Spring 2011

Blessing the New Space

T h e C o l l e g e o f S t . S c h o l a s t i c a

T I M E S

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L e t t e r f ro m t h e P re s i d e n t o f S t . S c h o l a s t i c a

Federal and state legislators around the country are struggling mightily with large budget deficits. Theirs is not an easy task.

Among the items being considered for possible reductions are federal Pell Grants and Minnesota State Grants. These programs work together to provide need-based financial aid for college students, and both programs are vitally important for students at public and private colleges and universities throughout the state.

At St. Scholastica, one in five students comes from a family with income of $30,000 or less, and one in three from a family with income of $50,000 or less. (“Private” does not necessarily mean “wealthy.”) They can afford to attend here only through a combination of scholarships, grants, and loans. About 1,150 of our undergraduates currently receive Pell Grants, and more than 900 depend upon the Minnesota State Grant.

Each grant can mean several thousand dollars to a student. Reducing these important programs would mean that many students simply could not afford to attend St. Scholastica – or perhaps any other institution, either.

Cutting aid to college students is bad public policy, as a look at our nation’s history reveals.

After World War II, the U.S. government pumped massive amounts of student aid into higher education through the G.I. Bill. Why? Because as a nation we decided that an educated citizenry was in our best economic interest. After Sputnik, our government invested heavily in science and math education, because

it was viewed as a matter of national defense.

Minnesota can tell a similar story. Substantial investment by the state in higher education during the second half of the last century is directly related to Minnesota’s economic prosperity and quality of life. Minnesota companies grow and succeed here because they have access to a highly educated work force.

The “American Century” was not an accident. It had to do in large part with wise decisions about the power of education for both capitalism and democracy.

Now some in the country are in a different mood. Education is seen as more of a private than a public good. “If you’re smart enough to go to college,” the thinking goes, “you’re smart enough to find a way to pay for it.” Reductions in government grants are straining students of modest means at both public and private institutions.

This is risky thinking. Consider some facts:

Higher education is an economic engine for Minnesota and America, especially in a knowledge economy. Higher education is part of the solution to the Great Recession.

By nearly every measure, America’s educational standing among nations is declining. Economic growth requires a highly trained, innovative workforce. In a flat world, jobs are easily outsourced to China and India.

Baby-boomers will begin retiring soon, leaving huge vacancies in the job market.

The fastest-growing populations of students in the country are first-generation students, students of color, and low-income students. Many of them depend upon need-based grants to afford college.

To me, these facts add up to a compelling case for increasing federal and state investments in student aid. Reductions may be politically popular and penny-wise, but they are pound-foolish and strategically dangerous.

If you agree, please help me get the message out – especially to our legislators. Contact your state and federal legislators at www.gis.leg.mn/OpenLayers/districts/.

Larry Goodwin President

Dear Friend of the College,

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TIMESThe College of St. Scholastica

The St. Scholastica Times magazineis published for alumni and friends ofThe College of St. Scholastica by the

Department of Marketing andCommunications.

EDITORBob Ashenmacher

Executive Director of Communications

(218) 723-6075e-mail: rashenma@css.edu

Jeffrey RichVice President for Marketing

and Communications

Contributors

Margot ZelenzVice President of College Advancement

Carrie EmslanderAssociate Director of Alumni Relations

Jesse RobinsonScott Stein

The opinions expressed in this magazine arethose of the writers and persons featured and not

necessarily those of:

The College of St. Scholastica1200 Kenwood Ave.

Duluth, MN 55811-4199

The College of St. Scholastica does notdiscriminate on the basis of race, color, creed,religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation,disability, age, marital status, status regardingpublic assistance, or local commission status inits programs, procedures and activities.

Issue No. 41May 2011The College of St. Scholastica TimesPublished three times a year:Winter, Spring, SummerThe College of St. Scholastica1200 Kenwood AvenueDuluth, MN 55811-4199College Advancement: (218) 723-6071

2Brave new marketing

Jeff Rich and Co.bring on the love

6Bricks and mortar

Celebrating initiatives inDuluth and Rochester

8Treaty rights

Two St. Scholastica studentsgot an idea…

10International studyOptions, and academic

rigor, are growing

12Carnegie Hall calling

Poet Ryan Vine is making amark nationally

13Toward the top

From home school to Harvardand beyond, Vinnie Surges is

14Alumni awards

The best get their due

16Fall and wintersports wrap-up

20College Advancement

23Class Notes

Inside back coverMarcia Runnberg tells about

her sabbatical along theMexican border

Workers saved 3,000square feet of graniteblocks for re-use in thenew Science Centeraddition. See page 6 formore about the project.

c o n t e n t s

On the cover:Sister Mary Rochefort ’70 sprinklesholy water with a cedar bough ina blessing of the College’s newRochester facility. See page 7.

Marcia Runnberg tellsg abouther sabbaticalr alongl theg

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Rich is St. Scholastica’s vice presidentfor marketing and communications.On the screen is a spread sheet ofnumbers regarding graduate, extendedand online programs (collectivelyknown as GEO programs).

For each program, this slide and otherslike it show how many inquiries havebeen made by prospective students,through which media channels, fromwhich campaigns, and how many ofthose prospects have applied, beenaccepted and enrolled. The analysisextends to the “granular” level, asthey say, covering the cost of reaching

each prospect, the timeliness andresponsiveness of various media used,the quality of the leads generated, andmore.

Participating via speaker phone areJim Poole, director of marketingplanning, Don Wortham, executivedirector of extended studies, and JimPounds, the College’s media director.In Tower Hall room 1603 with Richare Beth Domholdt, vice president foracademic affairs, Joel Clasemann ’96,manager of enrollment managementdata, and Lindsay Lahti, director ofGEO recruitment. Regulars Kara

Brave new marketingNew approaches result in growth of ‘GEO’ programs

We have to recognize that we’recompeting on a national level for

students. We’ve got enough strengthin our academic programming andreputation, particularly in healthsciences and nursing, to have an

impact nationally.

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3:30 p.m. Tuesday. In Tower Hall, it’s ‘Show Me the Love’ time.

“All right,” says Jeff Rich. All eyes turn to a slide displayed on ascreen. “What’s different here than a week ago?”

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Hanson, director of content creationand Internet services, and Eric Berg’92, vice president for enrollmentmanagement, are away.

The group begins to go througheach program’s numbers, and thedialogue is quick, probing, jargon-

contain dollops of sharp-edgedhumor and brief digressions. Thetalk touches upon “PPC,” (“pay perclick” or “search engine marketing”)as discussions emerge over whichsearch engine – Google, Bing orYahoo – is generating the best returnon investment. As the meeting heats

mix, long-tail strategy, quality leads,data mining, vertical venues, credithours and credit hour production,“spring-two starts” and “summerstarts,” “B2B” (business to businessmarketing), databases, revised targetsand two-minute drills.

There’s a brief exchange about “bleedin the funnel” –

“I think it’s more melt than bleed –”

“We do have bleed – ”

“No, those are false inquiries – ”

looseness of the proceedings, there’sa systematic examination of howmany prospective students are makinginquiries to individual programs and

Each program has an inquiry goal.That is, for each program, academicaffairs, enrollment managementand marketing analyze data andagree to an enrollment target. Fromthere, a formula is used to set thenumber of inquiries needed to meetthe enrollment goal. The ‘Show Methe Love’ meeting will determinewhich programs get more spendingto generate those inquiries – whichwill get “shown the love” – andwhich won’t. Some tactics supportingindividual programs will be pursued.Others won’t.

“Let’s increase our exposure on thisnetwork,” Rich is saying about agroup of inquires coming in from a

seeing good inquiry rates and goodconversion so let’s double down onthis venue.”

Eventually a consensus emerges:

“Throw whatever resources wecan at m-e-d now” (a new onlineMaster of Education program)

“Yes –”

“Agreed –”

“Don’t ignore the others, but m-e-dneeds more love than the rest rightnow.”

“Right.”

Resources will go to help build anapplicant pool for this new program.There’s barely a pause beforetalk shifts to creating better, moremethodical collaboration on setting

Agreed-upon parameters of data.Commonly held deadlines.

Domholdt and Lahti discuss makingsure the academic deans work withprogram advisers to communicate

enrolled but don’t show up for class.

Rich reports on the College’s intent

to form a Business DevelopmentSteering Committee, to look at aholistic go-to-market strategy.

Talk turns to using the College’sCenter for Healthcare Innovation tohelp with brand-building and GEOprogram promotion. Someone offers anaughty quip about the great acronymthat could be created by combining‘Scholastica Health’ and – well, itmakes everyone give in to laughter.

T-shirt.

Within an hour it’s all wrapped up.The energy level is still palpableas people leave, one-on-oneconversations forming in the doorwayand fading out in the hall.

“The meetings go fast,” said Berg.“We usually run out of time. Andbecause there’s such synergy in theroom, they’re highly productive.They’re the kind of meetings that youemerge from feeling like real progresswas made.”

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Where the College’s marketingplans used to be made up to a year inadvance, involving a limited numberof print and broadcast media, today’s

Jeff Rich, Joel Clasemann, Lindsay Lahti and Beth Domholdt work on marketingstrategy for graduate, extended and online (GEO) programs.

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decisions are made monthly, weekly, even daily, in the digital realm.

A key driver is Rich, who joined the College in 2009 as its first-ever vice president for marketing. His career had been primarily in retail marketing, where strategies and tactics have historically been more progressive than those used in higher education.

“Jeff has taken the College’s marketing to a new level,” said St. Scholastica President Larry Goodwin. “I’m hearing more and more often from people in the Twin Cities, especially, about our visibility there and across the state. I think we have a more professional image.”

Rich is quick to share that love, as it were.

“Listen,” he says – a word with which he often begins sentences – “it’d be silly to portray this as the work of any one person. You have to note the incredible job being done by Jim (Poole), Don (Wortham), Lindsay (Lahti), Kara (Hanson) and Joel (Clasemann). They’re doing the heavy lifting.”

Important lifting it is. St. Scholastica’s strategic plan calls for maintaining the present size of traditional undergraduate programs at around 2,200 students. The on-campus “immersion model,” as it’s called, will always remain central to St. Scholastica. But for the foreseeable future, growth is needed from the

GEO programs. And budgetary growth is crucial to the College’s well-being.

Higher education has become a life-long need for people of all ages, in all professional situations. For them, accelerated, evening, and especially online learning can be more effective than the traditional approach.

“If you don’t adapt to that as an institution you’ll be stagnant and not grow,” said Domholdt. “And if you don’t grow, everything becomes a zero-sum game. Without new money coming in the door you’re just rearranging things within yourself, and some of the quality things you want to do you can’t afford.

“At St. Scholastica we’re not going to instantly have the donor base that could pay for the quality we need. And we don’t have a big enough endowment. In the short term at least, resources are going to come from more students believing we have educational programs that are going to meet their goals.

“Jeff pushes us to think differently about how to market the organization and our programs. He brings new skills that help develop creative tension.” She smiled. “He’ll suggest some things that make the academics” – deans and faculty members – “roll their eyes and say ‘Yeah, right.’ Just like the academics will propose some things and he’ll say ‘Who’s going to buy that?’

“For instance, the marketing folks would like our MBA ads to emphasize ‘No GMAT required.’ ” (The GMAT is the graduate admissions test.) “That’s true; we don’t require the GMAT. It’s about us not having barriers to entry. But could that be perceived by the public as us not caring about quality? So the faculty worry about, how do you get that message across without damaging the brand?”

She pondered a moment, then said with an “on the other hand” facial expression: “We academics can be pretty stodgy.”

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The results of the new metrics-driven approach to marketing are impressive. During the recent recession, St. Scholastica’s traditional undergraduate population has held strong. Meanwhile, the 22 GEO programs are growing in enrollment – not across the board as consistently as desired, but clearly growing. And the number of inquiries coming in is up by as much as 300 percent in some programs. Just three years ago enrollment was about 1,200 in GEO programs; today it is 1,700. The result is that St. Scholastica is growing at a time when many peer and competitor schools are in maintenance or even retrenchment mode.

