Dr. Janet Cherrington

Dr. Janet Cherrington participated again this year in the League of MN Cities’ Research Advisory Committee, whose charge is to identify meaningful topics for MN cities and a research methodology. Janet also served as a member of the League’s 2002 conference planning committee and in June will be joining the League’s 15-member delegation of elected officials to study diversity in Norway. Her other teaching and research activities include receiving a $5000 Bush Foundation/MnSCU Learn-By-Doing grant in the fall of 2001 to expand her virtual walking tour with student essays and multimedia projects. In June of 2000, a research-in-progress paper on this project was presented by Janet at an international conference. The final results of this Learn By Doing project/ research were presented at an MnSCU conference in April 2002 and later published online. Cherrington served as a faculty coordinator for the MSU Undergraduate Research Conference in March of 2002. In the fall of 2002, she will submit her application for tenure and look forward to joining the Institute as a long-standing faculty member. In the spring, Kristi Wibben recognized Janet as a teacher who had “a profound impact on her life as a student” by selecting her to receive the MSU Apple Polisher Award.