Summer 2013 UND Alumni Review

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UP, UP AND AWAY Karen Nyberg, ‘94, just blasted off for a six-month stay on the International Space Station

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Who’s doing what: News about your fellow classmates.

37 President’s Letter

Lawmakers good to UND.

54 Alumni News

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UND professor’s work could help verify the existence of dark energy. By David Dodds

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64 In Memoriam

UND Concert Choir has long, harmonious history. By Emily D. Hill

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ALUMNI REVIEW | VOL. 96 NO. 2 | S UMMER 2013

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Ex Officio: Laura Block, ’81, ’10; Alice Brekke, ’79, ’87; Robert O. Kelley; Tim O’Keefe, ’71; Paul LeBel; and Lori Reesor.

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46 The Legacy of a Song

A young man’s musical legacy carries on in the form of an endowed scholarship.

By Alyssa Shirek

48 In Dru’s Honor

UND junior Sarah Borgen has been named the winner of the 2013 Dru Sjodin Memorial Scholarship. By Alyssa Shirek

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Dear Alumni & Friends,

SPIRIT OF SPRING

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s I sit at my desk typing this note to you, it’s spring commencement day at UND. After about the longest winter of my life, “spring” just arrived this week. The ice is still on the lakes in North Dakota and for Minnesota’s fishing opener today — ice fishing in May?! But as always, the atmosphere on campus is filled with energy, hope, dreams, and potential as 1,750 graduates receive their degrees today.

I’ve always appreciated the honor President Kelley provides me at the conclusion of commencement, as I get to be the first to welcome the newest members of the UND Alumni Association.

They are so much wiser and sophisticated than my contemporaries and I in 1971, in a world where information on anything is at your fingertips.

In my brief remarks [I have two minutes — those who know me would claim I can’t “package” anything in two minutes] I always emphasize to our newest alumni they will be able to compete with and, in fact, outcompete alumni from any college in the country.

The best evidence of this statement is all of you. It’s truly amazing what our alumni have accomplished, leaders across the globe representing every discipline on campus making the world we live in better every day.

A prominent example is Karen Nyberg, a 1994 graduate in Mechanical Engineering. She has been an Astronaut with NASA since 2000, and is currently residing on the International Space Station, this time for a six-month stay, one of the longest trips into space by a U.S. astronaut. By the time you read this, my wife, Becky, and I will have had the great honor of watching Karen’s launch from Kazakhstan aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket. Look for reports from the trip at www.undalumni.org/undinspace.

A UND highlight of Karen’s trip will occur during summer commencement, when she will be the speaker (via a satellite link from the ISS to the Chester Fritz Auditorium) during those ceremonies. You can follow Karen daily during her stay at the International Space Station through Twitter at @AstroKarenN. On campus, one of the key members of President Kelley’s administration has stepped down from his post. Provost Paul LeBel announced a year ago he would conclude his tenure as provost this year. He has been a critical partner to the UND Foundation in the North Dakota Spirit Campaign. We deeply appreciate Paul’s commitment to UND, and wish him well as he returns to the UND School of Law as a faculty member.

With Paul’s departure, President Kelley has appointed Dr. Tom DiLorenzo as UND’s next Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs. Dr. DiLorenzo was the Associate Vice President for Innovation,

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Commercialization, and Entrepreneurship at the University of Alabama at Birmingham before joining UND on May 1. You can read more about DiLorenzo on page 42. We are excited to begin working with him!

Finally, this past week I announced my retirement as Executive Vice President of the UND Alumni Association, and CEO of the UND Foundation effective March 31, 2014. This announcement came after long deliberation with my wife, Becky, family and close friends. I am excited about the ambitious agenda our team and I have put together in the 11 months to come, and I can assure you there is no “lame” in this duck!

This has been the best chapter of my personal and professional life. Having the opportunity to meet so many incredible alumni and friends, and renew old relationships has been a privilege. Our team is exceptional, and well prepared for a transition to new leadership. A task force of current and former members of our Board of Directors, along with UND VP of Student Affairs Lori Reesor will define the protocol and process for selecting my replacement and defining the transition calendar. This task force will be co-chaired by UND Foundation Chair Al Royse and incoming UND Alumni Association Chair Kris Compton.

Homecoming will be October 7-12. We will celebrate the end of North Dakota Spirit | The Campaign for UND in a big way. We hope you can join us!

Tim O’Keefe, ’71 Executive Vice President and CEO UND Alumni Association & Foundation E‐mail: timo@undfoundation.org

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OUT OF THIS WORLD

World UND alumna embarks on six-month mission aboard the international space station.

By Kate Menzies | Photography By NASA

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aren Nyberg has a room with the greatest view in the world. Or maybe it’s more accurate to say the greatest view “of” the world.

In late May, Nyberg and two other astronauts blasted off from Kazakhstan aboard a 151-foot-long Russian Soyuz 2 rocket that produced 225,000 pounds of thrust. The crew will participate in several hundred experiments that cross the fields of biology and biotechnology, physical science, and earth science during their mission, which will last nearly six months.

This elite group is the 36th crew to live and work aboard the International Space Station. They’ll stay on the orbiting station until November.

Nyberg, a Vining, Minn., native, is the first UND alum and only the sixth

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Left: Nyberg moves in zero gravity on the International Space Station during a 2008 mission.

Top: Nyberg, Fyodor Yurchikhin and Luca Parmitano pose for a photo in their flight suits.

Right: A Russian-made Suyuz rocket carried the crew to their mission.

Minnesotan ever to launch into space. Her first mission was aboard the space shuttle Discovery, which soared into space on May 31, 2008. She logged nearly 14 days in space on that mission, and, as a mission specialist, helped to maneuver the 35,000-pound Japanese Pressurized Module out of Discovery’s payload bay. The 37-foot pressurized module was the largest piece of hardware for the Kibo (which means “hope” in Japanese) experiment lab. Discovery’s crew also added a rooftop storage room to Kibo, and conducted three spacewalks to maintain the station and prime the new Japanese module’s robotic arm.

Nyberg made history on the flight as the 50th woman in space and the first person to operate three different robot arms in space.

UND Space Studies

Nyberg’s newest mission into space coincides with the 25th anniversary of the UND Space Studies Department, which has teamed up many times over the years with UND’s College of Engineering and Mines and its Department of Mechanical Engineering on major research projects that have helped scientists gain insight into the universe and planet Earth. www.UNDalumni.org | 7

TWEET ME IN SPACE The public can follow Nyberg’s mission through her personal tweets on Twitter @AstroKarenN.

Those kinds of collaborations, some of which Nyberg was exposed to as a student at UND, have NASA taking notice and have put UND Space Studies and UND on the cosmic research map.

So, it’s only fitting that a leader in the study of space would have its very own astronaut alum.

Nyberg graduated summa cum laude from UND in 1994 with a degree in mechanical engineering. She would go on to receive her master’s and doctorate in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin.

Nyberg has said her UND experience helped propel her into space.

“UND has a great engineering program,” she said. “It definitely gives you what you need, and it’s a size that allows you to get personal attention if you need it.

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“We have a lot of people from Purdue who work here at NASA; we have a lot of people from Texas A&M, Harvard, MIT and a lot of Ivy League schools. But with UND, the education is as solid, and maybe more. It was great preparation for my basic engineering skills.”

Nyberg graduated from the same UND department – Mechanical Engineering – whose students designed and built ISSAC (International Space Station Agricultural Camera), which, until its retirement in January, sat aboard the ISS, sending back data-filled images of Earth’s soil and vegetation, as well as monitoring natural disasters around the world.

Nyberg said there are a number of people at (Johnson Space Center) who have taken the long-distance Internet

learning program from UND’s Space Studies Department. And with the (ISSAC) project, you “definitely hear about UND.”

Earth-bound hobbies

Mention the words “NASA Astronaut” and you’ll usually conjure up the image of a brilliant, number-crunching engineer or a super-smart scientist – Nyberg is all these things and more. Yet, rarely are we given the chance to consider the other dimensions to this elite group of explorers, or that they may share some common hobbies with more Earth-bound citizens.

Nyberg grew up in the small town of Vining, about 80 miles southeast of Fargo, the fifth of six children. There, she learned many practical skills.

“My mom and dad are both very creative people and made a lot for all of

Left: Nyberg looks out over the earth from the International Space Station during a 2008 mission.

Top Left: Nyberg poses in the space suit she wore during the launch in late May. Top Middle and Right: The International Space Station has been continuously occupied for more than 12 years.

Bottom: Nyberg and the crew will spend six months conducting experiments.

us kids, everything from snowmobile suits to prom dresses,” Nyberg said. “My mom taught me to sew when I was about 5 or 6 years old.”

As an adult, Nyberg still enjoys those creative crafts including sewing and quilting.

“I love it,” she said. “I would sew all day every day if I could; I love it that much.”

‘Love to create’

Once aboard the ISS, astronauts are required to perform at least two hours of exercise each day to combat loss of muscle. This will not be an issue for Nyberg, who is an avid runner.

Nyberg has competed in nine marathons, including the Boston Marathon in 2007, which she ran in tandem with fellow astronaut Sunita

Williams while Williams was in orbit aboard the ISS. The ISS allows Nyberg to enjoy her running while on a specially designed treadmill that uses a harness to hold her in place.

“I am told it takes a little getting used to,” said Nyberg, who confesses she avoids running on treadmills when she can on Earth.

“And I am the type of person that never listens to music when I run,” she added. “It’s good ‘thinking time’ for me.”

On the ground, flight surgeons and trainers keep a close eye on workouts to provide insight to future crews, and also to analyze beneficial impacts for those of us on Earth.

But, for her rare less active free times, Nyberg, a busy mother of a young son, also plans to bring sewing and quilting

supplies with her to catch up on her other favorite pastimes. She’s also packed a sketch book and pencils.

“I love to create,” Nyberg said. “I would really like people to see you can have a job like this, which is very technical, and still have hobbies that are not.”

Quilting and sewing supplies aren’t the only items Nyberg will carry into space. The UND Alumni Association & Foundation sent Nyberg a UND hockey puck signed by President Robert O. Kelley and UND AA& F Executive Vice President and CEO Tim O’Keefe, who went to Kazakhstan to watch the launch. The puck made the trip with Nyberg into space and will be displayed in the Gorecki Alumni Center after her return. AR

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THE CIRCLE OF LOVE

Editor’s Note: The latest book from Phil Jackson, ’67, HON ’08, “Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success” (The Penquin Press) went on sale May 21. In the first chapter of the book, excerpted here in the Alumni Review, Jackson and coauthor Hugh Delehanty set the stage for the book’s fascinating look at Jackson’s coaching methods, his motivational process, his bold take on leadership and, of course, his interactions with some of the NBA’s greatest players.

The Circle of Love Life is a journey. Time is a river. The door is ajar.

—Jim Butcher

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ecil B. DeMille would have loved this moment. Here I was sitting in a limo at the ramp leading into the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, waiting for my team to arrive, while an ecstatic crowd of ninetyfive thousand plus fans, dressed in every possible combination of Lakers purple and gold, marched into the stadium. Women in tutus, men in Star Wars stormtrooper costumes, toddlers waving “Kobe Diem” signs.

Yet despite all the zaniness, there was something inspiring about this ancient ritual with a decidedly L.A. twist. As Jeff Weiss, a writer for LA Weekly, put it: “It was

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the closest any of us will ever know what it was like to watch the Roman Legions returning home after a tour of Gaul.”

Truth be told, I’ve never really felt that comfortable at victory celebrations, which is strange given my chosen profession. First of all, I’m phobic about large crowds. It doesn’t bother me during games, but it can make me queasy in less controlled situations. I’ve also never really loved being the center of attention. Perhaps it’s my inherent shyness or the conflicting messages I got as a kid from my parents, who were both ministers. In their view, winning was fine—in fact, my mother was one of the most fiercely competitive people

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Photo: Blake Little by permission of The Penquin Press

ELEVEN I’ve ever met—but reveling in your own success was considered an insult to God. Or as they would say, “The glory belongs to Him.” This celebration wasn’t about me, though. It was about the remarkable transformation the players had undergone en route to the 2009 NBA championship. You could see it in their faces as they descended the long purple and gold staircase into the coliseum dressed in rally caps and championship T-shirts, laughing, jostling, beaming with joy, while the crowd roared with delight. Four years earlier the Lakers hadn’t even made the playoffs. Now they were masters of the basketball universe. Some coaches are obsessed with winning trophies; others like to see their faces on TV. What moves me is watching young men bond together and tap into the magic that arises when you focus—with your whole heart and soul—on something greater than yourself. Once you’ve experienced that, it’s something you never forget.

The symbol is the ring.

In the NBA, rings symbolize status and power. No matter how gaudy or cumbersome a championship ring may be, the dream of winning one is what motivates players to put themselves through the trials of a long NBA season. Jerry Krause, the former general manager of the Chicago Bulls, understood this. When I joined the

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team as an assistant coach in 1987, he asked me to wear one of the two championship rings I’d earned playing for the New York Knicks as a way to inspire the young Bulls players. This is something I used to do during the playoffs when I was a coach in the Continental Basketball Association, but the idea of sporting such a big chunk of bling on my finger every day seemed a bit much. One month into Jerry’s grand experiment the ring’s centerpiece rock fell out while I was dining at Bennigan’s in Chicago, and it was never recovered.

After that I went back to wearing the rings only during the playoffs and on special occasions like this triumphant gathering at the coliseum.

On a psychological level, the ring symbolizes something profound: the quest of the self to find harmony, connection, and wholeness. In Native American culture, for instance, the unifying power of the circle was so meaningful that whole nations were conceived as a series of interconnected rings (or hoops). The tepee was a ring, as were the campfire, the village, and the layout of the nation itself—circles within circles, having no beginning or end.

Most of the players weren’t that familiar with Native American psychology, but they understood intuitively the deeper meaning of the ring. Early in the season, the players had created a chant they would shout before each game, their hands joined together in a circle.

One, two, three—RING!

After the players had taken their places on the stage—the Lakers’ portable basketball court from the Staples Center—I stood and addressed the crowd. “What was our motto on this team? The ring,” I said, flashing my ring from the last championship we won, in 2002. “The ring. That was the motto. It’s not just the band of gold. It’s the circle that’s made a bond between all these players. A great love for one another.”

Circle of love.

That’s not the way most basketball fans think of their sport.

But after more than forty years involved in the game at the highest level, both as a player and as a coach, I can’t think of a truer phrase to describe the mysterious alchemy that joins players together and unites them in pursuit of the impossible.

RINGS

THE SOUL of SUCCESS

Obviously, we’re not talking romantic love here or even brotherly love in the traditional Christian sense. The best analogy I can think of is the intense emotional connection that great warriors experience in the heat of battle.

Several years ago journalist Sebastian Junger embedded himself with a platoon of American soldiers stationed in one of the most dangerous parts of Afghanistan to learn what enabled these incredibly brave young men to fight in such horrifying conditions.

What he discovered, as chronicled in his book War, was that the courage needed to engage in battle was indistinguishable from love. Because of the strong brotherhood the soldiers had formed, they were more concerned about what happened to their buddies than about what happened to themselves. Junger recalls one soldier telling him that he would throw himself on a grenade for any one of his platoonmates, even those he didn’t like all that much.

When Junger asked why, the soldier replied, “Because I actually love my brothers. I mean, it’s a brotherhood. Being able to save their life so they can live, I think is rewarding. Any of them would do it for me.”

That kind of bond, which is virtually impossible to replicate in civilian life, is critical to success, says Junger, because without it nothing else is possible. I don’t want to take the analogy too far.

Basketball players don’t risk their lives every day like soldiers in Afghanistan, but in many ways the same principle applies. It takes a number of critical factors to win an NBA championship, including the right mix of talent, creativity, intelligence, toughness, and, of course, luck. But if a team doesn’t have the most essential ingredient—love—none of those other factors matter.

Building that kind of consciousness doesn’t happen overnight. It takes years of nurturing to get young athletes to step outside their egos and fully engage in a group experience. The NBA is not exactly the friendliest environment for teaching selflessness. Even though the game itself is a five-person sport, the culture surrounding it celebrates egoistic behavior and stresses individual achievement over team bonding.

PHIL JACKSON and HUGH DELEHANTY

This wasn’t the case when I started playing for the Knicks in 1967. In those days most players were paid modestly and had to take part-time jobs in the summer to make ends meet. The games were rarely televised and none of us had ever heard of a highlight reel, let alone Twitter. That shifted in the 1980s, fueled in large part by the popularity of the Magic Johnson–Larry Bird rivalry and the emergence of Michael Jordan as a global phenomenon.

Today the game has grown into a multibillion-dollar industry, with fans all over the world and a sophisticated media machine that broadcasts everything that happens on and off the court, 24-7. The unfortunate by-product of all this is a marketing-driven obsession with superstardom that strokes the egos of a handful of ballplayers and plays havoc with the very thing that attracts most people to basketball in the first place: the inherent beauty of the game.

