A campus memorial service for Joe Kritzeck ’10 will be held 5 p.m. Monday, Sept. 28, in Page Theatre. Guests are welcome to visit in the lobby beginning at 4:30 p.m. Following the memorial service, a plaque dedication will be held in the Memorial Plaza.
Dr. John Whelan (Department of Art) and Dr. Christian Michener (Department of English) will each have work displayed in the “Mark my Words” exhibit at the La Crosse Pumphouse Arts Center. Twenty poems by 20 writers were first chosen, and then 20 visual artists were chosen to produce original works of art inspired by the poems. The exhibit runs from Oct. 1 to Nov. 14, with a reading and reception on Oct. 10, and then moves to the La Crosse Public Library. Michener’s poem, “Skin,” was chosen as one of the works for the exhibit, and John Whelan completed a collaborative drawing with his grandson, Jacob Runyan, titled “Jacob's Vision,” as his contribution to the exhibit.
“Lasallian Assessment: Charism and the University,” co-authored by Dr. Richard Tristano, History; Dr. Mary Fox, Interdisciplinary Studies; Dr. Melissa Luedke, Education; and Sister Judy Schaefer, O.P., Ph.D., Theology, has been published in the new online Lasallian higher education journal AXIS.
To read it online, go to http://axis.smumn.edu/index.php/TestJournal/index.
Dance and Music students attending the Minnesota Conservatory for the Arts will be selling candles from At Home America, Sept.15 to Oct. 1. Candle scents available include: Cider & Spice, Fresh Linen Breeze, Heaven Scent, Vanilla Bean Ice Cream, Passion Fruit & Kiwi, Totally Tropical Coconut, and Dutch Apple Pie. The 7 oz. jar candles are $10. Proceeds from the fundraiser will go toward MCA’s Winona Area Youth Singers, Dance Repertory Company II members, and Young Choreographers. To purchase a candle before Oct. 1, e-mail: mca@smumn.edu or call Christine Martin at Ext. 5501. MCA is a non-profit 501c3 organization that exists to provide quality arts education and performance by nurturing and encouraging artistic expression in children and adults. Its service to the community ranges from recreational to pre-professional dance and performing arts curriculum and programming designed to provide physical and aesthetic benefits, heightened self-respect, discipline, and confidence.
For more information, visit: www.mnconservatoryforthearts.org.
The John Paulson Trio will perform 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26, at Michael’s Restaurant in Rochester.
Naturally Bamboo, founded by April Femrite M’02, is one of 20 finalists for the Forbes.com “Boost Your Business” competition. The winner will receive $100,000 in cash and advertising. She was selected from more than 1,500 applicants. To learn more, go to www.forbes.com/byb/2009/semi/boost-your-business-contest-09-naturally-bamboo.html.
Voting ends Sept. 30 and the top five vote getters will be flown to NYC for a presentation to a panel of Forbes judges.
Musili Philomena Mbithe, a third-year student at Christ the Teacher Institute for Education at Saint Mary's Nairobi Campus, died Sunday, Sept. 20 of meningitis. Philo was one of the first Young Lasallians who participated 10 months ago in the teleconferencing for the Huether Conference. She was preparing to be an English teacher. The Saint Mary’s community extends its sympathy to her family.
The 22nd Fall Frolic 5K fun run/walk will be held during Family Weekend on Saturday, Sept. 26. The event is free to SMU students, faculty and staff, but is open to the community as well. Typically close to 500 people participate; competitors of all levels (including walkers) are welcome.
Registration will run from 8 to 9:30 a.m. in SMU’s Toner Student Center. The race begins at 10 a.m. SMU participants will receive a free T-shirt.
Registration forms — as well as a complete weekend schedule — are available online at www.smumn.edu/familyweekend.
Family Weekend, which runs Sept. 25-27, includes a full slate of activities. In previous years, as many as 1,000 visitors have come onto campus for Family Weekend music and theatre events, sporting events, the Fall Frolic, and other games and activities.
Three student performances — a jazz concert, a choir and band performance, and a staged comedy — highlight Family Weekend.
• The Saint Mary’s University Department of Theatre, under the direction of Judy Myers, will stage “Fallen Angels” Sept. 24-27 at Page Theatre. This three-act comedy takes place in the 1920s and follows best friends Julia and Jane as they wait for a visit from Maurice, a French seducer who had affairs with both women before they were married. While their husbands play golf, the women quarrel, make up, and get a little tipsy on champagne. They then must face their husbands, who unexpectedly return early. The show begins at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, Sept. 24-26, and 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 27. Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for students and seniors.
• SMU jazz groups will kick off their year with a fall blast at 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 25, in Figliulo Recital Hall. Jazz Combo I (a new and hot jazz septet) will fire off the show with jazz classics like Horace Silver’s “The Preacher” and the Miles Davis classic “Freddie The Freeloader.” The 18-piece Jazz Ensemble follows with some great selections and soloists including “Keep The Stick,” a new Dean Sorenson composition that will feature trombonist Tom Briese of Rochester, Minn. They will also perform “The Nasty Blues” by Mike Carubia, featuring many of the soloists in the band; “Smack Dab in the Middle” from Count Basie’s book; and “Blue Skies,” arranged by Mark Taylor. Both groups are directed by professor of music Dr. John Paulson. Two jazz workshop combos directed by Dr. Paulson and Eric Heukeshoven will play for a reception following the concert in the Toner Student Center Lounge. Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for students and seniors.
•The SMU Concert Band will join the choirs for a 2 p.m. concert Saturday, Sept. 26, at Page Theatre. The Concert Choir and Chamber Singers, under the direction of Dr. Patrick O’Shea, and the Women's Choir, directed by Lindsy O’Shea, will present works in English, Latin and the African Xhosa languages. The SMU Band will start the year by featuring two Minnesota composers’ works, “The Jig is Up” by Dan Kallman, and “Jazz March” by Frank Bencriscutto. Both works feature the percussion section. To round out the program, a beautiful setting of the traditional Irish hymn-tune “Be Thou My Vision,” will be performed, as well as music from “Offenbach” arranged by John Bourgeois (former director of the U.S. Marine Band), and the “Galop (from Genevieve de Brabant).” Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for students and seniors.
Tickets to all three performances are available at the SMU Box Office, Ext. 1715, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays or online at www.pagetheatre.org. Tickets are also available at the door.
Brother Larry Humphrey, FSC, director of Mission, will be on leave the first semester of the 2009-2010 academic year to complete work on his doctoral program.
Dr. Jane Kelley Rodeheffer, Philosophy, is working on projects assigned by the President’s Office for the first semester of the 2009-2010 academic year. The projects will focus on Lasallian Catholic higher education.
Dr. Elizabeth Throop, dean of the School of Humanities and Sciences, Dr. Dorothy Diehl, Modern/Classical Languages Department chair, and Dr. Daniel Bucknam, assistant professor of psychology, will attend the Association of American Colleges and Universities conference, “Educating for Personal and Social Responsibility: Deepening Student and Campus Commitments,” from Oct. 1-3 in Minneapolis.
Dr. Debra Martin, Biology Department, will present “Feminization of Chickens Exposed to Atrazine” at 4 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 24, at Room 112, Hoffman Hall.
Tickets are sold out for the first Page Series event, Buckets and Tap Shoes.
This company of musicians, percussionists and rhythm tap dancers will perform in Page Theatre at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 2.
The group uses five-gallon buckets, metal cans, barrels, found objects and tap shoes to create rhythms. They also mix in original live funk music, improvisation and some magic tricks.
Members of the troupe will lead a tap dance workshop at Valéncia Arts Center from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct.1. For more information about fees, dress, and skill levels required, call Ext. 5501.
For more information about other Page Series events, go to www.pagetheatre.org.
“A Celebration of Words, Music, and Images” — featuring William Neil, artistic director and 2008 McKnight Visiting Composer with the American Composers Forum — will be held 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 11, at the Minnesota Marine Art Museum.
The event will include six world premieres performed by some of the most gifted classical and folk musicians in the region. The performance will feature six distinct musical perspectives on the themes so sensitively expressed by the poets James Armstrong (poet laureate for the city of Winona), Chad Mikal Oness, and Elizabeth Oness.
“A Celebration of Words, Music, and Image” features the Duisigh Ensemble, a consortium of classical and folk musicians whose work is inspired by the city of Winona. New works by SMU Music Department faculty Dr. Patrick O’Shea and A. Eric Heukeshoven will be performed by Dr. Janet Heukeshoven and WSU faculty Paul Vance and Dan Sheridan, along with Ariane Lydon, Tim Britton, and Devin McCabe.
Heukeshoven’s piece, narrated by the Armstrong, draws contemporary parallels to the life and times of Charles Stewart Parnell who visited Winona in the late 19th Century. The work utilizes traditional Irish and American folk music to evoke the era described in Armstrong’s poem.
O’Shea’s song cycle, a setting of Armstrong’s poems, examines the coming to this area of the Dakota, Irish, Germans, Poles and Hmong and features interesting and expressive combinations of the ensemble including the singer playing hand-drum.
Tickets are $18.96 ($9.48 for students). The cost includes access to audio and video interviews with the artists, admission to the main event and access video excerpts from the live concert. A reception prepared by MyChef Creations will follow the concert.
