Fargo, N.D. — Two NDSU faculty members have received notice that the paper they submitted has been selected as the best paper addressing the theme, “Organizational Leadership, Organizational Change, Institutional Effectiveness.”

Karen Froelich, NDSU associate professor of marketing and management and director of the master’s of business administration program, and Canan Bilen-Green, NDSU professor of industrial and manufacturing engineering and director of the FORWARD project, submitted the paper, “Creating a More Inclusive Academic Workplace.” The paper was submitted following their successful submission of a proposal for a conference session on the same topic at the 2011 Annual Conference of the Higher Learning Commission. The award for best paper includes a cash prize plus a certificate.