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Mark Bannister Curriculum Vitae

CURRICULUM VITAE

Name: Mark C. Bannister

Title: Dean and Professor, Robbins College of Business and Entrepreneurship

Educational Background

United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE) Technology Entrepreneurship Certificate,

2016

ABS/EFMD International Deans Programme (eight month business dean professional development program), 2013

Harvard University, NACUA Professional Development Institute for Academic Leaders, 1994

Harvard Negotiation Workshop, Advanced Program, Harvard University, 1991

Harvard Negotiation Workshop, Harvard University 1990

Juris Doctorate, University of Kansas, 1988, Major Research Project: "Bank Director Liability in

Kansas”

M.S. -- Communications Studies, University of Kansas, 1990

Thesis: ""Information Exchange and Deception in Legal Negotiation,"

B.A. -- Communication, Minor -- Business Administration, Fort Hays State University, 1985

Academic Areas of Expertise

Telecommunications Policy and Regulation

Legal Issues Relating to Cyberspace (e.g. Intellectual Property, Information Security)

Leadership and Management of Knowledge Organizations

Strategic Planning and Budgeting

Significant Accomplishments as Dean of the Robbins College of Business and Entrepreneurship (RCOBE)

- Development and execution of five year college strategic plan

- Establishing the named W.R. and Yvonne Robbins College of Business funding:

o Student scholarships

o Faculty research

o Unrestricted “seed capital” for new ventures

o Robbins Banking Institute

- Establishment of William and Anita Lusk Faculty of Excellence Faculty Chair (first in RCOBE)

- Establishment of Van Hoisington Faculty of Excellence Faculty Chair

- Creating the Gerald and Mary Yeager Business Scholarship - $1.2 million

- Growing overall college endowment from just over $1 million to over $8 million.

- Designing and building Hammond Hall/The Center for Networked Learning – $12 million a state-of- the-art

classroom, laboratory and media studio building;

- Designing, raising funds, and building the $3.5 million Dane G. Hansen Entrepreneurship Scholarship Hall – a

unique living and learning scholarship hall environment devoted to students with a passion for entrepreneurship

- the first of its type in the nation;

- Creation of the College of Business and Entrepreneurship Partners (major donor group)

- Creation of more than fifteen endowed scholarships, a college, and a departmental fund for excellence

- Revamp of COBE Dean’s Executive Advisory Council and creation of departmental advisory councils in the

Department of Economics, Finance, and Accounting and Department of Management and Marketing

- Adding Entrepreneurship, Human Resource Management, Tourism and Hospitality, Sales, and Social Media

Marketing curricula;

- Expansion of Management, Marketing, MIS, Business Communication, Finance, Informatics, Accounting,

Tourism and Hospitality Management, and MBA curricula;

- Upgrading the college’s faculty qualifications and substantially increasing research output;

- Expanding faculty from 33 full-time faculty to 51 full-time faculty;

- Establishing college level awards recognizing faculty teaching and outstanding undergraduate and graduate

students;

- Designing and building the Dane G. Hansen Entrepreneurship Scholarship Hall – the first of its type in the

nation;


- Building a depth of curricular and extra-curricular offerings in Entrepreneurship that are open to students from

all majors on campus;

- Aligning the college for AACSB Accreditation and entry into candidacy status;

- Distance learning – expanding nearly every offering in the college through domestic learning;

- Domestic student growth from 1307 to 2093 students. This includes growth of the MBA program from 89

graduate students to 139 and Masters of Professional Studies programs (Informatics and Human Resource

Management options) from 30 to 110 graduate students.

- Launching BBA degrees at two partner institutions in China in 2010 that have a combined Fall 2017 headcount

of 1559 students.

- Revamp of COBE Mission, creation of Mission Explanation, Values Statement, and Admission Policy

- Creation of Entrepreneur Direct Speaker Series (Jack DeBoer, Skip Yowell, Dylan Bathurst & Tammy

McClellan, W.R. & Monte Robbins, Michael Farmer & Dylan Bathurst, Robert Schmidt & Gary Shorman)

- Creation of Entrepreneur in Residence (Successful startup of E2E)

- Expansion of Executive in Residence role

- Creation of annual Faculty Scholarship Reception recognizing all faculty with publications during academic year

- Creation of annual faculty retreat focusing on instructional excellence and student learning

- Established faculty exchange program with Sheffield Hallam University College of Business

- Held first rural Startup Weekend anywhere in global network

- Guided the creation of a certificate in entrepreneurship open to students of any academic major

- Raised four year funding of $640,000 to provide seed capital for Entrepreneurship programs in COBE

- Obtained five year funding of the Dane G. Hansen Management Development Center Program

- Established 4+1 BBA to MBA program for high performing business students

Current Job Responsibilities, July 2009 to present

As Dean of the Robbins College of Business and Entrepreneurship at Fort Hays State University, Bannister leads a highly

progressive college containing four large academic departments offering in eight undergraduate programs and three

graduate programs. The college through its on-campus, domestic distance learning, and international offerings serves in

excess of 3500 students per year. Bannister holds the rank of Professor and teaches courses on law, policy, research,

entrepreneurship, and management of information. He serves on the several university leadership groups including the

President’s Cabinet, International Education Management Group, Academic Council, and Grand Council. He chairs the

RCOBE Executive Committee. He is a senior Policy Fellow in the Docking Institute of Public Affairs and a Senior

Fellow of the International Telecommunications Education and Research Association. He is nationally known for his

work with rural telecommunications and economic development.

Description of Job Responsibilities, November 1999 to July 2009

As Chair of the Fort Hays State Department of Information Networking and Telecommunications, Bannister

coordinated the academic and financial activities of a fast growing academic department. When he became

Chair, the department enrolled 58 undergraduate students. As of his departure in 2009, it enrolled more than

350 undergraduate students and 20 graduate students – including more than 90 students in China. It was

involved with partnerships with Cisco, the U.S. Navy, and international institutions. The program was

recognized by the International Telecommunications Education and Research Association as the 2008

“Undergraduate Program of the Year.” Bannister taught courses on law (Law of Cyberspace), policy,

research, and entrepreneurship. As Director of the Information Enterprise Institute, Bannister coordinated the

Kansas Cisco Networking Academy System of more than 30 local academies.

Description of Job Responsibilities, August 1992 to November 1999

As General Counsel and Executive Assistant to Fort Hays State University President, Edward Hammond,

Bannister served as a counselor and problem solver. He provided legal advice and document drafting for the

president and administrative team of the University. He served as the University's principal contact with the

Kansas Board of Regents and its staff. He served as a member of the President's Mini Staff, Internal Staff, and

Cabinet. He served on the team negotiating community college affiliation agreements and represented the

university before legislative bodies, the Kansas Governor's Office, and state agencies. In this role, he also

served as a Special Assistant Attorney General for the State of Kansas - giving him the specific authority to

represent the university on legal matters.


In addition to the role of Executive Assistant to the President, from August 1992 through June 1999, Bannister

served as the Director of the Docking Institute of Public Affairs. As Director, Bannister supervised and

participated in research and programming on telecommunications and community development. He headed

the Telepower Conference -- an annual conference on telecommunications and rural development. He

administered the Information Community Project and participated as a consultant and researcher in this

federally funded project which assisted economically distressed rural communities. Bannister regularly

assembled research and consulting teams on telecommunications related economic development, telemedicine,

community development, and governmental use of telecommunications. He also supervised research teams

examining the economic impact of telecommunications services such as telemedicine and distance learning.

