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12 Feb 2008 by St. Thomas Newsroom / No Comments
Professional Notes Dr. Michael Andregg, College of Arts and Sciences (Justice and Peace Studies Program) will present a paper, “The Birth of Professional Ethos: Some Comparisons Among Medicine, Law and Intelligence,” at the third-annual conference of the International Society for Intelligence Ethics on Friday, Feb. 22, at the Johns Hopkins University. Andregg has been involved with [...]
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05 Feb 2008 by St. Thomas Newsroom / No Comments
Professional Notes Dr. Kenneth Goodpaster, Koch Endowed Chair in Business Ethics, did a lecture tour related to his new book, Conscience and Corporate Culture (Blackwell Publishers, 2007), Jan. 19-27 in the Netherlands and Belgium. On Jan. 21, he spoke at the University of Antwerp; on Jan. 22, at the University of Groningen; and on Jan. [...]
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29 Jan 2008 by St. Thomas Newsroom / No Comments
Professional Notes Sister M. Christine Athans, B.V.M., professor emerita, St. Paul Seminary School of Divinity, presented a paper, "Judaism and Catholic Prayer: A New Horizon for Liturgy and Spirituality," in a session, "The Impact of Judaism on Catholic Life and Thought Since Nostra Aetate," at the American Catholic Historical Association convention last month in Washington, [...]
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14 Jan 2008 by St. Thomas Newsroom / No Comments
Professional Notes Dr. Jean M. Birbilis, Graduate School of Professional Psychology, with Dr. Mary M. Brant have published an article, “Empirically Validated Education and Training?” in Psychotherapy Bulletin, a publication of Division 29 of the American Psychological Association. This is Birbilis’ third article in a series addressing the education and training of psychotherapists to be [...]
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18 Dec 2007 by St. Thomas Newsroom / No Comments
Professional Notes Dr. Sanjeev Bordoloi, Opus College of Business (Decision Sciences Department), is co-author with K. Beach of a paper, "Improving Operational Efficiency in an Inner-City Emergency Department," published in the journal, Health Services Management Research, Vol. 20. Dr. Mark Neuzil, College of Arts and Sciences (Department of Communication and Journalism), is author of "Blaze [...]
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11 Dec 2007 by St. Thomas Newsroom / No Comments
Professional notes Dr. Sanjeev Bordoloi, Opus College of Business (Decision Sciences Department) presented a paper, "Performance Evaluation of Metro Stations in Shanghai," with W. Gu (University of Illinois) Nov. 7 at the national conference of the Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences (INFORMS). The University of St. Thomas chapter of the Genocide Intervention Network-Minnesota [...]
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04 Dec 2007 by St. Thomas Newsroom / No Comments
Professional notes Editors’ note: Finishing touchings to complete last week’s "Professional Notes" column occurred after distribution. If you missed last week’s column, click here. Dr. Noreen Carrocci, a former professor of communication and dean of the College (precursor to the College of Arts and Sciences) at St. Thomas from 1994 to 1998, is the new [...]
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27 Nov 2007 by St. Thomas Newsroom / No Comments
Professional Notes Dr. Dave Brennan, Opus College of Business (Marketing Department), gave a presentation,"Trends and Innovations in Retailing with Implications for Latin America," at a retail marketing program Nov. 14 in Bogotá, Colombia. Dr. Vanessa Cornett- Murtada, College of Arts and Sciences (Music Department), presented a paper, "From Beta to Theta: Human Consciousness Hypnosis and [...]
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06 Nov 2007 by St. Thomas Newsroom / No Comments
Professional Notes Dr. Heino Beckmann, Opus College of Business (Finance Department) received into the Order of Merit by the president of the Federal Republic of Germany on Oct. 15. He was recognized for his work in furthering transatlantic relations. The Order of Merit is the German government’s sole recognition of achievements benefiting Germany and the [...]
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30 Oct 2007 by St. Thomas Newsroom / No Comments
Professional notes Anne Bartel and Dr. Lucy Payne, School of Education (Teacher Education Department), together with Dr. Nancy Desmond of Hamline University and Dr. Cathy Wick of Minnesota State University-Mankato, presented “Understanding Standards: What’s Your Method in Methods?” Oct. 19 at the fall conference of the Minnesota Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Also representing [...]
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09 Oct 2007 by St. Thomas Newsroom / No Comments
Professional Notes Frank Coglitore and Janice Raffield, Opus College of Business (Accounting Department), and Dr. Lorman Lundsten, Opus College of Business (Marketing Department), will have their article, “Alternate Work Arrangements and Career Progression in Public Accounting,” published in a forthcoming edition of the Journal of Business Disciplines. Students Heather Schommer and Jenny Le, with Dr. [...]
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02 Oct 2007 by St. Thomas Newsroom / No Comments
Professional Notes Dr. Mark Neuzil, College of Arts and Sciences (Communication and Journalism Department), is a new contributing journalist for MinnPost.com, a nonprofit, online daily that will launch later this year. He will cover environment and agriculture for MinnPost. Ken Melrose, Opus College of Business, will give the keynote address at the opening luncheon for [...]
