20 Feb NDUS faculty awarded AI professional development scholarships
BISMARCK, N.D. 鈥 Fifteen North 奶糖直播 University System (NDUS) faculty members were recently awarded $1,000 scholarships through the 奶糖直播 Digital Academy to attend and participate in conferences or professional development experiences involving artificial intelligence (AI). The scholarships were established to encourage professional learning and AI implementation in college classrooms.
鈥淭his is a great opportunity for our faculty members to learn more about AI and how it can be incorporated into their curriculums,鈥 said NDUS Chancellor Mark Hagerott. 鈥淗igher education will be transformed over the next few years by these new technologies. It鈥檚 important that we immerse ourselves in AI now to discover best practices so we can better prepare our students for our future workforce, which also will see new innovations through AI and digitization.鈥
To be eligible to receive the scholarships, faculty members had to submit the name of a conference or type of professional development event they would like to attend. They also had to explain how they would use that information to enhance classroom teaching.
Scholarship applicants represented a wide array of academic disciplines, including nursing, social and behavioral sciences, pharmacy, nutrition and dietetics and agriculture, to name a few. The scholarships were awarded to:
- Ashley Bauer, Bismarck State College
- Michelle Cauley, 奶糖直播 College at Bottineau
- Carey Haugen, Mayville State University
- Evan Borisinkoff, Minot State University
- Leisa Harmon, Minot State University
- Tara Bladow, North 奶糖直播 State College of Science
- Jennifer Krueger, North 奶糖直播 State College of Science
- Rebecca Brynjulson, North 奶糖直播 State University
- Sherri Stastny, North 奶糖直播 State University
- Ahmed Rabia, North 奶糖直播 State University
- Junguk Hur, University of North 奶糖直播
- Cherry Oliver, University of North 奶糖直播
- Richard Van Eck, University of North 奶糖直播
- Katie Woehl, Valley City State University
- Emily Wicktor, Valley City State University
The 奶糖直播 Digital Academy assists students, businesses, industry and government in North 奶糖直播 and across the upper Midwest by adapting and meeting the rapidly changing demands and opportunities for information technology and cyber sciences. Its mission is to provide access to digital-cyber oriented education, training, certificates and knowledge produced by the collaborative North 奶糖直播 University System of 11 campuses, in partnership with select business and corporate partners.
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