Millennium Magazine_2ndEd

A Marquis Who's Who Magazine 493 A prolific author in the social sciences and humanities, Dr. Meshack Sagini has produced numerous informative texts since 2000. His most recent, “Globalization: The Paradox of Organizational Behavior: Terrorism, Foreign Policy, and Governance,” was published in 2015. Unsurprisingly, Dr. Sagini was appointed to President Barack Obama’s honorary Kitchen Cabinet for both of his terms in office. He has served as an associate professor and research scientist at Langston University since 1991, having previously enjoyed faculty roles at The University of Oklahoma, Michigan State University and Lansing Community College. A well-traveled scholar, Dr. Sagini has visited four continents and holds formal degrees fromMichigan State University, Andrews University, Northern Caribbean University and the University of Cambridge. He served as a visiting scholar at Kisii University in Kenya in 2014, was honored by the Oklahoma Political Science Association in 2009, and was recently named a Distinguished Professor of Faculty Row, a private network of accomplished academics who also research, teach and write books. Looking ahead, Dr. Sagini hopes to continue teaching and complete his seventh or eighth book, as well as more articles in his field of focus. ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, RESEARCH SCIENTIST Langston University Langston, OK MESHACK SAGINI, PHD M rs. Dianne Runser has been interested in music since she was 5 years old, playing the piano all throughout her childhood. After advancing to more complex lessons, she began playing in accompaniment to her school chorus and the school performance of “West Side Story.” Upon graduating from high school, she attended West Virginia Wesleyan College, earning a Bachelor of Music Education. She subsequently received a Master of Music Education from Duquesne University and has since been certified as a vocal and instrumental teacher for kindergarten through 12th grade in the state of Pennsylvania. Since 1986 Mrs. Runser has been the director of music ministries at the First United Methodist Church in Irwin, Pennsylvania, as well as a private piano teacher since 1978. In her spare time, she also lends her expertise to the Monroeville Community Chorus as a director and the Pennsylvania Grand Assembly as the state music director. Appointed to be a regional committee member for the Pennsylvania Rainbow Girls Grand Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star in 2018, she hopes that she can inspire her students to follow in her footsteps. DIRECTOR OF MUSIC MINISTRIES First United Methodist Church Irwin, PA MRS. DIANNE RUNSER