Outlook - Fall 2015 by St. Cloud State University

St. Cloud State OUTLOOK MAGAZINE FALL 2015

MASS COMM GRAD is Chief Creative Officer behind some of the most iconic commercials

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MAKING A MARK ON MODERN

P P CULTURE JOE ALEXANDER ’82

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REVIVING FRIEDRICH PARK St. Cloud and St. Cloud State swap properties PG 5

JEN SELL MATZKE Q+A with St. Cloud State’s Asst. Dean of Students PG 6

NEW GRADUATE PROGRAMS Launched to meet workforce needs PG 7

STUDENTS AND EMPLOYEES CELEBRATED THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF SHOEMAKER HALL, THE THREE-WING STUDENT RESIDENCE

at the south end of campus, in September.

Here is Shoemaker Hall in 1915. University Archives For photos from the 100th anniversary celebration, visit: http://scsu.mn/1NGg31F

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THIS ISSUE

Making Communities Safe

The criminal justice program has made a difference since 1972

Legacy on the Court

Larry Sundby ’63 ’67 coaches granddaughter on the tennis court

Fresh Success

Immigrant alumnus mixes science and art

4 / News 18 / Class Notes 23 / From the President EDITOR Loren J. Boone MANAGING EDITOR Adam Hammer ’05 CONTRIBUTORS Jeff Wood ’81 ’87 ’95 Anna Kurth Nick Lenz ’11 John M. Brown Tom Nelson DESIGN Marie Novak Madgwick ’91 CONTACT US: University Communications Alumni Relations St. Cloud State University St. Cloud State University 207 Administrative Services Bldg. 720 Fourth Ave. S. 720 Fourth Ave. S. St. Cloud, MN 56301-4498 St. Cloud, MN 56301-4498 alumni@stcloudstate.edu ucomm@stcloudstate.edu 320-308-3177 320-308-3152 toll free 866-464-8759 stcloudstate.edu/ucomm stcloudstate.edu/alumni

NEWS

51-ACRES OF FOREST AND FORMER QUARRIES

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South side getting safer

The St. Cloud Police Department has earned a $375,000 2015 COPS Hiring Program Grant to hire three officers who will work in the campus-area south side neighborhood. The grant is possible in part thanks to St. Cloud State University staff and a student. The Police Department will use the funds to hire three officers and purchase a COPS house in the south side neighborhood where the officers will be stationed. St. Cloud State Criminal Justice graduate student Blake Held in the St. Cloud State Office for Safety and Risk Management coordinated writing the grant. He met with St. Cloud Police Commander Jim Steve ’87 to gather data, community statistics and narratives, and worked with Student Life and Development Assistant Dean of Students Jen Sell Matzke ’96 to develop a draft of the grant and submitted it with Steve’s approval. President Earl H. Potter III submitted a letter in support of the grant.

THE HILDER QUARRY STARTS MINING GRANITE

1934 ST. CLOUD

STATE PURCHASES THE LAND FOR A PARK TO PROVIDE OUTDOOR EDUCATION

ST. CLOUD REVIVING FRIEDRICH PARK The City of St. Cloud is reviving the 51-acre George Friedrich Park following a land swap deal with St. Cloud State University. University President Earl H. Potter III and St. Cloud Mayor Dave Kleis ’89 signed documents at a ceremony in August at the park giving the city George Friedrich Park in exchange for three pieces of land at the south end of campus.

RIK HANSEN, PROFESSOR OF MUSIC AT ST. CLOUD STATE, was a visiting conductor at the Tokyo Musashino Academia Musicae fall semester. Musashino’s Wind Ensemble performed a concert Dec. 14 in the Metropolitan Arts Center Concert Hall, Tokyo’s most prestigious hall. Hansen teaches conducting, musicology and interdisciplinary arts at St. Cloud State. He has conducted in Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Scandinavia and throughout the United States. The Musica Viva! Culturale Club has also invited Hansen to be a visiting conductor and lecturer from April 10-16, 2016, in the Besana, Italy region of Lombardia.

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St. Cloud State purchased the park in 1934 in an effort led by Professor George Friedrich who worked with the Works Progress Administration, the National Youth Administration and St. Cloud State students to build the park. They planted red and white pine seedlings, built roads and a granite wall and constructed an elaborate swimming and diving facility in one of the larger quarries.

1935 DOCKS,

DIVING BOARDS, A RAFT AND DRESSING ROOMS COMPLETED

1951

THE PARK IS NAMED GEORGE FRIEDRICH PARK

1976

THE PARK IS CLOSED AFTER A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT IS INJURED

2015 THE PARK IS REOPENED TO THE PUBLIC

President Earl H. Potter III and St. Cloud Mayor Dave Kleis ’89 sign off on the land swap deal between the city and St. Cloud State.

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This is the right thing to do. It is a revitalized opportunity to now share this land for an educational and recreational resource for the students and the community of St. Cloud to use. PRESIDENT EARL H. POTTER III

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Docks, diving boards, a raft and dressing rooms were built and completed in 1935. The park was closed due to liability and safety concerns in 1976. Volunteers worked through the summer to clean-up the park, which was reopened to hikers in September. The city plans to improve water quality to allow for swimming in some quarries in the future. http://scsu.mn/1Rkof7g

STUDENTS PLAY WITH KNOCKER BALLS DURING LATE NIGHT AS PART OF THE HUSKIES FIRST FOUR DAYS. St. Cloud State moved to a new way of integrating students to campus life with a series of events that take new students through their first four days, weeks and months at the University. stcloudstate.edu/firstfour

Computing and engineering students earn scholarships

A dozen students have earned two-year scholarships of up to $12,000 in the first round of awards facilitated by a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant. Thanks to the grant, St. Cloud State will offer a total of 45 scholarships to students who pursue degrees in 4+1 Information Assurance, Information Systems, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Manufacturing Engineering. The Computing and Engineering Scholarship Program (CESP) is funded by a $614,000 grant from NSF, the top federal agency supporting non-medical science and engineering research and education. The grant was secured by Susathana Herath, professor of information systems; Jayantha Herath, professor of computer science; and Mahbub Hossain, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering. The CESP grant builds on the success of a previous S-STEM project and benefits St. Cloud State’s science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) programs. 5

NEWS Q+A

JEN SELL MATZKE Assistant Dean of Students

AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR MARGARET ATWOOD visited St. Cloud State in November to lecture on her novel “Oryx and Crake” to align with the university’s Common Reading Program. Her visit included an interview at KVSC, a reception with students and donors and a lecture in the packed Ritsche Auditorium.

