Provost

Day: September 19, 2025

  • Faculty Spotlight: Rachel Flynn

    Faculty Spotlight: Rachel Flynn

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    This month’s cover image for College and Research Libraries News, submitted to the publication by Rachel Flynn (Library and Archives), is a photograph titled BOB, or Bundle of Books. It features an unidentified student moving books from the first Folke Bernadotte Memorial Library (now Anderson Hall) to the library’s current location, which opened in 1972.…

  • Faculty Spotlight: Sharon Marquart

    Faculty Spotlight: Sharon Marquart

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    Sharon Marquart (Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures and Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies) gave a talk as part of a panel on “Remembering the Occupation and Liberation of France” co-sponsored by the Alliance Française of Minneapolis-Saint Paul and the University Club of Saint Paul. Fellow participants included a Holocaust survivor and the children of French…

  • Faculty Spotlight: Hagar Attia

    Faculty Spotlight: Hagar Attia

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    Hagar Attia (Communication Studies) was named the 2025 Communication and Theater Association of Minnesota (CTAM) Outstanding New College Teacher and will be honored at the CTAM Awards banquet.

  • Faculty Spotlight: Maddalena Marinari

    Faculty Spotlight: Maddalena Marinari

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    Maddalena Marinari (History) co-edited with Kevin Kenny (New York University), a collection of essays titled Rituals of Migration: Italians and Irish on the Move. It offers snapshots of Italian and Irish migrants on the move from the mid-19th to mid-20th centuries. The essays examine the moments, actions, sentiments, and material objects in the process of…

  • Faculty Spotlight: Mimi Gerstbauer

    Faculty Spotlight: Mimi Gerstbauer

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    Mimi Gerstbauer (Political Science) was selected to be a 2025-26 Council on Foreign Relations Higher Education Ambassador. The program is an eight-month engagement that connects educators across the country with free educational resources, professional development activities, and a cross-disciplinary network of professionals committed to equipping students with literacy in global affairs. This year’s cohort includes…

  • Faculty Spotlight: Kate Aguilar

    Faculty Spotlight: Kate Aguilar

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    Kate Aguilar (History) has been appointed Section Editor for Film, Media, and Museum Reviews at the Journal of Sport History.