For more information, call 800-822-4373.
“Seven Jewish Children,” a chamber theatre piece about Gaza, written by Caryl Churchill, will be performed at 6:15 p.m. Oct. 2-4 at the Veterans Memorial. The freeform play is Bernadette Raspante’s senior theatre graduation project.
St. Cloud artist David Sebberson is exhibiting a portion of his on-going series, “A History of the Plains,” through Sept. 27 at the Lillian Davis Hogan Galleries.
A closing reception for the artist will be held 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26, at the galleries. Admission is free and open to the public, and gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily. For more information, call Ext. 1652.
This fall the SMU Volunteer Committee will use funds from the “Let’s Do Lunch” events for Volunteer Services Food Shelf, and “Jeans for a Cause” funds will go toward student assistance, especially first generation students.
The first Let’s Do Lunch “Boo”fet will be Friday, Oct. 30, hosted by the garden level of Saint Mary’s and Heffron Halls. The Cabinet will host a Let’s Do Lunch on Dec. 4. If your department or office would like to host a “Let’s Do Lunch” second semester, contact Laurie Haase at Ext. 1464. The volunteer committee provides water, plates, napkins, silverware and desserts. Hosts are asked to bring food for the main course.
On Monday, Sept. 21, at 7:30 p.m., SMU’s School of the Arts is being recognized by the City of Winona’s Fine Arts Commission for outstanding contributions to the City of Winona and its arts community.
Dean Michael Charron will accept the award on behalf of SMU and the School of the Arts. Everyone is invited to attend. The Fine Arts Commission will meet in the council chambers at city hall.
Saint Mary’s will host San Miguel students Monday, Oct. 5, through Thursday, Oct. 8. Host families are still needed for four students. E-mail richmond@smumn.edu with your gender preference. This is a great way to reach out to part of our Lasallian family and live the mission!
America’s National Parks are some of the most beautiful places in the world. The Frozen River Film Festival and Saint Mary’s have partnered to share a sneak preview of Ken Burn’s series “The National Parks: America’s Best Idea.” Come and enjoy a glimpse of the stories behind what made the national parks possible and the people that continue to enjoy them at 6 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 20, in Salvi Lecture Hall.
A dance audition for the Young Choreographer’s Showcase will be held Saturday, Sept. 19, from 2 to 4 pm in the Gostomski Fieldhouse dance studio. Pieces will be choreographed and produced by five SMU dance minor students and performed at the Valéncia Arts Center Academy Theatre, Dec. 4 and 5. Auditioning dancers should be at an intermediate or advanced level in their dance training.
Participants are asked to wear movable clothing and bring jazz, tap and/or ballet shoes. The studio will be open by 1:15 p.m. for dancers to stretch and fill out audition forms. For more information, contact Tammy Schmidt, director of Dance, at Ext. 5502.
Students are encouraged to sign up for SOUL (Serving Others United in Love) trips during October break. The cost is $40, and there are scholarships available. Spots are limited so sign up now in the Office of Campus Ministry.
One SOUL trip will visit Habitat for Humanity Twin Cities, San Miguel Middle School, and Sharing and Caring Hands of Minneapolis. This trip will embrace social issues such as poverty, homelessness, and education.
Or, experience the outdoors like never before on a SOUL trip that blends service with current food justice issues. Students will visit local organic farmers, homes that are built out of sustainable materials, and relax in the serenity of Whitewater State Park while planting trees to reduce air pollutants.
A benefit for Bob Griffin, husband of Crystal Griffin, who works in maintenance, will be Saturday, Oct. 24.
Bob Griffin is paralyzed from a staph infection in his spine.
The benefit will begin at 4 p.m. at the Lewiston Community Center. There will be a silent auction at 5:30 p.m., as well as a live auction at 6 p.m. The event will conclude with a DJ.
The menu will include pulled pork, beans, salad and a roll for $10, with dessert available for purchase. Tickets are available in maintenance.
Auction items or monetary donations can be brought to the Maintenance Department or Business Office.
In recognition of national “Make a Difference Day,” Saint Mary’s Volunteer Services group is inviting Winona nonprofit agencies to submit requests for service.
Approximately 150 Saint Mary’s University students will be teamed up from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. to help groups and organizations on Saturday, Oct. 24, in recognition of “Make a Difference Day.”
“Make a Difference Day” is the most encompassing national day of helping others, a celebration of neighbors helping neighbors. Created by USA WEEKEND magazine, this annual event takes place on the fourth Saturday of every October. SMU is proud to join the millions of people throughout the nation who are participating.
For more information, call Katie LaPlant at Ext. 6936 or e-mail volunteerservices @smumn.edu.
HECUA (Higher Education Consortium for Urban Affairs) will present an information session on study abroad programs to Ecuador, Norway, Norway and Poland, and Northern Ireland at 3:30 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 21, in the World Room.
Another information session for all affiliated study abroad programs will be held at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 29, in Saint Mary’s Hall Room 132.
For more information, contact Phil Hull at Ext. 1447 or phull@smumn.edu.
The annual Mississippi River cleanup will be held 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 19, at Latsch Island Beach. Participants should wear gloves and old clothes. Free lunch and music will be provided. For more information, contact Richie Swanson at richieswan@lycos.com or 454-8478.
Members of ICAA hosted a “El Grito,” an event celebrating Mexico’s independence from Spain, on Tuesday, Sept. 15, in the plaza.
Students enjoyed authentic Mexican food catered by Tres Compadres and listened and danced to music by a live Mexican mariachi band.
The seventh annual Cardinal ‘M’ Club weekend is Sept. 11-13. This weekend has grown tremendously in the last seven years.
Major events include:
• Friday, Sept. 11 — Men’s Hockey Alumni Game, 7 p.m. SMU Ice Arena
• Saturday, Sept. 12 — Golf Outing, 10:30 a.m., Cedar Valley Golf Course; Athletic Awards Ceremony and Sports Hall of Fame Inductions, 7:30 p.m., gymnasium; Friends and Alumni Social, 9:30 p.m., Wellington Pub & Grill
• Sunday, Sept. 13 — Alumni Games and Porkmaster’s Pig Roast, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
This year’s Hall of Fame inductees are Tom Pepper of Chicago, a three-year letterwinner and an NAIA All-District basketball player; Sue Otto of Santa Monica, Calif., a four-year letterwinner in soccer; and Chad Doerre of Joliet, Ill., a four-year letterwinner in baseball.
Along with the induction of this year’s Hall of Fame class, SMU’s 2008-09 postseason award-winners, as well as last year’s outstanding male and female athletes and outstanding scholar athletes will also be recognized during Saturday night’s ceremony.
Faculty and staff are invited to join in the weekend events and reconnect with SMU alumni. SMU faculty and staff are welcome to golf for a reduced price of $80. Visit the Cardinal ‘M’ Club website at www.smumn.edu/mclub to register and see additional information, including a list of golf participants. You may also contact Nikki Fennern at nfennern@smumn.edu or Ext. 1638 for more details or to sign up for events.
Graduates from the last decade have been invited back to campus for the inaugural Young Alumni Reunion Weekend, Sept. 11-13.
As part of the weekend, a Faculty/Staff & Young Alumni Social is planned for 5 to 6:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 11, in the Toner Student Center Lounge.
Approximately 200 students are planning to attend the special weekend of events which will also include a bonfire, a community outreach project, ropes course activities, disc golfing and a pig roast picnic. The weekend also coincides with Cardinal ‘M’ Club Weekend, giving SMU alumni opportunities to cheer on Cardinal athletics. A special barbecue is planned for the anniversary class of 2004.
Former students often express their interest in reconnecting with faculty and staff. Please make plans to attend! To see a complete schedule of events, as well as a list of the young alumni who are planning to attend, go to www.smumn.edu/youngalumniweekend.aspx.
To RSVP, call the Alumni Office at alumni@smumn.edu or Ext. 1499.
Joel Kramer, founder, editor and CEO of MinnPost.com, will discuss the changes taking place in today’s newspaper industry on Tuesday, Sept. 15.
Kramer founded an online newspaper seen by some observers as a model that might succeed while traditional print newspapers fall by the wayside. His presentation, “The collapsing business model for journalism: What’s next?” will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Figliulo Recital Hall.
Kramer served as the editor of the Minneapolis Star Tribune from 1983 to 1991 and as publisher and president from 1992 to 1998. In summer 2007, Kramer launched MinnPost.com, a nonprofit online newspaper with a mission “to provide high-quality journalism for news-intense people who care about Minnesota.”
A question-and-answer period will follow Kramer’s presentation. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Dr. Steve Schild, at Ext. 1753 or sschild@smumn.edu.
The 22nd Fall Frolic 5K fun run/walk will be held during Family Weekend on Saturday, Sept. 26. The event is free to SMU students, faculty and staff, but is open to the community as well. Typically close to 500 people participate; competitors of all levels (including walkers) are welcome.
Registration will run from 8 to 9:30 a.m. in SMU’s Toner Student Center. The race begins at 10 a.m. SMU participants will receive a free T-shirt.
Registration forms — as well as a complete weekend schedule — are available online at www.smumn.edu/familyweekend.
