Dr. Joel Filmore was recog- nized as a 2013 ACES Emerging Leaders Fellow. He is president-elect of the South Dakota Association for Counselor Education and Supervision. Filmore was also accepted to present at the National Association for the Education of Young Children Conference in Washington, D.C.; the Hawaii International Conference on Education in Honolulu; and the American Counseling Association Conference and Expo, also in Honolulu. Drs. Joel Filmore, Dianna Knox and Antony White announced that NSU has been approved by the National Board for Certified Counselors as a testing site for the National Counseling Examination for Licensure and Certification. Dr. Erin Fouberg, professor of geography, was named to the board of directors of the South Dakota Historical Society Foundation. The South Dakota Historical Society Foundation is a private, charitable nonprofit established in 1982. Fouberg is the second generation in her family to serve on the founda- tion’s board of directors. Her father, Edward Hogan, was a board member in the 2000s. Joshua John Frachiseur, assistant professor of theater, presented a workshop at a theater festival in Lincoln, Neb., in January. Frachiseur presented his workshop on costing out designs (geared for technical directors and graduate students) to a packed, highly engaged room during the regional Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival. Drs. Jeff Howard and Antony White have estab- lished the Behavioral Sciences Research Center (BSRC), located in Administration Building Room 111. Housed in the BSRC are the Institute for Counselor Education and Supervision, the Center for Mental Health Policy and the Cognition and AudioVisual Perception Lab. Dr. Alan LaFave, dean of fine arts and professor of music/ clarinet, was named 2012-13 Outstanding Music Educator. LaFave maintains an active schedule as a guest conductor, adjudicator and soloist through- out the U.S. and Canada. He served as past president of the South Dakota Music Educators Association; has taught at the International Music Camp in Peace Garden, N.D., and Yellowstone Music Camp in Powell, Wyo.; and is director of Rushmore National Music Camp in Keystone. Dr. Jon Mitchell, assistant professor of biology at NSU, was among seven public university faculty members who were awarded competitive state re- search grants through the South Dakota Board of Regents. Mitchell received a grant of $22,454 for his research topic, “Molecular characterization of insecticidal activity from envi- ronmentally-isolated bacterial strains.” Dr. Alan L. Neville and NSU alumna Alyssa Kaye Anderson are authors of an essay featured in the fall 2013 issue of the Great Plains Quarterly. The article was titled “The Diminishment of the Great Sioux Reservation: Treaties, Tricks, and Time.” Neville, a member of the South Dakota Commission on Teaching and Learning, also participated in the pilot project draft of the South Dakota Teacher Effectiveness Handbook. Dr. Thomas Orr, assistant professor of sport marketing and administration, discussed local and national issues on ESPN Aberdeen’s The Sports Hub. Orr spoke about issues around Richie Incognito and the Miami Dolphins as it related to the “mock trial” conducted in his law and ethics class. In May 2013, he spoke on The Huffington Post’s HuffPostLive about the death of a soccer referee who was attacked after giving a player a yellow card for a foul. Dr. John Peterson, associate professor of finance at NSU, was asked to speak at the opening ceremony of the 2013 Hanyang University International Summer School. Peterson delivered introductory remarks at the ceremony in Seoul, South Korea, in July 2013. Northern has had an exchange partnership with Hanyang University since 2009. Peterson was the only NSU representative at the summer school last year. Dr. Calvin D. Phillips, vice president of Student Affairs, made a presentation at The New Professional Institute for National Student Personnel Association’s IV West Conference in Hot Springs, Ark. Dr. Phillips co-presented “Charting Your Career: Thinking about the Future in the Field.” He also co-facilitated a discussion: “Creating the Mentoring Relationship: Finding Support and Guidance During Your Early Career.” Karen Rosby of the NSU E-Learning faculty was named South Dakota World Language Association’s 2013 World Languages Teacher of the Year. Rosby was recognized for her broad and deep understanding of teaching and learning in her discipline. The South Dakota World Languages Association promotes the study of world languages and aims to maintain the professional development of language teachers at all levels of education in South Dakota. Dr. James Smith, president, attended the National Council of Professors of Educational Administration conference, themed “Innovation, Inventiveness and the Imagination: Leading into the Future,” Aug. 6-9 in Meadowlands, N.J. Smith served as a panel member for a session titled “Internationalizing NCPEA.” He discussed all of Northern’s internationalization successes, including the efforts of the Office of International Programs and the dedication of the International Sculpture Garden. northern today 5 spring 2014 facu lt y news
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