Clyde Arnold
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EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATION
PhD - Economics,
University
of
Oklahoma
, 1982.
MA - Economics,
University
of
Houston
, 1973.
BS - Economics,
University
of
Houston
, 1971.
AS - Math,
San Jacinto
College
,
1970.
BUSINESS EXPERIENCE
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1998-Present
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President. Lead a non-profit company in
international business activities. Northern Plains International
Institute,
Aberdeen,
SD.
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1984-1988
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Economist/Operations Research Analyst. Economic,
Computer, and Statistical Analysis. Naval Civil Engineering Laboratory,
Port Hueneme,
CA
.
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1979-1982
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Economist. Economic, Computer, and Statistical Analysis
under an Intergovernmental Personnel Agreement through the
University
of
Oklahoma
. Naval Civil
Engineering Laboratory,
Port Hueneme,
CA
.
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1966-1969
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Supervisor. Lead a department involved in maintenance and
repair of electronic instruments. Texatron, Instrument Repair Department,
Johnson
Space
Center
,
Houston,
TX
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TEACHING EXPERIENCE
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1992-Present
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Dean, School of Business, Northern
State
University
,
Aberdeen,
SD.
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1996-Present
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Director, English as a Second Language Institute, Northern
State University, Aberdeen, SD.
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1989-Present
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Professor and Associate Professor, Department of Economics
and Finance, Northern
State
University
,
Aberdeen,
SD.
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1991-1998
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Coordinator, Joint MBA Program,
University
of
South Dakota
and Northern State
University,
Aberdeen,
SD.
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1991-1996
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Director, International Business Program, Northern
State
University
,
Aberdeen,
SD.
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1990-1992
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Chair, Department of Business and Economics, Northern
State
University
,
Aberdeen,
SD.
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1982-1984
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Assistant Professor,
Washington
and
Jefferson College,
Washington
, PA.
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Rich Christoph
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Richard T. Christoph was awarded the Doctor of Philosophy degree in
Industrial Management from Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, in
August, 1985. He currently serves as Dean of the College of Business and
Information Systems, and Professor of Information Systems at Dakota State
University, Madison, South Dakota. In this role, he is responsible for all
operational and instructional areas of the College and teaches in the
Information Systems, and Strategic Management areas. His special interests
include the telecommunications and networking areas.
Prior to joining Dakota State University in 1998, he worked for 11 years in
both faculty and administrative roles at James Madison University in
Harrisonburg Virginia. He then worked as both a faculty member and executive
consultant for Florida Gulf Coast University in Ft. Myers, Florida as the
university was designed, built and opened in 1997 as the lOth State of
Florida institution.
Before beginning his academic career, he
worked as a Marketing Representative with the IBM Corporation for five
years specializing in large scale, online computing systems. He
continues to consult in the area of commercial computer utilization.
Dr. Christoph is an active researcher and is the author of over 40 books,
journal articles and proceedings in the Management and Computer Information
systems area. He has also written and participated in a number of grant
projects that have resulted in the award of over one million dollars in
grants and software.
Rick can be reached at:
DSU
3 East Hall
Madison, SD 57042
Email:
[email protected]
Dan Farrington
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Dan Farrington graduated from the University of Nebraska in 1960 with a
Bachelors of Science degree in Zoology. In June of 1968 Farrington graduated
from Colorado State University as a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine and in 1974
graduated from Iowa State University with a Ph.D. in Veterinary Microbiology
and Preventive Medicine. Farrington is currently Director of Grants and
Special Projects at Black Hills State University.
Farrington’s experience
includes:
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United States Marines from 1960-1964
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N.I.H Fellow at Iowa State University from 1971-1974
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Associate Professor, Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Iowa State University
in 1974
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Associate Professor, Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine,
Veterinary Medical Research Institute from 1974-1977
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Honors and Awards for Farrington include:
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N.I.H. Postdoctoral Fellowship 5 T01-A100386
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Gamma Sigma Delta
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Phi Zeta
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Sigma Xi
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1999 William P. Switzer Award, ISU College of Veterinary Medicine
(inaugural recipient)
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1999 Iowa State University Inventors Award
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Stuart Kellogg
Stuart D. Kellogg, Ph.D., P.E., Dr. Kellogg is a Professor of
Industrial Engineering at the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology where
he currently serves as coordinator of the Industrial Engineering and
Technology Management programs. He received his M.B.A from the University of
South Dakota in 1981 where he was designated as Outstanding Graduate Student.
He earned a masters degree in electrical engineering from SDSM&T in 1982 and a
Ph.D. in operations research from the University of Texas in 1984. Previous
teaching experience includes two years with the operations research group at
the University of Texas and three years with the School of Business at the
University of Miami. He has spent the last eleven years in industrial
engineering at SDSM&T. In addition to pedagogical issues related to
engineering education, his research interests include applied and numerical
probability models in the industrial environment, computer integrated
manufacturing, and quality control. He has published works in
Mathematics and Computers in Simulation
,
Journal of Power Systems
Research
,
Proceedings of IIE Research Conference
,
Quality
Engineering
, and
Proceedings of the Joint Statistical Meetings
, and
was an invited presenter at the XII International IMACS Conference on Scientific
Computing. Dr. Kellogg is a member of the Institute of Industrial
Engineers, the American Society for Engineering Education.