Family Weekend, which runs Sept. 25-27, includes a full slate of activities. In previous years, as many as 1,000 visitors have come onto campus for Family Weekend music and theatre events, sporting events, the Fall Frolic, and other games and activities.
Three student performances — a jazz concert, a choir and band performance, and a staged comedy — highlight Family Weekend.
• The Saint Mary’s University Department of Theatre, under the direction of Judy Myers, will stage “Fallen Angels” Sept. 24-27 at Page Theatre. This three-act comedy takes place in the 1920s and follows best friends Julia and Jane as they wait for a visit from Maurice, a French seducer who had affairs with both women before they were married. While their husbands play golf, the women quarrel, make up, and get a little tipsy on champagne. They then must face their husbands, who unexpectedly return early. The show begins at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, Sept. 24-26, and 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 27. Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for students and seniors.
• SMU jazz groups will kick off their year with a fall blast at 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 25, in Figliulo Recital Hall. Jazz Combo I (a new and hot jazz septet) will fire off the show with jazz classics like Horace Silver’s “The Preacher” and the Miles Davis classic “Freddie The Freeloader.” The 18-piece Jazz Ensemble follows with some great selections and soloists including “Keep The Stick,” a new Dean Sorenson composition that will feature trombonist Tom Briese of Rochester, Minn. They will also perform “The Nasty Blues” by Mike Carubia, featuring many of the soloists in the band; “Smack Dab in the Middle” from Count Basie’s book; and “Blue Skies,” arranged by Mark Taylor. Both groups are directed by professor of music Dr. John Paulson. Two jazz workshop combos directed by Dr. Paulson and Eric Heukeshoven will play for a reception following the concert in the Toner Student Center Lounge. Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for students and seniors.
•The SMU Concert Band will join the choirs for a 2 p.m. concert Saturday, Sept. 26, at Page Theatre. The Concert Choir and Chamber Singers, under the direction of Dr. Patrick O’Shea, and the Women's Choir, directed by Lindsy O’Shea, will present works in English, Latin and the African Xhosa languages. The SMU Band will start the year by featuring two Minnesota composers’ works, “The Jig is Up” by Dan Kallman, and “Jazz March” by Frank Bencriscutto. Both works feature the percussion section. To round out the program, a beautiful setting of the traditional Irish hymn-tune “Be Thou My Vision,” will be performed, as well as music from “Offenbach” arranged by John Bourgeois (former director of the U.S. Marine Band), and the “Galop (from Genevieve de Brabant).” Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for students and seniors.
Tickets to all three performances are available at the SMU Box Office, Ext. 1715, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays or online at www.pagetheatre.org. Tickets are also available at the door.
Official 10th-day-of-class statistics at the Saint Mary’s Winona campus show a total undergraduate enrollment of 1,404 — just down from last year’s record enrollment of 1,413. The third-highest enrollment was in 2002, when Saint Mary’s reported a total Winona undergraduate enrollment of 1,376.
This year’s total of 1,404 includes 1,343 full-time Winona-campus undergraduates and 61 part-time students.
A total of 330 freshmen are enrolled this fall.
Enrollment in the Schools of Graduate and Professional Programs will be released later this fall.
St. Cloud artist David Sebberson is exhibiting a portion of his on-going series, “A History of the Plains,” through Sept. 27 at the Lillian Davis Hogan Galleries.
Sebberson currently chairs the St. Cloud State University Department of Art.
A closing reception for the artist will be held 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26, at the galleries. Admission is free and open to the public, and gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily. For more information, call Ext. 1652.
On Aug. 8-11, the First Cohort of Lilly Graduate Fellows met at Saint Mary’s for their second conference, “The Word as Icon: Augustine, Dostoevsky, and the St. John’s Bible.” Among other activities, which included fellowship, the group attended worship services at St. Stanislaus Catholic Church; Dr. Angela Christman of Loyola University-Maryland and Dr. Paul Contino of Pepperdine University addressed the group and led a discussion on “Augustine’s Confessions”; and “The Brothers Karamozov,” and Dr. Barbara Sutton, associate dean for Formation at St. John’s University School of Theology, led a spiritual exercise (Visio Divina) using the St. John’s Bible.
Dr. Mary Catherine Fox, professor of Interdisciplinary Studies, addressed the group on the Lasallian charism and its history at SMU.
The following thank you was sent to the national network of universities in the Lilly Network: “We want to thank Saint Mary’s University, and the conference organizer, Dr. Jane Kelley Rodeheffer, mentor for the First Cohort of Fellows, and professor of philosophy, as well as Dr. Thomas Mans, vice president for Academic Affairs, for being such wonderful hosts and for introducing the cohort to the Lasallian tradition in higher education.”
The First Cohort of Fellows will meet again this year with mentors Dr. Rodeheffer and Dr. Michael Beaty, chair of the Philosophy Department at Baylor University, in a distance colloquium that will focus on the topic of “The Vocation of the Christian Scholar.”
Larry Price, J.D., assistant professor in the Department of Business, will give a Constitution Day presentation titled “Civil Rights & the U.S. Constitution: Justice Delayed” on Thursday, Sept. 17.
The event, which begins at 7 p.m., will be held in the President’s Room. The presentation — free and open to the public — is sponsored by the SMU Social Science Department. For more information, contact Dr. Dave Lynch, chair, Department of Social Science, at dlynch@smumn.edu or Ext. 1526.
Individual tickets for the 2009-2010 Page Series — now in its 23rd season — are now on sale. A full season of performing arts from around the world begins Oct. 2.
New this year, you may still purchase season tickets for the Page Series through Sept. 18 online, by phone, or in person. Purchase tickets for just three events and receive 10 percent off your total ticket cost. Returning subscribers are eligible for a 25 percent discount.
Whether you enjoy classical ballet, Irish music, family-friendly theatre, tap, swing or Canadian folk, the Page Series delivers again this year. Order online at www.pagetheatre.org, by phone at Ext. 1715, or at the box office from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday.
This fall the SMU Volunteer Committee will use funds from the “Let’s Do Lunch” events for Volunteer Services Food Shelf, and “Jeans for a Cause” funds will go toward student assistance, especially first generation students.
If your department or office would like to host a “Let’s Do Lunch” this year, contact Laurie Haase at Ext. 1464. Tentative dates have been set for Fridays, Oct. 2, Nov. 13 and Dec. 4. The committee provides water, plates, napkins, silverware and desserts. Hosts are asked to bring food for the main course.
John Paulson, Eric Heukeshoven and Swing Inc. will perform 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 13, at Jefferson Pub and Grill, Winona.
Students are encouraged to send in designs for the first Saint Mary’s “pride tee.” Students in the MG315 entrepreneurship class will be selling the shirts to raise money for the Winona Humane Society.
Rules and specifications of the pride tee design contest:
1. Designs must include 2009-2010 and the words “PRIDE TEE” or “PRIDE T.”
2. Designers are responsible for choosing a shirt color for the design, as well as colors for the logo.
3. Artwork may be placed on front, back, or sleeve.
4. Designs may be submitted electronically or by hard copy. Electronic designs should be e-mailed to jschrenk@smumn.edu, and hard copy designs may be submitted to the Info Desk.
5. Designs must be submitted by Sept. 17.
The winner will be contacted Sept. 18 via e-mail and will receive a free “pride tee.” The winner will also have the option to have his or her name printed on the shirt.
The class hopes this will become an annual tradition, with a new design and local non-profit chosen each year.
For more information, contact Jana Schrenkler at jschrenk@smumn.edu or Ext. 1491, or stop by Saint Mary’s Hall, Room 429C.
A welcome back session highlighting new technologies for the new semester, “Where's my G-drive?!!,” “What's Camio?” and “Tegrity meets Facebook,” will be held 12:30-1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 16, in McEnery Lounge.
The event is hosted by Fitzgerald Library, iT and Instructional Technology. Lunch will be provided. Please RSVP to ckjorlie@smumn.edu.
The first Brown Bag session, “The Perfect Library: Share Your Vision,” will be held 12:45-1:30 p.m. today, Friday, Sept. 11, in McEnery Lounge.
Bring your lunch and join in a conversation about what a 21st century library should look like. Beverages, desserts, and lots of paper and colored markers will be provided.
Be thinking about this question: If and when the library gets compact shelving, what should be done with all the empty space in the Reference Room?
To check out upcoming sessions, go to http://wlibrarysmumn.blogspot.com/2009/09/brown-bag-it-at-fitz.html.
New Employees:
Lisa Thorsell, Sept. 1, Library — Technical Services specialist
Jessica De la Rosa, Aug. 31, Admission — counselor
On Monday, Sept. 21, at 7:30 p.m., SMU’s School of the Arts is being recognized by the City of Winona’s Fine Arts Commission for outstanding contributions to the City of Winona and its arts community.
Dean Michael Charron will accept the award on behalf of SMU and the School of the Arts.
Everyone is invited to attend. The Fine Arts Commission will meet in the council chambers at city hall.
Dr. Ann Gibson, director of counseling services, will present a workshop on the topic of “Overcoming the Fear of Public Speaking” 6:30 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 15, in Room 327, Saint Mary’s Hall.
