New Hires
- Cory Anderson has joined the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics as an assistant strength and conditioning coach and assistant compliance officer, effective Aug. 16.
- Devin Bates has joined the Department of English as adjunct faculty, effective Aug. 16.
- Stephanie Common has joined 蘑菇视频 Alumni and Foundation as an office and administrative specialist, senior, effective Aug. 22.
- Eric Gustafson has joined the Department of Music as adjunct faculty, effective Aug. 16.
- James Nissen has joined the Department of Professional Education as adjunct faculty, effective Aug. 16.
- Brian Ophus has joined the Department of Social Work as adjunct faculty, effective Aug. 16.
- Blake Peterson has joined the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics as an assistant men’s basketball coach, effective Aug. 16.
- Amy Weiher has joined the Bemidji School of Nursing as a college laboratory services specialist, effective Aug. 29.
Faculty and Staff Achievements
- , professor of environmental, economic, Earth and space studies, presented “A global facility for microalgal reduction of atmospheric carbon dioxide” at the , held July 31-Aug. 5 in Stowe, Vt. He also recently published several papers — “” in the Sept. 5, 2016, issue of “Carbohydrate Polymers” along with two co-authors; “” in the Jan. 2016 issue of “Corrosion Science” along with three co-authors; and “” in the Dec. 2015 issue of “Food Hydrocolloids” along with two co-authors. In addition, he and three co-authors wrote “Co-cultivation of microalgae and nitrifiers for higher biomass production and better carbon capture” which has been accepted for publication in “.”
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, associate professor of nursing, participated in “Improving Your Online Course”, a two-week online course by in June. She also attended ‘s Nuts and Bolts for Nurse Educators Conference, Aug. 5-6 in Minneapolis.
- Dr. Angela Fournier, associate professor of psychology, and 蘑菇视频 alumna Sara Fritsch co-authored “” in Volume 44, Issue 3 of “.” She also published “” in Volume 29, Issue 3 of “,”” a multidisciplinary journal of the interactions of people and animals.
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Dr. Colleen Livingston, professor of mathematics and North Central Section of the Math Association of America, attended the in Columbus, Ohio, Aug. 3-6. She also attended a North Central Section of the summer seminar on , June 22-24 at South Dakota State University in Brookings, S.D.
- Pete McDonnell, systems, distance learning and circulation librarian at the A. C. Clark Library, edited “,” released this month. McDonnell also wrote the book’s preface and its final chapter, “Conclusion: An Experiential Librarian’s Creed.”
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Dr. Denise Meijer, assistant professor of nursing, presented a poster “Community Health Nursing in a Global Setting” during the in Rapid City, S.D., in July. She also recently led a group of nursing students on a trip to experience nursing in South Africa.
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Dr. William “Bill” Scheela, professor emeritus of business administration, has recently published several articles. He wrote the chapter on Thailand with two co-authors in the book Angel Financing in Asia Pacific,” published in August; he wrote “Business Angels in Emerging Economies: South East Asia,” in “Handbook of Research on Business Angels,” which will come out in October; and he wrote “” in “,”the most recent volume in the book series “.”
- Dr. Marty J. Wolf, professor of mathematics and computer science, has joined the editorial advisory board for the . As vice chair for its Committee on Professional Ethics, Wolf is helping lead a group that is for the Association for Computing Machinery. In May, he spent three days at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, to begin work on this project.Wolf also has had several papers published, including:
- ““, along with two co-authors, in Volume 14, Issue 3 of the ““
- along with one co-author in Volume 32, Issue 4 of “The Information Society.”
- “,” along with two co-authors, in Volume 22, Issue 4 of “.”
Wolf and two co-presenters also delivered “Applying a social-relational model to explore the curious case of hitchBOT” at the annual meeting of the , held June 14-17 in Ferrara, Italy.