Faculty Spotlight: Marcia Bunge
Marcia J. Bunge (Religion) gave a lecture on child protection at the University of Erfurt, Germany, in June, and she joined scholars and practitioners from diverse disciplines and over 75 countries at the annual conference of the International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect in Uppsala, Sweden, in August.
Faculty Spotlight: Hayley Russell
Hayley Russell (Health and Exercise Science) was interviewed for a Minnesota Star Tribune story on coping with post-marathon feelings.
Faculty Spotlight: Kathleen Keller
Kathleen Keller (History) presented a paper titled “Black, French, and Living in Occupied France” at a conference on Global Black Studies at Boston College on October 3, 2024.
Faculty Spotlight: Denis Crnkovic
Denis Crnković (Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, retired) is continuing his role as consultant to The Cellar Press at The Grand Center for the Arts in New Ulm, conducting a hands-on seminar in advanced letterpress history and printing techniques in September 2024.
Faculty Spotlight: Lai Sze Tso
Lai Sze Tso (Sociology and Anthropology) was invited to receive the award for the Gustavus Chapter of Alpha Kappa Delta (AKD) at the American Sociological Association in Montreal, Canada. The Gustavus AKD chapter was selected from among 700 chapters internationally.
Faculty Spotlight: Chad Winterfeldt
Chad Winterfeldt (Chaplains Office/Music) will play a festival recital for the rededication of the newly expanded Holtkamp pipe organ at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Aberdeen, SD, on Sunday, September 29 at 2 p.m. Participants in the festival include the adult choir, the handbell choir, and a brass quintet from the Bethlehem community.
Faculty Spotlight: Jeff La Frenierre
Jeff La Frenierre (Environment, Geography, and Earth Sciences) is a co-author of the article “Observing glacier elevation changes from spaceborne optical and radar sensors – an inter-comparison experiment using ASTER and TanDEM-X data,” recently published by the journal The Cryosphere.
Faculty Spotlight: Nicolas Darcourt
Nicolas Darcourt (Art and Art History) has artwork included in the River 2 River National Juried Exhibition as part of the semi-annual Iowa Clay Conference. The exhibited artwork is a ceramic sculpture made from red stoneware press molds and hand-built parts, titled “Accumulated Perspectives”. The exhibition runs through October 26, 2024, at the Gilded Pear […]
Faculty Spotlight: Carlos Mejia Suarez
Carlos Mario Mejía Suárez (Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures) published with Ápeiron ediciones (Madrid, Spain) his novella La máquina de Hotefes contra las tebiras [Hotefes’ Machine Against the Tebirae] on September 9, 2024. The novel is published after receiving a positive recommendation in the Gregorio Samsa contest (Ápeiron). The novella takes place in a post-apocaliptic […]
Faculty Spotlight: Paschal Kyoore
Paschal Kyiiripuo Kyoore (Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures) was invited to submit a piece on African culture, with discussion questions for educators and the general public. TED-Ed lessons feature the words and ideas of educators brought to life by professional animators. “The tale of the boy who tricked a tyrant” is a West African Dagara […]