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Resume Vita

 PERSONAL                                                                                        

          Name                          Ronald Keith Bolender

          Rank                           Professor

          Year Joined MVNU       1986

          Departments                Graduate Business Department

                                             Bachelor of Business Administration

                                             Psychology/Sociology

          Online Portfolio             http://www.bolender.com/Dr.%20Ron/Portfolio/Portfolio.htm

          Internet                        Email: ronald_bolender@yahoo.com

                                             Web Site: www.bolender.com

EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

          Ed.D.  Nova Southeastern University         1996    Higher Education
          Fort Lauderdale, Florida

          M.A.  University of Cincinnati                    1978    Sociology
          Cincinnati, Ohio                                                  (Human Ecology)

          B.A.  Mount Vernon Nazarene University   1977    Sociology
          Mount Vernon, Ohio

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES

           Current Assignments

• Professor of Organizational Leadership.  Teach fulltime in the School of Business at Mount Vernon Nazarene University, Mount Vernon, Ohio, July 1, 2005 to present.  Promotion:  July 1, 2005.

• Coordinator of Online Instruction. Oversee training and pedagogical use of Blackboard as a course management system at Mount Vernon Nazarene University, Mount Vernon, Ohio, July 1, 2005 to present.

• Partner, Bolender Initiatives, LLC, Mount Vernon, Ohio, July 14, 2008 to present.

• Adjunct Instructor, Ashford University, San Diego, California, April 3, 2007 to present.

• Adjunct Instructor, DeVry University Online, Chicago, Illinois, September 1, 2008 to present.

• Adjunct Instructor, Kaplan University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, March 25, 2009 to present.

• Adjunct Instructor (Doctoral Level Courses), Argosy University Online, College of Business, Phoenix, Arizona, June 30, 2009 to present.

             Prior Assignments

• Consultant for Strategic Planning and Marketing. Providing consulting in the areas of strategic planning and strategic marketing for Adult and Graduate Studies (AGS) program at Mount Vernon Nazarene University, Mount Vernon, Ohio, November 2006 to June 2007.

• Professor of Sociology.  Teach half time in the traditional program (Sociology--specifically responsible for the Community Development track) and half time in the Executive Center for Lifelong Learning (teaching Business Research Project courses) for Mount Vernon Nazarene University, Mount Vernon, Ohio, July 1, 2000 to June 30, 2005.  Promotion:  July 1, 2000.

• Associate Professor of Sociology.  Teach half time in the traditional program (Sociology--specifically responsible for the Community Development track) and half time in the Executive Center for Lifelong Learning (teaching Business Research Project courses) for Mount Vernon Nazarene University, Mount Vernon, Ohio, September 1, 1997 to June 30, 2000.  Promotion:  September 1, 1997.

• Consultant for various businesses located in Texas, October, 1982 to March, 1997.

• Associate Professor of Business and Executive Director of the Executive Center for  Lifelong Learning and Chairperson for the Division of Non-traditional Education, Mount Vernon Nazarene University, Mount Vernon, Ohio, July 1, 1995 to August 31, 1997.  Promotion:  July 1, 1995.

• Assistant Professor of Business and director of the Executive Center for Lifelong Learning, Mount Vernon Nazarene University, Mount Vernon, Ohio  July 1, 1994 to June 30, 1995.  Promotion:  July 1, 1994.

• Assistant Professor of Business and Director of Marketing for the Executive Center for Lifelong Learning, Mount Vernon Nazarene University, Mount Vernon, Ohio, January 1, 1994 to June 30, 1994.  Promotion:  January 1, 1994.

• Assistant Professor of Sociology and Director of Retention and Academic Support Services, Mount Vernon Nazarene University, Mount Vernon, Ohio, July, 1991 to December 31, 1993.  Promotion:  Spring, 1991.

• Assistant Professor of Sociology, Associate Registrar and Director of Retention, Mount Vernon Nazarene University, Mount Vernon, Ohio, July, 1990-June, 1991.