Like most championship NBA teams, the 2008–09 Lakers had struggled for years to make the

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transition from a disconnected, ego-driven team to a unified, selfless one. They weren’t the most transcendent team I’d ever coached; that honor belongs to the 1995–96 Chicago Bulls, led by Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen. Nor were they as talented as the 1999–2000 Lakers team, which was loaded with clutch shooters including Shaquille O’Neal, Kobe Bryant, Glen Rice, Robert Horry, Rick Fox, and Derek Fisher. But the 2008–09 Lakers had the seeds of greatness in their collective DNA. The players looked hungrier than ever when they showed up for training camp in August 2008. At the end of the previous season, they’d made a miraculous run to the finals against the Celtics, only to be humiliated in Boston and lose the decisive game 6 by 39 points.

Clearly the beating we’d received at the hands of Kevin Garnett and company—not to mention the torturous ride to our hotel afterward through mobs of Celtics fans—had been a brutal experience, especially for the younger players who hadn’t tasted Boston venom before.

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Some teams get demoralized after losses like that, but this young, spirited team was energized by getting so close to the prize only to have it batted away by a tougher, more physically intimidating opponent.

Kobe, who had been named the NBA’s most valuable player that year, was particularly laser focused. I’ve always been impressed

by Kobe’s resilience and ironclad self-confidence. Unlike Shaq, who was often plagued by self-doubt, Kobe never let such thoughts cross his mind. If someone set the bar at ten feet, he’d jump eleven, even if no one had ever done it before. That’s the attitude he brought with him when he arrived at training camp that fall, and it had a powerful impact on his teammates.

Still, what surprised me the most was not Kobe’s ruthless determination but his changing relationship with his teammates.

Gone was the brash young man who was so consumed with being the best player ever that he sucked the joy out of the game for everyone else. The new Kobe who had emerged during the season took his role as team leader to heart. Years ago, when I’d first arrived in L.A., I’d encouraged Kobe to spend time with his teammates instead of hiding out in his hotel room studying videotape. But he’d scoffed at the idea, claiming that all those guys were interested in were cars and women.

Now he was making an effort to connect more closely with his teammates and figure out how to forge them into a more cohesive team. Of course, it helped that the team’s other co-captain— Derek Fisher—was a natural leader with exceptional emotional intelligence and finely tuned management skills. I was pleased when Fish, who had played a key role as a point guard during our earlier run of three consecutive championships, decided to return to L.A. after free-agent gigs with the Golden State Warriors and the Utah Jazz. Though Fish wasn’t as quick or as inventive as some of the younger point guards in the league, he was strong, determined, and fearless, with a rock-solid character. And despite his lack of speed, he had a gift for pushing the ball up court and making our offense run properly. He was also an excellent three-point shooter when the clock was running down.

Most of all, he and Kobe had a solid bond. Kobe respected Derek’s mental discipline and dependability under pressure, and Derek knew how to get through to Kobe in a way that nobody else could. Kobe and Fish kicked off the first day of training camp with a speech about how the upcoming season would be a marathon, not a sprint, and how we needed to focus on meeting force with force and not allowing ourselves to be intimidated by physical pressure.

Ironically, Kobe was beginning to sound more and more like me every day.

In their groundbreaking book, Tribal Leadership, management

consultants Dave Logan, John King, and Halee Fischer-Wright lay out the five stages of tribal development, which they formulated after conducting extensive research on small to midsize organizations. Although basketball teams are not officially tribes, they share many of the same characteristics and develop along much the same lines: STAGE 1—shared by most street gangs and characterized by despair, hostility, and the collective belief that “life sucks.”

STAGE 2—filled primarily with apathetic people who perceive themselves as victims and who are passively antagonistic, with the mind-set that “my life sucks.” Think The Office on TV or the Dilbert comic strip.

STAGE 3—focused primarily on individual achievement and driven by the motto “I’m great (and you’re not).” According to the authors, people in organizations at this stage “have to win, and for them winning is personal. They’ll outwork and outthink their competitors on an individual basis. The mood that results is a collection of ‘lone warriors.’ ” STAGE 4—dedicated to tribal pride and the overriding conviction that “we’re great (and they’re not).” This kind of team requires a strong adversary, and the bigger the foe, the more powerful the tribe.

STAGE 5—a rare stage characterized by a sense of innocent wonder and the strong belief that “life is great.” (See Bulls, Chicago, 1995–98.)

All things being equal, contend Logan and his colleagues, a stage 5 culture will outperform a stage 4 culture, which will outperform a 3, and so on. In addition, the rules change when you move from one culture to another. That’s why the so-called universal principles that appear in most leadership textbooks rarely hold up. In order to shift a culture from one stage to the next, you need to find the levers that are appropriate for that particular stage in the group’s development.

During the 2008–09 season the Lakers needed to shift from a stage 3 team to a stage 4 in order to win. The key was getting a critical mass of players to buy into a more selfless approach to the game. I didn’t worry so much about Kobe, even though he could go on a shooting spree at any second if he felt frustrated. Still, by this point in his career I knew he understood the folly of trying to score every time he got his hands on the ball. Nor was I concerned about Fish or Pau Gasol, who were naturally inclined to be team players.

What concerned me most were some of the younger players eager to make a name for themselves with the ESPN SportsCenter crowd.

But to my surprise, early in the season I noticed that even some of the most immature players on the team were focused and single minded. “We were on a serious mission, and there wasn’t going to

be any letup,” says forward Luke Walton. “By the time we got to the finals, losing just wasn’t going to be an option.”

We got off to a roaring start, winning twenty-one of our first twenty-five games, and by the time we faced the Celtics at home on Christmas, we were a far more spirited team than we’d been during the previous year’s playoffs. We were playing the game the way the “basketball gods” had ordained: reading defenses on the move and reacting in unison like a finely tuned jazz combo.

These new Lakers beat the Celtics handily, 92–83, and then danced through the season to the best record in the Western Conference (65-17).

The most troubling threat came in the second round of the playoffs from the Houston Rockets, who pushed the series to seven games, despite losing star Yao Ming to a broken foot in game 3. If anything, our biggest weakness was the illusion that we could cruise on talent alone. But going to the brink against a team that was missing its top three stars showed our players just how treacherous the playoffs could be. The close contest also woke them up and helped them move closer to becoming a selfless stage 4 team.

No question, the team that walked off the floor in Orlando after winning the championship finals in five games was different from the team that had fallen apart on the parquet floor of the TD Garden in Boston the year before. Not only were the players tougher and more confident, but they were graced by a fierce bond.

“We’ve become a brotherhood,” said Kobe. “A brotherhood pure and simple.”

Most coaches I know spend a lot of time focusing on X’s and O’s. I must admit that at times I’ve fallen in that trap myself. But what fascinates most people about sports is not the endless chatter about strategy that fills the airwaves. It’s what I like to call the spiritual nature of the game.

I can’t pretend to be an expert in leadership theory. But what I do know is that the art of transforming a group of young, ambitious individuals into an integrated championship team is not a mechanistic process. It’s a mysterious juggling act that requires not only a thorough knowledge of the time-honored laws of the game but also an open heart, a clear mind, and a deep curiosity about the ways of the human spirit.

This book is about my journey to try to unravel that mystery. AR

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ALBATROSS TEES OFF

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Albatross Tees Off

Golf becomes a year-round sport in Grand Forks.

By Cole Britton | Photography By Sam Melquist

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hile Grand Forks may have several popular golf courses, the long North Dakotan winters prevent golfers from enjoying them year round. Andrew Krauseneck, ‘09, intends to bring this to an end.

Krauseneck, the owner of Albatross Sports Grill, has wanted to open an indoor golf facility since 2010, but a restaurant wasn’t what he first envisioned.

“I started doing some research on (golf ) simulators and thought it could be an interesting concept for a place like Grand Forks,” Krauseneck said. “The idea initially did not include a full restaurant, rather just bottled beverages and snack foods.”

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Since this is his first venture in the restaurant business, Krauseneck had family members and friends with prior experience mentor him along the way. This personal approach to founding Albatross may have something to do with the mood he’d like it to have.

“We want to be the place on the north end of town where people can feel at home — almost like a ‘Cheers’ type atmosphere,” he said. “I want it to be a local hangout for a fairly wide audience — college students, young professionals, families and visitors of Grand Forks.”

These visitors may choose from the selection of new restaurants on 32nd Avenue South, but Krauseneck says Albatross has a unique way to set it apart from the chain restaurants further south.

“The golf component is what differentiates Albatross from every other place in the area,” he said. The restaurant’s name is a golf term describing a score three strokes under par.

“It works very well with the golf side of the business,” he

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said. “I also thought the name allowed for a business that could end up being much more than golf.”

Albatross’ golf simulators feature large high-definition screens where golfers of all skill levels can hit the links any time of year.

“We’ll have plenty of rainy and windy days during the summer, too, so it will still be a great place for people to get their golf fix when they can’t play outside,” Krauseneck said. “The simulators also provide a much lower pressure environment to learn the game. We will be focusing on beginner golfers, hopefully having beginner lessons and clinics at some point.”

UND senior David Hale noted the simulators are already gaining popularity.

“I know a few guys who put standing tee times on Wednesdays,” Hale said on his way out of Albatross, a golf bag slung over his shoulder. “They have clubs available (at Albatross). If you want to save five bucks, just bring your clubs.”

Far left: Andrew Krauseneck, ‘09, in front of his new sports grill and golf club, Albatross.

Above: Two state-of-the art golf simulators allow hackers to enjoy their favorite sport, even during the coldest winter days.

“We want to be the place on the north end of town where people can feel at home — almost like a type atmosphere.”

‘Cheers’ Hale also said Albatross is “comparable to other sports bars,” but Krauseneck says the social aspect of golf is another element that separates it from other restaurants — as well as other golf courses.

“Obviously we’re going after the avid golfers, but we’re also going after the social aspect of the game, and especially the social aspect that indoor golf allows that the normal outside game does not allow for,” he said.

“Groups are always together inside, and they don’t have to spend extra time looking for everyone’s ball during their round.”

Albatross customers also can be social while watching one of 12 50-inch TVs or playing foosball or bubble hockey. But as a restaurant, Albatross’ food is the primary focus.

“The burgers have been popular,” Krauseneck said.

“Our burgers aren’t our specialty by any means, but

they are getting very good reviews, especially our Habanero Burger. People are loving our fresh-cut chips that come with all burgers, sandwiches and baskets.”

While Albatross is enjoying initial success, Krauseneck — also a graduate of Central High School in Grand Forks — hopes that the community he’s from will continue to support his first ownership venture.

“I really want to see this become successful in Grand Forks, not only for my benefit, but also for the benefit of the many residents who have been giving me feedback along the way,” he said. AR UND student Christalin Casinader contributed to this report. Casinader and Cole Britton write for the UND student newspaper, The Dakota Student.

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FROM THE DEAN

Interim Dean Kathleen Tiemann

FROM THE DEAN

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reetings from the College of Arts & Sciences, the heart of the University of North Dakota. On behalf of our faculty, staff, and students, welcome to the inaugural edition of our newsletter in its new incarnation as a part of the Alumni Review. We are excited to be a part of this publication in a special edition delivered only to our Arts & Sciences alumni.

In this issue you will discover some incredible stories of the exceptional faculty and students in the College.

We take great pride in the work of faculty like Dr. Joshua Bronfman, who will lead the Concert Choir on a once-in-a-lifetime performance trip to Cuba in the spring of 2014, or Dr. Wayne Barkhouse, whose astrophysics research unlocks some of the deepest secrets in the universe. Discover how Dr. William Caraher, a history professor and archeologist, uses the tenets of punk music to inform archeological field work.

You will also hear from current students like Shayla Longie, who lived with the Xukuru tribe in Brazil and brought home a newfound confidence in herself. We also share firsthand accounts of the transformational difference a modest scholarship can make in the lives of our students.

This is my final column as Interim Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences.

It has been an honor to work with and meet many friends and alumni of the College. I have enjoyed getting to know you, to learn about your accomplishments, and to hear the pride in your voices when you speak of your alma mater.

Of course your financial gifts are always appreciated, but there are many ways to support the College and UND. You might consider hosting an alumni event, creating an internship opportunity for students, or visiting the campus and speaking to classes about your profession. I assure you we will be good stewards of your support no matter what form it takes. For details on some of our campaign objectives, please visit our website at arts-sciences.und. edu.

It has been a pleasure meeting you, hearing your stories, and sharing with you the exceptional accomplishments and good works of the students, faculty and staff who constitute the College of Arts & Sciences at the University of North Dakota.

Cordially,

Kathleen Tiemann

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PUNK ARCHEOLOGY COMBINING THE DO IT YOURSELF AESTHETIC OF PUNK ROCK MUSIC WITH THE RIGOUROUS METHODS OF FIELD ARCHEOLOGY. IT CAN BE DONE. The first thing anyone asks is: what is Punk Archeology?

The question is both complex and simple. The simplest answer is an academic conference held in Fargo earlier this year that brought together archaeologists, historians, art historians, and musicians to explore the intersection between punk rock music and archeology.

The idea came from Dr. Bill Caraher, a professor in the Department of History at UND and his colleague and friend, Dr. Kostis Kourelis, an art historian and archaeologist at Franklin and Marshall College, and was organized into a conference by graduate student Aaron Barth.

Caraher got the idea after noticing how many archeologists seemed to love punk music, and wondered what the connection might be. “A group of us began to realize that we might have all attended some of the same punk shows before we met as archaeologists,” says Caraher. “And even if we didn’t go to the same shows in offbeat music halls in Philadelphia, Columbus, and Berkeley, we wish we had. We bonded over conversations about music and found that our intellectual interests followed right along with our musical ones.”

Compared to what most people think of as an academic conference, Punk Archeology brought together faculty from Concordia, Minnesota State University Moorhead,

North Dakota State University, UND, and private industry to talk about and perform punk rock music, archaeological methods, aesthetics, practices, and local history.

Speakers worked to weave together the disruptive music of the punk rock movement and the venerable practices of field archeology.

“Historians, archaeologists, and anthropologists have always been outsiders in the clean cut world of the social sciences,” Caraher continues. “We don’t even look like economists. So it was natural for us to understand our marginal place in academia as parallel to our more marginal music tastes. So we talked about it while the music blared, and onlookers marveled. It was awesome.”

The dissonant presentation of the paired subjects accurately reflected the traditions of the punk rock music scene, fast songs with lots of rough edges and strippeddown instrumentation—a “don’t bore us, get to the chorus” ethos brought to the academic institution of field archeology.

The talks were short but rich in innovative thinking.

Descriptions of fieldwork conundrums, epistemological challenges, and the roots of the punk aesthetic in earlier, transgressive art forms showed how the edgy, live sound of punk found parallels in the need to adapt practices and conclusions to the changing conditions present in archaeological work.

By the end of the night even the most skeptical observer would admit that punk rock is more than just music but part of a larger intellectual movement that continues to make noise in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of North Dakota.

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SHEDDING LIGHT ON THE DARK

Photo: Jackie Lorentz

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SHEDDING LIGHT ON

THE DARK UND Professor’s work could help verify the existence of dark energy.

By David Dodds

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n physics, nothing means something.

Considering the universe is composed of less than 5 percent ordinary matter, our understanding of the other 95 percent — mainly dark matter and dark energy — is extremely important for observational cosmologists. Dr. Wayne Barkhouse, a University of North Dakota astrophysicist, shared in this major astronomical discovery that gets us a step closer to understanding how the universe works. This discovery is being hailed as a breakthrough in our understanding of the dynamics of the universe and offers a new glimpse into its origins.

Expanding Universe

In 1998, two independent teams of astronomers announced that the universe was undergoing accelerated expansion. For 70 years prior, the simplest cosmological model implied that the expansion of the universe, discovered in

the 1920s by Edwin Hubble, should slow down with time (i.e., decelerate) as the attractive force of gravity operates over large distances.

The first sign of a crack in the armor appeared in the early 1980s with the development of the inflationary scenario.

This add-on to the standard Big Bang model posits that the universe went through a very brief period of exponential growth shortly after the universe was created.

Several lines of evidence today support this idea, but one troubling aspect early on was the prediction that the overall curvature of the universe should be zero, meaning a “flat” universe.

However, observations indicated that the total amount of matter plus energy in the cosmos would mean that 70 percent of the universe was “missing” if one assumes zero curvature.

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Photo: Brian Lula

Dark Energy

The answer — to be measured precisely by the Dark Energy Survey — is that the universe is filled with dark energy, which is helping to speed things up.