The College isn’t a national leader in real-time digital marketing techniques. The “national for-profits,” as Rich calls them, such as The University of Phoenix and Capella University, have a significant head start. But among private colleges in the Upper Midwest?

“I think we’re ahead of the majority of our peer traditional colleges,” Rich said. “We’ve modeled ourselves after the successful things we’ve seen done. Part of the way (the national for-profits) create that success is by being responsive. We’ve tried to develop a quick-response mechanism. We’re making great progress.”

He noted that Wortham was recently at a conference in which the organizers, unbeknownst to the participating colleges and universities, “secret shopped” an inquiry by a dummy prospective student to see which school would have the best response, defined as a combination of quickness and high quality information. Quick response time is a big competitive advantage.

“To Don’s delight,” Rich recalled, “we came out number one.”

Much of the work to this point has involved coordinating the efforts of marketing, enrollment management, and academic affairs.

We’ve modeled ourselves after

the successful things we’ve seen

done. … We’ve tried to develop

a quick-response mechanism.

We’re making great progress.

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“By getting those three entities in thesame room at the ‘Show Me the Love’meetings,” said Berg, “St. Scholasticagot past the “silo” mentality ofproprietary suspicion and lack ofcommunication.

“From what I’ve heard,” Berg said,“we’re really the envy of a lot of(competitor) colleges in the way we’recommunicating and collaboratingacross the vital divisions responsiblefor enrollment.”

Rich feels that the workingrelationship that’s been establishedis “the best thing that’s come out ofall this. We now have a true sense ofpartnership and shared responsibilityto work together to make ourenrollment goals.”

Not that there doesn’t remain what

“The colleges that don’t communicate

Berg said. ”It just builds up and upuntil it’s a huge problem. We haveit too but we’re open about it. We’recollectively working on reaching apoint where we can agree on what’sbetter and how to get there.”

Rich thinks it’s healthy.

“You get to a better place when youhave people coming from differentpoints of view rather than a bunch ofpeople who nod their heads and agreeto everything.”

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GEO inquiry generation strategy isn’tRich’s only focus. He’s in charge oftraditional undergraduate marketing,which he notes requires a muchdifferent approach than GEO, aswell as conferences and events andpublic and media relations. He hasextended the reach of the College’spublic relations capability by hiring

Ashenmacher, executive director ofcommunications.

But his sights never stray far fromGEO. Toward that end, he’s aleader in the College’s aggressiveexploration of business to business

relationships, which can includeoffering tuition discounts for corporateemployees and other groups. Thetactic makes some people nervous.Rich responds that “we need to attackinquiry generation from all angles tobe successful.”

“I use the airlines analogy all the

are empty seats, you’ve lost thatrevenue opportunity forever. For us,once the semester starts, if you have

back. It’s gone. So you look at yourenrollment metrics and say ‘If wehave to discount or incent or create

few seats and otherwise they would

Packages that create aid, perhaps,or packaging internships and pre-professional graduate assistantships?’The reality is, if we don’t have thatkind of thinking we miss goals.”

If all the talk of high-tech tactics,discounts and sales pitches soundsvery retail – as though highereducation is a commodity – Richdoesn’t blink.

“There’s some truth to that perception.We’re adapting best practices inmarketing that are retail oriented.They work. Listen, we’re competing

where they’ve never even heard of us.You’ve got to take an approach that’smore promotional in nature withoutbecoming overly promotional anddiminishing the prestige of our brand.

“We have to recognize that we’recompeting on a national level forstudents. We’ve got enough strengthin our academic programming andreputation, particularly in healthsciences and nursing, to have animpact nationally. Because we don’thave the awareness level of nationalschools we’ve got to use morepromotional strategies to get ourmessages out. You don’t achieve that

out ways to show you’re here, you’recompelling, you’re distinctive. ‘Weshould be in your consideration set

if you’re interested in this kind ofprogram.’ ”

Berg notes that it’s in the College’sDNA to be responsive to themarketplace.

“The Sisters responded to a need 100years ago,” he said. “This area neededa college like St. Scholastica and theyfounded one. The rock around whichall of our work rotates, or revolves, isthe Benedictine history and values. Asmuch as everything else is moving, isin constant motion, that isn’t. And welean on that when we need to.”

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The day after the ‘Show Me the Love’meeting, Rich is leading a weeklystaff meeting for the 20 or so membersof his department.

Enrollments for “spring-two,” thesecond start-date for GEO programs,are looking very strong. Coming ontop of other good trends, he’s seeingmuch of the last year’s efforts bearingfruit.

“We have good data now, and we’remanaging our business based on data-

he tells his staff. “We’re one of thetop performing colleges in the state.”He smiles. “It’s going to be scary,how much we’re going to be able toaccomplish now.”

To see a sampling of thelatest GEO marketing

messages go togo.css.edu/geosampler

Lindsay Lahti listens asBeth Domholdt makesa point.

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Turning earth in honorof the new Scienceaddition are, from left,Sister Lois Eckes’69,Alyssa Courneya ’12,Larry Goodwin, MaryIves, Sister KathleenHofer ’63 and LarryMcGahey.

The College ceremonially brokeground on April 26 for a $15.6million addition to the Science

Center on the Duluth campus.

“Responding to the needs of ourregion has always been an importantpart of the College’s mission,” MaryIves, chair of the Board of Trustees,told an audience of about 150students, faculty, staff and friends

role well, with an emphasis in healthcare. Today we’re marking anothermilestone in that tradition.”

The enlarged Science Center willstrengthen the academic experience ofall St. Scholastica students, she said,“but especially those who major innursing, pre-med, the sciences, andthe health sciences. And that stands

region, and the state for that matter,which improves the quality of life foreveryone.”

The event was planned for outdoorsat the construction site, where earth

moving had already gotten underway.But bad weather forced the eventindoors, into the Science CenterAuditorium.

Dr. Larry Goodwin, president ofSt. Scholastica, led a group ofdignitaries in turning shovels of dirt tosignify the start of the year-long project.In his remarks he noted two instancesof historical symmetry. The addition’sdesign work was done by Minneapolis

founder, Franklin Ellerbe, redesignedTower Hall a century ago after another

the project’s contractor, McGoughConstruction of St. Paul, providedthe stone masonry work on Our LadyQueen of Peace Chapel and StanbrookHall in the 1930s.

Sister Kathleen Hofer ’63, chair of theScience Initiative fundraising effort,opened the proceedings with a prayer.Alyssa Courneya ’12, president of theSt. Scholastica Student Senate, offeredthanks on behalf of the student body.

Sister Lois Eckes ’69, prioress ofSt. Scholastica Monastery, said

prioress of the Benedictinecommunity in Duluth and founder ofthe College, would be pleased by theproject. Dr. Larry McGahey, dean ofthe School of Science, gave a facultyperspective. The event was followedby a reception.

The building project is the College’sbiggest ever in terms of dollars. Theaddition will create a new 40,000square-foot wing to enhance theexisting 125,000 square-foot ScienceCenter.

College savings and bonding capacityand $6 million in private gifts, with$1.1 million left to raise.

New features include:

biochemistry

research areas

meetings and general class use

The expansion will open during theCollege’s Centennial year, in 2012,and is expected to be a highlight of theyear’s celebrations. Move-in will beaccomplished over the summer andfull use by the start of the 2012-2013academic year.

Science addition underway

Ceremonies celebrate major “bricks and

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The College launched its newRochester campus with aribbon cutting and blessing on

April 28.

In what’s being called a “base camp”prototype, the facility will enablestudents to interact with peers, workwith faculty and get support fromstaff at a central downtown location.The site includes Café BlueStone,a new concept in student unionsoffering a coffee house atmospherewhere students can gather in smallworkgroups when it suits theirschedules.

“Whether enrolled in online orface-to-face courses, students wantto congregate, to exchange ideas,and to get the help they need asthey pursue educational goals,” saidDon Wortham, executive director ofextended studies at St. Scholastica.“We think that ‘place’ matters, sowe’ve designed a social space indowntown Rochester that meets theneeds of 21st century students.”

The new facility is at 221 First Ave.SW in the Minnesota Bio-BusinessCenter, a city-owned 100,000 square-foot building.

The ceremonies began with a ribboncutting by the Rochester Chamber ofCommerce Ambassadors. That wasfollowed in the evening by a blessingby Sister Mary Rochefort ’70, theCollege’s associate vice president formission integration. President LarryGoodwin also spoke to the crowdof about 40 invited guests, many of

whom were alumni from the region.

Rochester television news andnewspaper journalists covered theevent.

In Rochester the College offersundergraduate degrees inmanagement, nursing, organizationalbehavior, and health informationmanagement. Graduate programsinclude nursing, education, healthinformation management, I.T.leadership, educational media andtechnology, and physical therapy.Most current students in the area takecourses online.

The College has offered programs in

school building. For its new space itpartnered with Touchpoint Retail and

the design. Students can access thefacility during extended hours, take

spaces, and utilize advanced learningtechnologies, like social media, thatconnect with the College’s othercampuses in Duluth, St. Cloud,St. Paul, and Brainerd.

Through the Rochester location,St. Scholastica offers acceleratedonline and hybrid degree programsdesigned for busy students. Classesrun for eight weeks instead of theusual 16-week terms, and programscan be entered at any of six startdates throughout the year. Studentscomplete up to 48 credits in a singleyear by enrolling in just two classesper term.

“Today’s students are goal-focused,and want to interact with us indifferent ways than they did evena few years ago,” said Jeff Rich,vice president for marketing andcommunications at St. Scholastica.“We’ve recognized these trends,and designed our Rochester location

want a quality education – but throughnon-traditional means.”

‘Base camp’ opens in Rochester

Sister Mary Rochefort ’70uses holy water to blessthe new space. Alsoshown is Sister Clare MarieTrettel ’70.

Teresa Ipina, Jeff Rich andLarry Goodwin listen to remarksby Don Wortham.

d mortar” initiatives

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T R E AT Y R I G H T S : S t . S c h o l a s t i c a ’s u n t o l d r o l e

When brothers Mike and Fred Tribble were students at St. Scholastica in 1973,

they enrolled in an Indian Law course taught by attorney Larry Leventhal. During that class, Leventhal assigned the Tribbles a classroom exercise that shaped the future of our region.

Leventhal asked the Tribbles, who are members of the Lac Courte Oreilles band of Ojibwe, to research and then argue for tribal hunting and fishing rights in territory ceded to the United States in 1837, 1842 and 1854 treaties.

“Researching those treaties opened our eyes,” Fred said. “We realized those treaties gave us rights that we weren’t able to use.”

The Tribbles and a friend commuted 90 minutes to campus three days

per week, from their homes on the Lac Courte Oreilles reservation in northwestern Wisconsin. They talked about the treaty rights in the car after class, and as they spoke they became convinced they needed to act.

A couple of college students challenging the state of Wisconsin didn’t seem realistic, so they asked Leventhal what action they could take to change the situation.

“Larry said we needed a test case,” Mike said. “We knew that meant getting arrested.”

So the Tribbles planned. They approached the Lac Courte Oreilles Tribal Council and asked for support. The tribe supported the effort, but said they couldn’t contribute any financial help. The Tribbles decided to move

ahead anyway, not knowing where (or if) help would come.

“We didn’t know if we’d be fined, go to jail, or whatever else. We didn’t know who would help,” Mike said.

In March 1974, just months after arguing for treaty rights in Leventhal’s class, they set up their spearing shack on Chief Lake, within the area Ojibwe claimed for hunting and fishing rights but outside the reservation. When the DNR arrived to cite them, the Tribbles produced the 1837 treaty. They were arrested, released on their own recognizance and later convicted.

But they had a plan. Leventhal told them that because they were students with low income they could qualify for Judicare, a non-profit, free law firm specializing in civil

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cases. Judicare worked with the

Tribbles lost again. However, theywon a larger point. The case beganworking its way through the courtsystem and eventually reached theNinth Circuit United States Court ofAppeals in 1983. That court agreedwith the argument the Tribbles madein Leventhal’s classroom – the treaties

“We waited a long time for thatdecision,” Fred said. “Larry told usthat a test case would take eight ornine years, so we knew to be patient.We just started things moving. A lot ofpeople helped make it happen.”

