| Dr. Dolores Tichenor is the assistant vice president
for Study Abroad, the director of institutional
planning and analysis, and a professor of mathematics. She
has a doctorate in statistics from the University of Missouri-Rolla,
a master’s degree in mathematics from Purdue University,
and a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Mundelein
College. Over the past twelve years, Tichenor has written and
developed grant proposals that provided Tri-State University
more $3.5 million in grants from various foundations and
corporations. She has also received various teaching awards,
including the Helen Smith McKetta Excellence in Teaching
Award in 1990, the Barrenbrugge Award for Excellence in
Teaching in 1993, Who’s Who Among America’s
Teachers in 1994, 1999, 2004, and 2006 and the Jannen Renaissance
Scholar Award in 2004.
She has taught sixteen different mathematics courses
and three computer science courses at Tri-State University.
Tichenor has served as a Reader for the Free Response
portion of the Advanced Placement Calculus exam for ten
years. During the summer of 1996, Tichenor taught statistics
at Mara Community College in Kuantan, Malaysia. Her interest
and research in genealogy led her to travel to the villages
in Europe where her four grandparents were born. She has
taught the research techniques for genealogy in HNR 401
Humanities Honor Seminar on two occasions. The course
helps students to begin their genealogical research for
their own family.
Her love of travel and her belief that Tri-State University
students should have more opportunities to travel overseas
led her to develop four additional HNR 401 courses—Vienna:
Castles, Cathedrals, and Culture (spring 2005) ; Normandy
and Paris: D-Day, Art, and Architecture (spring 2006);
Berlin, WW II, the Cold War (spring 2007), and Vienna, Haydn and the Habsburgs (spring 2008).
These courses include a trip over TSU’s spring break.
Tichenor is a long-time member of the Board of Directors
of the Steuben County Literacy Coalition and currently
serves as treasurer. She is a member of the Cameron Memorial
Hospital Foundation Board of Directors. She serves on
the Humanities Committee of the Steuben County Community
Foundation and as the Steuben County (one of nine counties)
representative to the Regional Arts Advisory Council.
She is a member of the Mathematical Association of America
and has served in many capacities, including chair of
the Indiana Section.
Internal Accomplishments
• Developed and taught with Dr. Jeanine Samuelson
HNR 401 Berlin, WWII, and the Cold War. REsponsible for all trip arrangements and scheduling for 14 people for seven days travel to Berlin, Germany
• Spoke about Study Abroad at the TSU Scholarship Competition lunches.
• Campus/Community Expo by having a booth on Study Abroad
• Hosted visitors from Wales for Study Abroad and arranged for students to meet the visitors
• Developed informational material for study abroad and completely revised the TSU study abroad website
• Assisted a student to study in Barcelona in Summer 2007 and another student who will be in Italy in spring semester, 2008
• Academic Council, member
• Faculty Development Committee, member
• Enrollment Management Planning Committee (EMPC),
member
• Attended Homecoming events including Touchstone Dinner, Scholarship Reception
• Coordinator for all IPEDS (US Deptartment. of
Education) reports, external surveys, Lilly reports
• Served as editor of the Progress Report to Higher Learning Commission
• On-line student satisfaction survey—data
analysis for all areas
• Analyzed datea from the NSSE survey for EMPC
• TSU High School Mathematics Competition–grader
• Judge at TSU Regional Science Fair
External Accomplishments/Activities
• Completed annual report (first of four) to National Science Foundation for the $500,000 grant for scholarships for upper-class students majoring in STEM disciplines
• Invited to participate in a Midwest regional conference for project directors for STEM scholarship grants
• Invited to participate in a panel discussion "The Journey to a Successful Career" by University of Missouri-Rolla alumnae as part of a celebration of successful UMR female faculty and alumnae
• Presented "The Ted Factor: Getting Information CollecTed, SorTed, and EdiTed" with Prof. Ann Benson at the Higher Learning Commission Annual Meeting as part of the Pre-conference Workshop on the Self-Study
• Participated in the Accreditation Share Fair at the Higher Learning Commission Annual Meeting. The Share Fair allows representatives from other universities to ask about the self-study
• Recognized in the Eleventh Edition of Who's Who Among America's Teachers. All nominations for this honor are made by students
• Treasurer, Steuben County Literacy Coalition
• Received teh Leadership Award from the Steuben County Literacy Coalition
• Member of the Cameron Memorial Hospital Foundation
Board
• Steuben County representative on the Regional Arts Commission (nine counties)
• Attended the Regional Arts Commission meeting in July 2007 in Auburn, IN
• Served as a reviewer of grants for Arts United in April 2007
• Reader for the Advanced Placement Calculus in June 2007 |
