‘The Prairie Post Office’ receives top honors from North Dakota Library Association

The Prairie Post Office: Enlarging the Common Life in Rural North Dakota took top honors in the Notable State Government Documents Award from the North Dakota Library Association. The book will now advance to the national level for consideration at the American Library Association. Written by Amy Phillips (formerly MSUM Social Work) and Steven Bolduc (Economics), with photography by Wayne […]

MSUM, Lutheran Social Services of North Dakota to host Therapeutic Partners in Child Welfare Conference

Oct. 8-9 | CMU Ballroom Minnesota State University Moorhead (MSUM) and Lutheran Social Services of North Dakota (LSSND) Abound Counseling are co-hosting a Therapeutic Partners in Child Welfare Conference Oct. 8-9, 2018 in the MSUM Comstock Memorial Union Ballroom. Registration opens Aug. 6. The conference aims to enhance the knowledge and skills of the various partners involved in service to […]

‘Prairie Post Office’ receives awards, recognition

Prairie Post Office: Enlarging the Common Life in Rural North Dakota (2017, NDSU Press), by authors Steven Bolduc (Economics) and Amy Phillips (formerly Social Work), and photographer Wayne Gudmundson (Communications, retired), received a Bronze medal in the Midwest—Best Regional Non-Fiction category of the 2018 IPPY Award. Since 1996, the IPPY Awards have been presented annually by the Independent Publisher Book […]

Dr. Carney co-authors article published in Thresholds in Education

Dr. Jeremy Carney co-authors article published in Thresholds in Education (Volume 41, Issue 1, Spring 2018). The article entitled, “Structuring a Short-Term Study Abroad Experience to Foster Professional Identity Growth in Undergraduate Education and Social Work Students,” was written with Dr. David Tack from the University of North Dakota. The full article can be viewed at https://academyedstudies.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/tack_carney_final.pdf.

Dr. Carney presents at 2017 CIEE Annual Conference on International Education

Dr. Jeremy Carney presented at the 2017 CIEE Annual Conference on International Education. The conference was held in Austin, Texas on May 8-11. Dr. Carney, along with Dr. David Tack from the University of North Dakota presented on their research entitled “The Impact of a Short-Term Study Abroad Tour on the Developing Professional Identity of Education and Social Work Undergraduate […]