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‘Everybody needs a Margaret’ At St. Cloud State, many come and go through these doors. Some have left lasting impressions on students and fellow co-workers. Share your experiences at outlook.stcloudstate.edu/make-a-difference.
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History squared Twin brothers Joe ’68 ’88 and John ’67 ’88 Gindele do everything together, including college, teaching and authoring a book.
14 Connections through time A grandfather clock created as a service learning project joins the “black walnut forest” of Atwood Memorial Center.
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18 Alumni class notes Careers, changes, couples, children — catch up on what other alumni are accomplishing.
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Editor Loren J. Boone Managing Editor Adam Hammer ’05 Art Direction and Design Marie Novak Madgwick ’91 St. Cloud State Information Marsha Shoemaker Jeff Wood ’81 ’87 ’95 University Advancement Terri Mische Kristin Hatten Athletic Information Anne Abicht ’06 Tom Nelson
From the President
Exceptional faculty leave their mark Since 1869 when Principal Ira Moore and five teachers opened St. Cloud Normal School to our first 50 students, faculty and staff have been leaving their unique footprints on the campus and its community. Without doubt the foremost component in St. Cloud State’s ability to achieve our mission is the people whose knowledge, talent and dedication to teaching, mentoring and service make an extraordinary education possible. Our current mission -- to prepare our students for life, work and citizenship in the 21st century – continues to be carried out in classrooms, in campus life and in community involvement. It is realized in the academic and life lessons that transform students into successful alumni. In 144 years 130,000 graduates have left St. Cloud State with memories of special teachers and mentors who breathed life and passion into their educational experience. One example is Peter Nayenga, who came to St. Cloud State’s history department in 1978, fresh from a year as a Fulbright scholar at the University of North Florida/Florida Junior College. His scholarly journey had been one of overcoming barriers in his native Uganda where Idi Amin’s oppressive policies threatened safety and freedom. President Charles Graham had the foresight to bring Professor Nayenga to St. Cloud State, where he will begin this year winding down his exceptional career as a teacher,
leader and innovator. He arrived on a campus with only a few persons of color and went about creating and sustaining an African Studies program, helping to launch the South Africa study-abroad partnerships and chairing the Monica Nayenga, office operations History Department during manager for the St. Cloud State turbulent times. Faculty Association, and Professor Through 35 years of Peter Nayenga have raised their family in St. Cloud and built bridges with social evolution and change the community. on our campus, Professor Nayenga met the challenges of teaching African history to students from very different cultural backgrounds with grace, determination and effectiveness. Like so many other exceptional faculty and staff who have left their mark on our St. Cloud State heritage, he influenced the course of countless students’ lives. As we say goodbye each year to those who have left their unique stamp on our campus, we say hello to a new and increasingly diverse mix of faculty and staff who bring new bodies of knowledge and perspectives to share with colleagues and students.
Earl H. Potter III, President The African studies program led by Professor Peter Nayenga was instrumental in the establishment of study-abroad programs at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in South Africa. In this 2000 photo are first row, seated from left: guest Cheryl Gilchrist; SCSU students Tesha Alston, Chante Fields, Lulit Asfaw, Enanga Fale; and Monica and Peter Nayenga. Standing, from left: Multicultural Student Services Director Shahzad Ahmad; student Jennifer Amatya; NMMU administrator Jan Kirsten; students Chelsee Florence, Freddie Walker III, Tora Townsend; thenSCSU Vice President Gene Gilchrist and Associate Vice President for International Studies Chunsheng Zhang; and NMMU administrator Andre Havenga.
Fulbright scholars
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The Chronicle of Higher Education listed St. Cloud State among its Top Producers of U.S. Fulbright Scholars for 2012-13. Twenty-two American colleges and universities were included in the Master’s institutions category listing.
St. Cloud State is a member of the United Nations Academic Impact program in support of the U.N. Academic Impact initiative, a global initiative that aligns institutions of higher education with the United Nations in furthering the realization of the purposes and mandate of the organization through activities and research in a shared culture of intellectual social responsibility.
In March, KVSC 88.1 FM campus radio station launched St. Cloud Somali Radio. The service brings a combination of music and news made by and for the Somali community to Central Minnesota. Some programming is in the Somali language, and Somali songs will play between news and talk programming.
About distinctions: The oak leaf has long been the symbol for life and learning at St. Cloud State University, where growth and change are as constant as the flowing waters of the Mississippi River that runs along its oakcrowned banks. It is the natural choice to stand as an icon signifying the honors, awards, distinctions and other high accomplishments that we point to with pride. Look for this oak leaf throughout Outlook and search our online University Distinctions database online at www.stcloudstate.edu/about/ distinctions.
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Lemonade Concert and Art Fair turns 40 Sunny skies brought thousands to campus for the 40th annual Lemonade Concert and Art Fair featuring more than 250 art vendors and musicians including the St. Cloud Symphony Orchestra. The event also kicked off the city’s Granite City Days events and marked the start of the summer edition of the university’s Celebrate! St. Cloud State weekend. View a photo gallery: http://scsu.mn/161B9wR Scan the QR code to watch an audio slideshow The Zombie Pit Stringband performs in the World Commons area during the Lemonade Concert & Art Fair. Photo by Jeff Wood ’81 ’87 ’85
University joins energy efficiency partnerships St. Cloud State aims to trim 20 percent from its $3.7 million annual utility costs, thanks to an Xcel Energy commercial efficiency program. The program is expected to improve energy efficiency in campus buildings, a move that aligns with St. Cloud State’s long-standing commitment to reduce carbon emissions, promote environmental responsibility and save money on energy costs. “We can make a huge impact through these savings,” said Tim Norton, former St. Cloud State University director of facilities management. St. Cloud State also is partnering with Seattle-based energy services firm McKinstry in a campus-wide energy efficiency project. The program is self-funded by energy, utility and operational savings. Working with McKinstry, St. Cloud State will be the first Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system school to utilize the State of Minnesota’s Guaranteed Energy Savings Program. Students will have an opportunity to participate in internships offered by McKinstry, which goes beyond classroom or textbook learning and adds value to the educational experience of St. Cloud State’s students.
Graduates wave to their families as they approach the stage in Halenbeck Hall to receive their degrees during Spring Commencement 2013. Photo by Adam Hammer ’05
New graduates get straight to work
With degrees in hand, St. Cloud State’s newest graduates are ready to take the next step. Many of those graduates are wasting no time and are heading straight into jobs in their fields of study. St. Cloud State graduated 1,574 students spring semester 2013. This included 1,242 undergraduate degrees, 323 graduate degrees and nine doctorates. Among those receiving their degrees was Ashlee Collette, Gull Lake, who graduated cum laude with a bachelor’s in electrical engineering. Collette has had a job lined up as a hardware design engineer at IBM in Rochester since fall semester. Samantha Zarske, Sussex, Wis., will put her double major in international business and Spanish to work as the import coordinator in the honey division for Lamex Foods, one of the world’s largest privately-owned frozen and chilled food importers and exporters. “Coming from a small town, I took advantage of any opportunity to broaden that small-town perspective, and throughout my time at SCSU, I have gained a global mindset,” Zarske said. While attending St. Cloud State, Zarske studied abroad at Universidad de Concepción in Concepción, Chile, and Universidade Federal de Bahia in Salvador, Brazil, where she was one of eight U.S. recipients of the Federal FIPSE/CAPSE Grant. Zarske is the first of her immediate family to graduate from college. Zarske and Collette are just two examples of why some of the biggest companies in the world actively recruit St. Cloud State students. View photos from Spring Commencement 2013: http://scsu.mn/13YRmmB
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Construction projects ready for students Students returning to St. Cloud State for fall semester will notice some impressive new updates to campus including the completion of the Integrated Science and Engineering Laboratories Facility (ISELF), the opening of the first phase of renovation at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center and a remodeled Atwood Memorial Center student union. Since the real world workplace requires working with professionals from various fields of science and engineering, ISELF will have infrastructure to provide students with the opportunity to work across disciplines. The new atrium, suites and concourse area of the recently renamed Herb Brooks National Hockey Center will see their first public visitors this season. “We have a vision for this university. You can see it come alive as you drive throughout campus today,” said St. Cloud State President Earl H. Potter III during a press conference announcing the center’s new name. “This is our new front door. And, I am very proud to share the news with you that this is the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center.” A $4.8 million construction project in Atwood Memorial Center is updating space for student organizations, staff
View of the first floor from the northwest entrance to Atwood Memorial Center.
offices and infrastructure. The more than 240 student organizations this fall will enjoy a large collaboration spaces, two meeting rooms and four offices on the main floor. The Atwood Gallery and LGBT Resource Center are being relocated. On the lower level, student organizations will have a greatly expanded storage space, a multi-use room and rehearsal room. To make way, the Valhalla Room and associated catering space is being relocated to the Brickyard.
