{"id":1095,"date":"2015-12-01T09:13:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-01T14:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mansfieldu.wpengine.com\/?p=1095"},"modified":"2015-12-05T12:14:58","modified_gmt":"2015-12-05T17:14:58","slug":"russ-dodson-to-speak-at-commencement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/munews.mansfield.edu\/?p=1095","title":{"rendered":"Russ Dodson to Speak at Commencement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>MANSFIELD, PA\u2014<\/strong> <strong>Russ Dodson, longtime faculty member in the <a href=\"http:\/\/geoggeol.mansfield.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">Department of Geosciences<\/a>, will be the speaker at Mansfield University\u2019s 151st Commencement on Saturday, December 12 at 11 a.m. in Decker Gymnasium.<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mansfieldu.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Russ-Dodson-1.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1096\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/munews.mansfield.edu\/?attachment_id=1096\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Russ-Dodson-1.jpg?fit=1181%2C1800&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1181,1800\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Russ Dodson 1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Russ-Dodson-1.jpg?fit=312%2C475&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Russ-Dodson-1.jpg?fit=672%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1096 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mansfieldu.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Russ-Dodson-1-197x300.jpg?resize=197%2C300\" alt=\"Russ Dodson\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Russ-Dodson-1.jpg?resize=197%2C300&amp;ssl=1 197w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Russ-Dodson-1.jpg?resize=525%2C800&amp;ssl=1 525w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Russ-Dodson-1.jpg?resize=768%2C1171&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Russ-Dodson-1.jpg?resize=672%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 672w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Russ-Dodson-1.jpg?resize=295%2C450&amp;ssl=1 295w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Russ-Dodson-1.jpg?w=1181&amp;ssl=1 1181w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cDr. Russ Dodson has had a positive influence on countless student\u2019s lives and has impacted our University in numerous ways,\u201d MU President Fran Hendricks said in making the announcement. \u201cEven though he is now semi-retired, Russ continues to be a leader and we look forward to hearing his advice and challenges to our newest graduates. We are honored to have Dr. Dodson speak at our Commencement.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dodson joined the Mansfield faculty in 1982 and served as chair of the Department of Geography and Geology, now known as the Department of Geosciences, from 1993 until 2014. He developed the Environmental Science program in Geography at MU and has been advisor to the Geography Club since its inception in 1986.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dodson has led numerous three-week summer field classes to Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Newfoundland and co-lead the 2014 Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) Summer Honors Program trips to New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. He has served on or chaired numerous University committees.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>He is a graduate of Wayne State University (B.S.E. Geography, 1972), and Michigan State University (M.S. Geography 1974; Ph.D. Geography, 1985). In his nonacademic life Dodson has had jobs ranging from surveyor in the U.S. Army to production foreman at Ford Motor Company.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dodson is on the Board of Directors for the Wellsboro Community Concert Association and was recently elected their president. The outdoors are important to him and over the years Dodson has enjoyed taking students hiking and camping, canoeing and whitewater rafting, caving and skiing.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANSFIELD, PA\u2014 Russ Dodson, longtime faculty member in the Department of Geosciences, will be the speaker at Mansfield University\u2019s 151st &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/munews.mansfield.edu\/?p=1095\" class=\"more-link\"><span class=\"more-button\">Continue reading &gt;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Russ Dodson to Speak at Commencement<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1096,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Russ-Dodson-1.jpg?fit=1181%2C1800&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6V0yH-hF","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1803,"url":"https:\/\/munews.mansfield.edu\/?p=1803","url_meta":{"origin":1095,"position":0},"title":"Russell Dodson Granted Emeritus Status","author":"Terry Day","date":"March 24, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"MANSFIELD, PA\u2014The Mansfield University Council of Trustees, upon the recommendation of President Fran Hendricks, granted emeritus status to Russell Dodson at its March 22 meeting. 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