Dr. Chang-Seong Hong (Philosophy Department, MSUM) and Dr. Sun Kyeong Yu (Philosophy Department, MSU Mankato) co-authored a Korean-language book How Bioscience Meets Buddhism and have recently published it in Seoul Korea. Drs. Hong and Yu discussed and provided solutions for the philosophical issues of Aristotelian essentialist biology, Darwin’s evolutionary theory, and contemporary molecular biology in light of Buddhist concepts of […]
Instructional Designers Catherine Artac and Stephen Beckermann will present along with Karen Qualey, Director of Online Learning, to the Minnesota Learning Commons Coordinating Committee on February 6, 2020. Their presentation centers on how to develop a sense of belonging in online courses through strategies and practices that promote student engagement, cultural responsivity & inclusiveness, and communities of inquiry.
Anthony Ocaña (School of Communication & Journalism) is presenting his gamification of cultural analysis activity this week at the CERCLL (Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language and Literacy) Seventh International Conference on the Development and Assessment of Intercultural Competence in Tucson, AZ. Through his competitive activity, students analyze international postage stamps for emergent themes to understand what different nations […]
Dr. Peter Geib, Professor Emeritus Paseka School of Business in International Management, and a co-author have been awarded “Best Research Paper for Presentation” at the Midwest Academy of International Business conference held in March at Chicago where Dr. Geib will present. The title of the paper is “Clean Energy Technology is Transforming China”.
Professor Zepper, English Department, visited Wyndmere Schools in Wyndmere, North Dakota on January 21st. Zepper instructed 7th through 12th grade students in poetry writing as a part of the North Dakota Poetry Out Loud Initiative (North Dakota Humanities Council). This project was facilitated by Wyndmere Instructor, Cara Cody-Braun (MSUM Alum), and Jennifer Manstrom, Instructor and Librarian. Zepper will return to […]