Bannister was in charge of the overall operations of the Docking Institute and supervised its growth from

approximately $30,000 in annual externally funded research and consulting to an annual amount in excess of

$300,000. The faculty and policy fellows participating in the Docking Institute’s research activities grew from

two part-time faculty to more than twenty faculty and staff in full and part-time roles during his time as

director.

Courses Taught at Fort Hays State University

INT 610 Policy, Law, and Ethics in Information Networking – Spring 2005 to 2009

INT 410 Research Methods in Information Networks – Spring 2001, Spring 2002, Spring 2003

INT 490 Capstone in Information Networking – Spring 2000 to Spring 2015

INT 658 Law of Cyberspace – Spring 2000 to Summer 2009

INT 430 Technology, Innovation, and Entrepreneurial Leadership – Fall 1998 to Fall 2009

IDS 803 Emerging Knowledge Society – Summer 2000 to Summer 2005

INT 472 Readings in Information Networking - Fall 1999 to 2006

POLS 380 Topics In Political Science/The Kansas Legislature - Spring 1998, Spring 1999

POLS 675/775 Seminar in Political Science/Rural Communities Legacy and Change, Spring 1994.

Courses Taught Elsewhere - University of Kansas School of Law

LAW 842 Appellate Advocacy - Spring 1988 (Teaching Assistant)

Previous Employment

November 1999 - Chair, Department of Information Networking and Telecommunications, Director of the

July 2009 Information Enterprise Institute and Senior Policy Fellow, Docking Institute of Public Affairs

August 1992 - General Counsel/Executive Assistant to the President and Director of the Docking Institute of

November 1999 Public Affairs Fort Hays State University

August 1990 - Chief of Staff Kansas Senate President

August 1992 State Senate

May 1988 - Associate General Counsel Kansas Board of Regents

August 1990

August 1987- Teaching Assistant University of Kansas School of Law

May 1988

Bar Admission and Status

Admitted to Practice Law State of Kansas State and Federal Courts

Active Law License

Supreme Court Number 13726

Areas of Unique Legal Expertise:

- Trademark & Copyright

- Wind Energy Contracts and Siting

- Telecommunications Regulation

- Higher Education Human Resource and Regulatory Issues


Key International Education Experience

Dean

Led establishment of Tourism and Hospitality B.S. Degree at American University of Phnom Penh.

Led conversion of the Business offering at Sias International University from a Bachelors of General Studies with a

Concentration in Business, to a Bachelor of Business Administration in Management. This degree and its offerings have

evolved significantly in partnership with the host university.

Led the development of a FHSU Bachelor of Business Administration in International Business and Economics at

Shenyang Normal University.

Led teams who have developed multiple partnership proposals for Chinese and other institutions.

Worked with Chinese partners on a weekly and sometimes daily basis. I have hosted partners and have traveled and

attended commencement ceremonies and meetings with partners in China.

Participated in the International (Business) Dean’s Development Programme (IDP), limited to 20 business deans from

around the world. The IDP met in Istanbul, Singapore, and Manheim. This experience provided crucial insight to

business schools and universities from around the globe and opened relationships with several institutions.

The College of Business and Entrepreneurship annually hosted visiting scholars from China.

The College of Business and Entrepreneurship sent visiting scholars to China in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017

Sheffield Business School, Sheffield Hallam University, United Kingdom, Advisory Board, 2013-present

Established a visiting scholar program with Sheffield Business School, Sheffield Hallam University, United Kingdom.

2013

Department Chair

Designed and executed Computer Networking and Telecommunications Degree offering at Sias International University,

2008.

Executive Assistant to the President

Created the legal documentation establishing the initial Fort Hays State University partnership with Sias International

University, 1999. Reviewed other international agreements and memorandum of understanding.

Distance Learning Experience

Led creation of BGS in Information Networking and Telecommunications for on-line delivery. 2000.

Led creation of two Information Networking and Telecommunications undergraduate and a graduate degrees for on-line

delivery. 2000-2004. These distance learning programs grew from zero students in 2000 to 204 undergraduates and 15

graduate students in 2009.

As a faculty member, I created initial on-line versions of four classes: IDS 804 Emerging Knowledge Society, INT 430

Leadership in INT, INT 490 Capstone in INT, INT 648 Law of Cyberspace. 2000-2004. I also updated these classes

through multiple revisions.

I have been an early adopter of new distance learning technologies. I was the first FHSU faculty member to build a class

on Blackboard. This was for IDS 803 Emerging Knowledge Society, Summer 2000. I was one of the early faculty

members to use several different multi-media tools to create and to inject video into distance learning classwork.

I understand the faculty role in distance learning. I taught distance learning classes and advised distance learning

students from 2000-2009.

Scholarly Submissions, Publications and Papers Presented

Refereed Academic Journals

Evans, J. W., Bannister, M. C. Reannimating the States’ Single Subject Jurisprudence: A New Constitutional Framework

Drawing On The Hoosier Example. Southern Illinois University Law Journal, Vol. 39, 163-230, Winter 2015.

Evans, J. W., Bannister, M. C. The Meaning and Purposes of State Constitutional Single Subject Rules: A Survey of

States and the Indiana Example. Valparaiso University Law Review, Vol. 49. No. 1, 87-154, Fall 2014.

This paper was favorably cited and quoted by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania in Leach et al. v.

Commonwealth et al., 141 A.3d 426, 430 (Pa. 2016).

Bannister, M. C., Jilka, M., Ulrich, D. Striking Gold, Not Dynamite When Using Social Media in Employment

Screening. Hofstra Labor & Employment Law Journal, Vol. 32, No. 1, 1-29, 2014.

Ward, James, Wally Guyot, Robert Meier, Mark Bannister, “New Media Communication Preferences,” Southwestern

Business Administration Journal, Vol. 13, No. 1-2, 47-64, 2013.


Bannister, Mark, Jon Tholstrup, “Eligible Telecommunication Carrier Designation, the Kansas Case Study 1997-2007,”

Kansas Journal of Law and Public Policy, Vol. XVIII, No. 3, 372-391, Spring 2009.

Jiang, Keyu and Mark Bannister, “Using a Cutting the Cake Peer Assessment Method in a Leadership in Information

Networking and Telecommunications Course,” Journal of Business and Leadership, Vol. 4., No. 2. 81-86, 2008.

Walters, Angela, Mark Bannister, “Integrating Web Development Curriculum with International Industry Standards,”

Journal of Business and Leadership, Vol. 3, No l. 1 p. 77-80, 2007.

Bannister, Mark and Brian Carlson, “Business Use of Broadband in World’s First Fiber-To-The-Door

Community,” Journal of Business and Leadership, Vol. 2, No. 1, 64-68. 2006.

Bannister, Mark, “Virginia Cellular and Highland Cellular: The FCC Establishes a Framework for Eligible

Telecommunications Carrier Designation in Rural Study Areas,” Federal Communications Law Journal, Vol. 57, Issue

3. 2005.

