Feb. 13, 2013

‘Digital Storytelling’ offeredThe opportunity to capture family history or tell a personal story has gone high

tech, and now everyone can easily join the digital crowd. Tuesday evenings,beginning Feb. 26, Minot State University is offering a four-week course in“Digital Storytelling,” as part of its open-classroom series for the community.

Digital Storytelling is a hands-on course that will teach participants how tocreate their own digital stories. Instructors will help inspire story ideas and writingtips and provide tutorials on incorporating images, recording audio, adding music

Minot State fundraisesfor 'HOPE HEALS'

During February, "HOPE HEALS,"a 4-by-5 mixed media commemorativepainting created by Candace Brekke, willbe displayed in the Minot StateUniversity Bookstore. Brekke, MSUalumna and graphic arts adjunct, paintedthe traveling exhibit for the firstanniversary of the 2011 Mouse RiverFlood, as a fundraiser for Roosevelt Park Zoo. Teresa Loftesnes, marketingdirector, volunteered to coordinate the campus-wide effort.

Minot State students, staff, faculty and friends may donate to the project bysending checks to Teresa Loftesnes, marketing, Student Center 309 by Thursday(Feb. 28). Checks should be made out to Greater Minot Zoological Society with anotation to "HOPE HEALS."

"As I looked around my community and saw all the devastation from the 2011flood, I felt the need to give encouragement and inspiration through art. So manypeople in Minot and the surrounding area have come so far in rebuilding theirlives," Brekke said.

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and compiling a concise video,culminating in a digital publication toshare with others.

“We live in a digital age where manypeople share their lives using social

media such, as Facebook, email, Flickr,Twitter or Instagram,” said AimeeDuchsherer, a class instructor. “DigitalStorytelling takes this sharing to adeeper level to help us explore ourfamily and personal histories, andallows us to express these stories in avisual and meaningful way.”

Duchsherer shares her great-grandmother’s story at www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwkeJlzP3kY.

Classes will run through March 26(excluding March 12) from 5:30 to 8:30p.m. in Memorial 228. There is a $75material fee, and registration is limitedto 10 participants. Participants are askedto supply their own flash drives.

This workshop is a Great PlainsCenter for Community Research andService initiative. To learn more aboutthe class or to register, go towww.minotstateu.edu/cel or contactAmy Woodbeck, Center for ExtendedLearning education programcoordinator, at 858-3989 oramy.woodbeck@minotstateu.edu.

Dinosaurs and 1889 flooddiscussed in lectures

Smithsonian postdoctoral fellow andNorth Dakota paleontologist TylerLyson will present “Dinosaur Biologyand Paleoecology: How dinosaurs livedand why they went extinct” Thursday(Feb. 14). Lyson’s lecture will be inHoffman Hall in the Cyril Moore

Science Building at 7 p.m.Other Darwin Day activities run

Wednesday through Friday (Feb. 13-15)and focus on the relevance of evolutionto everyday life. A complete listing ofDarwin Day activities is athttp://msubiology.info.

Patti Kurtz, associate Englishprofessor, will discuss her research forher new novel Feb. 25 in “Finding theStory in ‘History:’ Researching the1889 Johnstown PA Flood.” ThisNorthwest Art Center lecture will be inAleshire Theater at 7 p.m.

“Dark Enough to See the Stars,”Kurtz’ historical novel for teens/youngadults, is set in the turbulent daysfollowing the deadly flood.

For questions about NAC activities,visit www.minotstateu.edu/nac.

Both lectures are open to the publicand will be followed by question-and-answer periods and informalreceptions.

MSU Theatre Programpresents ‘Bus Stop’

William Inge’s drama “Bus Stop”will hit Aleshire Theater’s stage Tuesday(Feb. 19) with Aili Smith, assistanthumanities professor, as its director.Performances are Tuesday throughSaturday (Feb. 19-23) at 7:30 p.m.

A freak March 1955 snowstorminterrupts a bus’ journey; eightindividuals, five on the bus, have aweather-enforced layover in a dinerfrom 1 to 5 a.m. Romantic relationshipsensue between characters.