Wisconsin, while also spurring othertribes to challenge laws that curtailedtreaty rights. In 1991, the U.S.

of the Lake Superior Chippewa to

Minnesota, Michigan and Wisconsin.A 1999 U.S. Supreme Court case,Minnesota v. Mille Lacs Band ofChippewa Indians, strengthened theinterpretation of treaty law.

The legacy of the actions of theTribbles and other treaty rightsadvocates has shaped natural resourceuse, race relations, and the economicsand social structure of the Midwest.For example, the Great Lakes IndianFish and Wildlife Commission wascreated to co-manage the naturalresources in the ceded territory.Because Indians exercised their treaty

experts help manage resources than

ever before. The Commission hasgained respect from all sides and

prove a successful partnership. Fearsof game depletion disappeared.

The Tribbles didn’t expect all this, ofcourse. They wanted only to use therights they had retained and to forcethe U.S. government to honor itscommitments. While they entertainedsome ideas of how far their actcould reach, it exceeded even theirexpectations.

“There were people who did thesame thing before us and after us,”Mike said. “We never wanted to getattention. All we wanted was our way

of life.”

For his part, Leventhal said it wassimply a matter of pointing students ina direction.

“They were inquisitive studentsinterested in exploring their rights,”Leventhal said. “I simply told themwhat the treaties said and how theycould approach it.”

Still, that St. Scholastica classroomprovided a place for a spark to gainheat.

“Higher education is so important,”Fred said. “Without higher education,none of this would have everhappened.”

Fred Tribble, left, andMike Tribble, got theidea for establishing atreaty rights test casein a St. Scholasticaclass. They are shownwith Jim Zorn of theGreat Lakes IndianFish & WildlifeCommission.

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With each passing year, theCollege is offering studentsmore opportunities for

international study.

Arshia Khan and Janelle Wapola ’95are making sure the opportunityis a scholarly challenge. They ledstudents on a research-based tripthat emphasizes rigorous academicsand culminated in a cultural fair thatdisplayed the scholarly fruits of thejourney.

Khan, an assistant professor ofComputer Information Systems, andWapola, an assistant professor ofHealth Information Management,led 21 students from a variety of

majors to India from late in Decemberthrough mid-January. Their learningmodel is called CRISP, which standsfor Cultural diversity, Research,Global Issues, Support by mentorship,and Pedagogy.

The four-credit course was billed asa “Journey to India’s HITEC City,”Hyderabad.

“Most of the research out there saysthat study abroad programs lackacademic rigor,” Khan said. “Thisdoesn’t.”

Each student did a research projectmentored by a faculty member, and

“Learning the research processis enlightening to many of thesestudents, especially at the sophomorelevel,” Wapola said. “They haven’teven thought of it yet.”

One of the program’s goals is toincrease students’ interest in graduateschool.

“In a way it’s kind of preparing themfor grad school,” Khan said. “I’mnot aware of any course that preparesthem for the research process like thisone does.”

Khan is from India and used personalcontacts to enrich the curriculum ofinterviews, visits to professional,

Prepping for grad school

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educational and healthcare settings,and more.

Instead of a standard poster sessionon campus, the students presented

“India Expo,” which included musicand food of India, with the studentswearing Indian clothing.

The opportunity for St. Scholasticastudents to travel and study abroadbegan with Sister Mary OdileCahoon ’51 in 1980, when shefounded the Ireland in the Springprogram in Louisburgh. Thatprogram is still going strong. Todaythe College provides 10 otherinternational learning experiences.

Students can choose from Russia,France, Poland, Belize, Germany,Tanzania, Mexico, Italy, Morocco andChina. The trips vary in length from afew weeks over winter vacation to anentire semester. The plans also differbased on undergraduate and graduatelevel study.

Students are also able to utilize theHigher Education Consortium forUrban Affairs (HECUA) program,which offers the chance to bridgeacademic learning with directexperience of the urgent socialchallenges facing society. HECUAhas study centers in Asia, Europe,and Latin America.

At left, members of the groupdonned headwear for a tour ofa mosque. Above right, juniorLeslie Karpen models henna,a popular form of temporarytatoos in India. Below right,junior Rachel Hendrickson hasfun with the camera, “holding”the Taj Mahal like a Christmasornament.

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The College’s poet is gaining national visibility.

Ryan Vine ’99, assistant professor of English, has had his work read on Garrison Keillor’s nationally broadcast “Writer’s Almanac” radio program. He recently had a poem published in Ploughshares, one of the country’s best known literary journals and a venue he’d been trying to break into for 10 years. The Greensboro Review awarded his poem “Ward Works Hard to Keep You Hidden” the Robert Watson Poetry Prize, worth $1,000 and a special announcement in the spring 2011 issue.

Most exciting of all, he’s made it to Carnegie Hall.

In March he was part of The Sanctuary Project, a new music/poetry collaboration on the theme of ‘sanctuary’ by the ensemble Lunatics at Large of New York. The group commissioned new poems from Vine and several other poets, as well as using some of his existing poetry. He read his work onstage at Carnegie Hall’s 300-seat Weill Hall, which sold out, as well as at a church and a synagogue.

He worked most closely with ensemble composers Raphael Fusco and Laura Koplowitz.

“Laura is the one who found my book at the Provincetown Center for the Arts in Massachusetts,” said Vine, who’s 34, “and out of the blue contacted me saying, ‘You know, I hope you don’t mind, but I composed a concerto based on one of your poems.’ She sent me the music and it’s really beautiful.”

The performances were “amazing,” he said.

“It was fascinating to hear my poems set to music. It’s made me look at my own work in new and different ways. To hear that emotional content in another art form and feel in some instances like, ‘Yes! That’s exactly what I was going for’ – it was almost like a new form of communication that never existed before.

“When you hear somebody hit so perfectly the tone or emotional register in a piece, and you realize your poem reached a guy like (composer) Raphael (Fusco) who spends his summers in Italy, grew up on the Jersey shore, that’s very powerful.”

He expects to sustain the creative

relationships that were begun. In fact, it’s already happening.

“I’m working on an opera with Raphael. I’m writing the libretto based on an ancient Mesopotamian myth,

before the Bible was written.”

He got interested in English when he was 21 and a junior at St. Scholastica, he said.

“I studied in this English department; I’m a product of this English department. That’s why I feel so lucky to be here. I didn’t realize at the time as a student what a great department it was. It took me studying elsewhere to see how impressive this group really is, not just as teachers but as scholars too.”

He has a funny memory of the hiring process.

“When they were considering me they were concerned that I’d be deferential to them. Dr. (Patricia) Hagen said, ‘he never listened to us when he was a student, so why should he now?’ ”

He’s the author of two collections, “Distant Engines” and “Shiv,” and reviews poetry for the Star Tribune newspaper of Minneapolis. At St. Scholastica, where he’s the Rose Warner professor of English, he

and an honors course called poetry movements, as well as introduction to literature, ethnic literature, and more. He brings nationally known poets to campus for workshops.

Meanwhile, he’s a working poet.

“I write every day. When I can I try to write in mornings, but if I can’t, I do it at night after I get home from work.”

A poet makes his way

Poet Ryan Vine is emerging on the national scene.

“It was fascinating to hear my poems set to music. It’s made me look at my own work in new and different ways.”

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At one point, Duluthian Vicki Surges wasn’t sure if her son,

Surges home-schools her children, and Vinnie learned at a much slower pace than his siblings.

“I didn’t push him,” she said.

There was no need, it turns out. Surges, a senior math major at The College of St. Scholastica, has accepted a spot in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology aeronautics and astronautics doctoral program in Cambridge, Mass., with tuition and stipend provided. And that’s only one of the 10 doctoral program slots he was offered.

Other schools with offers included the University of Minnesota, the University of Michigan, Penn State and Purdue – all highly competitive schools, said Luther Qson, chairman of the mathematics department at St. Scholastica.

Qson said he’s never known a student to be accepted into so many Ph.D. programs.

“It’s interesting that a pure mathematics major got into engineering programs,” he said. “It’s the result of the work he did to get summer and fall internships.”

Those internships happened to be for the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center.

Surges, whose father David is an assistant professor of Management at

in math. He applied to become a McNair Scholar, which is a program

students with high academic potential. Surges’ heritage is Hispanic.

The McNair program prepares students for doctoral work through a research project. That research, which he did at Harvard and NASA, set him on a different path.

“By doing that, it changed everything,” Vinnie Surges said. “It’s almost strange. I’m a student from a small school with no engineering, going

into an engineering program at one of the best schools in the world.”

During the Harvard internship, which he was offered after being rejected by a University of Minnesota Duluth math internship program, he worked on a solar physics project. That led to the NASA internship. At NASA, he tested software and discovered bugs that hadn’t been found by others.

“That was important to them,” he said.

Competition for summer research spots has increased four-fold in recent years, said Kathleen Cargill, director of St. Scholastica’s McNair Scholars program, and most Ph.D. programs have two to 12 slots for 200 to 400 applicants.

Surges is a quiet, humble, unassuming student – the kind “you’d invite home to dinner,” Cargill said. “But when we wound him up, he just went.”

Vicki Surges said she noticed her son’s math ability when he was 2 years old. She could no longer keep up with him as a teenager when he sailed through pre-calculus. But he saw everything in black and white, she said, and had to be “led totally in the beginning.”

“He recognized at a young age that it wasn’t just going to come to him,” she said. “He’s worked really, really hard.”

He studied at lower levels in some subjects and higher levels in others, he said, attributing his success today to going at his own pace during his early years and taking time to understand what he was learning.

Surges, who has a 3.99 grade-point average, spent a lot of time in Qson’s

“He had such an internal motivation to really understand the material,” Qson said. “He would have determined exactly what about the problem he wasn’t sure about – not that he didn’t know what to do, but he wasn’t certain about the reasoning behind what he did. Most students are happy if they get the correct answer.”

Surges said he “wanted to prove to myself that I can do this. That if you spend the appropriate amount of time, you can do this.”

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Anne Stadler ’66

THE SISTER TIMOTHY KIRBYBENEDICTINE SPIRIT AWARD

honors an alumnus/alumnafor his or her professional achievement

and for exemplifying theBenedictine values.

Since graduating from the College in 1966,Anne Stadler’s life has been one of service. Sheworked in Bolivia as a member of the PeaceCorps, teaching and leading the constructionof a community school, as well as helpingbring electricity, sanitation and running waterto the community. She taught in Duluth, thenrelocated to California where she has workedin migrant communities for 40-plus years. Shereceived nationwide recognition for involvingmigrant parents and promoting programs formigrant students to graduate from high schooland continue their studies. She has helpednumerous crippled and burned children obtainservices at Shriner’s Hospitals, organizedSpanish adult literacy and basic skills classesfor preliterate Spanish speaking students, andserved as a translator for International ReliefTeams on medical missions to Ecuador andHonduras and for Aid For Baja California, Inc.construction projects while promoting sanitationand education.

The 2011 Alumni Awards

will presented at 6 p.m. Saturday,

June 25, in the Mitchell Auditorium

on campus. The award presentation

is part of the annual alumni program

held during Reunion Weekend,

June 24-26. For more information

visit alumni.css.edu

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Mary Johnson Oakes ’84

THE SISTER ALICE LAMBAWARD

honors an alumnus/alumna who hasdemonstrated dedication to his or her profession

and has continued to be committed toThe College of St. Scholastica.

Mary Oakes had a distinguished nursing careerin the U.S. Army. For the last two decades shehas been a leader at Tillamook General Hospitaland now as an educator at the University ofPortland School of Nursing in Portland, OR.At Tillamook she managed the migration ofthe institution to an electronic health recordsystem. At the University of Portland sheheads simulation activities in a learning lab formore than 700 nursing students. Her expertiseenables students to gain crucial skills. Shegenerously works with all faculty who innovateand incorporate the academic electronic healthrecord, which Portland subscribes to throughSt. Scholastica’s Center for HealthcareInnovation. She is on the forefront ofkeeping knowledge management and clinicalinformation systems dynamic and, by doingso, shaping the future nursing workforce. Asa colleague says of her: “Everything she doesemerges from her scholarly foundation, questfor perfection and service to humanity.”

