July 3, 2023
Diane Wiese-Bjornstal, PhD, professor in the School of Kinesiology, won the University of Minnesota’s Unit Service Award. This system-wide award recognizes excellence in service at the unit level. During Wiese-Bjornstal’s 35 years in the School of Kinesiology, she has done an extraordinary amount of both informal and formal service including serving as the Director of Graduate Studies multiple times and the Associate Director for the previous 6 years. Most recently, she coordinated the creation of the School of Kinesiology’s bylaws and new faculty mentoring guidelines for the School.