Office of the Governor
For Immediate Release: Thursday, March 22, 2001
For More Information: Bob Mercer or Mike Mueller, 773-3212

Janklow Awards More Than $1 Million to University Faculty to Enhance Courses with Technology

(Pierre) -- Fifty-one faculty members at South Dakota's six public universities will spend the summer enhancing their courses with technology after receiving the Governor's Faculty Awards for Teaching with Technology. 

Janklow is providing $1,136,925 to the 51 faculty members for computer-based curriculum projects. The winners of the competitive grants will receive compensation and funds for equipment, software, and training. 

"The best way for students to learn the technology skills they need to compete in the world is to have them use it at all levels of their education," Janklow said. "The university faculty really put these awards to use in very creative ways to teach better using technology, which helps the students learn both the subject matter and technology skills."

The Governor's program, now in its fourth year, encourages state university faculty to develop skills and methods to integrate computer technology into their daily courses. Since Janklow started the program in 1998, more than 220 faculty members have been awarded more $4 million dollars to enhance their courses with technology.

Robert T. Tad Perry, Executive Director for the Board of Regents, calls this program, "The best investment that can be made in technology. Investing in faculty who can master and apply technology will give South Dakota higher education students the opportunities to learn about technology applications. The Governor’s leadership and investment will pay dividends for many years."

The 51 award winners for 2001 include:
*  Nine from Black Hills State University at Spearfish;
*  Eight from Dakota State University at Madison;
*  Ten from Northern State University at Aberdeen;
*  Two from South Dakota School of Mines and Technology at Rapid City;
*  Twelve from South Dakota State University at Brookings; and
*  Ten from the University of South Dakota at Vermillion.

The grant pays a faculty member’s salary for three months during the summer, so that the faculty member can work on a project to adapt a current course to delivery using technology. The grant also provides up to $5,000 for project expenses, such as computer software and hardware or travel for instruction or research.

Below are names of the winners from each university, along with their project titles.

Fred Heidrich, Business Policy and Strategy; Daniel Peterson, Social Psychology, Gender Roles, and Social Theory; Connie Pollard, Methods of Teaching Individuals with Learning Disabilities; Robert Schurrer, Wellness for Life; Christine Shearer-Cremean, Basic English, Written Communications I, Grammar and Composition for the English Teacher; Douglas Wessel, Abnormal Psychology; Susan Wessel, Business Law; Don Altmyer, Survey of Business; Leonard Austin, Child Growth and Development.

Richard Christoph, Computer Hardware, Data Communication and Networking; Judy Dittman, Methods of Educational Technology; John Webster, Enterprise Resource Planning; Dan Weinstein, Composition; William Henjum, Stagecraft; Jeffrey Palmer, College Algebra; Minhau Wang, Telecommunications, Technology and Management; Sylvia Webster, Computer Applications in Special Education. 

Timothy Houge, Diagnosis and Correction of Literacy; James Kennedy, Nonprofit Accounting; Grant Manhart, Brass Methods and Materials Elementary; William Matta, Introduction to Linguistics, Hillar Neumann, Statistics; Ross Norman, Programming Languages; Sharon Paranto, Advanced Computer Applications; Timothy Woods, Voice; Tove Bormes, The Process of Criminal Law; Jill Schoen, Psychopathology and Diagnosis.

Robin Lipke, Lifespan; Maribeth Price, Introduction to GIS.

Karen Hardy Cardenas, Modern Language Teaching; Debra Ann Debates, Philosophy and Methods FCSE, Delvin DeBoer, Water Supply Engineering/Water Treatment Plant Design; Jeannie French, Three-Dimensional Design; Beverly King, Research Methods in Psychology; Joyce Lampson, English as a Second Language/Oral Proficiency; Richard A. Reid, Geotechnical Engineering; Debra Spear, Psychological Investigations; Alfred Andrawis, Fiber Optic Communications Lab; Hala Nassar, History of Landscape Architecture; Brady Phelps, Physiological Psychology; James M. Tallmon, Fundamentals of Speech.

Douglas Brenner, Water Supply Engineering/Water Treatment Plant Design; Diane Hambley, Foundations of Management and Marketing; Dennis Navrat, Teaching in Elementary School; Lisa Newland, Education Psychology; Kumoli Ramakrishnan, Financial Administration; Dan Van Peursem, Intermediate Algebra; James Balakier, Business Writing; Anthony Deiter, Graphics and Special Problems; James Korcuska, Counseling Internship/Field Experience; Yuhlong Lio, Probability and Statistics.

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