ST. CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY HAS TRANSFORMED A PARKING LOT INTO A POLLUTION REDUCTION PROJECT TO HELP PROTECT THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER from water quality impairments. The $196,000 grant was awarded by the state of Minnesota’s Pollution Control Agency to work with Stearns County. “This 20-year agreement will help shape the future and conservation in the area by minimizing sedimentation to the Mississippi River,” said Joe Teff, facilities management safety administrator. The Q-Lot Pollution Reduction Project is preventing and potentially eliminating untreated storm water runoff before it enters the river and reduces the amount of total phosphorus, nitrogen and suspended solids entering the river. The grant helped build a retention pond, reconstruct the outlet to the river, infiltration basin, grading and a native buffer of wild plants and grass native to Minnesota and within 150 miles of St. Cloud.

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Q: How has St. Cloud State’s reputation as a party school changed over time? A: In 2005, about 59 percent of our students reported that they regularly engaged in high-risk drinking. That statistic and other data, including citations for off-campus parties, said we were a party school. Since then, we’ve educated individuals, the campus and community. We’ve collaborated with the City of St. Cloud on new ordinances. Now, ten years later, the data says we are not a party school. High-risk drinking rates have fallen significantly. As of 2015 our campus high-risk drinking rate is 29%. Q: Have you observed changes in student high-risk drinking patterns? A: We just don’t see parties of the same magnitude that we used to see. When I first came to work at SCSU in 2001, I recall seeing parties where people would be gathered hundreds deep on South Side neighborhood lawns. This fall, coming back from our neighborhood walks, it was eerily quiet. Sure, I saw small gatherings on some front lawns, but the students were extremely knowledgable about noise ordinances, social host laws and how to host responsibly. We want students to have fun, but we also want to promote safety and responsibility. outlook.stcloudstate.edu/ QA-Sell-Matzke

Q: What hard evidence do you have that high-risk drinking has declined? A: We have nine years of evidence from college health surveys, particularly the University of Minnesota’s College Health Survey, which is administered at St. Cloud State and 19 other Minnesota schools. That survey data suggests high-risk drinking fell 52.5 percent between 2005 and 2014. Q: You said education has reduced high-risk drinking. How? A: Since 2010, our IMPACT Diversion Program has delivered alcoholeducation services to students and non-students charged in St. Cloud with underage alcohol violations. The city agrees to drop the conviction from the offender’s record if the offender successfully completes the IMPACT program. Fewer college-aged admits to the St. Cloud Hospital emergency room and the regional detox center are evidence that alcohol education works. Q: What role has the City of St. Cloud played in reducing high-risk and underage drinking? A: Our partnership with the city — the St. Cloud Community Alliance — has been tremendous. We’ve worked together to address harms related to alcohol and other drugs, not just on campus, but in our greater community. Thanks to the IMPACT Diversion Program, repeat violations of the minor-consumption law are way down, falling from 12 percent in 2010 to 5.6 percent in 2015. A number of ordinances — social host, provisional licensing for bars, disruptive intoxication — have helped us change the environment here in St. Cloud. BY THE NUMBERS

53%

in high-risk drinking behavior from 2005-14

17%

from 2008-14 in student alcohol use during the past 12 months

33,282 PEOPLE served

by the U-Choose alcohol and other drug prevention program

44% in average number of

drinks consumed per week

33%

in repeat violations (recidivism) of the minorconsumption law from 2010-14

+1,190 IMPACT

classes taught since 2010

2.9%

in minorconsumption recidivism from 2011-15 for those who completed IMPACT training

New graduate programs help Huskies advance their careers New graduate programs are being launched to meet workforce needs and give students the degrees and opportunities they’re looking for. The offerings include programs offered both on campus in St. Cloud and at the Twin Cities Graduate Center in Maple Grove.

Graduate Center »» Applied Clinical Research Certificate »» Medical Device Regulation: Graduate Certificate »» Medical Technology Quality: Graduate Certificate »» Regulatory Affairs: Graduate Certificate St. Cloud campus »» Electrical Engineering: MSEE »» Master of Public Administration: MPA »» Material Science and Instrumentation: PSM »» Rehabilitation and Addiction Counseling: M.S.-St. Cloud Campus »» Data Analytics Certificate St. Cloud State is continuing to develop new programs and offerings to meet the needs of Minnesota’s workforce. Learn about graduate program offerings at: http://scsu.mn/ programsgrad

“The knowledge gained at the University and then put into a practical plan here is a win-win for both of us.” COMMANDER JIM STEVE

ST. CLOUD POLICE COMMANDER JAMES STEVE ’87 speaks with a campus-area resident during the St. Cloud State 2015 Neighborhood Walks.

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MA KING COMMUNITIES

IN BOB PROUT’S FIRST WEEK ON HIS OWN AS AN OHIO STATE TROOPER

SAFE SINCE 1972

Apologizing in his next breath, Prout knew he’d made a mistake that he’d Story by Anna Kurth regret for the rest of his career. he made the mistake he regretted most in his career. The Years later Prout learned experience taught him the importance that the minister committed suicide the of understanding people and was just one of morning after the arrest. many experiences he shared with his St. Cloud State Hearing of the death, Prout said “I killed a University students during his 43 years as a professor. man with my words.” “I wanted them to learn that one word can change a It’s a difficult experience for Prout to hang on to, but person’s life,” said Prout, who retired in spring 2015. it also has been used to prepare more than 2,800 graduates In the 1960s, state troopers in Ohio were tasked with for careers in many major criminal justice agencies about checking out rest areas on the interstate where sexual activity the power of words and actions. was reported to take place. Prout joined St. Cloud State University in 1972 to It was a task Prout didn’t like, but it was his job and he develop a criminal justice program and serve as its first did it. faculty member. That first week he arrested two men for indecent exposure. Forty years have passed since the department’s first class One of them, a minister, told Prout if he arrested him he of 15 crossed the commencement stage in 1975. would lose his church. Today the department’s influence can be seen far and Prout responded that he should have thought about the wide. Graduates can be found in most major criminal justice consequences before getting in the car. He added, “How agencies in Minnesota, many federal agencies and in orgacould a man of God do such a thing.” nizations worldwide. Almost 40 percent of St. Cloud Police

BOB PROUT, as Ohio state trooper in the ’60s and as retired professor from St. Cloud State’s Criminal Justice program. Prout started the program as its first faculty member in 1972.

