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06 Feb 2007 by St. Thomas Newsroom / No Comments
Professional notes Doug Hennes, vice president for university and government relations, has been appointed to two public commissions. The Mendota Heights City Council selected Hennes, a Mendota Heights resident, to serve a three-year term on its Planning Commission. Metropolitan Council Chair Peter Bell named Hennes to the Central Corridor Light Rail Transit Community Advisory Committee, [...]
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30 Jan 2007 by St. Thomas Newsroom / No Comments
Professional notes Dr. Tatyana Avdeyeva, Graduate School of Professional Psychology, graduate student Kristina Burgetova and Dr. David Welch, dean of the Graduate School of Professional Psychology, are co-authors of an article, "To Help or Not to Help: Factors That Determined Helping Responses to Katrina Victims," published in the journal, Analysis of Social Issues and Public [...]
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05 Dec 2006 by St. Thomas Newsroom / No Comments
Professional notes Dr. Kevin Theissen, Geology Department, and Dr. Kyle Zimmer, Biology Department, presented preliminary results of their ongoing studies of Minnesota shallow lake ecology at the third annual Initiative for Renewable Energy and the Environment research symposium Nov. 28 at the University of Minnesota. Zimmer and Theissen are exploring past and present ecology of [...]
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28 Nov 2006 by St. Thomas Newsroom / No Comments
Professional notes Dr. Mark Neuzil, Journalism and Mass Communication, is the author of "Blaze Orange and Forest Green," in the current issue of the Appalachian Voice. The essay argues that longstanding traditions of wildlife conservation are not at odds with environmental protection.
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21 Nov 2006 by St. Thomas Newsroom / No Comments
Professional notes Dr. Thomas Hickson, Geology Department, was invited to give a talk, "Miocene Transtensional Tectonics in the Lake Mead Region, Southern Nevada: Can Basis Analysis Unravel the Mess?" to the Minnesota Geological Survey. The talk focused on recent developments in UST geoscience research conducted by geology majors and faculty during their January Term field [...]
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14 Nov 2006 by St. Thomas Newsroom / No Comments
Professional notes Dr. Meg Wilkes Karraker, Sociology and Criminal Justice Department, presented a paper, "Values, Norms and Mutual Commitment for Diversity in the New Academy," co-written by Dr. Buffy Smith, Sociology and Criminal Justice Department, at a Nov. 11 meeting in Chicago of the Association of American Colleges and Universities’ Network for Academic Renewal. Dr. [...]
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07 Nov 2006 by St. Thomas Newsroom / No Comments
Professional notes Dr. Mark Neuzil, Journalism and Mass Communication, presented the results of his research on the history of environmental journalism to a group of Knight Foundation environmental journalism fellows Oct. 22 in Burlington, Vt. Neuzil also organized a session for the same group on making story pitches to editors. Dr. Ernest Owens, Opus College [...]
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17 Oct 2006 by St. Thomas Newsroom / No Comments
Professional notes Northern Great Plains History Conference participants were, first row, left to right: Jacob Friefeld and Amanda McNeil (UST) and Michael Hardy (Dickinson State University). Second row, left to right: Dr. Joseph Fitzharris (UST), session chair; Brie Swenson (University of Minnesota), session commentator; Dr. Michael Taylor (Dickinson State). Two students from Dr. Joseph Fitzharris’ [...]
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10 Oct 2006 by St. Thomas Newsroom / No Comments
Professional notes Dr. Sarah Armstrong, Personal Counseling and Testing, co-wrote an article for the Minnesota Psychologist, the bi-monthly publication for the Minnesota Psychological Association, and hosted a research poster session at the 70th annual MPA conference in Minnetonka. Armstrong continues to serve on the MPA Education and Training Committee, which is responsible for planning and [...]
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03 Oct 2006 by St. Thomas Newsroom / No Comments
Professional notes Dr. John Holst, School of Education, is author of "Paulo Freire in Chile, 1964-1969: Pedagogy of the Oppressed in its Sociopolitical Economic Context." The article appeared in the summer 2006 issue of the Harvard Educational Review. It is available online through the UST Libraries here. Dr. Gene Scapanski, Office for Mission, received the Hall of [...]
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26 Sep 2006 by St. Thomas Newsroom / No Comments
Professional notes Father James Burns, Graduate School of Professional Psychology, has received the Judy E. Hall Award for early career psychologists from the National Register of Health Service Providers. The award recognizes excellence in National Register-credentialed psychologists with fewer than 10 years of postdoctoral experience. Award winners have made "a number of significant and exceptional [...]