Husky Howl attempts to set world record About 300 people gathered on the Atwood Mall on April 26 to attempt to set the Guinness World Record for the most people howling. The Husky Howl was arranged by the Department of Campus Involvement to help foster Husky spirit among its diverse population of students on campus. It was the first attempt anywhere to set a record for the most people howling. “We want the campus to see itself as a pack,” said Lindsey Rogers, Hillsboro,
N.D., the department’s marketing coordinator. “It’s our job is to make student connections happen in exciting ways, and few things are more exciting than being a world-record holder.” This wasn’t the first attempt to set a world record at St. Cloud State. The City of St. Cloud even named the “Day of the Rabbit” in 1980 to mark the attempt by the University Program Board to set the record for the most people doing a dance called the bunny hop. More than 2,000 people
participated, but it wasn’t quite enough to break the record. A follow-up attempt took place the next year. Guinness World Records required 250 participants howling for one full minute to be considered for the howling record. The University had 296 participants and is now waiting to hear back from Guinness World Records on its submission. View a photo gallery from The Husky Howl: http://scsu.mn/13YuEez
Participants howl for the record on the Atwood Mall. Photos by Adam Hammer ’05
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University news SCSU part of NASA mission
2012-13 retirees
St. Cloud State physicist John Harlander is on a team chosen to study Earth’s atmosphere, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The Ionospheric Connection (ICON) team will develop instruments for an Explorer satellite mission to be launched in 2017 from Goddard Space Flight Center, northeast of Washington, D.C. Harlander, a professor of physics, astronomy and engineering science will design, fabricate and pre-flight test an instrument that will measure winds and temperatures in the thermosphere, an upper layer of Earth’s atmosphere. Harlander’s students will participate in the ICON project via a prototype called REDDI that is being installed in Brown Hall. “They’ll have the opportunity to work with this technology in a way they couldn’t with actual space hardware, which is mostly sealed away in a clean room,” Harlander said. “Students will support ICON by making ground-based upper atmospheric wind measurements with REDDI both before and after launch,” he said.
Eileen Benoit, business office
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McKnight Composition Fellowship
Scott Miller, professor of music, is the recipient of a $25,000 McKnight Composition Fellowship, an unrestricted grant that acknowledges excellence in music composition. Miller is a composer of electroacoustic, orchestral, chamber, choral and multimedia works performed at venues throughout North America and Europe. He is among four Composer Fellows honored this year by the St. Paul-based American Composers Forum and its funding partner, the Minnesota non-profit McKnight Foundation. In addition to the McKnight Composer Fellowship, Miller has received honors and awards from the Jerome Foundation, the Minnesota State Arts Board and the MUSICA NOVA 98 International Electroacoustic Music Competition.
Linda Binsfeld, business office Charlene Blewett, general maintenance Judy Bruemmer, general maintenance Ken Carlson, general maintenance Darlene Copley, nursing science Bill Dalton, physics Jeanne Duininck, human resources Miles Heckendorn III, public safety Melinda Hiemenz, nursing science Fred Hill, learning resources and technology services James C. Johnson, marketing and business law Leeann Jorgensen, community psychology
Richard Josephson, information media Morris Kurtz, athletics Lucy Lang, Lindgren Childcare Center R. Dennis Layne, music Karen Lindgren, career services Judy Litterest, communication studies Gregory Martin, mass communications Lynn Metcalf, art Robert Murphy, counseling and community psychology Richard Paulson, information systems Margaret Pryately, communication studies Suzanne Ross, literature, writing and rhetoric William Ruhr, Minnesota Highway Safety Research Center Patricia Sauerer, library services
Miller Scholars awarded Three faculty members have been chosen as Miller Scholars Award recipients in recognition of projects that will take their record of motivation, excellence and leadership in teaching and learning to the next level. Theresa Estrem, associate professor of communication sciences and disorders, and Chaturi Edrisinha, assistant professor of applied behavior analysis, were recognized for their project titled “SCSU Autism Clinic” and Ramnath Sarnath, professor of computer science, received an award for “Developing Curriculum for Computing Courses through a Problem-based, Whole-part-whole Approach.” The Miller Scholars Program was established by the generous donation of James W. and Marion Miller, and co-sponsored by St. Cloud State University’s Office of Academic Affairs. 6
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Retired communication studies professor Erika Vora compares hats with Margaret Vos, Atwood Memorial Center. The two visited at a June 27 reception for the 40th Lemonade Concert and Art Fair.
‘Everybody needs a Margaret’ Atwood Memorial Center Director Margaret Vos may have retired this summer, but the energy, warmth and style she invested during her 27-year St. Cloud State career will continue to reverberate in the walls of Atwood and the careers of students who followed in her footsteps. Vos was honored this spring with national and state awards for outstanding leadership and contributions to student development. Any one of many grateful students whose futures she influenced will tell you why she has been such a significant force in so many lives. “Everybody needs a Margaret,” thenStudent Association President Jarrod Wiggins ’12 said in his 2012 fall convocation speech to faculty and staff. “She challenged me, encouraged me, motivated me, inspired me.” The Margaret effect has led a number of the student leaders, graduate assistants and others she mentored into careers in student life and development. “For two years, we learned on a daily basis from Margaret, the consummate professional to everyone in the office,” said Berrilyn Cross ’96, a former Atwood graduate assistant who now is director of student life for Guilford Technical Community College in Jamestown, N.C. “Margaret could be your friend, your mentor, your mother if you needed ... she could and would do it all,” said Cross, who was a West Georgia College student exploring graduate assistantship
opportunities when she met Vos at a national conference. She was dead set on finding a position in the southeast. “Then I was introduced to this vivacious, hilarious and energetic woman named Margaret Vos, from St. Cloud State University.” Suddenly Minnesota was an option. Vos’s strength lies in being a leader and a doer at the same time, that rare administrator who values attention to detail as well as attention to the needs of the person, place or program she happens to be working with at a given time. It’s a level of caring that’s infectious. “Atwood is bricks and mortar,” said Vos. “I’m extremely fortunate that Atwood has a team that gets it. They understand the importance of student development and rise to every occasion. This team is invested in this institution.” The “team” is composed of a group of associates — many of whom are St. Cloud State grads — who have an average of 15 years in Atwood service. “Some have been here their whole adult life,” she said. “Students keep walking in the door and invest their time and energy.” Vos’s time and energy has been invested in an eclectic string of appointments — a testament to the faith campus leadership has had in her range of abilities. She was hired in 1986, after being a speech, English and theater teacher at Foley High School.
She served as university program director until 1995, when she was named Atwood director. She was appointed interim vice president for student life and development for six months in 2006, followed by two years as interim associate vice president for academic affairs/international studies. Through these and other interim assignments, she always returned to leadership of Atwood, the place long known as “the living room of the campus.” “Atwood should be unique, comfortable, welcoming, but mostly to convey the message that ‘I belong here,’” said Vos. The same words could be used to describe the Atwood administrator who will live on in the hearts of a string of students who took her philosophy to heart.
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History squared Twins co-author educational memoir documenting their lives together
Twin brothers Joe ’68 ’88 and John ’67 ’88 Gindele do everything together. The brothers have always lived together, with the exception of a year spent apart during college, and currently reside in Crystal. They both twice attended St. Cloud State University and enjoyed long teaching careers, both employed in the Robbinsdale School District before a joint retirement devoted to travel, writing and speaking engagements. And now have co-authored the book “Yorkville Twins: Hilarious Adventures Growing Up in New York City, 19441962,” which is receiving a lot of Midwest attention. The brothers combined history and humor in their book in hopes that it will help readers renew their own childhood memories as well as understand how vital and important immigration is to the growth of the country. The book also explores the special bonds and predictive abilities many twins and other multiples have. HH College years HH
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in the same programs at St. Cloud State. John earned a bachelor’s degree in industrial arts in 1967. Joe earned bachelor’s degrees in industrial arts and math. Twenty years later, both returned to St. Cloud State for educational specialist degrees in information media. John decided to become a teacher before Joe did. “I was planning to go into engineering, but once I saw how much fun John was having with industrial arts, I changed my mind,” said Joe. John also taught in New York (Long Island) and they both taught at the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls, Iowa, where they completed doctorate degrees.
“We had fond memories of the family, farm, area and state and decided Minnesota would be a good place to go to college; a place where we could be independent and yet live in and learn about a culture and way of life different from the one we had growing up in Manhattan,” Joe said.