Department officers hold St. Cloud State criminal justice degrees, some hold two. “There are people all over the country doing great things,” Prout said. Like Prout, many professors in the department share first-hand stories from the field. Today the department has 10 career faculty members and 15 part-time adjunct faculty. ON THE JOB Police departments can train skills, but they need to have education to become well-rounded officers, said St. Cloud Police Commander James Steve ’87. “To be a police officer, especially with the issues that we deal with on a day-to-day basis and the environment that we work with today,” Steve said. “You really need to have that balance, structure to do the job that we do.” Steve uses skills he learned as a student in the 1980s every day in his role as commander in charge of operations. He supervises the day-to-day functions of all the department’s 105 officers — from patrolling to investigations. COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS “I always like to be as engaged as possible,” he said. “The more engaged we are, the better we are as police officers.” He credits his time at St. Cloud State with enhancing his career. A fouryear degree exposes you to diversity. It really opens your eyes, Steve said.

40% OF ST. CLOUD POLICE DEPARTMENT OFFICERS HOLD ST. CLOUD STATE CRIMINAL JUSTICE DEGREES

The criminal justice department has developed a special relationship with the St. Cloud Police Department that includes research and internships. Most of the police department’s Community Service officers are St. Cloud State students or criminal justice graduates. Professor Dick Andzenge worked with the police department to develop its community policing program and the city’s curfew policy. He also worked with the department and the diversity program on campus to develop the Community Service Officer Program to encourage minority students to go into the criminal justice field. “When our students graduate the exposure that they have had prepares them and makes them test well when they go all over the country looking for a job,” Andzenge said. Many students have gone on to work in other departments, but the program has helped to recruit students to the program and people of color into the field, he said. “The knowledge gained at the university and then put into a practical

plan here is a win-win for both of us,” Steve said. The police department also supports criminal justice through officers who serve as some of the adjunct professors bringing real-life experience into the classroom. Officer Matthew Riekena ’14 knows this first hand. A ride along with Officer Tad Hoeschen helped him decide on criminal justice for his major freshman year. Riekena went on to intern at the police department and served as a Community Service Officer for two years before joining the department as a training officer in May. He finished his training and became a full-time officer in August. “(St. Cloud) State definitely made me want to stay here and work for this department, and I’m glad this is where I ended up,” Riekena said. A GROWING PROFESSION More than 40 years after St. Cloud State began its program, the field of criminal justice is continuing its move to increased professionalism. Minnesota State Patrol Commander Lori Hodapp ’83 credits Prout with encouraging her to seek professionalism throughout her career. These days she’s the statewide commander of training and development for the Minnesota State Patrol, a professional public speaker and personal trainer. She serves on the board of directors for the Hiway Federal Credit Union in St. Paul.

“The more engaged we are, the better we are as police officers.” JIM STEVE ’87

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“He influenced me in professionalism and in his embracement of lifelong learning,” she said. “As I’ve gone through my career, Prout has always been there. He and St. Cloud State really gave me a solid foundation for the rest of my career.” Hodapp has seen the move toward professionalism throughout her career. When she started in the field, very few of her colleagues had a degree. Today the state patrol has a two-year degree minimum requirement and many criminal justice organizations prefer a four-year degree, Hodapp said.

LORI HODAPP ’83 is statewide commander of training and development for the Minnesota State Patrol.

ADVANCED DEGREES St. Cloud State’s criminal justice program evolved with the profession — adding Minnesota Peace Officer Standards and Training Skills Training,

30,000+ NUMBER OF STUDENTS PASSING THROUGH PROUT’S SURVEY OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE LECTURE CLASS

online courses and two master’s programs. “We started out as a one-person program, evolved into an institute, then evolved into a center, then evolved into a program, then evolved into a department,” Prout said. Along the way the program added two master’s programs — Criminal Justice and Public Safety Executive Leadership. In these programs, students do practicums and thesis projects where they work in the real world of criminal justice or research real-world issues. Students have studied global issues from human trafficking to the effectiveness of local domestic violence courts. They share their research locally and in the criminal justice organizations where they work and live, Andzenge said. “That provides an understanding for the students and helps me to be able to develop a theory I can lecture on,” he said “But it also helps the court and so on.” “We do quite a bit of research,” said Andzenge, who is currently studying

15 years of data to learn about community perceptions and racial profiling in St. Cloud. More than 30,000 students passing through Prout’s Survey of Criminal Justice during the three decades he taught the lecture class heard these stories and experiences, stories he’s now encompassed in “Trooper” a novel for criminal justice students about a man experiencing training and life as a new officer on the state patrol. The book was published in the spring. “I wanted to present what it’s like for a new person to become a police officer — what they’re going to experience so they don’t make the same mistakes I did,” Prout said. That attitude has stuck with Hodapp as she now trains officers in the state patrol. “I believe that law enforcement needs well educated people. Our jobs need educated people. Our job is far beyond raw skills. Students receive this in school by making connections with fellow students, experiencing different cultures and learning from professors from other walks of life, Hodapp said. People in law enforcement need education to see the impact of their actions and to understand what they’re doing as guardians and protectors of the people, she said. “We need a warrior mindset as well because law enforcement is dangerous,” Hodapp said. “More often we are the guardians of peace. More than anything, I think, that’s where the fouryear degree and broad-based education comes in.”

“More often we are the guardians of peace. More than anything, I think, that’s where the four-year degree and broad-based education comes in.” LORI HODAPP ’83

MASS COMM GRAD is Chief Creative Officer behind some of the most iconic commercials

MAKING A MARK ON MODERN

P P CULTURE

By Adam Hammer ’05

JOE ALEXANDER ’82

“We have to figure out a way to make brands likeable and to break through the clutter … we believe, as a company, that the best way to do that is to do something that is creative.”

EVERY WEDNESDAY, THE WORK OF THE MARTIN AGENCY’S CREATIVE TEAM LED BY CHIEF CREATIVE OFFICER JOE ALEXANDER ’82

gets a boost in viewership. “We knew in the culture that it might be something that people would respond to, but we had no idea it would have the resonance that it did,” Alexander said of the Geico “Hump Day” commercial, which has solidified itself as a pop culture phenomenon. “We had no idea that people would pass it on from celebrities, to newscasters, to children in schools, to parents ... “Every Wednesday, it gets a new energy.” “Hump Day” isn’t the only work with Alexander’s fingerprint that will surely have a longstanding legacy in pop culture and beyond. Oreo’s “Wonderfilled” campaign, Walmart’s “Conveyor

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Belt” campaign, numerous other Geico ads (such as “Old MacDonald” and the “Cavemen”), and even the Emmy Award-winning “Clouds Over Cuba” project for the JFK Presidential Library and Museum all are tied to Alexander’s leadership. Add to that Geico’s “Unskippable” pre-roll campaign, which recently earned The Martin Agency an unprecedented Cannes Grand Prix, and you have the start of an extensive list of award-winning notable works. It’s no wonder Alexander was one of 10 CCOs listed in Adweek’s Creative 100 in July, which highlight’s America’s most inventive talent in marketing, media and technology. While the awards give Alexander and his team a sense of accomplishment, they are not the finish line. He says they mostly inspire him to want to get back at it to try to do it again. “Awards are the result of doing something usually that hasn’t been done before,” he said. “By no means are they the thing we try to set out to do, but they are the result of doing something special.” FINDING HIS NICHE

Alexander got his start in marketing as a junior copywriter for Donaldson’s department store in Minneapolis after graduating from St. Cloud State. There he became more aware of the adver-

GUESS WHAT DAY IT IS?