This workshop is designed to be of practical assistance to students who wish to lessen their anxiety associated with class presentations and speeches and thus improve their performance.
Registration will take place that evening. Students who would like more information should call Ext. 1773.
The Music Access For All program, directed by Dr. John Paulson, professor of music, has immediate openings for students ages 10-18 who would like to get started in music but need help getting an instrument and lessons.
MAFA lessons and band are held at the Maplewood Town Homes Community Center, 1756 Kraemer Dr., from 10-11 a.m. on Saturdays.
Program director Dr. Paulson teaches woodwinds and SMU music faculty member Eric Heukeshoven teaches brass and piano.
MAFA also accepts instruments in good working condition, and charitable contributions can be made to MAFA, Box 1473. For more information, contact Dr. Paulson at Ext. 4948 or jpaulson@smumn.edu or visit www.paulsonjazz.com/mafa.htm.
Saint Mary’s will host San Miguel students Monday, Oct. 5, through Thursday, Oct. 8. Consider being a host family! E-mail richmond@smumn.edu with your gender preference by Monday, Sept. 14. This is a great way to reach out to part of our Lasallian family and live the mission!
Kathleen M. Flanagan will launch her new book, “Steps in Time: The History of Irish Dance in Chicago,” at the Irish American Heritage Center, 4626 N. Knox, Chicago, Ill., from 2 to 5 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 20. The event will include a short presentation by the author, lively entertainment by Chicago-based dancers and musicians, and light refreshments. Guests will have the opportunity to purchase the book and have it signed by the author.
Four faculty members within STEM programs (Biology, Chemistry, Physics, and Mathematics and Statistics) provided insights and shared how they are using Tegrity to enhance curriculum within a liberal education experience during a webinar Sept. 2.
The webinar had 168 attendees, and was one of the largest of its kind hosted by Tegrity.
Thanks go to featured speakers Dr. Chad Kjorlien, director of Instructional Technology and director of the Center for Learning and Teaching; Dr. Paul Weiner, associate dean for Mathematics and Sciences; Dr. Debra Martin, professor of biology; Dr. Jaime Mueller, assistant professor of chemistry; Dr. Henry Leckenby, assistant professor of physics; and Jason Spartz, IT - Multimedia and Information Technology and Support manager.
The Saint Teresa Institute is sponsoring a project management workshop in two parts Sept. 14 and Sept. 28. The event is open to everyone on campus. Learn what resources are available on campus, how to divvy up the work to make it manageable. Part I will be held 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Sept. 14 in Damien Lounge, Watters Hall. Part II will be 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Sept. 28 in the Common Room. A light dinner will be provided. To pre-register e-mail pwinters@smumn.edu.
The annual Mississippi River cleanup will be held 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 19, at Latsch Island Beach. Participants should wear gloves and old clothes. Free lunch and music will be provided. For more information, contact Richie Swanson at richieswan@lycos.com or 454-8478.
Volunteers will go out in boats to remove eyesores and pollutants such as treated wood and discarded tires and metals from islands, shorelines and dikes. A crew will also walk across the Wagon Bridge to remove litter from Aghaming Park and Preserve.
The Mississippi River Revival has been organizing an annual cleanup since 1980.
The seventh annual Cardinal ‘M’ Club weekend is Sept. 11-13. This weekend has grown tremendously in the last seven years.
Major events include:
• Friday, Sept. 11 — Men's Hockey Alumni Game, 7 p.m. SMU Ice Arena
• Saturday, Sept. 12 — Golf Outing, 10:30 a.m., Cedar Valley Golf Course; Athletic Awards Ceremony and Sports Hall of Fame Inductions, 7:30 p.m., gymnasium; Friends and Alumni Social, 9:30 p.m., Wellington Pub & Grill
• Sunday, Sept. 13 — Alumni Games and Porkmaster's Pig Roast, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Along with the induction of this year’s Hall of Fame class, SMU’s 2008-09 postseason award-winners, as well as last year’s outstanding male and female athletes and outstanding scholar athletes will also be recognized during Saturday night’s ceremony.
SMU HALL OF FAME, CLASS OF 2009
SMU HALL OF FAME, CLASS OF 2009
Tom Pepper, Chicago
A three-year letterwinner and an NAIA All-District performer his senior season, Tom Pepper still remains one of the premier scorers in SMU men’s basketball history. His 1,281 points and 16.9 career per-game scoring average rank him ninth all-time, despite having only played three seasons at Saint Mary’s, after transferring from NCAA Division I Loyola Marymount University. Upon graduation, Pepper traded in his sneakers for a coach’s whistle, coaching high school basketball at St. Mel’s and Farragut Academy in Chicago.
Sue Otto, Santa Monica, Calif.
A four-year letterwinner, Sue Otto was a stabilizing force for the Saint Mary’s University women’s soccer team — a team that won three Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference titles and made three trips to the NCAA Division III national tournament, including a semifinal appearance in 1986. An All-MIAC First-Team selection in 1988 and 1989, Otto and the Cardinals lost just two conference games in her four-year career, going 47-2-0. Along with her all-conference honors, Otto was also a two-time First Team All-West Region pick in 1988-89, as well as a Third-Team All-American during her junior year, and a First-Team All-American and team MVP during her senior season. Otto appeared in 77 games during her four-year career, compiling 17 goals and 27 assists for 61 points. Her 27 assists rank No. 5 all-time in SMU women’s soccer history, while her 61 points are 11th and her 17 goals put her 12th.
Chad Doerre, Joliet, Ill.
A four-year letterwinner, Chad Doerre is one of the most accomplished pitchers to come through the Saint Mary’s baseball program. As a freshman, Doerre helped pitch the Cardinals to their most recent Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference title and a second-place showing in the NCAA Division II Regional Tournament. A two-time First-Team All-MIAC selection in 1995 and 1996, Doerre closed out his career with a 22-7 record with 11 complete games. He threw 197 innings, compiling a 2.38 earned-run-average, while walking 43 and striking out 143. His 22 wins and 197 innings pitch rank No. 1 all-time in SMU baseball history, while his 11 complete games and 143 strikeouts are No. 5 all-time. Doerre is also among the top 10 in ERA, ranking ninth at 2.38, while also proving productive at the plate, boasting a .330 career batting average and a .346 slugging percentage in 188 at-bats.
Faculty and staff are invited to join in the weekend events and reconnect with SMU alumni. SMU faculty and staff are welcome to golf with us for a reduced price of $80. Visit the Cardinal ‘M’ Club website at www.smumn.edu/mclub to register and see additional information, including a list of golf participants. You may also contact Nikki Fennern at nfennern@smumn.edu or Ext. 1638 for more details or to sign up for events.
Graduates from the last decade have been invited back to campus for the inaugural Young Alumni Reunion Weekend, Sept. 11-13.
As part of the weekend, a Faculty/Staff & Young Alumni Social is planned for 5 to 6:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 11, in the Toner Student Center Lounge.
Approximately 200 students are planning to attend the special weekend of events which will also include a bonfire, a community outreach project, ropes course activities, disc golfing and a pig roast picnic. The weekend also coincides with Cardinal ‘M’ Club Weekend, giving SMU alumni opportunities to cheer on Cardinal athletics. A special barbecue is planned for the anniversary class of 2004.
Former students often express their interest in reconnecting with faculty and staff. Please make plans to attend! To see a complete schedule of events, as well as a list of the young alumni who are planning to attend, go to www.smumn.edu/youngalumniweekend.aspx.
To RSVP, call the Alumni Office at alumni@smumn.edu or Ext. 1499.
In a unique fusion of music and verse, Ken Waldman, “Alaska’s Fiddling Poet,” will perform 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 8, at Saint Mary’s.
This event, free and open to the public, will be held in the President’s Room.
Waldman combines old-time Appalachian-style fiddling, original poetry, and Alaska-set storytelling for a performance uniquely his own. Waldman has published six full-length poetry collections, a memoir about his life as a touring artist (“Are You Famous?”), and seven CDs. Since 1994, he’s worked full-time as “Alaska’s Fiddling Poet,” performing at some of the nation’s leading universities, festivals, art centers and clubs — including Millennium Stage at The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.
Event sponsors include Academic Affairs and Student Activities Offices, and the English Department.
For more information, contact Dr. Carolyn Ayers at cayers@smumn.edu or Ext. 1523.
Joel Kramer, founder, editor and CEO of MinnPost.com, will discuss the changes taking place in today’s newspaper industry on Tuesday, Sept. 15.
Kramer founded an online newspaper seen by some observers as a model that might succeed while traditional print newspapers fall by the wayside. His presentation, “The collapsing business model for journalism: What's next?” will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Figliulo Recital Hall.
Kramer served as the editor of the Minneapolis Star Tribune from 1983 to 1991 and as publisher and president from 1992 to 1998. In summer 2007, Kramer launched MinnPost.com, a nonprofit online newspaper with a mission “to provide high-quality journalism for news-intense people who care about Minnesota.” The site features high-quality video and audio, as well as written stories and commentary pieces.
As Matt Snyders of City Pages said in a March 2, 2009 article, “the ink-stained community went abuzz.” Snyders continued, “For an industry wracked by massive layoffs and plummeting ad revenue, any news not involving job loss was a good thing.”
