Professor Juan Cabanela (Physics and Astronomy) was in Seattle from Jan. 6 through 9 presenting the work done by Physics majors Sam Holen and Andrew Louwagie Gordon in the summer of 2018. These MSUM students worked with Cabanela to develop interactive educational software for use in introductory astronomy classes. This was possible because of the Physics and Astronomy Department’s innovative […]
On November 30, 2018, the MSUM chapter of Psi Chi, the International Honor Society, whose purpose is to advance the science of psychology, held their induction ceremony. Congratulations to our newest members.
The Speech-Language Pathology program was well-represented at the American Speech Language Hearing Association national convention Nov. 14-17 in Boston. Student research mentored by Dr. Kris Vossler, Dr. Elaine Pyle and Dr. Tina Veale was accepted for poster sessions for thesis research (Meredith Egeland, Andi Elvert, Kelsey Kowalski, and Rachel Sawatzky) and portfolio research (Mariah Benz). Mariah Benz also was very […]
Richard Lahti, Chemistry and Biochemistry, and Steve Lindaas, Physics and Astronomy, attended and ran sessions at the MnSTA Conference on Science Education Fall conference. Richard Lahti co-presented the session “Creating Environmental Chemistry Models of Minnesota Phenomena” with Autumn Welcome, an 18-online participant from Martin County West High School. Steve Lindaas co-presented the session “I Can See Clearly Now” with Isaac […]
Danielle Parenteau and Kayla Wilken co-presented their research, “Valuing Individual Differences: Using Rubrics to Select Non-biased and Inclusive Children’s Books” at the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) annual conference in Washington, DC. Kayla Wilken, early childhood education major, is an Honors Apprentice Scholar at MSUM. Danielle Parenteau, EECE/SPED, serves as Kayla’s faculty mentor.