Anita Gust, doctoral student in the wellness program; David Barney of Oklahoma State University; and Gary Liguori, associate professor of health, nutrition and exercise sciences, had the manuscript, “College Students’ Usage of Personal Music Players During Exercise,” accepted to the International Council for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance Research Journal.
Kelly Sassi, assistant professor of English and education, and West Fargo teachers Alissa Helm and Molly Bestge will present at the 100th anniversary conference of the National Council of Teachers of English in Chicago, Nov. 17-22. Their presentation, "Common Core Standards and the Dilemma of Writing a District-wide Curriculum," is based on a yearlong project to adopt the common core standards and write district curriculum that aligns with the new standards. The discussant for their presentation will be Anne Gere, director of the Council’s James R. Squire Office of Policy Research, in Washington, D.C.
Brad Strand, professor of health, nutrition and exercise sciences, was the keynote speaker at the Montana Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance 75th anniversary convention held in Helena, Mont. The title of his speech was “The Role of a Lifetime.” He also presented a session for future professionals titled “Intentional Networking and Professionalism.”
Gary Liguori, associate professor of health, nutrition and exercise sciences, was invited to give the keynote lecture at the 16th annual Japanese Fitness Association meeting in Tokyo. This will be Liguori’s second trip to speak at the conference.
Abby Gold, assistant professor and extension specialist in health, nutrition and exercise sciences, with Linda Kingery of the University of Minnesota Northwest Sustainable Development Partnership received a $20,000 sustainability grant from Blue Cross BlueShield of Minnesota Foundation to continue their work, “Growing up Healthy in the Red River Valley.” Gold, along with partners at the University of Minnesota Extension, Otter Tail County Public Health, Minnesota Area Agencies on Aging and the Minnesota Department of Health, received the Minnesota Rural Health Association’s Rural Health Hero Team Award for the project, “Right Side Up Ottertail,” a fall prevention program. Gold, along with Nan Yu and Elizabeth Crisp Crawford from the Department of Communication, was accepted to present the paper, “Combating Childhood Overweight: Effects of Informational and Narrative Evidence Messages on Parents of Children and Teenagers,” at the National Communication Association conference in New Orleans.
Kendra Erickson, doctoral student in gerontology, and Brandy Randall, associate professor in human development and family science, had their poster, “Links among Hope, Grit and Perceptions of Community for Older and Middle-aged Adults,” accepted for presentation at the 64th annual scientific meeting for the Gerontology Society of America in Boston.
Julie Garden-Robinson, associate professor and extension specialist in health, nutrition and exercise sciences, was named chair of the Microwave and Home Food Safety Evidence Analysis Project Committee by the American Dietetic Association. The committee, which includes food safety experts from universities and the food industry, will examine food safety research related to microwave oven use in consumer households. The results will be published in the ADA’s Evidence Analysis Library. Garden-Robinson was elected chair-elect of the Food and Nutrition Extension Educators Division for the Society for Nutrition Education. Members of the group include extension professionals at the local, state and national levels in the U.S. and Canada.
Megan Ness, Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program and Family Nutrition Program coordinator, announced the Food and Nutrition Service of the USDA approved their 2012 Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education plan for the Family Nutrition Program and associated funding of $1.2 million. Ness also said the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program Five-Year Plan and final FGO were accepted and $423,026 has been approved for release. This means more than $1.6 million will be used for NDSU Extension Service to provide nutrition and food resource management programming to North Dakota families and youth in need for program year 2011-12.
Kelly Sassi, assistant professor of English and education, in her new role as co-director of the Red River Valley Writing Project, facilitated the first Open Institute held Aug. 1-4. The theme of the four-day, one-credit institute was "Writing in the STEM Disciplines" and was held at the STEM Middle School in West Fargo. Eleven teachers completed the institute. The Red River Valley Writing Project supported the Institute by providing each teacher with a stipend, along with snacks, coffee, a free book and materials.
Counselor education program faculty members Brenda Hall, associate professor, and Carol Buchholz Holland, assistant professor, had the article “Successful Transitions: The Sheyenne Ninth Grade Academy” published in the Fall 2011 issue of Educational Research Service Spectrum.
Anita Welch, assistant professor in the School of Education, presented a paper at the Colloquium on P-12 Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education Research, in Minneapolis, in August. The paper was titled “The Technology-Rich Outcomes-Focused Learning Environment Inventory (Troflei): A Cross-Cultural validation,” and was co-written with Mustafa Cakir (Marmara University, Turkey) and Claudette Peterson and Chris Ray, both assistant professors in the School of Education.
Bob Nielsen, professor in the School of Education, with two former counselor education doctoral students, Ann Miller and Sam Robertson, joined Jon Sward of Emporia State University in publishing “Theoretical Integration of Humanistic And Cognitive/Behavioral Approaches in Counseling” in the American Counseling Association’s Vistas Journal.