With the arrival of dark energy on the cosmic scene, astrophysicists have sought an explanation as to the nature and origin of the cosmic acceleration. Is dark energy the result of some anti-gravity force that permeates all of space, appearing out of the vacuum (something from nothing)? Or does it represent a breakdown in our understanding of gravity over large distances?

To obtain a better understanding of dark energy, accurate and precise observations of the effects of dark energy on our universe need to be collected. This is the primary goal of the Dark Energy Survey (DES), of which UND’s Dr. Barkhouse is an active associate member.

The DES is a five-year program to map out the location and properties of galaxies in order to ascertain the influence of cosmic acceleration on both the expansion history of our universe, and the growth rate of structure. The DES will survey 5,000 square degrees of the southern sky using a newly designed wide-field digital camera that will allow repeated observations in multiple filters over the program lifetime.

The observations will be acquired using the 4-meter Blanco telescope at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile. This $50 million project is sponsored by the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Energy, and member institutions both in the U.S. and elsewhere.

“The achievement of first light through the Dark Energy Camera begins a significant new era in our exploration of the Cosmic Frontier,” says James Siegrist, DOE associate director of science for high-energy physics in a National Science Foundation story about the camera. “The results of this survey will bring us closer to understanding the mystery of dark energy and what it means for the universe.”

The Dark Energy Camera was constructed at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia, Ill., and mounted on the

The Dark Energy Camera is the most powerful survey instrument of its kind, able to see light from over 100,000 galaxies up to 8 billion light years away in each snapshot.

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Dr. Wayne Barkhouse, a University of North Dakota astrophysicist, shared in a major astronomical discovery that gets us a step closer to understanding how the universe works.

Photo: Jackie Lorentz

Victor M. Blanco telescope at the National Science Foundation’s Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile, which is the southern branch of the U.S. National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO). With this device, roughly the size of a phone booth, astronomers and physicists are probing the mystery of dark energy, the force they believe is causing the universe to expand faster and faster.

“The Dark Energy Survey will help us gather information about why the universe is accelerating, rather than slowing due to gravity,” says Barkhouse, whose software is being used to analyze the vast quantities of data generated by the Dark Energy Camera.

According to the National Optical Astronomy Observatory, the Dark Energy Camera is the most powerful survey instrument of its kind, able to see light from over 100,000 galaxies up to 8 billion light years away in each snapshot. The camera’s array of 62 charged-coupled devices has an unprecedented sensitivity to very red light, and along with the Blanco telescope’s large

light-gathering mirror (which spans 13 feet across), will allow scientists from around the world to pursue investigations ranging from studies of asteroids in our own solar system to the understanding of the origins and the fate of the universe.

Scientists collaborating in the Dark Energy Survey — including Barkhouse and a graduate student assistant at UND — will use the new camera to carry out the largest galaxy survey ever undertaken, and will use that data to carry out four probes of dark energy, studying galaxy clusters, supernovae, the large-scale clumping of galaxies and weak gravitational lensing.

This will be the first time all four of these methods will be possible in a single experiment.

The Dark Energy Survey began in December, taking advantage of the atmospheric conditions in the Chilean Andes to deliver pictures with the sharpest resolution seen in such a wide-field astronomy survey. In just its first few nights of testing, the camera has already delivered images with excellent and nearly uniform spatial resolution.

Over five years, the survey will create detailed color images of one-eighth of the sky, or 5,000 square degrees, to discover and measure 300 million galaxies, 100,000 galaxy clusters and 4,000 supernovae.

Funding

The Dark Energy Survey is supported by funding from the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science, the National Science Foundation, funding agencies in the United Kingdom, Spain, Brazil, Germany, and Switzerland, and the participating DES institutions.

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HITTING THE RIGHT NOTES

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HITTING THE

RIGHT NOTE UND’s nationally recognized concert choir has triumphed over challenges in the past, and is ready to take on whatever comes their way.

By Emily D. Hill | UND English Lecturer

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Dr. Joshua Bronfman, associate professor of Music, has conducted the choir for the last seven years.

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he University of North Dakota Choir is a group of selected students who choose to fill their noon hour, five days a week, with serious musicianship.

From all departments of study, the choir students not only devote themselves to the performance of a repertoire that derives from many cultures, covers six centuries and various languages, but also achieve the primary enormous goal of any musical ensemble — the ability for the many to join together in one collective melodic voice.

The many hours the Concert Choir students devote to their craft are enormous. Not only do they come together to sing for one hour per day, they also spend countless hours outside of the Hughes Fine Arts Center’s choral room. There is an expectation that they practice independently and in sectionals.

They attend additional rehearsals closer to concert time. They are to keep their scores updated with any important directional markings and comprehension notes of various foreign translations. But most

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importantly, they must spend time getting to know each other by listening to their fellow members’ voices. This may come in the form of listening for complex and dissonant harmonies in a challenging piece of postmodern music and adjusting voices to balance with other choir mates, but it also means contributing to the group as a whole. This may mean students raising hands to point out difficult sections, bringing suggestions to the table to provide for a better sound, and learning from each other to become a cohesive community of voices. It does not matter if the students are studying vocal performance, engineering or aviation; Concert Choir challenges each student to contribute as a choir member and expects the highest results.

Choral Education student, Brian Larrabee, describes the Concert Choir relationship as a family. “You need to be great friends with the other members to make a great sound,” says Larrabee.

Decades of Excellence

The UND Concert Choir is the premier choral group on campus and it has a very rich history that is engrained into the university’s legacy. Born into the campus tradition in 1961 as the “University Chorus,” the ensemble was pieced together by Dr. James T. Fudge by pulling tenor and bass members from the main chorus, The Varsity Bards, as well as auditioning sopranos, altos, tenors and basses from across the entire student body.

Today, although under a new name, the structure and vision for the ensemble remains true to the tradition established over 50 years ago. However, throughout the past seven years, the UND Concert Choir has evolved rapidly, making the transition from just another college choir to a semi-professional level under the direction of Dr. Joshua Bronfman.

Jace Erickson describes well the choir’s growing potential. “I chose to attend UND because the Concert Choir was at a stage of development and I wanted to be part of that. I feel like the choir

APHASIA LITERACY GRANT FUNDS RESEARCH INTO REGAINING LANGUAGE SKILLS AFTER A STROKE

By Mary Jo Schill , ‘70

For more on the Concert Choir’s passionate students, see page 46

is at a level that can contend internationally.”

In recent years, Dr. Joshua Bronfman transformed the UND Concert Choir into a nationally recognized ensemble.

Through his years of training in Choral Music Education at both Florida State University and Oregon State University and his previous study with renowned conductors such as Anton Armstrong, Bruce Brown, Rodney Eichenberger, Simon Halsey, and André Thomas, he brings an interesting hybrid of choral conducting and vocal experience to UND music students.

Taking the Next Step

Bronfman plans to extend the skill and study of his students to the international level by taking a performance trip to Cuba in the spring of 2014.

The Concert Choir’s trip to Cuba was scheduled to take place after the end of this upcoming spring semester.

However, due to some unforeseen circumstances, the trip has been postponed until the spring of 2014. Bronfman and the students continue to work long and hard towards their preparation to sing with the National Choir of Cuba in the approaching year.

The UND Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders has received a $21,255 community continuation grant from the North Dakota Department of Health State Stroke Program. The grant-supported program, Key to Success: Regaining Language and Literacy Skills, will receive a second year of funding to provide a weekly literacy (reading and writing) intervention program for up to 10 individuals from the region who are recovering from the effects of a stroke or other related neurological difficulty. The program is sponsored through the University of North Dakota Speech, Language, and Hearing Clinic, and Mary Jo Schill, Director of Clinical Education for the department, is the grant author and principal investigator for the project grant.

The PARIS (Performance and Recovery In Stroke) literacy program complements the PARIS conversation group that also meets weekly in the UND Clinic. Many of the individuals receiving services through these groups also receive individual treatment as well, providing a broad range of services for individuals with aphasia and other stroke related communication difficulties.

The Literacy group meets three hours each week in a room at the Medical School Education Center. The group is supervised by Shari Weisz, SLP and new clinical faculty member in the department, and Veronica Moen, a reading specialist who is employed part-time for the project. In addition, at least three graduate students each semester are completing practicum experiences in this program.

In November, Mary Jo Schill, Veronica Moen, and Diane Sander (the SLP who supervised the program last year), presented a one-hour seminar at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association national convention in Atlanta.

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FOUNDER’S DAY | AWARDS

FOUNDER’S DAY ARTS & SCIENCES RECOGNIZED FOR CAMPUS EXCELLENCE Every year the UND Founder’s Day banquet recognizes outstanding faculty for teaching, service, and research. The College of Arts & Sciences takes great pride in the many awards it receives, and in 2013 the 130th anniversary of the Founding of the University was an occasion for the College to once again acknowledge the work of its incredible faculty.

The following is a list of Arts & Sciences faculty who distinguished themselves among all faculty at the University.

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UND FOUNDATION / LYDIA & ARTHUR SAIKI FACULTY AWARD FOR INDIVIDUAL EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING Dr. Sheryl O’Donnell, English

UND FOUNDATION / MCDERMOTT FACULTY AWARD FOR INDIVIDUAL EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING Dr. Joshua Bronfman, Music When Joshua Bronfman came to the University of North Dakota seven years ago, he took on a struggling program.

But as an associate professor in the Music Department specializing in choral conducting, Bronfman has helped the program make a dramatic turnaround.

Because of his hard work, Bronfman has earned the Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award.

A professor in the English Department, Sherry O’Donnell has a way of bringing students out of their shells. She helps them focus less on grades and more on actual learning. She teaches them to look critically at the world, to question what’s happening around them, and to develop opinions of their own based on logic and sound reasoning. For all she does for her students, O’Donnell has earned the Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award.

UNDERGRADUATE TEACHING AWARDS

UND Foundation/McDermott Faculty Award for Individual Excellence in Teaching- Diane Darland, biology, $2,000.

UND Foundation/Lydia & Arthur Saiki Faculty Award for Individual Excellence in Teaching- James Popejoy, music, $2,000.

UND FOUNDATION / THOMAS J. CLIFFORD FACULTY ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH

UND FOUNDATION / KARLEEN HOME ROSAAEN AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN ACADEMIC ADVISING

Dr. Mark Hoffmann, Chemistry

Meganne Masko, Music

Mark Hoffmann has served his department and the University of North Dakota in a variety of capacities. From 2003 to 2010, he was the department chair. From 2008 to present, he has been the associate vice president for research capacity building and North Dakota Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (ND EPSCoR) co-project director.

Despite his heavy commitment to administration in recent years, Hoffmann continues to maintain one of the largest research groups in the Chemistry Department.

He also publishes his work in the most respected journals in his field, and he provides invaluable service to the international scientific community through his many invited lectures and his heavy peer review for many distinguished journals and granting agencies.

The Outstanding Faculty Academic Advisor Award identifies one faculty member who exemplifies great student service in the area of undergraduate academic advising. This faculty advisor demonstrates a caring attitude while going above and beyond when serving as a mentor to students. This person is knowledgeable of program and university requirements as well as resourceful and creative in helping students to meet those requirements. In just her fourth semester at the University of North Dakota, Meganne Masko has proven to be that caliber of advisor and has earned the UND Foundation/Karleen Home Rosaaen Award for Excellence in Academic Advising.

THE UND AWARD FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATION IN RESEARCH OR CREATIVE WORK Dr. Julia Zhao, Chemistry Julia Zhao of the Chemistry Department and Min Wu of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology have made names for themselves within their respective departments for their outstanding scholarly activity. But together their groundbreaking and productive work in the area of bionanotechnology deserves special recognition.

That is why the duo has received the UND Award for Interdisciplinary Collaboration Research or Creative Work.

INDIVIDUAL AWARD FOR FACULTY DEVELOPMENT OR SERVICE

UND Foundation/Thomas. J Clifford Faculty Achievement Award for Outstanding Faculty Development and Service- Brett Goodwin, biology, $2,000.

UND FOUNDATION / THOMAS J. CLIFFORD AWARD FOR DEPARTMENTAL EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING The Department of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures The faculty in the Department of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures have developed a reputation for excellence. Amanda Boyd and Melissa Gjellstad have won awards for individual teaching excellence, and several others in the department have been nominated as well. A number of department faculty members have been named Faculty Stars, and at least three have won the UND Spirit Award. Faculty evaluation scores are consistently exemplary.

The department includes 25 tenured, tenure-track, and adjunct/ lecturer faculty members and offers eight languages.

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FOUNDER’S DAY | AWARDS

SIMONE WEIL AND THEOLOGY THE UND AWARD FOR DEPARTMENTAL EXCELLENCE IN SERVICE The Department of Music If you’ve ever been to a University event, you’ve probably seen or at least heard them. Whether it’s an athletic event, graduation, UND Day at Target Field in Minneapolis, the Founder’s Day banquet, or a homecoming celebration, the Music Department is there to provide the soundtrack.

That’s not to mention the many concerts the department offers through the year. Each year, the Music Department sponsors more than 300 concerts and related events, all of which are open to the public. This doesn’t include the more than 90 athletic events that the Pride of the North Marching and Athletic Bands perform at each year. It also hosts a number of annual events that serve the larger area. Hundreds of regional high school students come to UND through the Honor Band and Choir Festival, Pride of the North Band Day, and Spring String Fest.

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The Department of Philosophy and Religion’s Dr. Rebecca Rozelle-Stone and Dr. Lucian Stone have published a new book, Simone Weil and Theology (Bloomsbury, 2013), introducing readers to the life and religious philosophy of the compelling but controversial figure, Simone Weil (1909-1943). Weil, a French philosopher, Christian mystic, and social activist, once wrote that “impossibility is the door of the supernatural” at which humans can only knock.

In a time when religious belief (or its rejection) tends to delineate strict boundaries, the authors present Weil’s paradoxical approach to the world of the spirit as a much-needed interruption of the stale and rigid arguments between religious fundamentalists and staunch atheists. Weil stands outside much of Western theological tradition by her use of paradox and poetic metaphor to unravel self-serving projections of the divine, with their emphases on eternal reward, the avoidance of suffering, and the championing of convenient, “feel-good” religious sociality.

At the same time, because of Weil’s love of the ancient Greek philosopher Plato and the centrality of the Christian incarnation in her thought, she stands in tension with many contemporary philosophers on key issues. Therefore, each chapter in their book examines an aspect of her paradoxical religious thinking—including her ideas on atheism and mysticism, religious pluralism, human nature, love, beauty, grace, and education—and situates them within contemporary philosophical discourses.

Professors Rozelle-Stone and Stone both serve on the Executive Committee of the American Weil Society (AWS). Rebecca is currently the Vice President and President-elect of the scholarly association. Presently, they are exploring the possibility of hosting the AWS Annual Colloquy at UND, which would bring national and international scholars of Simone Weil’s philosophy together for engaging presentations and discussions. The event would provide a unique opportunity for students, faculty, staff, and the broader communities of this region to learn about the remarkable life and thoughts of Simone Weil, who is being more widely read in the disciplines of philosophy, religious studies, French language and culture, and literary criticism.

Gifts can be given online at www.arts-sciences.und.edu or by mail: UND Foundation 3501 University Avenue Stop 8157 Grand Forks, ND 58202 Make checks payable to: UND Foundation with fund designation in memo line.

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Do you have questions about giving to UND? Please contact Craig Garaas-Johnson Director of Advancement UND College of Arts & Sciences Montgomery Hall Room 125 290 Centennial Drive Stop 8038 Grand Forks, ND 58202-8038 701.777.3669 craig.garaasjohnson@und.edu

ARTS & SCIENCES

Students in Action STUDENT HIGHLIGHTS FROM ACROSS THE COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCES

Amber Boll presented her poster on “Remembering a forgotten landscape by commemorating the Red River Ox Cart Trails” at the 109th Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers in Los Angeles.

The cast and crew from the Department of Theatre Arts remounted their 2012 show My Generation for the Region V Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF) Jan. 20-25 in Lincoln, Neb. The invitation to perform at the Region V festival rewards and recognizes the exemplary work of the Department of Theatre Arts at UND. Anna (Gaspar) Ehrhorn, a Spring 2012 graduate of the Communication Sciences and Disorders undergraduate class, received a UND Intercollegiate Funding Award to attend the International Child Phonology Conference in Minneapolis June 4-6, 2012. Ehrhorn’s research focused on comparing the nonword repetition (NWR) production abilities of children

with and without speech sound disorders (SSD). Anna is currently pursuing a M.S./Ph.D. at Bowling Green University in Ohio.

Kayla Ekart, a graduating senior majoring in Classical Studies, was selected as UND’s Student Employee of the Year, and went on to win the North Dakota State Student Employee of the Year.

Paige Ferguson, a sophomore Mathematics major from Grand Forks, was awarded the Waldemar J. Trjitzinski Memorial Scholarship.

