{"id":26494,"date":"2017-01-06T14:30:14","date_gmt":"2017-01-06T20:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/?p=26494"},"modified":"2017-01-06T14:34:49","modified_gmt":"2017-01-06T20:34:49","slug":"university-scholars-headline-bsus-spring-honors-council-lecture-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/2017\/01\/06\/university-scholars-headline-bsus-spring-honors-council-lecture-series\/","title":{"rendered":"University Scholars Headline BSU&#8217;s Spring Honors Council Lecture Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two Bemidji State University faculty members who were recognized as University Scholars during spring 2016 Commencement headline BSU&rsquo;s spring Honors Council Lecture Series.<\/p>\n<p>The Honors Council Lecture Series provides a forum for BSU faculty to share their expertise and the results of their research with the Bemidji community. Honors Council lectures are open to everyone free of charge.<\/p>\n<h4>University Scholars<\/h4>\n<p>University Scholars honors are bestowed by the university president on faculty members who have demonstrated outstanding teaching, service or scholarship over three successive years, as judged by the faculty member&rsquo;s department and immediate supervisor. Factors for consideration include scholarly publications, recognition for creative or artistic work, development of research programs, or other scholarly activity performed at an exemplary level.<\/p>\n<p>Bemidji State&rsquo;s first group of University Scholars was announced by former BSU President Dr. Richard A. Hanson at the university&rsquo;s Commencement ceremony in May 2016. The three scholars were:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dr. Joann Fredrickson, professor of business,<\/li>\n<li>Dr. John Gonzalez, professor of psychology, and<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Marty J. Wolf, professor of mathematics and computer science.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In conjunction with their University Scholars recognition, scholars will present their work during the university&rsquo;s Honors Council Lecture Series. Gonzalez will present his lecture on Jan. 31, and Fredrickson will present hers on Feb. 8. Topics for both will be announced later.<\/p>\n<p>Wolf presented his lecture, which explored the intersections between an institution&rsquo;s need to maintain secure information technology infrastructures and a faculty&rsquo;s need for academic freedom, in October.<\/p>\n<h4>Spring Honors Council Lecture Series<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Jan. 19<\/strong> &ndash; 7 p.m. &ndash; Hagg-Sauer 107 &ndash; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/directory\/facstaff\/jz4907me\"><strong>Dr. Rucha Ambikar<\/strong><\/a>, assistant professor of sociology &ndash;&nbsp;&ldquo;The American Abroad: How the Rest of the World Sees Us.&rdquo;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jan. 31<\/strong> &ndash; 7 p.m. &ndash; Hagg-Sauer 100 &ndash; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/directory\/facstaff\/az2888rh\"><strong>Dr. John Gonzalez<\/strong><\/a>, professor of psychology, University Scholar. Topic TBA.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Feb. 8<\/strong> &ndash; 7 p.m. &ndash; Hagg-Sauer 100 &ndash; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/directory\/facstaff\/em2738pp\"><strong>Dr. Joann Fredrickson<\/strong><\/a>, professor of business, University Scholar. Topic TBA.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Feb. 27<\/strong> &ndash; 7 p.m. &ndash;&nbsp;Hagg-Sauer 107 &ndash;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/directory\/facstaff\/yf0700mu\"><strong>Chris Miller<\/strong><\/a>, assistant professor of psychology, &ldquo;What is the Purpose of Self-Esteem?&rdquo;<\/li>\n<li><strong>March 7<\/strong> &ndash; 7 p.m. &ndash; American Indian Resource Center Gathering Room&nbsp;&ndash; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/directory\/facstaff\/ku6775ie\"><strong>Dr. Michael Anderson<\/strong><\/a>, interim provost and vice president for academic and student affairs, &ldquo;The United States Constitution: An Ongoing Search for Balance.&rdquo;<\/li>\n<li><strong>March 23<\/strong> &ndash; 7 p.m. &ndash; American Indian Resource Center Gathering Room &ndash; <strong>Lori Peterson<\/strong>, civil rights attorney, keynote address for Honors Council Lecture Series and BSU gender studies\/womens studies program gender conference.<\/li>\n<li><strong>April 4<\/strong> &ndash; 7 p.m. &ndash; Hagg-Sauer 107 &ndash; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/directory\/facstaff\/zu5936cc\/\"><strong>Dr. John Ellis<\/strong><\/a>, assistant professor of history, &ldquo;The Holy &lsquo;Knock-em-Down&rsquo;: Methodism Remodels for the Ohio Valley&rsquo;s Backwoods, 1790s-1820s.&rdquo;<\/li>\n<li><strong>April 26<\/strong> &ndash; 7 p.m. &ndash; Hagg-Sauer 107 &ndash;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/directory\/facstaff\/ye3673th\"><strong>Dr. Jeanine McDermott<\/strong><\/a>, assistant professor of nursing; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/directory\/facstaff\/gc6274kt\"><strong>Dr. Carolyn Townsend<\/strong><\/a>, associate professor of nursing; and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/directory\/facstaff\/gf2463zd\"><strong>Dr. Sarah Tarutis<\/strong><\/a>, associate professor of nursing, &ldquo;Building Community: Impacts on Students&rsquo; Educational Experiences.&rdquo;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>BSU Honors Council<\/h4>\n<p>The Honors Council Lecture Series is hosted by the Bemidji State University Honors Council, the advisory group to BSU&rsquo;s honors program composed of 12 faculty members representing each&nbsp;of the university&rsquo;s colleges. Student representatives are also elected to the council by their cohorts for one-year terms.<\/p>\n<h5>Contacts<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Jennifer Baumann, BSU honors program; (218) 755-3984, jbaumann@bemidjistate.edu<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Season Ellison, assistant professor of interdisciplinary studies and director, liberal education and honors program; (218) 755-3355, sellison@bemidjistate.edu<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Links<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/honors\/\">BSU honors program<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/06\/MN-State-logo-100x175.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-24884 img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/06\/MN-State-logo-100x175.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"175\" data-bp=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/06\/MN-State-logo-100x175-e1539967051802.jpg\"><\/a>Bemidji State University<\/strong>, located in northern Minnesota&rsquo;s lake district, occupies a wooded campus along the shore of Lake Bemidji. A member of the colleges and universities of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mnscu.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Minnesota State<i title=\"External link\" class=\"bsu-icon bsu-icon-external-link small ms-1\"><\/i><\/a>, Bemidji State offers more than 80 undergraduate majors and 11 graduate degrees encompassing arts, sciences and select professional programs. Bemidji State has an enrollment of approximately 5,000 students and a faculty and staff of more than 550. University signature themes include environmental stewardship, civic engagement and global and multi-cultural understanding.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p class=\"smaller\" style=\"text-align: right;\">2017-B-L-048<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two Bemidji State University faculty members who were recognized as University Scholars during spring 2016 Commencement headline BSU\u2019s spring Honors Council Lecture Series.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25510,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[872,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-homepage","category-top-story"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26494","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=26494"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26494\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26500,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26494\/revisions\/26500"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}