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Volume 16, Issue 3 – September 2015 Concordia University, Saint Paul

The Faculty Bulletin can be accessed directly from the Academic Affairs web page:

http://concordia.csp.edu/academicaffairs/Faculty_bulletin/index.html. You may also access it by going to

the Faculty/Staff Portal and clicking on “Academic Affairs”, and then clicking on “Faculty Bulletin”. The

bulletin emphasizes faculty policy and business issues, upcoming events, professional development

opportunities, and deadlines. News items for faculty and the rest of the Concordia community are

publicized on the CSP portal and web site. Articles for publication in the Faculty Bulletin must be

submitted via email to [email protected] at least 5 working days prior to publication. The submission deadline

for articles in the next issue is Wednesday, September 23, 2015.

God’s Gifts--Our Opportunities

The new Academic Year has begun and CSP is blessed with new and returning

students, each one a gift to us from God. Preparing our students for “for thoughtful

and informed living, for dedicated service to God and humanity, for enlightened care

of God's creation” is the purpose for our existence and we do well to champion

“Students First.” Attention and support from our faculty positively and powerfully

impact our students both now and later. A recent Gallup study found that graduates

who were “emotionally supported” during their college years “have more than double

the odds of being engaged in their work and are nearly 3X as likely to be thriving in

their well-being.” (Busteed, 2014). Emotional support was identified as “At least one

professor who made me excited about learning”, “Professors cared about me as a

person”, and “A mentor who encouraged my hopes and dreams.”

Thank you for valuing God’s gifts to us as you touch and transform their lives.

Busteed, B. (2014). “It’s the Educonomy.” Presentation at Lawlor Conference, Mpls, MN.

Marilyn Reineck, VPAA

http://concordia.csp.edu/academicaffairs/Faculty_bulletin/index.html

mailto:[email protected]


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2015 - 2016 Book of the Year

Half the SkyTurning Oppression Into Opportunity For Women Worldwide by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn

“In the nineteenth century, the central moral challenge was

slavery. In the twentieth century, it was the battle against

totalitarianism. We believe that in this century the paramount

moral challenge will be the struggle for gender equality around

the world.”

― Nicholas D. Kristof, Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into

Opportunity for Women Worldwide

Theme for the 2015 - 2016 Academic Year

“We are God’s Workmanship”

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which

God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. Ephesians 2:10 (ESV)

Chapel Schedule

Mon., Wed., Fri. 10:30 am

Tues. and Thurs. 11:20 am

http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/60441.Nicholas_D_Kristof

http://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/6444203

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Calendar of Events

September 4, Friday Last day to drop a full semester course without record September 7, Monday Labor Day-No Classes September 16, Wednesday Convocation, 10:30 am, Buetow Music Auditorium September 28, Monday Last day to withdraw from first half semester course (W) October 5, Monday LDA Award Presented to James Seemann, Chapel October 7, Wednesday Convocation, 10:30 am BEC October 8-11, Thursday–Sunday Fall break October 12, Monday Classes resume October 14, Wednesday Midterm/end of first half semester courses – Deadline for requesting a P-N October 19, Monday Second half semester courses begin October 21, Wednesday Bartling Lecture with Dr. Sara Evans, 10:30 am BEC October 23, Friday Faculty Roundtable: Confronting Plagiarism 3:30 LTC214 Last day to add or drop a second half semester course without record November 4, Wednesday Last day to withdraw from full semester course (W) November 16-19, Monday- Thursday Registration for spring semester November 20, Friday Last day to withdraw from second half semester course (W) November 23-November 29, Mon–Sun Thanksgiving break November 30, Monday Classes Resume

FACULTY SCHOLARSHIP AND SERVICE

Matthew Buns, faculty member in Kinesiology, had a research manuscript titled “Validation of

the Physical Education Teacher’s Efficacy for Standards-based Instruction (ESBI) Scale”

published this month in the international journal Advances in Physical Education.