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2013: JFK Presidential Library “CLOUDS OVER CUBA,” Emmy Award in News and Documentary

RECENT AWARDS 2010: JFK Presidential Library “WE CHOOSE THE MOON,” two golds at The One Show and five Cannes Lions

2012: WALMART “CONVEYOR” campaign, silver and bronze at The One Show and shortlisted at Cannes

2014: OREO “WONDERFILLED” campaign, two One Show Pencils and one Cannes Lions

tising and marketing world around him as the Fallon McElligott Rice agency in Minneapolis started to put the state on an international stage. “I just got the bug. Minneapolis at that point already had a strong regional advertising reputation, but Fallon really put them on the national and international map,” Alexander said. “To a young guy, for the first time I could see that was something I really wanted to do. I could see what they were making and it really dawned on me that I wanted to be a copywriter in an agency.” After Donaldson’s, Alexander was a copyrwriter at Dayton’s department store and the Campbell Mithun agency before getting his first big break with Clarity Coverdale Fury, a smaller boutique advertising company in Minneapolis. “I really learned to be a copywriter from those around me,” he said, citing agencies such as Fallon, Carmichael Lynch, Clarity Coverdale Fury and others. “We all just kind of battled it out for supremacy within the Minneapolis region and we actually became a big national player with the work that the whole community was doing.” Around 1989, Alexander was recruited to be the creative director for the international firm Chiat/Day in Toronto, Canada.

“The culture here is really unique. We call it ‘Good and Tough,” Alexander said. “We’re really good to each other, but tough on the work.”

2015: GEICO “UNSKIPPABLE” campaign, Cannes Grand Prix award

“I really still wanted to be a copywriter and work on the work and not be a manager quite yet. I was only 30 years old,” he said. In 1992, he was hired as a copywriter for The Martin Agency in Richmond, Virginia, and he has been there ever since. He became their CCO in 2012 helping run the company. He splits his time between writing, mentoring and creative directing. With a nod to his hockey upbringing in St. Paul and time on the Huskies Hockey team at St. Cloud State, he calls his role “player/coach.” A company with a 50-year legacy, The Martin Agency has grown from about 150 employees when Alexander started working there to 500 now with offices in Richmond, London and New York. “The culture here is really unique. We call it ‘Good and Tough,’” Alexander said. “We’re really good to each other, but tough on the work.”

Joe Alexander holds the CANNES GRAND PRIX AWARD with The Martin Agency creative team.

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Watch videos and find links to Alexander’s works at http://outlook.stcloudstate. edu/joe-alexander

PROBLEM SOLVERS

While the final product is creative, the work of The Martin Agency is really problem solving. In an era where media is everywhere and commercials are largely uninvited (just ask most Netflix, Hulu, Hopper or DVR users watching ad-free TV), it’s difficult to get the attention of consumers who are often cynical and distracted, Alexander said. “We have to figure out a way to make our brands likeable and to break through the clutter and grab the attention of a consumer that’s looking at three or four screens at a time,” he said. “We believe, as a company, that the best way to do that is to do something that is creative.” Take Gieco’s “Unskippable” video preroll campaign for example. Viewership for YouTube preroll ads are generally poor and users skip them as quickly as they can, which means the first five seconds are the most crucial. The solution from Alexander’s creative team: Load all of the messaging into those first :05 and let the last :10 or :25 play out for a few laughs. “It gives me great oxygen to sit in a room and work creatively,” Alexander said about problem solving as a team. With a list of credits as accomplished and memorable as Alexander’s, it’s difficult to single out a favorite, but he said some of his best work has an element of truth, like the Health-Tex baby clothes campaign he worked on

Joe Alexander (right) with his team that won an EMMY FOR THE “CLOUDS OVER CUBA” PROJECT for the JFK Presidential Library.

early in his tenure with The Martin Agency. Alexander was raising his young daughters while working on the campaign and could really write about it from the heart: “When you’re bald and toothless, you’d better wear cute clothes,” reads one print ad. “Your baby’s naked. Your phone’s ringing. And your mother-in-law’s walking up the driveway. Let’s talk snaps,” reads another. UNDERDOG

Alexander has often thought of himself as an underdog. But that’s OK, he said, he prefers the underdogs. That’s also why he takes a lot of pride in St. Cloud State. “It’s kind of an underdog school and I consider myself an underdog, and a big part of my character is proving people wrong,” he said. Alexander didn’t have the best grades in high school, he said, and came to the university to play hockey. But he had the desire to learn and was dedicated to contributing on and off the ice. When he graduated, he was thankful to have a degree that he could use. “We need schools like St. Cloud State, big time, to bring out the best in students,” he said. “It was very inclusive for its time and open to new ideas. I’m really ABOUT JOE ALEXANDER glad I went to a public school with a »» He GREW UP IN ST. PAUL in a family with very diverse student body. I feel lucky nine kids »» He loves the color BLUE that I was able to graduate with a »» He PLAYED HOCKEY FOR THE HUSKIES degree that gave me a good underin the early 1980s pinning with a great writing back»» He gets his fill of hockey when he comes to MINNESOTA to visit family ground.”

LEG OF HUSKIES

ACY Story and photo by Nick Lenz ’11

WHEN ST. CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY SOPHOMORE ALEXIE PORTZ WALKS ONTO THE TENNIS COURT she

steps on with confidence and self-discipline knowing that she’s walking along a path paved by generations before her. “I think our family legacy at St. Cloud State is something very unique,” said Portz, who is majoring in biomedical sciences. Three generations of the Portz/Sundby family have attended St. Cloud State and played collegiate tennis.

“I think our family legacy at St. Cloud State is something very unique,” said Portz, who is majoring in biomedical sciences.

