Research-Focused Open Forum

Friday, April 11, 2025
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
CSU 245

Minnesota State University, Mankato faculty, staff, and graduate students are invited to collectively celebrate research by hearing from your colleagues, faculty and staff across the university on the fascinating and collaborative work they are pursuing in their scholarly areas! 

This event is designed as a panel, with representatives from each academic college and Library & Learning, featuring the following faculty: 

Marilyn Swan
Allied Health & Nursing
“Exploring rural concepts to understand their influence on rural life”
 
Jennifer Schultz
Business
“Experiences of Neurodivergent Management Academics”
 
Ivana Guarrasi
Humanities & Social Sciences
“Challenges and opportunities of interdisciplinary and interprofessional collaborations at the intersect of health communications – grounded in social scientific approaches and methods and healthcare education and practice”
 
Jenny Turner
Library & Learning
“Information literacy teaching & learning in foundational courses at Minnesota State University- Mankato”
 
Ryan Wersal
Science, Engineering & Technology
“Applied research on invasive aquatic plant management to support adaptive water resource management”
 
David Kimori
Education
“Utilizing Role Play as a Strategy for Teaching and Learning”

 

Panelists will discuss their research, with a highlight on collaborations (and/or future collaborations) beyond their discipline. This event is open to all faculty, staff, and students, and is your chance to hear (and share) about opportunities for collaboration across campus, the wonderful accomplishments of your peers, and to generally shine a spotlight on the good work our MSU employees do in this domain!

The event is also available on-demand

Contact

Stacy Hahn
stacy.hahn@mnsu.edu

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