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Extended University
Montana State University
P.O. Box 173860
Bozeman, MT 59717-3860

Tel: (406) 994-6550
Fax: (406) 994-7856
ExtendedU@montana.edu

Location: 128 EPS
Extended University
Staff
Dr. Kim Obbink
Director
EPS 128
(406) 994-6550
kobbink@montana.edu
BioBiography
Debbie Albin
Non-Credit Courses Program Manager
Culbertson 204
(406) 994-6685
shanklin@montana.edu
BioBiography
Clare Becker
Distance Learning Program Manager
Culbertson 204
(406) 994-6836
clarebecker@montana.edu
BioBiography
Kelly Boyce
Distance Learning Program Manager
EPS 128
(406) 994-6812
kboyce@montana.edu
BioBiography
Ritchie Boyd
Assistant Director of Educational Technology
EPS 128
(406) 994-4660
jrboyd@montana.edu
BioBiography
Lisa Brown
NTEN Elementary Project Coordinator
EPS 128
(406) 994-3062
lbrown@montana.edu
BioBiography
Susan Byorth
Program Manager--Education Technology Programs and Special Projects
(406) 493-6037
sbyorth@montana.edu
 
Nadeen Comfort
Video Conference Coordinator
EPS 128
(406) 994-6553
ncomfort@montana.edu
BioBiography
Christy Cousino
Web Services Manager
EPS 128
(406) 994-7784
ccousino@montana.edu
BioBiography
Elise Fleming
Student Assistant
Culbertson 204
(406) 994-6683
elise.fleming@montana.edu
 
Robert Friedrich
Network and Computing  System Administrator
EPS 128
(406) 994-6839
robertf@montana.edu
BioBiography
Mitch Gaikowski
Administrative Associate
EPS 128
(406) 994-7537
gaikow@montana.edu
 
Keri Garver
Online Science Curriculum Development Specialist
(612) 922-9097
kgarver@montana.edu
 
Janine Hansen
Credit Courses Program Manager
Culbertson 204
(406) 994-5240
jhansen@montana.edu
BioBiography
Laura Harne
Program Assistant
Culbertson 204
(406) 994-6633
laura.harne@montana.edu
BioBiography
Marilyn Jarvis
Assistant Director of Continuing Education
Culbertson 204
(406) 994-4820
mjarvis@montana.edu
BioBiography
Leslie Malenshek
Registration Coordinator
Culbertson 204
(406) 994-7027
leslie.malenshek@montana.edu
BioBiography
Julie Pester
Instructional Technology Specialist
EPS 128
(406) 994-7799
pester@montana.edu
BioBiography
 
Kim Rehm
Assistant Director for Finance and Administration
EPS 128
(406) 994-7936
rehm@montana.edu
BioBiography
Sarah Rieger
Administrative Assistant
Culbertson 204
(406) 994-6683
srieger@montana.edu
 
John Usher
Instructional Media Coordinator
EPS 128
(406) 994-7794
jusher@montana.edu
BioBiography
Suzi Taylor
Outreach and Communications Coordinator
EPS 128
(406) 994-7957
taylor@montana.edu
BioBiography

Kim Obbink
Executive Director

Kim is responsible for overseeing all aspects of Extended University. Her professional interests include online teaching and learning and the changing educational environment of the 21st century. Kim is co-director of the National Teachers Enhancement Network project funded by the National Science Foundation and is the principal investigator on a number of Extended University grants.

A native of Nebraska, Kim still enjoys a good Cornhusker football game, travel, and, most of all, fly fishing Montana's streams and rivers.

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Ritchie Boyd
Assistant Director for
Educational Technology

Ritchie oversees the Burns Technology Center's instructional technology efforts, including faculty support and development for integrating technology into the curriculum. He also supports professional development activities for K-12 teachers and administrators across the state. He currently heads the Burns Technology Center's WebCT support team in providing support for faculty using web-based courseware and provides general support for distance education at Montana State University.

Ritchie is the contact for:

  • Instructional Technology
  • Emerging Technologies in Education
  • WebCT Course Tools

Ritchie's interests include multimedia on the web, wireless communications technologies, and on-line teaching and learning. He has a background in geology and geophysics, which explains his interest in math and science education. In his spare time, Ritchie enjoys woodworking.

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Marilyn Jarvis
Assistant Director of Continuing Education

Marilyn coordinates the diverse learning opportunities offered through the Office of Continuing Education, including academic credit, professional recertification opportunities and conferences. In addition, she specializes in the development of Lifelong Learning components which offer challenging seminars and courses for various audiences. These include Elderhostel courses for seniors as well as other credit and non-credit seminars and courses which can be customized to meet the needs of any organization.

Marilyn is the contact for:

  • Elderhostel
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Kim Rehm
Assistant Director for Finance and Administration

Kim is responsible for all aspects of fiscal management at Extended University, including reporting, analyses, accounting, and personnel functions. Her professional interests include accounting, fiscal policy, and personal financial planning. She received a Master of Science in Health and Human Development with an option in Family Financial Planning, a distance program Extended University helped develop.