The University of North Dakota Mathematics Department was selected by the American Mathematical Society this year to have the honor of awarding the scholarship.

Samantha Hersch, flute student of Sharon Boschee, has been selected to play in a master class at the Upper Midwest Flute Association’s annual Flute Fest. She will be performing the first movement of Bohuslav Martinu’s first Sonata, for Denis Bouriakov, principal flutist of the

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra in New York.

Rachel Hill graduated in May and has been accepted into the M.A. program in American Indian Studies at UCLA on full scholarship. Rachel also conducted a summer independent research project on the Mille Lacs reservation, collecting oral histories, working with the Department of Indian Studies Chair, Sebastian Braun.

Garrett Jepsen, an undergraduate Geography major, presented his research on “Ruptures and Seismic Gaps of the Sundra Megathrust” at the 19th Annual McNair Scholars Forum.

The Psychology Department’s Clinical Program placed 10 out of 10 students applying for predoctoral internships through the highly selective Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers.

Leslie Saulsbury, a junior music therapy student from Colstrip, Mont., won 3rd place and $300 in the Midwestern Region Music Therapy student internship scholarship contest for writing an original song about music therapy in the Midwest and posting it to YouTube. The video may be found at www. mw-amta.com.

The UND Wind Ensemble was selected to present a featured performance at the 2012 Western International Band Clinic held in Seattle, Wash., this past November. The Wind Ensemble, conducted by UND Professor of Music and Director of Bands Dr. James Popejoy, consists of the most outstanding wind and percussion students selected by audition from throughout the campus.

The UND Chamber Orchestra and UND Student String Quartet performed in Brazil by invitation to the 2013 “Festival Musica Nas Montanhas” in Poços de Caldas, Minas Gerais.

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AWARD WINNING REFLECTIONS

AWARD WINNING

Reflections

TRAVIS WALLER I remember my first UND course in English. It was a class centered on the theme of “human and animal relationships.”

For our first paper, we were given free rein as to what we could choose for topics, the only requirement being at least three secondary sources. I remember this distinctly, because my three sources were an excerpt from Sun Tzu’s Art of War, an online article centered on Hindu mythology, and a section from an article I was simultaneously reading for my Composition 110 course. Finding something in common with those three sources probably should have earned me a firm lecture on “logic,” but that was my first collegiate bibliography.

Truth told, I don’t even remember my topic, and I might not have even had one. I look back now, and think about how much

I’ve grown as a writer since then. Some days I can hardly believe it. That was three years ago, and if I close my eyes I can still remember everyone and where they sat in that class. I would tell you how odd that feels, but I imagine many of you reading this article understand that feeling. That idea of “growth” is kind of where I wanted to go with my experience receiving the Katherine B. Tiffany Scholarship.

Now, I’m not sure scholarships like this promote “growth” entirely of themselves.

I do, however, believe that department scholarships such as the one I received promote a desire to grow. My family and friends have always supported everything I’ve done (or just about everything), but receiving an award goes beyond that. It makes one believe that there is a world

beyond just a person’s close network of friends and family that values the subject to which they have decided to devote their academic career. It makes a person believe that what they are doing is worth something in the world beyond UND’s campus, to people they’ve never even met.

For me anyway, it’s that belief that drives you forward to make every day, every lesson, more than a mark on a transcript.

These texts and authors studied serve as important examples, as individual students explored their own writing.

The department allows students to differentiate and explore their written study, whether through poetic, creative, or nonfiction writing. The faculty present excellent examples of how to pursue scholarly inquiry through investigating a text further or expanding upon a written idea.

Undoubtedly, I will leave UND with a strong network of professional mentors, willing to advise and support me as I continue with my future endeavors. I am thankful for my time spent in Merrifield Hall. I have learned a great deal about reading, writing, and thinking in addition to learning more about myself and others. I

feel confident as I pursue a teaching job in North Dakota upon graduation.

UND, specifically UND’s English Department, has prepared me to expose new learners to the creative, inventive, and humanistic world of English, where each individual is awarded the opportunity to explore and discover more about themselves and the larger world.

Travis Waller is a Junior majoring in English with a linguistic minor. He received the 2013 Donald J. “Jack” Robertson Memorial Award and was the 2012 recipient of the Katherine B. Tiffany scholarship presented by the Department of English. He is considering Law School.

BEATRICE HILL During my four years at UND, I have been fortunate to experience diverse classes and passionate instructors. The UND English Department has played an integral role in preparing me for my future career in Secondary English Education. The English Department faculty are generous with their time, and supportive of their students. They continually provide unique and relevant topics of study. Through my English education I have explored the world of William Shakespeare, immersed myself into the culture of Harry Potter, and questioned the supposed “bad girls” of Roman and Greek mythology. Not only have I become better acquainted with the essential heroes and heroines of English literature, I have learned to express myself through the written word.

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Beatrice is majoring in Secondary English Education, Honors, and earning an English Language Learner Endorsement. She is the 2013 Daniel Sheridan Award Recipient, which is given to students pursuing a career in Secondary English Education.

Shayla Longie in a spare moment with one of the many Xukuru children she met during her trip to Brazil.

LEARNING FROM THE XUKURU SHAYLA LONGIE SPENT TIME WITH THE XUKURU TRIBE IN THE BRAZILIAN STATE OF PERNAMBUCO IN 2012.

By Shayla Longie During my senior year at UND I was one of the few Anthropology majors who hadn’t completed any field work. By chance I saw the flier for the Xukuru field school and I immediately jumped on board. Nearly one year ago, two other students and I were granted the opportunity to study abroad in Brazil as part of Dr. Marcia Mikulak’s Brazil Field School, living and working alongside the Xukuru (pronounced shoo-Koo’-roo) Indians of Pernambuco. While I can’t speak for the other students, I can honestly say the three weeks I spent abroad with the Xukuru changed my life forever.

The Xukuru community is like no other. Immediately we outsiders were accepted and welcomed in with open arms, minds, and hearts. Everybody we met was eager to invite us into their homes and teach us about their way of life. At the heart of it all was the tribe’s leader, Cacique Marcos Xukuru. Cacique Marcos has got to be one of the most influential and inspiring people I’ve ever

met. Everything he does is for welfare of the Xukuru; in fact, he wears two wedding rings — one for the marriage to his wife and one for the marriage to his people.

The Xukuru have a long history of subjection to social injustice and political persecution; while describing their situation to others I usually compare it to the same issues Native Americans faced in this country following European settlement. What I find extraordinary about the Xukuru is what they’ve done for themselves to overcome all the hardships they’ve endured. Rather than remain victims, they band together and fight for the good of their people.

And what’s even greater, I can use the word “they” without any worry of falsely generalizing the Xukuru because every member of that community is working toward the betterment of their tribe; the same spark can be seen and felt in each person one meets, and I think, more than anything, that the spark comes from Cacique Marcos.

The greatest thing I took home from my time in Brazil was the yearning to become involved in the world around me. In the first two weeks in Brazil, we participated in political rallies, religious ceremonies, and community wellness seminars.

Being a part of such monumental events was absolutely exhilarating, and made me want to advocate in any way for these people I was beginning to know and love. When the cacique sat down and told us the complete history of his people, a history that involves so much sadness, hardship, and sacrifice — including the life of his father and the attempt on his own life — it made me feel ungrateful and complacent. But the end of his story was filled with hope as he described everything his people were working and fighting for and it made me wonder why the majority of people from my tribe, the Spirit Lake Nation, didn’t seem to want to fight for themselves the way the Xukuru did.

I was fortunate enough to get some of Cacique Marcos’ time and sole attention to talk to him about my own Native roots; I showed him maps and pictures of the reservation my family is from and talked to him at great length about the corruption and other negative issues the Spirit Lake people are facing. What stuck out to me the most about this conversation was his sincere confusion regarding the entire thing. He genuinely couldn’t understand how members and leaders of the tribe could not only hurt each other, but why people across the reservation seemed to accept it and not unite against it. Just talking about the entire matter with him ignited that same spark inside of me and for the first time in a long time, made me feel the same pride in my heritage that the Xukuru felt in theirs. Since returning from Brazil I have had a greater interest in Spirit Lake tribal matters and I have dedicated more of my time to staying informed as well as spreading the word about important tribal issues. I also continue to closely follow the Xukurus’ journey and stay connected to the people I met in Brazil as much as possible through Facebook and email.

Not only do I feel like I benefitted from the field school because I got a chance to explore a world different from the one in which I live, but because experiencing firsthand the Xukuru sense of community and social activism made me want to project their gumption and expand upon it back home. Something extraordinary happened to me while I was in Brazil, something I have trouble putting into words; the Xukuru ignited their spark in me and I will be forever grateful to Cacique Marcos and the rest of the Xukuru people for being the ones to strike the match.

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orth Dakota Lt. Gov. Drew Wrigley, ‘88, was the featured speaker at the 125th spring commencement ceremony. More than 1,700 students received degrees this spring, including the first four graduates of the University’s new Petroleum Engineering program. Also pictured are Dr. Lori Reesor, Vice President for Student Affairs (left) and UND President Robert Kelley (right).

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hat an exciting Spring Semester!

We just celebrated the University of North Dakota’s 125th Spring Commencement.

Between the general commencement and ceremonies for the School of Law and School of Medicine and Health Sciences, more than 1,760 students joined the alumni family.

We were delighted that North Dakota Lieutenant Gov. Drew Wrigley, a UND alum, served as our main general commencement speaker. He delivered an impassioned address that encouraged the graduates to never give up on themselves, to keep learning, and to put their talents to productive uses that benefit society.

I was also pleased at Commencement to award the Chester Fritz Distinguished Professorship to Dr. James Mochoruk. Jim epitomizes the caliber of faculty member we seek to attract and retain. He is highly regarded as a scholar, enthusiastically endorsed by his students, and his deep and dedicated service to the University — particularly in this last year, when among many other activities he served as chair of the University Senate, served on my Cabinet, and served as co-chair (with Vice President for Student Affairs Lori Reesor) on the search committee that brought us a new Provost ­— is unparalleled.

A New Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Which brings us to another exciting event this year: the hiring of UND’s newest Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Dr. Thomas M. DiLorenzo.

Tom is an innovative leader with an outstanding background in higher education as a researcher and educator. He is already doing an excellent job of leading UND’s academic division and of helping to continue our progress toward becoming an Exceptional UND. I also want to thank Paul LeBel for the service and leadership that he has given to the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs office since 2009. He leaves the Academic Affairs office in a strong position. Paul is returning to his real love – teaching students as a professor in the UND School of Law. Tim O’Keefe As you already know or will learn elsewhere in this issue, Tim O’Keefe has announced that he plans to retire next spring. We will still have several months of working hard, together, to benefit the University of North Dakota, and I am grateful for that. UND has a great friend in Tim O’Keefe. His work as the head of the UND Alumni Association & Foundation has been exemplary, and we are the beneficiaries of that work and leadership, which includes oversight of the $300 million North Dakota Spirit | The Campaign for UND. Tim’s legacy is already helping to provide an Exceptional UND for the future. All of UND joins me in wishing Tim and his wife, Becky, the very best on the next exciting phase of their lives.

North Dakota Legislature The recently concluded North Dakota Legislative session was an interesting one. Many decisions needed to be made, and in the end, when the dust settled, UND fared well. I won’t go into all of the details, but I do want to point out two major items for us.

The North Dakota Legislature supported a plan that added to the Health Care Workforce Initiative approved by the 2011 North Dakota Legislature. The additional funding will allow us to increase the number of medical students at UND’s School of Medicine and Health Sciences by eight and the number of other health care students by 15. This is vitally important because health care professionals are desperately needed in our state. A recent report predicts that North Dakota could face a shortage of as many as 400 doctors in just a few years. There will be shortages in other health care professions, as well.

Another critical need was additional space to implement the Health Workforce Initiative. In the end, the Legislature made $122 million available for the University to build a School of Medicine and Health Sciences facility. We are appreciative that Gov. Jack Dalrymple’s budget included a significant portion of the funding.

His support helped set the stage for the final outcome, which will fund the best option for the future of healthcare education in North Dakota.

Another priority was funding for a School of Law addition and renovation. This funding is important as our Law School seeks reaccreditation in 2014, and it is also important in building the infrastructure necessary to allow the Law School to continue to ramp up its ability to educate and graduate practice-ready lawyers who are vitally needed in North Dakota. We were very pleased that Gov. Dalrymple also supported this request and that the Legislature appropriated $11.4 million to help us meet these important needs.

I want to thank Kathryn Rand and Dr. Joshua Wynne, deans of the School of Law and School of Medicine and Health Sciences, respectively, for their exceptional work related to these two areas.

And I want to thank Grand Forks legislators and the many legislators from around the state, as well as Gov. Dalrymple and Lt. Gov. Wrigley, who supported these initiatives as well as the University and higher education in general.

And I want to thank the many alumni who in so many ways are helping the University achieve our goals. Together, we will continue to ensure a bright future for an Exceptional UND. With the best of wishes,

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A BIGGER Event UND’S ANNUAL ALL-DAY SERVICE PROJECT SENDS NEAR-RECORD NUMBER OF STUDENTS INTO COMMUNITY FOR ODD JOBS

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he Grand Forks community saw the warmest day in months Saturday, April 27.

It also saw numerous University of North Dakota student volunteers lending a helping hand across the Grand Cities, all part of the annual BIG Event.

This year, the BIG Event had about 1,200 volunteers who completed 115 jobs in Grand Forks and East Grand Forks.

UND student volunteers and others began their morning with registration at the UND Wellness Center. They were fed breakfast and given their assignments for the day.

With missions in hand, volunteers spent the morning cleaning up parks, washing windows, raking, painting/staining, and picking up trash along the Greenway, among various other tasks.

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“It was not the biggest year for job requests due to inclement weather (prior to the event), but as far as volunteers go, this was definitely one of the biggest years,” said BIG Event co-director Hannah Morehouse.

For the past nine years, the BIG Event has brought both faculty and students together for a day that encourages service, responsibility and teamwork.

UND is among 70 universities that participate in the BIG Event. The BIG Event started at UND in 2005, and is the largest annual single-day community service event completed by UND students, faculty and staff.

“Each year we strive to make the BIG Event bigger and better than ever,” said Morehouse. “We would love to reach out to and assist as many community members as possible, and we hope to make more UND students, faculty and staff aware of this amazing opportunity to give back to the community that continuously supports the University of North Dakota.” AR — Kate Menzies, University Relations Student Writer

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niversity of North Dakota graduate student Tanner Pruess had an interest in art at a young age, but it wasn’t until he arrived on campus that he made his mark.

The 23-year-old from Pierre, S.D., is finishing up a master’s degree in business administration in the College of Business and Public Administration, but during his time at UND he explored other opportunities and found he had talent that hadn’t been tapped.

“My fiancée encouraged me to do some creating of my own,” Pruess said. “She’s also an artist, and she definitely inspired me to start creating my own work.”

Pruess began building a unique style that combines “structured” and “chaotic” elements. He created his first painting in the fall of 2011.

“I put a picture of it on Facebook, and I got some great feedback from friends and family,” he said. “That was what started my second career.”

Pruess made his first sale in March 2012 to a friend who bought two pieces. By the end of 2012, he had sold more than 50 paintings nationally. Along with his sales, he has donated a variety of paintings to charities and fundraisers.

Pruess’ move to UND has paid off in ways he never expected. His art career continues to flourish, and he is now part of a distinct group of artistic entrepreneurs.

“When you consider the size of the town, I think the art community in Grand Forks is pretty cool,” he said, “It’s a great thing to be a part of.”

Pruess’ artwork was featured recently during UND Spirit Week in The Hugo’s Spirit Art Showcase & Silent Auction. His

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abstract painting, “Discover the Spirit,” is up for sale. The piece combines school colors in a way that reveals the innovative, creative, entrepreneurial and spirited legacy of UND alumni, students, faculty and staff.

“Having a painting featured in the University’s art auction is a huge stepping stone for many artists,” Pruess said. “It also was extra special for me because UND has given me so many opportunities and connections. AR — Brian Johnson, University Relations www.UNDalumni.org | 39

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UND’S LAMOUREUX TWINS USE SKILL AND SMARTS TO EXCEL ON THE ICE AND IN THE CLASSROOM

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ith no women’s professional hockey league to sign them after graduation, UND student-athletes and twin sisters Jocelyne and Monique Lamoureux know the importance of getting an education.

“We want to play in three Olympics,” said senior forward and defensemen Monique Lamoureux. “There’s no NHL for us, and it’s something we’ve always known.

Right now, we’re pursuing our dreams of playing hockey, but we know that we’re going to have to have careers after this.”

That mindset has helped two of UND’s most successful athletes become outstanding role models both on the ice and in the classroom.

The Lamoureuxs received their undergraduate degrees in physical education, exercise science and wellness, and subsequently started on their master’s degree in kinesiology with an emphasis in sport psychology.