Bannister, Mark and Shaffer Kevin, “Broadband Deployment in Kansas 2004,” Kansas Policy Review, Vol.

26, No. 1, Spring 2004.

Bannister, Mark and Shaffer, Kevin, “Telecommunications 101, Acting Strategically for 21st Century

Economic Development,” Economic Development Journal, Vol. 1, Issue 1, Spring 2002.

Gilson, Preston, Bannister, Mark, and Aistrup, Joseph A., “Economic Impact of a Rural Computer Services

Center,” Economic Development Review, Vol. 17, Issue 3, Winter 2001.

Aistrup, Joseph A, Bannister, Mark, "Assessing the Available Labor Pool: A Survey of the Northeast Kansas

Labor Force," Kansas Business Review, Vol. 21, No. 3, Spring 1998.

Aistrup, Joseph A., Bannister, Mark, “Public Support for Economic Development in Kansas,” Kansas

Business Review, Vol. 19, No. 1, Fall 1995.

Professional Journals

Bannister, Mark, Anthony Gabel, and Derek Ulrich, “Employer Use of Facebook and Other Social Media in Hiring”

Journal of the Kansas Bar Association, Vol. 82, No. 6, 20-25, June 2013.

Bannister, Mark, Aistrup, Joseph, Perras, Jodi, and Zollinger, Brett, “KDH&E’s Division of Environment

Adopts New Strategic Management Plan,” Kansas Government Journal, Vol 87, No. 1, January 2001.

Bannister, Shala Mills, Joseph A. Aistrup, and Mark Bannister, “Survey Reveals Kansans’ Perspective of

Legal System,” Journal of the Kansas Bar Association, Vol. 76, No. 10, December, 1998.

Bannister, Mark C., Joseph A. Aistrup, and Trevor Steinert, "The Kansas Geographic Information System

Strategic Management Plan," Kansas Government Journal, Vol. 84, September 1998.

Bannister, Mark C., Joseph A. Aistrup, and Patrick McGinnis, “Public Strategies for Creating Information

Communities," Kansas Government Journal, March 1997.

Bannister, Mark C., “Bank Director - Will You Be Held Liable? Part I, Federal Law,” The Kansas Banker,

Vol. 78, No. 6 (July 1988).

Bannister, Mark C., “Bank Director - Will You Be Held Liable? Part II, Kansas Law,” The Kansas Banker,

Vol. 78, No. 7 (August 1988).

Research Reports

Sun, Jian, Paul Adams, Mark Bannister, Carl Parker, and Brett Zollinger, Kansas Bioscience Index 2009,

(Docking Institute of Public Affairs, Hays, Kansas)


Sun, Jian, Paul Adams, Mark Bannister, Carl Parker, and Brett Zollinger, Kansas Bioscience Index 2008,

(Docking Institute of Public Affairs, Hays, Kansas)

Published Book Chapters

“The Use and Importance of Information in 21st Century Criminal Justice Agencies,” In Margie Briz

Information in the 21st Century Workplace; Allyn & Bacon (Scott, Robert F. and Mark C. Bannister), 2002.

“Kansas Political Party Organizations: A History Since 1960.” In Daniel Ward and Andrew Appleton, eds.

State Party Profiles. Washington D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Press. (Joseph Aistrup and Mark Bannister),

1996.

Academic Conference Proceedings

Pierce, Robert, Richard Livingood, Mark Bannister, and Edward Goldberg, “Key Factors in the Success of an

Organization’s Information Security Culture: A Quantitative Study and Analysis,” Proceedings of the 17th Colloquium

for Information Systems Security Education, University of South Alabama, Mobile Bay, Alabama - June 10-12th, 2013.

(This paper received the “Best Paper” award for the 2013 Colloquium).

Bannister, Mark, Jason Zeller, and Keyu Jiang, "Integration of IA Research into an Undergraduate Capstone Course,"

Proceedings of the 13th Colloquium for Information Systems Security Education, Seattle, WA June 1 - 3, 2009.

Jiang, Keyu and Mark. Bannister, “Enhancing IA Performance Capability through an Active Learning Capstone

Seminar.” Information Security Curriculum Development Conference, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA,

September 26-27 2008. Proceedings of the Information Security Curriculum Development Conference, 2008.

Jiang, Keyu and Mark Bannister, “Secure ‘Information at your fingertips’ ---Just One Course can help,” Colloquium on

Information Systems Security, June 2-3, 2008, Proceedings from the Twelfth Colloquium for Information Systems

Security Education, ISBN: 1-933510-96-8, 2008.

Bannister, Mark and Jon Tholstrup, “Eligible Telecommunication Carrier Designation, the Kansas Case Study 1997-

2007.” International Telecommunications Research and Education Association Conference, Louisville, Kentucky,

March 27, 2008. Proceedings of the International Telecommunications Education and Research Association, 2008. Vol

4.

Bannister, Mark and Angela Walters, “Engineering the Professionally Employable Student: An Analysis of Industry

Curriculum and its Role in Higher Education.” International Telecommunications Research and Education Association

Conference, Louisville, Kentucky, March 24, 2007. Proceedings of the International Telecommunications Education

and Research Association, 2007. Vol 3.

Invited Business Conference Presentations

Moderator, Hays Area Economic Outlook Conference, Facilitated by Wichita State University, 2014, 2015,

2016.

“Deans’ Perspectives,” Symposium on International and Interdisciplinary Research, Los Angles, California,

September 18, 2014.

“Business Colleges: We have to Nurture the Jungle If We are Going to Live in It.” Business and Leadership

Symposium,” Hays, Kansas, October 5, 2010.

Conference Paper Presentations

Bannister Mark, Anthony Gabel, and Derek Ulrich, “Employer Use of Facebook and other Social Media in Hiring,” Fort

Hays State University Business and Leadership Symposium, Hays, Kansas, September 28, 2012.


Guyot, Wally, Robert Meier, and Mark Bannister “Business Students' Social Media Preferences for Communication, a

Pilot Study” Fort Hays State University Business and Leadership Symposium, Hays, Kansas, September 28, 2012.

Guyot, Wally, Robert Meier, and Mark Bannister, “Business Students’ Media Preferences for Communication Within the

College,” Fort Hays State University Business and Leadership Symposium, Hays, Kansas, October 10, 2011.

Bannister Mark, Anthony Gabel, “Employee Selection, Social Networks, and Individual Privacy,” Fort Hays State

University Business and Leadership Symposium, Hays, Kansas September 28. 2009.

Bannister Mark, Keyu Jiang, “Fort Hays State University Information Assurance,” Front Range Information

Security Colloquium, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, Colorado, October 10, 2008.

Zeller, Jason, Mark Bannister, Keyu Jiang, and Robert Meier, “Security Practices of Consumers with Wireless Access

Points: A Pilot Study” Fort Hays State University Business and Leadership Symposium, Hays, Kansas September 30,

2008.

Jiang, Keyu and Mark Bannister, “Using a Cutting the Cake Peer Assessment Method in a Leadership in Information

Networking and Telecommunications Course,” Fort Hays State University Business and Leadership Symposium, Hays,

Kansas, September 30, 2008.