MinnPost.com has garnered quite a bit of attention as both critics and supporters have questioned whether this type of nonprofit journalism — one that aims to eventually break even with the support of corporate sponsors, advertisers and donations from members — can thrive in today’s struggling newspaper climate.
In a report for the Nieman Journalism Lab, Kramer wrote, “A lot of pixels are being spilled these days reflecting on the future of newspapers, news, journalists, and journalism. I spent my career in newspapers, first as a journalist and later as a publisher, and I left when the business was financially near its peak. With the for-profit model now shriveling, I’ve spent the past 16 months trying to build one example of what might be coming next—a not-for-profit enterprise providing high-quality regional journalism on the web.”
A question-and-answer period will follow Kramer’s presentation. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Dr. Steve Schild, at Ext. 1753 or sschild@smumn.edu.
St. Cloud artist David Sebberson is exhibiting a portion of his on-going series, “A History of the Plains,” through Sept. 27 at the Lillian Davis Hogan Galleries.
Sebberson began his series after visiting what was left of his family farm and noticing that the farm buildings that once dotted the landscape were “burned, bulldozed and buried beneath high-yield fields whose ever increasing economic productivity has been erasing the immigrant culture I grew up in, a harvest of forgetfulness at 150 bushels per acre.”
Sebberson currently chairs the St. Cloud State University Department of Art.
A closing reception for the artist will be held 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26, at the galleries.
Admission is free and open to the public, and gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily. For more information, call Ext. 1652.
Dr. Patrick M. O'Shea, associate professor of music, and Susanne C. Ek '85, executive director for the U.S. Office of the Billings Ovulation Method will be invested as a Knight and Lady of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem at the annual meeting and investiture weekend of the U.S. Northern Lieutenancy of the Order, Sept.18-21 in St. Louis.
Tracing its origin to the First Crusade, the Order was reorganized and revitalized in 1847 with the restoration of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem by Pope Pius IX. At the December 2008 world ‘consulta’ of the Order at the Vatican, His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI stated that the Order came into being as “a ‘guard of honour’ for the protection of the Holy Sepulchre of Our Lord,” and since its foundation “has attracted the particular concern of Roman Pontiffs, who have given it the spiritual and juridical instruments necessary for it to carry out its specific form of service.”
Today, the Order is an association of both lay and religious men and women with a special devotion to the support of the church in the Holy Land. Appointed directly by the Holy Father, the Cardinal Grand Master of the Order is His Eminence John Cardinal Foley, and the Grand Prior of the Order is the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, His Beatitude Fouad Twal.
Among the schools that receive support from the Order of the Holy Sepulchre is our sister Lasallian institution, Bethlehem University.
Other members of the Order from the Saint Mary's community include Brother Chancellor. Louis DeThomasis, FSC, The Most Rev. Bernard J. Harrington, Bishop Emeritus of Winona, and The Most Rev. John Quinn, Bishop of Winona.
The speaker for the investiture weekend will be Brother A. David Carroll, FSC.
Since 1995, the Saint Mary’s University Department of History has awarded book prizes to recognize students for outstanding work in history courses. The following students were chosen for their work during spring semester:
Maria Biebel, Emily Degallier, Joseph Richards and Anna Szyszkiewicz won the book awards for H125 Europe and the World.
In H150 American Experience, Alison Hill and David Spriegel were the book winners.
Katherine Drazkowski won the prize in H211 Modern America.
Travis Fick was acknowledged for his work in H311 US Foreign Relations, Timothy Van Cleave for H332 The Renaissance, and Brian Bakalyar for H343 Environmental History.
Finally, Dan Corcoran won the book prize in H450 History without Boundaries and Danielle Zauhar won the award for H461 Historical Research and Writing, the capstone course for history majors.
Individual tickets for the 2009-2010 Page Series — now in its 23rd season — are now on sale. A full season of performing arts from around the world begins Oct. 2.
New this year, you may still purchase season tickets for the Page Series through Sept. 18 online, by phone, or in person. Purchase tickets for just three events and receive 10 percent off your total ticket cost. Returning subscribers are eligible for a 25 percent discount.
Whether you enjoy classical ballet, Irish music, family-friendly theatre, tap, swing or Canadian folk, the Page Series delivers again this year. Order online at www.pagetheatre.org, by phone at Ext. 1715, or at the box office from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday.
This fall the SMU Volunteer Committee will use funds from the “Let’s Do Lunch” events for Volunteer Services Food Shelf, and “Jeans for a Cause” funds will go toward student assistance, especially first generation students.
If your department or office would like to host a “Let’s Do Lunch” this year, contact Laurie Haase at Ext. 1464. Tentative dates have been set for Fridays, Oct. 2, Nov. 13 and Dec. 4. The committee provides water, plates, napkins, silverware and desserts. Hosts are asked to bring food for the main course.
The Biology weekly seminar series is starting up again for the fall semester. The first presentation is 4 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 10, in Room Hoffman 112. Dr. Philip Cochran, Biology Department, will discuss “Willowcats for Sale? The Large Role of the Little Catfish in the Mississippi River Valley,”
The Minnesota Conservatory for the Arts will conduct a semester I registration open house from 4 to 7 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 9, at the Valéncia Arts Center, 1164 West 10th St.
Registration for semester I dance classes and MCA’s tuition-free youth choir – the Winona Area Youth Singers — will be accepted at the open house. Tours of the facility will be available, refreshments will be served, and students will have the opportunity to meet new and returning faculty and staff. Additionally, students can be fitted for dance attire at the open house. MCA’s dance attire boutique offers quality basics, including leotards, tights, ballet slippers, jazz shoes and tap shoes.
Classes begin Sept. 14. Dance class offerings — available for children age 3 through adults — include beginning through advanced levels in classical ballet, tap, jazz, modern, hip hop, Pilates, and a special tuition-free boys program which offers a Dance Technique for Boys class and performance opportunities. Semester I also provides programming in partnership with Winona County Community Education for teens and adults including: Teen and Adult Ballet, Clogging I, Clogging II, Dance Fitness, and Piyo.
MCA’s music division offers a youth choir – Winona Area Youth Singers, for students in grades four through eight. In response to the current economic climate, MCA is waiving WAYS tuition for any and all students who desire to participate for the 2009-2010 academic year. This tuition waiver is made possible by a grant from the Saint Mary’s University Friends of the School of the Arts.
Now in its second year, WAYS seeks to take young people who have been introduced to choir/music in their elementary, middle schools, or junior highs and further encourage and nurture their talent.
Academic credit is available through Cotter High School and Saint Mary’s dance minor program for a variety of MCA dance classes.
Semester I classes will provide 10 weeks of instruction, concluding with a demonstration week, Nov. 16-21.
Dance students ages 5 to 13 are also invited to audition for MCA’s Dance Repertory Company II Winter Showcase. Auditions are 5 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 10, at the Valéncia Arts Center. The Winter Dance Showcases will be Dec. 4-5 at Valéncia Arts Center Academy Theatre.
Winona Area Youth Singers will conclude Semester I following their winter concert, Dec. 6, at the Valéncia Arts Center Recital Hall.
Tuition for MCA classes varies depending on course length and level. Discounts and scholarships are available.
For more information, visit www.mnconservatoryforthearts.org, e-mail mca@smumn.edu or call (507) 453-5500.
John Paulson and Swing Inc. will perform 6 to 9 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 13, at Jefferson Pub and Grill, Winona.
Dr. James Rodgers, professor of Social Science, has been selected to receive a Chapter Advisor Recognition Award from Pi Sigma Alpha, the national political science honor society. The award, one of two given in 2009, recognizes a faculty advisor who has shown extraordinary dedication, commitment and leadership to a student chapter. Dr. Rodgers has served as the Nu Nu chapter advisor for 25 years and has been commended for guiding a chapter that has been consistently active and productive.
Recipients of the Chapter Advisor Recognition Award will be announced in the fall issue of the Pi Sigma Alpha newsletter, in the journal PS: Political Science and Politics, and at a display at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association.
The Brother Elzear Council 5202 of the Knights of Columbus at Saint Mary’s has earned the distinction of “Double Star Council” for the 2008–2009 fraternal year. This distinction is the organization’s top award.
In correspondence received from Supreme Knight Carl A. Anderson by Nate Kuhn, Grand Knight of the council and a senior at Saint Mary’s, Anderson stated, “…You and your council have gone above and beyond your membership quota and have attained at least 200 percent growth, thus making you a “Double Star Council.” Your council was one of only around 400 councils that received the elite “Double Star Council” recognition…”
“ ‘The Double Star Council Award’ is an extraordinary honor for our council and its members,” said Kuhn. “We are extremely proud of this accomplishment. It reflects onto the entire Saint Mary’s community.”
The award, the highest distinction any council can realize, recognizes overall excellence in the areas of membership and insurance growth as well as programming activities.
In addition, Council 5202 was awarded the Columbian Award for outstanding effort in conducting at least 20 service program activities (four in each category: church, community, council, family, and youth), the Father McGivney Award for outstanding recruitment and retention efforts, and finally the Founders’ Award for excellence in insurance promotion and attainment of the council’s insurance quota.