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The Gindele’s moved to Minnesota from New York after visiting their uncle Hugo, who emigrated from Germany, and aunt Lillian on their farm on Pelican Lake near Albertville in 1951. Their New York family of seven visited by automobile. “We had fond memories of the family, farm, area and state and decided Minnesota would be a good place to go to college; a place where we could be independent and yet live in and learn about a culture and way of life different from the one we had growing up in Manhattan,” Joe said. They experienced many benefits of attending school together. “We were able to help each other with class assignments and clue each other into what classes and professors we should take,” Joe said. Communication (mail, telephone and travel) between them and their families in New York and Minnesota was easier and more efficient and they could also share the same car. “At times we lived together in one of the dorms, but usually we lived with other students from various small towns in order to learn from them and the culture they were raised in,” John said. They have many memories and stories from their college years, such as Joe being president of Shoemaker Hall,
“We are teachers. I figure one day we’re going to be gone. As long as our book is out there we’re still going to be teaching. The world is our classroom.” John and Joe Gindele attended St. Cloud State together twice and now have co-authored a book on their childhoods growing up as first-generation Americans in New York City.
which housed 400 men and 200 women, and going on outings to Garrison on Mille Lacs Lake to initiate members each spring for their Chi Sigma Chi industrial arts honor fraternity. But some of their most memorable stories are from their childhoods growing up in New York City. HH ‘Yorkville Twins’ HH
Joe’s and John’s homespun storytelling in “Yorkville Twins” earned them a silver finalist award in the 23rd annual Midwest Book Awards and a nomination in the 25th annual Minnesota Book Awards. The book is currently required reading for several classes at Mercy College in New York. Freshman- and junior-level students in “Critical Inquiry” seminar courses called “The Immigration Experience in New York City” and “History of the Hudson,” respectively, are reading it. The Gindeles co-authored the book to document their childhood experiences as first-generation Americans. Their German father was a baker and their Czech mother was “gregarious,” the brothers said, and loved and trusted everyone. “She even trusted newspapers. She would say to us, ‘Newspapers don’t print lies,’” Joe said. The twins left Yorkville more than 50 years ago, but their memories of growing up in a railroad flat on New York’s Upper East Side remain fresh. HH Preserving heritage HH
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• Atwood Memorial Center opened with the Garvey Commons dining room. • Robert H. Wick was inaugurated president, succeeding George F. Budd. • U.S. Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey, Glen Yarbrough, Henry Mancini, The Lettermen, Louis Armstrong, The Glenn Miller Orchestra and The Vienna Boys Choir visited campus. • Severe winter weather closed campus because of 56-inches of snowfall in the first three weeks of March. • “We took an unauthorized ride in vice presidential candidate William Millers motorcade to St. John’s University,” Joe recalled. Miller was Goldwater’s runningmate. “We cut class with a friend and snuck into his police motorcade with our 1960 Chevy, which we floored, but could hardly keep up.”
“One of the reasons we wrote this memoir is to preserve our heritage and culture,” said John. “And to honor our parents,” added Joe. “We wrote it to also teach our nieces and nephews what life was like for us and their parents and their great grandparents.” Initially a family memoir, the book evolved into a meticulously detailed historical account. While most of the content comes from personal experiences, the Gindeles carefully researched the time period to bolster their memories of popular culture and world events. “We are especially proud of the 200 interactive Internet search terms and websites in Appendix C that complement each chapter,” said Joe. “We are teachers. I figure one day we’re going to be gone. As long as our book is out there we’re still going to be teaching. The world is our classroom.” The book includes more than 100 photographs, annotated resources and a glossary to help readers explore a colorful neighborhood from the past. “We did this out of a burning desire to tell our story and to honor our parents and the immigrants who were From left: Alvin Westfall ’71, John Gindele ’67 ’88, Armand Sequin ’66 and Jerald Swanberg ’72 at the annual Chi Sigma Chi Industrial Arts Honor Fraternity outing searching for a better life,” John said. and initiation of new members at Mille Lacs Lake.
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Drew LeBlanc compiles an unprecedented resume
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Drew LeBlanc’s career as a St. Cloud State student is climaxing April 12 as he holds in his hands college hockey’s version of the Heisman Trophy. At center ice of the CONSOL Energy Center in Pittsburgh, Penn., LeBlanc accepts the 40-pound Hobey Baker Memorial Award, a St. Cloud State first. The senior forward for men’s Husky Hockey is the recipient of a national best 24,707 fan votes and the approbation of a 23-member national selection committee. Talking through a miniature monitor in his right ear is an NHL Network director, who is prepping LeBlanc for a live television broadcast. Seated on the ice before LeBlanc are his parents and two younger brothers, flown in from Hermantown, a suburb of Duluth. In the arena seats are his teammates, who combined with LeBlanc to create a season unlike any in Husky Athletics history: A share of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) title, symbolized by the 100-year-old MacNaughton Cup, and a berth in the NCAA Division I Men’s Ice Hockey Championship — the Frozen Four. Also in the stands are the surgeon and trainer who helped LeBlanc heal from a 2011 compound fracture of both bones in his lower left leg, a gruesome game injury that frightened his teammates and threatened his career. The three-time WCHA Scholar-Athlete and popular mathematics student teacher at St. Cloud Apollo High School is just hours from getting a phone call from the Chicago Blackhawks. Management at the storied National Hockey League franchise sees LeBlanc as college hockey’s leading playmaker, based on a national-best 37 assists during the 2012-13 season. It also sees a young man of high character, who earned a rare sweep of the WCHA’s outstanding player and top student-athlete awards. In the 144 years since students first stepped into a converted hotel above the Beaver Islands, has a St. Cloud State student earned more acclaim for athletic and academic feats? This is the legacy of Drew LeBlanc.
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Drew LeBlanc celebrates with teammates after winning the Hobey Baker Memorial Award. Rarely does a team rally around their teammate at the awards presentation.
AHCA/CCM Division I AllAmerican West First Team 2013 College Hockey Premiere Player of the Year Award 2013 All-USCHO.com Second Team 2013 Ranked 7th in the nation in 2012-13 with 50 points Ranked 1st in the nation in 2012-13 with 37 assists Helped lead Huskies to 2012-13 WCHA Regular Season Title (McNaughton Cup)
Drew LeBlanc poses with Gov. Mark Dayton during the Hobey Baker Memorial Award Banquet in St. Paul.
Helped lead Huskies to a berth at 2013 NCAA DI Midwest Region tournament
»»William Radovich Award (Most Improved) 2009 »»Roland Vandell Award (Rookie of the Year) 2009 »»Marty Sundvall/SC Times Star of the Season 2013 »»LeRoy Radovich Alumni Award (Outstanding Senior) 2013 »»Frank Brimsek Award (MVP) 2013
Drew LeBlanc receives a hug from his mother, Paula LeBlanc, after winning the Hobey Baker Memorial Award.
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Hobey Baker Award Winner 2013 Hobey Baker Hat Trick finalist 2013 Hobey Baker Top 10 finalist 2013
Helped lead Huskies to 2013 NCAA Division I Frozen Four 2010 & 2011 Capital One At-Large Academic All-District V Second Team (Div. I)
Named one of Sports Illustrated’s top five college male athletes of 2012-13
2010, 2011, 2012 & 2013 All-wcha academic
2013 Capital One At-Large Academic AllDistrict First Team (Div. I) 2013 Capital One At-Large Academic All-District Second Team (Div. I)
Drew LeBlanc drives past a Quinnipiac player during the NCAA Frozen Four game in Pittsburgh, Pa.
WCHA Offensive Player of the Week on Jan. 19, 2009 WCHA Offensive Player of the Week on Feb. 5, 2013
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Grandfather clock project highlights campus relationships At spring semester’s end, students in Mark Voigt’s environmental technology class carried the black walnut grandfather clock they’d crafted across campus and placed it in a niche outside Atwood Memorial Center’s Alumni Room. It was a perfect fit. The handsome piece of furniture and class service learning project was a welcome gift for Atwood, the facility often referred to as “the living room of campus,” as well as a rewarding project for all involved. The clock, constructed of rough-sawn black walnut with burled walnut accents, was a great vehicle to teach very highend materials and processes, said adjunct instructor Voigt, a veteran teacher and woodworker. “The project produced a cool product the students are so proud of.” Senior Andy Randolph, a construction management major from Sauk Rapids, agreed. “This is a unique item — a one-of-akind work of art,” he said. “It’s priceless, and the experience in this class was priceless.”
