MSU Dean Traveling to Ghana
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| 1/15/2009 |
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| We all know Minot State`s reputation in this area, now the school is going global. On December 18th, a dean at the school will be traveling to the other side of the world to help provide for educational needs in an African country. Doctor Neil Nordquist is dedicated to educating students. And as the Dean of the College of Education and Health Sciences at MSU, when he got the opportunity to collaborate with a university in the Republic of Ghana to provide for the educational needs of children there, he jumped at it. "It is an opportunity for our folks here to have a chance to do something in another part of the world. To use our expertise in other ways," says Nordquist. This weekend, Nordquist will fly to the west African Country to start a partnership with the University of Education, Winneba. Together officials from the African college and Nordquist will write a planning grant proposal for 50 thousand dollars that will be used to train teachers to use testing data properly. By receiving training, Ghanaian teachers will increase their knowledge and skills. "What they want us to focus on it improving teacher skill. Being able to utilize assessment data to improve teaching and learning," says Nordquist. Currently, there are six students from Ghana at MSU perusing their masters degree. Through this opportunity in Ghana the University hopes to recruit more students from the county. But even more important, Nordquist says this grant is vital in a county like Ghana. While some of their schools are updated and modern, many are primitive. Nordquist hopes by improving education, he can improve people`s lives. Bismarck State College will also be sending a professor to Ghana who will work with a different set of universities to do a similar planning grant but in the power technology field. |
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