{"id":25085,"date":"2016-08-04T09:58:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-04T14:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/?p=25085"},"modified":"2016-09-14T13:26:59","modified_gmt":"2016-09-14T18:26:59","slug":"new-faculty-and-staff-hires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/2016\/08\/04\/new-faculty-and-staff-hires\/","title":{"rendered":"New Faculty and Staff Hires"},"content":{"rendered":"

New Faculty and Staff Hires — August, 2016<\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\"Anderson-Michael-300x300\"<\/td>\nDr. Michael F. Anderson<\/strong> joined the Bemidji State and Northwest Technical College campus communities as interim provost and vice president for academic and student affairs<\/i><\/a> on July 5.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Caravella-Tracy-300x300\"<\/td>\nTracy Caravella<\/strong> has joined the Department of Human Performance, Sport and Health as an assistant professor. Before joining the faculty at BSU, she spent 12 years at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Hofstad-Lisa-300x300\"<\/td>\nAfter nine years at BSU Alumni & Foundation in major gifts and annual funds roles, Lisa Hofstad<\/strong> has been promoted and will serve as the Foundation’s Chief Administrative Officer. In this role Lisa will help manage internal operations and serve as one of the Foundation’s primary liaisons to campus.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Dwight-Jilek-300x300\"<\/td>\nWhen Dr. Dwight Jilek<\/strong> joins the BSU campus community as director of choral music this fall<\/i><\/a>, he will be called upon to continue a legacy of vocal music education that began in 1937 when Carl O. Thompson was hired to teach vocal music and music theory and history.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Kovarik-Angie-300x300\"<\/td>\nAngie Kovarik<\/strong> has joined the Department of Business Administration as an assistant professor. She comes to BSU after spending nearly five years as a Clinical Informatics Operations Analyst\/IT Applications at Sanford Health in Bemidji.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Li-Cliff-300x300\"<\/td>\nZhe “Cliff” Li<\/strong> has joined the Department of Business Administration as an assistant professor. He recently graduated from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln after spending five years as a graduate assistant in its Finance Department.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Marietti-Christina-300x300\"<\/td>\nChristina Marietti<\/strong> has joined the Department of Professional Education as an adjunct instructor.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Mastin<\/td>\nCity of Bemidji Chief of Police Mike Mastin<\/strong> has joined the Department of Criminal Justice as an adjunct instructor.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Patrias-Marla-300x300\"<\/td>\nAfter spending nearly two decades with BSU Alumni & Foundation in a variety of roles, Marla Patrias<\/strong> will succeed Rob Bollinger as the organization’s executive director<\/i><\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Tower-Chris-300x300\"<\/td>\nChris Tower<\/strong><\/strong> has accepted a full-time faculty position in the Department of Professional Education as an assistant professor and director of clinical experiences, effective Aug. 16. Last year, he was with the department as an adjunct instructor and teacher candidate supervisor.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Weber-Miriam-300x300\"<\/td>\nMiriam Webber<\/strong> has joined the Department of Music as an assistant professor. She comes to Bemidji from the University of Missouri-Kansas City, where she was an adjunct instructor of music.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
Other Faculty and Staff Hires…<\/h5>\n
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  • ROB AURICH<\/strong> has joined the Department of Athletics as an assistant football coach, effective Aug. 16.<\/li>\n
  • MITCH BLESSING<\/strong> has joined The TAD School as an assistant professor, effective Aug. 16.<\/li>\n
  • KIMBERLY JO CARVER-SMITH<\/strong> has joined BSU Alumni & Foundation as an office and administrative specialist, effective July 25.<\/li>\n
  • JULIE CASPERS<\/strong> is transferring to the Bemidji School of Nursing from Northwest Technical College, effective Aug. 16.<\/li>\n
  • GEORGE DEDEN<\/strong> has joined the Department of Accountancy as an adjunct instructor, effective Aug. 16.<\/li>\n
  • HUNTER EDBERG<\/strong> has joined the Sustainability Office as its GreenStep Cities intern, effective June 1.<\/li>\n
  • SEASON ELLISON<\/strong> has joined the campus community as an assistant professor of interdisciplinary studies, effective Aug 16. Ellison will direct BSU’s liberal education program and its honors program.<\/li>\n
  • MORGAN FOX<\/strong> has joined the Department of Athletics as an assistant volleyball coach, effective June 15.<\/li>\n
  • WENDY GROSSKOPF<\/strong> has joined the Department of English as an assistant professor, effective Aug. 16.<\/li>\n
  • JASON HAMPTON<\/strong> has joined the Department of Athletics as an assistant men’s basketball coach, effective Aug. 16.<\/li>\n
  • LYNNETTE HOMER<\/strong> has joined the Department of Human Performance, Sport and Health as an adjunct instructor, effective Aug. 22.<\/li>\n
  • KATHERINE HOUCHINS<\/strong> has joined the Department of Social Work as an adjunct instructor, effective Aug. 22.<\/li>\n
  • SHEREE JACOBSON<\/strong> has joined Business Services as a temporary customer service specialist, effective June 6.<\/li>\n
  • BARBARA KAVAN<\/strong> has joined the Department of Professional Education as an adjunct instructor, effective Aug. 16.<\/li>\n
  • TARA KLAERS<\/strong> has joined the Office of Financial Aid as a customer service specialist, effective July 7.<\/li>\n
  • MICHAEL LEWIS<\/strong> has joined the Department of Athletics as head strength and conditioning coach, effective July 13.<\/li>\n
  • AMANDA LONGIE<\/strong> has been hired as an adjunct instructor in the Department of Social Work, effective Aug. 22.<\/li>\n
  • JAMIE MAJEROWICZ<\/strong> has joined the Department of Athletics as an assistant women’s basketball coach, effective June 15.<\/li>\n
  • JOHN MANKE <\/strong>has joined the history program as an adjunct instructor, effective Aug. 16.<\/li>\n
  • CHRISTOPHER MILLER<\/strong> has joined the Department of Psychology as an assistant professor, effective Aug. 16.<\/li>\n
  • NICOLE NEBOSIS<\/strong> has joined the Department of Housing and Residence Life as a residence hall director, effective July 1. She is a transfer from Northwest Technical College.<\/li>\n
  • OBED NYARIBO<\/strong> has joined the Department of Business Administration as an assistant professor, effective Aug. 16.<\/li>\n
  • EDDIE OLCZYK<\/strong> has joined the Department of Athletics as an assistant men’s ice hockey coach, effective Aug. 1.<\/li>\n
  • MATTHEW PHIPPS<\/strong> has joined the Department of Athletics as an adjunct assistant football coach, effective Aug. 16.<\/li>\n
  • ROBERT QUANDT <\/strong>has joined the Department of Chemistry as an associate professor, effective Aug. 16.<\/li>\n
  • RYAN SAYER<\/strong> has joined the physics program as an assistant professor, effective Aug. 16.<\/li>\n
  • JEAN WEYER<\/strong> has joined the Department of Professional Education as an adjunct instructor, effective Aug. 16.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    New Faculty and Staff Hires — August, 2016 Dr. Michael F. Anderson joined the Bemidji State and Northwest Technical College campus communities as interim provost and vice president for academic and student affairs on July 5. Tracy Caravella has joined the Department of Human Performance, Sport and Health as an assistant professor. Before joining the faculty at BSU, she […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25086,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsletter"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25085"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25085\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25398,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25085\/revisions\/25398"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}