{"id":25125,"date":"2016-08-08T14:40:19","date_gmt":"2016-08-08T19:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/?p=25125"},"modified":"2016-09-14T13:26:41","modified_gmt":"2016-09-14T18:26:41","slug":"two-dozen-new-faculty-joining-bsu-campus-community-this-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/2016\/08\/08\/two-dozen-new-faculty-joining-bsu-campus-community-this-fall\/","title":{"rendered":"More Than 20 New Faculty Joining BSU Campus Community This Fall"},"content":{"rendered":"<table style=\"max-width: 657px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"max-width: 150px; vertical-align: top;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-25362 img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/08\/Blessing-Mitch-300x300-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"blessing-mitch-300x300\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-bp=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/08\/Blessing-Mitch-300x300.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/08\/Blessing-Mitch-300x300-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/08\/Blessing-Mitch-300x300-226x226.jpg 226w, https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/08\/Blessing-Mitch-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\"><strong>Mitch Blessing<\/strong> has joined The TAD School as an assistant professor of technology, art and design. Blessing is a BSU alum and former local business owner.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"max-width: 150px; vertical-align: top;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-25135 img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/08\/Caravella-Tracy-300x300-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Caravella-Tracy-300x300\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-bp=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/08\/Caravella-Tracy-300x300.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/08\/Caravella-Tracy-300x300-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/08\/Caravella-Tracy-300x300-226x226.jpg 226w, https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/08\/Caravella-Tracy-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\"><strong>Tracy Caravella<\/strong>&nbsp;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<tr>\n<td style=\"max-width: 150px; vertical-align: top;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-25368 img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/08\/Houchins-Katherine-300x300-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"houchins-katherine-300x300\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-bp=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/08\/Houchins-Katherine-300x300.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/08\/Houchins-Katherine-300x300-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/08\/Houchins-Katherine-300x300-226x226.jpg 226w, https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/08\/Houchins-Katherine-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\"><strong>Katherine Houchins<\/strong>&nbsp;has joined the&nbsp;Department of Social Work as an adjunct instructor.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"max-width: 150px; vertical-align: top;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-25089 size-thumbnail img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/08\/Dwight-Jilek-300x300-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Dwight-Jilek-300x300\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-bp=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/08\/Dwight-Jilek-300x300.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/08\/Dwight-Jilek-300x300-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/08\/Dwight-Jilek-300x300-226x226.jpg 226w, https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/08\/Dwight-Jilek-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">When <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2auuqEz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><strong>Dr. Dwight Jilek<\/strong> joins the BSU campus community as director of choral music this fall<i title=\"External link\" class=\"bsu-icon bsu-icon-external-link small ms-1\"><\/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<tr>\n<td style=\"max-width: 150px; vertical-align: top;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-25134 img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/08\/Kovarik-Angie-300x300-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Kovarik-Angie-300x300\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-bp=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/08\/Kovarik-Angie-300x300.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/08\/Kovarik-Angie-300x300-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/08\/Kovarik-Angie-300x300-226x226.jpg 226w, https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/08\/Kovarik-Angie-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\"><strong>Angie Kovarik<\/strong>&nbsp;has joined the Department of Business Administration as an assistant professor. She comes to BSU after spending nearly five years as a&nbsp;Clinical Informatics Operations Analyst\/IT Applications at Sanford Health in Bemidji.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"max-width: 150px; vertical-align: top;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-25133 img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/08\/Li-Cliff-300x300-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Li-Cliff-300x300\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-bp=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/08\/Li-Cliff-300x300.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/08\/Li-Cliff-300x300-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/08\/Li-Cliff-300x300-226x226.jpg 226w, https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/08\/Li-Cliff-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\"><strong>Zhe &ldquo;Cliff&rdquo; Li<\/strong>&nbsp;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<tr>\n<td style=\"max-width: 150px; vertical-align: top;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-25365 img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/08\/Longie-Amanda-300x300-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"longie-amanda-300x300\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-bp=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/08\/Longie-Amanda-300x300.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/08\/Longie-Amanda-300x300-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/08\/Longie-Amanda-300x300-226x226.jpg 226w, https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/08\/Longie-Amanda-300x300.jpg 295w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\"><strong>Amanda Longie<\/strong> is a new&nbsp;adjunct instructor in the Department of Social Work.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"max-width: 150px; vertical-align: top;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-25156 img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/08\/Marietti-Christina-300x300-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Marietti-Christina-300x300\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-bp=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/08\/Marietti-Christina-300x300.