Margaret (Peggy) Cane ’50

THE SISTER ANN EDWARDSCANLON AWARD

recognizes an alumnus/alumnawho has demonstrated outstanding dedication

to The College of St. Scholastica and tohis or her community.

Margaret (Peggy) Cane enjoyed a successfulcareer in St. Scholastica’s Nursing Departmentfor 20 years. In the 1980s, when the Collegecreated its unique RN completion program fornurses who had received a 2- or 3-year diplomaand wanted to earn a bachelor’s degree,she assumed a leadership role. She traveledweekly to Brainerd and later Grand Rapidsto advise students, develop the curriculum,and to coordinate other faculty. She wasinstrumental in developing communitypartnerships with the local community collegesand nursing employers in those areas tosupport the RN completion program, whichbecame the forerunner for the off-campus 2+2Management program. She was a mentor tomany faculty and nursing students throughout

children graduate from the College. She hasalso served as a long-time board member of theLake Superior Life Care Center.

John Baggs, posthumously

THE ST. SCHOLASTICAINSPIRATION AWARD

honors a staff or faculty personwhose interest and care for the studentshelped them to mature, grow, change an

attitude, or change direction.

John Baggs became the youngest head coachin the entire nation when, in 1991 at age 24, hewas hired at St. Scholastica. He served as headbaseball coach from 1992 until 2009, and wasthe winningest coach ever at St. Scholastica.But he is equally well known for helpingyoung men mature, with a desire to go out andmake a difference in the world. He built teamsinto national powerhouses in NCAA DivisionIII, including being runner-up in the MidwestRegional in 2008. Under his leadership theSaints won 12 straight Upper Midwest AthleticConference titles and enjoyed a record of 531wins to 197 losses, a .720 winning percentage.As a former player/student says of him: “Iwould not be where I am today if it was notfor Coach Baggs. He taught me how to livefor others, how to be a better husband andsimply how to be a better person. Coach Baggs

died in February 2009 of cancer.

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VOLLEYBALL

The St. Scholastica volleyball team had its best season in recent memory, going undefeated in conference play

title since the 1988 season. The Saints won 12 matches in a row at one point and their 28 overall wins were the third-most in program history. During the course of the season, the Saints defeated arch-nemesis Northwestern College twice during the regular season, including handing

loss in 34 conference matches. The Saints also defeated the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh when the Titans were ranked 10th in the country. Unfortunately, the season came to an abrupt end for the Saints when they were defeated by Northwestern in the UMAC Tournament Championship in Reif Gymnasium. Sophomore Paige Hardy was named the UMAC Player of the Year and was also an honorable mention All-AVCA Central Region

earn such accolades. Joining Hardy on the All-Conference First Team were Anna Zyvoloski, Sarah Kurtovich, and Nikki Hughes. Hughes was also a CoSIDA/ESPN the Magazine Second Team All-District choice.

MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY

The St. Scholastica men’s cross country team ran away with what was supposed to be a close UMAC Championship at Northland College. The Saints won by 27 points to win their second consecutive conference championship. Senior Nick Mangan became just the second Saints male runner to win the conference championship since the 1999 season,

27:02 seconds, 18 seconds faster than

in the top 12, junior Pat Bigaouette was named to the All-Conference Team for a third time and junior Tony Bye earned All-Conference honors for the second straight year. At the NCAACentral Regional Championships, Mangan just missed qualifying for

All-Region accolades. He, along with the rest of the team, earned Academic Honors from the USTFCCCA.

WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY

The St. Scholastica women’s cross country team continued its stranglehold on the rest of the UMAC by capturing its 10th straight conference title. The team made up six of the top 10 spots at the championship meet. Senior Jessie

second overall for the third time.

at the UMAC meet all four years that she participated. Junior Melissa Kempenich, sophomore Kristen Gronbeck, senior Emily Dunning, and freshmen Breanna Adams and Haley Hasleiet all earned All-Conference honors. Kempenich also earned

27th at the NCAA Central Regional Championships. She, along with the rest of the team, earned Academic Honors from the USTFCCCA. Head

UMAC Coach of the Year.

Sophomore Paige Hardy

Senior Nick Mangan, left, and Junior Melissa Kempenich

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MEN’S SOCCER

The St. Scholastica men’s soccerprogram reached new heights duringthe 2010 season by not only winningthe regular season title, but alsocapturing the UMAC Tournamentchampionship and receiving anautomatic bid into the NCAATournament. The Saints went 12-0-2in conference play during the regularseason and continued on to defeatNorthwestern in the tournament

of Minnesota, Morris in thechampionship 4-1. Senior JermaineDacres was named the UMACOffensive Player of the Year and waslater named the UMAC TournamentMVP. Senior Ian Linder was namedthe UMAC Defensive Player of theYear. The Saints went on to play

NCAA Tournament game and after ahard-fought battle with the Auggies,the Saints’ season came to an endon a goal with 26 seconds left in thesecond overtime. The Saints matcheda single-season program record with17 wins. Junior Sam Reed set aprogram record with 13 shutouts innet. Senior Toby Peter became just the

100 career points. Peter also excelled

to be named a CoSIDA/ESPN the

Magazine First Team All-American.He also received the UMAC Scholar-Athlete Leadership Award.

WOMEN’S SOCCER

Even though it lost a majority of itsoffensive output from the year prior,the St. Scholastica women’s soccerteam managed to win its seventhstraight UMAC regular season titlein 2010. Just like the men’s soccerteam and volleyball team, the Saintswomen’s soccer team did not losea single conference regular seasoncontest. The Saints played some stiff

four games of the season. The youngSaints rebounded from there, goingunbeaten in their next 17 games to

champs. St. Scholastica defeatedMinnesota, Morris in the UMAC

from junior Megan Flesvig. However,the season would come to an endwith a 1-0 loss to Northwestern in theUMAC Tournament championshipgame at Saints Field. Even with theloss, the young Saints showed a lot ofpromise. Head coach Dave Reyelts wasnamed the UMAC Coach of the Year.Taylor Cunningham was named theUMAC Freshman of the Year. Flesvigearned UMAC Defensive Player ofYear accolades.

FOOTBALL

The St. Scholastica football teamcontinued to make great strides as it

had the best record of any full-timeUMAC school with a 7-3 mark overall,

and 5-2 in the conference in 2010. Itwas the second straight year the teamimproved by three wins from the year

two games of the season and later werevictorious for the second straight timeon Homecoming, defeating CrownCollege 41-21. After falling to eventualconference champion Greenville

season strong with a program recordfour-game winning streak. The Saintswere rewarded for their efforts with13 players named either First orSecond Team All-Conference. JuniorStephen Voelkner was a First Teamchoice for the second consecutiveyear. Sophomore Jordan Hanson andJustin Trautmiller were also First Teamselections. Trautmiller became the

in the special teams department asfreshman Cole Karsky was 5-for-5 on

in program history. Things get kickedup to another level in the conferencenext year: Presentation College begins

winner of the league gets an automatic

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Senior DannySchmitz accepting acommemorative ballfrom head coach DavidStaniger after scoring1,000 career points

Senior Kelly Cinquegrani

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MEN’S BASKETBALL

The St. Scholastica men’s basketball

this past season. The biggest issue forthe Saints this year was closing outgames. Senior Danny Schmitz becamethe ninth Saint in program history thisseason to record over 1,000 careerpoints when he did it against CrownCollege on February 5. Sophomore

UMAC choice. Tester led the Saints inscoring this season at 15.8 points per

points in 22 of the team’s 25 games.He also recorded three double-doublesthis season after also leading the teamin rebounding.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

The St. Scholastica women’s

overall record of 10-15 this pastseason. The season ended on ahigh note with a 90-86 victory over

game as a Saint, Kelly Cinquegraniscored a career-high 24 points andgrabbed 11 rebounds for her secondcareer double-double. Cinquegraniwas also named the UMAC Player ofthe Week for her efforts. Kayla Heislerwas named the UMAC Co-Freshman

the team in scoring and was third inthe conference with 34 three-point

a second team All-UMAC selectionafter leading the Saints with 12.2points per game. Allen set a programrecord with 17 rebounds against NorthCentral University on November 23.

MEN’S HOCKEY

The St. Scholastica men’s hockeyteam could not get the bounces to goits way this season after two years ofbeing in the national spotlight. The

1 and were eliminated in the NCHA

UW-Superior. The Saints lost a lot ofexperience and leadership from theprevious two seasons and the teamstruggled to put it all together this

record the team was not that far awayfrom being a top caliber club. Going

many thought the team was goingto make a run. The Saints were theonly team to defeat eventual nationalchampion, St. Norbert College, whentrailing after the second period thisseason. Senior Riley Riddell led theteam with 24 points. Juniors CarterDavis and Jeremy Dawes each scoreda team-high 10 goals. Dawes wasnamed honorable mention All-NCHA.

WOMEN’S HOCKEY

The St. Scholastica women’s hockeyteam wrapped up its inaugural seasonunder head coach Jackie MacMillan.The Saints went 7-16-2 on the yearwith 10 of the losses coming by onegoal. Just to tell how close the Saints

was 2-10 in games that were tied afterthe second period. The season andprogram got off on a high-note witha 3-0 victory over Augsburg Collegein the inaugural game in front ofover 1,200 fans at Mars LakeviewArena. The Saints had just one senior,two juniors, two sophomores, and20 freshmen on the squad. The lonesenior, Libby Guzzo, led the Saintswith seven goals and 12 points. A hostof freshmen were right there with 10points. Jana Henry led the team witheight assists. In net, junior RachelBorchardt recorded four shutouts anda 1.90 goals-against-average.

MEN’S NORDIC SKIING

The St. Scholastica men’s ski teamonce again consistently placed amongthe top teams in the conference in2011. The men started the season

Challenge in December, losing onlyto national powerhouse NorthernMichigan. In January, sophomoreJeremy Hecker posted two seventh

age 20) category at the U.S. NationalChampionships in Rumford, Maine.His performances nearly put himon the United States Junior WorldChampionship team, as Hecker wasnamed second alternate for the team.

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program, the combined Saints fourth

tied a program best. Waylon Manske

with an all-region performance in

Manske’s performances at Regionalswere strong, he narrowly missed the

alternate for the central region to thechampionship. Manske leavesSt. Scholastica posting only thesecond CCSA All-Conference honorin program history. (Tyler Kjorstad’09, did so in 2009.) He also holdsthe most NCAA All-Central Regionhonors with three, and more top-10

any Saints skier, with fourteen. Dueto the few number of quota spotsfor the central region to the NCAAChampionships in 2011, Manske willlikely go down in history as the bestSaints skier never to represent thecollege at the NCAA Championships.

WOMEN’S NORDIC SKIING

The St. Scholastica women’s skiteam rode a roller coaster of results

at the NCAA Regionals in 2011. TheSaints women were led by severalskiers throughout the season. Junior

Eleanor Magnuson started the seasonstrong in December in tune-up races,as did freshman Brooke Adams.Seniors Julia Curry and LindsayWallis stepped up and skied strongto lead the Saints through January.Magnuson found her race form againat the NCAA Regionals, where sheposted back-to-back top-10s withan eighth place in the 5km freestyleand seventh in the 10km classic, toclaim two more NCAA All-CentralRegion awards, her third and fourthas a Saint. But the Saints womensaved the best for the last weekend of

Regional competitions. The back-to-back fourths at Regionals were thebest performance by a Saints women’steam to date, and combined with the

the Saints ski program as the bestDivision III program in the Midwestand one of the best overall.

MEN’S INDOOR TRACKAND FIELD

The St. Scholastica men’s indoor track

consecutive UMAC Indoor Trackand Field Championship in February.The Saints accumulated a winningtotal of 191 points, just edging theUniversity of Minnesota, Morris byeight points. Junior Tom Lyscio wasnamed the Male Co-Field Athlete ofthe Meet after winning the shot putand being runner-up in the weightthrow. Senior Nick Mangan, alongwith sophomores Justin Hanson andLuke Beckwith also won events atthe championship meet. In addition tothe four individuals that won events,freshman Nick Wanner was also anAll-Conference selection.