Stuart can be reached at:
SDSM&T
Industrial Engineering
501 East St. Joseph Street
Rapid City, SD 57701
Email:
Pricilla Romkema
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Priscilla Y. Romkema graduated from the
University of
Wyoming in 1985 with a M.S. in
Business Education and in 1987 with a Ph.D. in Education. Romkema is
currently the Assistant Professor at Black Hills State University College of
Business and Technology, Spearfish, SD.
Romkema’s experience includes:
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8/97 to present, Assistant
Professor,
Black Hills State University,
Spearfish, SD
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8/99 to present, Director,
Center for Business and Entrepreneurship,
Black Hills State University,
Spearfish, SD
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2/97-6/97, Office Manager, Neoprobe Corporation,
London, England
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10/96-1/97, Business
Instructor,
Lead-Deadwood School District,
Lead, SD.
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7/94-12/95, Training Advisor,
Environmental Policy and Technology Project,
Moscow,
Russia.
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2/92-5/95, Instructor,
Independent Institute of Russian Entrepreneurship,
Moscow,
Russia.
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8/89-7/90, Assistant
Professor,
University of
Wyoming,
Laramie,
WY.
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8/87-5/89, Instructor,
Northern Michigan University,
Marquette,
MI.
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Romkema is currently the President of the Spearfish Chamber of Commerce
and also acts as a liaison between Spearfish Chamber of Commerce and
Spearfish Economic Development Corporation.
Richard Shane
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Richard Shane is a Professor and Department Head of Economics at South
Dakota State University. He earned degrees in Agricultural Economics
from South Dakota State University-Bachelors; University of Arizona-Masters;
and Washington State University-Doctorate. In 1977 he joined the faculty at
South Dakota State University on a Research/Teaching appointment.
Management and marketing are his areas of interest. He and his family
lived in Bavaria, Germany for three years while he served in the U.S.
Army from 1971-1974.
Bob Tosterud
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Dr. Bob Tosterud is
the Holder of the Freeman Chair of Entrepreneurial Studies and Professor
of Economics at the University of South Dakota School of Business. His
teaching,
research, and outreach responsibilities include entrepreneurship,
e-commerce, and economics.
Prior to coming to South Dakota in the
summer of 1991, Bob was the Economics Program Officer of the Ford
Foundation in New York City. Most of his time on the East Coast,
however, was spent in Washington, D.C., where Bob served for seven years
as Senior Economist and Staff Director of the Joint Economic Committee
of the Congress and for four years in various positions at the U. S.
Department of Agriculture.
Bob began his professional
career at North Dakota State University where he was for six years the
Director of the Transportation Institute and Assistant Professor
(tenured) of Agricultural Economics. At last count, Bob has taught in
various capacities in six universities, not including his two year
"underground" correspondence entrepreneurship course to a dozen Mainland
Chinese students.
Bob is the Founder of the
National Council of Entrepreneurship Chairs, a Director of the
International Institute for Entrepreneurship Development, Chair of the
Nontraditional Academics Committee and former Chair of the Distinguished
Chairs Committee of the Entrepreneurship Division of the Academy of
Management. Bob also founded the South Dakota Family Business Initiative
and is a former Director of the City of Vermillion Development Company.
Bob also has started three businesses and currently owns and manages
www.RuralVoice.com
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In 1993 and again in 2000 Dr. Tosterud was
selected by the University's Student Association as University of South
Dakota Teacher of the Year. In 1994 he was the recipient of the
Freedom's Foundation $15,000 Leavey Award for "Excellence in Private
Enterprise Education" and chosen as one of the Nation's "Top 10
Entrepreneurship Educators" by the Kauffman Foundation, Inc Magazine,
and Merrill Lynch. Bob's rural development interests took him to South
Africa where he served as a consultant for the Black Entrepreneurs and
Enterprises Support team. His success at stimulating business creations
in rural areas also took him to the "outback" of Australia during the
spring of 1997. Bob served as the Visiting Scholar in Economic Growth
and Entrepreneurship at the congressional Research Service, Library of
Congress, in Washington, D.C., from October 1998 to June 1999.
Bob received his BS and MS
degrees in Business from North Dakota State University and his Ph.D. in
Agricultural Economics from the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg.
While his family roots go back to North Dakota, Bob was born in Des
Plaines, Illinois.
Dr. Tosterud can be reached at:
School of Business USD
Vermillion, SD 57069
Email:
[email protected]
Mel Ustad
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Melvin Ustad graduated from University of South
Dakota in 1980 with a Bachelor of Science in Political Science and History. In
1991, he graduated with an M.A. in Political Science and in 1994 he graduated
with an Ed. D. in Adult and Higher Education. Ustad is currently the Associate
Dean of the University of South Dakota. Ustad is also Director of South Dakota
Health Technology Innovations, Inc. and the Small Business High Technology
Institute. Previous appointments include: Associate Professor at Dakota State
University and a legislative aide for Senator Larry Pressler.
Ustad can be reached at:
Office of Research
107 Slagle
Vermillion, SD 57069
Email:
[email protected]
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