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19 Sep 2006 by St. Thomas Newsroom / No Comments
Professional notes Dr. Michael Andregg, Justice and Peace Studies Department, was selected to write a chapter on "intelligence ethics" for a Handbook of Intelligence Studies, edited by Loch Johnson, forthcoming next year from Taylor and Francis Books, Oxfordshire, England. He also was recently acknowledged for substantive contributions to the first English-language Dictionary of Israeli Intelligence [...]
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12 Sep 2006 by St. Thomas Newsroom / No Comments
Professional notes Fourteen Chemistry Department students presented posters describing their research at the Summer Undergraduate Research Expo sponsored by the University of Minnesota Institute of Technology Aug. 10 at the university’s McNamara Alumni Center. Participating students included: Ashley Kramer and Tim Dickhudt, students of Dr. Tony Borgerding; Jon Athmann and Jonathan Hennek, students of Dr. [...]
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16 May 2006 by St. Thomas Newsroom / No Comments
This is the last “notes” column for the academic year. It will resume in September.
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09 May 2006 by St. Thomas Newsroom / No Comments
This is the second-to-last “notes” column for the academic year. The deadline the final column to be published next Tuesday is 10 a.m. Friday, May 12.
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02 May 2006 by St. Thomas Newsroom / No Comments
Professional notes Dr. Jean Giebenhain, Psychology Department, recently received the Walter D. Mink Outstanding Undergraduate Teacher Award from the Minnesota Psychological Association. The statewide award is given annually to an undergraduate psychology professor who has demonstrated outstanding performance as a classroom teacher and an influence in encouraging student interest in the field of psychology. Giebenhain [...]
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25 Apr 2006 by St. Thomas Newsroom / No Comments
Professional notes Dr. Tom Fisch, School of Divinity, and Dr. Anne Klejment and Dr. Scott Wright, History Department, formed a panel on "Origins of Liturgical Renewal and Social Justice in the Early 20th Century United States" for the American Catholic Historical Association’s spring meeting April 7-8 at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, [...]
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11 Apr 2006 by St. Thomas Newsroom / No Comments
Professional notes Dr. María Chavarría, Modern and Classical Languages Department, attended the international conference of the Latin American Studies Association March 14-18 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. She was chair of a panel, "Alfabetización: propuestas para una pedagogía liberadora en las Américas," and presented a paper, "Alphabets and Literacy: A Problem for Developing an Intercultural [...]
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04 Apr 2006 by St. Thomas Newsroom / No Comments
Professional notes Dr. Camille George, School of Engineering, was invited to speak at the North Section conference and meeting of Engineers Without Borders March 25. She spoke on "Sustainable Technology, Intercultural Awareness and Interdisciplinary Collaborations." Dr. William Kinney, Sociology and Criminal Justice Department, gave a presentation, "The Use of Mock Trials as a Teaching Technique [...]
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28 Mar 2006 by St. Thomas Newsroom / No Comments
Professional notes Ron James, Center for Ethical Business Cultures, has been selected to receive the second annual International Compliance Award from the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics April 23 in Las Vegas. Headquartered in Minneapolis, the society is dedicated to enhancing the role of compliance professionals and advancing corporate governance, compliance and ethics on [...]
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14 Mar 2006 by St. Thomas Newsroom / No Comments
Professional notes Dr. Michael Andregg, Justice and Peace Studies Department, presented two lectures on "Environmental Stress and Conflict" at the 18th Nobel Peace Prize Forum March 11 at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa. Later this month he will chair two panels on "Intelligence Community Reform" and "Oversight" at a spy conference in California. In April, [...]
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07 Mar 2006 by St. Thomas Newsroom / No Comments
Professional notes Father James Burns, Graduate School of Professional Psychology, recently had two papers accepted at national conferences. In August he will present "The Ecology of the Formation Environment and its Relationship to Catholic Priest Sexual Offenders" at the Division of Child, Youth and Family Services program of the American Psychological Association annual convention in [...]
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21 Feb 2006 by St. Thomas Newsroom / No Comments
Professional notes Dr. John Conbere and Dr. Alla Heorhiadi, Organization Learning and Development Department, are co-authors of an article, "The Growth of Human Resource Development," published in the January issue of the Ukrainian magazine Personnel Management. The article introduces human resource development to the Ukrainian business audience. Earlier this month Conbere and Heorhiadi also taught [...]
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14 Feb 2006 by St. Thomas Newsroom / No Comments
Professional notes Dr. Jean Birbilis, Graduate School of Professional Psychology, has been invited to be a member of the American Psychological Association’s Division 29 Education and Training Committee. The committee’s upcoming tasks include reviewing competencies and minimum criteria for psychotherapy training. Dr. Kenneth Goodpaster, College of Business, gave the keynote address to the annual meeting [...]