WOMEN’S INDOOR TRACKAND FIELD

The St. Scholastica women’s indoor

UMAC Indoor Track and Field

with 290 points at the meet, recording129 more points than the other threeteams combined. Freshman MaggieBair was named the Female TrackAthlete of the Meet winning in the55-meter hurdles, 55-meter dash,200-meter dash, and pole vault. JuniorAlec Seeley was the Female FieldAthlete of the Meet for the secondconsecutive year after winning boththe weight throw and the shot put.

In total the Saints won 13 of the 16events and head coach Kirk Naumanwas named the UMAC Women’sTrack and Field Coach of the Year.However, the season did not end

the NCAA Indoor Championshipsin the 55-meter hurdles. At thechampionship, Bair placed 10thoverall in the preliminaries with onlythe top eight times advancing to the

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Dear Friend of the College,

What a fast, exhilarating, enjoyable year it has been so far! Thank youto all of you for the opportunity I have had to meet many alumni andfriends of the College, both here in Minnesota and far away in placeslike Washington, D.C., California, Seattle, and Arizona. At every alumnievent and during every visit, your pride in the College shines forth as youinquire about what’s new, remember faculty and Sisters, and encourage usto maintain the mission and vision of the College, which has not strayed innearly 100 years.

There have also been wonderful occasions when I have interacted with our

information about the Science Initiative. It isn’t unusual to see students pausing in their dash between classes to take innew information about the project and see where we are in the fundraising. When I offered to show them the very latestarchitectural renderings we had just received, they were thrilled to review them and very excited to learn that in one year,they would have an opportunity to use this new space for their science classes, labs and gatherings with other students.

Isn’t that what it’s all about – student learning? During our groundbreaking ceremony last month, we were pleased to hearfrom College, Monastery, Trustee, and donor representatives. (See page 6.) I was particularly struck by the passion in theremarks of Alyssa Courneya, president of the Student Senate, and Dr. Larry McGahey, dean of the School of Sciences.This building will make possible student learning in state-of-the-art laboratories, collaboration with faculty in research, andexpanded community gathering space – the very essence of our mission.

What a thrilling journey so far. The Initiative’s goal is to raise $6 million for the building. With help from all of you, we

former Trustees have joined together to create a challenge fund. This will match gifts made now to the project to help usreach our goal.

And if that’s not enough incentive, we have received an additional $10,000 challenge grant from a local foundation toencourage 1,000 donors to give $100 or more. In this way, both donor numbers and dollars are important. You can help usmeet both challenges!

So as we watch the bulldozers and see the construction beginning, now is the time to consider an additional gift to theScience Initiative, over and above your Tower Fund annual support. For our current and future students, let’s complete thiscampaign and celebrate at the ribbon cutting a year from now.

Thank you for your support of the St. Scholastica experience for the students of today and tomorrow.

Margot ZelenzVice President for College Advancement

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For Lynne and Keith Hamre,supporting St. Scholastica in theirestate is a natural outcome of their

stage in life.

“We’re 48 years old,” said Lynne, a 1990graduate of the College and now its chief

will yet and we realized we should.”

“We started talking about what we couldgive back to the community,” said Keith,who is the city of Duluth’s manager ofcommunity development. “We’d heardabout using your will to leave part ofyour estate to things that are important toyou. Our lawyer explained to us that wejust had to decide what groups we’d liketo leave something to.”

“So we went 50 percent to our churchand 50 percent to the College,” Lynne

She sees the move as an extension oftheir annual practice of taking stock oftheir lives and tithing, which is part oftheir faith tradition.

“We take a look at how much we’vegiven, to make sure we haven’t been

means. It’s a way of sharing the giftswe’ve been given.”

Keith is a graduate of the Universityof Minnesota-Duluth and MinnesotaState-Mankato. He’s happy to supportSt. Scholastica, he said, because of theCollege’s emphasis on engaging studentsin the local community.

“Being a community developmentprofessional with the city, that meansa lot to me,” he said. “I see that (theCollege) really works with students toengage them in programs that impactpeople’s lives.” He has worked with twointerns from the College, “who have beenvery good at looking at the community-wide view and helping local people.St. Scholastica institutionalizes a lot ofthe values I have, that have to do with myday-to-day work.”

A person’s legacy “is something wecan control now, but we can’t later. It’ssomething you need to be thoughtfulabout in the right time. Once you’regone, it’s too late. The probate court isn’tgoing to know what was of value to you.”

Their decision feels good, they both say.

“I feel blessed to work at St.Scholastica,”Lynne said. “How lucky can anyone beto spend a career in a campus communitylike this?”

The Look of Legacy

Two new members have joined the CollegeAdvancement staff.

Shannon Hoffman was named director ofannual fund. Sheplans and directsa comprehensiveprogram of securinggifts from alumni,parents, friends,faculty and staff.She is responsiblefor increasingparticipation rates andunrestricted supportof St. Scholastica.She came to theCollege from theMarshall School, where she was the director ofannual giving.

Mark Rudolph was named director of major gifts. In thatrole he aligns benefactor interests with St. Scholastica’sstrategic objectives. He is responsible for identifying,

cultivating andsoliciting majorand deferred giftprospects. He is basedat St. Scholastica’sSt. Paul campus.

He came to theCollege fromthe University ofMinnesota-Duluth,where he served asthe associate athleticdirector for externalrelations.

“Basing Mark in St. Paul represents another increase inour human resource investment in the capital city,” Zelenzsaid. “It’s also an acknowledgement of the thousands ofSt. Scholastica alumni and friends who live and work inthe Twin Cities.”

Shannon Hoffman

Mark Rudolph

New directionsin annual fund,

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Dear fellow alumni,

I have had the honor of proudly serving the alumni of The College of Saint Scholastica for the lastseven years as a member of the Alumni Association Board of Directors, including the past twoyears as president of the Alumni Board. During this time, I have gotten to know many wonderfulpeople associated with the College.

In this space, I want to especially recognize one individual who made a lasting impact on methrough her kind demeanor, overwhelming generosity and tireless work ethic. That person is SisterTimothy Kirby ’39. From her own college days until her death last December at age 92, she was animportant presence in the life of our College.

She is deeply missed by generations of alumni. Her lifelong devotion to helping others and the

across the country for one of our many alumni events – which is even more impressive!). SisterTim truly was and will always be a Saint for Life for all of us. God bless you, Sister Tim.

meeting without Sister Tim but we all enjoyed coming together to explore creative ways toaccomplish the mission and goals of the Association. We enjoyed having Jeff Rich, vice presidentfor marketing and communications, share with us the College’s excellent new marketingcampaigns and I look forward to seeing them in action all throughout Minnesota. We were alsojoined again by Margot Zelenz, vice president for college advancement, as she updated our groupon the Science Initiative and provided some follow up to our Good to Great discussion from ourstrategic planning retreat in October 2010.

At our next board meetings we are excited to further explore tangible ways of becoming one of thevery best alumni associations of all the small, private liberal arts colleges in the United States.

I would like to take the opportunity to thank Kim Kalinoski ’02 and Carol Northcott ’03 for theirservice and dedication to the St. Scholastica Alumni Association. In June they will be completing

If you’re looking for a good time to visit campus and reminiscence with friends both new and old,be sure to register for Reunion 2011. “A Community of Saints” will be held June 24-26 on theDuluth campus. There will be a special celebration of the 35-year anniversary of the Social Workprogram. For more information, go to:www.css.edu/Administration/Alumni/Events/Reunion-2011.html.

To learn more about other upcoming events or ways to become more involved, visit our websiteat alumni.css.edu. And don’t forget to look for us on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Flickr, andYouTube. We’re proud to have you as fellow St. Scholastica alums and to be your lifelongconnection to the College. We look forward to seeing you soon!

Sincerely,

Andrew Thelander ’03

Alumni Association President

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1950s1954

Mary Ellen Goulet, Hot Springs,SD, has just published her secondbook, “Cascade of Flames.” Thishighly acclaimed book contains the

7-7-7 in the Southern Black Hills ofSouth Dakota. The gripping storiesportray everyday heroes confrontingthe overwhelming circumstances ofan out-of-control inferno. The authorand her husband were two of thehomeowners who lost everything in afew hours, even though they had built

metal, concrete siding and stone.

1960s1961

Patricia Quinn Prince, Eau Claire,WI, and John celebrated their 49thanniversary on Nov. 3, 2010. Inaddition, Patricia celebrated her 71stbirthday on Jan. 3, 2011!

1962

Dr. Peg Cruikshank, Corea, ME,recently retired from women’s studiesat the University of Maine. She is stilla faculty associate of the university’sCenter on Aging. She is also workingon the third edition of her book“Learning to be Old: Gender, culture,and aging.”

1967

Rosemary O’Connor Gunst,El Cajon, CA, is the UniversitySupervisor for San Diego StateUniversity.

1970s1970

Nancy Hanson Sivertson, Duluth, isworking at the St. Scholastica Centerfor Healthcare Innovation as theHealthcare Technology Coordinator.

1971

Dr. Jean Miller Wortock received the2011 American Association of Critical-Care Nurses Advocate of the YearAward. She is a nursing dean fromSt. Petersburg College in Florida.

1972

Gayle Booth Mason has beenpromoted to adult services coordinatorat Marana Behavioral Health inMarana, AZ. Gayle lives with herdaughter, Christa and grandsons,Robert, Michael, and Nickolas inTucson, AZ.

Kathryn Liska Raines, Eau Claire,WI, is a nurse practitioner with LutherMidelfort.

1973

Mary Ann Grymala, Superior,WI, doesn’t know where the timehas gone; thirty seven years agoshe graduated with a BA in SocialWork, got hired with the State ofWisconsin and got an MS degree atthe University of Wisconsin. She hasworked as a case manager, job coach,counselor, motivational speaker, andteacher for adults. She is thankful forher days at St. Scholastica; enteringas a shy freshman, she was able todevelop potential that she neverknew she had. Two years ago she gotcancer. It has been one of the most

been traveling to the Mayo Clinic for

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For several years she took care ofher mother, a widow. She is writingwhat she hopes will become a book:“The Songs of My Life.” To the goodSisters that touched her life in such ameangingful way, she says, “ThankYou.”

Mary Jo Erickson Wall, St. Paul,MN, received her MBA from theUniversity of Minnesota in 1991 anda graduate degree in banking fromthe Stonier Institute at GeorgetownUniversity in 2000. She was the

Bank Examiner for the State ofMinnesota. Her son graduated fromSt. Scholastica in 2010.

1977

Duncan Fraser, Ramona, CA, waspromoted on Nov. 5, 2010 to the rankof Captain in the San Diego CountySheriff’s Department. In August2010, he was awarded the Sheriff’s

Commendation for being the IncidentCommander at the Chelsea Kingkidnapping/murder case in February2010. The case was the largest searchand manhunt in San Diego historyand resulted in apprehension ofsuspect John Gardner, who was alsoresponsible for the kidnapping andmurder of Amber DuBois of Escondidothe previous year. Duncan currentlyresides in San Diego with wife Debiand daughters Jade (16) and Kelsy (9).

Dawn Brockopp Julian,Westmoreland, KS, received her Doctorof Nursing Practice in December 2010from the University of Kansas.

1978

Kay Kavlie Arola, Chisholm, MN,

Arrowhead Regional Corrections.

1979

Susan Mike Gentilli, Woodbury,MN, has joined Target’s healthcarecompliance team as a QualityManager, supporting the developmentand implementation of qualityinitiatives for their retail pharmacies.

1980s1981

Dr. Timothy P. Mullner, Renton,WA, completed a Doctor of Ministrydegree with doctoral residencies at theCentro Pro Unione in Rome, Italy andOxford University, UK.

Julie Barkovic Schumacher,International Falls, MN, is personneldevelopment coordinator for Boise, Inc.

1984

Ann Wertz Garvin, Stoughton,WI, is a professor at the University

novel “On Maggie’s Watch” has beenpublished by Penguin (Berkley). It is afunny and compassionate novel abouta very pregnant Maggie Finley whoreturns to her Wisconsin hometown

haven she and her husband areseeking proves elusive as they learntheir neighbors’ secrets.