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Examples of the clock-builders’ connections to St. Cloud State span decades and, in the case of class member Scott Tourand, the family tree. Tourand, a senior technology education major, St. Cloud, is the son of Diane Tourand, who once worked on the Atwood staff and is currently office manager for the Management Department. Eighty-two-year-old classmate, Dana Fruth, has been taking woodworking classes at St. Cloud State for 10 years. Her son, John ’94 ’96 ’12, is both a former assistant professor and a current graduate student in community counseling at St. Cloud State. Dana’s mother, Frances DeLaurier Utz, graduated from St. Cloud State in 1920 and returned in 1969 to earn a master’s degree in education. Fruth is no mere dabbler. She’s built furniture and installed wood trim work in her homes. “I like building things,” she said. The mother of two who served professionally as treasurer from 1969 to 1994 for Utz Estates Gravel Aggregate Company has been a perpetual creator. Currently, in addition to
The details of the grandfather clock built by Mark Voigt’s environmental technology class are what make it truly special, from the matching grains around corners to the cuts of wood from different parts of the tree for darker and lighter tones.
“This clock is a beautiful addition, and it fits very well in the black walnut forest of Atwood,” a reference to the liberal use of black walnut wood as accents throughout the studentcentered facility. Vos and others on campus have connections with instructor Voigt and some of the class members. Voigt ’79 and ’88 earned undergraduate and master’s degrees in technology education. His wife, Rose ’88, and son, Alex ’08, also are graduates. Voigt has taught at high schools in Sauk Rapids, Spring Lake Park and most recently Foley, where Vos began her professional career as an English teacher. Voigt, who lives in a home he built in rural Elk River, has taught several classes as an adjunct instructor in the Department of Environmental and Technological Studies. Fifteen similar clocks his high school or college classes have created have been donated to a Ronald McDonald House, Shriner’s Hospital, women’s shelters, care facilities, a Kent Hrbek fundraiser for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and other charitable organizations. Fruth and Voigt’s other students had high praise for their instructor. “I can’t say enough good things about him,” said Randolph, a construction management senior from Sauk Rapids. “He’s a down-to-earth guy who works alongside you and knows what he’s doing. He’s lived it, he’s done it and he’s still doing it.” In order to finish the clock on time Fruth, Tourand and others among Voigt’s seven students spent countless hours at the workshop in Headley Hall, including three 12-hour Saturdays. “It took a lot of hours, and this was a great lesson for these students,” Voigt said. “They learned that with persistence and extra effort they can accomplish great things.”
her woodworking projects, she works on four garden plots at her home plus on a neighbor’s plot and the St. Cloud State Community Garden. “You can’t just sit around and knit and crochet,” said Fruth. Back in time
The unexpected clock donation has been exciting on several levels for retiring Atwood Director Margaret Vos ’72, who is overseeing a major renovation of the student union.
“It took a lot of hours, and this was a great lesson for these students,” Voigt said. “They learned that with persistence and extra effort they can accomplish great things.”
Grandfather clock builders were, from left, students Andy Randolph, David Kenyon, Scott Tourand, Gatlin Norgren (kneeling), Matt Elliot (kneeling), John Waletzko, Dana Fruth and adjunct instructor Mark Voigt ’88.
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Husky Athletics
Huskies celebrate academic and athletic excellence The phrase student-athlete rang true throughout 2012-13 as St. Cloud State studentathletes excelled in intercollegiate competition and academics. Several student-athletes won National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) Division II individual national championships and were named to Capital One Academic All-America teams. To top it all off, seven Husky teams won conference titles. Senior Shamus O’Grady, Coon Rapids, led the St. Cloud State wrestling team to an NCAA national team runner-up, winning the individual title at 184 pounds and was named the Outstanding Wrestler Shamus O’Grady of the championships. On the way to the national title, he was voted Most Valuable Wrestler of the NCAA Super Region 3 Championships winning an individual title and claiming Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) MVP honors. A four-time All-American O’Grady finished his final season with a 40-1 record tying the school record for most wins in a season and was 108-28 in his career. Husky Wrestling was NCAA national runner-up for the third straight year, and won its third straight Super Region 3 title and second consecutive NSIC championship. Luke Weber, Mankato, became the third Husky male diver to win an NCAA Division II National title when he captured first place on the three-meter board. Competing in his fourth national championship, Weber posted a score of 563.80 for the national title and two nights later, competing on the one-meter board, finished as the national Luke Weber runner-up for the second straight year. Weber helped his team to a 12th place team finish at the national championships. Academically, St. Cloud State boasted six Capital One Academic All-America team members selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). To be eligible, a student-athlete must be a varsity starter or key reserve and maintain a cumulative grade point average of 3.30. Since 1976, St. Cloud State has had 53 athletes named to a CoSIDA All-America team. Of those 53, 25 have been named first team including eight since 2011. St. Cloud State teams filled the Husky trophy cases with new hardware in 2012-13. An unprecedented seven teams won division and conference championships. It started in early February with the women’s swimming and diving team and ended in May with baseball’s regular season conference championship. • Women’s swimming and diving NSIC champions • Wrestling NSIC champions • Men’s basketball NSIC North Division champions • Women’s basketball NSIC North Division champions • Men’s ice hockey WCHA regular season MacNaughton Cup champions • Men’s golf NSIC champions • Baseball NSIC regular season champions Read more online at: scsuhuskies.com
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Above: Kalle Kossila goes up against the Quinnipiac defense during the Husky’s Final Four contest at the Consul Energy Center in Pittsburgh, Pa. Photo by Adam Hammer ’05 Below: The Huskies celebrate their only Frozen Four goal by Joey Benik. Photo by Adam Hammer ’05
Husky Athletics
Men’s Husky Hockey looks back on historic season St. Cloud State University firmly etched 2012-13 into the men’s Husky Hockey record books with a season that included four historic firsts for the University. The Huskies posted a 4-2 victory over Wisconsin in Madison on March 8, earning St. Cloud State a share of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) regular season title and the MacNaughton Cup for the first time in team history. The Huskies went on to sweep Alaska Anchorage in first-round play of the WCHA playoffs and then qualified as the top seed at the 2013 WCHA Final Five in St. Paul. A loss to Wisconsin in the semi-finals of the WCHA final proved to be just a bump in the road for the Huskies as they went on to clinch an National College Athletics Association (NCAA) tournament bid and a trip to the NCAA Division Midwest Regional in Toledo, Ohio. The Huskies proved to be giant killers with an epic 5-1 win over No. 1 seed Notre Dame in the regional opener.
The victory propelled St. Cloud State into the championship game of the Midwest Regional against future National Collegiate Hockey Conference rival Miami University. St. Cloud State wasted little time in earning the upper hand in the game with a pair of goals by regional MVP Joey Benik, a freshman from Andover. The Redhawks rallied with one goal in the second period, but a two-goal barrage courtesy of junior Cory Thorson, Crystal, sealed the deal for the Huskies. The pair of NCAA wins provided the Huskies with their first NCAA regional championship since moving to the Division I level in 1987-88. St. Cloud State’s post-game celebration on the ice in Toledo was later capped by a welcome home ceremony that featured hundreds of the Husky faithful greeting their team at the St. Cloud airport. The regional title extended the Huskies season into April by providing them with their first trip to the big dance — the NCAA Division I Frozen Four.
In the national spotlight, the Huskies enjoyed their journey to the NCAA Frozen Four at the Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh, Pa. Pre-game activities, media attention and ceremonies provided St. Cloud State with the red carpet treatment. The Huskies’ season came to a close on April 11 with a tough 4-1 loss to No. 1 seed Quinnipiac in the semifinals of the NCAA tournament. St. Cloud State finished the year at 25-16-1 overall and were 18-9-1 in the always rugged WCHA. Back in St. Cloud, the Huskies were feted at a special ceremony that gave fans an opportunity to see the progress being made on the renovations to their home arena. The celebration also provided the proper backdrop for the announcement that the Huskies’ home facility will now be known as the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center, which will honor the contributions that Brooks made to the program at St. Cloud State and the sport of hockey.