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A major solo exhibition of ceramics and drawings by Art & Design faculty member Keith

Williams opened at The Alexander House in Port Edwards, Wis. (1131 Wisconsin River Drive),

on August 28. Entitled Improvisations on Pottery and the Figure, the show features spontaneous

organic vessel forms in clay and mixed media figure drawings as well as landscapes. The

exhibition will be on display through Oct. 6, 2015.

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Dr. Bruce Corrie Releases an Economic Report on Minnesotans of Mexican Origin

A report by Concordia University, St. Paul professor, Dr. Bruce Corrie, highlighting the latest

data on the economic contributions of Minnesotans of Mexican origin was released on Friday

August 21, 2015 at an event in the Buenger Education Center that was open to the public.

Senator Patricia Torres Ray led a community conversation on the findings of the study following

a report summary from Dr. Corrie. Community and policy leaders also provided their insights on

the data.

This report builds on an earlier report by the Dr. Corrie titled, Ethnic Capital and Minnesota’s

Future: People of Mexican Origin in Minnesota published in 2008 with funding from The

Minneapolis Foundation.


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Minnesotans of Mexican origin make significant economic contributions to Minnesota in the

various roles they play in the economy – as consumers, workers, entrepreneurs, cultural assets

and trade and global networks and as tax payers. At the same time during the time period since

the earlier study (2007-13), coinciding with the housing crisis and economic recession, there was

a significant economic squeeze experienced by this community reflected in declining

homeownership rates and income. The community is yet to recover from this crisis.

Minnesotans of Mexican origin have already contributed to the growth in Minnesota’s economy

in significant ways, even during the economic downturn. This report suggests that investing in

this community is critical for Minnesota’s future. This research also points to the need to explore

the experience of other immigrant and minority communities during and after the recent

recession and housing crisis.

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Dr. Michael Walcheski, Associate Vice President of Graduate Studies, has been selected to

serve as a member of the National Council on Family Relations’ Certified Family Life Educator

(CFLE) Academic Program Review Committee (APR). Dr. Walcheski will serve a 3 year term

from January 2016 – December 2018. This committee is charged with the review of academic

applications, develop CFLE-APR policies, and to promote the CFLE program. In 2008,

Walcheski was awarded the Outstanding Service to the Certified Family Life Educator program.

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Suzanne Hequet, faculty member in Theology and Ministry, contributed a chapter titled The

Proceedings at Augsburg (1518) to the recently published book, The Annotated Luther, Volume

1: The Roots of Reform. The description of Volume 1 includes, “Volume 1 of The Annotated

Luther series contains writings that defined the roots of reform set in motion by Martin Luther,

beginning with the Ninety-Five Theses (1517) through The Freedom of a Christian (1520).

These documents display a Luther grounded in late medieval theology and its peculiar issues,

trained in the latest humanist methods of the Renaissance, and, most especially, showing

sensitivity toward the pastoral consequences of theological positions and church practice.”

Early reviews of the book state,

“The advent of The Annotated Luther series should be cause for celebration among scholars,

pastors, students, and others eager to have easy access to so many of Martin Luther’s key

writings. If the appealing layout, rich images, and erudite editorials featured in Volume 1 are an

indication of what’s to come, then The Annotated Luther will quickly become the go-to resource

for learning about Luther’s work and context.” Hans Wiersma, Augsburg College

“As congregations and members of congregations face an increasingly more diverse and chaotic

world, their struggle for what it means to be Christian in their context increases, not unlike

Christians in Luther’s day. I am thrilled that Fortress Press is publishing The Annotated Luther,

Volume 1: The Roots of Reform. The individual works included in this volume are central to the

particular witness Lutherans can share for a life of faith in the world and how it can be a witness

of hope in the midst of pluralism and change. The essays and study tools, included alongside


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the original texts, bring these works to life for us today. I encourage you to include this series in

your congregation’s library and use it for group or personal study.”

The Rev. Gordon J. Straw

Program Director for Lay Schools Ministry

Congregational and Synodical Mission Unit, ELCA

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Nick Francis, CSP graduate and current adjunct faculty member, has authored several articles in

the FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin and a National Canine magazine. His most recent article

Advanced Degrees for Law Enforcement Personnel: The Ideal Time to Enter a Higher Education

Program was published in the August issue of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Law

Enforcement Bulletin. You may read the full article at:

https://leb.fbi.gov/2015/august/perspective-advanced-degrees-for-law-enforcement-personnel.