• Assistant Professor of Sociology and Assistant Registrar, Mount Vernon Nazarene University, Mount Vernon, Ohio, July, 1986-June, 1990.

• Group Supervisor of Customer Installations and Training, Universal Computer Services, Houston, Texas, October, 1981-October, 1982.

• Assistant Director of Recruitment, Mount Vernon Nazarene University, Mount Vernon, Ohio, June, 1981-September, 1981.

• Field Recruitment Counselor, Mount Vernon Nazarene University, Mount Vernon, Ohio,  August, 1978-May, 1981.

TEACHING AND RELATED ACTIVITIES

          Area of Specialization/Interest

• Anthropology

• Business Applications

• Community Development

• Computer Applications

• Cultural Diversity

• Ethics

• Human Ecology (Sociology)

• Human Resource

• Leadership

• Management

• Organizational Behavior

• Organizational Communication

• Research

• Social Problems

• Sociological Theory

• Sociology of Community

• Sociology of Urban Life

• Strategic Planning

Faculty Development/Continuing Education

• "Professionalism in the Online Teaching Environment with Deborah Brien." Kaplan University, February 19, 2010. CEUs: .1. 

• "Innovations Lab Event: Be Audacious! with Will deBock." Kaplan University, February 15, 2010. CEUs: .1.

• "Innovations Lab Event: A Brief Primer on Facebook and Other Social Networking Tools with Will deBock," Kaplan University, July 15, 2009. CEUs: .1.

• "Stage Two: Continuing Faculty Development," Kaplan University, July 15, 2009. CEUs: .8.

• "Critical Thinking," Kaplan University, June 24, 2009. CEUs: .2.

• "Blended Learning: The Best of Both Worlds," Kaplan University, June 24, 2009. CEUs: .2.

• "Learning How to Learn," with Dr. David Clinefelter, Kaplan University, May 12, 2009. CEUs: ?

• "General Education Literacies (GELs) and CLAs," with Dr. Kara Vandam, Kaplan University, March 13, 2009. CEUs: ?

• "Violations of Code of Student Conduct Procedures," Ashford University, March 10, 2009.

• “Why We Do What We Do Online: The Conceptual Foundation and Framework of What We Do In Online Education” with Gordon McAllister, Kaplan University, February 9, 2009. CEUs: ?

• "Copyright Laws," Ashford University, November 14, 2008.

• "Blackboard Course Elements," Ashford University, September 23, 2008.

RESEARCH AND SCHOLARLY ACTIVITIES

           Area of Specialization/Interest

• Business Research

• Curriculum Development

• Human Ecology

• Leadership

• Online Instruction

• Organizational Behavior

• Sociological Theory

          Research

• Contributor for the International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, 2^nd Edition. To be published in 2007 by Macmillan Reference USA/Thomson Gale.

• Contributor (photos of Fallingwater, a Frank Lloyd Wright’s architectural design) to an educational book and interactive CD-Rom for the Le Conseil régional de l'Ordre de Rhône-Alpes in Lyon, France. The book is: Biard, Jean Francois. (2006). Les aventuriers de l'architecture. Lyon, France: Le Conseil régional de l'Ordre de Rhône-Alpes.

• Principal investigator:  Community Development and Service Learning: A 2003-2004 MVNU Sabbatical.

• Principal investigator. Mount Vernon Nazarene College Market Study. Mount Vernon Nazarene College.  March 1988.

• Principal investigator.  The Evaluation of Institutional Goals for Freshman Seminar at Mount Vernon Nazarene College. (1997, September). Resources in Education Journal. Washington, DC: The George Washington University. (ERIC: ED 406 912).

• Principal investigator.  A Comparison of the Effect of Academic Peer Mentors on the Grade Point Averages of Underprepared Freshmen at Mount Vernon Nazarene College. (1997, September). Resources in Education Journal. Washington, DC: The George Washington University. (ERIC: ED 406 935).

• Principal investigator.  A Leadership Development Action Plan for Improving the Preparedness Levels of Prospective Students for the Academic Experience at Mount Vernon Nazarene College. (1997, September). Resources in Education Journal. Washington, DC: The George Washington University. (ERIC: ED 406 934).