Husky fans celebrate the men’s hockey season during a community celebration event at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center. Photo by Adam Hammer ’05
Season highlights • 2012-13 WCHA Regular Season Champions (18-91 WCHA record) • 2013 NCAA Division I Midwest Regional champion • 2013 NCAA Division I Frozen Four participant • No. 4 national ranking in final NCAA polls • 10 SCSU players named 2013 WCHA ScholarAthletes
• 16 SCSU players named 2013 Academic All-WCHA award recipients • Nick Jensen WCHA Defensive Player of the Year • NCAA Elite 89 Award: Brooks Bertsch • Nick Jensen and Drew LeBlanc All-WCHA First Team • Hobey Baker Memorial Award
Read about Drew LeBlanc’s season highlights including winning the Hobey Baker Memorial Award on page 10. Read more about the Huskies in the Frozen Four online at: http://scsu.mn/zmydsh
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Alumni events and happenings Left: Members of the 1962 undefeated Husky Hockey team Al Paulson ’63, Dale Carmichael ’65 and John Duncan ’67 visit with coach Bob Motzko ’89 during the Frozen Four pre-game gathering at Tavern 245 in Pittsburgh, Pa. Photo by Adam Hammer ’05 Below: Alumni and friends gathered at Bunny’s Bar & Grill in Brooklyn Park to cheer on the Husky Hockey team’s Frozen Four appearance.
TRANSITIONS
’69
James Schaffran, Chaska, retired in
December 2012 as a MD-11 captain after 17 years with FedEx Express.
’72
Bruce Watkins, St. Cloud, was
named one of nine regional Administrators of Excellence for 2013 by the Minnesota Association of School Administrators. Watkins was the St. Cloud school superintendent.
’72 ’84
Andrew Thompson, Brainerd, started a counseling practice, Andy Thompson Counseling in Brainerd.
’74
Brian Bensen, St. Cloud, is retiring after 35 years as Sherburne County administrator. He served as planning and zoning director for 15 years before being appointed county administrator in 1999. • Michael Botzek, Willmar, published the book, “Cheapshoot, Waterfowl Hunting in Canada on a Budget.”
’75
Karen Black, Kansas City, Mo.,
is founder and owner of Insight
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Edge Coaching and Consulting. • Sandra (Shaver) Johnson, Clear Lake, is a recipient of 2013 Five Star Wealth Manager award by Five Star Professional. Johnson is a private wealth advisor with Johnson, Carriar, Kruchten, Anderson and Associates of Ameriprise Financial in St. Cloud.
’76
Tod Ewing, Washington, D.C., gave
the keynote presentation at the 2012 National Association for the Advancement of Colored People’s Freedom Fund Banquet. Ewing is a co-founder of the local NAACP, which celebrated its 30th anniversary this year. • Pamela Pietz, Jamestown, N.D., a research wildlife biologist for the U.S. Geological Survey, was granted the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Meritorious Service Award and elected fellow of the American Ornithologists’ Union.
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’81
Debora Boelz, Little Falls, is
president and CEO of the Little Falls Chamber of Commerce.
’82
Gary Douglas, Urbandale, Iowa, is
president of Nationwide National Partners in Columbus, Ohio. He previously was president and CEO of Nationwide Agribusiness in Des Moines, Iowa. • Gail (Kulick) Jackson, Milaca, joined the legislative and regulatory practice group of Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A. as an associate and lobbyist.
’82 ’88
Jill (Warren) Rudnitski, Big Lake, joined the Minnesota Historical Society as chief development officer. Rudnitski previously was vice president of development at the Science Museum of Minnesota.
Michael Paul, Portland, Ore., is
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executive producer for the film “From Wasioja to Washington.” • Charles Waibel, Milan, is a 2013 Bush Fellow. He will be working to build a structure for and promote the concepts of providing fresh, healthy local food in the deep winter
president and CEO for Plaza Bank in Seattle, Wash. • Dale Rogholt, Rice, is mayor of the City of Rice. James Bach, Chanhassen, is director of materials at Polar Tank.
Richard Oxley, Andover, was
and bridging the gap between local producers and consumers.
’84
Earl Kilian, Boise, Idaho, was named
to the Idaho Amateur Softball Association Hall of Fame. During his 26 years with Boise Parks & Recreation he has coordinated softball, football, basketball, hockey and figure skating programs and tournaments, and several special events.
’85
Heidi (Holt) Hansen, Becker, along with Marcia Benson, composes music under their company Dolce Dolls LLC. • Gary Weckwerth, Sioux Falls, S.D., joined Marco as a regional sales director for the northwest Iowa, southwest Minnesota and South Dakota markets.
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Robin Johnson, Alexandria,
completed Hospital Emergency Response Training at the Center for Domestic Preparedness in Anniston, Ala. • Jacqueline (Kruse) Schneider, Plymouth, received a Woman in Business Award from the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal. Schneider is vice president of sales and customer service at Proto Labs, Inc.
Unless otherwise noted, all cities listed in class notes are in Minnesota.
Alumni class notes Left: Mass Communications alumni and friends gathered to honor professor Mike Vadnie’s 32 years of teaching at St. Cloud State. Pictured with Vadnie is University Chronicle staff throughout the years. Vadnie was faculty adviser for the University Chronicle for 24 years. Photo courtesy of Nick Rasmussen ’90 Left bottom: Past Excellence in Leadership Award recipients gathered to celebrate 25 years of the EIL Awards. Pictured are Alyssa Theis ’12, Melissa Henderson ’13, and Anna Donlan. Below: In February, more than 80 alumni and friends gathered for the annual golf event in Fountain Hills, Ariz., including James Nord ’57, Mary Dare, Janet Wiig and Darrell Johnson ’64. View more alumni events and happenings photos at outlook.stcloudstate.edu/alumnihappenings.
2012-13 Alumni Awards recipients The SCSU Alumni Association Awards spotlight alumni, friends and employees of the university who demonstrate the highest standards of integrity and character, and individuals whose careers and life accomplishments reflect positively on our university community. Awards were presented during a ceremony in the Atwood Memorial Center Theater in April.
University Leadership Award
View photos from the Alumni Awards: http://scsu.mn/14N7tD6
Alumni Service Award
Ron Seibring, St. Cloud, director of Sports Facilities and Campus Recreation, has more than 20 years of service at the University and in Central Minnesota. Seibring has mentored and empowered hundreds of students and employees to succeed and build skills for success in their careers. Alexander L. Ames ’07 ’12, Wilmington, Del., is a Lois F. McNeil Fellow in the Winterthur Program in American Material Culture at the University of Delaware and at the Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library. While at St. Cloud State, Ames’ work included a written history of the Whitney House and an exhibit on the history of Fifth Avenue for the opening of the Welcome Center.
Distinguished Alumni Award
Grant E. Nelson ’63, Prescott, Wis., is a two-time inductee into the St. Cloud State Athletic Hall of Fame for his wrestling accomplishments. Nelson is active throughout the community and is president of the Nelson Family Foundation, the SCSU Wrestling Takedown Club and is on the SCSU President’s Athletics Advisory Board.
Graduate of the Last Decade
Robert Animiki Horton ’06, Thunder Bay, Ontario, is pursuing his master’s in education at Lakehead University and said that his time at St. Cloud State “provided the missing keynote on the path to success.” Horton is active in the Thunder Bay community and is a trustee for the Rainy River First Nations Land Claim Trust.
Alumni Association Award recipients Alexander L. Ames ’07 ’12, Grant E. Nelson ’63, and Ron Seibring pose together at the award ceremony in April. Not pictured is Robert Animikii Horton ’06. Photo courtesy of Denise Gagner, Studio D
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’96
’00 ’04
ProcessPro as a business development representative. • Bradley Wheelock, St. Cloud, is a member of the inaugural Financial Times top 400 advisors, representing the top two-tenths of 1 percent of financial advisors in America. Wheelock is a financial advisor for the Wheelock Investment Group at RBC Wealth Management.
St. Cloud, presented the welcome address during the spring 2013 Concordia University graduate programs commencement ceremony. She is a fifth-grade teacher at Westwood Elementary in St. Cloud.
Lawrence Kvas, St. Cloud, joined
’89
William Zulkosky, Maple Grove, is
national sales director for Magenic, a Microsoft-focused software development firm.
’90
Chad Gross, Brainerd, was appointed
to Riverwood Healthcare Center’s governing board of directors. • Karl Kaufmann, Pillager, was nominated for the 2013 Minnesota Teacher of the Year.
’91
Michael Grover, Mahtomedi, is
assistant vice president at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis.
’93
Lisa (Crawford) Guzek, Sauk Rapids,
is an independent consultant with Tastefully Simple Inc. • Michael Hastings, North Mankato, was a finalist for the Spencer Penrose Award as national coach of the year.
’94
Kenneth Hanna, St. Cloud, started
Lion Youth and Community Services LLC., an Afrocentric counseling and group therapy center. • Joel Swanson, Mounds View, is treasurer of the Minnesota Public Relations Society of America for 2013. Swanson is president of Risdall Public Relations.
’95
Jenifer (Nieuwenhuis) Gustafson,
Wausau, Wis., is president and owner of REI Engineering Inc.
