Metropolitan State University of Denver faculty members publish research in some of the world’s most prestigious academic journals and share their knowledge at conferences around the globe. They also spend time developing valuable partnerships, working with colleagues across the country and world, creating new and exciting learning opportunities for students of all ages and securing vital funding to drive research and innovation.
Congratulations to the following members of the faculty, staff and student body and programs for all their recent success:
Faculty citings
Bridget Arend, associate director of Teaching and Learning; Center for Teaching, Learning and Design
Co-authored a published book chapter
Two other MSU Denver faculty examples included in the book:
- Lunden MacDonald, professor of Spanish, Modern Languages Department
- Shalini Srinivasan, associate professor of Chemistry, Chemistry department
“What Makes Assignments Meaningful” in Creating Culturally Affirming and Meaningful Assignments: A Practical Resource for Higher Education Faculty, published by Routledge.
Eric Olson, P.D., department chair of the Rita and Navin Dimond Department of Hotel Management
School of Hospitality
Publications
Revenue diversification for the DSM Book Festival: A strategy for financial stability, published in the Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Cases.
Look what we have done to right plate waste! A case of the Iowa State University Joan Bice Underwood Tearoom, published in the Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Cases.
Robert Preuhs, Ph.D., professor and chair of the Political Science Department
Journal
Spanish Language Media Consumption and Latino Civic Engagement, published in the journal Political Research Quarterly, the official journal of the Western Political Science Association.
Mallory K Brunel, M.S. R.N., associate professor of Nursing
Award – The DAISY Foundation, for Extraordinary Nursing Faculty
Julian Friedland, Ph.D., associate professor of Ethics and Social Responsibility, College of Business
Article
Beat the Simulation and Seize Control of Your Life, published in Psychology Today.
Emily Ragan, professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Published a scientific paper
Comparison of insect and human cytochrome b561 proteins: Insights into candidate ferric reductases in insects, in the journal PLOS ONE with former MSU Denver students Jessica Holst and Laura Murphy as authors.
Kudos
Kaleb Bakel, Nursing student of MSU Denver
Award – The DAISY Foundation, for Extraordinary Nursing Student
Janelle Johnson, Ph.D., professor of STEM, Department of Secondary Education
Chapter submission
STEM Collaborations: Building Interdisciplinary Collaboration With Lesson Study at an Urban Commuter University.
MSU Denver’s Success Coaching Community
Success Coaches support students’ social, emotional, and mental well-being. These coaches work in diverse programs across Student and Academic Affairs.
Success coaching highlights:
- Served over 3200 students enrolled in fall
- 3,172 hours of recorded meetings (As of Dec. 6)
- More than 630 students participated in career engagement events/activities as a requirement of the success coach program they participate in
- Immigrant Services Program planned UndocuResource Day with higher education colleagues across the state
- The Brother to Brother Program took students to Afrotech, the premier tech, investing, and wealth-building platform/conference for the Black Community
- Dream.US offered paid fellowships in collaboration with Academic Affairs
How to submit your achievement for consideration
- Navigate to the Service Request Form and select “Share your story: Early Bird and/or RED.”
- Fill in your contact information and all details regarding your grant or recently published material in the “Project/Story/Issue Description and Goals” section, including:
- The name of your paper or presentation.
- Names, titles and higher-education institutions of all authors.
- The name of the book, journal or conference in which it was presented.
- Any relevant links or attachments that could be helpful.
Thank you for all your hard work, and the Early Bird looks forward to giving you a much-deserved round of applause.