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Debra Huntley, faculty member in Social and Behavioral Science, co-authored an article titled

FASD and the Juvenile Justice System: A Need for Increased Awareness with CSP adunct faculty

member Jerrod Brown and several others. Their article on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder is

published in the Journal of Law Enforcement. Jerrod Brown also co-authored several other

articles, including:

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Forensic Risk Assessment:

Disorder and the Courts A Beginner’s Guide

article-Fetal Alcohol

Spectrum Disorder and the Courts published version.pdf

journal

article-Forensic Risk Assessment A Beginner’s Guide.pdf

Forensic Aspects of Hypnotic Drugs Youth Fire-setting

article-Forensic

Aspects of Hypnotic Drugs final version.pdf

article-Youth

Firesetting final published version.pdf

Problem Gambling: A Beginner’s Guide Violence Risk Assessment Tool

for Clinical and Forensic Professionals

article-Problem

Gambling A Beginners Guide for Clinical and forensic professional final version.pdf

article-FST-2015-1.1

-Violence-Risk-Assessment-Tool.pdf

Pyrophilia A Need for Further Discussion

article-Pyrophilia A

Need for Further Discussion final version.pdf

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Center for Hmong Studies Hosts Special Event The Center for Hmong Studies hosted The History Behind the Hmong Refugee Exodus in the

Buenger Education Center on Friday, August 28. People from around the country attended this

special event which featured a presentation of first-hand accounts by people who were

instrumental in helping to shape the historic resettlement.

MBA with Health Care Management Concentration Ranked Among the Best Concordia University’s MBA with a Health Care Management concentration degree program

ranked among the best in the article titled “The 25 Best Online MBA in Healthcare Management

Degree Programs” by TheBestSchools.org. TheBestSchools.org selected Concordia’s program

based on several weighted factors, including academic excellence, course offerings, faculty

strengths, and reputation, including reputation for online degree programs.

Here is the link to that article:

http://www.thebestschools.org/rankings/best-online-mba-healthcare-management-degree-

programs/

Concordia University St Paul is Admitted to the Council of Graduate Schools The Council of Graduate Schools has approved the admission of Concordia University St. Paul

as a Regular Member. The Council of Graduate Schools’ research and activities serve to

advance graduate education and to promote U.S. competitiveness in the global economy. Their

initiatives include: Best Practices, Benchmarking, Public Policy and Global Engagement.

Family Science Graduate Program Re-Accredited by The NCFR The National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) announced the re-accreditation of the

Family Science graduate program at Concordia University – Saint Paul, meeting the Standards

and Criteria required for the Provisional Certified Family Life Educator (CFLE) designation.

The Academic Program Review (APR) Committee determined that Concordia’s program includes

complete course work for the ten Content Areas required for the CFLE designation.

Because the curriculum has been approved by NCFR, graduates qualify to complete the CFLE

Abbreviated Application Process, culminating in provisional certification as a Certified Family

Life Educator. Concordia graduates complete specified courses under each of the ten family life

content areas, plus a fieldwork internship.

Jim Seemann to Receive Diakonia en Christo Award on Monday, October 5 Emeriti faculty Jim Seemann is this year’s recipient of the Diakonia en Christo Award (Service

in Christ Award) given by the Lutheran Deaconess Association (Valparaiso, IN) for his decades

of volunteer work in prison ministry. Through this award the Lutheran Deaconess Association

(LDA) seeks to thank God for the varieties of diaconal service by celebrating the lives and

ministries of Lutheran lay people who in following Christ reach out in care and compassion to

the hurting world. A presentation of the award by the LDA will take place during chapel on

Monday, October 5, 2015 at 10:30 am.

http://www.thebestschools.org/rankings/best-online-mba-healthcare-management-degree-programs/

