Carol Cwiak, lecturer of sociology, anthropology and emergency management, has accepted the position of executive director of the newly formed Emergency Management Higher Education Consortium.  

The purpose of the Emergency Management Higher Education Consortium is to represent the interests and concerns of the emergency management higher education community. Presently there are more than 130 higher education institutions offering emergency management programs in the United States. NDSU is the only program in the nation to offer a doctorate in emergency management.

Cwiak was asked to fill the position based on her active participation and investment in the emergency management higher education community.

Additionally, Cwiak will give several presentations at FEMA's Emergency Management Higher Education Conference. She will present on the results of two surveys she does annually for the FEMA Higher Education Program (The Body of Knowledge Report and The Survey of Higher Education Programs Report), teaching strategies for business continuity and crisis management, emcollaborative (a joint project with colleague and presidential fellow Jessica Jensen) and NDSU's partnership with Ghana to develop an emergency management higher education program. This is Cwiak's sixth year presenting at the Emergency Management Higher Education Conference.

Cwiak, who has been a lecturer with the department for three years, recently accepted an assistant professor position with the department for fall 2009.