Realizing the Vision:
Residential College Program

Cathy Bristow is Associate Professor and Director of the Graduate Program in the Entomology Department at Michigan State University . She teaches in the Integrative Studies program in General Science, and works part time in the Faculty Development Program in the Office of the Provost, coordinating campus-wide programs on teaching improvement including the Lilly seminars and the Lilly Teaching Fellows program.   She joined the faculty at MSU in 1987, with a joint appointment in Entomology and the Department of Natural Science (now the Center for Integrative Studies < General Science). She received a BS from the University of California , Berkeley in Pest Management. completed her Masters and Ph.D. in Ecology and Evolution (Biology) at Princeton University. Dr. Bristow's academic interests include research on the ecology and behavior of social insects, particularly ants; science education and outreach, and the improvement of teaching and learning at the college level.

Angela W. Brown is currently the Director of University Housing at Michigan State University. In this capacity, she directs operations for residence hall facilities, university apartments and food services for over 17,000 students. She has worked for Michigan State for over 30 years and has served as a food service supervisor, a food service manager, a residence hall manager and as an associate director of University Housing.

Angela holds a Master's in Business Administration and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Social Science/Social Work, both from Michigan State University . Angela was selected as a CIC/ALP Fellow and has served on several university committees in race, class, gender, and intersectional analysis bridging theory and practice.

David D. Cooper (Ph.D. American Studies, Brown University ) is Professor of Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures and Senior Editor of Fourth Genre: Explorations in Nonfiction .  His essays and articles on undergraduate curriculum reform and education for democracy have appeared in over 30 journals and magazines, including  Higher Education Exchange ,  About Campus , and The Educational Forum .  Cooper received the 1999 Thomas Ehrlich Faculty Award for Service-Learning (National Campus Compact and the American Association for Higher Education) and a Lifetime Achievement Award from Michigan Campus Compact in 2003.

Ernest Drake is currently a Junior at Michigan State University studying Interdisciplinary Studies: Health Studies (Pre-med). He also serves as the President of the Michigan State University Residence Halls Association.

Patricia Enos came to Michigan State University in 1985 as the Assistant Director of Student Life for Student Leadership and New Student Orientation. In 1991 she became Acting Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs, and in 1996, Assistant to the Vice President for Student Affairs and Services.

Her current responsibilities include supervision of a unit which supports professional development, technology services, and data access for Student Affairs and Services and Student Academic Support staff. She serves on a number of university committees; is the lead administrator for the Family Resource Center, a cross-Vice Presidential program serving faculty, staff and students; is the Student Affairs representative to UCRIHS; and is significantly involved in initiatives relating to off campus students and students in the larger community.

Dr. Enos is Adjunct Assistant Professor in Educational Administration, is the Practicum Placement Coordinator for the Student Affairs Administration master's program, and is the instructor of record for EAD 315, Student Leadership Training. She also has been affiliated with The Graduate School's conflict resolution project.

Dr. Enos earned her BA in Art from Cornell College; her MA in Student Affairs Administration from the University of Northern Iowa, and her Ph.D. in Counselor Education from the University of Iowa. Prior to coming to MSU she worked in residence life at the University of Northern Iowa , as a college counselor at New England College , as a research and evaluation coordinator for a large child-care-provider training grant at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale , and as an academic advisor.

In 1994-95, Dr. Enos was a CIC-Academic Leadership Program fellow, a program that actively fosters and supports professional development and institutional commitment. She also received the 1997 James B. Hamilton Award for Outstanding Leadership in Developing an Environment of Opportunity and Excellence, and was named the 1996-97 Boss of the Year by the Michigan State University Business Women's Association.

Charles Gliozzo is Professor and Assistant to the Dean, International Studies and Programs as well as Professor Emeritus, Department of History and Director Emeritus, Office of Study Abroad. Has been at MSU since 1968 and the recipient of two Fulbright awards (France and Germany) as well as receiving  national leadership awards from NAFSA: Association for International Educators, ISP, Phi Kappa Phi, and Phi Beta Delta, ( International Honorary Society) for teaching, publications and development. Also was the recipient of over 14 grants in international education, French Revolution,African -American history as well as the author or editor of over three monographs and over twenty-five articles in these fields. He held national and regional officer positions in NAFSA, Council for International Education and Exchange (CIEE), Committee of Institutional Cooperation (CIC) and Phi Beta Delta. Has been a reviewer of proposals for the Department of Education, National Endowment of the Humanities, Department of Defense and NAFSA. He was an evaluator of five universities/college programs relating to international education and  has served on the University Committee on Faculty Affairs,University Diversity Committee and others.