With more than 1.78 million members, the Knights of Columbus is the world’s largest Catholic lay organization. It provides members and their families with volunteer opportunities in service to the Catholic Church, the community, families, and young people.
Interested Junior and Senior business and science majors are invited to apply to participate in the Mayo Innovation Scholars Program. Selected scholars will work on intellectual property cases investigating the opportunity for product/treatment development and marketability. Participants will receive a $1,000 stipend, academic credit, and a superb experience working with Mayo Clinic staff.
To apply, students are asked to submit a resumé and a cover letter stating their interest and any personal qualities that may add to — or be enhanced by — participation in the program. Two students majoring in business and two students majoring in the sciences will be selected for the program.
Faculty and staff are asked to encourage interested students to apply. Complete applications must be submitted by 5 p.m. Sept. 21. More details about this opportunity are available from the advising faculty, Dr. Shelly McCallum (Ext. 7279, Room 429-A Saint Mary’s Hall), Dr. Debra Martin (Ext. 1628, Room 223 Brother Charles Hall) or Dr. Randy Krainock (Ext. 8703, Room 122 Hoffman Hall).
On Monday, Sept. 21, at 7:30 p.m., SMU’s School of the Arts is being recognized by the City of Winona’s Fine Arts Commission for outstanding contributions to the City of Winona and its arts community.
Dean Michael Charron will accept the award on behalf of SMU and the School of the Arts.
Everyone is invited to attend. The Fine Arts Commission will meet in the council chambers at city hall.
Mary Ann Patterson mother of Dr. Ann Gibson, director of Counseling Services, mother-in-law of Tom ’68, and grandmother to William, M ’02 and Tom ’95, passed away Wednesday, Sept. 2.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 5, at the Chapel of Saint Mary of the Angels on the Saint Teresa campus. The visitation will be at 9 a.m. until time of service on Saturday, Sept. 5.
Condolence cards can be sent to Ann at Campus Box 80.
Father Thomas M. O'Neill, vice president for Mission and Ministry, chaplain, director of Campus Ministry, and an instructor in the Department of Religious Studies/Philosophy at Viterbo University died Wednesday, Sept. 2.
Father Tom served as chaplain and campus minister at Saint Mary’s from June 1991 through May 1994.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held 10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 4, at San Damiano Chapel on Viterbo University campus. Bishop Jerome E. Listecki will officiate. A visitation will be held at 9 a.m. until time of service today.
The family asks memorials to be directed to Viterbo University, 900 Viterbo Drive, La Crosse, or the Diocese of La Crosse Priest Fund, P.O. Box 4004, La Crosse, WI 54602-4004.
The Saint Mary’s community extends its sympathy to these families.
All faculty, staff, and students are invited to attend the College Convocation and Mass of the Holy Spirit on Tuesday, Sept. 1. These events mark the official opening of the academic year at the undergraduate College. The Convocation will begin at 11:15 a.m. in the gymnasium. Mass will follow in St. Thomas More Chapel at 12:10 p.m. Staff members should clarify with their respective supervisors whether or not a particular office may be closed during the Convocation.
Brother Charles Kitson, FSC, will be the guest speaker. His talk is titled “GOOGLING GOD: A Lasallian Search.” The impetus for his presentation is the book, “GOOGLING GOD: Religious Landscape.” He will be using the Gospel challenge to follow Christ by getting out of our “boats” — within a Lasallian context.
Brother Charles currently serves as the Institute’s Secretary for the Lasallian Family and Association. This position finds him traveling around the Lasallian world fostering and animating lay partners to greater participation in the charism of the founder, Saint John Baptist De La Salle. He will coordinate the many Lasallian Volunteer movements around the world as well as mentor the newly formed group known as “Young Lasallians.”
The truncated class schedule is:
7:45-9 a.m. classes meet 7:45-8:45 a.m.
9:15-10:30 a.m. classes meet 8:55-9:55 a.m.
10:45 a.m. to noon classes meet 10:05-11:05 a.m.
12:15-1:30 p.m. classes meet 1:40-2:35 p.m.
1:45-3 p.m. classes meet 2:50-3:45 p.m.
Classes that normally meet after 3 p.m. will start at 4 p.m. and end at the discretion of the instructor.
Brother Robert Smith, Dr. Jane Anderson and Rebecca Hopkins participated in the first national conference on special education.
On Aug. 5, Rebecca Hopkins, dean of the Graduate School of Education, and Dr. Jane Anderson dean of the School of Education, traveled to Ramallah, Palestine to participate in seminar work sessions and the first ever national conference on special education.
The project director, Dr. Sami Basha, Department of Education faculty member at Bethlehem University, invited Saint Mary’s to collaborate on this ground breaking initiative of developing the first teacher preparation program in special education in Palestine.
Prior to this visit, curriculum and program structure of our newly launched M.A. in Special Education was shared with Dr. Basha and his team. The basic structure of this master’s degree has now been developed, and continued work on curriculum writing and assessment planning will be next. Brother Robert Smith, vice president of Academic Affairs at Bethlehem University, was also present at the conference in Ramallah to support this initiative and the collaboration between the two universities.
For more information, go to www.bethlehem.edu/index.php.
The National Science Foundation has awarded Saint Mary’s a $10,890 grant for a Women in Mathematics Colloquium Series, to be held over the next two years.
The support from this grant provides the funds for the Mathematics and Statistics Department to continue an annual colloquium highlighting successful women mathematicians and to support undergraduate travel to national conferences.
Organizers hope that through these events, high school and college-aged students will become engaged and inspired by the opportunities and challenges presented to women in the ever-progressing field of mathematics.
“This series encourages the recent upward trend of women in mathematics at Saint Mary’s and introduces undergraduate and high school women to role models who are not only successful in their mathematical profession, but also in their lives,” said Kevin Dennis, chair of the Mathematics and Statistics Department. “This project intends to keep inspiring women to pursue terminal degrees in mathematics and also to enhance the SMU mathematics community.”
The Winona campus Theology Department won a grant from the Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning Theology and Religion on the project “Teaching and enabling spiritual formation for Catholic undergraduate students interested in serving others through the Church.”
This grant funded a workshop held Aug. 17 on assessing how the three primary theology majors (Theology, Pastoral and Youth Ministry, and Religious Education) have met the spiritual formation guidelines required in the National Certification Standards for Lay Ecclesial Ministry. Student self-assessment skills and practices throughout life, and how to provide greater student-awareness of the spirituality, vocation and appropriate role(s) of lay ministry in the Catholic Church were also discussed. Participants included Theology Department faculty, the director of Campus Ministry, and the rector of Immaculate Heart of Mary seminary. The grant was written and is being administered by Dr. Susan Windley-Daoust, Theology.
In a unique fusion of music and verse, Ken Waldman, “Alaska’s Fiddling Poet,” will perform 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 8, at Saint Mary’s.
This event, free and open to the public, will be held in the President’s Room.
Waldman combines old-time Appalachian-style fiddling, original poetry, and Alaska-set storytelling for a performance uniquely his own. Waldman has published six full-length poetry collections, a memoir about his life as a touring artist (“Are You Famous?”), and seven CDs. Since 1994, he’s worked full-time as “Alaska’s Fiddling Poet,” performing at some of the nation’s leading universities, festivals, art centers and clubs — including Millennium Stage at The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.
Event sponsors include Academic Affairs and Student Activities Offices, and the English Department.
For more information, contact Dr. Carolyn Ayers at cayers@smumn.edu or Ext. 1523.
Joel Kramer, founder, editor and CEO of MinnPost.com, will discuss the changes taking place in today’s newspaper industry on Tuesday, Sept. 15.
Kramer founded an online newspaper seen by some observers as a model that might succeed while traditional print newspapers fall by the wayside. His presentation, “The collapsing business model for journalism: What's next?” will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Figliulo Recital Hall.
Kramer served as the editor of the Minneapolis Star Tribune from 1983 to 1991 and as publisher and president from 1992 to 1998. In summer 2007, Kramer launched MinnPost.com, a nonprofit online newspaper with a mission “to provide high-quality journalism for news-intense people who care about Minnesota.” The site features high-quality video and audio, as well as written stories and commentary pieces.
As Matt Snyders of City Pages said in a March 2, 2009 article, “the ink-stained community went abuzz.” Snyders continued, “For an industry wracked by massive layoffs and plummeting ad revenue, any news not involving job loss was a good thing.”
MinnPost.com has garnered quite a bit of attention as both critics and supporters have questioned whether this type of nonprofit journalism — one that aims to eventually break even with the support of corporate sponsors, advertisers and donations from members — can thrive in today’s struggling newspaper climate.
In a report for the Nieman Journalism Lab, Kramer wrote, “A lot of pixels are being spilled these days reflecting on the future of newspapers, news, journalists, and journalism. I spent my career in newspapers, first as a journalist and later as a publisher, and I left when the business was financially near its peak. With the for-profit model now shriveling, I’ve spent the past 16 months trying to build one example of what might be coming next—a not-for-profit enterprise providing high-quality regional journalism on the web.”
A question-and-answer period will follow Kramer’s presentation. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Dr. Steve Schild, at Ext. 1753 or sschild@smumn.edu.
