the week […]
Dr. Lisa Stewart, psychology, trained 80 Northwestern Minnesota Americorps Reading Corps members Aug 20- 22 at the Minneapolis Convention Center. Over 1,000 Reading Corps members from all across Minnesota started their year of service this week by taking the Americorps pledge and getting trained to provide high quality targeted interactions and reading interventions with kids from age 3 to grade […]
Teresa Shume, joint appointment between the School of Teaching and Learning and Biosciences, has published a book chapter entitled “Computer Savvy but Technologically Illiterate: Rethinking Technology Literacy” in a book entitled “The Nature of Technology: Implications for Learning and Teaching” published by Sense Publishers.
T. J. Hansen, Economics, participated in the Joint Annual Meeting of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA) and the Canadian Agricultural Economics Society (CAES) in Washington, D.C., August 4-6. Members of these organizations specialize in applied economics research focused on agriculture and the environment, growth and development, and rural and regional economies.