Ronald Bell

As a husband, father, educator, minister, and engineer, I have worked for many schools, corporations, and organizations. My spiritual life began "lukewarm" to where I knew about God, to in college I was "cold" living a life ignoring God, to being "hot" living daily submitted to God. My relationship with God through Jesus Christ has brought me through broken relationships, addictions, and pain. My career and profession were full before my submission to God's will for my life; then it went to be fulfilling after my submission. My goal is not perfection, finances, fame, or notoriety; it is success by living each day serving, following, and seeking what God has for me. In addition to MSU, I work with the University of Texas at Austin Cockrell School of Engineering Texas Engineering Executive Education Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) as an Exam Refresher Course Instructor.

My Life

Favorite Quote

“When I was young, I said to God, 'God, tell me the mystery of the universe.' But God answered, 'That knowledge is for me alone.' So I said, 'God, tell me the mystery of the peanut.' Then God said, 'Well George, that's more nearly your size.' And he told me.” ― George Washington Carver

Friends describe me

kind, considerate, direct

My hobbies

Music, Sports

Fantasy dinner guests

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Billy Graham, Mother Teresa

Best advice I ever received

Seek first to understand before trying to be understood

My undergrad alma mater

University of Missouri - Columbia

My worst subject in school

Literature

In college I drove

Chevy Malibu Stationwagon

If I weren't a professor, I would

Spend more time with

Favorite books

Spiritual Leadership: Principles of Excellence for Every Believer by J. Oswald Sanders;

Favorite movies

Rocky

Favorite city

Columbia Missouri

Favorite coffee

None

Nobody knows I

Weighed 100 pounds in 8th grade

My latest accomplishment

Coaching track long and triple jumpers at state competition

Current Research

K12 STEM Education, Leadership, Electromechanical Devices