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18 Sep 2007 by St. Thomas Newsroom / No Comments
Professional Notes Dr. Pamela Nice, Center for Faculty Development, announces that her film, the documentary “Dreaming in Morocco,” was optioned for broadcast in 2008 by MNTV, a consortium of the Walker Art Center’s film and video program, Intermedia Arts, IFP-MN and TPT, the local PBS affiliate. “Dreaming” also will be shown in a gallery exhibit [...]
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11 Sep 2007 by St. Thomas Newsroom / No Comments
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04 Sep 2007 by St. Thomas Newsroom / No Comments
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15 May 2007 by St. Thomas Newsroom / No Comments
Professional notes Dr. Michael Andregg, College of Arts and Sciences (Justice and Peace Studies Department), will give a presentation about 20 recurring causes of war through human history at the 38th annual meeting of the International Society for the Comparative Study of Civilizations June 15 in Monterey, Calif. Prior to that he will visit the [...]
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08 May 2007 by St. Thomas Newsroom / No Comments
Professional notes Dr. Angeline Barretta-Herman, Dr. Thomas Rochon, Jane Canney and Dr. Marisa Kelly gave a presentation, "Leveraging Student Engagement Surveys for Maximum Campus Impact," at the annual meeting of the Higher Learning Commission: North Central Association April 22-24 in Chicago. The presentation discussed their strategies for achieving a 53 percent response rate (national average: [...]
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01 May 2007 by St. Thomas Newsroom / No Comments
Professional notes Dr. William Cavanaugh, College of Arts and Sciences (Theology Department) won the Award of Excellence (first place) in the Theological Reflection: Short Format category at the 91st annual "Best of the Christian Press" awards of the Associated Church Press. The award was announced at ACP’s annual convention April 24 in Chicago. Cavanaugh’s entry, [...]
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24 Apr 2007 by St. Thomas Newsroom / No Comments
Professional notes Dr. Jean Birbilis, Graduate School of Professional Psychology, and Bill Monson, Opus College of Business (Center for Family Enterprise), presented a colloquium, "Creating Positive Therapeutic Outcomes While Building Business Acumen," April 14 on St. Thomas’ Minneapolis campus. Dr. J. Thomas Ippoliti, College of Arts and Sciences (Chemistry Department), gave a presentation, "Racemic and [...]
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10 Apr 2007 by St. Thomas Newsroom / No Comments
Professional notes Dr. Mary Anne Chalkley, Psychology Department, presented a poster, "Parent-Adolescent Communication: How Quality of Relationship and Topic Affect Conversations," at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development March 29-April 1 in Boston. The work is a collaboration with former student (and co-author) Erin Droege ’05. Dr. J. Thomas Ippoliti, [...]
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03 Apr 2007 by St. Thomas Newsroom / No Comments
Professional notes Two Opus College of Business faculty members, Dr. Phil Anderson, Management Department, and Dr. Leigh Lawton, Decision Sciences Department, won the Best Paper award at the national conference of the Association for business Simulation and Experiential Learning March 21-23 in San Antonio, Texas. Their paper was titled "Simulation Performance and its Effectiveness as [...]
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27 Mar 2007 by St. Thomas Newsroom / No Comments
Professional notes Father William Baer, St. John Vianney College Seminary, will receive the annual Pope John Paul II Catholic Servant of the Third Millennium Award from the Catholic Servant newspaper at the 11th annual benefit for the publication on March 31. The award recognizes Baer’s "dedication and diligent efforts toward vocations to the priesthood." Dr. [...]
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13 Mar 2007 by St. Thomas Newsroom / No Comments
Professional notes Dr. Stephen Brookfield, School of Education," is the author of a chapter, "Authenticity and Power," in Authenticity in Teaching, edited by Patricia Cranton (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2006). Dr. Mary Rose O’Reilley, professor emerita, English Department, is the author of a poem, "The Abandoned Farm," published in the March issue of Poetry magazine. Other [...]
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06 Mar 2007 by St. Thomas Newsroom / No Comments
Professional notes Dr. Meg Wilkes Karraker, Sociology and Criminal Justice Department, reports that her syllabus for "Gender in Global Perspective" has been selected and published in The Sociology of Gender: Syllabi and Other Instructional Materials, edited by B. Lucal and A. Blackstone (Washington, D.C.: American Sociological Association). Dr. Thomas Redshaw, English Department, gave a talk [...]
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27 Feb 2007 by St. Thomas Newsroom / No Comments
Professional notes Dr. Cara Anthony, Theology Department, is the author of an article, "Josiah Royce and Catholic Religious Experience," published in Horizons, the journal of the College Theology Society, Vol. 33, No. 2 (2006). Dr. Ellen Kennedy, Marketing Department, recently was featured in Edina Magazine and the Edina Sun-Current about her work to raise awareness [...]