Jiang, Keyu and Mark. Bannister, “Enhancing IA Performance Capability through an Active Learning Capstone

Seminar.” Information Security Curriculum Development Conference, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA,

September 26-27 2008,

Bannister, Mark, Brian Carlson, “Business Use of Broadband in World’s First Fiber-to-the-Door Community” Fort Hays

State University College of Business and Leadership Symposium, Hays, Kansas, September 28, 2006.

Rackaway, Chapman, Mark Bannister, “Communication Strategies of Congress on the World Wide Web: The

Case of Official Web Sites.” Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, April

15-18, 2004

Bannister, Mark, “Information Exchange and Deception in Legal Negotiation,” American Association of Trial

Consultants, Baltimore, Maryland, October, 16, 1990.

Poster Presentations at National Conferences

Bannister, Mark, “Effective Distance Learning Using Blended Distance Learning,” Academy Connection

Conference, St. Paul, Minnesota, June 2006.

Bannister, Mark, “Effective Distance Learning Using Cisco Networking Academy Curriculum,” Academy

Connection Conference, Fort Worth, Texas, June 2005.

Bannister, Mark, “Integration of Cisco Networking Academy Curriculum into Graduate Education”

Networkers Conference 2003, Orlando, Florida, June 2003.

Bannister, Mark, Kevin Shaffer, and Angela Walters, ”Effective Use of Internships and Tours in IT

Education,” Networkers Conference, San Diego, California, June 2002.

Bannister, Mark, “Integration of Cisco Networking Academy Curriculum into a University Curriculum,”

Networkers Conference, Los Angeles, California, 2001.

Selected Applied Research and Survey Publications

Zollinger, Brett and Mark Bannister, Kansas Prosperity Summit 2005, Draft Action Plan, (Prepared for

Kansas Secretary of Commerce Howard Fricke) November 2005. (Many recommendations from this plan –

including phasing out property taxes on business machinery and equipment were adopted.)

Bannister, Mark, Kansas Prosperity Summit 2005 Legislative Leadership Interviews, Kansas Department of

Commerce, September 2005.


Aistrup, Joseph, with Jodie Perras, Mark Bannister, Kansas Department of Health and Environment Strategic

Management Plan, August 2000.

Bannister, Mark, C., with Joseph Aistrup, Tonja Vallin, and Brett Zollinger. Report on 1999 Use Attainability

Analysis Forums Conducted by: Kansas Department of Health and Environment and Docking Institute of

Public Affairs. May 1999.

Bannister, Shala M., with Mark C. Bannister, Report. Kansas Citizens Justice Initiative Survey of Judges and

Attorneys. May 1998.

Myers, Susan, David Warren, and Mark Bannister, Report. Telecommunications Infrastructure Study of

Northeast Kansas, Research report prepared for Northeast Kansas Regional Economic Development and

Northeast Kansas Community Action Program with funding provided by the Economic Development

Administration of the United States Department of Commerce and the Kansas Department of Commerce and

Housing, The Docking Institute of Public Affairs, October 1997. *This study received an “Award of

Excellence” from the American Economic Development Council, at its annual meeting in Nashville, Tenn.

May 1998.

Aistrup, Joseph A., Bannister, Mark, Report: “Public Support for Economic Development in Kansas,” Pub:

Kansas Inc. May 1995.

Finney County Community Health Assessment. (Report includes following individual reports: Executive

Summary, Community Health Assessment Survey, Key Informant Survey, Physician Survey, and Health Risk

Assessment. Research report prepared for the Finney County Community Health Assessment Committee, The

Docking Institute of Public Affairs (Joseph A. Aistrup with the help of Mark C. Bannister, Patrick McGinnis,

and David Warren) 1995.

Aistrup, Joseph A., Bannister, Mark, Report: Ellis County Labor Survey. April 1993.

National Association White Papers

Bannister, Mark and Jon Tholstrup, Eligible Telecommunication Carrier Designation, the Kansas Case Study 1997-

2007, ACUTA (The Association for Communication Technology Professionals in Higher Education) White Paper

Collection 2009).

Selected Administrative Publications

FHSU Faculty Draft Qualifications Policy for Higher Learning Commission Alignment, 2017

International Distance Learning Task Force Report, Fort Hays State University, 2015

Successful Proposal to Kansas Board of Regents to create Information Systems Engineering Degree, 2011

College of Business and Entrepreneurship Strategic Plan 2010-2015

Application to be designated as National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance

Program statement for Information Networking and Telecommunication Department space in

designing new Information Arts Building at Fort Hays State University

Proposal to Kansas Board of Regents for Naming Beach Hall, Sternberg Museum of Natural History

First draft of Agreement for Affiliation of Pratt Community College and Fort Hays State University

Agreement for Affiliation of Barton County Community College and Fort Hays State University

Articles of incorporation and initial bylaws of Sternberg Museum Foundation

Annexation Agreement Between Fort Hays State University and the City of Hays, Kansas

Proposal to Kansas Board of Regents for Creation of the Information Enterprise Institute

Proposal to Kansas Board of Regents for Naming Tomanek Hall

Kansas Campaign Fund Raising Guidelines for Candidates prepared for Kansas Senate President

Kansas Board of Regents Policy on University Competition with Private Enterprise

Selected Clients Provided Services as Docking Institute Consultant

Kansas Governor’s Office

Kansas Supreme Court

Kansas Legislature

Kansas Department of Commerce

Kansas Department of Health and Environment


Kansas Chief Information Architect

Kansas GIS Policy Board/Kansas Water Office

Kansas, Inc.

Kanas Bioscience Authority

Midwest Energy Power Corporation

Thomas Moore Prep./Marian High School

Kansas Justice Initiative

Northeast Kansas Regional Economic Development

St. Catherine’s Hospital, Garden City, Kansas

Hays Medical Center, Hays, Kansas

National Conference of State Legislatures

Kansas Health Institute

Continuing Legal Education Seminar Presentations

“Employer Use of Facebook and Other Social Media in Hiring Decisions,” Ellis County Bar Association

Continuing Legal Education Seminar, May 4, 2012

Business Experience

Co-Founder and member manager of Bannister Capital Advisors, LLC which has organized multiple landowner groups

for wind energy development resulting in committed capital investment in excess of $500 million

Co-Founder and member manager of Bannister Wind Ranch, LLC – minority owner of 48 MW $83 M wind energy

development sold to New Jersey Resources. This project supplies electricity to Yahoo and the Kansas City Board of

Public Utilities

Involvement with multiple startup businesses as an investor and/or participant.