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Dr. Sara Evans to Deliver 2015 Bartling Lecture on Wednesday, October 21 The CSP History-Political Science department is proud to announce that Dr. Sara M. Evans,

from the University of Minnesota, will be its 2015 Bartling Lecture Series speaker. Dr. Evans is

one of the most prominent historians in the country today. As a leading scholar of feminist

studies, she is attributed with creating the field of women's history. Through her efforts, she

helped to establish the University of Minnesota as a major center for women's history and

women's studies. Dr. Evans has authored seven books, one of which, Born for Liberty, has been

published in nine languages. Her first book, Personal Politics, is still considered a classic in the

field after 25 years. She has received a number of awards at UM including being named a

Regent’s Professor and a McKnight Humanities Scholar. Dr. Evans earned her PhD at the

University of North Carolina.

The Bartling History Lecture Series was successfully launched in 2011 with an inspiring speech

by Dr. Fred Bartling himself who recounted his experiences as a pastor in the Deep South during

the early days of the Civil Rights era and the impact it had on his life. The lecture series honors

the former Concordia professor, who retired in 2010 after 50 years of service to CSP.

The 2015 Bartling Lecture is scheduled for Wednesday, October 21 from 10:30-11:25 in the

BEC. Please encourage your students to attend!

Fall Faculty Workshop Series: Engaging International Students

Faculty Roundtable: Session 2

Date: October 23

Time: 3:30- 4:30 pm

Location: LTC 214

CONFRONTING PLAGIARISM

Explaining plagiarism and addressing it in the classroom can be challenging. At this

session, we will discuss ways to best address this topic and share resources available to

students who continuously struggle with understanding plagiarism.

Faculty Roundtable: Session 3

Date: December 9

Time: 10:55 – noon

Location: LTC 214

GRADE NEGOTIATIONS

Discussion at this session will center on grade negotiations. Come prepared to engage

with your colleagues and discuss tried and true practices to address this challenge. ISS

staff will facilitate and provide updates on best practices and other helpful information

i.e. current trends, and ideas on protocol to decrease frequencies of negotiations.

Fourth Annual Reformation Heritage Lecture: November 12, 2015 at 7:00 pm Dr. Mary Jane Haemig, professor of church history at Luther Seminary (St. Paul, MN) will

present the Reformation Heritage Lecture this fall to the CSP community. Dr. Haemig has been

on the faculty at Luther Seminary since 1999 and is a specialist in Reformation studies,

particularly the study of the Lutheran Reformation. Her interests include preaching, catechesis,

and prayer in that period. The topic for her lecture is Luther and prayer. The Fourth Annual


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Reformation Heritage Lecture will take place on Thursday, November 12, 2015 at 7:00 pm, in

the Graebner Memorial Chapel.

Please Bookmark http://info.csp.edu/convocations for the latest updates.

2015 – 2016 Convocation Schedule *** Please save the dates ***

Convocation Theme of the Year

"Lutheran convictions inform our intellectual inquiry and academic pursuits"

Standard Time: 10:30 - 11:25 am (See exceptions below)

Location: The Buenger Education Center (BEC) (unless otherwise noted)

For more information, contact Joel Schuessler, FSC Director

Fall 2015 Sept 16 Concordia’s Promise to You (Working title) CSP President Tom Ries

(Buetow Music Auditorium)

Oct 7 Restorative Justice for Prisoners: “Would you want to be judged based on your

worst day?”(Working title) (Jim Liske, President Prison Fellowship, Lansdowne, VA)

Martin Luther said, “There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither

safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because his conscience tells him it is

right….” Now is the time followers of Jesus must take a stand for restorative justice

and the reformation of the criminal justice system in America. For 40 years we have

asked, “How do we get bad people out of our neighborhoods?” and as a result our

prison population has increased from 230,000 to 2.3 million, and those who are

released from prison don’t have what they need to succeed. It is now time to ask,

“How do we bring good people home?” How can the people of God work to restore

the hearts, lives, families, and communities of those incarcerated in our country?