WooMi Phillips, assistant professor of apparel, design and hospitality management, and Ki-Joon Back (University of Houston), had their manuscript, “Conspicuous Consumption Applied to Tourism Destinations,” published in the Journal of Travel and Tourism Marketing.
Sherri Stastny, assistant professor of health, nutrition and exercise sciences, published the manuscripts, “Effect of Diabetic Retinopathy Education on Knowledge and Planned Lifestyle Activities: A Pilot Study” in American Diabetes Association Scientific Sessions, Diabetes supplement, and “Becoming an online teacher of food production management” in the Journal of Culinary Education.
The Center for 4-H Youth Development was awarded a third-year $140,000 renewal for a program that exposes youth in rural areas to science, engineering and technology. The Children, Youth and Families at Risk Sustainable Community Program award is from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture. Principal investigators for the project are Sharon Query, assistant professor of practice and youth development specialist; Linda Hauge, extension youth development specialist; and Brent Young, assistant professor in education.
The Center for 4-H Youth Development was awarded a contract from the North Dakota Department of Transportation for $10,000. The center will provide content support for the Parents LEAD website, Facebook page and blog. Principal investigator is Sharon Query, extension youth development specialist and assistant professor of practice.
Yeong Rhee and Ardith Brunt, associate professors of heath, nutrition and exercise sciences, published the article “Flaxseed Supplementation Improved Insulin Resistance In Obese Glucose Intolerant People: A Randomized Crossover Design” in Nutrition Journal.
Justin Wageman, associate professor of education, published the article, “Spanish EFL undergraduate students’ perceptions of learning styles,” in the Nordic Journal of English Studies. Wageman recently was awarded an amendment of $187,650 to support one of the North Dakota Curriculum Initiative Projects.
Greg Sanders, professor of human development and family science and associate dean, had the article, “The Great Plains IDEA Gerontology Program: An Online, Interinstitutional Graduate Degree, Gerontology and Geriatrics Education,” published in the journal Gerontology and Geriatrics Education.
Jill Nelson, associate professor in the School of Education, and her research associates, Kimberly Desmond and Clarrice Rapisarda, had the article, “A Qualitative Study of Doctoral Student Supervisory Development,” published in the Journal for International Counselor Education.
Counselor education and supervision doctoral student Amber Bach Gorman was nominated for and accepted into the “Emerging Leaders Fellowship Program” sponsored by the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision. Emerging Leaders attend leadership training during the national conference and receive a stipend.
Faculty members Lisa Wojahn, Yeongl Rhee, Pamela Hansen and Donna Terbizan published “The Comparison of Dietary IntakeBased on Injury Occurrence in Collegiate Track and Field Athletes” in the Missouri Journal of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance.
Faculty members Bryan Chrisensen, Sarah Hilgers, John Schuna Jr., Casey Radenic, Kassie Krebsbach, Donna Terbizan, Jared Tucker, Trista Manikowske and Gary Liguori published “A Comparison of Vertical Jump Displacements Between a VertecTM and a Forceplate” in the Portuguese Journal of Sport Sciences.
Donna Terbizan, professor of health, nutrition and exercise sciences, has been appointed as co-editor of the biophysical sciences section of the Research Consortium’s Physical Activity Today periodical. She will help summarize and explain recent relevant research in the field to practitioners in physical education.
Sean Brotherson, associate professor, human development and family science and extension specialist, published “The Dakota Father Friendly Assessment: Measuring Father Friendliness in Head Start and Similar Settings” in the journal Fathering: A Journal of Theory, Research, and Practice About Men as Fathers, with colleagues Joseph White, researcher at the Foundation for Family Life; Adam Galovan, graduate student at the University of Missouri-Columbia; Erin Holmes, assistant professor at Brigham Young University; and Jennifer Kampmann, early childhood educator at South Dakota State University. The article introduced a new measure, the Dakota Father Friendly Assessment that assesses father-friendly attitudes and practices in early childhood settings. In addition, Brotherson and Daniel A. Moen, assistant professor at University of Minnesota Mankato, published the article “Establishing a Home: A Study of Practical Dimensions in the Transition to Marriage” in the journal Family Science Review. The article explored key aspects of establishing a home as part of the transition to marriage and sustaining a healthy marital relationship.
Sean Brotherson, associate professor of human development and family science and extension specialist, conducted training sessions in August for North Dakota schools that have applied to run the Gearing Up for Kindergarten family education program. The Gearing Up for Kindergarten program has a pre-kindergarten component that assists families in learning and applying principles of healthy parenting, child development and school readiness in the year prior to kindergarten. The program recently received funding of $625,000 through the North Dakota State legislature for the next two years to help North Dakota schools implement the program. The program is funded and supported through the NDSU Extension Service. The training was conducted on two separate days in Mandan, N.D., and Fargo.
Stacy Duffield, associate professor of education, published the article “Impact of Cooperative Business Management Curriculum on Secondary Student Attitudes” in the Journal of Education for Business.