Faculty News
Rick Benson, assistant professor of Kinesiology, was selected as president for the Minnesota Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (MAHPERD) at its fall conference held in Moorhead, Minn. MAHPERD is a 900-plus member school-based professional association that provides professional services and resources for teachers, organizations and individuals to provide quality programs, and is dedicated to improving the skills, knowledge, health and well-being of all Minnesota students. The organization also helps to define and support comprehensive school health and physical education programs by shaping policy at the state level.
Dr. Lynn Gehrke, chair of the Child & Family Education department, served as a speaker/consultant to the Warren, Ohio-based Educational Regional Resource Center, a regional group of educators and administrators. Her presentation and discussion focused on connecting curriculum, instruction and assessment to learning standards.
Dr. David Mennicke, chair of the Music department, conducted Concordia’s Christus Chorus in the F. Melius Christiansen 135th Anniversary Concerts at Orchestra Hall. The sold-out concert performances, which included choirs by invitation only, featured individual performances by the concert choirs from Concordia St. Paul, Gustavus Adolphus College, St.
Olaf College, Concordia College-Moorhead, and Augsburg College and one massed choir song.
Mennicke also led a choral clinic at Concordia University for 150 singers from the Sibley-Ocheydan, Iowa, high school choir.
Dr.Karen Moroz, assistant professor of Teacher Education, presented “Connecting Reading Strategies and Active Learning” to the teachers of Anoka-Hennepin schools at the Anoka Hennepin Summer Institute. She presented the same topic to a group of reading educators and leaders at the 33rd Plains International Reading Association Regional Conference in Omaha, Neb.
Communication Studies Department Chair Dr. Marilyn Reineck conducted sabbatical research on grief and comforting communication at Dachau, the Jewish Museum in Berlin and the University of Mainz in Germany. She is also published in the forthcoming book, A Compendium on the Family Business Models Around the World,with the section, “Role Carryover Between Spouses in U.S. Family Businesses.”
Dr. Thomas Saylor, associate professor of History, was one of 25 teachers selected from a national pool of candidates to participate in a program supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities that allows teachers to collaborate and study with experts in the Humanities discipline. During the summer of 2006, Saylor spent a week at Oxford University where he participated in an institute titled “Representations of the ‘Other’: Jews in Medieval Christendom,” at Oxford’s Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies. The institute is one of 22 summer study opportunities offered through the NEH program, which provides participants a $3,600 stipend to help cover travel, study and living expenses.
Dr. Mark Schuler, professor of Religion and Theology, presented “Distinguished and Honored: The Women of Hippos/Sussita,” at the American Schools of Oriental Research annual meeting in Washington D.C.
Rev. Dr. Stephen C.Stohlmann, professor of Religion and Theology, developed a two-part study of Law and Gospel for laity that is available on CD. Part I, “Having Ears that Hear,” is a seven lesson Bible study on the nature and functions of the Word of God. The program offers student and leader guides and an in-depth PowerPoint presentation for a lecture-style study. Part II, “Accusation: Demonic or Divine?” is an eight chapter study, complete with discussion questions for small groups following each chapter, and is designed to explore the paradox of how both God and Satan are at work in the Law of God. The complete CD package is $35,with all proceeds earmarked for the Rev. Dr. Stephen and Jeanette Stohlmann Annual Scholarship Fund,which provides scholarships for church work students attending CSP. For more information, contact stohlmann@csp.edu or call 651-641-8824.
Cate Vermeland, term faculty in Art, displayed her work as part of a group exhibition titled “Soul Searching,” held at Concordia College, Moorhead. The exhibition explored the nature of vocation, teaching and art work.
Dr. Michael Walcheski, chair of Graduate Studies in the College of Education, and Dr. David Bredehoft, chair of the Social & Behavioral Sciences Department, presented their paper “Understanding the Profession and Role of the Certified Family Life Educator,” at the National Council on Family Relations annual conference in Minneapolis, Minn. Walcheski and Bredehoft co-wrote the paper with Kristin Schoon (’01), director of Undergraduate Admission at Concordia University.