Susan McClernon is presidentand CEO of Innovative HealthcareLeadership, LLP.

1986

Monica Wainio, Minneapolis, MN,is working as a physical therapist atFairview Health Services.

1987

Kimberly Dimberio Pfennigs,Colorado Springs, CO, is currentlythe Breast Clinic Coordinator for theDepartment of Defense/Army.

1988

Pat Green is director of Admissionsfor Rasmussen College.

1989

Kathleen Mishler Kurkiewicz, RiceLake, WI, is teaching at St. Francis deSales Catholic School.

Debra Spencer, St. Michael, MN,is coordinating ECFE and SchoolReadiness Programs for the St.Michael-Albertville School District.In addition, she has recently startedworking at St. Cloud State Universitysupervising student teachers andserves on the board of directors forMNAFEE (Minnesota Association forFamily and Early Education).

1990s1991

Sherri Dunbar, Duluth, has beenthe owner and designer of DunbarFloral & Gift since 1993. She is proudto have sponsored her niece JacquiHimmelspach ’10, a recentSt. Scholastica graduate.

Kay Hendricks Kurka, Casper, WY,is working as the activity director forPoplar Living Center.

William Spelts, Virginia, MN, isthe elementary school principal forVirginia Public Schools.

1992

Harold Graham, Augusta, ME,is CEO and President of GrahamBehavioral Services, Inc. Theorganization was recognized as one ofAmerica’s fastest-growing companiesin the 2010 Inc. 5000.

1993

Ian Bell, Adrian, MI, has recentlybeen appointed Chair of theHumanities Division at Siena HeightsUniversity. In addition, his article,

Anne Cizadlo ’95, Marion, IA, spent the winter monthsin Wellington, FL, training in her discipline of dressagewith six-time Olympic rider Robert Dover. In January,

recognized horse shows throughout the United States.

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“Contemplation and Social Justice,”was published in two parts in the July/August and September/October issuesof the journal, Spirtituality.

Nicole Freese Scanlon, Minneapolis,MN, has been promoted to vicepresident, Controller at Allianz LifeInsurance Company.

1997

Kelly Jamsa Chandler (MA ’10)is a psych and mental health nursepractitioner for North Homes Childrenand Family Services.

Dr. Lindsey Pearson, Tucson,AZ, opened LP Internal Medicine,an integrative internal medicineclinic in August 2010. In additionto general internal medicine, shepractices integrative internal medicinespecializing in the diagnosis andmanagement of celiac disease andother GI disorders, autoimmuneconditions, and endocrinology.Outside of clinical practice, she is aclinical supervisor for local medicalstudents’ preceptorship rotations, thechair of the Medical Advisory Boardfor the Southern Arizona CeliacSupport Group, a local chapter ofthe Celiac Sprue Association, and anactive and published writer on celiacdisease and comorbid conditions.

Sara Gustafson Schlegel, Pierz, MN,

National Bank of Minnesota.

1998

Shawnda Schelinder won a nationalGold Paragon Award for featurewriting from the National Councilfor Marketing and Public Relations.Shawnda previously earned a GoldMedallion for feature writing atNCMPR’s district level. Shawnda iscurrently the marketing and publicrelations associate for WisconsinIndianhead Technical College Ashlandcampus.

1999

Dr. Maleah Kutz Cummings,Washburn, WI, has joined the staff ofthe Bay Area Mental Health Centeras a licensed clinical psychologist.For the last 10 years, she has beenworking with diverse groups ofclientele, but has a special interest inunderserved populations and troubledyouth.

Tanya Digiovanni Wiskow, BreezyPoint, MN, has been hired by apremier commercial and preferred

brief layoff when the companyshe was employed with for nearly10 years closed. Within the pastyear, she passed the exams to

Administrative Professional bythe International Association ofAdministrative Professionals (IAAP)– a rating held by only approximately100 administrative professionals inthe state of Minnesota. She currentlyserves as President of the BrainerdChapter IAAP and is preparing tohost the MN-ND-SD Division Annualmeeting in May of 2011.

Jessica Croatt Niemi received a 2010Outstanding Service Award from theMinnesota Association for Children’sMental Health. Jessica is a therapistin infant and early childhood mentalhealth. Her work has expanded the

mental health in her multi-county,rural region. She has effectivelyworked with local organizationsin helping to tailor programs and

needs of the clients served by thatorganization.

2000s2000

Jason Salomon, Greenwich, CT, is aphysician assistant at Orthopaedic andNeurosurgery Specialists.

2002

Zada (Paula Snyder) Talus Dunaiskiwas chosen as a 2011 MN TRiOAchiever and was honored at theAnnual MN TRiO Spring Conference.

Ryan J. Sharrow (MA ’03) isrehabilitation director for GentivaHealth Services.

2003

Ann Benton Nordgren has publisheda book, “’Hood Vibrations: a Law ofAttraction Story for Teens.”

Scott Swan, North Liberty, IA,is working in recruiting/humanresources for RH Hummer, Jr.

Three St. Scholastica alumni met on a November 2010pilgrimage to Israel. Pictured are Bill Casey ’81,Kay (Nordquist) Wickstrom ’60, and Pat McVettieNeppl ’63. Father Charles Lachowitzer (far right),pastor of St. John Neumann Church, Eagan, MN, ledthe group of 34 pilgrims.

Brian Forcier ’03,Duluth, has joined RJSReal Estate Group,LLC, as executivevice president. He is a

Investment Member(CCIM) and a member ofthe Building Owners andManagers Association(BOMA) International.He is board president ofthe Damiano Center andserves on the boards ofthe Greater DowntownCouncil and UDAC.

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2004

Emily Hultman Nicholson, International Falls, MN, has started working on her Master’s of Physician Assistant studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Michael Sanchez is a reimbursement advisor for Pivotal Reimbursement Consulting.

2005

Nhat Ahn Ngo will graduate from Des Moines University on May 28 and start her general surgery residency at Grandview Medical Center in Dayton, OH.

2006

Alicia Plattner (MA ’09), St. Paul, MN, is an auditor for the MN Department of Revenue. She was also featured in Cambridge Who’s Who - Revenue Tax Specialist in 2010 and in the 2009 Publication of Enterprise Risk Management: Health Care.

Emily Woster was awarded $750 in grant money from the Children’s Literature Association to complete the archival research she needs for her dissertation. She will visit the archives at the University of Guelph in Ontario in May to do the research and will be honored at the Children’s Literature Association conference in June.

2007

Tarrah Altman, Clarksville, TN, is an occupational therapist with Grace Ancillary Services.

Kim Hand, Eau Claire, WI is the Lead RN at Luther Hospital. She is

and is getting a Master’s as an adult nurse practitioner with a specialty in oncology.

Kirsti Hendrickson, Duluth, is working as an RN at St. Luke’s Hospital.

Ada Igoe2010 Minnesota AP Broadcasters Award writing category for her commentary entitled “Of Woods and Words: The Wave”.

Kate McCarthy, White Bear Lake, MN, is an Associate National Bank

Comptroller of the Currency.

Sevve Stember, Minneapolis, MN, is currently working at New City School as the Math and Science Specialist. He is teaching 6th to 8th grade math and science and one section of 2nd grade math.

2008

Ashley Butenhoff Adams, St. Paul, MN, is an RN-NICU at the University of Minnesota Amplatz Children’s Hospital in Fairview.

2009

Amanda Boelke, South St. Paul, MN, is a registered nurse working for the Good Samaritan Society.

Stacey Marcum, Georgetown, TX, is a Coumadin nurse for Austin Heart.

Laura Van Drasek, Maplewood, MN is working as a registered nurse at HealthEast-Woodwinds Health Campus.

Melany Ross Merryman originally attended St. Scholastica from 1986 - 1988 (non-traditional student) but did not graduate. After her children were going to college, she returned

December 2008. She has been a health information management professional for over 30 years and is currently HIM director for Kaiser Foundation Hospitals.

2009

James A. Coteservice for Minnesota Energy.

Frederick McDougall works with the Duluth Public Schools as a special education American Indian youth advocate.

Jennifer Perez was chosen as a 2011 MN TRiO Achiever and was honored at the Annual MN TRiO Spring Conference.

Katie Thaemert is graduating from George Washington University with an MPH in Global Health. During

months in Bangladesh participating in an overseas learning collaborative. While in Bangladesh she took classes at the James P. Grant School of Public Health in Dhaka and practiced public health in communities where she lived. Last May she began working

organization, The Campaign for Public Health Foundation. After graduation she will be moving to Geneva, Switzerland to do an internship with the World Health Organization.

2010s2010

Jordan Chong, Kemi, Finland, has joined Kemin Lamarit as a professional hockey player.

Don Kittleson, Rochester, MN, is working for Hiawatha Homes in human resources.

Evelyn Quast is an RN Case Manager for Hospice of the Twin Cities.

Aaron Wickboldt ’08 (DPT ’10) in his commencement garb at the Duluth Ship Canal.

Katie DeGrio Channing ’00 (far right) and Sara Szarke Andrews ’04 (second from right) are co-owners of Lillians of Duluth, a retail accessories store. To celebrate breast cancer awareness month last October, 10 percent of the store’s sales on Saturday, Oct. 16, went to breast cancer causes.

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DeathsSusan Hanson Havdal ’41 died Oct.17, 2010 in the Benedictine HealthCenter in Duluth.

Mary Kryzer Bauer ’42 died Oct.20, 2010. She is survived by herdaughters, Kryzia, Wilma.

Sister Joan (Antonine) Braun,O.S.B. ’43 died Saturday, Feb. 5,2011, in St. Scholastica Monastery.She is survived by her sisters, SisterMary Carol Braun, O.S.B. ’45,Sister Grace Marie Braun, O.S.B. ’48,Mary Ann Braun Merline; and theSisters of St. Scholastica Monastery.

Louise Jacobson Denham ’43 diedMay 5, 2004 in Tampa, FL.

Frances Steen Cross Johnson ’43died Aug. 27, 2010 at Blake MedicalCenter in Bradenton, FL. She issurvived by son, William; daughter,Nancy Stockton.

Sister Ethel Radtke ’45 died Nov.27, 2010 at St. Scholastica Monastery.She is survived by the Sisters of St.Scholastica Monastery.

Ruth Reid LaMarche ’46 died onNov. 11, 2010, at Freeman Health andRehabilitation Services of Kingsford,MI. She is survived by son, Tom;daughters, Mary Pat, Elizabeth,Maureen Paquin, Annette Alieva, KayShawbitz; grandchildren, Patrick,Marissa, Erik, Angela, Teri, Lori,Jaime, Nick, Tony, Jacques, Jesse,Aron, Jasmine, Jordan, Daniel, Kevin,Kara.

Jacquelyn Gardner Graham ’48died Jan. 17, 2011. She is survived byher step-son, Thomas; step-daughters,Mary Reilly, Patricia Seggelink; 12grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren.

Marguerite Laskowski Beauclair’49 died Dec. 11, 2010 in Duluth. Shewas survived by her daughter, JoanBeauclair; sons, David, Scott; sevengranchildren; sister, Dorothy Murphy.

Shirley Gisin Ketcham ’49 diedMay 10, 2010. She is survived byher husband, Richard; son, Richard;daughters, Dianne Chapman andLorrie Ham; nine grandchildren; twogreat-grandchildren.

Mary Duffy Hudock ’50 died June13, 2010 in Franklin, IN. She issurvived by her husband, Edward;

sister, Delores Duffy Peterson ’57.

Ruth Ranta Johnson ’50 died Oct.26, 2010 in her home. She is survivedby daughters, Candy Johnson Lepak’76, Susan Parson.

Joyce Klefstad Christensen ’51 diedNov. 19, 2010. She is survived byson, David; daughters, Lisa Graefe,Heidi Haines; ten grandchildren;brother, John Klefstad; sister, FayeWaldo.

Marcella Ann Hopponen Edison’51 died Dec. 17, 2010. She issurvived by children, Adrienne, MaryJo, Kris, Elizabeth, John, Jim, andPaul; ten grandchildren; three great-grandchildren.

