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| The Oldie Moldie All-Stars |
In honor of its Centennial year, Saint Mary’s University commissioned Brother Roderick Robertson, FSC, professor of art and design, to complete a timeline wall mural of the university’s history.
The timeline will be unveiled during a public reception Friday, Oct. 5, at the Toner Student Center. The time is yet to be determined. The timeline will also be installed on the Twin Cities campus.
Brother Roderick has taught art and design at Saint Mary’s for 35 years. This timeline depicts the first century of Saint Mary’s. Fittingly, the artist wanted to tell the university’s story symbolically with 100 photographs.
The piece is divided into four segments or panels. The first panel illustrates the founding and early years of the university under the direction of the Diocese of Winona. The second panel illustrates the arrival of the Brothers of the Christian Schools and the beginning of the Lasallian character of the school. The third panel depicts the arrival of women on campus and how becoming co-educational influenced and changed the nature of the institution. The fourth panel presents the changes that occurred as the college became a university including the expansion of graduate and international programming. The end of the mural speaks to the future of Saint Mary’s University.
The rich and colorful history includes many of the faces from Saint Mary’s University who have shaped its heritage and transformed the school’s educational experience.
The piece includes the first photograph ever taken of Saint Mary’s College, taken by Florence Curran and donated by her grandson Rob Linden of Winona. Curran captured the school’s cornerstone laying in 1912.
The SMU class of 2011 helped fund the project through their senior class gift.
The public is invited to participate in the 25th Fall Frolic 5K fun run/walk on Saturday, Oct. 6.
Registration will run from 8 to 9:30 a.m. in the Toner Student Center with the race beginning at 10 a.m. The $8 cost includes a T-shirt.
The annual 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 forms — as well as a complete weekend schedule — are available online at www.smumn.edu/familyweekend.
Family Weekend runs Oct. 5-7 and includes a full slate of activities for families of students and the SMU community — including special Centennial arts debuts in honor of the university’s 100th anniversary. 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.
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| Sabrina Larson Bushlack, right, recently joined the SMU Volleyball team for a picture. |
On Friday, Sept. 7, Jeff Hefel, professor of business administration, presented a workshop on “Strategic Planning” to the Rochester, Minn., Chapter of the National Association of Church Business Administrators.
The English Department recently presented the award for outstanding paper of the 2011-2012 academic year. Two students tied for the award: Kate Larson for “That Which We Are: Modernist Undertones in Tennyson’s ‘Ulysses’ ” and Mike Wolter for “Kafka’s ‘A Starvation Artist.’ ” Each student received a gift card to the book store.
Serica Rowley, a senior at SMU, was crowned Miss Winona last week. Her major is social science education, and she performed an Irish dance to “Game of Thrones.”
Rowley’s platform is “From Me to We: Moving Others to Volunteer.” She plans to speak to organizations and groups about the importance of volunteering.
The Saint Mary’s community congratulates her on this achievement!