Paul Goldblatt is the Director of Residence Life at Michigan State University , a position he has held since July 2002. Paul came to MSU from North Carolina Central University , where he served as Director of Residential Life for over 5 years. He has worked in residence life programs at SUNY Binghamton, SUNY Buffalo, Purchase College , and Cleveland State University . Paul received his Bachelor's Degree from Queens College , City University of New York, and his Master's Degree from the State University of New York at Binghamton .

Susan Madigan is Associate Professor in the Department of Art and Art History. She has served on Faculty Council, University Appeals Board, College Advisory Council (Arts and Letters), Committee for Integrative Studies (College of Arts and Letters), and taught studies abroad. She is a Harvard University-Dumbarton Oaks Scholar, a Dumbarton Oaks Visiting Professor of Byzantine Studies and a "Fast Forward" Society and Technology Scholar of the National Science Foundation. As a Byzantinist she is an associate member of the American School of Classical Studies, Athens ; the American Academy , Rome ; Dumbarton Oaks; and elected lifetime member to the International Committee on Byzantine Studies. She is a two-time recipient of Harvard University 's Dumbarton Oaks Fellowships in Byzantine Studies, grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the ACLS, the Kresge Foundation, and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. She has organized and/or chaired over a dozen sessions on Byzantine Studies for international conferences (manuscripts, textual criticism, patrology, transcultural interations). In her secondary research interests -- Technology and Society; and the Creative Process and Mental Health-- she is the recipient of grants from the National Science Foundation, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Alfred Sloan Foundation, the American Council on Libraries, the Exxon Education Foundation and was PI on a major grant from the US Department of Justice. For post-secondary courses in Art History she is the co-author of  3 teaching manuals, 2 CD-ROM courses, and two textbooks on Byzantine, Islamic and Early Medieval Art. She is also the author of numerous specialized studies for articles in the areas of Medieval Studies East and West; and, for international journals on psychiatric rehabilitation, the arts and mental health. Dr. Madigan is the recipient of an Outstanding Teacher Award from Mortar Board.

Debra Nails is professor in the Department of Philosophy. She joined MSU in 2000 from Mary Washington College , a public liberal arts college outside Washington , DC . While living in South Africa for a decade, she taught philosophy, organized university studies for student-detainees, and coordinated the establishment of the residential College of Science for educationally disadvantaged students on the campus of the University of the Witwatersrand . She currently serves on the national AAUP Council, and chairs the American Philosophical Association's Committee for the Defense of Professional Rights of Philosophers. Locally, she chairs MSU's AAUP Committee A-Academic Freedom and Tenure. Her research interests are Plato and Spinoza; her most recent book is The People of Plato (2002)

George F. Peters is a professor of German in the Department of Linguistics and Germanic, Slavic, Asian and African Languages, where he chaired the department from 1989 to 2000. He received his Ph.D. in German Studies from Stanford University . Prior to coming to MSU, Prof. Peters taught at the University of New Mexico , where he was named Outstanding Teacher of the year and was awarded the Burlington Northern Foundation Award for Excellence in Teaching Effectiveness. Prof. Peters was recipient of an Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Research Fellowship and has been awarded the Order of Merit of the Republic of Austria and the Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. In 1994 he was named National Outstanding German Educator by the American Association of Teachers of German (AATG). He is past president of the National Federation of Modern Language Teachers Associations and served on the executive board of the MLA's Association of Departments of Foreign Languages. In addition to numerous books and articles dealing with early 19th Century German literature, Prof. Peters has published on German language teaching methodologies and on concerns of the profession. In 2003 he edited a volume of essays for the AATG on the teaching of German in America .

Mitchell Robinson is Assistant Professor of Music Education at Michigan State University .  He received Bachelors degrees in music education and trumpet from the State University of New York at Buffalo , a Master of Music Education degree from the Hartt School of Music, and a Doctor of Philosophy degree from the Eastman School of Music. Dr. Robinson teaches instrumental music methods, qualitative research and assessment. He is published in Music Educators Journal, Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, Journal of Music Teacher Education, and Arts Education Policy Review, is a co-author of a new book for MENC on beginning music teacher mentoring and induction, and has presented at regional and national conferences including Music Educators National Conference, College Music Society, and American Educational Research Association.  Dr. Robinson was previously Coordinator of Music Education at the University of Connecticut for three years, and has also taught at the Eastman School of Music.