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/08\/Marietti-Christina-300x300-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/08\/Marietti-Christina-300x300-226x226.jpg 226w, https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/08\/Marietti-Christina-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\"><strong>Christina Marietti<\/strong>&nbsp;has joined the Department of Professional Education as an adjunct instructor.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"max-width: 150px; vertical-align: top;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-25363 img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/08\/Mastin-Mike-300x300-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"mastin-mike-300x300\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-bp=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/08\/Mastin-Mike-300x300.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/08\/Mastin-Mike-300x300-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/08\/Mastin-Mike-300x300-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/08\/Mastin-Mike-300x300-226x226.jpg 226w, https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/08\/Mastin-Mike-300x300.jpg 407w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">City of Bemidji Chief of Police<strong> Mike Mastin<\/strong>&nbsp;has joined the Department of Criminal Justice as an adjunct instructor.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"max-width: 150px; vertical-align: top;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-25367 img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/08\/Nyaribo-Obed-300x300-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"nyaribo-obed-300x300\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-bp=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/08\/Nyaribo-Obed-300x300.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/08\/Nyaribo-Obed-300x300-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/08\/Nyaribo-Obed-300x300-226x226.jpg 226w, https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/08\/Nyaribo-Obed-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\"><strong>Obed Nyaribo<\/strong>&nbsp;has joined the Department of Business Administration as an assistant&nbsp;professor.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"max-width: 150px; vertical-align: top;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-25171 img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/08\/Tower-Chris-300x300-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Tower-Chris-300x300\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-bp=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/08\/Tower-Chris-300x300.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/08\/Tower-Chris-300x300-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/08\/Tower-Chris-300x300-226x226.jpg 226w, https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/08\/Tower-Chris-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\"><strong><strong>Chris Tower<\/strong><\/strong>&nbsp;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&nbsp;an adjunct instructor and teacher candidate supervisor.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"max-width: 150px; vertical-align: top;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-25155 img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/08\/Weber-Miriam-300x300-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Weber-Miriam-300x300\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-bp=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/08\/Weber-Miriam-300x300.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/08\/Weber-Miriam-300x300-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/08\/Weber-Miriam-300x300-226x226.jpg 226w, https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/08\/Weber-Miriam-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\"><strong>Miriam Webber<\/strong>&nbsp;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<tr>\n<td style=\"max-width: 150px; vertical-align: top;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-25366 img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/08\/Weyer-Jean-300x300-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"weyer-jean-300x300\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-bp=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/08\/Weyer-Jean-300x300.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/08\/Weyer-Jean-300x300-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/08\/Weyer-Jean-300x300-226x226.jpg 226w, https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/08\/Weyer-Jean-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\"><strong>Jean Weyer<\/strong>&nbsp;has joined the Department of Professional Education as an adjunct instructor.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h5>Other New Faculty&hellip;<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Julie Caspers<\/strong>&nbsp;is transferring to the Bemidji School of Nursing from Northwest Technical College, effective Aug. 16.<\/li>\n<li><strong>George Deden<\/strong>&nbsp;has joined the Department of Accountancy as an adjunct instructor, effective Aug. 16.<\/li>\n<li><b>Season Ellison<\/b> has joined the campus community as an assistant professor of interdisciplinary studies, effective Aug 16. Ellison will direct BSU&rsquo;s liberal education program and its honors program.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Wendy Grosskopf<\/strong>&nbsp;has joined the Department of English as an assistant professor, effective Aug. 16.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lynnette Homer<\/strong>&nbsp;has joined the Department of Human Performance, Sport and Health as an adjunct instructor, effective Aug. 22.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Barbara Kavan<\/strong>&nbsp;has joined the Department of Professional Education as an adjunct instructor, effective Aug. 16.<\/li>\n<li><strong>John Manke&nbsp;<\/strong>has joined the history program as an adjunct instructor, effective Aug. 16.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Christopher Miller<\/strong>&nbsp;has joined the Department of Psychology as an assistant professor, effective Aug. 16.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Robert Quandt&nbsp;<\/strong>has joined the Department of Chemistry as an associate professor, effective Aug. 16.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ryan Sayer<\/strong>&nbsp;has joined the physics program as an assistant professor, effective Aug. 16.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mitch Blessing has joined The TAD School as an assistant professor of technology, art and design. Blessing is a BSU alum and former local business owner. Tracy Caravella&nbsp;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 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[959],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-circle-story"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25125","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=25125"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25125\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25397,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25125\/revisions\/25397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}