Co-Founder and Member Manager of Bannister Capital, LLC – farm land, and public securities investment

Co-Founder and Member Manager of Bannister Capital Residential, LLC -- multifamily real estate investment

Co-Founder of The Election Project, LLC – a social media website startup 2006-2008

Departmental and Institutional Service

Departmental Service

Led FHSU successful effort to achieve recognition as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Information

Assurance, 2009-2010

Led FHSU successful effort to have Information Assurance Curriculum certified by the United States Federal

Government at the CNSS Standards 4011 and 4013, 2008-2009

Led FHSU “Dare to Dream” Taskforce on Information Assurance, 2007-2008

Led efforts resulting in $500,000 annual legislative appropriation for Information Assurance Education, 2007

Led efforts to create on-line Bachelor of Science in Information Networking and Telecommunications, 2001

Led effort to create Web Development Concentration in Information Networking and Telecommunications, 2001

Established Department of Information Networking and Telecommunications Advisory Council, 2004

Administered Department of Information Networking and Telecommunications Advisory Council, 2004 – 2009

Organized departmental trip to Austin and San Antonio to Pervasive Software, SBC Labs, and SBC Headquarters, 2005

Interim Chair of Department of Information Networking, June 1999 - November 1999

Chair of Department of Information Networking, November 1999 – June 2009

Sponsor of Advanced Technology Student Organization, 1999-Present

Sponsor of KFHS Broadcast Council, 1999-2009

Organize annual IT and media trips for students to Kansas City and Denver, 2000-2009

Director of the Information Enterprise Institute, 1999 - 2009

Chair INT Department Building Committee, 1999 - 2009

Chair INT Department Curriculum Review Committee, 1999 - 2009

Chair Cisco On-Line Project, 2000 - 2009

Member INT Department Scholarship Committee, 1999 - 2009

Member INT Department Distance Learning Committee, 1999 - 2009

Tiger Call for INT Department, 1999 - 2009

Tiger Days, Fall 1999, Spring 2000 - 2009

Direct calling of student recruits, 1999 - 2009


Developed draft of interdisciplinary INT/Music Minor approved by College 2003

Developed draft of INT Minor approved by Department, 2000

Developed draft of INT Departmental Definition of Scholarship, 2000

Represent INT Department on Council of Arts and Sciences Chairs, 1999 - 2008

Authored INT Distance Learning Brochure, 2004

Authored INT MLS Brochure, 2003, 2008

Authored INT Template Brochure, 2003, 2006

Authored INT Distance Learning Brochure, 2004

Authored INT Undergraduate Tri-fold Brochures, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009

Authored Cisco On-Line brochure, 2000, 2001, 2004

Authored Cisco On-Line for Military brochure, 2001, 2004, 2008

Authored INT Department Fact Sheet, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009

Co-authored new INT Media Studies Fact Sheet, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008

Administer Kansas Cisco Academy Network, 1999 - 2009

Wrote content and supervised student development of INT department web site, 2000-2009

Supervised development of INT departmental recruitment video, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2006

Supervised development of INT departmental recruitment CD, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007

Headed search committee for INT Department Administrative Assistant, 2000, 2004

Headed search committee for INT Department Engineer, 2000

Coordinated faculty development of 38 INT Department courses, 2000-2008

Headed search committee for INT faculty members, 2001, 2005, 2007 (expanding department)

Commencement Address: Meade High School, May 20, 2000

Institutional Service

Chair, College of Business and Entrepreneurship Executive Committee, 2009-Present

FHSU Signage and Art Gift Acceptance Committee, 2018-Present

FHSU Academic Misconduct Task Force, 2013-2014

International Education Management Group, 2009-Present

President’s Cabinet 1992-1997, 2009-Present

Academic Council, Grand Council, & Provost Council, 2009-Present

Endowed Professor Review Committee, 2012-Present

FHSU Phi Kappa Phi President, 2006-2007, 2007-2008

Chair, “Dare to Dream Information Assurance Task Force,” 2008

Council of Academic Leadership, 2004-present

Chair, FHSU Provost Search Committee, 2015

Chair, FHSU Library Dean Search Committee, 2014

Search Committee Docking Institute of Public Affairs Director, 2008

American Democracy Project Vision Team Member, 2006-2007

Media Convergence Task Force Member, 2005-2006

Tiger Call Co-Chair, 2005

FHSU Telecommunications Taskforce 2004-2005

Greek Life Task Force 2005-2006

Chair of FHSU IT Studies Task Force, 2000-2006

Memorial Union Renovation Taskforce, 2004-2005

FHSU SBDC E-Commerce Task Force, 2004-2005

FHSU Program Review Committee, 2003-2007

FHSU Faculty Reassigned Time Committee, 2004-2006

AQUIP Assessing Student Learning Committee 2002-2004

FHSU Entrepreneurship Committee, 2004-2005, 2009-present

Chair of Kansas Small Business Development Center System Director Search Committee, 2001

FHSU Small Business Development Center Director Search Committee, 2016

Masters of Liberal Studies Advisory Council 2001-2009

FHSU Diversity Task Force, 2000 – 2002

Council of Arts and Sciences Chairs, 1999 – 2008

FHSU Learning Commons Planning Committee, 2016-2017

Faculty Senate Alternate, 1999-2000, 2000-2001, 2001-2002, 2002-2003, 2003-2004, 2004-2005

Arts and Sciences Assessment Committee, 2002-2003

Telepower Planning Committee, 1993-2003

Co-wrote FHSU IT Studies recruitment brochure, 2000, 2002, 2003. 2005


Chaired FHSU Digital Signature Task Force 1998-1999

Co-Chair FHSU International Distance Learning Task Force, 2014-2015

Judge, Faulkner Entrepreneurial Challenge, 2015, 2016

Coach, Faulkner Entrepreneurship Challenges, 2016

Coach, Kansas Startup – Startup Weekend, 2015, 2016

Judge, Kansas Startup – Startup Weekend, 2013, 2014

Coach, Kansas Startup, 2015, 2016

Moderator, KOOD Public Television, “The Kansas Legislature,” Intermittently 1992-present

Business Related Board and Service

Kansas Secretary of Commerce Business Deans’ Round Table, 2015-present

Harvard Business Review Advisory Council, 2012-2015

Sheffield Business School Advisory Council, 2013-present (Sheffield Hallam University, United Kingdom)

Mid-America Business Deans Association, 2009-present

Kansas Inc., (Kansas’ Economic Development “Think Tank” Board of Directors, 2010-2011

Ellis County Coalition for Economic Development, 1992-2005, 2017-present

Ellis County Coalition for Economic Development, Strategic Planning Facilitation, 2017

Co-Chair Kansas Biosciences Initiative Committee on Bio-Information Systems 2005

Western Kansas Rural Economic Development Alliance (wKREDA), 1994-1999

Telecommunications/Information Technology Committee Chair, 1994, 1995, 1999

Telecommunications Committee, 1994-1999

Business Development Committee, 1995-1999

Legislative Committee, 1994-1999

Conference Paper and Journal Article Review Boards

Journal of Public Affairs, Special Edition Public Policy in China, 2013

Journal of Marketing Management, 2013

International Telecommunications Education and Research Association Conference, Atlanta, GA 2009

Economic Development Quarterly Journal, 2008, 2017

Business and Leadership Symposium, Fort Hays State University, Hays, KS, 2008

Information Security Curriculum Development Conference, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA, 2008

Rocky Mountain Consortium on Computer Education, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO, 2008

Law Related Boards and Service

Board of Governors University of Kansas School of Law, 2000 - 2003

Kansas Bar Association Member, 1988 - 1996

Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee, 1988 - 1992

Vice Chair, Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee, 1991, 1992

Kansas Employee Award Board - Appointee of the Senate President, 1992 - 1994

College and University Law Advisor, Board of Advisors, 2006-2007

The Journal of College and University, Law Editorial Board, 1989-1990

Information Networking and Telecommunications Related Boards and Service

Hays High School Advisory Committee for the Information Technology Cluster—Web and Digital Communications

Path, 2012- present

Board of Directors of the International Telecommunications Education and Research Association, 2008-2011

