Meet the 15 Faculty Fellows chosen to lead innovation in integrating GenAI in teaching through the Emerging Technologies Faculty Fellowship program.

They are honored with the Classification for Community Engagement, demonstrating how the University is committed to deepening partnerships, leveraging community assets, and addressing urgent societal challenges.

The professor and associate director of graduate training in the College of Education and Human Service Professions was recognized for her extensive contributions to the fields of counseling psychology and positive psychology.

The School of Nursing associate professor will support faculty in developing and strengthening community-engaged research projects and grant proposals in the Office for Public Engagement. 

The University of Minnesota Rochester received a $500,000 investment from the ECMC Foundation to support faculty research to discern which evidence-based practices have the greatest impact on student success.

Faculty members Mitchell McSweeney, Sehoon Kim, Bhaskar Upadhyay and Ronald Asiimwe detail how receiving the college's Global Signature Grant empowers innovative international research and meaningful global relationships. (

Researchers from the Crookston, Duluth and Twin Cities campuses received funds from the Research and Innovation Office for their research, scholarly and artistic activities.

The Morris associate professor won the award recognizing educators who inspire their students and promote the French language and culture.

The honor underscores the University’s commitment to delivering exceptional education and is a timely step forward touching several focus areas of the University’s Elevate Extraordinary 2030 strategic plan. 

Pekel will lead the Rochester campus in strategic advancement of campus priorities to continue being an engine for change.