Balancing act

Being involved in NCAA Division I hockey and being members of the USA National Team, missing school has been inevitable, yet the twins remain high achievers in the classroom.

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“In the spring semester, we always miss up to three weeks of school with the national team along with missing school to finish up our college season, so it’s something we make sure our professors are aware of,” said Monique.

“These ladies are wonderful, model citizens who have taken responsibility with missing class,” said James Whitehead, professor and graduate coordinator of the kinesiology master’s program. “They’re very diligent with doing their homework at major national championships to make sure it gets done on time. Add that onto the fact that they do it remarkably well, too.”

Being away from the classroom and not being present for lectures is always a challenge, but the Lamoureuxs take it in stride.

“They often work ahead of the other students,” said Sandra Short, professor and chair of kinesiology and public health. “They haven’t heard me lecture about a topic, yet they have to do homework on it and basically teach themselves.”

“It helps that we’re both taking the same classes so we have someone else to talk about the material with,” said Jocelyne.

Finding balance

Having a graduate-level course load, fitting in daily practices, all while trying to maintain somewhat of a social life can be stressful.

“I think it’s a matter of good time management,” Jocelyne said. “There isn’t enough time in the day so you just have to learn how to manage it. We learned early when we went to high school and while we were in prep school to manage our time well.”

Trailblazers

Aside from being role models for women in sports, they’re examples to all student-athletes. They’re able to balance an exceptional career in sports and yet are able to carry 4.0 grade point averages.

It was announced in May that Jocelyne was named a recipient of a one-time $7,500 NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship to be used for graduate studies. She was one of only 58 NCAA student-athletes to receive the award for the 2012-2013 winter sports season.

“These two young women work hard academically, but they’re also working hard in their sport and that can’t be denied,” Short said. “They realize it’s a privilege to play and they’re willing to put in the work.”

The Lamoureuxs’ athletic commitments have involved four full NCAA Division I hockey seasons,

A Day All Their Own one Olympic tournament, four International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Championships, four IIHF Four Nation tournaments and various camps with USA Hockey, yet their levelheadedness and modesty is overwhelming.

“They went from celebrating a World Championship to sitting in my statistics class two days later,” Whitehead said. “Talk about a return to reality!”

Parents’ influence

Good work habits were instilled in the sisters at an early age.

“Our parents always told us that whatever we do, we need to always put our best foot forward and work our hardest at it,” said Monique. “If you’re not going to put 100 percent into something, then why are you doing it? It’s something that we’ve always applied to school and to hockey.”

“If you’re going to do something, you might as well give it all you’ve got,” said Jocelyne.

It’s safe to say the Lamoureuxs give everything ­— whether on and off the ice. AR — Emily Aasand, University Relations Student Writer

Jocelyne and Monique Lamoureux’s success with the UND women’s hockey program, along with other aspects of their hockey and academic careers prompted Grand Forks Mayor Michael Brown to proclaim April 15, 2013, as Jocelyne and Monique Lamoureux Day. While the twins were grateful for the honor, they also found humor in the situation.

“It’s kind of comical,” Jocelyne said. “My brothers were making fun of us. But in all seriousness, it’s very nice and humbling. I know what we’ve been able to accomplish has a lot to do with how much the Grand Forks community has helped us out with athletics and school.”

With all they’ve given to the program at UND, the twins have seen much of that given back to them.

“It’s amazing,” Jocelyne said, “I don’t think there’s any other community, especially with NCAA hockey, that supports their program the way this community does. Minnesota, Wisconsin — they support their hockey teams pretty well, but I don’t think it’s a close community like we have in Grand Forks. And being able to grow up here makes that bond a lot stronger for my sister and me.”

— Elizabeth Erickson, Dakota Student Writer

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NEW UND PROVOST THOMAS M. DILORENZO THEMES: SUPPORTING INNOVATIVE TEACHING, RESEARCH AND STUDENTS

hen University of North Dakota President Robert O. Kelley named Thomas DiLorenzo UND’s new Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, he focused on DiLorenzo’s excellent credentials and leadership experience. The title “provost” designates DiLorenzo as UND’s senior academic administrator; as VP for academic affairs, he’ll direct the academic division of the largest institution of higher learning in the Dakotas.

With a wealth of teaching and administrative experience and a distinguished research track record, DiLorenzo is the right person to help UND continue “our progress towards becoming an Exceptional UND,” said Kelley.

DiLorenzo said he was attracted to UND in part because of Kelley’s strategic direction, “Exceptional UND,” which focuses on enhancing student learning, gathering, collaborating, enhancing quality of life for faculty and staff, and building UND’s presence off campus. DiLorenzo said the tenets of “Exceptional UND” connect to his goals, which include championing innovative teaching techniques that benefit student

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learning, nurturing research programs, and stimulating and supporting interdisciplinary partnerships. He said another goal is to help UND tell its story.

But DiLorenzo is also an upbeat communityfocused administrator with an appreciation for the power of collaboration.

“In all of my communications, I want the community to see that I’m a huge cheerleader for the University,” said DiLorenzo, a psychologist and academic administrator who came from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. “I want to tell our story, to celebrate our achievements, and to promote creativity, entrepreneurship, and innovation. I want to be very positive. The provost’s office is where this can happen.”

Clearly, DiLorenzo enjoys being part of academia.

That enthusiasm is palpable as he describes some of his experiences teaching and leading in the higher education setting.

“We have the best jobs in the world,” he said.

DiLorenzo emphasizes that he’s a mentor, not a micromanager, who also appreciates the fiscal side of management.

“Maybe that’s a consequence of my second undergraduate degree – economics,” he quips.

DiLorenzo said he’ll focus on several key themes: • Helping to enhance UND’s studentcentered environment.

• Supporting UND’s research agenda.

• Stimulating big ideas. “Big ideas by their nature are interdisciplinary. So we want to do interdisciplinary teaching and interdisciplinary research because that’s where grants will be in the future. That’s exciting.”

• Liberal arts education. “We want to continue to focus on the core skills that everyone needs; from English and other traditional liberal arts majors to students preparing for science, technology, mathematics and engineering careers: critical thinking, writing, quantitative reasoning, problem solving, team-based learning. We must make this message clear to faculty, students, and the public.”

• Strategic planning. “We have an excellent starting point, a roadmap to ‘Exceptional UND;’ now we want to take that to the next level.”

• Supporting graduate students.

From local to global

DiLorenzo has his eyes out for what’s happening on the global stage. UND, he says, is well-positioned to help create an international reputation. Some of UND’s programs that pop out at DiLorenzo as having significant global potential: aviation, energy, entrepreneurship, environment, law and public policy, rural health, and the scholarship of teaching and learning.

“We want to transform students while they’re in school, and we want them to become technologically savvy,” said DiLorenzo, whose psychology research includes the dynamics of faculty development and promotion. Part of that transformative process includes helping students and faculty to develop a creative, innovative, and entrepreneurial spirit at all levels. AR — Juan Miguel Pedraza, University and Public Affairs

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JOSEPH MORSETTE INSPIRES AMERICAN INDIAN YOUTH TO CONSIDER CAREERS IN LAW

here’s no fixed path to the law.

Just ask Joseph Morsette, ‘09, director of the UND School of Law Native Americans Into Law Program and faculty fellow at the Northern Plains Indian Law Center.

Though most folks follow a standardized map to their legal careers — college, then law school through the prescribed hoops — others, like Morsette, prove there’s a less-worn and, sometimes, a much more interesting journey to the coveted Juris Doctor law degree.

Morsette’s first “detour” came courtesy of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Morsette was a military policeman in the North Dakota Air National Guard.

“I was called up during my first year at the UND School of Law and didn’t get back to law school full time until 2007,” said Morsette, an enrolled citizen of the Chippewa-Cree Tribe, from the Rocky Boy Indian Reservation in Montana.

Morsette was an active duty Air Force military cop and tribal police officer before turning his attention to higher education. He says those early experiences gave him a special appreciation for the law. He studied the basics, graduated from Stone Child Community College in Montana and got his bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from the University of Great Falls. Then he got accepted to the UND School of Law in 2001 — just before getting the call to duty from the North Dakota governor.

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Morsette wasn’t able to complete his UND law degree until 2009. Shortly after, UND School of Law Dean Kathryn Rand offered him the position of director of the Native Americans Into Law (NAIL) Program and Northern Plains Indian Law Center Faculty Fellow.

As director of the NAIL program, Morsette spends most of his time reaching out to American Indian high school students in the region. He also works closely with the four tribal colleges in North Dakota and four in Minnesota to “build up the pipeline” for future American Indian law students.

It’s all about student success, said Morsette, who graduated from the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law with a Master of Laws in Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy.

“We provide academic support to all American Indian and Alaska Native students, mentorship opportunities, and professional and social events through the UND School of Law Chapter of the Native American Law Student Association,” he said.

The program has a distinguished history with 45 students receiving NAIL funding to date, including 16 currently enrolled in the program.

“We got started 10 years ago with former Senators Byron Dorgan and Kent Conrad, who earmarked money for NAIL,” said Morsette, who, in addition to his jobs at UND, also is an appellate judge for the White Earth Reservation, Mahnomen, Minn.

An aim of the NAIL program, Morsette notes, is to recruit promising American Indian and Alaska Native students and train them to be effective attorneys.

“No one in the program is forced to study federal Indian law or tribal law — our first priority is to educate effective and knowledgeable attorneys,” Morsette said. The program provides academic support and scholarships to its students.

In addition, Morsette notes, the UND School of Law is home to — among other American Indian law-related programs — the Northern Plains Indian Law Center to assist tribal governments. That organization addresses legal issues affecting tribal lands and members, and promotes diversity within the legal profession by increasing recruitment and retention of American Indian law students.

The Center is a clearinghouse for American Indian legal materials and provides a forum for discussing and resolving legal issues confronting Indian tribes, the states and the federal government. It will also support tribal advocacy training programs. Among the Center’s programs are the Northern Plains Tribal Judicial Training Institute, the Native American Law Project, Tribal Environmental Law Project, and the Institute for the Study of Tribal Gaming Law and Policy. AR — Juan Miguel Pedraza, University and Public Affairs

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Happiness at Work KAYLA EKART HONORED AS UND AND NORTH DAKOTA STUDENT EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR FOR DOING WHAT SHE LOVES

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ND senior Kayla Ekart loves what she does, and she’s good at it.

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Now UND and the State of North Dakota are honoring the Bismarck native as their Student Employee of the Year.

Double bonus.

Ekart, who, outside of her normal academic pursuits, serves as a writing consultant for other students on campus, has been officially recognized as UND’s and the state’s premier student worker.

But all the attention has, quite frankly, surprised Ekart.

“A part of me is still a little confused because I feel like I was just doing my job,” she said. “It’s almost like getting rewarded for doing something that I enjoy doing anyway and for doing something that will have a meaningful impact on my future.”

The Student Employee of the Year is a program sponsored by the National Student Employment Association (NSEA), which UND has been a part of for the past five years.

After being selected as UND’s Student Employee of the Year, Ekart’s nomination form was sent on to the Midwest Association of Student Employment Administrators (MASEA) Regional Student Employee of the Year Committee. The Committee selected a winner for each state in the Midwest. Ekart then was chosen to receive the North Dakota State Student Employee of the Year award.

“My peers and colleagues are such remarkable people who have supported me so much in terms of how I think of myself as a writing consultant and how I interact with writers,” Ekart said. “It is an amazing feeling to know that they appreciate and see value in my contributions since they have helped me so much.”

Ekart, who is pursuing a bachelor’s degree in classical studies, started working for the UND Housing Office, in conjunction with the University Writing Program, as an Apartment Community Center Writing Consultant in September 2012.

Kathleen Vacek, ‘03, ‘06, University Writing Program

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coordinator, and Troy Noeldner, associate director of housing, nominated Ekart for her professionalism and quality work.

Vacek commended Ekart on her consulting abilities, sophisticated thinking and reasoning skills and her way of communicating with students.

“Kayla demonstrates excellence in all of these areas, and she successfully brings all of them together to customize assistance for each student’s unique situation,” Vacek said.

According to Noeldner, during Ekart’s first semester on the job, the Apartment Community Center saw the number of student-requested appointments more than double and the number of students served increase by 29 percent.

Apartment residents value the individualized guidance and feedback Ekart provides, Noeldner said.

One resident said, “Kayla took the time to really get to know me as an individual and discover the most effective brainstorming method for me.”

Ekart will receive a $500 scholarship and her name will be listed on the Student Employee of the Year plaque.

There were 21 nominations submitted by UND department supervisors for this award.

“Working as a writing consultant has connected me with so many different students on campus and I have gained a lot from the relationships that have been built,” Ekart said. “Because the people that I get to work with have widely diverse perspectives and personal backgrounds, my own perspective has been broadened and refined as a result.” AR — Kate Menzies, University Relations Student Writer

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Mark Solberg sings a solo during a 2008 production of “Keep the Faith,” a musical at the Chester Fritz Auditorium.

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The Legacy of a Song First student benefits from Mark Solberg Memorial Scholarship

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veryone who met Mark Solberg remembers him.

They remember him coming to their door year after year asking for a gift as he single-handedly raised $40,000 for the Muscular Dystrophy Association during the Jerry Lewis Telethon. They remember him singing the National Anthem before a hockey game at Ralph Engelstad Arena. They remember him as the boy with a wheelchair and a song.

Mark’s passion for music began when he was a young child, first with the school band and the Grand Cities Children’s Choir.

When the strain of carrying a heavy saxophone became too much, he put all of his might into singing with the choir. Every choir he could.

Diagnosed with Duchennes Muscular Dystrophy at age 4, Mark began to use a wheelchair when he was a sixth-grader. And yet, he continued to sing.

He sang at his brother’s and sister’s weddings. He sang karaoke at Rhombus Guys Pizza. He sang with the Central High School Choir, the UND Varsity Bards, Jazz Choir, and Concert Choir.

UND Choral Director Joshua Bronfman said Mark’s attendance was perhaps the best of any student he’s ever taught.

When Mark’s parents attended the “Keep the Faith” musical in 2008 in Chester Fritz Auditorium, they had no idea what was in store. “They hit the lights, and there he was singing a solo and he didn’t even tell us,” his dad, David, ’74, said. “My first reaction was, ‘Boy, if we would have known you were going to do that, we would have had all our family and everyone there.’”

It wasn’t always easy, but Mark’s mom, Bonnie, ’87, said that “if you told him he couldn’t do something, he was bound and determined to do it.”

With a little help from his friends associated with the UND Department of Music, he was able to sing alongside his

fellow tenors. “They really respected him, and they hadn’t experienced someone being this active and involved who used a wheelchair,” Bonnie said. “Accessibility was a challenge.

In the choir room (at UND) they installed a lift to get him up to where the tenors should be. He paved some ground there for accessibility.”

On May 2, 2011, at only 22, Mark died. He was in his fourth year at UND, majoring in Rehabilitation and Human Services with a minor in Music.

And his song continues.

In his honor To carry out Mark’s legacy, his parents wanted to give back to what Mark loved most: music. “We wanted to do something in his honor, and one of our first thoughts was ‘scholarships,’” Bonnie said.

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Web Extra To hear Mark’s sweet tenor voice and to learn more about the Mark Solberg Memorial Endowment, visit www.undalumni.org/alumnireview.

The Solbergs established the Mark Solberg Memorial the other choir members seemed to be really enthusiastic that he Scholarship Endowment, given to a member of the UND Concert was awarded,” Bonnie said. “It was very, very special. Very special.”

Choir who best represents the passion and love for music that Mark exhibited during his short life.

A gift for the future This spring, Concert Choir Director Joshua Bronfman UND Foundation endowment funds like the Mark Solberg awarded the first Mark Solberg Memorial Scholarship to junior Memorial Scholarship are invested to provide a yearly payout Joe Peterson. of interest on the investment, “He would have been proud supporting UND students far into of Joe,” Bronfman said, adding the future. For an endowment to that the two share an almost begin funding its selected cause, parallel passion for music, trying it must reach a minimum of out for every solo and attending $25,000. every practice. “They put While the Solbergs provided themselves out there, and that’s the initial gift, it was far from to be commended.” the $25,000 needed to begin Peterson, a junior Flight payout. So, Dr. Bronfman led the Education major, says he’s always charge to host “Remember My been interested in music, and Song,” a concert whose proceeds his experiences with Varsity benefited Mark’s scholarship.