Tickets are $6 for adults, $5 forseniors and students, and free withMSU ID for students, faculty and staff.Reservations are recommended bycalling 858-3172.

Ensemble acts as asingle musical voice

Amixed ensemble of Minot StateUniversity faculty, staff and studentsand community members will performTerry Riley’s minimalist classical piece,

“In C,” Feb. 24 in Ann Nicole NelsonHall at 7:30 p.m. Erik Anderson,associate music professor, organizedthis recital, which is free and open tothe public.

“In C” accommodates any number ofmusicians playing any instrument. Itconsists of 53 individually numberedmeasures that are repeated any numberof times and held together by thecommon eighth-note C played for theduration of the piece.

Come to the PennyCarnival fundraiser

Feb. 28, Minot State Universitystudents, faculty and staff andcommunity members can enjoy a PennyCarnival in the Dome from 6 to 8 p.m.Festivities will include booths, bouncehouses, face painting, ring toss and cakewalks.

Annually, residence halls stafffundraise for The Leukemia &Lymphoma Society through the“Pennies for Patients” competition.LLS, the world's largest voluntaryhealth agency dedicated to bloodcancer, funds global lifesaving bloodcancer research and provides freeinformation and support services toimprove the quality of life of patientsand their families. Chapters existthroughout the U.S. and Canada.

“Last year, MSU raised $2,521.91,but this year, we hope to double that!So, campus departments are fillingbuckets and jars because thecompetition runs through March 8,”said Camila Van Dyke, residence life

coordinator. “Through participating inPennies for Patients, our school joins25,000 schools in combating bloodcancer, both today by serving patientsand for the future by fundingresearch.”

To learn more about LLS, visit itswebsite at www.schoolandyouth.org/school/Controller?action=loadContent&itemid=91060.

NSSLHA conferencefocusing on children

Minot State University's chapter ofthe National Students Speech LanguageHearing Association isholding its 2013spring conferenceMarch 22 in theConference Center(Student Center, thirdfloor), from 8 a.m. to4:30 p.m. The keynotespeaker is Barbara Williams Hodson, acommunication sciences and disordersprofessor at Wichita State University.

“The MSU chapter of NSSLHA hasheld conferences for the last 20 years.The students plan, organize and executea nationally renowned conference,which is attended not only by MSUstudents, faculty and staff, but also bypracticing speech-language pathologistsfrom Montana, South Dakota,Minnesota, Saskatchewan andManitoba,” said Lesley Magnus,associate professor of communicationdisorders.

This year, the emphasis is onassessment and treatment strategies forchildren with severely impaired speech.Information about methods foraccelerating understandability gains willbe presented in the daylong conference.

The $50 early bird registration mustbe received by March 1. On-siteregistration is $75. The conference isfree to all MSU students, faculty andstaff.

For a registration form, visitwww.minotstateu.edu/ndslha/pdf/

Hodson

2013NSSLHAConferenceBrochure.pdf.To read the full article, visit

www.minotstateu.edu/pio/pdf/2013_02_12_Release_NSSLHA.pdf.

New staff aboardMinot State University welcomes

new employee, SheilaLatham, an account andgrants analyst in theBusiness Office.Latham, an alumna, wasthe grants and projectcoordinator for the Cityof Minot for 22 years. She and herhusband, Swift, have five children andthree grandchildren.

Alumna wins N.D.geography teacher award

The North Dakota GeographicAlliance honored Brenda MausMorman Feb. 6 as the 2012 WarrenKress OutstandingGeography TeacherAward winner. Anoutstanding teacherand advocate for thestudy of geography,Morman teaches firstgrade at CentralElementary in Wahpeton.

“My students love to find places onthe map and globe. So, I integrategeography into my daily teaching andhelp students explore maps and globe,”Morman said. “During writingactivities, I may ask ‘Where could yourstory take place besides Wahpeton?’Mystudents learn about cultural geographyby celebrating the Chinese New Year,Thanksgiving, St. Patrick’s Day, andChristmas around the world and throughunits that use maps to take a trip toAlaska and to places where penguinslive.”