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“St. Cloud State is in our blood,” said Larry Sundby, Portz’ grandfather and assistant men’s and women’s tennis coach. Sundby attended St. Cloud State in the early ’60s, and played on the men’s tennis team. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in 1963 and an MBA in 1967. After working in public accounting for a couple years, he went on to earn his Ph.D. from the University of Nebraska before coming back to St. Cloud State to teach accounting. “For a period of time, I coached girls tennis at St. Cloud Technical High School,” Sundby said. “Former women’s athletics director, Gladys Ziemer, asked me if I would like to take over the women’s program at St. Cloud State.” Although being a professor was his primary focus, Sundby had always enjoyed the game of tennis, playing for the Huskies and then coaching at St. Cloud State. Sundby met his wife, Ruth (Willey) Sundby ’63 ’79, at St. Cloud State and had two daughters, Kris (Sundby) Portz ’90 ’94 and Julie (Sundby) Martin ’94 ’05. Both attended St. Cloud State, and played tennis under their dad as coach.

LARRY SUNDBY ’63 ’67, St. Cloud State tennis coach and grandfather to sophomore Alexie Portz, tennis player More Sundby family connections at: outlook.stcloudstate.edu/sundby-portz

“I think it was really emotional, at that point, when Alexie came out for her first match,” Sundby said. “I don’t think she understood the significance of it, but for me it was such a special moment in time to have her as a third generation player for our family.”

“He didn’t give us special treatment. He treated us all as daughters,” said Kris Portz, an accounting professor at St. Cloud State. “The only special treatment I probably got was a few more one-on-one breakfasts with ‘Coach’ at Perkins, where we rehashed our weekend matches.” Sundby retired from teaching in 2000. In 2005, Sundby became assistant coach allowing him to enjoy more of his retirement. “I didn’t know how long I would continue coaching. I’m 73 years old, so I’m getting up there,” Sundby said. “It’s really special to be able to play for him,” Alexie Portz said. “He knows my game better than anyone else.” For Sundby, his granddaughter’s first steps onto the tennis court as a freshman collegiate athlete were especially touching. “I think it was really emotional, at that point, when Alexie came out for her first match,” Sundby said. “I don’t think she understood the significance of it, but for me it was such a special moment in time to have her as a third generation player for our family.”

Tom Brown, LARRY SUNDBY, CAPTAIN; Roger Funk, Ben Hedlund, Tim Templeton and Tim Nara

CLASS NOTES SHARE WITH US your milestones, experiences, changes or recent additions to your family. Visit stcloudstate.edu/alumni to update your profile. CLASS NOTES KEY: Births and adoptions Marriages and commitments Unless otherwise noted, cities are in Minnesota

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for Catholic Charities of the Diocese of St. Cloud.

’57 Royce Osborne and Lorna (Gempeler) Osborne, Springfield, Oregon, 6/12/1955.

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’70s

Buffalo, is president and CFO of Midwest Vision Centers. / ’81 Jay Millerhagen, Lino Lakes, is vice president of clinical affairs at BioSig Technologies. / ’84 Tammy Nelson and Kevin Featherly, Bloomington, 5/9/2015. / ’86 Michael Kotchevar, Prior Lake, is assistant dean of admissions and financial aid at Carleton College. / ’87 Edward Crane, Claremont, California, is associate professor of biology at Pomona College. Crane was awarded a fellowship at Downing College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, England. /

’76 Paula (Imholte) Erdmann,

Clear Lake, received the 2015 Minnesota Credit Union Network Volunteer of the Year Award. / ’76 ’03 Timothy McLean, Blaine, received the Minnesota Social Studies Teacher of the Year Award from the Minnesota Council for the Social Studies. / ’78 Nancy (Ruckmar) RohlandHeinrich, Encinitas, California, is the interim executive vice president at National University. / ’79 Kathleen Crawford Bernick, Rice, is on the Board of directors

’80 Yvonne (Cooney) Burling,

LOOKING BACK ON 33 YEARS OF DAVID LETTERMAN on late night television (Letterman retired in May), there have been a few casual connections to St. Cloud State and the community. In this potential top 10 list, let’s just skip to the top three:

»» Violinist JESSE PETERSON ’03 performed with indie musician Jeremy Messersmith’s band last year. »» Julia Roberts asked to say hello to her cousin DAN BREDEMUS ’01 in the audience in early 2000 who was a student at St. Cloud State at the time. »» Guitarist PAUL “STRETCH” DIETHELM ’03 performed twice on the show with the Jonny Lang band.

PAUL “STRETCH” DIETHELM ’03

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’88 Anthony Rauch, Minneapolis, recently published his fourth book of short stories, “what if I got down on my knees?” / ’89 Scott Roesner, Brainerd, is the sales and marketing director at Structures Wood Care. / ’89 ’97 Shahzad Ahmad, St. Cloud, earned the inaugural Professional Excellence Award for Administrative Service Faculty from the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) Board of Trustees.

’90s

’91 Gregory Emerick, Mankato,

is a co-founder of Sentera manufacturing drones, sensors and software to improve food production, reduce environmental impact and make safer environments for workers. / ’91 Michelle (Meyer) Fuchs, Paynesville, is vice president of business development at Stearns Bank. / ’91 Denise (Poster) Loidolt, Golden Valley, is the public relations supervisor at Preston Kelly marketing agency. / ’92 Scott Ehrenberg, New Brighton, released the solo album “Undecided” available on iTunes and Amazon. com. He is the former lead guitarist/vocalist for the Twin Cities-based group The Billy’s. / ’92 James Korkowski, Conroe, Texas, was named Teacher of the Year for Willis High School for 2014-2015. / ’92 Christopher Schwartz, Madison, Wisconsin, is director of business development at Micoley.com., an online real estate auction company based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. / ’93 Stephanie (Thull) Ousdigian, Hudson, Wisconsin, is chief audit executive at the State of Minnesota Retirement Systems. / ’93 Edward Ulrich, Minneapolis, is the president of Fuzzy Duck, a full-service creative marketing and digital solutions agency. Ulrich won the TwinWest Chamber’s 2015 Entrepreneur of the Year Award. / ’94 Carolyn (Stone) Hunter, St. Cloud, is a member of Edina

Realty’s Leadership Circle for achieving an outstanding level of sales performance and customer service in 2014. / ’94 ’02 Michelle (Vescio) Evenson, La Jolla, California, graduated magna cum laude from Thomas Jefferson School of Law in San Diego, California. She was a fellow with the Center for Intellectual Property Law from which she also earned a certificate. / ’95 Karen (Kotten) Pundsack, Richmond, is the executive director at The Great River Regional Library. / ’96 Nobuaki Okabe and Maree (Duffy) Okabe, Okotoks, Alberta, Canada, daughter, Milara Rose, 11/4/2003. / ’97 Josie (Klaverkamp) Salzbrun

and ’98 Jeffry Salzbrun, son, Levi Jeffry, 1/31/2015. / ’98 William Huston and Ivy Borgstrom, Mounds View, were married 2/23/2013 and had a daughter, Nora, 7/3/2015. / ’99 Danielle (McKenzie) Leighton,

MAJOR JOHN DONOVAN ’88 threw out the ceremonial first pitch at the Minnesota Twins game Sept. 1 at Rally Caps for Recovery Night at Target Field. As a person in long-term recovery, and a leader in recovery advocacy efforts in the State and local community, Major Donovan was selected to participate in a special ceremony.