Bards, Concert Choir, Minnesota “Before the concert, we Boys Choir, and other groups thought it would take a long are something he’ll always time to reach the point of being cherish. He says being selected fully endowed,” Mark’s dad, David, as the inaugural recipient of a said. But concert-goers donated scholarship named for his former more than $10,000, and with choir mate is a special honor. the addition of a couple of very “I sang with Mark in the generous gifts, the scholarship UND Junior Joe Peterson sings during the Winter Wonderland Bards, and I saw his passion. fund was created. concert last December. On April 19, UND Director of Choral Activities Joshua Bronfman presented Peterson with the first That I was chosen means that The Solbergs have also Mark Solberg Memorial Scholarship.

Bronfman sees that same established a scholarship through passion in me,” Peterson said. the Grand Forks Education “Music was his number one goal.

Foundation for a Grand Forks It shows a lot about my passion because music is really big in my Central student coming to UND. life.”

Gifts to the Mark Solberg Memorial Scholarship benefit The scholarship will help ease Peterson’s financial burden.

North Dakota Spirit | The Campaign for UND, which will direct Because of costs associated with Mark’s physical needs, a caveat more than $307 million to UND’s passionate students like Joe of the endowment agreement is that it can be used toward travel Peterson and Mark Solberg, inspirational educators including or equipment costs, and Peterson says a portion will be used to Dr. Joshua Bronfman, innovative programs such as Music, and fund course fees associated with a trip to Cuba for Concert Choir extraordinary places. next year. “Being in flight education, scholarships are a huge help By giving to the Mark Solberg Memorial Scholarship because my cost of flying is 2-3 times my tuition every semester,” Endowment, you can help extend Mark Solberg’s impact by Peterson added. “With loans, it’s hard paying off the high interest, increasing scholarship support. To donate, please visit www. and it’s hard to get them after you’ve taken so many.” undalumni.org/givenow. AR When Bronfman announced that Peterson had earned the first Mark Solberg Memorial Scholarship, Bonnie called it a time for celebration. “It just felt like we were celebrating (Mark’s) legacy, and it was very rewarding,” she said. “I’d seen (Joe) perform many times. It was fun to have someone who really appreciated it, and

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Sarah Borgen is the 2013-14 recipient of the Dru Sjodin Memorial Scholarship.

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UND Junior wins 2013 Dru Sjodin Memorial Scholarship on platform of volunteerism and violence prevention education.

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niversity of North Dakota junior Sarah Borgen has been named the winner of the 2013 Dru Sjodin Memorial Scholarship.

Borgen is pursuing bachelor’s degrees in Visual Art and Women and Gender Studies, and she is active in several student groups including the Student Art Collective, Pro Choice Voice, and the International Peer Mentor Program. She also volunteers for a local women’s shelter in Florence, Italy, where she is currently studying abroad. She plans to honor Sjodin’s memory by working with UND’s Committee on Sexual Violence to create a program that educates men and women on combating sexual violence.

“Sexual violence must end. What it takes to get to that point is a cohesive movement at UND. CVS is a bright group of faculty, staff, administration, counselors, law enforcement, community members, and a couple of students. Involving more students in the fight against sexual violence will help ignite the rest of UND. We can create a social change and it begins with students,” Borgen wrote in her scholarship application.

Kay Mendick, Director of the Women’s Center, who served on the scholarship selection committee, said Borgen emerged as the front-runner when it became clear that Sarah “continually seeks out opportunities to volunteer, not only for the sake of volunteering, but because she wants to continually educate herself, in order to be a strong and educated voice when talking about the issue of violence.”

Q & A with Sarah

Q. What does it mean to be honored with the Dru Sjodin Memorial Scholarship?

A. I am deeply humbled and honored to be the 2013-14 recipient of the Dru Sjodin Memorial Scholarship. I cried when I heard that I had gotten the scholarship. I was so thankful that for a whole year I get to follow my passion of ending violence against women in honor of Dru. Because of the scholarship, I don’t have to work three jobs at once and I can focus on volunteering to make UND a safer community. I will further Dru’s legacy by teaching a prevention course to groups such as R.A.s, residence halls, the Greek community, student organizations, faculty, staff, and others. Ending violence against women is not just a women’s issue, it is a community issue. In order to create a safer UND we all must work and fight this problem together.

Q. What has scholarship support in general meant to you?

A. Many students, like myself, go to school full time and have to work to support themselves. School is stressful enough without the responsibility of a job or two. I have often heard a saying that in college you can only pick two of the three: sleep, studying, and a social life. Scholarships are vital to the well-being of UND students. So many students want to learn, but because of the cost of education have to sacrifice their grades to stay financially afloat.

It would have been extremely hard for me financially to study abroad without the Benjamin Gilman International Scholarship.

Because of it, I was able to enhance my learning by getting a global perspective.

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Q. What is your favorite thing about volunteering?

A. Essentially, volunteerism has been the platform of my life, so it made perfect sense to make it my pageant platform [Sarah was Miss Dakota Country 2010 and competed at the state Miss America Scholarship pageant].

My first memory of volunteering was when I was 7 years old, picking up trash along a road with my grandparents on Earth Day. “No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” This quote by Aesop truly captures my philosophy of volunteering. I love to volunteer because it spreads kindness.

As a UND student, Dru Sjodin’s warm and vibrant personality showed itself through her creativity and campus involvement.

She pursued a bachelor’s degree in visual art while active in The Clothesline Project and other campus activities that promoted women’s safety and violence prevention. Dru was also a member of Gamma Phi Beta sorority.

Q. What have you learned studying abroad in Florence?

A. Santa Reparata International School of Art taught me more than the courses I took. I learned about a different culture, which gave me a global perspective of life. I was able to see how all humans are connected to each other. I was able to work alongside Italians to

In Mom’s Honor Solbergs establish scholarship endowment to benefit students in the name of former nurse

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n 2011, Bob, ’69, and Kristine (Aarthun) Solberg, ’69, established the Shirley Solberg Aarthun Nursing Endowment in honor of Kristine’s mother, who worked as a nurse for 37 years.

“To have a scholarship in her honor is special to both of us,” Kristine said. “She instilled that you should work hard and have a job of your own.”

The scholarship will benefit its first student in the College of Nursing and Professional Disciplines next fall.

The scholarship’s namesake, Shirley Aarthun, who is 92, says she is deeply honored. “It was so nice that Bob and Kristine would do that.”

She has two pieces of advice for whomever receives the scholarship in her name: “You have to love being Shirley Aarthun a nurse and you have to care for people.”

organize and produce a social event to raise money and awareness for violence against women in Italy. Together we bonded over a common goal. We spoke poetry and danced. All women, no matter what country, religion, ability, etc., experience sexual violence. Sexual violence is a world issue that affects every man, woman and child. The gift of global study is the gift of global insight.

About the scholarship

Dru Sjodin was abducted in 2003 in Grand Forks. More than 2,000 friends, students, family, community members, and even strangers from across the nation gathered to search for Dru, and on April 17, 2004, volunteers and law enforcement finally brought Dru home to her family. One week later, more than 1,500 people paid their respects as Dru was laid to rest in Minnesota.

The Dru Sjodin Memorial Scholarship celebrates Dru’s life and vibrant spirit, and provides funding toward tuition and fees for a full academic year. AR

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One of UND’s highest priorities is increasing the number of private scholarships available to students.

Building and infrastructure priorities include: • Enhanced laboratory spaces • Continued investments in technology • An indoor athletic training complex • An alumni center • A new College of Business & Public Administration

INSPIRATIONAL EDUCATORS Building endowments to support faculty will dramatically strengthen the University’s ability to retain our best and recruit additional, inspirational faculty leaders.

INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS

UND will strengthen programs in energy, life sciences, rural health care and more.

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ANNUAL EXCELLENCE Annual gifts provide flexible resources to allow the president, deans and department chairs to invest in any of the four campaign priority areas.

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thank you DONORS The University of North Dakota and UND Foundation extend a sincere thank you to all alumni and friends who have made gifts and commitments to support students, faculty, programs, and places at UND since July 1, 2005, when North Dakota Spirit | The Campaign for UND began.

June 4

Seattle Event Salty’s on Alki Beach.

Event is free and open to all UND Alumni and friends. Visit www. undalumni.org/events for registration

June 6

UND Champions Golf Tour Park River, N.D., Hillcrest Country Club

June 13

UND Alumni Association & Foundation Annual Meeting Gorecki Alumni Center 3 p.m.

June 17

UND Champions Golf Tour Fargo, Oxbow Golf & Country Club

June 26

UND Athletic Training Alumni and Friends Reception In conjunction with the NATA Annual Meeting in Las Vegas.

July 18

UND Champions Golf Tour Detroit Lakes, Minn, Detroit Lakes Country Club

July 20

UND Track and Field/Cross Country Day with the Twins Twins vs. Indians (6:10 p.m. game time) Pregame social with alumni, family and friends near stadium.

Contact Coach Dick Clay to reserve your tickets at richard.clay@ athletics.und.edu or 701.777.2979.

July 22

North Dakota Football Alumni Golf Scramble Prior Lake, Minn.

August 13

UND Champions Golf Tour Bismarck, Hawktree Country Club

The following donors have reached a new giving level of at least $25,000 between Jan. 1 and March 31, 2013. * indicates deceased

SIGNATURE $5,000,000+ Dr. John Gray & Karen Schmidt-Gray

LEADERSHIP $1,000,000 - $4,999,999 Garfield & Sanae Beckstead

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Howard & Johnnie Moum Estate Sensor Systems, Inc.

MAJOR $499,999 - $999,999 Patricia & John* Diehl

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$25,000 - $99,999 Mark & Patricia Chipman W. James L. King Marilyn & Stuart* Lundberg Thomas & Sabina Sullivan

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THURSDAY, JUNE 6

Oxbow Golf & Country Club

Detroit Country Club

Registration: 11 a.m.

Shotgun Start: 12:30 p.m.

Social: 5:30 p.m./Dinner: 6:30 p.m.

Registration: 10:30 a.m.

Shot gun Start: Noon Social: 5:30 p.m./Dinner: 6 p.m.

5 - person teams/Cost per person: $150 [green fees, cart, lunch, dinner, and UND gift] Dinner only: $30

5 - person teams/Cost per person: $150 [green fees, 2 carts per team, lunch, dinner, and UND gift. Soft spikes only.]

Dinner only: $30

Hillcrest Golf Club

Registration: 10 a.m.

Shot gun Start: 11 a.m.

Social/Dinner: 5 p.m.

5 - person teams/Cost per person: $100 [green fees, lunch, dinner, and UND gift] Dinner only: $20

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MONDAY, JUNE 17

BISMARCK TUESDAY, AUGUST 13

THURSDAY, JULY 18

GRAND FORKS MONDAY, AUGUST 26

Hawktree Golf Club

King’s Walk Golf Course

Registration: 9:30 a.m.

Shot gun Start: 11 a.m.

Dinner 5:30 p.m. /Program: 6 p.m.

Registration: 11 a.m.

Shotgun Start: 12:30 p.m.

Social: 6 p.m./Dinner: 6:30 p.m.

5 - person teams/Cost per person: $135 [includes green fees, cart, range balls, dinner and UND gift] Dinner only: $30

5 - person teams/Cost per person: $135 [green fees, cart, lunch, dinner, and UND gift] Dinner only: $25

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1940s Remember when,

in 1948, Robert B. Witmer became the dean of the College of Science, Literature and Arts? He served as Dean through the late 1960s.

1947 Mae Marie Malm Blackmore, ’47, ’78, has received Pi Beta Phi Fraternity for Women’s prestigious Carolyn Helman Lichtenberg Crest Award in honor of her community service. Mae Marie’s love of children inspired her lifelong advocacy for them, beginning with her career as Director of the University Children’s Center at UND. She also served as a faculty member training student and beginning

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teachers. Blackmore has also served the North Dakota Alpha Chapter of Pi Beta Phi for more than 60 years in various roles, such as Alumnae Advisory Committee member and Chapter House Corporation member.

1966 Dr. Frank Vasey, ’66, a rheumatologist, has joined Essentia Health St. Joseph’sBrainerd (Minn.) Clinic.

1960s Remember when,

1967 Ralph Soltis, ’67, was inducted in the Upsala (Minn.) High School Hall of Fame. Soltis was a threesport athlete at Upsala, and played football at UND.

1961 Jean (Bloker) Knudtson, ‘61, has written, along with her sisters, a children’s book.

“The Summer of Joanie and Bobo” depicts life on a farm near UND. Jean is retired after 30 years of teaching, and lives in Charlestown, Ind., with her husband, Jerry, ‘60, ‘61, ‘63.

1968 Gary Coles, ’68, ’70, was awarded the prestigious Alumni Citation of Merit by the Robert J. Trulaske Jr. College of Business of the University of Missouri.

He is currently an adjunct faculty member at the College, and teaches and mentors students in the Marketing Analytics MBA Program. Gary retired from Reader’s Digest in 2004 and had careers in database marketing, marketing

in 1964, the Varsity Bards performed at the New York World’s Fair?

he photo to the left of students playing flag football was taken in 2006 (we believe). Is it an action shot from the Malpractice Bowl (has that ever been co-ed?) or just a pickup game (the numbered pennies have us confused)?

A number of readers recognized the actors who appeared in the photo featured here in the spring issue. Kip Cranna, who says he had a bit part in the 1969 production of “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,” identified Warren Halvorson as Erronius in the center, Christopher Moore as Miles Gloriosus on the right, and on the left, Denise Fledderman as Philia.

Cranna says Halvorson “was VERY funny as the befuddled Erronius.”

Halvorson and Moore also emailed to verify their appearances in the pages of the Alumni Review.

research and educational research/evaluation. Gary and his wife, Patricia, live in Columbia, Mo. Gary Hoehn, ’68, has been elected to the Hopkins (Minn.)

High School Athletic Hall of Fame. He competed in wrestling and football at Hopkins, and in the same sports at UND. He and his wife, Laurrie, live in Henderson, Minn.

1970s Remember when,

in 1975, 80 boxes of correspondence and other papers of former North Dakota Gov. William Guy were transferred to the Orin G. Libby Historical Manuscripts Collection at UND? The materials covered the years 1965-1969.

1970 Robert (Bob) Lee ‘70, ‘73, a Realtor with Park Company Realtors in Fargo, has been named 2012 Realtor of the Year by the Fargo Moorhead Area Association of Realtors. He lives in Fargo with his wife, Judith (Patterson), ’70.

Bob Valeu, ’70, is the new chairman of North Dakota’s Democratic Party. He lives in Bismarck with his wife, Majorie.

Pictured (L to R): Champions Club Associate Director Katie Horob, Asst. A.D./ Champions Club Executive Director Mike Mannausau, Athletics Director Brian Faison, Associate A.D./ Development Steve Brekke

1972 Dr. Wesley Herman, ’72, ’74, ’76, has been selected by the International Association of Healthcare Professionals to represent ophthalmology in their publication, “The Leading Physicians of the World.” Dr. Herman specializes in corneal and anterior segment surgery of the eye. He works at VisionQuest in Dallas, where he lives with his wife, JoEllen.

Curt Keller, ’72, ’75, retired from his clinical OB/GYN practice in November, and spent the winter in New Zealand as a Locums OB/ GYN Consultant with the Hawkes Bay District Health Board. He and wife, Ann, now live on Lake Hubert near Brainerd, Minn.

1974 Jimmy Cornelius Brown, ’74, is a member of the board of directors of Hamilton Center Inc., a regional behavioral health system in Indiana. He is the president and CEO of HealthNet, Indiana’s largest federally qualified health center.

Joining the Club

Mannausau new head of Champions Club Former UND Assistant Head Football Coach Mike Mannausau has moved across campus to take over as head of the UND Champions Club.

Mannausau, who spent 16 years in the football program as a player and coach, says it was hard to step away from the gridiron, but the chance to impact all UND student-athletes was too good to pass up.

“The life of a college football coach is a crazy commitment of time and energy away from family,” says Mannausau. “I wanted to have a more controlled lifestyle with my family, with a 5-year-old and 4-yearold at home. Being able to stay at UND and make as big an impact was important, and I really didn’t want to leave this community that has been so great to us.”

The North Dakota Champions Club is a primary source of private support for UND Athletics. The membership club, operated by the UND Alumni Association & Foundation, raises funds for scholarships and program support for UND Athletics. The Champions Club raised $2.43 million in cash gifts and commitments from more than 2,280 members in 2012-13, marking the seventh consecutive annual fundraising record for the club.

1971 Ann (Zuger) Pearce, ’71, ’00, retired from the Bismarck Public School system after teaching Latin and English for 30 years.

During that time, she advised the Bismarck Hi-Herald student newspaper and the Century High Spirit yearbook. She and her husband, William, live in Bismarck.

In addition to managing the efforts of the Champions Club, Mannausau, as an assistant athletic director, will work with major donors and prospects to obtain funds for athletic facilities, Impact Scholarships, and endowments for UND Athletics.

“I’ve been very, very excited to see the passion that people have for the University, just like me. There’s a certain degree of passion and pride when it comes to UND and UND Athletics that is unique to UND. I really enjoy that, wherever I go to meet with alumni, we share that bond.”