• Principal investigator.  The Development of an Orientation Brochure for Commuter Students Attending Mount Vernon Nazarene College. (1997, September). Resources in Education Journal. Washington, DC: The George Washington University. (ERIC: ED 406 913).

• Principal investigator.  The Development of a Portfolio Assessment Process for Use in the Bachelor of Business Administration Program at Mount Vernon Nazarene College. (1997, September). Resources in Education Journal. Washington, DC: The George Washington University. (ERIC: ED 406 914).

• Principal investigator.  Urbanization:  Is it an Operational Definition of the Concentration of Activity Theory? University of Cincinnati, Department of Sociology. September 1977 through June 1978.

          Grants

• Faculty Development Grant Program (Category II), Summer 1999. This is a mini-grant that MVNU awards to selected projects. This grant was for the development of Internet related resources for the SOC444 Sociological Theory course. The focus of this project is to blend the best of pedagogical teaching along with the advantages of the Internet.

• Faculty Development Grants Program, April 7, 1987, Title III. The name of the grant was Evaluation Management as an Application of DBASE III PLUS.  The purpose of this grant was to encourage the use of the personal computer in the Registrar’s Office as an evaluation tool.

• CEEP Grant, Spring 1991, Teagle Foundation, New York, New York. This grant was awarded to Mount Vernon Nazarene University to work with retention and the underprepared student. It was a five year $250,000 grant (an additional $250,000 was raised by the college as a matching grant). The proposal was written by a team of administrators. I was responsible for the design and implementation of the grant.

          Curriculum Development

• Curriculum designer for MAN3093 Diversity for Organizational Performance (online) for the Bachelor of Business Administration program. June 2008.

• Curriculum designer for COM3013 Organizational Communication (face-to-face and online versions) for the Bachelor of Business Administration program. 2008.

• Curriculum designer for MAN3063 Leadership (face-to-face and online versions) for the Bachelor of Business Administration program. January 2008.

• Curriculum designer for MAN3083 Organizational Behavior (face-to-face and online versions) for the Bachelor of Business Administration program. 2007.

• Curriculum designer for BSS4093 Business Research Project (face-to-face and online versions) for the Bachelor of Business Administration program. 2007.

• Curriculum designer for ORM6003 Foundations of Leadership for the Masters of Science in Management program. March 2005.

• Curriculum designer for SOC1013 Introduction to Sociology for the Jumpstart program for Adult and Graduate Studies. February 2005.

• Revised and adopted the curriculum for the nontraditional version of SOC1023 Social Problems into a hybrid online BlackBoard course. September 2004.

• Revised and adopted the curriculum for BBA342, BBA402, and BBA482 Business Research Project I, II, and III into BlackBoard. June 2003

• Curriculum designer using Blackboard to web enhance traditional sociology courses. Summer, 2001.

• Curriculum designer for pilot distance learning project (Social Problems via the Internet) at Mount Vernon Nazarene University.  Spring/Summer 1999.

• Developed and implemented curriculum for underprepared students as a part of the CEEP Grant.  Summer 1991.

• Coordinated the redesign and implementation of technology and adult learning strategies in the Bachelor of Business Administration program at Mount Vernon Nazarene University.  July 1995 through present.

• Designed and wrote the curriculum for BBA342, BBA402, and BBA482 Business Research Project I, II, and III.  December 1995.

• Designed and wrote the curriculum for BBA373 Human Resource Management. April 1996.

• Designed and wrote the curriculum for BBA423 Business Ethics.  September 1996.

          Professional Presentations

• Panelist, Midday Matter, at the January 28, 2010 Knox County Chamber of Commerce in Mount Vernon, Ohio.

• Presenter, Social Statics, at the April 23, 2009 School of Business Faculty Publishing Forum of Mount Vernon Nazarene University in Mount Vernon, Ohio.

• Presenter, Scheduling, Budget, & Related Issues, at the February 28, 2008 faculty meeting of the Ohio University-Zanesville Campus in Zanesville, Ohio.