Chair, Awards and Recognition Committee, 2008, 2009

International Telecommunications Education and Research Association, National Student Case Study Competition Judge,

2009

Assisted with Planning and Moderated Session – Kansas Rural Broadband Summit, Lawrence, Kansas, August 29, 2007

Session Chair – International Telecommunications Education and Research Organization Conference, 2007

Advisor to Senator (Formerly Congressman) Jerry Moran on Telecommunications and Information Technology Issues,

2000-present

Cisco, Systems National Educational Advisory Council, 2000–2004

CSNEAC Subcommittee on Cisco Network Academy Management System Redesign, 2001-2002

Urban Programs Taskforce, 2004

Work Based Learning Taskforce, 2002, 2003

Higher Education Working Group 2003, 2004

Program Review Team, 2004


Kansas Technology Enterprise Corporation/Kansas Bioscience Initiative Co-Chair Telemedicine and Health Related IT

“Hot Team,” 2005

Kansas Department of Commerce and Housing telecommunications subject matter contributor and editor: Kansas Data

Book, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006

Kansas Governor’s Task Force on Work Force Development, 2000

Board of Directors, Kansas Rural Telecommunications Project, 1995-1996

Kansas Technology Enterprise Corporation Information Technology and Telecommunications Committee, 1995-2003

Southwestern Bell Telekansas Alliance Board, 1997-2002

Initial Contact and major player in locating Sykes Enterprises in-bound computer support facility to Hays, Kansas 1993-

1996

Kansas, Inc., Kansas Economic Development Strategic Planning Technical Advisory Committee, 1996, 2006

Board Member, Kansas Rural Development Council, 1993-1999

Kansas Rural Development Council, Infrastructure Committee Vice Chair, 1994-1995

Ellis County GIS Consortium Steering Committee Member, 1994-1995

FHSU GIS Policy Advisory Committee, 1992-1998

Executive Committee, Kansas Rural Telecommunications Project, 1995-1996

Program Chair, Kansas Rural Telecommunications Project Forum on the Kansas Telecommunications Strategic Plan,

1996

Hays Medical Center Telecommunications Advisory Committee, 1993–1999

High Plains Public Radio Email Advisory Council, 2003-2005

Kansas Legislature Staff Committee on Computerization of the Legislature, 1990-92, Chair, 1990–1991

University Memberships

Wooster Society Member

University Association

Faculty Research Association

Phi Kappa Phi Honorary – Life Time Member

Mortar Board

Fort Hays State University Alumni Association – Lifetime Diamond Member, Classic Lifetime Member

Tiger Club

Telecommunications and Information Technology and Policy Related Presentations

“Jobs of the Future,” keynote address, Tech Day 2009 Conference (organized by Hays High School), Hays, Kansas,

January 19, 2009.

“The Chair’s Perspective on VC Quality Assurance Efforts,” Fort Hays State University,” CTELT Round Table

Discussion Presenter Nov. 18, 2008.

“Fort Hays State University Successful Blended Distance Learning Delivery of CCNA Curriculum,” with

Mark Rohlf, Cisco Networking Academy Conference, Fort Worth Texas June 15, 2005.

“Eligible Telecommunications Carrier Designation and Kansas Telecommunications,” State Independent

Telephone Association Annual Meeting, Overland Park, Kansas June 8, 2005.

“The Legal Environment of E-Commerce,” with Angela Walters, E-Commerce Roundtable, Hays, Kansas,

March 9, 2005.

“Challenges3: Conquered, Current, and Coming,” Telepower 2003, Salina, Kansas, October 15, 2003.

“Implementation of Cisco Networking Academy Curriculum in Graduate Education,” Cisco Networking

Academy Showcase, Orlando, Florida, June 22, 2003.

“Identifying a Public Policy Issue,” Kansas Environmental Leadership Program, Kansas State University,

Hays, Kansas, January 8, 2003.

“Legal Implications of Network Security,” Panel presenter, FHSU/Nex-Tech Seminar, Hays, Kansas, March

26, 2003.


“Intellectual Property in the University Environment,” Fort Hays State University New Faculty Orientation

Series, Hays, Kansas, December 4, 2002.

“Survey Tools for Economic Development,” with Mike Walker, Telepower 2002, City, Kansas, October, 25,

2002.

Panel Moderator, “Growing Your Own IT Workforce,” Telepower 2003, Garden City, Kansas, October, 25,

2002.

“Successful IT Company Tours,” Poster Presentation, Networkers 2002, “Best Practices,” San Diego,

California, June 24, 2002

“Telecommunications 101, and 21st Century Economic Development,” Nebraska Developers Association

Annual Meeting, North Platte, Nebraska, May 24, 2001.

“Technology and the 21st Century,” keynote presentation, Kansas Technology Education Conference, Hays,

Kansas, April 5, 2000.

“Our Changing World,” Presentation to Junior Leadership Hays, Hays, Kansas, March 14, 2001.

Panel Moderator, “E-Commerce in Rural Kansas,” Telepower 2000, Hays, Kansas, Oct 12, 2000.

“Kansas: On the Frontier,” keynote presentation 71st Annual Meeting of the Kansas Municipal Utilities

Association, Hutchinson, Kansas, May 18, 2000.

“The Changing World of Telecommunications,” keynote presentation, Kansas Electrical Cooperatives State

Convention, Topeka, Kansas, January 24, 2000.

“Information Technology and Education,” keynote presentation, Tech2K Conference organized by the Fort

Hays Educational Development Center, January 17, 2000.

“The Future of Technology and Rural Kansas: Growth Towns or Ghost Towns,” Panel discussion, 1999 Rural

Policy Symposium, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, December 7, 1999.

“Economic Development in an Information Economy,” Annual meeting of Western Kansas Rural Economic

Develop Alliance, Ness City, Kansas, November 18, 1999.

“Our Changing World,” presentation to the marketing and public relations directors of the Kansas Rural

Electric Cooperatives annual meeting in Hays, Kansas on November 5, 1999.

“Economic Development, New Partners in the Wired West,” Panel presentation, Telepower >99, Manhattan,

Kansas, October 19, 1999.

“Building an Information Community,” Mark Bannister, Trevor Steinert, and Brandon Case, workshop at

Telepower ‘99, Manhattan, Kansas, October 18, 1999.

“Assessing Community Telecommunications Projects,” Panel participant at the Rural TelCon Conference,

Aspen Institute, Aspen, Colorado, October 13, 1999.

“The Information Community Project,” Mark Bannister, Tonja, Vallin, & Brandon Case, poster session at

Rural TelCon at the Aspen Institute, on October 12, 1999, Aspen, Colorado.

“Information Briefing for the Information Community Project,” Telepower ‘98, Garden City, Kansas, October

21, 1998.

“Electronic Commerce and the Rural Economy,” Panel participant, Rural TeleCon, Aspen Institute, Aspen,

Colorado, October 5, 1998.


“Community Use of Information Technology for Economic Development” National Rural Economic

Development Association, 1998, Annual Conference, Colorado Springs, Colorado, September 14, 1998.

“Strategies for Building Information Communities,” Barton County Town-Hall Meeting, January 22, 1998.

“Lessons Learned,” Telepower ‘97, Docking Institute of Public Affairs, Pratt, Kansas, November 5, 1997.