Yung Yiu, Savage, is a senior associate
with Grant Thorton.
Lifestyles Inc. • Lee Stevens, St. Cloud, joined Investors Real Estate Trust as a regional property manager.
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’04 ’06
withPsychotherapeutic Resources LLC.
received the 2013 New Special Education Leader Award from the Minnesota Administrators for Special Education. Clarkson is Anoka-Hennepin’s special education director.
nominated for the 2013 Minnesota Teacher of the Year. • Jennifer (Reinhart) Schemelin, Minneapolis, received the 2013 Terri Lynne Lokoff/Children’s Tylenol National Child Care Teacher Award. With the grant money, Schemelin plans to build an outdoor music class room at All God’s Children Learning Center in Golden Valley where she is a lead teacher.
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’02 ’06 ’11
sergeant in the Elk River Police Department. • Aaron Frederickson, Lino Lakes, is director of Medicare Secondary Payer Compliance for Allsup. • • Eric Johnson, Deephaven, former SCSU hockey player, is coach of the Minnetonka girls’ hockey team which won the state championship for the third straight year. • Matthew Nielsen, Sartell, is sports writer/general reporter at the Devils Lake Journal. • Lori Raiber, Litchfield, is executive director of Tri-County Action Program in St. Cloud.
Zimmerman, is a mortgage loan specialist for Falcon National Bank.
Annette (Witte) Witte-Nyberg,
’96 ’05
Mary (Jakubic) Clarkson, Rosemount,
Brian Boos, Cold Spring, is patrol
’98
Gwen (Yoakum) Toppe, Big Lake,
was nominated for the 2013 Teacher of the Year award.
’99
Aimee (Gapsiewicz) Minnerath,
Paynesville, is director of marketing for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Minnesota.
’00
Scott Bernatz, St. Joseph, joined
the Sizewise team as the heartland regional manager, where he will oversee six Sizewise sites. • Jeremy Stover, Sartell, is vice president and controller for the north central region of Knife River Corporation, based in Sauk Rapids.
Charles Kruger, St. Cloud, was
’05
Marsha Hagfors, Braham, is a peer mentor working with consumers with disabilities at Independent Lifestyles. • Courtney (Dullinger) Otteson, St. Joseph, is on the board of directors of Opportunity Services.
’05 ’10
Luke Lutterman, Rushford,, is
Melissa (Christensen) Deakins,
’03
Jeremy Olsen, Ramsey, is international sales manager for St. Paul-based InSitu Technologies. • Lee Westrum, Benson, is superintendent of Wadena-Deer Creek schools.
’04
Kelsey (Spicer) Otto, Sartell, is
Frank Ayers, St. Cloud, is the 2012 Instructor of the Year at Minnesota School of Business for the second time. • Jeffrey Jackson, Mayer, is on the Watertown-Mayer School Board. • Jeanette (Pohl) Lukowski, Bemidji, wrote a memoir of survival, “Heart Scars,” published by North Star Press. • Daniel Martinez, Clearwater, is an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. • Jamie O’Rourke, Sartell, received accredited domestic partner financial advisor designation with Johnson, Carriar, Kruchten, Anderson, and Associates of Ameriprise Financial in St. Cloud. • Andrea Redetzke, St. Joseph, is chairwoman of the Stearns County Human Services Advisory Committee. Redetzke is an advocacy and community relocation coordinator for Independent
athletics director for Sauk RapidsRice.
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Robert Girtz, Spearfish, S.D., is assistant professor of economics at Black Hills State University. • Oleksandr Lugovskyy, Lawrence, Kan., is an assistant professor at Simpson College in Iowa. • Katrina (Schwartz) Pierson, Sauk Rapids, was named one of Central Minnesota’s 5 under 40 by the St. Cloud Times. • Keri Raiber, St. Cloud, is program director for New Beginnings in St. Cloud.
’07 ’09
Lowell Haagenson, St. Cloud, joined
Resource Training and Solutions as a special education specialist.
’07 ’10
Denelle (Maguet) DelZoppo, Sartell,
joined Otter Tail Corporation as a human resource generalist.
’08
Andrea Borresch, St. Cloud, is an assistant toddler teacher at Little Innovators in St. Cloud. • Kari Hommerding, St. Cloud, joined Marco as an accounting assistant. • Shonta Thorp, Atwater, joined the ProcessPro client support team as a client support specialist.
2013 Board of Directors by St. Cloud Federal Credit Union • Gary Gillitzer ’71, St. Cloud, was appointed to the supervisory committee. • Paula (Imholte) Erdmann ’76, Clear Lake. • Jon Grahek ’78 ’82, St. Cloud, was appointed to the supervisory committee. • Jacqueline (Trobec) Schoenfelder ’83, St. Cloud, was elected second vice chairman.
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• Melissa (Pruitt) Johnson ’91, Oak Park. • Barry Kirchoff ’92 ’98, St. Cloud. • Jill (Gohmann) Hoffmann ’00 ’01 , St. Joseph, was appointed to the supervisory committee. • Andrew Johannes ’04, St. Cloud, was elected chairman.
Unless otherwise noted, all cities listed in class notes are in Minnesota.
Alumni class notes
Shaping curriculum to reflect social change in South Africa
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in the system evaluation of a Chemically Hardened Expeditionary Medical Facility at the Naval Weapons Station Cheatham Annex, Williamsburg, Va. • Ernesto Jimenez, Sauk Rapids, joined Marco as a managed services, client relations specialist. • Jayme (Klein) Revermann, St. Cloud, is a communications and volunteer coordinator at New Beginnings in St. Cloud. • Jolene (Pick) Tourville, Princeton, graduated from the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine. She will be practicing with a small animal veterinary clinic that has offices in both Elk River and Princeton.
the 2013 Spring Colloquia for the St. Cloud State School of Public Affairs. Anderson is a flight attendant with Sun Country Airlines. • Megan Bartelt, Waseca, was promoted to senior recovery agent for Preferred Credit Inc. • Michael Hagstrom, Richmond, joined Marco as a help desk representative. • Luke Johnson, Sunburg, is production manager for Speedpro Imaging. • Nabil Madani, Little Canada, is a financial analyst at IBM. • Randy Mohawk, Rochester, is an instructor in the criminal justice/law enforcement department at Rochester Community and Technical College.
Kevin Blake, Big Lake, participated
“Curriculum development is my passion,” said Muki Moeng ’99 during a spring semester presentation on student success at St. Cloud State. “The status quo needs to be disrupted.” Referring to her work as institutional director of teaching and learning at North-West University, Potchesfstroom, South Africa, Moeng noted “curriculum transformation needs to be prioritized and resourced” to serve diverse student populations. Moeng earned a master’s degree in curriculum and Muki Moeng ’99 instruction from St. Cloud State as one of the first three exchange students from the University of Port Elizabeth, South Africa, where she later returned as a lecturer. She earned a doctorate in curriculum there during a period of momentous social change in her country. As a doctoral student, Moeng experienced an educational system in flux. At times she was the only black student in class and sometimes felt excluded when her instructor and other classmates shared a set of cultural references outside of her experience. Today Moeng helps new and experienced lecturers transform curriculum to reflect demographically changed classrooms. Moeng said a curriculum that goes unchallenged for a long period can “become like a cemetery — a sacred place, a repository of precious traditions.” When it reaches this status, resistance to change can be great. A transformed curriculum can be challenged, refined and modified. Moeng is committed to an ongoing process of challenging the status quo, as opposed to the “big bang approach.” “The curriculum should not just make students employable,” Moeng said. “What kind of humans are we developing? As educators, we must consider the roles in citizenship students must assume.”
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Anthony Buhr, Minneapolis, is
special projects manager for USA Swimming. • Dane Carley, Hawley, was promoted to battalion chief with the Fargo Fire Department. He also is an instructor at the North Dakota Fire Fighter’s Leadership Conference. • Jessica Jacobson, St. Michael, advanced to level three in the clinical laddering system, a career advancement recognition system for registered nurses. Jacobson works in the intensive care unit at the St. Cloud Hospital. • Matthew Nicklay, Atlanta, Ga., is a computer programmer at Harvard University. • Nathan Rudolph, Sauk Rapids, was named principal of Sauk RapidsRice Middle School. • Danielle Wicker, Sartell, is an assistant general manager for Noodles and Company in Grand Forks, N.D.
’10 ’12
Stephaeno Brereton, San Fransico, Calif., is a data and policy analyst with Acmen/SPHERE.