• Presenter, Leadership: Social/Professional Networking and Mentorship, at the November 7, 2007 Knox National Management Association meeting in Mount Vernon, Ohio.

• Presenter, Training and Development in Built to Change Organizations, at the April 24, 2007 Vernon HR Views-n-News meeting in Mount Vernon, Ohio.

• Presenter, Community in Transition: Preparing Our Community for the Growing Single Adult Population, at the January 30, 2007 Mount Vernon Chapter of Rotary meeting in Mount Vernon, Ohio.

• Presenter, Leadership and Changing a Paradigm, at the February 1, 1999 International Management Council Knox County Chapter meeting in Mount Vernon, Ohio.

• Presenter, Accelerated Degree Programs: An Overview, at the March 5-7, 1997 Ohio Continuing Higher Education Association (OCHEA) meeting at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio.

         Reviewer

• Textbook reviewer for Barbara Miller (2009) Cultural Anthropology (5th ed.). Pearson Prentice Hall. November 2, 2009.

• Reviewer of the MyAnthroLab online resource for the anthropology division of the Pearson/Allyn and Bacon publishing company. Completed the review process at a meeting located at The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio on April 30, 2009. 

          Sabbatical

• Received a Sabbatical for the 2003-2004 academic years. The focus of this Sabbatical was to develop a strategy for incorporating the service learning concept into the sociology program at Mount Vernon Nazarene University. 

          Online Faculty Evaluator        

• Serve as an online faculty evaluator for Ohio Christian University, Circleville, Ohio (from June 2, 2009 to present). This role provides an external review of the quality of instruction in the online courses offered by Ohio Christian University.   

          Dissertation Committee

• Served on a dissertation committee for Regent University, School of  Education (January 2009 to December 2009). The topic of the dissertation was, The Development of Cognitive Moral Reasoning in an Adult Degree Completion Program. The chair was Dr. Michael K. Ponton. The doctorial candidate was John Washatka.

SERVICE ACTIVITIES

          Service to the Institution

• Member, Enrollment Action Committee--Non-traditional. January 2010.

• Chairperson, Online Committee, January 21, 2009 to present.

• Member of the Academic Integrity Review Board, July 2007 to present.

• Presidential Search Committee, August 2006 to November 2006.  

• Chairperson, On-line Taskforce, July 2005 to June 2006.

• Faculty Development Committee, July 2005 to June 2007.

• Member of the Marketing Committee, 2002.

• Member of Task Force to Study University Structure for MVNU. 2001-2002.

• Member of Faculty Rank Committee. July 2001 to June 2003; July 2005 to June 2007.

• Member of Collaboration Committee to Streamline Administrative Processes at MVNU. 2000-2001.

• Selected as a faculty mentor by the Faculty Development Committee, 1998-1999 and 1999-2000 academic years.

• Member, President's Advisory Council, July 1998 to June, 1999.

• Member, Honors Program Review Focus Group, Beginning April 23, 1998-June,    1998.

• Member, Social Work Education Committee, July  1998. to June 1999.

• Chairperson, Faculty Nominating Committee, March 30, 1999 to June 30, 2000.

• Member, Student Academic Life Committee, 1990-1993.

• Chairperson, Portfolio Review Committee, 1991-1993.

• Member, Campus-Wide Marketing Committee, 1992-1997.

• Member, Honors Program Committee, 1992-1995.

• Member, Community Standards Committee, 1992-1995.

• Member, Admissions and Recruitment Committee, 1991-1995.

• Chairperson, EXCELL Advisory Committee, 1994.

• Member, Mid-Decade Strategic Review Committee, 1994-1997.

• Member, Budget and Program Development committee for EXCELL, 1995-1997.

• Member, Academic Council, 1995-1997.

          Professional Organizations                          

• Phi Gamma Sigma, 2003.

• Christian Business Faculty Association (CBFA)

          Special Recognition

• Provost Circle for Excellence in Teaching--Ashford University, November 2009.

