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DR. ANTHONY M. WACHS
presented
on his new book at the McLuhan Centre
for Culture and Technology at the
University of Toronto. Wachs, assistant
professor of speech communication,
discussed “The New Science of
Communication: Reconsidering
McLuhan’s Message for Our Modern
Moment,” on April 27.
TARA ARNTSEN,
DR. JOSEPH
SLICK, REBECCA
PALMER
and
DARRIN
HETRICK,
NSU
Academic English
Program instructors,
presented at the
2015 Dakota TESL
Conference. Arntsen,
AEP/ESL director,
presented “Best Tech: 6
Exceptional Resources
for Educators.” Arntsen
and Palmer co-presented
“Versatile ESL Activities:
Learning English Should Be Fun.” Slick
presented “To Direct or Not Direct
ESL Programs,” and “Turning the Page
on Saudi Arabian Students’ Reading
and Writing: Making Sense of Success
in American Universities.” Hetrick
presented “Building Closer Connections
to Community Using Authentic
Materials.”
BECKY JENSEN,
NSU
TRIO advisor, served
as chairwoman of the
2015 ASPIRE regional
conference. Also at the
conference:
JOSHUA
JENSEN,
NSU
technology integrationist,
presented “Gamification: Using a Gaming
Model for Student Engagement”;
and
PENI MOUNGA,
NSU TRIO
Upward Bound director, presented
“Highlights & Benefits of Reflective
Student Involvement in Programming”
and “Crafting Successful Discussions
with Diverse Populations.”
DR. JOSEPH SLICK
and
DARRIN
HETRICK,
NSU English as a Second
Language instructors, attended a
professional learning visit to the Huron
School District. Slick and Hetrick learned
that district’s best practices, observing
ESL programs in action at the high
school, middle school and elementary
school level.
NORTHERN TODAY
5
SPRING 2016
NORTHERN
NEWS
DR. KENNETH BOULTON
started
as the new School of Fine Arts dean
at Northern State University on July
6. Boulton was previously professor
of piano at Southeastern Louisiana
University, where he also served as
interim head of the Department of Fine
and Performing Arts from 2011 to 2015.
DR. JOSHUA HAGEN
will
begin Aug. 3 as NSU’s new
dean of the College of Arts
and Sciences. Hagen was a
professor of geography at
Marshall University, Huntington, West
Va., since 2003 and department chair
since 2010. He replaces Dr. Celestino
“Tino” Mendez, who retired at the end
of this academic year.
LACI HETTICK
is the new director of
NSU TRIO-Student Support Services.
Hettick’s previous roles included
academic advisor, adjunct instructor, and
Student Success Coordinator.
KELLI KRAUSE
was hired as the
new director of development of the
Northern State University Foundation.
Krause most recently was the director of
development at Presentation College.
DR. COURTNEY
WAID-LINDBERG,
MR. DARYL KOSIAK
and
DR. KRISTI
BROWNFIELD
published an article
in the Annual Review
of Interdisciplinary
Justice Research (Volume 5). The article
is titled “The Representation of Prison
Subculture Models in Mid-20th Century
Hollywood Film.” Waid-Lindberg is
assistant professor of sociology and
criminal justice. Kosiak is instructor of
criminal justice. Brownfield is assistant
professor of sociology.
DR. JEFFREY HOWARD
has
published two articles this year:
“Flashback Gordon: Cryptic
Communication within a Base-Running
Relay-Throw Event” in The Baseball
Research Journal; and “On Creation
Toward Scientific Explanation” in
Creation Research Society Quarterly.
Howard is assistant professor of
psychology and department coordinator.
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