{"id":30579,"date":"2017-12-11T10:57:54","date_gmt":"2017-12-11T16:57:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/?p=30579"},"modified":"2017-12-14T16:07:20","modified_gmt":"2017-12-14T22:07:20","slug":"faculty-and-staff-news-december-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/2017\/12\/11\/faculty-and-staff-news-december-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty and Staff News \u2014 December 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>New Hires &amp; Appointments<\/h4>\n<p>&bull;&nbsp;<strong>Carissa Menefee<\/strong> has joined the&nbsp;Minnesota State Advanced Manufacturing Center of Excellence | ATE Regional Center as communications specialist, effective Dec. 11. She most recently worked in Grand Rapids, Minn., for Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital and brings a wealth of marketing and communications experience to the center. She has a bachelor&rsquo;s degree in communication studies with an emphasis in organizational and professional communication from the University of Wisconsin &ndash; La Crosse.<\/p>\n<h4>Faculty &amp; Staff Achievements<\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14139 alignright img-fluid\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/06\/20140609-Gonzalez-John-web.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"252\" data-bp=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/06\/20140609-Gonzalez-John-web.jpg\">&bull; <strong>Dr.&nbsp;John Gonzalez<\/strong>, professor of psychology, and three others with BSU ties were honored at the&nbsp;2017 Minnesota Indian Education Association&rsquo;s annual conference in Welch, Minn.&nbsp;Gonzalez was named Post Secondary Teacher of the Year and&nbsp;Naomi Johnson was named Post Secondary Student of the Year<\/p>\n<p>In addition, Dr. Donald Day was honored with a lifetime achievement award, and&nbsp;Roger Aitken was honored posthumously with a lifetime achievement award.<\/p>\n<p>Day was director of BSU&rsquo;s American Indian Resource Center from 2008-2012, and&nbsp;Aitken, a 1973 BSU alumnus who died in February, served 20 years as a member of the BSU Alumni Board of Directors and the BSU Foundation board.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30596\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30596\" style=\"width: 188px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-30596 img-fluid\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/12\/BSU_14CBTC_Bill_Joyce.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"188\" height=\"282\" data-bp=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/12\/BSU_14CBTC_Bill_Joyce.jpg\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30596\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bill Joyce<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&bull;&nbsp;<strong>Bill Joyce<\/strong>, associate professor of accountancy, has received Quality Matters certification for his course MBA6100, Managerial Accounting. It is Joyce&rsquo;s second course to earn Quality Matters certification; his ACCT3140 Fraud Examination course was certified earlier this year.&nbsp;<span class=\"s1\">Quality Matters is a faculty-centered peer review process designed to certify the quality of online and blended-delivery courses.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Hires &amp; Appointments &bull;&nbsp;Carissa Menefee has joined the&nbsp;Minnesota State Advanced Manufacturing Center of Excellence | ATE Regional Center as communications specialist, effective Dec. 11. She most recently worked in Grand Rapids, Minn., for Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital and brings a wealth of marketing and communications experience to the center. 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