Dille Fund for Excellence
2000-2001 Grant Recipients 

The Dille Fund for Excellence, a permanent endowment honoring former MSU Moorhead President Roland Dille and his wife Beth, awarded $12,900 in faculty and student grants in 2000-2001. This is the fifth set of awards funded by the endowment that raised nearly $3.2 million in gifts and pledges during 1994. The fund is managed by the MSUM Alumni Foundation. Those receiving 2000-2001 awards:

Ellen Brisch, Assistant Professor, Biology

Awarded $2,000 to study with biology students the regulation of microtubule assembly by MAPK activity.

Linda Winkler, Assistant Professor, Physics; Ananda Shastri, Assistant Professor, Physics; Don Krogstad, Assistant Professor, Chemistry

Awarded $1,200 to present a public physical science demonstration show and a series of demonstration shows for introductory science courses.

Jennifer Higgs, Community Services Coordinator

Awarded $500 to fund the additional tutors in the MSU Moorhead America Reads Program.

Dieter Berninger, Chair, Humanities/Multicultural Studies; Rupa Mitra, Associate Professor, Multidisciplinary Studies, and Yoke-Sim Gunaratne

Awarded $2,000 to sponsor a Cultural Competency Workshop during the Cultural Diversity Awareness Week.

Jim Bartruff, Professor, Theatre

Awarded $1,200 to bring guest theatre artist to support the production of his play “I Love to Tell the Story”

Alison Wallace, Assistant Professor, Biology

Awarded $2,300 to fund her proposal “Prairie Planting Partnerships.”

Kimberly Gillette, Assistant Director, International Student Affairs and Melissa Torpen, Honor’s Apprentice, International Programs

Awarded $3,000 to fund “International Classroom Connection,” a program that brings MSU Moorhead international students to Minnesota elementary and secondary classrooms.

Masaki Shigeta, International Student

Awarded $700 to publish an MSU Moorhead international student greeting book on the Internet.

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