“The Information Community Project,” Rural TelCon 97, Aspen Institute, Aspen, Colorado, October 20, 1997.

“Information Strategies for Rural Communities,” Leadership Northeast Kansas, Sabetha, Kansas, October 16,

1998.

“Public Strategies for Creating Information Communities,” Kansas League of Municipalities, October 14,

Topeka, Kansas, 1997.

American Council of Young Political Leaders, Australian Legislative Delegation, May 16, 1998, Hays,

Kansas.

“Public Strategies for Creating Information Communities,” Kansas Association of Counties, May 8, 1998.

“Information Technology Strategies for Creating High Performance Communities,” Kansas

Community Economic Development Conference, Kansas State University and the University of Kansas, May

1, 1997, Hays, Kansas.

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“Creating Information Communities,” Presentation, Finney County Telecommunications Working Group,

Garden City, Kansas, December 5, 1996.

"Creating Information Communities," Presentation, Telepower '96 Conference, Hays, Kansas October 16,

1996.

Information Networking Colloquia, “Technology: What Good Is It?” Panel participant, April 18, 1996, Fort

Hays State University.

“The Future is Waiting,” Keynote Presentation: Leadership Thomas County Graduation,

March 15, 1996, Colby Kansas.

“Information Technology: From Education to Economic Development,” Closing Presentation: Five-State

Telecommunications Forum, Elkhart, Kansas, March 15. 1996.

Moderator: Kansas Rural Telecommunications Project Forum, February 1, 1996, Hays Kansas.

“Community Use of Information Technology,” Presentation to Rice County Chamber of Commerce, February

7, 1996, Lyons, Kansas.

“Telecommunications Regulation and the Internet,” Presenter: Kansas Legislative Policy Group Annual

Convention, October 1995.

Major Industry Conferences Attended

Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholder Meeting, Omaha, Nebraska, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2016

Kansas Broadband Summit, August, 2008, Lawrence, Kansas

Kansas Broadband Summit, February 2004, Lawrence, Kansas

Networkers, Orlando, Florida, July 2000, Los Angeles, California, June 2001, San Diego, California, June

2002, Orlando, 2003.

SuperCom, Atlanta, Georgia, June 2001

International Incoming Call Center Management Conference, Denver, Colorado, September, 1998, Chicago,

Illinois, September 1999

Major Grants, Contracts, and Fund Raising


Establishing the named W.R. and Yvonne Robbins College of Business, 2016. Establishing funding for:

o Banking Institute

o Student scholarships

o Faculty research

o Unrestricted “seed capital” for new ventures

Endowment of Faulkner Entrepreneurship Challenge, $100,000 cash gift and $100,000 deferred gift, 2016

High Plains Farm Credit Scholarship, $200,000, 2016

Van Hoisington Gift to Fund Entrepreneurship Programming, $200,000, 2015

Gerald and Mary Yeager Business Scholarship $1.2 Million, 2016

Grant from Dane G. Hansen Foundation funding “Entrepreneurship Success Program.” $50,000 per year for

five years. 2015-2020

Grant from Dane G. Hansen Foundation funding Dane G. Hansen Scholarship Hall, $3,500,000. 2015

Grant from Dane G. Hansen Foundation funding FHSU Management Development Center, Five-year Grant FY15: $132,400 - complete

FY16: $125,000 - complete

FY17: $100,000 - complete

FY18: $85,000 – planned, but not committed

FY19: $70,000 – planned, but not committed

Gift from alumnus Darryl Seibel to fund scholarship fund $200,000. 2014

Gift from alumnus Peter Werth to fund college entrepreneurship start-up activities of $110,000/year for four

years totaling $440,000. 2013-2017

Gift from KAN-ED Network of Juniper Switches valued at $294,000. 2013.

Van Hoisington Faculty of Distinction Chair endowed. 2012.

William and Anita Lusk Faculty of Distinction Chair endowed. 2010.

Continued relationship with Nex-Tech, Inc. for access to new soft switch with a value of greater than $500,000

for teaching use. 2009.

Integral in team effort that resulted in $500,000 per year on-going Kansas Legislative appropriation to support

Fort Hays State University becoming a National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance

Wrote and presented successful proposal to Nex-Tech for grant to fund lab expansion. 2008.

Developed proposal and relationship with Cisco that resulted in a gift of equipment with an estimated value of

$750,000. 2008

Developed proposal and relationship with Juniper that resulted in a gift of equipment with an estimated value

of $28,000. 2008

Developed proposal and relationship with Nortel Networks that resulted in an equipment gift of $233.508

worth of equipment. 2008

Developed relationship and partnership with Nex-Tech, Inc. for Voice over Internet Protocol phones, software,

and access to partitioned $500,000 switch. 2005

Wrote proposal to Cisco for in-kind equipment gift. Gifted 12 network switches to be used for instruction and

research worth in excess of $25,000. 2004


Wrote and presented proposal to Nex-Tech and Rural Telephone to fund Wireless LAN Lab. 2003

Jointly developed proposal with Angela Walters to become an Oracle Educational Partner with resulting

$105,000 software donation. 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010.

$28,000 equipment donation from Sprint and ROS. 2002.

Wrote significant portions of Federal Department of Education FIPSE Proposal that provided Fort Hays State

University $921,000 for information networking and telecommunications equipment. Approximately

$360,000 of this funding was used to upgrade the media equipment for the Media Studies Program in

Information Networking and Telecommunications. 2002.

Wrote and presented proposal to Southwestern Bell Foundation to establish Southwestern Bell Foundation

Scholarship for underrepresented students. Funded $100,000. 2001.

Cisco Systems and Sprint funded CCNP laboratory (value $128,000-140,000). 2000.

Kansas Justice Initiative (blue ribbon panel appointed by the Governor, Chief Justice of the Kansas Supreme

Court, and legislative leadership) to conduct three studies of the Kansas justice system, 1997-98. The projects

totaled $45,000 in research funding.

United States Department of Commerce, Economic Development Administration, Information Community

Project. Funded fiscal years 1998 & 1999 for $180,000.

Southwestern Bell Foundation grant to establish the Kansas Teleservices Association, August 1999, $12,000.

North East Kansas Community Action Program, Telecommunications Infrastructure Study, 1997 $14,000.

Facilitator, Kansas GIS Strategic Plan, 1996-1997, $15,000.

Kansas Department of Commerce and Housing IMPACT Training Grant, $775,000, $150,000 in contractual

training and $200,000 training equipment for Fort Hays State University, 1996.

Consultant and Conferee: Kansas Telecommunications Strategic Planning Committee, 1995, $22,000.

Ad Astra stock grant from Southwestern Bell of Kansas to Fort Hays State University to establish support for

FHSU efforts in Information Networking and Telecommunications, 1994. Stock gift funded with value of

$451,000.

Successful grant writer to establish FHSU Americorp Program 1993. Interim Director summer 1994. This

program’s high brought approximately $245,000 per year to the University for Project Serv and was

recognized in 1999 by USA Weekend for its impact.

Initiated Docking Institute of Public Affairs Permanent Endowment Fund in 1993. This fund’s value exceeded

$100,000 in endowment at the time I left as director in 1999.