’11
Lucas Edberg, Belle Plaine, is a basel validations analyst for U.S. Bank. • Brian Maturi, Sartell, was promoted to intensive supervision agent with the Minnesota Department of Corrections. • Cassandra Waste, St. Cloud, is interim director of Financial Aid for Williston State College. • Garrett Raboin, St. Cloud, was assistant coach during the men’s Husky Hockey team’s first Frozen Four appearance.
I-Learn creators by Cold Spring Elementary School The following teachers were involved in creating I-Learn, an integrated experience for fourth and fifth grade students designed to create a diverse and independent learning experience both academically and socially: • Thomas Petroski ’84 ’94, St. Joseph. • Gregory Spanier ’95 ’02, Cold Spring.
’11 ’12
Russell O’Fallon, Paynesville, is
a police officer with the West Hennepin Public Safety department.
Will Anderson, Burnsville, spoke at
Other alumni
Nathan DiCasmirro, Soudan, a
former SCSU hockey player, scored the winning goal in overtime as Italy’s national team upset Germany in a 2014 Olympics hockey qualifier this winter. • David Eddy, Woodbury, was recalled from the Utah Grizzlies of the East Coast Hockey League.
Marriages and commitments ’00 Raymond Kimal and Sue (Welk) Kimal, Richfield, MN, 11/6/2010. ’05 Wei-Jiun Chieh and ’08 Felicia Chandra, Jakarta Selaton, 00, 12/2/2012. ’08 Kathryn (Goetzinger) Glanz and Andrew Glanz, Dyersville, IA, 11/17/2012. ’08 Jakob Overby and ’08 Amanda (Hannaher) Overby, Fargo, ND, 6/13/2009. ’08 Brittany (Stang) Reich and Barton Reich, Sartell, MN, 5/26/2012. Births and Adoptions ’86 Paul Burnes and Liesl Burnes,
Brooklyn Park, son, Payton, 4/29/2013. ’94 Barbara Woida and Timothy Biros, Norwood Young America, son, Hubert, 11/1/2012. ’96 Paul Luxem and Rebecca Luxem, New Albany, Ohio, son, Jackson, 5/5/2012. ’98 Michael Bauer and ’01 Lynette (Sonstebo) Bauer, Elk River, daughter, Maggie, 1/27/2013. ’98 Kate (Ahlquist) Onsum and ’07 Marcus Onsum, Albertville, daughter, Kaia, son, Davin, 3/26/2012. ’99 Lisa (Baleisis) Baleisis Verna and Jean-Pierre Verna, Minnetonka, son, Stefan.
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Alumni class notes
Grad receives patent for drum device Chad Patrick ’06 was granted a patent in April for The Drum Wallet, a tone control device for snare drums. The device was voted Best Advanced Tool for School at the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) 2010 trade show in Nashville, Tenn. Patrick’s first Drum Wallet product has been independently distributed to 12 countries, and is in the hands of some of the biggest and best players in the world including Omar Hakim (Madonna, Sting), Ray Luzier (Korn) and Brandon Buckley (Shakira). Patrick played at The Red Carpet and coffee shops in St. Cloud with rock bands while attending St. Cloud State and graduated with a bachelor’s in elementary education and started teaching in Fontana, Calif., in 1997. During college, he also began playing guitar, singing and writing his own music. “While teaching, I started to realize more and more that my creative daydreamer side was not a curse and in fact it is a blessing,” Patrick said. “I started researching intellectual property rights and inventing in my spare time.” As a drummer in California, Patrick has had numerous accolades including second place winner in the World’s Fastest Drummer “Fastest Hands” competition at the winter NAMM show in 2005. Like many drummers, one trick Patrick used while playing was to place his wallet from his back pocket on the snare drum to try to control unwanted over-ring. The Drum Wallet allows users to have the ease and simplicity of using a wallet to control sound with consistency and accuracy. “The Drum Wallet is the equivalent to the guitarist’s capo,” Patrick said.
State Patrol graduates
by Minnesota State Patrol The following officers graduated after 15 weeks of training and course work at Camp Ripley: • David Borden ’11, St. Cloud. • Kali Kleinschmidt ’11 ’12, St. Cloud.
Teachers of the year by Minnesota Council for the Social Studies • Jennifer Richason ’98, St. Cloud, Middle School Teacher of the Year. • Alan Amdahl, Albany, Secondary Teacher of the Year.
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’99 Nicole (Dodge) Klitzke and ’98 Bradley Klitzke, Chaska,
daughter, Hailey, 9/20/2012.
’99 Danielle (McKenzie) Leighton and
William Leighton, Ridgway, Pa., son, Owen, 4/18/2012.
’99 LeAnna (Wangerin) Schmillen
and Jared Schmillen, Plymouth, daughter, Cadence, 5/12/2012. ’00 Jaclyn (Smalley) Alme and James Alme, Farmington, daughter, Lila, 4/9/2011. ’00 Dawn (Tomatz) Spaniol and ’00 Zackary Spaniol, Rochester, son, Stone, 10/26/2012. ’00 ’09 John Vette and ’01 ’09 Marisa (Adler) Adler Vette, Forest Lake, daughter, Adeleigh, 11/24/2012. ’01 Shawn Anderson and Brenda (Monson) Anderson, Cokato, son, Wyatt, 3/23/2013. ’02 Meghann Boser and David Kuschel, Royalton, daughter, Hannah, 12/4/2012. ’02 Lisa (Mueller) Sabyan and James Sabyan, St. Cloud, son, Emmett, 11/22/2012. ’03 Tara (Spoden) Gaibor and Jesse Gaibor, Albertville, daughter, Savannah, 10/23/2012. ’03 ’05 Chelsey (Kotewa) Haase and Brent Haase, Blue Earth, son, Maxwell, 11/1/2012.
Chad Patrick ’06 exhibits his Drum Wallet during the annual National Association of Music Merchants trade show.
’05 Cameo (Rainaldo) DeDominces
and Alan DeDominces, St. Cloud, son, Tucker, 2/11/2013
’05 Rebecca (Jones) Hedgers and ’06 Matthew Hedgers, Spring
Lake Park, daughter, Madeline, 1/2/2013. ’05 Brian Kraatz and ’07 Andrea (Kubisiak) Kraatz, Plymouth, daughter, Harper, 11/8/2012. ’05 George Micalone and ’05 Kelly (Weber) Micalone, Ames, Iowa, daughter, Addison, 4/15/2013. ’05 Randy Ripp and ’07 Mary (Dupay) Ripp, Big Lake, daughter, Lucy, 5/16/2012. ’05 ’11 Sara (Undesser) Smith and Jay Smith, St. Cloud, son, Jace, 6/17/2012. ’06 Amanda (Blachek) Ahmed and ’07 Taimour Ahmed, Macedonia, Ohio, son, Caiden, 4/24/2013. ’06 Erica (Lange) Knudson and Luther Knudson, Sauk Rapids, son, Evan, 10/5/2012. ’06 Kirk Pauley and ’07 Sara (Koets) Pauley, West Allis, Wis., son, Joseph, 6/3/2012. ’06 Bradley Schank and Christina (Soppa) Schank, Galesville, Wis., daughter, Caitlin, 3/26/2012. ’07 Allison (Hinzman) Coyle and David Coyle, Oakdale, daughter, Aria, 1/19/2013.
’08 Amber Bruns and Chris Bruns,
Sioux Falls, S.D., daughter, Londyn, 12/21/2012. ’08 Kyle Butkowski and ’09 Pamela (Roth) Butkowski, Maple Plain, son, Ridley, 2/21/2013. ’08 Lisa Holmquist-Arndt and Josh Arndt, Grove City, daughter, Lauran, 6/12/2012. ’08 Amanda (Hannaher) Overby and ’08 Jakob Overby, Fargo, N.D., son, Kolsen, 6/11/2012. ’09 Pamela (Roth) Butkowski and ’08 Kyle Butkowski, Maple Plain, son, Ridley, 2/21/2013. ’09 John Hillmer and ’09 Leah (Arndt) Hillmer, White Bear Lake, daughter, Evelyn, 6/21/2012. ’11 Jeri Kovarik St. Cloud, daughter, Lilli Ann Marie, 9/23/2012. We Remember ’36 Julia (Sletten) Benson, 98,
Minneapolis
’36 ’65 Edith (Arnquist) Johnson, 96,
Evansville
’37 Pearl (Gullickson) Halverson, 94,
Minneapolis
’38 Vivian (Gilbertson) Boller, 95,
Poulsbo, Wash.
’40 Zona (Olson) Johnson, 92, Ely ’40 ’62 Joyce (Lachelt) Holmgren, 94,
St. Cloud
’42 Forrest Lee, 93, Jamestown, N.D.
