Education
Bachelor of Arts
Degree in Organizational Management and Business Communications,
Concordia College, St. Paul, Minnesota
Unpublished
Research
"Support for
Training International Students in the Minnesota Technical
College System", a research project for degree program,
available in hard cover at the Concordia College Library,
St Paul, Minnesota
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Papers
Presented Internationally
"Establishing
the Center for Global Education in Agriculture", at
the International Vocational Education and Training Association
Conference, Sydney, Australia
"Training For Dairy Management Skills,"
at the University of Almaty, Kazakhstan
"Training For Dairy Management Skills," at the
Hall of The People's Achievement, Moscow, Russia
"Executing Dairy Technology Exchanges," Moscow
and Volgograd, Russia and Prague, Czechoslovakia
"Education In The Technical College Compared to Four
Year College," American Dairy Science Association Technology
Exchange, China
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Professional
Experience
Bergquist
& Associates / Global founder, networking to Provide
technical training for agriculture with a humanitarian emphasis
internationally
"Baltic Project" facilitator/coordinator, Ridgewater
College, a million dollar project of USDA/FAS, providing
services to:
- The
resident advisor in the Baltic States (3 years)
-
Farm credit orientation/training program in United States
(3 weeks)
-
Extension advisory service orientation/training in United
Stats (4 months)
-
Farm Credit Training in Lithuania ( 2 months)
Agricultural
Consultant for Global Management, Inc. USA, Lynnbrook, New
York
Dairy Management Program faculty, Ridgewater College, a
campus of the Minnesota State Colleges & Universities,
"MnSCU"
Coordinator of "The Center for Global Education In
Agriculture" at Ridgewater College, responding to the
needs of the global community requesting academic and technical
training through global partnerships
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International
Training
Coordinated
and taught milk quality procedures and dairy management
skills to milk collectors and dairy farmers at Ridgewater
College campus and on site in Moldova, Romania and the Ukraine
Coordinated four-week training experience for faculty members
of Banat University of Agriculture, Timisoara, Romania,
in DNA fingerprinting, genetic research, and teaching methods
of extension at the University of Minnesota and heifer-raising
practices as part of a collaborative exchange between Banat
University and Ridgewater College
Coordinate and direct dairy processing training programs
annually through the USDA Cochran Fellowship Program of
Washington, DC, for trainees from the Eastern Block countries,
South America, and the Pacific Rim
Coordinated and directed a four-week customized training
program in English skills and American culture for students
and faculty of Moscow University of Consumer Cooperatives,
Moscow, Russia
Coordinated the customized training for farm business management
training of Lithuanian Advisory Service in USA and in Lithuania
Coordinated the customized training for extension services
and The World Bank to train agriculture lenders from the
Baltic countries, funded by USDA
Coordinated and instructed dairy management skills for trainees
from 38 countries with two-day seminars to nine-month training
programs
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International
Travel
Assisted Nigeria College
Educators through the Farmer-to-Farmer program via Land
O'Lakes In Co-Op development to create awareness, teach
and develop a business plan for the campus faculty's cooperative
Assessed India's culture
and technical education needs with MnSCU faculty to explore
partnerships and develop relationships with India's business,
industry, and academia
A member of the Governor's Business Development mission
to Mexico and China for the food and agriculture industry,
led by Minnesota's Governor and the Minnesota Commissioner
of Agriculture
Assessed Kenya, East Africa's technical education with MnSCU
staff to explore partnerships and develop relationships
with the Kenya and Kisii district education ministries
Provided technical exchanges in dairy production, management,
and milk quality as Associate Professor of Banat University
of Timisoara, Romania
Taught "Dairy Technology" as a visiting Associate
Professor at the University of Agricultural Sciences in
Cluj-Napoca and Timisoara, Romania
Assessed Columbia's dairy industry to improve dairy management
skills and determine the need for future training of employees
for Columbia's dairy industry
Assessed Mexico's livestock industry and assisted in feedlot
design to minimize loss of livestock on pasture due to drought
Assessed Russia's rural small business and selected candidates
for training in small business management skills through
Ridgewater College
Assessed the extension service in the Baltic countries of
Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania to determine the needs for
advisory personnel and selected candidates for training
in the United States
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Community
Activities
Serves
on the board of directors for Crow River Habitat for Humanity
and chairman of public relations
Serves on board of directors
for Hands Outstretched, a Christian foundation supporting
the disabled of Romania through a home and workplace environment
Serves as program chairman
for the Hutchinson Chapter of Rotary International
Worked with district Rotary
clubs to promote an international project providing heifers
to Romania through the International Heifer Project
Worked with district Rotary clubs and Romanian medical doctors
to complete a medical equipment project for Romania through
Rotary International
Served as founding secretary of the Minnesota Dairy Advisors
State Board of Directors, organized to help Minnesota dairy
farmers meet the challenges of today's changing dairy industry
Past member of the International Chamber for Agriculture,
to improve the quality of life around the world through
agriculture
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Recognition
"Who's
who among America's teachers" for the contributions
made to the education of outr nation's youth and acknowledgment
for excellence as a distinguished educator
Guest writer offering monthly
articles for "FERMA," an agricultural publication
for the dairy industry of Romania
"Paul Harris Fellow" award, given by the Rotary
Foundation of Rotary International, in appreciation of tangible
and significant assistance for the furtherance of better
understanding and friendly relations among peoples of the
world
"Aggie Award" for unselfishly contributing to
the betterment of the area's farming community in leadership
roles dedicated to the family, community, and God. The first
Minnesota educator to receive the award at the North Country
Farm Show
"Person of the Year Award" for service and promotion
of the dairy industry through education by McLeod County
Holstein Club
"New Idea in Teaching Award" at the post secondary
level of the Minnesota Association of Agricultural Instructors
"Christian Service Award" by the Minnesota Baptist
Conference, for outstanding service in the local church
"Outstanding Educator of the Year Award" by the
Hutchinson Jaycees, Hutchinson, MN
"Achievement Award"
for exceptional concern for the sanitarians profession by
the Minnesota Sanitarians Association
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Memberships
Rotary International
International
Vocational Education and Training Association (IVETA)
National Association
of Agricultural Educators (NAAE)
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