In academia second session, she presented how literature circles are a good way for collaborative learning as well as student-centered learning.
history. Coleman teaches Arkansas history at Pulaski Heights Middle School in Little Rock.
James Taulman, Ph.D., associate professor of biology, presented the paper “Range Expansion and Distributional Limits of the Nine-Banded Armadillo in the United States in 2013: An Update of Taulman and Robbins (1996),” at the Kansas Academy of Science’s annual meeting in April in Emporia, Kan. The paper, which Taulman co-authored, was published in the April edition of the Journal of Biogeography.
Park University President Michael Droge, Ph.D. (left), and Park Board of Trustees member Gayden Carruth, Ph.D. (right), were both honored as “Icons of Education” in the February issue of Ingram’s, Kansas City’s business magazine. The selected “icons” are those who have dedicated their lives to the mission of educating the Kansas City region’s youth.
Awards, appointments, and recognitions Bonnie Alsbury, assistant professor of nursing, was honored with the Woodland Charities Volunteer Humanitarian Award for 2013 during the organization’s celebration event in December in Overland Park, Kan. Alsbury was recognized for her work in organizing service-learning opportunities for Park students and faculty in Patanatic, Guatemala, during Spring Break 2013. The 23-person Park contingent collaborated with medical students from the University of Kansas to provide physical assessments and medical care for 2,130 children. Erik Bergrud, MPA '94, associate vice president of constituent engagement, was recognized for his service to the American Society for Public Administration as he was honored as a recipient of the 2014 Chester A. Newland Presidential Citation of Merit Award from the organization in Washington, D.C., in March. Bergrud, who served as ASPA president from 2011-12, was honored for his service as chair of the organization’s search committee for a new executive director, spearheading a national search and finalist interview process, taking on an appointment to ASPA’s Endowment Committee, and his decisive and sound leadership. Donald J. Breckon, Ph.D., president of Park University from 1987-2001, was recognized by the Parkville (Mo.) Main Street Association in December 2013 with the Bill Grigsby Lifetime Achievement Award. The award is presented annually to a person in the community who best exemplifies community leadership, volunteerism, commitment, dependability, positive attitude and the ability to work with a variety of individuals and community organizations. George Coleman, adjunct instructor of sociology at the Little Rock (Ark.) Air Force Base Campus Center, was honored in April with the Arkansas Historical Association’s James H. Atkinson Award for Excellence in the Teaching of Arkansas History. The award is presented annually to an elementary or secondary teacher of Arkansas
In May, Courtney Goddard, J.D., associate vice president and general counsel, was selected as a Rising Star of Philanthropy by Nonprofit Connect, a Kansas City regional association that serves individuals involved in the management of nonprofit organizations. The award recognizes individuals for their involvement in advanced nonprofit service with a solid record of volunteerism and leadership, and by using innovative and creative approaches to serve the nonprofit community. Henry Roehrich, Ph.D., assistant professor of marketing/management, was honored with the 2014 Pearson Cite Excellence in Online Teaching Award in Fort Worth, Texas, in April. The award recognizes online learning program educators who create superior online content, develop highly engaging learning opportunities, create mentoring relationships with students, promote exceptional learner-learner collaboration, use firstrate approaches for assessment and have measurable results that have created significant change in online learning. Ingrid Stölzel, D.M.A., director of the International Center for Music, was selected as a finalist at the Chamber Orchestra of the Springs (Colorado Springs, Colo.) 30th Anniversary Composition Competition. Stölzel’s composition, “Spirit of Place,” was one of four pieces selected for finalist honors among the 170 submissions from around the world. Airman 1st Class David Turner, senior information and computer science/networking major at the Goodfellow Air Force Base (Texas) Campus Center, was awarded a $5,000 Cyber Security Scholarship from the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association Educational Foundation. The scholarship is for students engaged in information management, communications and intelligence efforts, and fosters excellence in education, particularly in the STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) disciplines related to command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance.
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