Graduates from the last decade have been invited back to campus for the inaugural Young Alumni Reunion Weekend, Sept. 11-13.
As part of the weekend, a Faculty/Staff & Young Alumni Social is planned for 5 to 6:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 11, in the Toner Center Lounge.
Former students often express their interest in reconnecting with faculty and staff. Please make plans to attend! To see a compete schedule of events, as well as a list of the young alumni who are planning to attend, go to www.smumn.edu/youngalumniweekend.aspx.
To RSVP, call the Alumni Office at alumni@smumn.edu or Ext. 1499.
• U.S. News & World Report’s 2010 edition of America’s Best Colleges has ranked Saint Mary’s in its “Best National Universities” survey for 2010. The annual listing of more than 1,400 schools is available online at www.usnews.com.
Saint Mary’s is ranked in the third tier of the 262-school U.S. News “National Universities” category. The third tier includes schools ranked 134 through 190 and is not ranked numerically.
The “National Universities” category includes 164 public and 98 private institutions from across the U.S. that offer a wide range of undergraduate majors as well as master’s and doctoral degrees.
• Forbes.com’s 2009 list of “America’s Best Colleges” ranks Saint Mary’s as No. 230 out of 600 of “the best public and private colleges and universities —from the student's point of view.”
The second-annual ranking of “America's Best Colleges,” compiled by Forbes and the Center for College Affordability and Productivity, ranks 600 undergraduate institutions based on the quality of the education they provide, the experience of the students and how much they achieve.
The list can be found at www.forbes.com/lists/2009/94/colleges-09_Americas-Best-Colleges_Rank.html.
• Saint Mary’s University is one of 158 schools receiving the “Best in the Midwest” designation for 2010 from the Princeton Review, a national college guide and ranking program.
Each year, the Princeton Review profiles colleges and universities that “stand out as academically excellent institutions of higher learning.” The Princeton Review survey asks students to rate their own schools on several issues — from the accessibility of their professors to quality of the campus food — and answer questions about themselves, their fellow students, and their campus life.
The 639 colleges named regional bests (217 in the Northeast, 141 in the Southeast, 158 in the Midwest, and 123 in the West) represent only about 25 percent of the nation's 2,500 four-year colleges.
For more information, go to www.princetonreview.com/best-regional-colleges.aspx.
Faculty and staff drivers are needed for Meals on Wheels. Volunteers are asked to make a one-hour commitment on any Friday during first semester. Sign up with Katie LaPlant, kalaplan@smumn.edu.
More than 75 new students volunteered on Monday, Aug. 24, for New Student Volunteer Day. For two hours, the students helped local non-profits in the community and cleaned up Gilmore Creek. This was a new addition to New Student Orientation, and Volunteer Services was excited to see the tremendous turnout. If you have students who are interested in volunteering, or you if you require volunteering for a class project, contact Katie LaPlant, kalaplan@smumn.edu, for assistance.
Volunteer Services received a $350 Grant from Campus Compact as recipient of the 2010 Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service mini-grant, administered by Minnesota Campus Compact on behalf of North Carolina Campus Compact and the Corporation for National and Community Service. Other recipients include Gustavus Adolphus College, Anoka-Ramsey Community College, Concordia University, Lake Superior College, North Hennepin Community College and Normandale Community College.
In 1994 Congress passed the King Holiday and Service Act, designating the King Holiday as a national day of volunteer service. Instead of a day off from work or school, Congress asked Americans of all backgrounds and ages to celebrate Dr. King’s legacy by turning community concerns into citizen action. The King Day of Service brings together people who might not ordinarily meet, breaks down barriers that have divided, leads to better understanding and ongoing relationships, and is an opportunity for service organizations to recruit new volunteers.
During a summer user conference, Tegrity, provider of the leading class capture web service for higher education, announced that Dr. Jeffrey Highland was one of the winners of the Tegrity Innovation Awards Program. This program recognizes outstanding achievements in higher education technology on campuses throughout the United States.
Honorees were chosen from a broad spectrum of colleges and universities and were honored at a special awards luncheon in San Francisco. Awards were presented to both individuals and institutions, recognizing performance milestones achieved during the 2008-2009 academic year.
Dr. Highland, who retired this summer as provost, received the President’s Award in recognition of his outstanding leadership and advancement of the student-centered vision of Saint Mary’s, which reported 6,307 new faculty recordings during the past year, close to 40,000 student views and more than 10,000 student-viewing hours.
Michael J. Charron, dean of the School of the Arts, has been named chair of the Minnesota State Arts Board.
He was appointed to the state arts board by Governor Tim Pawlenty in 2008.
“This is an especially important year for the State Arts Board and our Regional Arts Councils,” said Charron. “The arts is a billion-dollar industry in our state. We are talking about an industry that not only enriches lives, but is also vital to our state’s economy. With the recent passage of the constitutional amendment to support our natural resources and cultural heritage here in Minnesota, I feel a great responsibility to make sure that those tax dollars are spent in the most efficient and effective way possible for the good of all Minnesotans throughout our state.”
The Minnesota State Arts Board attempts to enrich the quality of life in Minnesota by making the arts accessible to all citizens, nurturing creative activities, encouraging the development of innovative forms of artistic expression and preserving the state’s diverse artistic heritage. The board provides grants and services to individual artists, arts organizations, schools, colleges and universities, communities and other organizations that sponsor arts activities. The board is made up of 11 members appointed by the governor. One member is selected from each of the state’s eight congressional districts; three members represent the state at large. Members serve four-year terms.
Two new members have been named to the board of trustees.
Bill Herzog ’70 of Apple Valley, Minn., is a founder and managing partner of Course Charters, LLC. Course Charters provides a variety of management consulting services to small and mid-sized organizations. He is past president of the SMU Alumni Board and served on the most recent presidential search committee.
Linda Kuczma ’78, J.D., of Park Ridge, Ill., has more than 25 years experience in the practice of intellectual property law. She practices in the Chicago offices of Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
Additionally Mary Ann Remick of Rochester was appointed to an additional five-year term. Remick has served on the board since 2004, and chaired the most recent presidential search committee.
Brother Michael Collins ’59, FSC, Saint Paul; Lyle Delwiche, Minneapolis; and Oscar Straub ’52, St. Louis, completed 20 years of service on the board. Delwiche and Straub were named Trustees Emeriti by the board in recognition of their service. John Ehlert ’67, Wayzata, completed his 10-year term on the board, and Timothy Horan ’70, Plymouth, completed his five-year term on the Board.
St. Cloud artist David Sebberson is exhibiting a portion of his on-going series, “A History of the Plains,” through Sept. 27 at the Lillian Davis Hogan Galleries.
Sebberson began his series after visiting what was left of his family farm and noticing that the farm buildings that once dotted the landscape were “burned, bulldozed and buried beneath high-yield fields whose ever increasing economic productivity has been erasing the immigrant culture I grew up in, a harvest of forgetfulness at 150 bushels per acre.”
Sebberson currently chairs the St. Cloud State University Department of Art.
A closing reception for the artist will be held 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26, at the galleries.
Admission is free and open to the public, and gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily. For more information, call Ext. 1652.
In March of 2009, the State of Minnesota began offering Saint Mary’s license plates. For a small annual contribution fee, you can support the Minnesota Scholarship Fund and show your Cardinal pride. Details about the program, including how to order SMU license plates, can be found on the Minnesota Department of Motor Vehicles website at www.dps.state.mn.us/dvs/PlBrochure/plateframe.htm.(Once there, click on “Collegiate Plates” on the left).
Kate Dulak and Alexa Akre participated last year in WAYS (the Winona Area Youth Singers) — a tuition-free youth choir for students in grades four through eight, offered by the Minnesota Conservatory for the Arts.
The Minnesota Conservatory for the Arts is beginning its 2009-2010 season of WAYS (Winona Area Youth Singers), a new youth choir for students in grades four through eight.
In response to the current economic climate, MCA is waiving WAYS tuition for any and all students who desire to participate this year. This tuition waiver is made possible by a grant from the Friends of the School of the Arts.
WAYS seeks to nurture the talent of students who have been introduced to choir/music in their elementary, middle, or junior high schools and who seek additional educational and performance opportunities in vocal music.
WAYS members will participate in two concerts per year, a winter concert on Dec. 6 and a spring concert yet to be announced. Additionally, WAYS members will also participate in a special mentorship program with SMU choirs, and will perform at nursing homes, malls, and charitable events, as well as go holiday caroling.
WAYS is directed by Lindsy O’Shea, music adjunct lecturer.
Registration for WAYS will be accepted at the MCA registration open house, Wednesday, Sept. 9, from 4 to 7 p.m., at the Valéncia Arts Center, 1164 West 10th St. WAYS will meet weekly on Mondays from 6 to 7:30 p.m. throughout the MCA first semester (Sept. 14 – Dec. 7). Placement auditions will be held on the first Monday session on Sept. 14.
For more information about WAYS or MCA’s other performing arts programming, visit: www.mnconservatoryforthearts.org, e-mail mca@smumn.edu, or call Ext. 5500.
Community member Eric Johnsrud rehearses with the SMU Concert Band. Area musicians are invited to the first rehearsal Wednesday, Aug. 26. Brass players are especially needed.
