Photo by Kristie Engebretson Anderson
Announced at the spring Faculty-Staff Institute on May 13, St. Catherine University has promoted 23 faculty members and awarded tenure to six.
“I offer hearty congratulations to all of you present here,” said Denise Baird, PhD, provost. “For the St. Kate’s community, it is our honor to acknowledge the work and dedication each of these faculty members has to their life’s work as an educator, deeply grounded in their area of study and equally rooted in this particular community.”
Provost Baird and University colleagues celebrated the following faculty members:
Tenures and Promotions
Faculty Tenured and Promoted to Associate Professor
- Nicole Beckmann, PhD; Doctor of Nursing Practice
- Lacey Chu, PhD; Economics
- Habiba Ibrahim, PhD; Master of Social Work
- Rahul Roy, PhD; Biology
- Holman Tse, PhD; Literature, Language, and Writing
Faculty Awarded Tenure
- Darla Coss, OTD’16; Graduate Occupational Therapy
Promotions
Faculty Promoted to Associate Professor
- Katie Arnold, OTD’25; Occupational Therapy Assistant Online program
- Angela Burns; Sonography
- Teresa Cyrus, DNP’20; School of Nursing
- Alyssa Farrell, OTD; MAOT bridge program
- Virginia Green, OTD; Graduate Occupational Therapy
- Terri Grundy, Occupational Therapy Assistant program
- Kia Lee ’05, MBA; Bachelor of Social Work
- Carrie Marzolf, Master of Physician Assistant Studies
- Kimkesia Morgan, Occupational Therapy Assistant program
- Sara Rippie MSN’15, DNP’25; School of Nursing
- Katherine Tolcser MSN’12, DNP’25; School of Nursing
- Teresa Wickboldt, OTD; Occupational Therapy Assistant program
Faculty Promoted to Professor
- Erick Agrimson, Physics
- Jennifer Biggs, PhD; Doctor of Physical Therapy program
- Paula Furey, PhD; Biology
- Stephanie de Sam Lazaro ’05, MAOT’06, OTD’14; Institute of Simulation and Interprofessional Learning
- Steven Elmer, PhD; Doctor of Physical Therapy program
- Rachel Neiwert, PhD; History