Unless otherwise noted, all cities listed in class notes are in Minnesota.
Alumni class notes ’43 Margaret (Czech) Case, 90, St.
’52 Raymond Horsch, 83, Rockville
’62 Don Coburn, 76, Punta Gorda,
’43 Helen (Swedzinski) McGuire, 89,
’52 Mary (Bednorz) Hutchins, 82,
’63 Laura (Aho) Bruneaux, 75, North
’46 Dorothy (Jepsen) McRae, 88,
’52 William Neiman, 83, Georgetown,
’47 Dorothy (Moeller) Busch, 86,
’52 Delores (Loven) Strey, 80,
’47 Donna (Campbell) Ioset, 86,
’52 ’75 Marilyn Gudridge, 82,
’63 Richard Olson, 74, Eagan ’64 Raymond Jones, 79, Paynesville ’64 William Keigan, 75, Litchfield ’64 Robert St. Clair, 59, Henderson,
’47 Marlys (Anderson) McCluskey, 86,
’54 Keith Anderson, 79, Okemos,
’48 Ervin Achman, 89, New Ulm ’48 Gloria (Jaunich) Fobbe, 83,
’54 ’42 Robert Miller, 92, Brainerd ’54 ’63 Claire (Gilbert) McConnell, 79,
’48 Doris (Fanberg) Ludeman, 91,
’55 Delores (Revermann) Richards,
’49 Mary (Gustafson) Gustafson, 86,
’55 ’61 Irene (Nyberg) Benson, 78,
’49 Joanne (Kirscht) Link, 85,
’56 Thomas Neis, 78, Friendship,
’70 Patrick Kearin, 69, Cold Spring ’71 Dorothy (Hervin) Kaddatz, 89,
’49 Paul Melchior, 85, The Villages,
’56 Nathaniel Nelson, 80, Yelm,
’71 Renee (Urbick) Urbick, 64,
’49 Hollace Sandholm, 87,
Minnetonka
’57 Thomas Hasbrouck, 84, Sartell ’57 Vern McMahon, 80, Torrington,
Neb.
’57 ’52 Roy Blowers, 82, Danbury,
’72 Lorraine (Kurpius) Randel ’72 Bruce Reimann, 66, Aitkin ’72 James Zaske, 69, Glencoe ’73 Martha (Ojala) Mays, 61, El Paso,
Colo.
’50 Kathleen (Robinson) Collins, 86,
’58 John Nelson, 81, Fort Myers, Fla. ’59 Janice (Payne) Ellingson, 76,
’50 Hildegard (Parduhn) Hanson, 89,
’59 Mary (Henning) Hilke, 75,
’51 Mary (Mach) Fitzgerald, 83, New
’59 Mary (Kennedy) Kollodge, 75,
’51 Elmer Rhode, 81, Sartell ’51 Charmeon Voss, 86, Montevideo ’52 Carol (Kottke) Belke, 81,
’59 ’60 James Perunovich, 83,
Cloud Olivia
Vancouver, Wash. Roseville
Midland, Mich. Rushford
Princeton
Spicer
Baxter
Monticello
Fla.
’50 Norman Borchman, 89, Omaha, ’50 Jean (Hill) Carter, 83, Denver,
Hopkins, Mo. Moose Lake
Prague
Overland Park, Kan.
’52 Richard Holmberg, 84, Waconia
Centre, N.Y.
Fla.
Minneapolis
Branch
Texas
Willmar
Nev.
St. Cloud
’66 John DeMorett, 75, Glenwood ’66 Robert Reed, 69, Soulsbyville,
Mich.
Calif.
’68 ’75 Evelyn (Schwantes) Leneau,
94, St. Cloud
Melrose
’69 James Lauer, 73, St. Paul ’69 Virgil Riley, 72, Richmond ’69 John Scott, 97, San Antonio,
78, Eveleth
Texas
Andover Md.
Cosmos
Wash.
Minneapolis
Wyo.
Wis.
Texas
Alexandria
’73 Susan McLean, 63, Minneapolis ’73 Elaine (Black) Savage, 86, Ogilvie ’73 Elaine (Olson) Schwandt, 84,
International Falls
’73 Becky (Rebstock) Wacek, 61,
Sisters, Ore.
’74 Robert Madeson, 87, McGregor ’75 John Patrias, 59, Golden Valley ’76 Peter Strauman, 61, Minneapolis ’77 John LeDoux, 58, Wauwatosa,
Litchfield
Burlington, Vt.
Brooklyn Park
’60 Eugene Baker, 75, Billings, Mont. ’60 Darlene (Koski) Marjamaa, 73,
’77 Allen Urbach, 58, Bloomington ’79 Thomas Dunlap, 82, Brainerd ’79 Michael Larson, 56, Bloomington ’80 ’87 Pamela (Giles) Kyllingstad,
66, Willmar
’81 Teresa (Prom) Becker, 57, St.
Joseph
’81 Marshall Bruflodt, 55, Milaca ’81 Kathleen (Schueller) Janson, 55,
Sauk Rapids
’81 Katherine (Hartman) Pattison, 93,
St. Cloud
’82 Lisa Stachovich, 52, Foley ’86 Steven Anderson, 50, St. Joseph ’87 ’94 Margaret (Hurd) Bethel, 71,
Eden Valley
’89 Joseph Ouren, 53, Sartell ’93 Kathryn (Eknes) Solz, 63, Blaine ’97 William Vennes, 64, Sauk Rapids ’98 Siow-Fang Khoo, 37, Oronoco ’01 Benjamin Pepper, 34, New
Brighton
’01 Lisa Vajdl, 34, Chisholm ’07 Scott Proulx, 31, Moorhead
Faculty and Staff We Remember Thomas Abbott, 92, Yountville, Calif. Charles Campbell, 85, Lake Wales, Fla. Norman Clarke, 84, New Brighton Albert Krueger, 93, Becker Jerome Pasela, 73, Little Falls ’39 ’63 ’71 Mary Russell, 96, Renville ’56 ’51 Florence (Bodin) Anderson, 93, St. Cloud ’73 Bruce Ellis, 73, Brooklyn Park
Wis.
Laporte
Husky Pupsters We have Husky tees for all new additions to the Huskies roster! If you recently welcomed a new addition to the family, your alma mater would like to send you a Husky Pup T-shirt. Update your profile at stcloudstate.edu/alumni and receive a congratulations gift from the St. Cloud State University Alumni Associaton
Derrick and Hallie Barhorst are ready to cheer on the Huskies. Parents are Kristy (Jones) Barhorst ’03 and Rick Barhorst.
Future Husky all-star hockey players Kaidan and Kyan from Albuquerque. Parents are Tim Krenik ’94 and Barbara Kinney.
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Alumni Event calendar
The St. Cloud State University Alumni Association has a variety of exciting events planned for alumni. Whether you’ve remained a loyal Husky fan or haven’t been on campus since graduation … we want to see you! Alumni Booth at the State Fair Aug. 22 – Sept. 2, 2013
Rockin’ the river with Rocket Club
Rochester Alumni Event Thursday, Nov. 7
Up-to-date Alumni Association calendar of events and details at www. stcloudstate.edu/alumni. Contact the Alumni Relations Office at 320308-3177, 1-866-464-8759 or alumni@stcloudstate.edu.
Celebrate! St. Cloud State Fall Events
Winter Events
September 27-29, 2013 Friday, Sept. 27 • Rockin’ the River with Rocket Club - Outdoor Concert (Green Mill parking lot). See the Rocket Club ad to the right for more information. Saturday, Sept. 28 • SCSU vs Augustana 3 p.m. Pre-football game festivities 6 p.m. game Tickets available at www.scsutickets.com • Family Weekend activities offered throughout the weekend
February 13-16, 2014
Friday, Sept. 27
Spring Events
6:30 p.m. Opening Performer TBD 7:30 p.m. Rocket Club Green Mill Parking Lot Bring your own lawn chairs. No outside coolers allowed.
April 24-27, 2014 Summer Events June 26-29, 2014
Tickets available at www.ppfive.com or 320-203-0331 $12 advance, $15 door Doors open at 5:30 p.m.
Visit stcloudstate.edu/celebrate for updated information
Join us for Rockin’ the River with Rocket Club - an outdoor concert event for the entire community celebrating SCSU. Grab your lawn chairs and join us for a night of fun, friends and music!
Tuition frozen That’s right. Undergraduate tuition will remain the same for the next two years, making degrees even more affordable at St. Cloud State. In fact, all Minnesota State Colleges and Universities are freezing undergraduate tuition. More information: http://scsu.mn/12YnP0b