E. Mona Hill Woolcock ’51 diedOct. 30, 2010. She is survived byson, Clifford; daughters, Esther,

grandchildren.

Sister Bertrand Reiser, O.S.B. ’52died Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011, in BenetHall at St. Scholastica Monastery.She is survived by her brother,Reverend Bernard Reiser; sister,Rosemary Leger; and the Sisters ofSt. Scholastica Monastery.

Annabelle McGuire Gibson ’53 diedJan. 11, 2011. She is survived by herhusband, Dick; daughters, Mary, Kate;son, Bill; nine grandchildren; siblings,Pat, Leah ’60.

Sister Lea (Helen) Pocta, O.S.B.’53 died on March 16, 2011, inSt. Scholastica Monastery. Sheis survived by the Sisters of St.Scholastica Monastery.

Patricia Berres ’54 died April26, 2010 in St. Therese’s Home inHopkins, MN. She is survived by herbrother, Robert.

Helen Cavanagh Devine ’54 diedon Feb. 23, 2011, in New Hope, MN.She is survived by husband, John; son,Mike; daughters Peggy Havdala, JackiKusnierek; siblings, Mary Jo, Bill,Pat, Dan; grandchildren, Joey, Mark,Sarah, Johnny, Anna.

Joan Hendrickson Hayes ’54 diedSept. 14, 2010 in St. Mary’s Hospicein Duluth. She is survived byhusband, Jim; sons, Kevin, Charles,Gerald, Thomas, Adam, Douglas;daugther, Jean Snyder.

Marilyn Schuh LaVerdi ’55 diedon Dec. 19, 2010, in Venice, FL.She is survived by husband, Angelo;daughters, Diane Mark, JennyPaige; sister, Kathryn Martin; threegrandchildren.

Marilyn Dauplaise Sarazin ’55died on Feb. 25, 2011, in Barnes,WI. She is survived by her husband,Harry; son, Jim; daughter Ann Felter;grandchildren, Katie, Brad, Jeremy,Trevor, Jessica.

Beverly Hall Wilk ’59 died Oct. 12,2010. She is survived by her husband,Thomas; sons, Steven, Jeffrey,Christopher.

Mary Ann Guye Power ’61 diedOct. 7, 2010 in Franklin, TN. Sheis survived by her husband, David;son, David, Jr.; daughters, Jennifer,Amanda; grandchildren, Molly, Jacob,Katie; brother, Frank Guye; sister,Kathy Guye.

Carol Anna McKeller O’Leary ’63died Sept. 11, 2010 at her daughter’shome in Sartell, MN. She is survivedby sons Patrick, Timothy; daughters,Michelle Geiser, Kathy Schendzielos.

It’s not too late to attend A Community of Saints,the College’s 2011 reunion, June 24-26.

Everyone is welcome, with special gatherings for SocialWork grads and alumni with graduation years ending in 1 and6. Enjoy tea with the Sisters, lifelong learning opportunities, awalk to the Valley of Silence, and much more.

The Social Work department is celebrating its 35thanniversary and will have a special event as well as a CEUSeminar opportunity for all past graduates. Three hours ofCEU on Supervision will be offered.

Class representatives have been contacting alums from years

coming, go to: css.edu/reunion.xml.

Questions? Call (218) 723-6071.

See you on campus!

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Irene Quinn Norman ’67 died Dec. 3, 2009 in Fort Worth, TX. She is survived by her husband, James; step-children Jeffrey, Mellisa; brothers, Patrick, Kevin, Timothy.

Marg Ruppe Frigo ’68 died Sept. 10, 2010 at her home. She is survived by husband, Jerry; daughters, Sarah Frigo-Reps, Lenore; mother, Katherine; sister, Kathleen Kaufman; brother, Joseph.

Stephen McCaffrey ’76 died Feb. 7, 2010 at St. Cloud Hospital in MN. He is survived by his wife, Terri ’00; his sons Joshua, Paul; daughter, Sarah Ritchie; two grandchildren, Sophia, Oliver; two brothers, Thomas, James; three sisters, Karen Canham, Patty Bilcik, Mary.

Thomas Stelman ’77 died on Jan. 1, 2009. He is survived by daughters, Jennifer and Rebecca.

Susan D’Jock ’80 died on Nov. 22, 2010. She is survived by daughter, Nicole; parents, Louie, Pat; siblings, Tim, Dave, Dan, Sandy, Steve, Sally, Tony.

Barbara Borden Reuter ’82 died in St. Cloud, MN. She is survived by husband, Bret; son, Carsten; daughter, Elliana; parents, Bill, Arleen; siblings, Patty, Bob, Tony, Mary Jean, Jason.

Longina Harvieux ’91 died Oct. 3, 2010 in her home. She is survived by husband, Dan; sons, Robert ’99, David ’91, Edward ’01; daughter, Angela; parents, Robert and Jeanne Dougherty; brothers, Michael, Thomas, John, Mark.

George A. Jensvold ’91 died at St. Mary’s Hospital in Rochester, MN. He is survived by his wife Donna; four children; five step-children; 25 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; brothers, Bill, Marc.

Rachele Korte ’06 died Sept. 18, 2010 in Chisholm, MN.

Orrin Sechter ’10 died April 10, 2010 in Mendota Heights, MN. He is survived by his wife, Ann ’85; sons, Jimmy, Aaron; daughter, Rachel; parents, Orrin, Sr., Beverly; sisters, Nancy Class, Susan Durand, Jackie Abrahamson.

Our Sympathy toShirley Peterson Bennett ’44 on the death of her brother.

Margaret Arimond Bujold ’45 on the death of her husband.

Joyce Smith Ruce ’46 on the death of her brother.

Jo Ann Reavill Bianco ’48 on the death of her sister.

Barbara Shippy Brummitt ’50 on the death of her husband.

Gretchen Leick Ford ’50 on the death of her husband.

Patricia Gratto Langenbrunner ’51 on the death of her husband.

Carol Hassett Stein ’51 on the death of her brother.

Ruth Webster Elton ’52 on the death of her husband.

Dawn Robinson Kulaszewicz ’52 on the death of her husband.

Anna Mae Wietecha Sullivan ’52 onthe death of her husband.

Jeraldeen Flaherty Lee ’53 on the death of her husband.

Margueritte Lavoie Maloney ’53 on the death of her husband.

Mary Tikalsky Dwyer ’55 on the death of her husband.

Suzanne Andler Johnson ’56 on the death of her husband.

Anne Nordquist Bagley ’58 on the death of her mother.

Leah McGuire Meyers ’60 on the death of her sister.

Kay Nordquist Wickstrom ’60 on the death of her mother.

Nancy Heiber Gottfried ’61 on the death of her mother.

Roberta Martinetto Karosich ’63 on the death of her mother.

Julie Knaus Long ’64 on the death of her husband.

Sister Claudia Cherro ’67 on the death of her father.

Donna Rokser Effinger ’67 and Patricia Rokser Gastonguay ’72 on the death of their father.

Cathy Hoolihan Koering ’67, Jane Hoolihan Dooher ’77, and Dr. William Hoolihan ’81 on the death of their father.

Carol Diemert ’69, Sue Diemert Moch ’71 on the death of their father.

Marilyn Koering Wargo ’71 on the death of her husband.

Sharon Tuominen Cina ’73 on the death of her brother.

William Johnson ’73 and Suzanne Johnson Kinnear ’74 on the death of their mother.

Sandra Evenson Brennan ’74 on the death of her brother.

Catherine Conito Kopari ’74 on the death of her son and sister.

Leah Masterson Busch ’75 on the death of her mother.

Representative Mike Jaros ’75 on the death of his sister.

Timothy Mostrom ’75, Peter Mostrom ’81, Carl Mostrom ’84 on the death of their mother.

Linda Butler Donabauer ’76 on the death of her father.

Diane Beck Geving ’76 on the death of her father.

Susan Grammond ’76 on the death of her mother.

Jolette Gregorich ’76 on the death of her father.

Annette Pettersen Larson ’76 on the death of her mother.

Candice Johnson Lepak ’76 on the death of her mother.

Elaine Erickson Watts ’76 on the death of her father.

Mary Scott-Nickila ’76 on the death of her father.

Mary Jo Wood Anderson ’77 on the death of her mother.

Karen Finseth ’77 on the death of her mother.

Fred Love ’78 on the death of his son.

Randall Olson ’78 on the death of his father.

Danny Rogers ’79 on the death of his mother.

Winnifred Gustafson ’79 on the death of her brother.

Monica Muhich ’79 on the death of her father.

Peter Hammer ’80, Rebecca Hammer Mattson ’80, Toby

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Hammer ’83, Elizabeth HammerWedan ’87 on the death of theirfather.

Catherine Borash Clark ’81 on thedeath of her father.

Claudia Hampston Daly ’81 on thedeath of her mother.

Wendy Peterson Pickar ’81 on thedeath of her father.

Ann Lachmund Mars ’81 on thedeath of her sister.

Debra Gregg Carlson ’82 on thedeath of her mother.

Dianne Pavlica Johnson ’82 on thedeath of her father.

Nora Paulford-Lecher ’82 on thedeath of her brother.

Joan Peterson ’82 on the death of hermother.

Phyllis Cizadlo ’83 on the death ofher father.

Lori Peterson Dordal ’83 on thedeath of her father.

Susan Roper Jeffers ’83 on the deathof her husband.

Rhonda Dietl Morris ’83 on thedeath of her father.

Frank Gerard ’84, Julie AnnGerard Wieczorek ’89, and MicheleGerard ’92 on the death of theirsister.

Nancy Kolar Minea ’84 on the deathof her mother.

Nancy Anderson Brede ’85 on thedeath of her father.

Theresa Sherek Hazen ’85 on thedeath of her father.

John Rindal ’85 on the death of hismother.

William Singpiel ’85 on the death ofhis father.

Paul Pearson ’86, Carolyn Pearson-Rodriguez ’93 on the death of theirfather.

Donavon Boguslawski ’87 on thedeath of his father.

Kathleen Haugland ’87 on the deathof her father.

Ann Gornik Young ’87 on the deathof her mother.

Diane Pearson Orville ’88 on thedeath of her husband.

Sally Anderson ’89 on the death ofher mother.

Lowell Harnell ’90 on the death ofhis father.

Gary Anderson ’91 on the death ofhis father.

Stacey Greely ’91 on the death of hermother.

Jody Broman Jensen ’91 on thedeath of her mother.

Diane Monson ’91 on the death ofher mother.

Pearl Crandall Tinquist ’91 on thedeath of her father.

Janice Culliton ’92 on the death ofher husband.

Mary Langenbrunner Juntunen ’92on the death of her father.

Julie Josephson Lovell ’92 on thedeath of her father.

Lisa Pazdernik ’92 on the death ofher father.

Donna Dick Hendrickson ’93 on thedeath of her stepson.

Elizabeth Bieter Phillips ’93 on thedeath of her husband.

Jill Johnson Sterling ’93 on the deathof her father.

Andrew Virkus ’93 on the death ofhis father.

Mary Anzelc Shostedt ’94 on thedeath of her mother.

Mary Sarvela ’95 on the death of herfather.

Tammy Kroll Amundson ’96 on thedeath of her brother and mother.

Robert Bednarski ’96 on the death ofhis father.

Jennifer Huntley ’96 on the death ofher mother.

Kathleen Lund ’96 on the death ofher mother.

Katherine Bogen ’97 on the death ofher stepfather.

David Harvieux ’97, RobertHarvieux ’99, Edward Harvieux ’01on the death of their mother.

Jennifer Miller Hoglund ’97 on thedeath of her mother.

Joyce Jacobson ’97 on the death ofher mother.

Alumni Travel ProgramOct. 30 to Nov. 6, 2011

Price: $2,399 per person double occupancy,not including airfare

Paris is the most romantic destination in the world. We inviteyou to join the 2011 St. Scholastica Alumni Travel Programto experience it for yourself. We’ll visit the Louvre, strollthe Champs-Elysées, learn secrets of the Eiffel Tower anddiscover the mystery of the Phantom in the Palais Garnieropera house.

With an optional three-day Bordeaux extension!