God’s Word reveals that He has created everyone, including those behind bars, in His

image, with divinely imputed dignity. Through His grace He can take the most

corroded, corrupted soul, and mold it for His purposes. Anyone who places their faith

in God alone can be restored and realigned with His plan. Restorative justice, based on

these convictions, brings hope to those who have caused harm, the victims of crime,

and the communities that surround them. Popular opinion holds that those who break

the law forfeit the chance to be free and to live in community with others, much less

have our concern for their welfare and futures. But the Church of Jesus must advocate

for the redemption of the incarcerated, just as Jesus advocates for people who, like you

and me, would still be in spiritual prison without him.

Oct 21 Annual Bartling Lecture – Dr. Sara Evans

The CSP History-Political Science department is proud to announce that Dr. Sara M.

Evans (University of Minnesota) will be its 2015 Bartling Lecture Series speaker. Dr.

Evans is one of the most prominent historians in the country today. As a leading

scholar of feminist studies, she is attributed with creating the field of women's

http://info.csp.edu/convocations



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history. Through her efforts, she helped to establish the University of Minnesota as a

major center for women's history and women's studies. Dr. Evans has authored seven

books, one of which, Born for Liberty, has been published in nine languages. Her first

book, Personal Politics, is still considered a classic in the field after 25 years. She has

received a number of awards at UM including being named a Regent’s Professor and

a McKnight Humanities Scholar. Dr. Evans earned her PhD at the University of

North Carolina.

The Bartling History Lecture Series was successfully launched in 2011 with an

inspiring speech by Dr. Fred Bartling himself who recounted his experiences as a

pastor in the Deep South during the early days of the Civil Rights era and the impact

it had on his life. The lecture series honors the former Concordia professor, who

retired in 2010 after 50 years of service to CSP.

The 2015 Bartling Lecture is scheduled for Wednesday, October 21 from 10:30-11:25

in the BEC. Please encourage your students to attend!

Nov 4 TBA

Nov 18 International Student Education week

Dec 2 Book of the Year, Half the Sky: Human Trafficking

Spring 2016

Feb 3

Feb 17

Mar 2 Book of the Year – Women’s History Month

Mar 16

Apr 6

Concordia Ceramics Invitational I Kate Maury, Korla Molitor, Todd Shanafelt, Michelle Summers, Chuck Solberg

curated by Keith Williams

September 3 – October 2, 2015, Concordia Gallery

Reception Thursday, October 1, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

The field of ceramics is widely varied, with approaches from many different angles, and

references from many unique perspectives. This five person regional invitational exhibition

intends to display this diversity, ranging from highly artistic functional ware, to abstractions of

pottery, to purely sculptural approaches to the medium. Viewers whose expectation is that clay

is a traditional craft medium should prepare to be stretched.

Guinevere Wollmering September 3 – October 2, 2015, H. Williams Teaching Gallery

Reception Thursday, October 1, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm


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SHAKESPEARE UNDER THE STARS

Frauenshuh Ampitheatre

Thursday, September 24, 2015 at 10 p.m. Scenes, music and poetry from Shakespeare’s works, performed by starshine and firelight in

Concordia’s outdoor amphitheatre.

WORKING: The Musical Adapted by Stephen Schwartz and Nina Faso, from the book by Studs Terkel. E.M. Pearson Theatre

Thursday – Saturday, October 22, 23, 24, 2015, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, October 25, 2014, 2 p.m. Based on Studs Terkel’s best-selling book of interviews with American workers, Working is a

musical exploration of the hopes, dreams, joys and concerns of the average working person.

These are men and women the world so often takes for granted: the schoolteacher, the waitress,

the millworker, the mason, the fireman, the housewife, to name a few.

Nominated for six Tony Awards, this musical classic has been updated for the modern age, but it

remains a highly original look at the American landscape in which the everyday lives of

“common” men and women transcend the trappings of their jobs and reveal their humanity in a

most striking and compelling way.

Faculty Showcase Recital

Friday, September 18, 3:20 pm in the Buetow Music Center Auditorium

Faculty Recital

Sunday, September 27, 3:30 pm in the Buetow Music Center Auditorium

Audiovisual Problems or Issues Any audiovisual problems or issues in classrooms or meeting rooms

should be reported immediately to Chad Horrmann at [email protected]

or (651) 245-2970 (cell).



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