The Saint Mary’s University Concert Band, founded in 1990 as a college-community partnership ensemble, is looking for members.
Advanced-level high school students and adult community musicians are welcome to join the SMU collegiate musicians to perform a wide variety of wind band music.
Dr. Janet Heukeshoven, professor of music, directs both the Concert Band and the select Wind Ensemble.
The Concert Band rehearses 6:45 to 8:30 p.m. Mondays and 6:45 to 8 p.m. Wednesdays. The Wind Ensemble rehearses 8 to 9 p.m. Wednesdays.
The band’s first performance this year will be for Family Weekend, Sept. 26. The second planned concert will be a traditional Christmas concert with small ensembles performing for the lobby party on Sunday afternoon, Dec. 6.
Auditions will be held today, Aug. 28, through Sept. 2. There are openings in most sections; brass players are especially needed this fall!
Contact Dr. Heukeshoven at Ext. 1675 or jheukesh@smumn.edu for additional information.
Fitzgerald Library’s third annual open house, “Puttin’ on the Fitz” will be held 2 to 4 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 3, in the lower level of the McEnery Center. Refreshments will be served.
Individual tickets for the 2009-2010 Page Series — now in its 23rd season — are now on sale. A full season of performing arts from around the world begins Oct. 2.
New this year, you may still purchase season tickets for the Page Series through Sept. 18 online, by phone, or in person. Purchase tickets for just three events and receive 10 percent off your total ticket cost. Returning subscribers are eligible for a 25 percent discount.
Whether you enjoy classical ballet, Irish music, family-friendly theatre, tap, swing or Canadian folk, the Page Series delivers again this year. Order online at www.pagetheatre.org, by phone at Ext. 1715, or at the box office from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday.
The SMU Volunteer Committee has raised funds through its ice cream socials for an employee fund relief, designated to help employees in crisis. This fall the committee will use funds from the “Let's Do Lunch” and “Jeans for a Cause” fundraisers for student assistance, especially first generation students, and the local food shelf.
Dr. Shelly Mccallum, SMU Business Department, and her co-author Dr. Monica Forret from St. Ambrose University received the Career Division Best Applied Paper Award at the 2009 Academy of Management conference held in Chicago this summer. Their paper titled “The Relationship of Networking Behaviors to Job Satisfaction and Organizational Commitment” is a paper derived from Dr. Mccallum’s dissertation. The Academy of Management conference is international in scope with 8,000 participants from 75 countries.
On Aug. 5, Jason Spartz, Multimedia and Information Technology support manager, participated in a webinar on the practical comparisons of lecture capture systems, hosted by the Consortium of College and University Media Centers (CCUMC). The webinar centered around the implementation of rich media course capture systems on campus; practical recommendations and the comparisons of three major systems: Accordent, Tegrity, and Camtasia Relay.
Join faculty and staff to learn the strategy that drove the Tegrity initiative and how Tegrity increases efficiencies and improves grades during a webinar 1 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 2.
Four faculty members within STEM programs (Biology, Chemistry, Physics, and Mathematics and Statistics) will provide insights and share how they are using Tegrity to enhance curriculum within a liberal education experience. They’ll also share the reasons why they believe Tegrity’s lecture capture service is so important to Saint Mary’s programming and how it became so widely adopted.
Featured speakers will be Dr. Chad Kjorlien, director of Instructional Technology and director of the Center for Learning and Teaching; Dr. Paul Weiner, associate dean for Mathematics and Sciences; Dr. Debra Martin, professor of biology; Dr. Jaime Mueller, assistant professor of chemistry; Dr. Henry Leckenby, assistant professor of physics; and Jason Spartz, IT - Multimedia and Information Technology and Support manager
Go to www.tegrity.com/webinars.html for more information.
Dr. Patrick Barlow, director of college assessment, presented “Assessment: Leveraging Results for Improvement of Learning and Program Accountability” at the annual Pharmacy Technician Educators Council (PTEC) Convention, held July 9-11, in Spokane, Wash.
Learning objectives included recognizing the multiple purposes of learning outcomes assessment as they pertain to pharmacy technician training, identifying how learning outcomes assessment strategies may apply to attendees’ courses and/or programs’ needs, and formulating an approach to assessing the learning outcomes using the ideas from the presentation.
John Paulson and the Miles Johnston Quartet will perform 7:30 to 11:30 p.m. today, Friday, Aug. 28 at the Canadian Honker Restaurant, Rochester.
John Paulson and Swing Inc. will perform 6 to 9 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 13, at Jefferson Pub and Grill, Winona.
Chris Kendall, vice president for Student Development, will perform at the Great River Folk Festival on Saturday, Aug. 29, at the University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse. He will perform original songs on the “Originals II Stage” at 1:15 p.m. and “Song Writer’s Stage” at 2:45 p.m. See more information at www.greatriverfolkfest.org.
This summer, Kendall also finished a second album titled “Let's Take a Walk.”
New employees
• Kenneth Solberg, Twin Cities - director of Doctor of Psychology, Sept. 1
• Elizabeth Throop, dean of humanities, Sept. 1, 2009
• Yasin Alsaidi, Twin Cities - director of Admission, Aug. 18
• Jeffrey Amundson, assistant professor of psychology, Aug. 17
• Rose Beal, assistant professor of theology, Aug. 17
• Daniel Olsen, assistant professor of theology Aug. 17
• Kristen Sellke, assistant professor of math and statistics, Aug. 17
• Jenna Freudenberg, assistant women’s basketball coach, Aug. 1
• Patrick Jacobsen, assistant baseball coach, Aug. 1
• Brother Edmund Siderewicz, special assistant to the President for first generation and Lasallian initiatives Aug. 1
• Ryan Egan, athletics, assistant hockey coach, Aug. 1
• Tennie McCabe, athletics/grad assistant, hall director, July 20
• Laura Rothe, grad assistant - hall director, July 20
• Abby Kingsley, Twin Cities - administrative assistant, Student Services, July 7
• Carrie Brooks, Twin Cities - reference/instruction librarian, July 6
• Vicky Strommen, Twin Cities - Rochester recruiter, July 6
• Nicole Peters, associate director, Residence Life, June 24
• Jane Storck, Twin Cities - administrative assistant, Financial Aid, June 23
• Valford Kelly, Twin Cities - security guard, June 17
• Taiwo Adewale, Twin Cities - security guard, June 17
• Lynda Sullivan, Twin Cities - program director, Wisconsin education, June 1
• Andrea Essar, director - Campus Safety, May 25
Leaving
• David Bernard, director, PDI, Aug. 26
• Sarah Kay, Admission counselor, Aug. 26
• Becky Copper, Twin Cities - director of Admission, Aug. 14
• Kevin Hennessy, PDI program development specialist, Aug. 14
• Alana Neil, Twin Cities - Marketing and Communication coordinator, July 24
• Jacquelyn Austin, Twin Cities - administrative assistant
• Brian Grieger, Twin Cities custodian, June 30
• Jessica Bare, associate director, Residence Life, May 31
• Travis Bare, interim director of Campus Safety, May 31
• Sandra Beth, librarian, May 31
• Gerald Briggs, Twin Cities program director, Industrial Technology, May 31
• Linda Bruner, secretary, M.Ed., May 31
• Michelle Cochran, associate director, reading, May 31
• Karen Fischer, Twin Cities director, Wisconsin education, May 31
• Nicholas Hall, assistant women’s basketball coach, May 31
• Jeffrey Highland, provost, May 31
• Nykol Johnson, Twin Cities reference librarian, May 31
• Bethany Jorgensen, grad assistant, hall director, May 31
• James Laumeyer, Twin Cities site coordinator, N.E. Minnesota, May 31
• Diana Miller, director of advancement services, grants, May 31
• Susan Miner, secretary, M.Ed., May 31
• Thomas Peart, athletics, assistant men’s hockey coach, May 31
• Christina Pruka, secretary, Office of the Vice President of Academic Affairs, May 31
• Gretchen Pyle, Twin Cities - reference librarian, May 31
Congratulations to the SMU Goodview Gallop team for placing 13th out of 21 teams on Saturday at the 30th annual Goodview Gallop 5-K run in support of the American Cancer Society. The following 13 SMU employees participated including: Jeff Hefel, Dean Beckman, Stacy Popp, Jim Vogel, Paul Weiner, Peggy Johnson, John Schollmeier, Dorothy Diehl, Tina Pozanc, Mandy Pearson, Tori Ehlert, Jenna Freuderby, and John Paulson.
Thanks go to Cindy Marek for sponsoring the team again this year. Everyone is invited to join the team next year in supporting this worthy cause of battling cancer.
Edward Brown, father of Vicki McDonald, Study Abroad, Assessment, and Career Services, died Saturday, Aug. 22, in Stockton, Minn.
Cards of condolence can be sent to McDonald at Campus Box 51. The Saint Mary’s community extends its sympathy to the McDonald family.
Whenever you have news to share, call Deb Nahrgang, director of communication-Winona, at Ext. 6966 or e-mail dnahrgan@smumn.edu. The venues we use to share the good news about Saint Mary’s include “Campus Notes,” internal e-mails, news pitches to media, press releases, the alumni magazine, university e-newsletters, brochures, the website and more.