Mannausau, originally from International Falls, Minn., is married to former UND women’s basketball standout and UND Athletics Hall of Fame inductee Tiffany Pudenz. They have two children, daughter, Mya, and son, Max. Mannausau joins a staff that includes Steve Brekke, associate athletics director for development, and Katie Horob, Champions Club associate director.

Mark Knudtson, ’74, has retired from his position as principal of Lincoln Elementary in Osage, Iowa. Knudtson has worked in the school district for more than three decades. He lives in Osage with his wife, Connie.

William Ruud, ’74, has been named president of the University of Northern Iowa. He most recently was the president of Shippensburg University in Shippensburg, Penn. He and his wife, Judy, live in Cedar Falls, Iowa.

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1976 Gregory Gores, ’76, ’78, ’80, is the executive dean for research at Mayo Clinic. He lives in Rochester, Minn., with his wife, Amy (Haakenstad), ..’80.

Tim Moore, ’79, ’80, is a corporate finance manager with the planning and initiating group of KLJ in Bismarck, where he lives with his wife, Sherry (Mills), ’79.

1981 Sheryl Britsch, ’81, is vice president and assistant corporate secretary at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis.

1977 David Finn, ’77, is on the faculty of the Clearwater HIPAA Audit Prep BootCamp. He is teaching a session of the company’s first online class.

Finn is a health information technology officer for Symantec. He lives in Houston with his wife, Ange.

Donna Bruns Stockrahm, ’79, professor of Biology at Minnesota State University Moorhead, has received the Mother Clarissa Dillhoff Award for Distinguished Achievement in Mentoring at Marian University’s alumni awards.

She lives in Moorhead with her husband, Jerome, ..’78.

David Grenier, ’81, is sales director for Spectraseis, a microseismic fracture monitoring and stimulation evaluation company. He lives in Cypress, Texas, with his wife, Dawn.

1979 Don Forsberg, ’79, is a controller with the finance group in the Bismarck office of KLJ. He lives in Bismarck with his wife, Debra.

Maruf Majed, ’79, is vice president and general manager for Asia, Middle East and Africa with CSC.

1980s Remember when, in

1982, the UND Women Studies (now known as Women and Gender Studies) program was founded?

Roger Royse, ’81, ’84, won the 2012 “Man of the Year” award from the Greater San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS). The campaign is a contest to raise money for LLS through innovative techniques.

The 11 candidates raised about $600,000. Royse lives in Menlo Park, Calif., and is the founder of Royse Law Firm, PC.

1984 Doug Darling, ’84, ’92, has been named president of Lake Region State College in Devils Lake, N.D. He’s been the vice president of Instructional Services at the school since 1998, and had been serving as the interim president. He and his wife, Teresa, live in Devils Lake.

Guy Stewart, ’84, has been named police chief for Camarillo, Calif. He is a commander with the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office, which is contracted by the city to provide law enforcement.

1987 Susan Heidt-Bacon, ’87, ’90, has been recognized as the 2012 Minnesota School District Technology Leader of the Year. She is the director of technology for the Monticello (Minn.) Public School District.

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1988 Catherine (Cook) Hjelle, ’88, is a therapist with St. Sophie’s of North Dakota Psychiatric Clinic in Fargo. She has been a mental health provider for 25 years.

Cheryl (Jorgenson) Rising, ’88, is a family nurse practitioner with Dakota Eye Institute in Bismarck, where she lives with her husband, Scott.

Daniel Schwandt, ’88, is chief legal and governance officer with Wisconsin Physicians Service Insurance. He and his wife, Cheryl, will soon make their home in Madison, Wis. 1989 John Carroll, ’89, has been named to head the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s School of Natural Resources. Carroll is internationally known for his research on gamebird management and conservation.

He and his wife, Eileen (Sheehan), ’88, will be moving to Nebraska from Watkinsville, Ga. Kent Hanson, ’89, ’10, will take over as president of AnokaRamsey Community College and Anoka Technical College on July 1. The college group serves more than 16,000 students on campuses in Anoka, Cambridge and Coon Rapids, Minn.

Loni (Loranger) Larson, ’89, ’94, is medical foster home program coordinator at the Fargo VA Health Care System.

She lives in Fargo with her husband, Edward, ’84, ’06.

1990s Remember when, in

1999, nearly 98 percent of UND students said they were generally very satisfied (51%) or satisfied (47%) with UND?

1990 Shad Stastney, ’80, is chief executive officer and chairman of OPTIMIZERx Corp, a technology solutions company that offers pharmaceutical manufacturers direct to consumer and direct to physician channels for communication.

1991 Angie (Hovland) Freeman, ’91, is vice president of human resources with C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc., one of the world’s largest logistics companies. She lives in Edina, Minn., with her husband, Russell, ’89.

Maureen (McGuire) Jelinek, ’91, is executive vice president, director of operations for Gate City Bank in Fargo, where she lives with her husband, Douglas.

Ted Nistler, ’91, is a second VP of Corporate Tax at Securian Financial Group in St. Paul, where he lives with his wife Deborah (Renner), ’91.

1992 Darcy (Ellingson) Lamoureux, ’92, is a realtor with Alliance Real Estate in Bismarck. She lives in Westhope, N.D, with her husband, Nathan, ..’94.

1993 Brian Bergantine, ’93, project manager at Advanced Engineering and Environmental Services, has been recognized by the Minnesota American Water Works Association for eight years of service as a trustee.

He lives in Fargo with his wife, Heather (Norsted), ’93.

John Schumacher, ’93, ’06, has been named market president of the Greater Grand Forks market for American Federal Bank. He lives in Grand Forks with his wife, Kara.

1994 Mitch Dvorak, ’94, has been honored with the Young and Aspiring Association Professional award. Dvorak works for Bostrom Corporation in Chicago.

Lisa Henry, ’94, ’00, has joined Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota as a medical director in the Health Network Innovation division.

Eva (Spindler) Keiser, ’94, has been named to the board of the directors of the Minnesota Public Relations Society of America. She is a principal at the plural i, an integrated communications agency in the Twin Cities. She and her husband, Jack, live in Minneapolis.

1995 Tim Tibesar, ’95, is linebackers coach with the NFL’s Chicago Bears. He previously was the defensive coordinator for the CFL’s Montreal Alouettes. He and his wife, Jill (Manske), ’95, ’02, live in West Lafayette, Ind. 1996 Matt Cory, ’96, has been named editor of the Bemidji Pioneer. For the past 19 years, he has worked in various roles with the Grand Forks Herald.

1997 Jennifer (Soupir) Fremstad, ’97, is the principal of West Fargo High School. She lives in Moorhead with her husband, Joel, ’97.

Todd Olson, ’98, is a financial planning manager with Gate City Bank in Fargo.

1999 Dr. Elena Rodgers-Rieger, ’99, ’03, has joined the pathology department at Essentia Health in Fargo. She lives in Oxbow, N.D., with her husband, Daniel, ’97.

Jonathan Sickler, ’99, is corporate general counsel for Advanced Engineering and Environmental Services in the firm’s Grand Forks office. He lives in Grand Forks with his wife, Alexandra.

2000s Remember when, in

2005, UND collaborated with Valley City State University on the nation’s first online Master of Science in Technology Education degree?

2000 Karen Jayne Greenwood, ’00, is director of publicity for SMACK! Media, a boutique relationship marketing agency.

Greenwood lives in San Diego, Calif.

Kyle Herda, ’00, has been promoted to Great Falls (Mont.) market president of First Interstate Bank. He and his wife, Nicole (Bell), ’01, ’02, ’05, live in Great Falls.

Dan Kimzey, ’97, ’02, is the principal of Hamilton (Mont.)

High School. He lives in Hamilton with his wife Brooke (Morehouse), ’97, ’99.

Dr. Michael Horner, ’00, ’06, is a pediatric cardiologist at Sanford Children’s Clinic in Bismarck. He is married to Dr. Melissa (Teigen) Horner, ’02, ’06.

1998 Heidi (Bergloff) Berogan, ’98 is an internal audit manager with RDO Equipment in Fargo.

Nathan (Nate) Medhus, ’00, has been named business banker at American Federal in Fargo, where he lives.

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Michael Hingson with his current guide dog, Africa. Roselle died in 2011.

John Melland, ’00, is the director of hotel accounting for TMI Hospitality in Fargo, where he lives with his wife, Jennifer (Rystedt), ’00.

Chad Oban, ’00, is the executive director of the North Dakota Democratic-NPL. He lives in Bismarck with his wife, Erin Hill-Oban.

2001 Dr. Jennifer Garaas, ’01, ’04, ’07, is a clinic psychologist with Beacon Behavioral Health Services and Training Center in West Fargo, where she lives with her husband, Dustin Scott, ’04.

Inaugural Lectureship

Overflow crowd listens to 9/11 survivor’s tale Best-selling author and 9/11 World Trade Center survivor Michael Hingson attracted a large crowd to the inaugural Delta Gamma Foundation/Everson Family Lectureship in Value and Ethics on the UND campus in March.

Hingson, who is blind, relayed the story of how he, with the aid of his guide dog, Roselle, was able to escape from the 78th floor of the north tower on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001. He wrote a best-selling book, “Thunder Dog: The True Story of a Blind Man, His Guide Dog & the Triumph of Trust at Ground Zero,” about their ordeal.

In addition to recounting the story, Hingson also talked about the importance of values and ethics in our everyday lives. He spoke about different times in his professional career where he made an ethical decision to favor a customer over profits, and while it may have hurt his career in the short-term, it often paid off down the road.

He decried what he believes is a cultural tendency to take the easy way out. “As I look around this country and around this world, I wish that I could say that we held to unwavering principles,” said Hingson. “We seem to find so many excuses not to do the right thing. We know what the right thing is, but we hear things like, ‘It’s politics, so you can’t expect them to do what’s right because its politics.’ I would say we have to expect better of all of us.”

Hingson was the first speaker in the Lectureship, which was kickstarted by a generous lead gift of $50,000 from Jacque Geving Everson, ’66.

More than 100 others donated an additional $50,000. The goal is to annually bring together students, faculty, alumni and the Grand Forks community to engage in conversations about leadership, diversity, and the power of human relationships.

If you’d like to make a donation to the Lectureship, go online to www.undalumni.org/lectureship or send a check to: UND Foundation, 3100 University Ave Stop 8157, Grand Forks, ND 58202. Donations should made payable to: The Delta Gamma Foundation/Everson Family Lectureship in Values and Ethics.

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Amanda (Hvidsten) Godfread, ’01, has been appointed the local foods specialist in the North Dakota Department of Agriculture. She lives in Mandan with her husband, Jonathan.

Chelen Johnson, ’01, was named an Airborne Astronomy Ambassador this year. Johnson, who teaches science at Breck (Golden Valley, Minn.) High School, got to take two research flights in February aboard a modified 747 that flies an infrared telescope at 42,000 feet.

Nathan Kremer, ’01, is the director of sales and marketing for Burnsville, Minnesota’s Best Western Premier Nicollet Inn, recently listed by website Trip Advisor as the top hotel in the Twin Cities area. The ranking was based primarily on guest reviews posted on the website.

2002 Dr. Angela Cavett, ’02, is a psychologist with Beacon Behavioral Health Services and Training Center in West Fargo, where she lives.

Kent Ridl, ’02, is a test engineer with Appareo Systems in Fargo.

Dr. Kenneth Watts, ’02, is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He is a general surgeon with St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center in Enid, Okla., where he lives with his wife, Amy. 2003 Derek Kuntz, ’03, has been promoted to the rank of major by the North Dakota Army National Guard. He has served in the Guard for 17 years and is a member of the 68th Troop Command. He lives in Bismarck with his wife, Kiley.

2004 Tina (Hase) Nordquist, ’04, has been promoted to senior manager with Brady, Martz & Associates in Minot, N.D. She lives in Garrison, N.D., with her husband, Cory.

Kelsey (Stroble) Svoboda, ’04, is a mortgage loan officer with Bremer Bank in Grand Forks, where she resides with her husband, Ryan, ’04.

Patty (Frankberg) Teagle, ’04, LAPC, has joined NuVation Health Services in Bismarck. She lives in Mandan with her husband, Luke, ’05.

Mark Gruman, ’01, ’03, is the legislative director and counsel for Rep. Kevin Cramer (R-ND). He lives in Washington, D.C.

Emmett Worth, ’04, is a financial planner associate with Gate City Bank in Fargo, where he lives with his wife, Elizabeth.

Jessica (Rustad) Stimpson, ’01, is a manager of health care reform analysis at Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota. She lives in Fargo with her husband, Justin, ’01.

2005 David Blikre, ’05, was promoted to senior associate with Brady, Martz & Associates in Minot, N.D.

Jana Rewey Carriere, ’05, is the client services director for Scales Advertising in St. Paul. She is married to Justin Carriere, ’04, ’05.

Amanda Caron, ’05, is a forensic scientist in the TriCounty (Anoka, Sherburne and Wright Counties, Minn.)

Forensic Lab. Adam Hahn, ’05, is regional director of sales for Europe for Cirrus Aircraft.

Tatum O’Brien Lindbo, ’05, is a partner at Kennelly & O’Keeffe law firm in Fargo.

Wyatt Voll, ’06, is a partner in the law firm of McKennett, Forsberg, Voll & Gjovig, P.C. in Watford City, N.D. 2006 Ryan Bakke, ’06, has been promoted to senior manager with Brady, Martz & Associates in Minot, N.D. John Edison, ‘06, has joined the new law firm of Rupp, Anderson, Squires & Waldspurger, P.A. in Minneapolis, where he lives with his wife, Jackie (Keaveny), ‘07.

Landon Feil, ’06, is a business banking officer trainee with the downtown Bismarck location of Starion Financial.

Erica (Versdahl) Sundby, ’06, is an assistant vice president with United Valley Bank in Grand Forks, where she lives with her husband, Alan, ’08.

2007 Kyle Marynik, ’07, is a structural designer with the Public Works/Structures Group of the LHB Inc. office in Duluth, Minn.

Peter Stenehjem, ’07, is a chief retail banking officer with First International Bank and Trust in Fargo.

2008 Marc Cierzan, ’08, ’12, is a design engineer with Applied Engineering in Fargo.

Brady Trenbeath, ’08, is market president for the Grand Forks Bank Forward locations.

He lives in Hoople, N.D., with his wife, Jayme.

2009 Evan Ketterling, ’09, is a member of the adult services team at Lakeland Mental Health Center in Moorhead. He lives in Fargo with his wife, Samantha.

Heather (Prigge) Mattson, ’09, ’10, was named Noncommissioned Officer of the Year for the 119th Wing of the North Dakota Air National Guard. She lives in Bismarck with her husband, Justin, ’09.

Dr. Jean Pearce, ‘09, currently chief resident at U.C. Davis Children’s Hospital in Sacramento, Calif., will begin a three year fellowship this summer in pediatric emergency and trauma medicine at the Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin.

Nicholas Skjerven, ’09, is a personal loan officer at the downtown Grand Forks location of Gate City Bank.

2010s Remember when, in

2011, a group of UND employees delivered flood relief supplies to faculty and staff at Minot State University?

2010 Katie Frushour, ‘10, is a research dietitian with the University of Pittsburgh Warrior Human Performance Research Laboratory working with Naval Special Warfare at the Stennis Space Center, Stennis, Miss.

Dr. Thomas M. DiLorenzo meets the campus community at his welcome reception May 8.

Welcome Dr. Thomas M. DiLorenzo Dr. Thomas M. DiLorenzo is the University of North Dakota’s new Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs. With a wealth of teaching and administrative experience and a distinguished research track record, Dr. DiLorenzo is the right person to help UND continue “our progress towards becoming an exceptional UND,” said UND President Robert O. Kelley.

Dr. DiLorenzo said he was attracted to UND in part because of President Kelley’s strategic direction, “Exceptional UND,” which focuses on enhancing student learning, gathering, collaborating, enhancing quality of life for faculty and staff, and building UND’s presence off campus. Those tenets connect to Dr. DiLorenzo’s goals, which include championing innovative teaching techniques that benefit student learning, nurturing research programs, stimulating and supporting interdisciplinary partnerships, and fostering innovation and entrepreneurship.

“Including undergraduate and graduate students in all of our activities is also a hallmark of Exceptional UND. This is one of the major benefits for students attending a research university. And, the provost’s office will be telling these stories.”

Contact Dr. Thomas M. DiLorenzo at thomas.dilorenzo@UND.edu or through UND.edu/provost.

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Kris Holm, ’10, is an assistant vice president with United Valley Bank in Grand Forks.

Josh Jaster, ’10, is a personal loan officer with Gate City Bank in Fargo.

Kyle Krusenstjerna, ’10, has been appointed a college unit director by Northwestern Mutual – Grand Forks.

