Contact Information
For more information regarding the FasTrack Secondary Initiative, contact: FasTrack Secondary Initiative
Perpich Center For Arts Education
Bemidji State University
Gaia Center Room 210
6125 Olson Memorial Highway
Golden Valley, MN 55422
1-800-948-5904(toll-free)
1-763-591-4787 (fax)
fastrack@bemidjistate.edu Other questions and concerns can be answered by the staff and faculty members of the FasTrack Secondary Initiative.
| Dr. Siri Anderson
Assistant Professor
Dr. Siri Anderson is an assistant professor and advisor for the DLiTE Program and FasTrack Initiative. Siri received her degree in Critical Pedagogy studying media literacy at the University of St. Thomas. She has taught English as a Second Language in Japan, elementary education to students who were wards of the state in Boston, and Social Studies in the Hopkins School District. Dr. Anderson is particularly interested in research based strategies that work with low-income and marginalized populations. In that arena she has worked as a Research Associate for an economic think tank, Growth and Justice; as Director of Curriculum and Instruction for a charter school serving East Africans in Minneapolis, MN; and, as Director of Get Connected, a successful digital divide crossing program for low-income students in the Hopkins School District.
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Ms. Mary Brueske
Program Manager
Ms. Mary Brueske is the program manager of the DLiTE K-8 Program and the FasTrack Secondary Initiative. Ms. Brueske's experience with the Minnesota State Colleges & Universities system includes community college, technical college, and State University settings and joined Bemidji State University in 2003. Along with the admissions and program details, Mary currently designs and generates the marketing materials for the DLiTE and FasTrack programs. Ms. Brueske's previous accomplishments include design consulting with new home construction and natural stone distributors. Ms. Brueske also worked with GE Corporation in the development and implementation of processes for the launch of the GE Builder Design Center.
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| Dr. Barbara Bridges
Professor
Dr. Bridges received her Doctorate in Curricululum and Instruction from the University of Minnesota. She is the designer and past-director of the distributed online learning DLiTE Program and FasTrack Initiative. Dr. Bridges is also a designer, developer, and coordinator - ArtsNet Minnesota - an interdisciplinary website for the Walker Art Center, The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, The Frederick R. Weisman Museum, and The Minnesota Museum of American Art. She was 1998 Minnesota Art Higher Educator of the Year by the Art Educators of Minnesota. Barbara's relationship with teachers, students, and schools began in Maine where she started teaching art in 1976. She has worked with teachers, artists and students since that time in Maine, Mexico, the Caribbean, an in Minnesota. Dr. Bridges is also a sculptor who uses themes of rootlessness, lack of identity, solitude and social fragmentation to create historiograhic, record keeping, community building artworks.
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Dr. Lorraine Boyle
Assistant Professor
Dr. Lorraine Boyle holds an assistant professor position teaching pedagogy and the Standards of Effective Practice. Lorraine is also the coordinator of student teaching and placement. Dr. Boyle earned her Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education, a Master of Education with a concentration in literacy and art, and a Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Administration and Policy. All degrees granted by the University Of Minnesota, Twin Cities campus. She engaged in public service as a teacher for thirty-five years and as a principal, she supervised teachers and curriculum at the elementary, middle and high school levels. As a central office administrator, she worked in curriculum, assessment, compensatory programs, and human resources. Click here to e-mail Dr. Boyle
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| Ms. Sally Gibson
Adjunct Professor, Art
Ms. Sally Gibson earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Minnesota and a Master of Education from St. Mary's, her thesis on "Why Art?" earned the "Outstanding Paper of the Year" award. Ms. Gibson teaches in the Mounds View School District and is the Visual Arts Curriculum Coordinator. In addition, Ms. Gibson works with the Perpich Center for Arts Education as a member of the Arts Quality Teacher Network. In 2004, Ms. Gibson was named "Outstanding Minnesota Art Educator".
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| Mr. Robert Griggs
Interim Associate Vice President |
Mr. Michael Hiatt
Adjunct Professor, Music
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Ms. Lisa Krall
Adjunct Professor
Ms. Lisa Krall is an adjunct professor for the FasTrack Initiative and the DLiTE Program. Ms. Krall earned her B.S. in Elementary Education and her M.Ed. in Elementary Education at the University of Minnesota- Twin Cities. She is currently working on her Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction with a focus on literacy at the University of Minnesota- Twin Cities. Professor Krall worked as a public school teacher for twelve years.
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Ms. Nancy Marcy
Adjunct Professor
Ms. Nancy Marcy earned a Bachelor of Arts from Gustavus Adolphus College and aMaster of Education from the University of Minnesota. Ms. Marcy is Curriculum Coordinator at Eden Prairie High School for Physical Education and is project director for a federally-funded grant program designed to improvephysical education district-wide. In 2002, Ms. Marcy was named Minnesota Dance Teacher of the Year by the Minnesota Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance. | 
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| Ms. Rebecca Rennicke
Adjunct Professor
Rebecca will be teaching Science Methods for the DLiTE Program and currently teaches Physical, Biological, and Earth sciences grades 9-12. During her 27 years of teaching, she has also designed and implemented elementary science programs, taught at the middle level, and worked with research professionals associated with her projects. Her educational expertise is in curriculum design aimed at integration of Inquiry, constructivism, technology and service learning in the science classroom. Her projects have been awarded the Minnesota Department of Education Best Project in service learning, as well as the Minnesota Tekne Finalist award for the use of technology in education.
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 | Dr. Karl Salscheider
Professor, Health
Dr. Karl Salscheider, professor of health has been part of the BSU family since 1981. He holds a PhD in health education from the University of Utah (1988) and has been active in both community health and health education in the Bemidji area. As a key player in the B-TEAM (Beltrami Tobacco Education Awareness Movement), Dr. Salscheider conducted research in Beltrami County that was the foundational data set for the approval a smoke-free ordinance, only the second county in Minnesota to do so. The interventions of Dr. Salscheider's community health students in Beltrami County 5th grade classrooms have contributed significantly in the drop of Bemidji middle school smoking rates from 18% to 8% in just five years. Dr. Salscheider was the 1999 recipient of MAHPERD's "Carl Knutson Award" as the outstanding college professor in Minnesota focusing on service and contributions to health education.
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