’88 BRADLEY WHEELOCK, St. Cloud, was ranked among the top 1 percent of wealth advisers in the nation for the seventh year by Barron’s magazine. Barron’s is published by Dow Jones & Co., which also publishes The Wall Street Journal.

Aurora, Colorado, founded Earth Index, a tech startup in the oil and gas industry.

’00s

’00 Gregory Bates and Kristyn Bates, Green Bay, Wisconsin, daughter, Bailey, 5/13/2015. / ’00 Kristin Perkins, St. Francis, is at WSB & Associates in municipal structures group. She also had a son, Liam James, 3/7/2015. / ’01 Darin Amundson, St. Cloud, is senior vice president-wealth management at UBS Financial Services Inc. / ’01 ’04 Christina (Turchin) Van Slooten, Sartell, is vice president-wealth management at UBS Financial Services Inc. / ’01 ’04 Leanne (Wegner) Kruger

and Jared Kruger, Wabasha, son, Conway Bruno, 7/23/2014. / ’03 ’05 Kristin Modrow, St. Cloud, presented “The Dymistification of Experiential Pedagogy” at the University of

Athens, Greece. / ’02 Jennifer (Harren) Bayha and Benjamin

Bayha, Apple Valley, daughter, Maizie, 3/6/2015. / ’02 Darren Luepke and ’07 Stephanie (Flater) Luepke, Lakeville, son, Henry Lawrence, 12/26/2014. / ’03 Matthew Nikodym, St. Augusta, is first vice president for wealth management at UBS Financial Services Inc. / ’03 Jeremy Olsen, Ramsey, son, Kellen, 1/23/2015. / ’03 Marianne (Manley) Walters and Scott Walters, Portland, Oregon, son, Chase Logan, 4/18/2015. / ’04 ’05 Luke Lamprecht and ’08 Mary (Dravland) Lamprecht, Plainview, daughter, Allison Susan, 7/23/2015. / ’04 Julia (Freese) Solomonson and Ryan Solomonson, Richfield, daughter, Anna Elizabeth, 3/21/2015. / ’04 Kelly (Drexler) Travis, St. Cloud, earned the Realtor Association Certified Executive designation from the National Association of Realtors.

GRETA (PERSKE) HOKANSON ’13 appeared on Ellen Dec. 8 with Danny Daniels, the bone marrow donor who saved her life. She invited him to dance with her at her wedding this October. Perske was diagnosed with Leukemia in 2006. Inspired by the nurses who cared for her while she was sick, she is now a nurse at United Hospital in St. Paul. Watch video: http://scsu.mn/1O0M9oW

/ ’04 ’11 ’14 John Muenich, Duluth, had his research “A study of how secondary principals in Minnesota perceive the evaluation of their performance” printed in the National Association of Secondary School Principals bulletin. / ’05 Jennifer Fielder and Thomas Dostal, Minneapolis, 5/31/2014. / ’05 Beth Olson and Firat Kezer, Grand Forks, North Dakota, were married 10/25/2014 and had a son, William Osman, 8/16/2014. / ’05 Amy (Garner) Sanborn and Jason Sanborn, Blaine, son, William Wayne, 4/3/2015. / ’05 Brent Skaja and Ellen (Isaacson) Skaja, Mahtomedi, daughter, Betty Lee, 5/20/2015. / ’06 Shannon (Grinsell) Brade and Scott Brade, Quincy, California, daughter, Emidio Mike, 6/13/2015. / ’06 Cassandra (Peterson) Brinkman and Ryan Brinkman,

Rochester, daughter, Natalie

Grace, 2/20/2015. / ’06 Garrity Gerber, Sartell, is a sales manager at Heartland Glass. / ’06 Brooke (Gravley) Heilman, Spicer, is a project manager at Adventure Advertising. / ’06 Michele (Arko) Parker and Daniel Parker, Rochester, were married 10/26/2013 and had a son, Jackson John, 5/1/2015. / ’06 Laura (Vaala) Thomson and Cody Thomson, Appleton, son, Layton Ryan, 8/6/2014. / ’07 Debra Burch, St. Cloud, is a neonatal nurse practitioner in the St. Cloud Hospital Intensive Care Unit. / ’07 Cynthia (Herold) Fitzthum, Sartell, was accepted in the Economic Education and Entrepreneurship graduate program at the University of Delaware. / ’07 ’14 Benjamin Gill, Appleton, Wisconsin, is head coach of swimming and diving at Loras College. / ’08 Jenna (Bottelberghe) Dyba, St. Michael, opened Amethyst Lane, an online women’s

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Fresh Success:

IMMIGRANT ALUMNUS MIXES SCIENCE AND ART Story by Jeff Wood ’81 ’87 ’95

Since moving to the United States seven years ago, Heqiu Liu ’14 has earned a mechanical engineering degree, landed a job and launched a photography career. The magna cum laude graduate is a design engineer for Continental Machines, Savage, which manufactures metal-cutting equipment, including the DoALL bandsaw. “I just teamed with another designer on a very complex indexing table design for a special band saw order for Bridgestone Tires,” said Liu. KADRA MOHAMED ’15 dined with President Barack Obama June 22 at the White House. The Twin Cities Metro Transit police officer and associate of arts graduate was part of a social function marking Ramadan, a Muslim month of fasting that commemorates the first revelation of the Quran to the Prophet Muhammad. Mohamed, 23, is seated opposite the president, wearing her brass badge and dark-blue hijab.

clothing boutique at www. shopamethystlane.com. / ’08 Cassandra King, Granite Falls, is the communications and project manager for the National Independent Health Club Association. / ’09 Jennifer (Parrish) Fettig and Ross Fettig, St. Cloud, son, Everett Blake, 2/20/2015. / ’09 Ryan Mont, Wellington, Florida, received a First Class Star and Associate of the Month for January/February 2015 from Paradies: Tech For Takeoff.