Morman’s 34-year career includesteaching in North Dakota schools,South Dakota and Minnesota. Sheearned a Bachelor of Science inelementary education from Minot State

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University. Later, she received a Masterof Education in reading with anemphasis in storytelling from EastTennessee State University.

While attending MSU, the five-hourdrive to Morman’s hometown of Golvamade it impossible for her to go homeevery weekend. She often went homewith friends. She realized later that washer first experience of geography,including human life and the effects ofhuman activity, outside a textbook. Thisled to Morman’s deep understandingthat cultural geography can beexperienced 10 miles away, 10,000miles away or across the road, eatinglefse at the neighbors.

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Chamber sponsorslegislative forums

Tom Seymour, business informationtechnology professor, chairs the MinotArea Chamber of CommerceGovernmental Affairs Committee. Thecommittee hosts Saturday legislativeforums at the North Dakota State FairCenter, 9 a.m. Remaining dates areSaturday (Feb. 16) and Feb. 23, March16 and April 6.

The forums give attendees a chanceto meet with Minot legislators and askquestions. The format includes amoderator who asks questionssubmitted in writing by the audience.

In the galleriesFeb. 13-20 — "Americas 2013:

Paperworks," a national juriedcompetition competition with jurorNicole Pietrantoni, Walla Walla, Wash.,Hartnett Gallery.

Feb. 14-March 14 — "Mandala" or"magic circle," a joint exhibit by NorthDakota artists Robin Reynolds andMarilyn Lee, Library Gallery.

Minot State University missionMinot State University is first and foremost dedicated to the success of all stu-dents: their growth and development as educated citizens, their confidence,and their life-long devotion to the common good and the welfare of others.

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Faculty and staffachievements

The Office of Public Informationproudly shares the many accomplish-ments of faculty and staff with thecampus community in every issue.

Brent Askvig, executive director ofthe North Dakota Center for Personswith Disabilities, was elected chair ofthe N.D. State Council onDevelopmental Disabilities. Askvig’sterm as chair will run through October2014.

Andy Bertsch, associate businessadministration professor, is on theorganizing committee for “Leadershipin Russia and Global Context,” aleadership conference to be held inMoscow, October 2013.

Andrea Donovan, assistanthumanities professor, presented “Morrisand New England” at the ModernLanguage Association in Boston,Jan. 2-6. Donovan is secretary of theexecutive board of the William MorrisSociety in the United States.

Mehmet Koseoglu, visiting businessadministration instructor, had twopapers published. “Assessing theStrategic Relevance of OrganizationalCapabilities: Evidence from TurkishHotels,” by Koseoglu, John Parnell andCafer Topaloglu was published in theInternational Journal of Managementand Decision Making,www.inderscience.com/info/ingeneral/forthcoming.php?jcode=ijmdm.Meanwhile, International Journal ofManagement and EnterpriseDevelopment accepted “CrisisReadiness, Strategic Orientation andPerformance: Evidence from Turkey”by Cafer Topaloglu, Koseoglu, JamesOndracek, www.inderscience.com/info/

ingeneral/forthcoming.php?jcode=ijmed.The Administration on Intellectual

and Developmental Disabilitiesrecognized NDCPD for quality grantwriting. A portion of the NDCPD coreapplication was shared with 67 centersacross the U.S. as an “exemplaryexample” of how to structurecomponents of a grant application.

Linda Olson, Division ofHumanities chair, gave a presentation,"Rock Art as a Writing System," atDawson Community College Feb.8 inGlendive, Mont. Olson discussed NorthAmerican rock art she investigated anddocumented over the past 20 years.DCC is displaying her exhibit, "LindaA. Olson, M.F.A. untitled plethora,"from Feb.8 through March 15.

Jan Repnow, business informationtechnology instructor, was the NorthDakota Department of Career andTechnical Education team evaluatorJan. 23-24. Repnow reviewed BismarckPublic Schools’ business and officetechnology program.

Gary Ross, Department of BusinessAdministration chair, participated in thereview and revision of the GlobalProfessional Human Resources exam inLos Angeles, Jan. 10-13.