Experience

Central Lakes College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Visual/Studio Art Professor

  • Jul 1994 - Present

  Central Lakes College is an accredited institution of higher education, having two of the state's 53 campuses in the Minnesota State College and University System located in Brainerd and Staples. Bruce is currently instructing 150 students majoring in the Associates of Arts Degree and or AFA degree. In addition to instruction, he is the overseer and controller of the visual art curriculum, budgeting & purchasing, OER and On-line Art courses, student recruiting & retention, the photo scholarship fund, department relations & industry donations, and other related funtions attributed to the Art department. He also is Co-Coordinator of the College Assessment team and a trainer/mentor on growth mindset. Show less

• Co-Assessment Coordinator & Motivational Speaker

  • 2018 - Present

  Higher Learning Commission ConventionGrowth Mindset Training

• Photographic Imaging Instructor

  • 1994 - 2016



Staples Motley Public Schools

• Staples

• Head Coach

  • 2006 - Present

  Head Coach: Boys and Girls Cross Country Running Head Coach: Boys and Girls Track & Field Head Coach: Girls Basketball Minnesota Coaches Association Life-time member Head Coach: Boys and Girls Cross Country Running Head Coach: Boys and Girls Track & Field Head Coach: Girls Basketball Minnesota Coaches Association Life-time member



Monarch Photo Inc

• Fargo North Dakota, Aberdeen South Dakota, Hutchinson Minnesota

• Technical Operations and Plant Manager

  • Apr 1983 - Jul 1994

  Monarch Photo, a full-service laboratory and studio corporation provided visual image transformation products and services using silver halide, inkjet, dye sublemation, video and digital graphics in its capture and output technologies. Monarch Photo, a full-service laboratory and studio corporation provided visual image transformation products and services using silver halide, inkjet, dye sublemation, video and digital graphics in its capture and output technologies.



Douglas County Historical Society

• United States
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Archive Photographer

  • May 1982 - Sep 1982

  Photographed Douglas county in Minnesota to includes business, agriculture, monuments, lakes, churches, cities, recreational areas/parks and people/culture during thisera of time using black and white film exposed through a 4x5 Sinar Bron view camera. Darkroom processed negatives and manufactured contact sheets. Images were to be used for historical publications, books, newspapers, and related historical projects for the society. The position was intense, with the project be completed before the early Autumn snowfall. Show less