’10s

’10 Katie Lee, Ramsey, is with Edina Realty. / ’11 Manking Lee,

Bloomington, was awarded a travel grant from the Minnesota Society of Professional Surveyors to attend the National Surveying, Mapping and Geospatial Conference in Arlington, Virginia. /

’11 Nicholas Lenz and Jacelyn Lenz, Alexandria, daughter, Isabella Dorothy, 11/8/2015. / ’11 Jeremy Miller, Braham, received a graduate degree in the Economic Education and Entrepreneurship graduate program at the University of Delaware. / ’11 Rebecca Wegscheid, Minneapolis, is a marketing communications specialist at American Engineering Testing. / ’12 Will Anderson, Minneapolis, is the supervisor of Inflight for Sun Country Airlines. / ’12 Matthew Arnold, Waite Park, is interim principal at the Minneapolis Public Schools’ Richard Green Central Park Community School. / ’12 Katrina Pelzel, Coon Rapids, was accepted into the Economic Education and Entrepreneurship graduate program at the University of Delaware. / ’12 Jun-Kai Teoh, East Windsor, New Jersey, was the first

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The table — part of an 18-foot tall band saw — can transfer, rotate and tilt tires up to 20,000 pounds, according to Liu, a 27-year-old who lives in Burnsville. Liu is mostly doing new product development, working in SolidWorks, a computer-aided drafting software. Among other responsibilities, he has been working with the firm’s electrical engineers to pull their two-dimensional symbols and schematics into three-dimensional models and assemblies built in SolidWorks. On weekends he shifts focus to photography. “Whenever I get tired of the stressful engineering side, I do some artistic stuff to relax my brain,” said Liu, a native of Fujian province in coastal southeastern China.

digital staffer to win the New Journalist of the Year Award from the Minnesota Newspaper Association Better Newspaper Contest. Teoh is employed at Gannett news organization in Westchester, New York. / ’13 Landon Brolin, Albertville, is a storyteller at PR with Panache! / ’13 Samuel Heimstead, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, is part of the civil engineering team as a survey/engineer technician at Cedar Corporation. / ’13 Lisa

Lovering, Cambridge, is Isanti

County Sheriffs Department’s chief deputy. / ’13 Randy Lowe, Chisago City, is the student support services coordinator, homeless/highly mobile liaison and Federal Setting 4 mental health supervisor for the Minneapolis Public Schools. / ’13 Barbara Smith, Andover, is assistant principal at Pine City Elementary. / ’13 Josh Wurster, Wausau, Wisconsin, is a meteorologist at KSTP 5 Eyewitness

YOU’RE AWESOME “I often listen to music to inspire my photo ideas. Since my senior year in college, I’ve been using my left hand more so that my right brain becomes more creative.” He won the 2014 and 2015 St. Cloud Greater Photo Contest. In 2014, he exhibited at the Minnesota State Fair, selling his exhibit photo for $300. “I don’t think I want to do commercial photography at this stage,” he said. “My goal for the next 10-plus years is to show people that Minnesota is one of the most beautiful states in the United States.” Liu foresees using his engineering skills to capture underwater and aerial images. “To take those photos, I’ll need some fancy equipment to do the motion control I want, because I’ll likely be on the ground controlling the robots,” he said. “Instead of spending thousands of dollars on robots, I want to design them with my friends.”

News. / ’14 Kelly Flohaug, Blaine, is assistant principal at the high school in Centennial School District. / ’14 Kevin Sparks, Waite Park, is a bell service dispatch cast member for The Walt Disney Company. / ’14 Candice Thielen, Rice, has joined the Peace Corps. / ’14 Scott Vosen, Cushing, completed an 11-day bicycle tour, biking an average of 40 miles a day while traveling in Laos.

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WE REMEMBER Alumni we remember

’30s

Kathryn (Nopola) Coombe, 87, Virginia / ’35 Geneva (Fontana) Maas, 99, Hopkins / ’37 ’67 Lucille (Nelson) Carlson, 97, Atwater / ’38 Margaret (Jackson) High, 97, Brooklyn Center / ’38 Allie (Dalbacka) Riehle, 96,

Wasilla, Alaska

’40s

’40 Florence (Axel) Greene, 95, Little Falls / ’41 Jean (Hammond) Johnson, 95, Wadena / ’41 Valborg Pearson, 98, St. Peter / ’41 ’43 Margery (Dawson) Barrett, 97, Albany, Oregon / ’42 ’68 Mildred (Sandberg) Dailey, 92, Brainerd / ’44 Arlene (Dittmer) Seaton, 92, Glencoe / ’44 Betty (Benson) Wellman, 92, Mountlake Terrace, Washington / ’45 Gretchen (Schrupp) Gullickson, 96, Glencoe / ’46 ’61 Esther (Steinke) Wallum, 88, Fargo, North Dakota / ’49 Duane Adamic, 89, Rancho Palos Verdes, California / ’49 Anthony Daniewicz, 88, Aberdeen, Washington / ’49 Leone (Kragenbring) Fredrick, 84, Seatle, Washington / ’49 Leona (Welle) Rolfzen, Rochester / ’49 ’52 Patricia (Maier) Higgs, Anchorage, Alaska

’50s

’50 Mildred (Johnson) Burnett, 87, St. Cloud / ’50 Frances (VanderHeyden) Mahal, 85, Redwood Falls / ’51 Gladys (Lorenz) Meister, 83, Waite Park / ’51 Calvin Zuehlke, 89, Red Wing / ’52 Joan (Marschall) Besser, 83, Mankato / ’53 Patricia (Triplett) Anderson, 82, Owatonna / ’53

Joanne (Leisen) Raymond, 84, Coeur D Alene, Idaho / ’54 Naomi (Hallberg) Johnson, 80, Anoka / ’54 Sanford Wenstrom, 83, Waite Park / ’54 ’50 ’61 Arthur Erler, 92, St. Paul / ’55 Robert Peterson, 83, St. Paul / ’56 ’71 Judith (Peterson) Jerde, 80, Monroe, Washington / ’56 Mary (Anderson) McElevey, 80, Grand Marais / ’56 Herbert Schmitz, St. Paul / ’57 Dale Smith, 80, Cambridge / ’57 ’68 Jack Anderson, 80, Shakopee / ’58 David Roth, 78, Sun City West, Arizona / ’59 ’81 Genevieve (Harren) Jansen, 77, St. Cloud / ’59 Eleanor (Femrite) Sims, 77, Shelburne, Vermont / ’59 Dennis Tuel, 79, Fergus Falls / ’59 ’69 Richard Skewes, 78, Faribault

