Kate Felzien

Kate Felzien is the Coordinator of Research & Sponsored Programs at Northeastern State University. Kate holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Tennessee Technological University, a Master of Business Administration from Northeastern State University, and is a Certified Research Administrator. She has held various technical and managerial positions both in the private sector and in academia in Tennessee, South Carolina, and Michigan before moving to Tahlequah, Oklahoma in 2003 with her husband Greg. Kate is the current president for the Council on Grantsmanship & Research and treasurer of the Oklahoma Chapter of the Society of Research Administators. As Coordinator, Kate provides pre-award assistance to faculty members and is especially interested in faculty development and training in proposal development. Kate is also a frequent presenter both locally and regionally including the National Council of University Research Administators Southwestern Region, the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, and the Northeastern Oklahoma Mathematics and Science Teacher Association.

Professional Organizations

Society of Research Adminsitrators (SRA), Treasurer, Oklahoma Chapter
National Council of University Research Administrators (NCURA), Member
Council on Grantsmanship and Research, Secretary

Presentations

Electronic Submission, OSRHE Summer Grant Institute Presentation, August 2006
From the Trenches, NCURA Presentation, May 9, 2006

Other Interests

Cherokee Cornstalk Shooters Society

Most weekends during the summer, you can find me at a Cornstalk Shoot. This is a traditional Cherokee game that is being kept alive and well by the Cherokee Cornstalk Shooters Society. The bows are all made by hand out of bois d'arc or Osage wood. For more information and rules. See a Cornstalk Shoot at the Cherokee National Holiday.

Astronomy

For as long as I can remember, I had been interested in Astronomy. Currently, I have an 8" Celestron Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope. It is difficult for me to get used to "cheating" now that I have the ability to type in an object and the telescope automatically slewing to it. I have also had a 10" Coulter Optical Dobsonian and am most used to working with a friend's 10" Meade Newtonian with a TelRad viewfinder. My favorite object is M57 or the Ring Nebula probably because is was the first deep sky object I found on my own. Jupiter is also a favorite because of my fond memories of the Shoemaker-Levy Comet Crash in 1994.