• Outstanding Graduate Faculty Award (Group MSM002MV), May 23, 2009.

• Provost Circle for Excellence in Teaching--Ashford University, May 2009.

• 2009 National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD) Excellence Award for Teaching, February 14, 2009.

• Provost Circle for Excellence in Teaching—Ashford University, November 2008.

• Nominated for the President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching (Group 167 and Group BOL001PL), May 19, 2007.

• Outstanding Faculty Award for the BBA program (Group 145), May 13, 2006.

• Outstanding Faculty Award for the MSM program (Group 7), May 13, 2006.

• The Adult and Graduate Studies Faculty Member of the Year Award, May 14, 2005.

• Outstanding Faculty Award from EXCELL BBA (Group 92), May 16, 2003.

• International Who’s Who of Professionals, 1998.

• Excel Award, Mount Vernon Nazarene University, 1992.

• Rookie of the Year, Universal Computer Services, 1982

• Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges, 1977.

• Phi Delta Lambda Honor Society, 1977.

          Licenses (not currently active)

• Series 6 Securities License, November, 1987.

• Series 22 Securities License, November, 1987.

• Life, Accident and Health, Variable Life Insurance License, December, 1988.

• Registered Investment Advisor Agent, September 16, 1993.

          Seminars and Conferences

• Business Ethics Conference 2009 Program, Sponsored by Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE), Mount Vernon, Ohio, February 23, 2009.

• Christian Business Faculty Association (CBFA) 2008 Annual Conference, Indianapolis, Indiana, Novemer 6-8, 2008.

• Distance Teaching & Learning 2006 Annual Conference, Madison, Wisconsin, August 2-4, 2006.

• Christian Business Faculty Association (CBFA) 2005 Annual Conference, San Diego, California, October 13-16, 2005.

• Christian Adult Higher Education Conference (CAHEA), Phoenix, Arizona, July 30 through August 1, 2003.

• Non-traditional Adult Degree Programming (NTADP):  A New Tail on an     Old Dog? (Christian Adult Higher Education Conference), Chicago, Illinois, August 5-7, 1997.

• Symposium on Service-Learning (Kent State University), Kent, Ohio, April 7, 1995.

• Performance Appraisal and Development Seminar, Mount Vernon, Ohio, January 11, 1995.

• Marketing to the Adult Learning (The College Board), Chicago, Illinois, April 25-26, 1994.

• Designing Effective Promotional Materials (The College Board),  Chicago, Illinois, April 27, 1994.

• Total Quality Management (CareerTrack), Bloomington, Indiana, April 29, 1993.

• Windows 3.1 Workshop (Mastering Computers, Inc.), Cincinnati, Ohio, March 30, 1993.

• Leveraging Scarce Resources to Get Retention Results (Noel Levitz), Columbus, Ohio, December 9, 1992.

• Tom Peters Seminar (CareerTrack), Columbus, Ohio, April 27, 1992.

• Powerful Language, Grammar and Communication Skills (SkillPath, Inc.), Cincinnati, Ohio, March 26, 1992.

• Strategic Moves:  Maintaining a Competitive Edge Through Recruitment and Retention (Noel Levitz), Louisville, Kentucky, February 12, 1992.

• Retention and Demonstration of Computer System (Noel Levitz), Lexington, Kentucky, Spring, 1991.

          Service to the Community

• Member of the Mount Vernon Knox County Chamber of Commerce Education Committee. December 2009 to present. 

• Webmaster for the Schnormeier Gardens, www.schnormeiergardens.org , Gambier, Ohio. July 2006 to present.

• Mount Vernon Nazarene University Alumni Association, President: September 1, 2005 to August 31, 2007.

• Church board member of the Mount Vernon, Ohio First Church of the Nazarene. 1998, 2001-2003, and 2005 to May 2007.

• Sunday School teacher for Mount Vernon, Ohio First Church of the Nazarene. August 2000-October 2001.         

• Co-Director for Junior Bible Quizzing at Mount Vernon First Church of the Nazarene. September 1994-1998.