Andrew R. Schepers - Is a fifth year student studying Physics and German. He has lived on campus for four years at MSU already and is planning on living on campus for the next year. He is also the Chairperson for the Student Assembly for the Associated Students of Michigan State University. There he deals with student life issues day in and day out. He has worked closely with many departments and offices on campus, and many city and state officials off campus

Anita Skeen is currently Professor of English at Michigan State University where she teaches courses in literature and creative writing. For seven years she has been the Director of the Residential Option in Arts and Letters Program (ROIAL), a residential living and learning program for selected freshmen and sophomores in the College of Arts and Letters, and she teaches the two required interdisciplinary seminars for that Program. Before coming to Michigan State in 1990, she was for 18 years on the faculty in the English Department and MFA Program at Wichita State University .  There she taught creative writing, literature, and Women's Studies and was, in 1986, given The Kansas Regents Award for Excellence in Teaching.  She served on the Board of Directors for the Kansas Humanities Council, participated in the Artists in the Schools Program sponsored by the Kansas Arts Commission, and founded, with Kay Closson, the Words By Women Writing Series at Wichita State . She has received two Faculty Enrichment grants from the Canadian government to develop courses in Canadian literature and culture and also teaches in the Canadian Studies Program at MSU.   From 1992-94 she was Co-Chair of the University-wide Task Force on Gay and Lesbian Issues at MSU.  She received her MA and MFA from Bowling Green State University and her BS from Concord College in Athens , West Virginia . She is the author of four volumes of poetry, Each Hand A Map, Portraits, Outside the Fold, Outside the Frame and The Resurrection of the Animals, and her poetry, short fiction, and essays have appeared in numerous literary magazines and anthologies.  She is currently completing a new volume of poetry began while a Fellow at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, a collection  of short stories, and a first novel, Minor Chords.  She is the Director of the Creative Arts Festival at Ghost Ranch Conference Center in Abiquiu , New Mexico each July and August and of the October Writing Festival at Ghost Ranch each Fall.  She has taught in the MSU Study Abroad Program in England and Ireland , and served as a Visiting Writer and Writer-in Residence in numerous venues, most recently at Bentley College in Boston , MA and at the University of Maine .

Bruce Vanden Bergh is a professor in the Department of Advertising at Michigan State University where he has just completed his 26 th year on the faculty. During his tenure at MSU, he was chair of the department from 1985 to 1997 and chair of the Masters in Advertising program from 1980 to 1985. Bruce is a well-known teacher and scholar who has been invited to present his work at The Smithsonian Institute in addition to being interviewed by NPR and other media on a fairly regular basis. He has been a judge for the International Automotive Advertising Awards, the American Advertising Federation's ADDYs and the Creative and Art Directors of Detroit (CADDYs) awards. His areas of expertise include advertising and culture, consumer behavior and advertising creativity.

Bruce Vanden Bergh has been active in the American Academy of Advertising (AAA) and served as its President in1995. He is on the editorial review boards of the Journal of Advertising and Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly . Bruce also has served on accreditation teams for the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism & Mass Communications (ACEJMC).

Bruce has a BA in journalism from Rutgers University , an MS in Advertising from the University of Illinois and a PhD in Communications from the University of Tennessee . He received the Distinguished Alumni Award from Tennessee in 1994, the Outstanding Educator Award from the American Advertising Federation in 1995, and the Distinguished Faculty Award from Michigan State University in 2002.

Kenneth Waltzer directs the Center for Integrative Studies in Arts and Humanities in the College of Arts and Letters and is Professor of History in James Madison College , where he was interim dean and associate dean and has taught for over thirty years. He was a convener of the national conferences on residential colleges and living-learning units in the 1990s, lectured to the Meiklejohn Association on "The Residential College Idea in the 1990s," and consulted on residential and living-learning initiatives at several universities. He has been a CIC-ALP fellow and has won several teaching awards and a study abroad director award, leading programs at Cambridge and Hebrew univerisites. His research focuses on American immigrant and urban history and modern Jewish history, including migration, the history of anti-Semitism, and the Holocaust. He is co-faculty-curator of the American Identity Explorer: Immigration and Migration CD-ROM (McGraw Hill, 1998, 2001) and is currently researching clandestine rescue networks during the Holocaust. He spoke on "Jewish rescue" at the International Child Survivors Conference in Washington DC this past summer. Dr. Waltzer is serving on the Integrative Studies Planning Committee, the New Residential College Planning Committee, and the NCA Internationalization Study Committee. 

Marcellette G. Williams is a retired past chancellor and senior vice president for international relations at the University of Massachusetts Amherst , where she is also an emeritus professor of English and Comparative Literature.  In addition, Dr. Williams is a retired MSU faculty member (English) and an emeritus Secretary of the Board of Trustees. Her research focuses on the language of leadership--its metaphors and other dimensions of rhetoric and its capacity to persuade, motivate, and renew.  She was also a student in the late 1950's at one of the premier residential colleges, Monteith College.