When Kim's not crunching numbers, she's riding motorcycles (in the summer) or skiing (in the winter). She tries to combine the two with travel whenever possible.

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Debbie Albin
Non-Credit Courses Program Manager

Debbie is program manager for non-credit and self-supporting credit programs. She partners with on-campus departments and off-campus clients to bring non-traditional programs to MSU-Bozeman. In this capacity, she works with a variety of professional organizations to develop annual conferences and institutes. She also oversees summer programs aimed at bringing young people to the Bozeman campus. Her level of involvement ranges from logistical support to program development.

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Clare Becker
Distance Learning Program Manager

Clare coordinates credit and non-credit distance learning programs at Extended University in conjunction with MSU departments and other educational institutions. She especially enjoys working with the tribal colleges and facilitating linkages between campus departments and Extended University.

Outside of work, Clare enjoys traveling, hiking and photography.

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Kelly Boyce
Distance Learning Program Manager

Kelly oversees the daily operation of the National Teachers Enhancement Network, an online program that delivers science courses to K-12 in-service teachers. He also provides general support for distance education efforts at MSU-Bozeman.

Kelly is the contact for:

Kelly's interests include on-line teaching and learning and improving on-line services for students at MSU-Bozeman. In his free time, he follows amateur and professional sports, especially when his three sons are competing.

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Lisa Brown
NTEN Elementary Project Coordinator

Lisa is responsible for the daily operation of the National Teachers Enhancement Network - Elementary (NTEN-E) program, which provides elementary teachers with on-line graduate-level courses covering disciplinary background and instructional methods to enhance kit-based science pedagogy. The program offers training and mentoring to teachers, especially those serving Native American and other minority students, to insure success with the online professional development format. NTEN-E also provides teachers with cross-curriculum/cross-cultural learning opportunities incorporated into on-line modules.

Lisa is the contact for:

Lisa's professional interests include distance learning, computer programming, computer graphics, multimedia development, and K-12 science education. When she's not working, she enjoys camping, gardening, reading, weaving, and spinning.

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Nadeen Comfort
Video Conference Coordinator

Nadeen schedules requests for interactive video conferences and courses, researches video conferencing sites nationally and internationally, and certifies equipment compatibility between the Burns Technology Center and distant sites. She also troubleshoots; provides customer service; and trains technicians, faculty, and others on how to use the interactive video equipment.

Nadeen is the contact for:

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Christy Cousino
Web Services Manager

Christy is the Extended University webmaster. She is responsible for designing sites, writing HTML, and coding dynamic and database-driven pages for Extended University. After work, she dances the Argentine tango.

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Robert Friedrich
Network and Computing System Administrator

Robert provides support and maintenance for the extensive array of control systems, high-level computers, multimedia enhancement equipment, and audio-video synchronous and asynchronous communication technologies at Extended University. He sustains a detailed knowledge of the inner workings of these systems in order to provide necessary support to Extended University staff and campus faculty.

In addition, Robert assists in many of the programmatic solutions for distance-delivered courses for the MSU campus. He works with instructors and students on issues related to management of courseware tools, connectivity to and from remote sites, and the overall effective delivery of information and materials.

Robert is the contact for:

Robert enjoys traveling and engaging in outdoor activities with his wife and family. He also serves as a raptor rehabilitator for Big Sky Wildcare, a local wildlife organization.

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Janine Hansen
Credit Courses Program Manager

Janine is responsible for organizing academic credit courses. She also manages continuing education units and OPI renewal units.

Janine is the contact for:

  • Continuing Education Units (CEUs)
  • Office of Public Instruction (OPI) Renewal Units

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Laura Harne
Program Assistant

Laura provides support for the program managers in the areas of credit and non-credit programs.

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Leslie Malenshek
Registration Coordinator

Leslie is responsible for all aspects of registering students and participants in distance learning courses, continuing education courses, conferences, and youth programs. She coordinates the management of course scheduling, course inventory data, registration, class rolls, fee payments and grades through the use of SCT Banner. She also administers the in-house student management system, Foxpro Aceware.

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Julie Pester
Instructional Technology Specialist

Julie administers and provides support for WebCT to MSU faculty and students. She is especially interested in all aspects of distance education and instructional technology.

Julie is a contact for:

  • WebCT Course Tools

After work, Julie enjoys traveling, camping, reading, and spending time with her daughter.

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John Usher
Instructional Media Coordinator

John helps with MSU WebCT support. He is also a member of the Teaching, Learning and Technology team of the Burns Technology Center.

John is a contact for:

  • WebCT Course Tools

His professional interests include distance learning, distance learning educational theory, digital video, and digital recording.

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Suzi Taylor
Communications and Outreach Coordinator

Suzi manages Extended University’s marketing projects and helps research and identify new educational programs, credit and non-credit courses and partnership opportunities within and outside of MSU. Suzi is particularly interested in helping to build collections of MSU educational content that rural Montanans can access via the Internet.

Suzi and her family--Scott, a high school science teacher, and kids Molly and Cameron--own and operate Balloons Over Bozeman, a hot air balloon company. Suzi’s interests include golf, iPhoto, the Chicago Cubs, and watching Harry Potter movies with Molly…over…and over…and over…

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