The Minnesota Historical Society and the Oversight Board of the Statewide Survey of Historical and Archaeological Sites awarded George Holley, Department of Anthropology and Earth Science, and Ed Fleming, Science Museum of Minnesota, this summer a grant of $150,000 to conduct research on creating a Handbook of Minnesota Precontact Ceramics.
Dr. Hong, Philosophy, gave four two-hour lectures at the Buddhist Seminary of Haeinsa Buddhist Monastery in South Korea on July 25-26. The topics were: 1. Three Kinds of Enlightenment2. Dependent Arising3. Emptiness and Nirvana4. What Is Buddha-Nature? Dr. Hong had an interview on his recently published Korean-language book, Buddhist Philosophy Taught at Minnesota State University Moorhead, with the reporters of […]
Keri DeSutter (School of Teaching and Learning) and Stephenson Beck (NDSU, Communication Studies, Chair) provided a professional development session during Fargo Public Schools Teaching and Learning Academy on August 15, 2019. Their session was titled Effective IEP Meeting Facilitation Techniques and was attended by special education teachers and school psychologists.
Dr. Mike Coquyt, Educational Leadership Graduate Program, L&L, authored a book Experiencing Teacher Leadership: Perceptions and Insights From First-Year Teacher Leaders. This is the third book published by Dr. Coquyt dealing with the topic of Teacher Leadership. His first book, The Leader Within: Understanding and Empowering Teacher Leaders was published in 2016. His second book, Growing Leaders Within: A Process toward Teacher Leadership, was published […]
The Indigenous Media Freedom Alliance invited Professor Brad Bachmeier to help facilitate a pottery workshop June 17-18 at Twin Buttes, ND, on the Fort Berthold Reservation. The workshop followed archeological research and records of traditional forming and firing techniques. Native ND clay from the reservation was dug and processed. Hand-made vessels were produced, decorated and open-pit fired. Bachmeier joined the Paleo […]