Maria Eastman has joined the A.C. Clark Library as a library technician.
Dr. Jesse Grant was named assistant vice president for student life & success.
Ann Humphrey has joined the American Indian Resource Center as assistant director.
Kevin Jackson has joined the physical plant as a general maintenance worker.
Faculty & Staff News
Dr. Virgil Bakken, professor of integrated media, and Dr. Dennis Lunt, assistant professor of philosophy, have been appointed as co-directors of the Leadership Studies Program.
Dr. Jim Barta, dean of the College of Health Sciences and Human Ecology, delivered the first presentation in a new, locally organized Distinguished Scholar Lecture Series April 2 with a presentation on mathematics and indigenous culture. His lecture, “Math and Culture: Indigenous Activities and Instruction for Our Students,” started a five-lecture series that included faculty from the University of North Dakota, North Dakota State University and the University of Manitoba.
Dr. Stephen Carlson, professor of music, performed as a guest pianist with True Concord Voices & Orchestra musicians at the final concert of the 2017-18 classical music concert series at the Dove of Peace Lutheran Church in Tucson, Ariz., on April 22. The concert series is part of a fundraiser which supports Tucson-area nonprofit organizations.
Dr. John Ellis, assistant professor of history, gave a presentation entitled “Feminism and American Religion in the Revolution’s Wake, 1780-1840s” March 26 as part of a Bemidji Public Library lecture series celebrating Women’s History Month. The lecture explored the relationship between American religious ideals and the start of the feminist movement in the early 19th Century.
Dr. Season Ellison, assistant professor of history, and Dr. Tracy Caravalla, associate professor of human performance, sport & health, led a group of three students to the Upper Midwest Regional Honors Conference, March 20-25 at Graceland University in Lamoni, Iowa.
Dr. Eric Forsyth, professor of human performance, sport & health, has recently published three chapters in sport management-related textbooks. They are:
“Interscholastic Athletics” with two co-authors in the sixth edition “Contemporary Sport Management,” to be published in May 2018;
“Mossy Oak” and “Bass Pro Shops” in the second edition of “Branded: Branding in Sport Business,” published in April.
Dr. Debbie Guelda, professor of biology, Dr. Donna Pawlowski, professor of English, and Dr. Colleen Greer, dean of the College of Arts & Sciences, delivered two presentations at the Campus Compact annual conference, held March 25-28 in Indianapolis. They presented an oral presentation, “Creating Community and Civic Engagement Begins with Institutional Infrastructure: Working From the Inside Out,” and a poster presentation, “Uncovering Salient Issues Through the Eyes of Campus and Community Members.” The presentations were in support of initiatives set forth in the university’s Civic Action Plan.
Dr. Kathryn Klement, assistant professor of psychology, presented three papers at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, April 12-14 in Chicago. They were:
“Expectations of Resistance to Sexual Assault: Female vs. Male Victims,”
“Playing the Game: How Sexual Narcissism Relates to Pick-up Techniques,” and ‘
“The Fault in Our Agency: Ambivalent Sexism and Abortion Stereotypes.”
Dr. Kelly La Venture (2nd from left) receives the Korea America Hospitality & Tourism Educators Association award with her co-authors.
Dr. Kelly La Venture, assistant professor of business administration, received a $200 scholarship and Best Paper – Second Place for the refereed study “Cultural Property Value as Antecedents of Tourist Consumption Value and Visit Intention” from the Korea America Hospitality & Tourism Educators Association (KAHTEA) April 21 with co-authors Dr. Wooyang Kim, assistant professor of marketing at Minnesota State University Moorhead, and Dr. Kwangsoo Park, assistant professor of hospitality and tourism management at North Dakota State University.
In March, La Venture traveled to Finland where she presented the results of her studies on destination promotion at the JAMK University of Applied Sciences in Jyväskylä, and on her book, “The Human Factor of Profitability,” in classes at Tampere University of Applied Sciences in Tampere.
Dr. William “Bill” Scheela, professor emeritus of business, published “Business Angel Investing in Vietnam: An Exploratory Study,” with two co-authors in Vol 21, No. 2 of the “Journal of Private Equity.”
Debra Sea, assistant professor of integrated media, received awards for Best Practices: Innovating Teaching & Pedagogy and the Dr. Paul Dunn Emerging Scholar Award at the 2018 Small Business Institute Annual Academic Conference, held Feb. 14-17 in Corpus Christi, Texas. She also was elected to the institute’s Board of Directors as vice president for membership.
Ryan Webber, adjunct instructor of music, and Dr. Miriam Webber, assistant professor of music, along with BSU student Noah Harstad, performed with the Brainerd-based Heartland Symphony, April 6-8. The ensemble performed music by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and Gabriel Fauré along with a new piece by Minnesota composer Flannery Cunningham.
Ryan Webber also delivered pre-concert lectures prior to the Minnesota Orchestra’s March 15-16-17 performances of Gustav Mahler’s Titan Symphony. There, he gave a 30-minute presentation on the life and music of Mahler and Kurt Weill to roughly 400-500 orchestra patrons.
Dr. Eric Forsyth, professor of human performance, sport & health, has recently published three chapters in sport management-related textbooks. They are:
Debra Sea, assistant professor of integrated media, received awards for Best Practices: Innovating Teaching & Pedagogy and the Dr. Paul Dunn Emerging Scholar Award at the 2018 Small Business Institute Annual Academic Conference, held Feb. 14-17 in Corpus Christi, Texas. She also was elected to the institute’s Board of Directors as vice president for membership.