Presentation - June 2024Jen Bossard and Pete Poppert presented at the annual Nebraska Career Education Conference held in Kearney, NE on June 6, 2024. Their presentation was titled, "Reshaping Higher Education for a New Generation."
https://nceconference2024.sched.com/event/1asta/reshaping-higher-education-for-a-new-generation
Publication - June 2024Dan Clanton's seventh book was published on 13 June 2024. Titled "God and the Little Grey Cells: Religion in Agatha Christie's Poirot Stories," the book examines the presence and use of religion and Bible in Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot novels and stories, as well as their later interpretations in radio and film.
https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/god-and-the-little-grey-cells-9780567696076/
Presentation - October 2024 Dr. Terri Deems presented at the Society for Ethics Across the Curriculum (SEAC) annual conference at Clemson University: Integrating Ethical Reasoning and Civil Discourse Through Immerse Role Play.
Terri Deems has two chapters--one on ethical leadership and one on coaching skills for leaders--in the recently released text, Workplace Leadership. This text examines core leadership constructs and provides students and emerging leaders with insight into practical leadership skills and capabilities. Chapters include applied exercises to enhance understanding and the practical adoption of leadership competencies. Lindbeck, R., & Nix, V. (Eds.). (2025). Workplace leadership. Cognella Academic Publishing.
Publication - June 2024Drs.Tessa Durham Brooks and Erin Doyle were coauthors on the publication "Voices from Graduate School and the Workforce: Identified Student Outcomes from Completing a Multi-Semester Undergraduate Research Experience Capstone." Colclasure, B.C.; Alai, A.; Quinn, K.; Granberry, T.; Doyle, E.L.; Durham Brooks, T. Educ. Sci. 2024, 14, 598. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci14060598 The manuscript describes the experiences of 16 Doane STEM graduates and their perceptions of how participation in their required senior research capstone experiences have benefited them in graduate school or the workforce. Former Doane professor Dr. Blake Coclasure was the lead author on the publication and two Doane students were also included as authors.
Presentation - October 2024 Tessa Durham Brooks presented a poster entitled, "Plant phenotyping as computation by undergraduates in the DIVAS Alliance program" at the 8th International Plant Phenotyping Symposium. Raychelle Burks (American University), Erin Doyle, and Mark Meysenburg were co-authors.
Tessa Durham Brooks was a panelist in the session "From K-12 to College - A Conversation to Help Students Thrive" at the 2024 Fall Conference of the Nebraska Association of Teachers in Science meeting.
Public Performance - June 2024Dr. Andy Feyes led one of three bands of young musicians at the week long Kansas State University Summer Music Camp. As a part of the camp, Dr. Feyes conducted the combined summer camp musicians and Manhattan (KS) Municipal Band.
Public Performance - June 2024Portrayed Andrew Carnegie, Richest Man in the World, on June 11, 2024 as part of events leading up to the Humanities Nebraska Chautauqua event in August at Norfolk Public Library Norfolk, Nebraska.
Publication - July 2024 Mark Orsag has had the following co-authored article published... Mark Orsag and Amanda McKinney, “The Mother of All Collapses’: Complex Systems, Crises and Modern Analogues,” Journal of Applied History (Volume 6/Issue 1) July 2024, pp.66-105. A link to the article is here: https://brill.com/view/journals/joah/6/1/article-p66_3.xml
Mark Orsag will be a part of the following interdisciplinary conference presentation: Giovanni Meledandri, Mark Orsag, Amanda McKinney, Melissa Clouse, “A Long View of Infectious Disease–Contexts, Etiologies, Mitigations and Impacts: An Ancient/Modern Comparative Analysis (...with an Eye to the Future), Global Experts Conference on Infectious Disease (GECID), Paris, May 2025. (Scheduled)
Mark Orsag had the following recent publication... The 37th International RAIS Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities was held at The Erdman Center, 20 Library Place, Princeton, NJ 08540, USA, on August 8-9, 2024, and was organized by the Research Association for Interdisciplinary Studies. RAIS Conference Proceedings are published with ISSN 2578-8574, and will be indexed in IDEAS/RePEc, Econpapers, Google Scholar, and CEEOL. Proceedings of the 37th International RAIS Conference, Volume 2 PDF It Is All Interconnected – A Brief, Comparative Planetary Limits and Lifestyle Medicine Analysis of Production, Diet and Lifestyle During Three Stages of Human History 13-22 Mark Orsag, Amanda E. McKinney.
https://rais.education/proceedings-of-the-37th-rais-conference-vol2/
Publication - July 2024 Dr. Josh Pope, along with Dr. Melanie D'Amico of Indiana State University, wrote "Making the Most of Study Abroad: A Guide to a Top-Notch Experience" (Rowman & Littlefield/Bloomsbury Publishing). It is a guidebook written with any international traveler in mind, but particularly for undergraduate students studying abroad. It gives them things to consider to maximize their experiences during study abroad and other adventures.
Public Performance - October 2024The Blue River Arts Council commissioned Doane faculty member Dr. Kurt Runestad to arrange a piece for choir to be premiered at the Isis Theatre's grand opening on Saturday-Sunday, October 26-27, 2024. Doane's jazzchoir Jazz Unlimited (Missy Noonan, director) and singers from Crete HIgh School (Doane alum Alex Wooten, director) will collaborate in the performance of the world premiere, an acappella arrangement of the jazz standard "Centerpiece."
Presentation - October 2024 Tessa and Becca presented at the Nebraska Association of Teachers of Science (NATS) conference in Kearney. Their presentation, titled "Reimagining Learning Outcomes in Anatomy and Physiology "gave other educators feedback regarding choosing content relevant for student learning goals in the disciplines of anatomy and physiology. Being the most content-heavy courses students will take, long-term retention relies on applying content to relevant phenomena. Being prepared to navigate the sea of growing information requires developing relevant competencies. Therefore, they presented ways they have adjusted their courses at the introductory and advanced levels.
Scott Vicroy, Doane Jazz Band director, will be performing in the pit orchestras for touring Broadway shows, “Back To The Future” at the Lied Center in Lincoln 10/8-10/13, “Funny Girl” 11/12-11/17, “Some Like It Hot” 3/25-3/30, and “MJ The Musical “ 6/10-6/15 at the Orpheum Theater in Omaha.
Presentation - June 2024William Whipple, music department, was invited to give a presentation alongside his wife, Christina Whipple (board certified music therapist) at the Iowa Music Teachers Association (IMTA) State Conference at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa. Their presentation topic was, “Neurodiversity Awareness: Multimodal Music Teaching for ALL Students.”