Raised funding for Telepower Conference each from inception in 1992 to 1999. This conference received an

average of $20,000 per year from private sources.

Grant Review Committees

Kansas Department of Health and Environment/Kansas Hospital Association Telemedicine grant panel, 2000,

2001, 2002, 2003.

America On-Line Foundation Rural Telecommunications Awards Judges Panel, 1999, 2000.

Building Information Community Project Community Selection Panel, 1997, 1998.

National Telecommunications Infrastructure Administration Alternate Reviewer, 1998.


Academic Program Review Teams

University of Maryland University College, Computer Networking and Security Program, 2013.

University of Wisconsin-Stout, Program Review of Bachelor of Science degree in Telecommunication

Systems, 2002.

University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Review of Proposed Bachelors of Science in Web Development and

Digital Media, 2002.

AACSB Accreditation Training

AACSB Dean’s Conference, Annually 2010 to Present

Mid-America Business Deans Conference, Annually 2009 to Present

AACSB Accreditation Workshop, Spring 2010

AACSB Accreditation Conference, September 2011

Assurance of Learning Workshop, 2012

Honors and Distinctions

Inclusion in KC Federal Reserve Entrepreneurship Thought Leaders Summit,2017

Top Paper Award, Co-Author, Colloquium for Information Systems Security Education, 2013

Keynote Speaker, Honoring Our Professors, Faculty Recognition, 2011

Honoring Our Professors, Faculty Recognition, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016

Pilot Award - FHSU’s top faculty award, 2009

Recognized by the Hays Rotary Club with its Vocational Service Award recognizing a member who has

achieved excellence in his or her profession, 2007

FHSU INT Department recognized by as Cisco Networking Academy with international award as a 4-R

winner for “Relevance” – one of only three institutions recognized in North America, 2007

FHSU INT Department recognized by as Cisco Networking Academy with international award as a 4-R

winner for “Relationships” – one of only three institutions recognized in North America, 2006

Elected to FHSU Graduate Faculty, 2004

Nominated for FHSU Student Organization Advisor of the Year as advisor to the KFHS Broadcast Council

which was also Nominated for Most Improved Student Organization, 2003

Presented “Key to City” by Hays City Commission in recognition of volunteer work on Community Finance

Task Force, 2002

FHSU INT Department recognized as Cisco Networking Academy Success Story/Best Practice, 2001, 2002,

2003, 2005

Awarded the Paul Harris Fellowship, Hays Rotary Club, 2000

Named a “National Torch Bearer” by the Communities of the Future, 2000

Honored with ceremony and plaque by the Staff of the Docking Institute of Public Affairs for Institute’s

Accomplishments while director, 1992-99

American Economic Development Council Research Study Award of Excellence for Northeast Kansas

Telecommunications Infrastructure Study, 1998

Honored by FHSU Americorp - Project Serv as “Founder,” 1998

Nominated by Hays Rotary Club for All-American Citizen Award, 1998

Hays Rotary Club received International President’s Citation for accomplishments during term as

organization’s president, 1997-98

Outstanding Young Alumni Award, Fort Hays State University, 1996

Leadership Kansas, Class of 1993

Harvard Negotiation Project Advisory Board, 1990-1992

Regional Finalist, White House Fellowship, 1991

Selected for First Harvard Negotiation Project, Advanced Program, 1991

Rice Scholar, University of Kansas Law School, 1985

Dane G. Hansen Post Graduate Scholar, 1985

Torch Award, Outstanding Graduate of Fort Hays State University, 1985

Phil Kappa Phi

Mortar Board

Selected Community Service


City of Hays Comprehensive Planning Steering Committee, 2011-2012

Commencement Address, “Choices you Make,” Westside High School, Larned, KS, Dec. 15, 2011

Ellis County Coalition for Economic Development

Facilitated Search for Executive Director, 2003

Chaired Strategic Planning Committee 2005

Community Finance Task Force 2001-2002

Chair

Board member

Citizens of Hays Quality of Life Committee, 2001-2002

Downtown Hays Development Corporation

Board Member, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005

President, 2005

Vice President, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004

Chair, Developer Liaison Committee, 2002, 2003, 2004

Fund Raising Committee, 2001, 2002, 2004

Volunteer – leading strategic planning, 2015, 2017

Downtown Hays Ad Hoc Task Force, 1998 - 2000 (Lead efforts to successfully establish Neighborhood

Revitalization Act for Hays)

Rotary International, Member 1992 - present

President of Hays Club 1997 - 1998

Board Member 1995 - 1999

Scholarship Chair 1998 - 1999

Foundation Chair 1998 - 1999

Club Service Chair 1996 - 1997

Polio Plus Chair 1995 - 1996

Delegate to International Convention, Glasgow Scotland, 1997

Monthly program chair - several times

Hays Roundtable (quarterly meeting of Hays leadership), 1992-1999

Volunteer, O’Laughlin Elementary School, 1994-2002

Volunteer, Hays High School Debate and Forensics Program, 2005-2006

American Economic Development Council, 1992-1999

Vice Chair of Higher Education Section, 1997-1998

Pioneer Country Development, Board of Directors, 1995-1997

Mid-America Economic Development Corporation, Board of Directors, 1996-2000

Department of Information Networking and Telecommunications

Major Awards and Recognitions While Chair:

International Telecommunications Education Research and Education Association 2008 “Undergraduate

Program of the Year.” ITERA Annual Conference, March 28, 2008, Louisville, Kentucky.

Selected as a International Telecommunications Education Research and Education Association Senior Fellow. The

Fellows represent an ITERA based resource of senior, experienced academics and others whose backgrounds include

significant academic and/or industry-based field experience. This selective corps of talents is available to ITERA

members for program evaluations, guest lectures, special program or project consultation, outside reviewers and program

development assistance.

Information Assurance Curriculum Certification by the National Security Administration Committee on

National Security Systems for CNSS 4011 and 4013E Standards 2008-2013. Colloquium for Information

Systems Education, June 4, 2008, Richardson Texas.

Cisco Networking Academy, Honoring “Mind Wide Open Achievements 2007 Global Recognition Award.”

Cisco Networking Academy 4-R Recognition, Fort Hays State University for Excellence in the Category of

Relevance, Cisco Academy Conference, San Antonio, Texas, June 2007.

Cisco Networking Academy 4-R Recognition, Fort Hays State University, Outstanding Demonstration of

Relationships, Cisco Academy Conference, St. Paul, Minnesota, June 2006.


Cisco Networking Academy “Best Practice:” Fort Hays State University Successful Blended Distance

Learning Delivery of CCNA Curriculum,” Fort Worth Texas June 15, 2005.

Cisco Networking Academy “Best Practice:” Implementation of Cisco Networking Academy Curriculum in

Graduate Education, Cisco Networking Academy Showcase, Orlando, Florida, June 22, 2003.

Cisco Networking Academy “Best Practice:” Implementation of Cisco Networking Academy Curriculum into

Higher Education, Cisco Networking Academy Showcase, San Diego, California, 2002.

Cisco Networking Academy “Best Practice:” Use of Internships and Student Tours to Build Relationships

With Employers, Cisco Networking Academy Showcase, Los Angeles, California, June 2001.

Heartland Region Chapter of the Year, National Broadcast Society, 2000.

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