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Settling MSU’s Studying Academic Affairs in Silence East Stroudsberg University Dean and Pittsburgh native Marilyn J. Wells set to take the reigns as VP of Academic Affairs.

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Minnesota State University, Mankato will be introduced to a new face on July 22nd. Marilyn J. Wells, the new Provost and Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs, will be replacing new Winona State University President Scott Olson. Wells, a native of Pittsburgh, Penn., is a second generation American. Her parents graduated high school in World War II and she was the first member of her family to go to college. Wells’ parents believed it was a life dream to get a college education and that it was a key to a better life. Wells draws guidance from the lessons passed down from her mother.

Wells’ mother had always believed girls could do anything boys could do and with that knowledge, Wells’ strength and independence were instilled to accompany her growth as a professional today. Wells is currently the vice provost and graduate dean at East Stroudsburg University in Pennsylvania and is married with two children: Thomas, a junior in college and Michelle, who is 11 years old. Wells brings with her to MSU numerous years of experience after being a key leader and significant player in strategic planning at East Stroudsburg, a public regional master’s comprehensive university with a diverse campus of more than 6,900 students, which consists of a

20 percent ethnic minority. The university also enrolls a significant number of lowincome students from more than 30 states. During her time at East Stroudsburg, Wells also served as the system liaison for strategic initiatives. She led and served on the Office of the Chancellor’s Academic Program Review Committee to review and recommend actions on more than 50 new program proposals by the 14 PASSHE universities. Wells said she attributes some of her greatest lessons learned in working with the universities through the power of collaboration. Since Wells was a little girl, she has been very independent and always insisted on doing things on her own.

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Silent study spaces making waves at Memorial Library.

sam wilmes • msu reporter Memorial Library’s new silent studying areas are located on the first floor, near the vending machines. ERIC PERRINE

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The Minnesota State University, Mankato Memorial Library recently opened two new quiet study spaces for students and off-campus library patrons. Construction of the spaces, located at the north end of the Memorial Library’s first f loor, began December 14, 2012 as the fall semester came to a close and finished during spring break. The new spaces came about as part of the university’s Big Ideas Real-World Thinking campaign, which was designed to “[transform] the typical college experience into one that is more meaningful and more connected to the rest of the world,” according to the uni-

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versity website. In addition to the Big Ideas campaign, the spaces were created in response to student requests for more quiet-study spaces in the library after midnight when the other f loors are no longer open for use, said Dean Joan Roca of Library Services. In order to accommodate the students’ requests, the library approached principal architect, Eric Oleson, of Oleson and Hobbie Architects to design the spaces. After “working closely with library staff,” the final designs were chosen, said Oleson. The final designs included fresh carpet, glass walls, casual and desk-style seating, private work stations and

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