’60 ’63 Marion (Gallahue) Lovell, 74, Darwin / ’61 Joel Kennedy, 76, Mora / ’61 Donald Nylund, 88, St. Cloud / ’62 George Bischoff, 77, Osakis / ’62 Beverly (Holmberg) Carson, 76, St. Paul / ’62 Roger Medin, 74, Minneapolis / ’62 ’66 Gale Skold, 87, Benson / ’62 ’72 David Neron, 77, Sauk Rapids / ’65 Wayne Hansen, 73, Silver Bay / ’66 Lee Mills, 73, Shakopee / ’66 ’71 Nina (VanGiffen) Doorneweerd,

93, Mercer Island, Washington / ’67 Bruce Baldwin, 73, New Lebanon, New York / ’67 Betty (Nelson) Palfalvi, 70, St. Paul / ’67 Paul Quisberg, 69, Maple Grove / ’67 Gordon Rodby, 71, Tower / ’67 Harold Wolfe, 78, Waite Park / ’69 Wayne Flygare, 79, Orem, Utah / ’69 ’71 Robert Campbell, 78, Milaca / ’69 ’71 Charles Cook, 68, Little Falls

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’71 Larry Anderson, 65, Eden Prairie / ’72 Christopher Dossett, 64, Lester Prairie / ’73 Daniel Erickson, 67, Littlefork / ’73 Jeffrey Greenough, 66, Naples, Florida / ’73 Thomas Lanning, 63, Cold Spring / ’73 Betsy (Gilhoi) Rennecke, 64, Cosmos / ’74 Augusto Anderson, 68, Atwater / ’74 Kenneth Hermanson, 63, St. Cloud / ’74 Mary Moga, 63, Osseo / ’74 William Swanson, 68, Cambridge / ’75 Ole JessenKlixbull, 71, Cold Spring / ’76 Steven Ladner, 60, Granite Falls / ’77 Gary Evans, 62, St. Cloud / ’77 Randy Kraft, 60, Worthington / ’77 Linda (Boelz) Stumvoll, 59, Foley / ’78 Ann (Kalkman) Fox, 59, Edina / ’78 Carol Helsper, 59, Willmar / ’79 Bruce Hammerlind,

66, Wayzata

’60s

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 oak-crowned 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 online at www.stcloudstate.edu.

’70s

’80s

’80 Glen Santi, 57, Brainerd / ’80 Karen Zenner, 62, Buffalo / ’81 Cynthia (Gregory) Jensen, 56, Savage / ’81 Christine (Walberg) Neilson, 57, Rochester, New York / ’82 Barbara (Paulson) Halvorson, 87, Burnsville / ’83 Rand Goranson, 67, Princeton / ’83 Michael Paradee, 59, Alexandria / ’88 Patrick McDonald, 50, Oak Park, Illinois

’00s

’01 Ellen Carlson, 35, Minneapolis / ’03 Krista (Hanson) Monyhan, 34, New Hope / ’06 Kenneth Thorseth, 56, Sauk Rapids / ’07 Adam Brophy, 32, St. Cloud / ’07 Keith Langston, 46, Melrose / ’09 Michael Barney, 41, Willmar

’10s

’14 Anna (Vitto) Sundine, 47,

Detroit Lakes

Faculty/staff we remember Virginia (Schauland) Baschky, 78, St. Cloud / Lorimer Bjorklund, 80, St. Cloud / Dennis Fields, 76, St. Cloud / Robert Kendall, 81, St. Cloud / Russell Schmidt, St. Cloud / Susan Stoner-Harlander, 60, Randall / ’68 Mary (Peterson) Phillips, 95, Minneapolis / ’77 ’85 ’92 Elaine Davis, 59, St. Cloud

’90s

’90 Marguerite AndersonJohanningmeier, 63, Cushing / ’91 Russell Ilstrup, 70, Buffalo / ’92 Timothy Behme, 46, Eagan / ’93 Elizabeth (Klemz) Barker, 49, Du Bois, Pennsylvania / ’93 Gregory Lund, 66, Twin Valley / ’97 Timothy Sweeney, 49, Fargo,

N.D.

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OUR LEGACY IS STRONG Huskies are everywhere Take a moment to think about the impact St. Cloud State University has on our daily lives. Whether keeping us safe in our homes, getting our attention on TV or coaching and teaching our children, grandchildren and the next generation of Huskies, St. Cloud State is there. I take comfort and pride in knowing that if there is an emergency in St. Cloud, there’s a good chance that at least one of the police officers responding is a Husky. Forty percent of St. Cloud police officers hold criminal justice degrees from St. Cloud State. And if the Minnesota State Patrol is on scene, I know that their officers received guidance from Lori Hodapp ’83, training and development director for the Minnesota State Patrol. I trust that I am able to learn the news from St. Cloud State alumni such as Jeff Passolt ’81 on Fox 9, and the weather from Sven Sundgaard ’03 on KARE 11. And during commercial breaks, I know that alumni like Joe Alexander ’82 are behind the creativity that market some of the world’s most well-known brands. Then there are legacies like the Sundby/Portz families whose connections to the University span generations. These stories and families bring a smile to my face every time, without fail. Larry Sundby ’63 ’67 has been a great asset to the Huskies Tennis program since the early 1960s as a student and then as a coach, and a professor of accounting. He met his wife, Ruth Willey ’63 ’79 here. He coached both of his daughters, Julie Martin ’94 ’05 and Kris Portz ’90 ’94, as Huskies Tennis players and this year is coaching his granddaughter, sophomore Alexie Portz. Three generations of the Sundby family have attended and played collegiate tennis at St. Cloud State. Both Julie and Kris also met their husbands, Andy Martin ’95 ’00 and Jay Portz ’91 respectively, at St. Cloud State. There are many other family legacies tied to St. Cloud State, some of whom have four or more generations of SCSU graduates. I thank all of you for your continued support of the University and your successes that show that our graduates go on to do great things. Huskies alumni are more than 100,000 strong working in hundreds of industries and living in communities all over the world. Be proud of your red and black and let it show. Be proud of your fellow Huskies. I know I am.

EARL H. POTTER III, PRESIDENT

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PARTING LOOK

“STARRY ST. CLOUD STATE” By Hequi Liu ’14 THE RIVER IS ILLUMINATED by the lights of campus and the University Drive

S. Bridge in the fading light of day in this evening photograph by Alumnus Hequi Liu ’14 who uses photography as a way to relax away from the stress of engineering. His photography has netted recognition in St. Cloud where he won the 2014 Best of St. Cloud photo contest with his photos “Lake George“ and “Munsinger Gardens.” His photo “Traffic” was chosen to represent connectivity for the new St. Cloud Greater banners along Division Street.

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