Drs. Akgul, Brown publish ‘Design Thinking Applied in Higher Education: Exploring Participant Experiences’

Dr. Taryn Akgul and Dr. Jessica Brown were accepted for publication in the Journal of Design Thinking Spring 2021 issue. The Journal of Design Thinking publishes research in the fields of Industrial Design, Design Cognition, and Creativity and Design Thinking. The article focuses on the experiences of participants involved in a Design Thinking project at a Higher Education Institution. Implications […]

Dr. Stewart presents on ‘Building Back’ after COVID

Dr. Lisa H. Stewart, MSUM School Psychology/Psychology co-presented with Literacy Lab Coach and Trainer Kimberly Parker at the national (virtual) Teachstone Interact Now 2021 CLASS Summit on March 25, 2021.  Their presentation was titled: ” Building Back by Reframing COVID “Learning Loss”.  The focus of the presentation was on thinking about the term “learning loss” in the media and conversations […]

Boyd Bradbury Appointed to MREA Board of Directors

Dr. Boyd Bradbury, Department of Leadership and Learning, has been appointed to the Minnesota Rural Education Association (MREA) Board of Directors for a four-year term. MREA is the only advocate exclusively for Greater Minnesota education. Under the leadership of school board members, administrators, teachers, and community members, MREA focuses on what puts learners first to bring about our best possible […]

Drs. Glessner and Johnson publish “The Experiences and Perceptions of Practicing Special Education Teachers During the COVID-19 Pandemic”

Drs. Marci Glessner and Shirley Johnson published the article, The Experiences and Perceptions of Practicing Special Education Teachers During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the December, 2020 issue of the Interactive Journal and Global Leadership and Learning journal.   They collected and analyzed journal entries from five special education teachers who, in the spring of 2020, wrote about their experiences teaching during […]

Dalan Appointed to Preservation Technology and Training Board

Rinita Dalan, Anthropology and Earth Science, has been appointed by the Secretary of the Interior to serve a 4-year term on the Nation’s Preservation Technology and Training Board. The Board is an advisory body to the National Park Service’s National Center for Preservation Technology and Training, established by Congress in 1992, reporting to the Secretary of the Interior. Members of […]