Newly Tenured ... at Bemidji State, Canisius, Prairie State College, Virginia Tech

The following individuals have recently been awarded tenure by their colleges and universities:

Bemidji State University

• Heidi Hansen, mathematics
• Marci Maple, nursing
• Michael Murray, economics
• Sheila Paul, nursing
• Roxanne Pickle, health sciences and human ecology
• Sarah Tarutis, nursing

Canisius College

• James Goldstein Jr., accounting
• Jean Gregorek, English
• Karl Kozlowski, kinesiology
• Nicolas Lorgnier, kinesiology
• Steven Maddox, history
• Philip Reed, philosophy
• Richard Reitsma, modern languages, literatures and cultures
• Robert Selkowitz, physics
• Marcus Thomeer, teacher education

Prairie State College

• Carolyn Henley Ciesla, instructional services librarian
• John Schlueter, adult basic and secondary education

Virginia Tech

• Ariel Ahram, government and international affairs
• Eric Bahel, economics
• Esther Bauer, foreign languages and literatures
• Bahareh Behkam, mechanical engineering
• Stanca (Mihaela) Ciupe, mathematics
• Melissa Coburn, foreign languages and literatures
• Eva Colla'kova, plant pathology, physiology and weed science
• Deborah Dickerson, civil and environmental engineering
• Robert Efird, foreign languages and literatures
• Elizabeth Grant, architecture
• Jason (Matthew) Holliday, forest resources and environmental conservation
• Leanna House, statistics
• Mantu Hudait, electrical and computer engineering
• Sunghwan Jung, biomedical engineering and mechanics
• Stephen LaConte, biomedical engineering and mechanics/Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute
• Tristram McPherson, philosophy
• Constantin (Leonardo) Mihalcea, mathematics
• Michael Moehler, philosophy
• Biswarup Mukhopadhyay, biochemistry
• Kim Niewolny, agricultural, leadership and community education
• Sakiko Okumoto, plant pathology, physiology and weed science
• David Sample, biological systems engineering
• Birgit Scharf, biological sciences
• Sonja Schmid, science and technology in society
• Gary Seidel, aerospace and ocean engineering
• Ryan Senger, biological systems engineering
• Onur Seref, business information technology
• Sarah Sierra, foreign languages and literatures
• Manisha Singal, hospitality and tourism management
• Anne Staples, biomedical engineering and mechanics
• Brian Strahm, forest resources and environmental conservation
• Vinodh Venkatesh, foreign languages and literatures
• James Vollmer, English
• Abby Whittington, materials science and engineering/chemical engineering
• Yang Zhang, urban affairs and planning