Portrait of Dr. Michael Conner

Dr. Michael Conner

  • Professor of Instruction at Dept of World Languages & Literatures, College of Liberal Arts

Service Activities

Ongoing

  • Participant, Liberal Arts Communicators Group. 2024 - Present.
  • Member, Outreach Committee. December 2024 - Present.
  • Mentor for new German lecturer (William Weihe), Faculty Mentor. September 2024 - Present.
  • Editor: OnSign Digital Signs. January 2023 - Present.
  • Official Ally of Texas State, Office of Student Diversity and Inclusion. 2014 - Present.
  • Member, Web Committee. August 2011 - Present.
  • Webmaster: Modern Languages websites. January 1, 2010 - Present.

2024

  • Other, University Calendar Editor, World Languages and Literatures. 2012 - 2024.
  • supervision of student worker. January 2024 - September 2024.
  • Judge for Pair Discussion, Texas State German Contest. February 24, 2024.
  • Participant, City of New Braunfels. February 23, 2024.

2023

  • City of New Braunfels. June 23, 2023.
  • Judge for Directed Dialogue 2, Texas State German Contest. February 25, 2023.
  • Member, TSP Search Committee. October 2022 - January 23, 2023.

2022

  • Participant, German Department Winterfeier / Delta Phi Alpha Induction Ceremony. November 18, 2022.
  • Judge for Extemporaneous Speaking 4, Texas State German Contest. March 1, 2022.

2021

  • Co-administrator and Content Manager, German at Texas State University Facebook Page. January 2011 - 2021.
  • Page Admin, German at Texas State Instagram page. August 2021.
  • Participant, German Scholarship Committee. March 2021.
  • Judge: Contemporary Music, Texas State German Contest. February 27, 2021 - March 2, 2021.

2020

  • Participant, German Department Winterfeier / Delta Phi Alpha Honor Society Induction. November 20, 2020.
  • Judge for Duet Acting Level 2, Texas State German Contest. February 29, 2020.

2019

  • Organizer, Klingt Deutsch Karaoke-Abend. October 24, 2019.

2018

  • City of New Braunfels. October 26, 2018 - November 13, 2018.
  • Website publicity and faculty support, Shaping Germany Culture Weeks. October 5, 2018 - October 18, 2018.
  • Participant, Sigma Delta Pi Festival de Poesía. October 9, 2018.
  • Judge for Contemporary Music, Texas State German Contest. February 24, 2018.

2017

  • Participant, Festival de poesia hispanica por la paz. October 24, 2017.
  • Participant, Netzwerk Training Workshop. May 12, 2017.
  • Judge, Texas State German Contest. February 25, 2017.

2016

  • Participant, Festival de poesia hispanica por la paz. October 20, 2016.
  • Acting Faculty Advisor, Delta Phi Alpha. August 1, 2015 - May 1, 2016.
  • Member, Corinda Crews Moeller Scholarship Committee. February 2016 - March 2016.
  • Co-administrator and Content Manager, Modern Languages at Texas State University. January 2015 - March 2016.
  • Judge for German-language Skits, Level 3, Texas State German Contest. February 27, 2016.
  • Organizer, Kaffeestunde. January 2016 - February 26, 2016.

2015

  • Conference Organizer and Webmaster, Texas Medieval Association Conference (TEMA). 2015.
  • Speaker (German); Welcome to Students, Multicultural Graduation Celebration. December 1, 2015.
  • Organizer, Kaffeestunde. September 1, 2015 - November 1, 2015.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Reviewer of three chapters of "Treffpunkt Deutsch" 6th Edition for Burrston House, Ltd. September 1, 2015 - October 1, 2015.

2014

  • Presenter, 25th Anniversary End of Cold War/Fall of Berlin Wall Film Festival. 2014.
  • Participant, Festival de poesia hispanica por la paz. October 21, 2014.

2012

  • First-Year German Coordinator. 2012.
  • Participant, Festival de poesia hispanica por la paz. October 2012.
  • Participant, Festival de poesia hispanica por la paz. April 2012.
  • Participant, Festival de poesia hispanica por la paz. April 2012.

2011

  • Member, Fulbright Campus Committee. 2011.
  • Undergraduate Advisor, Texas State Extreme Sports. 2010 - 2011.
  • Participant, Festival de poesia hispanica por la paz. April 2011.
  • Participant, Bobcat Day, Texas State University. February 19, 2011.

2009

  • Developed rubrics for Learning Outcomes and Assessments for German. 2009.
  • Acting Coordinator, First- and Second-Year German, Department of Modern Languages. August 2009 - December 2009.
  • Moderator, Tournées International Film Festival and Symposium. March 30, 2009.

2007

  • Editorial Review Board Member, Teaching Austria. 2007.
  • Departmental Representative, Bobcat Day, Texas State University. October 13, 2007.
  • Departmental Representative, Bobcat Day, Texas State University. April 21, 2007.

2003

  • Chair, German III Section / South Central Modern Languages Association. November 1, 2003.

2002

  • Moderator, 6th Annual Graduate Student Symposium, Department of Germanic Studies, UT-Austin. 2002.
  • Secretary, German III Section / South Central Modern Languages Association. November 1, 2002.

2001

  • Volunteer, UT Interactive. 2001.

1997

  • Webmaster, Goethe-Institut / AATG "Going the Distance" web project. 1997.