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1200 S. Jay St. Aberdeen, SD 57401-7198 northern.edu Nonprofit Organization U.S. Postage PAID Aberdeen, South Dakota Permit No. 77 Visit northern.edu , click on “ Give Now” and select “College of Arts and Sciences” to support the College of Arts and Sciences. Update your contact information with the NSU Foundation to hear about alumni events in your area or contact the NSU Foundation to learn more, 605-626-2550. Your donations fund: Student travel | Speaker series | Scholarships | Student research TODAY IS THE DAY SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS AT NORTHERN STATE UNIVERSITY DR. PAMELA MONAGHAN- GEERNAERT, assistant professor of sociology, grew up in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, where she earned a B.A. in sociology at the University of Calgary. She earned an M.A. at Idaho State University and a Ph.D. in medical sociology and gerontology from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. Her research has focused on cultural factors in aging and health. Through the Geriatric Education Center at Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif., she completed work in ethnogeriatrics, which led to her research site in New Mexico. Her Ph.D. work was conducted on the Pueblo of Laguna, west of Albuquerque, N.M. She lived in New Mexico for 12 years conducting research with local tribes and rural communities. She comes to NSU from Maryland where she has been teaching for the past nine years. KELLY PULIS, biology lab manager, grew up between North Dakota, Minnesota and Iowa, and graduated high school from Vinton, Iowa. She attended the University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, and graduated with a B.S. in biology and minor in psychology. She then went on to receive an A.A. in exotic animal training and management from Moorpark College in Moorpark, Calif. Before joining NSU, Pulis spent 10 years training dolphins, sea lions and parrots as well as participating in marine animal rescue and rehabilitation for a nonprofit organization on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Pulis and her husband, Eric, are glad to be back on the Northern Plains. They have two children, Evelyn and Alice. research-themed professional development to increase the students’ preparedness to pursue graduate school or careers in environmental chemistry. Biach, a chemistry major, was awarded the internship in 2015. She shared the results of her work in a poster presentation titled “Structural Identification of Natural Organic Matter” presented during the State EPSCoR Symposium in Pierre in July 2015. Fleming, a biology major, was awarded the internship in 2016. His poster presentation was titled “Spectroscopic Characterization of Natural Organic Matter” and was given during the State EPSCoR Symposium in Pierre in August 2016. Both students were mentored by NSU Professor of Chemistry Dr. Guangwei Ding, and conducted much of their research work at the NSU chemistry labs. Both Biach and Fleming were subsequently accepted by the Medical School at the University of South Dakota. NEW FACULTY and STAFF INTERNSHIPS continued…