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Show THE THUNDERBIRD TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 30, 1986 PACE 15 Eleven new faculty members join SUSC NEW FACULTY: (Top, from left) Steve Stamler, Oakley Cordon, Merry Kruse, Tony Rasmussen, Amanda Mortensen. (Bottom, from left) Steve McQueen, leffrey Barnes, Mark Bangerter, Mark Mecham, Virginia Stitt, Frederick Lohrengel. New group represents wide range of backgrounds wide range of educational and professional backgrounds are represented by new faculty members A at SUSC. e Eleven new instructors are teaching at SUSC this fall, the majority of them filling positions vacated by departing faculty members or filling in for others who are on leaves of absence. "These are outstanding people, highly qualified in their respective fields, who will make an excellent addition to the SUSC faculty," noted SUSC President Gerald R. Sherratt. Six new instructors have joined the SUSC School of Arts and Letters: Oakley E. Gordon in psychology; Mark Bangerter and Anton "Tony" Rasmussen in art; and Mark L. Mecham, Amanda M. Mortensen and Virginia K. Stitt in music. Bangerter, an assistant professor in art, specializes in figurative painting and drawing, portraiture, printmaking and sculpture. He is painting a series of portraits for SUSC, and was featured in a one-ma- n show in April at the Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery. Originally from Bountiful, Bangerter earned BFA and MFA degrees from the University of Utah. He also studied at Weber State College, Utah State University and at the Chicago Art Institute. He comes to SUSC after teaching at Boise State University, WSC, and the U of U. Bangerter's works have appeared in numerous exhibitions, including the Alvin Gittins Retrospective and the Pensacola National Painting Exhibit, and he is the recipient of several awards, among them second prize from the 1976 Western Print Exhibit, Printing West. Gordon, a specialist in human cognition, is an assistant professor of psychology. As such, he will teach statistics for the human sciences, abnormal psychology, physiological psychology and current personality theory for the SUSC department of behavioral and social sciences. Originally from Salt Lake City, Gordon earned a BS in psychology and MS and Ph.D. degrees in experimental psychology at the University of Utah. The magna cum laude graduate is president of Cognitive Processing Unlimited, an educational software company. Mecham is an assistant professor of music and director of choral activities. As such, he will direct the SUSC Chorale and Opus V and will teach music appreciation, vocal pedagogy, and private voice lessons. The new faculty member most recently taught at the University of Texas at Tyler where he was nominated for the AMOCO Award for Teaching Excellence. Before that he taught at Mary College, Bismarck, N.D., where he received the Student Senate full-tim- Recognition Award for Outstanding Teaching. His experience also includes service as assistant director of the Mormon Youth Symphony and Chorus. Mecham claims "dual citizenship" in Salt Lake City and Potomac, Md. He earned bachelor's and MM degrees at the University of Utah and a DMA at the University of Illinois at Mortensen, a special brass instructor, will teach introduction to conducting, high school methods of music, brass ensembles, group brass and private brass lessons. She is also teaching sixth grade band at the Cedar Middle School. A native of Huntington, Mortensen graduated from Snow College as valedictorian in 1984 and from SUSC June 7 when she was honored as the "Outstanding Scholar" from the School of Arts and Letters and the "Outstanding Student" from the college's department of music. She is an accomplished trumpet player and performed in numerous concerts and recitals while at SUSC. Rasmussen is chairman of the SUSC art department and will teach art history, painting, drawing, and introduction to visual arts. He specializes in landscape painting and large mural-size- d mural commissions. He is working on a for the Zion National Park Visitor's Center, and his artwork is found in the Salt Lake International Airport, Davis County libraries, American Savings, and the LDS Hospital Auditorium. Prior to joining the SUSC faculty, Rasmussen taught at Utah State University. He has additional experience as director of the Bountiful Art Center, as an adjunct instructor at the University of Utah, and as assistant director of the DavisU of U Program for Higher Education. Rasmussen earned BFA asnd MFA degrees in painting and drawing from the U of U and has completed additional coursework toward a bachelor's degree in university studies arts administration and Urbana-Champaig- n. 21-fo- ot community education. Stitt returns to SUSC after two years in Canada where she taught for the Ottawa Board of Education as a woodwind specialist and performed with the Fine Arts Woodwind Quintet, the Ottawa Symphony Orchestra, and the Ottawa Pops Orchestra. Originally from Reno, Nev., the associate professor of music and orchestra director earned a BS from the University of Illinois, Urbana; MFA from the University of Northern Colorado, Greenly, MM from Michigan State University, East Lansing; and DMA from the University of Iowa, Iowa City. Stitt, a double reed specialist, taught at SUSC from 1977 through 1984 and was named the college's "Distinguished Educator" in 1982. She has additional teaching experience at Kalamazoo College in Michigan and at Frostburg State College in Maryland. Three new instructors have joined the SUSC School of Business, Technology, and Communication: Steve McQueen in business, and Jeffrey N. Barnes and Merry Kruse in accounting. Barnes is an instructor of accounting. He is a specialist in auditing and systems and will teach auditing, accounting principles, managerial accounting, management information systems, and advanced systems analysis and design. Originally from Pasadena, Calif., Barnes graduated from SUSC in 1983 with a BS in accounting and in 1984 from Brigham Young University with a master's of accountacy with emphasis in management advisory services. He has passed the CPA exam and has worked as a general practice auditor for the Phoenix, Ariz., firm of Coopers and Lybrand. Kruise, a CPA and specialist in financial accounting and taxation, is an assistant professor of accounting. Her teaching responsibilities include accounting theory, individual taxation, advanced accounting, and partnership and corporate taxation. Originally from Tpledo, Ohio, she earned a BS in mathematics from Iowa State University and a MS in accounting from tie University of Toledo. The experienced practitioner and educator has taught mathematics at lOwa State, accounting at Adrian College, and the University of Toledo, and has worked as a mathematician for the U.S. Department of Energy. Prior to joining the SUSC faculty, Kruise worked as the senior tax consultant for a private firm in Toledo. She is a member of numerous honorary societies and is the recipient of the prestigious Elijah Watt Sells Award. McQueen is an assistant professor of business whose teaching assignments include operations management, systems and finance, management information and statistics. . The SUSC faculty member is originally from Toronto. He earned a BA in economics and MBA in finance from Utah State University and is a doctoral candidate there in economics. Equally at home with irrigation engineering and economics, McQueen's doctoral dissertation involves a water resource model of with implications as to the reservoir projects in Africa, and indirectly, with the Central Utah Project. McQueen, a dean's list student at USU, has taught at both Weber State College and USU. Two new faculty members have joined the SUSC School of Science. C. Frederick Lohrengel II in geology and Steve Stamler in mathematics. (continued on page 1 6) |