Compendium
APPOINTED
Kendall King, associate professor, curriculum and instruction; second language learning, bilingualism, language ideology; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Charles Miller, assistant professor, curriculum and instruction; learning technologies, aesthetics design; Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Keisha Varma, assistant professor, educational psychology; learning and cognition, learning technologies, science education; Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
Sashank Varma, assistant professor, educational psychology; learning and cognition, sentence comprehension, mathematical reasoning; Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
Daheia Barr-Anderson, assistant professor, kinesiology; childhood and adolescent obesity, physical activity epidemiology; Ph.D., University of Maryland, College Park
Michael Stebleton, assistant professor, postsecondary teaching and learning; career development, student retention and persistence; Ph.D., University of Minnesota
RETIRED
Judith Lambrecht, professor and director of undergraduate studies, work and human resource education; 35 years
Lambrecht served as the national vice president and then president of Delta Pi Epsilon, a national graduate honorary society for business education professionals. In 2005 she received the John Robert Gregg Award in Business Education, awarded by the National Business Education Association Conference.
HONORED
The Institute on Community Integration awarded its 2008 annual awards in recognition of students and employees affiliated with the center who have demonstrated commitment to carrying out its mission and that of the college and of the community. Matthew Bogenschutz received the Future Leader Award. The Excellence and Community Building Award went to members of the Changing Landscapes: Visiting Artists with Disabilities project committee: Megan Dushin, Cliff Poetz, Pat Salmi, Derek Nord, and Melissa Critchley-Rodriquez.
David R. Johnson and Martha Thurlow (Institute on Community Integration) are among the 14 selected researchers featured in the new national report, Special Education in America: The State of Students with Disabilities in the Nation’s High Schools, published by Education Week.
Three professors from the college received the University’s Outstanding Contributions to Postbaccalaureate, Graduate, and Professional Education Award: Jean King (educational policy and administration); Michael Rodriguez (educational psychology); and Jennifer York-Barr (educational policy and administration).
J. B. Mayo, Jr. (curriculum and instruction) has been awarded a 2009 President’s Faculty Multicultural Research Award for his project, Seeking the Spirit(s) Among Minnesota’s Ojibwe Nation.
The Council for Exceptional Children has awarded professor Scott McConnell (educational psychology, Center for Early Education and Development) the 2008 Mary McEvoy Service to the Field Award in recognition of contributions to the fields of early intervention and early childhood special education.
The University of Minnesota - Morris Alumni Association honored associate professor Michael Rodriguez (educational psychology) with its 2008 Distinguished Alumni Award.
Education specialist Elizabeth Spletzer (kinesiology) was awarded the Eloise M. Jaeger Award by the University of Minnesota Women’s Physical Education Alumnae Association.
Richard Weinberg (child development) was presented with the University’s Tom H. Swain Campus Recognition Award in recognition of his nine years as faculty athletics representative.
Associate professor Diane Wiese-Bjornstal (kinesiology) was elected to the President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports Science Board for 2009-2012. The board’s activities include review and input on the long-standing President’s Challenge program.
Jim Ysseldyke (educational psychology) received the 2009 Wallace Wallin Lifetime Achievement Award from the Council for Exceptional Children. Previous faculty recipients of this award include Maynard Reynolds, Evelyn Deno, and Frank Wood.
IN MEMORIAM
Keith McFarland (Ph.D. ’55), former dean, General College, died Dec. 27, 2008, at age 87.
McFarland was an administrator at the University for more than 44 years, beginning in the office of the director of resident instruction in the College of Forestry, Agriculture, and Home Economics in 1946. He later became dean of the former College of Home Economics. He went on to serve as deputy chancellor of the Waseca campus before returning to the Twin Cities campus to lead General College. McFarland was a Regents Award recipient and a strong supporter of University programs and activities throughout his years.