Visit www.css.edu/alumnitravel.xml for additionalinformation.

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Lori Olson ’97 on the death of her father.

Peter Petrich ’97 on the death of his mother.

Wendy Schwab ’97 on the death of her mother and father.

Lynn Jeffers Aldrin ’98 (’99 MA) on the death of her brother.

Sarah Bryans Bongey ’99 on the death of her mother.

’99 on the death of her father.

Amy Wyant ’02 on the death of her father.

Carolyn Nadeau-Riley ’03 on the death of her husband.

Scott Swan ’03 on the death of his mother.

Ann Dierkes ’04 on the death of her mother.

Danyielle Martineau ’04 on the death of her father.

Cindy Olson ’04 on the death of her father.

Amanda Bozinski Witzke ’04 on the death of her brother.

Corrie Hoeschen Ehrbright ’05 on the death of her father.

Lindsey Ruhnke Jaja ’05 on the death of her mother.

Sarah Maher ’05 on the death of her mother.

Andrea Doty ’06 on the death of her mother.

Corrinne Lamb ’07 on the death of her father.

Shandra Jopke Melanson ’07 on the death of her mother.

Janie Campbell ’08 on the death of her mother.

Susan Date ’09 on the death of her father.

Julie Halom ’09 on the death of her mother.

David Slosson ’09 on the death of his mother.

Lance Manty ’10 on the death of his brother.

Births/Adoptions Robyn (Messerli) ’93 and David Wolf, a son, Cayden John.

Laura (Mushel) ’98 and Paul Schieffert, a girl, Ava Marie.

Kasmynn (Wallace) ’99 and Joel Cessna ’96, a daughter, Cadence Breanne.

Natalie (Bloom) ’99 and David Lyons ’99, a daughter, Amara Florence Ann.

Jodie (Verville) ’00 and Brian Menz, a daughter, Shannon Grace.

Nicole (Fridgen) ’00 (MA ’01) and

Michael.

Nancy (Pexa) ’00 and Rob Rettmann, a son, Andrew Robert.

Jill (Kragenbring) ’01 (MA ’02) and Brian Butkus ’01 (MA ’02), a son, Luke Jameson.

Paul Mooney ’01 and Dr. René Mooney, a daughter, Ophelia Rose Mooney. (Ophelia joins her big brother Odin (3) and Olivia (6). Thank you CSS community for all the best wishes.)

Molly (Peterson) ’02 and Jedidiah Howard ’02, a son, Michael Barnabas. (Michael is showing promise as a freshman year 2028 Saints Men’s Soccer forward!)

Desiree (Granowski) ’04 and Joe Ahrens, twin sons, Declan John and Jens Austin.

Melissa (Fahey) ’04 and David Magnuson, a daughter, Delaney Grace.

Kristen (Wise) ’04 (MA ’05) and Ryan Russek, a girl, Makenna Maxine.

Adrianne (Carlson) ’05 and Kyle Osmundson ’05, a daughter, Amelia Jane.

Sara (Wes) ’07 and Jay Bruemmer ’09, a son, Brennan John.

UnionsCindy (Johnson) ’90 and Kerry Anderson, May 22, 2010.

Anne Cizadlo ’95 and Jimmy Mandala, Dec. 31, 2010

Marc Dugas ’99 and Kimberly Lewis, March 27, 2010.

Callia (Hauger) ’03 and Cameron Scott, Oct. 31, 2009.

Jackie (Novotny) ’04 and Brian Nord, Feb. 12, 2011.

Katherine (Miller) ’04 and Matthew Ajluni, Aug. 21, 2010.

Michael (Sanchez) ’04 and Jinny Walz, May 30, 2010.

Lori (Saker) ’05 and Michael Davey, Aug. 21, 2010.

Laura (Battisti) ’05 and Justin Jerve, Oct. 16, 2010.

Jody (Yurczyk) ’06 and Rick Clubb, July 17, 2010.

Kathy (Riemer) ’06 and Alexander Kurland, Sept. 25, 2010.

Sarah (Byerly) ’06 and Mike Olsen, Oct. 2, 2010.

Jean (Maus) ’07 and Jason Usack ’10, July, 10, 2010.

Stephanie (Kirchner) ’08 and William Ruckel III ’08, June, 12, 2010.

Amanda (Dufault) ’09 and Coty Wangen, Sept. 12, 2009.

Mary (Peters) ’09 and Michael Moore, Oct. 30, 2010.

Colleen (Collier) ’09 and Corey Poderzay, Sept. 18, 2010.

Mary (Peters) ’09 and Michael Moore were married on Oct. 30, 2010.

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Sister Timothy Kirby ’39, who was a friend and spiritual mentorto many in the St. Scholastica community, died last Decemberat age 92.

“Sister Tim has been an important presence in the life of our College forthree-quarters of a century,” said President Larry Goodwin, “and we andgenerations of alumni will miss her dearly.”

She taught speech and theatre, served as dean of students, and worked in

She served on numerous boards and community councils, and was givennumerous service awards. She was active in Pax Christi, the Catholicpeace organization.

Sister Timothy volunteered at Duluth’s federal prison camp for over20 years, leading a weekly Sunday service and Wednesday eveningBible study. A newspaper story from 1996 said: “Sister Kirby oftensees resurrection in prison, such as when a man discovers how much heneeds God and strives to be a different person. ‘That discovery is a realresurrection for these men,’ she said. ‘It gives them such a peace in theirlives – a peace they probably haven’t known for a long time.’ ”

More than 1,000 alumni would participate each year in a Lenten projectin which Sister Timothy invited alumni to send in cards if they wanted theSisters to pray for them during the season.

Until the end of her days she enjoyed reciting poetry and stories. To hearher recitation of the humorous tale of “The Party at Croghan’s” go to:http://news.css.edu/croghans/

In honor of her decades of service, the College created the Sister TimothyKirby Benedictine Spirit Award. It honors alumni who have shownprofessional achievement and who exemplify the Benedictine values.

Longtime faculty member and former acting president of theCollege Sister Joan Braun ’43 died in February at age 90.

“Sister Joan served the College in a number of roles over theyears,” noted President Larry Goodwin, “as head librarian, facultymember, dean, and acting president. She is a beloved part of ourhistory.”

She was librarian and a faculty member at the College from 1948 to1966, when she left to pursue her doctorate in library science. Shewas director of the library from 1971 to 1973, when she was namedacademic dean.

During 1974-75 she served as acting president of the College after theresignation of the Rev. F.X. Shea. During her presidency she oversaw

She also led the founding of Minnesota Public Radio in northeasternMinnesota. Station WSCD-FM 92.9 was broadcast from inside TowerHall.

After the naming of her successor, Bruce Stender, she returned toteaching until being appointed dean of faculty in 1981. She was

the College in 1987.

In addition to being active in civic leadership, Sister Joan was anaccomplished scholar who had a long professional association with theUniversity of Michigan. In 1980 she gave an address titled “The Life ofSt. Benedict in Art and the Reformation of Monks” at the InternationalSymposium on Monasticism and the Arts in the National Gallery of Artin Washington, D.C.

In her retirement, Sister Joan revised and edited Sister Agnes Somers’1956 book “All Her Ways”; it was published in 2008.

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Class Notes, including pictures, are now available online.

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We’ll be seeing you!

Please join us at any of the following events. Check your mail for events taking place

near you. Contact Alumni Relations or visit the website for additional information.

May 24, BrainerdAlumni Social

June 9, ChicagoAlumni Social

June 24-26, Duluth campusAnnual All-Alumni Reunion:

“A Community of Saints”

Aug. 24, Rochester areaAlumni Social

Aug. 26-Sept. 6, St. PaulMinnesota State Fair

Visit the St. Scholastica booth in the Education Building

Sept. 8, Duluth campusSaints Heritage Club Breakfast

Sept. 27, MinneapolisMinnesota Twins vs. Kansas City

Royals at Target Field

Oct. 14-15, Duluth campusHomecoming: “A Century of

Saints”

Oct. 30-Nov. 6, ParisAlumni Travel Program

Invitations to events are mailed three to four weeks prior to the event date. If you do not

receive an invitation to your local event, or if you would like to attend any of the other events,

please contact Alumni Relations at

(218) 723-6071 or (866) 935-3731or visit our website at:

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What does a faculty member’s sabbatical involve these days? Last fall Runnberg, an assistant professor of Social Work, provided a glimpse in a piece she wrote for the department’s newsletter. Her sabbatical travels took her to southern Arizona. Here’s an excerpt.

Understanding the concept of ‘sabbatical’ has been a journey in itself. I think

I’m redefining the experience every day. Along with recently becoming an empty nester, I have no office to go to, no phone calls to return, papers to grade, or students to advise. ‘Sabbatical’ is described as “a leave from regular work, taking time for research, study, acquire new skills, travel; taking time to restore and rest, re-evaluate one’s life.” One blog entry I found remarked on a sabbatical as an experience that was both exhilarating and frightening. Believe it or not, sabbatical time takes regular planning. Arizona has proven a wonderful sabbatical environment.

This political year has been one of significant economic and social justice crisis for the state of Arizona. It was recently identified as having the second highest poverty rate in the nation and being in the top tier for mass home foreclosures, education budget cuts, and water resource challenges. With a reported 500,000 undocumented migrants in the state, media sensationalizing of border violence between Mexican drug cartels, an identification of 254 desert crosser deaths in the past year, 2.4 billion dollars spent on building 670 miles of border fencing on a 2,000 mile border, and 120 tons of marijuana seized in the past month, Arizona has become a state with political turmoil and challenging humanitarian concerns.

Undocumented migrants attempting to cross the rugged desert terrain must deal with a tier of oppressors including Coyotes (the persons who guide them across for a hefty fee), desert bandits, human traffickers, and the drug cartels.

I have focused the past months on learning about these issues; meeting with affected people, evaluating local media information, making professional connections, and attending community events. I’ve been traveling to the Nogales border assisting with Kino Border Initiative program development, particularly focusing on designing protocols, methods and tools to evaluate activities. Last month I completed a paper entitled Bringing Catholic Social Teaching to the Border. I anticipate using some of the paper’s principles to guide curricular infusion of Catholic Social Teaching in a variety of social justice courses.

Personal enrichment activities have been exciting and varied. Upon my arrival, I found opportunity to join a monthly Parker Palmer reading group, discussing his book “Let Your Life Speak.” I took a six-day trip to Washington D.C., meeting with the Director of Public Policy and Programs of Jesuit Refugee Services. I also spent time with a gentleman who is an archivist for the Holocaust Museum and is writing a novel about border crossings. This month I had the fortune to spend time with (retired English faculty member and poet) Nancy Fitzgerald and her husband, who reside in Tucson during the fall and winter months. She lives in an intentional community of retired teachers. Last week I began a watercolor painting class with

15 ‘elder’ members and sat in on a memoir-writing course that Nancy teaches to 20 students between 75 and 90 years of age. Several of the community members have asked if I would take them on an immersion experience to the K.B.I. border program in Nogales, Mexico, and conduct a community presentation on migrant crossing issues. Traveling with a group of seniors to the border will definitely be interesting.

Last night I attended a dinner sponsored by a national aviation mission organization which provides basic needs assistance to remote indigenous villages in Latin America. Gracia Burnham was the keynote speaker. She is author of “In the Presence of Mine Enemies.” (Gracia and her husband Martin were held captive in the Philippines for over a year in 2001 by a radical contra Muslim group; Martin was killed.)

Gracia’s presentation reminded me that the virtues of Christian love, compassion, forgiveness, healing, and self-sacrifice are still operating amidst human pain and injustice.

Learning along the borderby Marcia Runnberg

Marcia Runnberg coordinates the Social Work program.

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Islamic calligrapher Dhea Fenjan Alshaher visited the College in late March and early April as part of the Exploration of Sacred Text series sponsored by the Oreck-Alpern Interreligious Forum. He discussed the cultural significance of Islamic calligraphy in an evening demonstration on campus and performed his calligraphy writing during two other sessions. Also visiting as part of the series was

Torah scribe Julie Seltzer, who gave demonstrations, visited classes and offered workshops.

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