4 minute read
Professor honored for contributions
PROFESSOR HONORED FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO NELSON MANDELA UNIVERSITY
Dr. Mumbi Mwangi was appointed as an Honorary Professor at Nelson Mandela University in South Africa this spring.
Nelson Mandela University’s Centre for the Advancement of Non-Racialism and Democracy (CANRAD) conferred the title of Honorary Professor onto Mwangi in recognition of her intellectual and scholarly accomplishments in the development and application of knowledge that has a transformative impact on society.
Dr. Mumbi Mwangi, professor of A professor of Gender and Women’s Studies at Gender and Women’s Studies St. Cloud State University, Mwangi’s work with Nelson Mandela University has helped CANRAD to create a more democratic, equal, socially just and sustainable world through her work on the intersections of gender, race, class and sexuality.
Mwangi was the recipient of a Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship and served her fellowship in CANRAD at Nelson Mandela University in 2015. She is also founder and CEO of Ngatha International USA, a non-profit with the mission to restore hope and dignity to women and children through sustainable community projects in rural Africa.
Following her fellowship visit, she continued working with CANRAD and helped to guide and nurture the development of a Women and Gender Studies Center at Nelson Mandela University. She also serves as an external examiner evaluating doctoral dissertations for Nelson Mandela University graduate students and helps to facilitate study abroad exchanges between the two institutions.
Read more: https://scsu.mn/2ZTyRFN Photo courtesy of Michael Klitzk (Spring 2004 program)
Photo courtesy of Amy Zenzen (Spring 2012 program)
TOP DOWNLOAD SINCE 2017 29,388 TIMES
Types of Homework and Their Effects on Student Achievement
by author and Teacher Development alumni Tammi A. Minke ’17
REPOSITORY SEES 1 MILLIONTH DOWNLOAD
Student and faculty theses, dissertation and papers are being found and downloaded from St. Cloud State University’s Institutional Repository.
This June the repository saw its 1 millionth download. Established in August 2011, the Repository provides open access to a diverse collection of academic, scholarly, scientific, and creative content produced by faculty, students, and staff at the University. These scholarly materials have been downloaded by scholars across the world said Repository manager University Archivist Tom Steman. “Knowledge is to be shared — sharing is good for all. And then to make that knowledge shareable worldwide is fantastic,” Steman said.
Photo courtesy Rosalie Ferguson (Spring 2019 program)
ALNWICK STUDY ABROAD HISTORY BECOMES ART
When students return to studying abroad at St. Cloud State at Alnwick in 2021 they will be greeted by those that have come before them.
St. Cloud State University students have been living and learning at Alnwick Castle since the 1970s. Education Abroad is celebrating that history by decorating the student dorm rooms at Alnwick Castle with images from the past. The images will also be used to decorate the Center for International Studies offices.
Alnwick study abroad alumni donated more than 130 images after St. Cloud State at Alnwick put out a call for images this spring. The images depict students in everyday life at the castle — enjoying a snack, studying, enjoying the castle grounds and going on field trips. Alumni submitted photos that represent some of the primary elements of their experiences as students — Academic Life, Field Trips and Excursions, Castle Life, and Engagement with the Community.
More than 4,000 St. Cloud State students have studied abroad at Alnwick Castle since the St. Cloud State program began in 1976.
The photos will be placed in student rooms, which were refreshed in 2015, to give the rooms a personalized St. Cloud State touch. Photos will be displayed with the name and program year of the alumnus submitting the image.
“Scholars from all over the globe find that information and use it to advance their knowledge, complete their tasks, or whatever they want to do with it.”
The Repository collects, organizes, distributes, and preserves the scholarly and cultural record to:
» promote interdisciplinary research » maximize research impact » support local, regional, and global development and interests This record is selected and curated by the colleges, schools, and departments of the University in coordination with the University Library. The Repository contains 2,274 papers including:
» 925 electronic theses and dissertations (ETDS) » 185 objects from faculty that highlight campus scholarship » 203 papers from three IR-specific journals, 350 campus newsletters » 207 papers related to Economics » 269 other papers and historical materials Editor Kathryn Kloby, PhD
Contributing Editor Matt Andrew
Content Producers Anna Kurth Mitchell Hansen ’17 John M. Brown Tom Nelson
Design Marie Madgwick ’91 Gary Bailey
Contact us: ST. CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY 720 Fourth Ave. S. St. Cloud, MN 56301-4498
Alumni Relations alumni@stcloudstate.edu 320-308-3177 or 866-464-8759 stcloudstate.edu/alumni
St. Cloud State University does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, creed, religion, age, national origin, disability, marital status, status with regards to public assistance, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, or status as a U.S. veteran. The Title IX coordinator at SCSU is Dr. …llyn Bartges. For additional information, contact the Office for Institutional …quity & Access, (320) 308-5123, Admin. Services Bldg. Rm 102.