Brandon Wong, ’10, has been named personal banker at American Federal Bank in Grand Forks, where he lives with his wife, Samantha (Nelson), ’10.

2011 Nicole Bredahl, ’11, is the scheduler in Rep. Kevin Cramer’s (R-ND) Fargo office.

Andrew Ebertowski, ’11, has been hired as a police officer in Grand Forks.

Jordan Geiger, ’11, is a structural engineer in the Bismarck office of Advanced Engineering and Environmental Services.

Eric Isaak, ’11, is an assistant sales manager for the Alerus Center in Grand Forks.

Airman First Class Paul Massie, ’11, graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas.

2012 Jacob Barney, ’12, is an engineer with Advanced Engineering and Environmental Services in Grand Forks.

Melissa Blanchard, ’12, is a staff accountant with Brady, Martz, & Associates.

Brandon Block, ’12, is a staff accountant with Brady, Martz, & Associates.

Brett Cameron, ’12, has signed with the CFL’s Winnipeg Blue Bombers as a punter.

Lynn Dew, ’12, is an intern with Brady, Martz, & Associates.

Sarah Estep-Larson, ’12, is an associate attorney with Krekelberg, Skonseng and Miller law firm. She lives in Fergus Falls, Minn.

Tom Naas, ’12, has joined Western Plains Consulting as a biologist and wildlife specialist in Bismarck.

Tyler Roen, ’12, is a research engineer with the UND Energy and Environmental Research Center in Grand Forks.

Alex Schanilec, ’12, is a staff accountant with Brady, Martz, & Associates.

Spencer Wilts, ’12, is an intern with Brady, Martz, & Associates.

Branden Kaste, ’12, is a design engineer with Applied Engineering in Fargo.

Paul Wollmuth, ’12, is a design engineer with Applied Engineering in Fargo. AR

Tyler Monda, ’12, is a financial adviser in the Baxter, Minn. office of Stifel, Nicolaus & Company.

The information for Class News is compiled from newspapers, online postings, reader submissions, and the UND AA&F database. If you spot an error, please email alumnireview@undalumni.net.

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Carl Adolphson, ‘02, and Anne (Lundby) Adolphson, ‘02 welcomed Carter Dale to their family on July 19, 2012. The Adolphson family lives in Big Lake, Minn.

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Kris Ahmann, ’08, ’10, and Nikki (Swanson) Ahmann, ’08, welcomed Paige Nicole and Piper Ann on Aug. 13, 2012. The Ahmanns live in Bismarck, N.D.

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John Edwardsen, ’02, and his wife, Tara, had their first child, Claire Kennedy, on Aug. 13, 2012. The Edwardsens live in Seattle.

Patrick Loree, ‘04, and Suzie (Haaland) Loree, ‘03, welcomed Liam Patrick on July 18, 2012. The family lives in Fargo.

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Bradley Gauck, ’98, and Michelle (Heap) Gauck, ’02, ’05, are the proud parents of Lydia Marie, born Oct. 10, 2012.

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Ben Huener, ’06, and Amber (Becker) Huener, ‘09, welcomed Avril Annethea on Feb. 15, 2013. The family, including big brother, Abram, lives in Roseau, Minn.

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Jon Anderson, ’07, ’08, and Tiffany (Geiger) Anderson, ’11, welcomed their daughter Avery Camryn into the world on Aug. 15, 2012. The Anderson family lives in Fargo.

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CELEBRATIONS 8 Michelle Emmerich, ’10, and Elliott Benedict,

‘11, were married on Sept. 15, 2012. The two met during the Freshman Orientation Games at UND. The Benedicts live in St. Paul.

9 Gerald Cotton, M.D., ’57, ’58, and his

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In Memoriam

It is with great honor we dedicate these pages to alumni and friends of the University of North Dakota who have recently passed away. These members of the alumni family helped ignite the spirit of UND, paving the way for a bright future.

1930s Agnes (Peck) Hjort, ‘34, Davenport, N.D. Beulah (Rom) Gullekson, ‘36, Towner, N.D. Murl (Fodness) Smith, ‘36, Wahpeton, N.D. John Goodman, ..’39, Byron, Minn.

1940s Ivis (Hvinden) Murphy, ..’40, Redding, Calif.

Ruth (Collinson) Brownawell, ‘41, Wayzata, Minn.

Gayle (Mullis) Brown, ‘42, Prescott, Ariz.

Lt. Col. William Charlesworth, ‘42, Grand Forks Marjorie (Stenson) Kerley, ‘42, Bee Cave, Texas Marion (Boese) Samson, ..’43, Grand Forks Mary (Goodrich) Wilson, ‘43, ‘46, Yuma, Ariz.

E. June (Gadde) Brown, ‘44, Billings, Mont.

Ben Clayburgh, MD, ‘45, ‘47, Grand Forks June (Cook) Gaddie, ..’45, Fergus Falls, Minn.

Mary (Ahlroth) Bean, ‘47, Fort Myers, Fla. Dr. Roy Douglas, ‘47, Minot, N.D. Clarence Hallan, ..’47, Grand Forks Karen (Lieberg) Hunt, ‘47, Manhattan Beach, Calif.

Harold Kertz, ..’48, Alvarado, Minn.

Rae (Schroeder) Paulson, ..’48, Eugene, Ore. Vella (Kennedy) Steckler, ..’48, Dilworth, Minn.

Betty (Benson) Ault, ‘49, Jamestown, N.D. Mary (McCurdy) Barth, ‘49, Yuma, Ariz.

Chester Borrud, MD, ‘49, ’50, Anoka, Minn.

Edwin Edlund, ‘49, Golden, Colo.

Homer Petrick, ‘49, Sun City West, Ariz.

1950s Duane Facey, ‘50, Lidgerwood, N.D. Marlin Peickert, ‘50, Rio Verde, Ariz.

James Stephens, ‘50, Garrison, N.D. Neil Ableidinger, ‘51, Dickinson, N.D. A. Roger Kringlie, ‘52, ‘53, Grand Forks Duane Lange, ..’52, East Helena, Mont.

Donna (Emery) Mehrer, ‘52, Mott, N.D. Lt. Col. Carroll Olson, ‘52, Atlanta, Ga. Arlene (Bergerud) Pletsch, ‘53, Killdeer, N.D. John Reinbold, ‘53, ‘58, Breckenridge, Minn.

Jeneane (Abrahamson) Stein, ‘53, Osseo, Minn.

Charles Wolfe, ‘53, Pekin, Ill.

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Jack Gibson, ‘54, Baxter, Minn.

Leonard Schnitzler, ..’64, Woodinville, Wash.

Donald Lamb, MD, ‘54, Fargo, N.D.

Dr. Arthur Brownell, ..’65, Odessa, Texas

Nicholas Matt, ‘55, Tenstrike, Minn.

Cheryl McDowall, ..’65, Bismarck, N.D.

Gerald Oehler, MD, ‘55, ‘56, Palm Desert, Calif.

James Peterson, ‘65, Spartanburg, S.C.

Vernon Van Duyn, ..’55, San Pablo, Calif.

Karmen (Stenberg) Purcell, ‘65,

Robert Dillabough, ‘56, ‘73, Great Falls, Mont.

Port Angeles, Wash.

Dale Kana, MD, ‘56, ‘57, Fargo, N.D.

Alan Sundby, ..’65, Moffit, N.D.

Donna (Sunderland) Leonard, ‘56, Dunseith, N.D.

John Fuller, ‘66, Honolulu, Hawaii

John Brett, ‘57, Waite Park, Minn.

Bernard Holm, ‘66, Tioga, N.D.

Dale Holo, ‘58, Donna, Texas

Margaret (McComas) Knapp, ‘66, Grand Forks

Mary Jane (Malone) Klabo, ..’58, Valley City, N.D.

Lyle Larson, ‘66, Roseau, Minn.

Kenneth Krause, ‘58, Moorhead, Minn.

John Mahowald, ‘66, Grand Forks

Raymond Olson, MD, ‘58, ‘59, Cortland, N.Y.

Zona (Neumann) Swanson, ‘66, Grand Forks

J. Patrick Craven Jr., ‘59, Milwaukie, Ore.

Rev. Donald Fischer, ‘67, Bismarck, N.D.

Donald Gillmor, ..’59, Saint Paul, Minn.

Howard Nolan, ..’67, Canyon Lake, Calif.

Thomas Kiernan, ..’59, Fargo, N.D.

Clayton Brown, ‘68, Nevis, Minn.

Ann (Geck) Kilzer, ..’59, Bismarck, N.D.

Marty Heffron, ‘68, Grand Forks

Thomas Lauinger, ‘59, ‘62, Scottsdale, Ariz.

Norman Binder, ‘69, Brownsville, Texas

1960s

E. Allen Johnson, ‘69, Grand Forks Elsie (Rustebakke) O’Donnell, ‘69,

Dennis Augdahl, ‘60, Alexandria, Minn.

Saint Paul, Minn.

Darryl Erickson, ‘60, McKinney, Texas

Helen (O’Sullivan) Ramsey, ‘69, ‘70, Crystal, N.D.

Cyril Gerszewski, ..’60, Green Valley, Ariz.

Patricia (Brevik) Robinson, ..’69, Grand Forks

Boyd Giese, ..’60, Euclid, Minn.

Richard Tronerud, ‘69, Bagley, Minn.

John Hunter, ..’60, Mesa, Ariz.

John Lindsay, ..’60, Bismarck, N.D.

1970s

George Benner Jr., ‘61, Meeker, Colo.

Sister Carmella Buckley, ‘70, Crookston, Minn.

Lavonne (Hovet) Bergman, ‘61, Grand Forks

Dr. Victor Burchill, ‘70, Hudson, Wis.

Douglas Lithun, ‘61, ‘65, Mesa, Ariz.

James Erickson, ‘70, Sacramento, Calif.

Johanna (Peschel) Rodgers, ‘61, Tampa, Fla.

Larry Strom, ..’70, Redwater, Alberta

Carol Roser, ‘61, Elyria, Ohio

Harry Reynolds, ‘71, San Antonio, Texas

Kenneth DeLap, DDS, ‘62, Bismarck, N.D.

Donald Halvorson, ‘72, Underwood, Minn.

Phyllis (Thompson) Erickson, ‘62, Altoona, Wis.

Mary Lenhardt, ‘72, Minneapolis

Richard P Kringen, ‘62, ‘70, Topeka, Kan.

Thomas Ronan, ‘72, Manvel, N.D.

Archie Shaw, ‘62, Bismarck, N.D.

Scott Sawyer, ‘72, Madison, Wis.

Patricia Whelan, ‘62, Crystal, N.D.

Rhonda (Tofte) Brossart, ..’73, Rugby, N.D.

Edward Hoff Jr., ..’63, Grand Forks

Paul Knosalla, ..’73, Detroit Lakes, Minn.

Vivian (Kingsbury) Nelson, ‘63, Grafton, N.D.

Steven Bubendorf, ..’74, West Fargo, N.D.

George Peters, ‘63, Bowman, N.D.

Lee Dybsand, ..’74, Horace, N.D.

Lois (Terriere) Severson, ..’63, Seaside, Ore.

Gene Olson, ..’75, Hoople, N.D.

Dr. Johanna Teubner, ‘63, ‘72, Valley City, N.D.

Frank Golde, ‘76, Jamestown, N.D.

John Wanser, ‘63, Bismarck, N.D.

Charles E Hurley Jr., ‘76, Minneapolis, Minn.

Randall Adam, PhD, ..’64, Lake Elmo, Minn.

Roger Boe, ‘77, ‘78, Powder Springs, Ga.

David Keehn, ‘77, Wahpeton, N.D.

Jeffrey Sheets, ‘92, Minot, N.D.

Joseph Conzo, Grand Forks

Julie Strand, ..’77, Phoenix, Ariz.

Kathy (Jelinek) Alvestad, ‘95, Grand Forks

Ione (Olson) DeSautel, Grafton, N.D.

Ella Whitetail, ..’77, McLaughlin, S.D.

Ryan Carden, ‘99, Burnsville, Minn.

Dr. H. Harrison Eelkema, Saint Thomas, N.D.

Marc Eyring, ‘78, ‘82, Pittsburgh, Pa. Joseph Hausauer, ..’78, Marco Island, Fla.

2000s

Darrel Shereck, ‘79, ‘86, Grand Forks

Donna Culbreath, ‘04, Grand Forks

Dr. James Zwarych, ‘79, Louisville, Ky.

1980s

2010s

Ray Emanuelson, Drayton, N.D. Eleanor (Ingulsrud) Fjeld, Park River, N.D. Norman Graber, Park River, N.D. William Gundlach, MD, Folsom, Calif.

C. Lee Hagen, Mesa, Ariz.

Ryan Lippert, ..’11, Grand Forks

Arral Helgerson, Grand Forks

Ruby (Olson)Gunhus, ..’80, Fargo

Janice (Marquart) Greene, ..’12, Oberon, N.D.

Robert Jacobi, Grand Forks

Dr. Jack Carmichael, ‘81, Woodward, Okla.

Molly Cummins, ..’13, Saint Paul, Minn.

Dr. Syed Jalal, Rochester, Minn.

John Conneran, ..’81, Grand Forks

Evelyn Jermiason, Minot, N.D.

Col. R. Joseph Mertes, ‘81, Detroit Lakes, Minn.

Faculty/Staff

Mary (Bogart) Martin, ‘84, Grand Forks

Edna Juhala, Fresno, Calif.

Sara (Douglas) LePard, Roseau, Minn.

Warren Johnson, ‘85, Grand Forks

Dr. Esther Leser, Arvilla, N.D.

Mark Lillehaugen, Grand Forks

Dr. Sandra (Phillips) Potter, ‘85, Panama City

Kenneth Westby, East Grand Forks, Minn.

Nordis Lindholm, Grand Forks

Beach, Fla.

William Wrenn, Garden Grove, Calif.

Kenneth Lippincott, New Port Richey, Fla.

Don Bingaman, ‘87, Moorhead, Minn.

Dorothy (Amundson) Fore,

Edwin Noble, Reston, Va.

Kellie (Archbold) Lemna, ‘87, Enderlin, N.D.

East Grand Forks, Minn.

Boyd Peterson, St. Cloud, Minn.

Patricia (Nichols) Myers, ‘87, Manheim, Pa.

Dorothy (Jenson) Penuel, Fargo

Lloyd Rivard, Mesa, Ariz.

Debra Bidmead, ‘88, East Grand Forks, Minn.

Scott Klingenstein, ‘89, ‘91, Bismarck, N.D.

1990s

Friends

Margaret Kupchella, Nanty Glo, Pa.

Ole Sampson, West Fargo, N.D. Donald Tingum, Grand Forks

Gordon Brelie, Grand Forks

Peggy Wipf, Bismarck, N.D.

Brian Briggs, MD, Minot, N.D.

John Woods, Forest River, N.D.

Kathy(Ellingson) Kautzman, ‘92, ‘96,

James Bushaw, Manvel, N.D.

Bismarck, N.D.

Joseph Cleary, MD, Bismarck, N.D.

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INSIDE: UND alumni share their love of sports with others.

Spring 2013

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

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A Snapshot in Time

REVIEW

WIND & SNOW A UND grad combines these foundations of a North Dakota winter to enjoy outdoor pastime.

Photo: Gustav Schmiege

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Find the Flame Winners!

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The spring issue “Find the Flame” contest was a difficult one. Readers seemed to see the flame hidden all over the cover photo of snowboarder Eric Byers, ’09. The flame was actually on the boot near Eric’s pant leg. Our three winners chosen at random from all the correct entries are Elizabeth Hodney, Jen Kritzberger and Tom Wolter.

Don’t forget to play “Find the Flame” on the cover of this issue!

Alumni Association Annual Meeting

The UND Alumni Association & Foundation cordially invites you to attend the UND Alumni Association & Foundation Annual Meeting. It will be held Thursday, June 13, at 3 p.m. in the Gorecki Alumni Center on campus.

The agenda will include a report on the past year along with the election of new directors. All alumni are voting members of the Association (proxies are not permitted, however). A social will follow the official proceedings.

Fifty years from now, people will have help answering the question, “What was life like on campus in the early years of the 21st Century?”

The UND Alumni Association & Foundation has buried a time capsule as part of the celebration surrounding the opening of the Gorecki Alumni Center on campus.

The time capsule includes artifacts that commemorate the success of our beloved University in several areas including academics, Aerospace, athletics and Homecoming.

Outgoing UND Alumni Association Chair Caryln Becraft, ’66, noted at a time capsule ceremony in May that it had been 50 years since she was a freshman at UND. She reflected on how much things had changed in the past five decades (female students in the early 60s had a nightly curfew) as she wondered what the campus will be like in 2063 when the time capsule is to be opened.

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