Day: May 16, 2025
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Faculty Spotlight: Lisa Ortmann
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Lisa Ortmann (Education) facilitated a panel discussion, “Intellectual Freedom & Book Challenges,” at the Minnesota Council of Teachers of English Conference. The panelists included higher education faculty, K-12 teachers, and media specialists who are working to support students’ right to read diverse texts in MN schools.
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Faculty Spotlight: Darsa Donelan
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Darsa Donelan (Physics) co-authored an article in the Spring 2025 issue of The Earth Scientist titled, “A Heliocentric Pedagogy: Sun-Anchored Science with NASA HEAT.” The article presents two innovative classroom activities: using images of solar mass ejections to teach linear motion, and exploring the role of magnetic fields in storing and releasing energy through solar…
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Faculty Spotlight: Shu-Ling Wang
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Shu-Ling Wang (Business and Economics) was invited to serve as a mentor for junior tenure-track women economists at the 2025 CeMENT workshop organized by the American Economics Association at the Fed of Chicago.
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Faculty Spotlight: Lisa Ortmann and Valerie Walker
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Lisa Ortmann and Valerie Walker (Education) presented their work with the Open Windows Books project at the annual conference for the Minnesota Council for Teachers of English. They partner with a Minnesota nonprofit to provide teachers with diverse books and host professional learning cohorts with local area teachers on campus each spring.
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Faculty Spotlight: Erik Gulbranson
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Erik Gulbranson (EGE) has been invited to present his recent research on the impact of war on soil erosion at the International Sedimentological Congress in Wellington, New Zealand.
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Faculty Spotlight: Kathleen Keller
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Kathleen Keller (History) published a book review in Nineteenth Century French Studies. The book, Law, Order, and Empire: Policing and Crime in Colonial Algeria is by Samuel Kalman of Saint Francis Xavier University.