Marketing adjunct professor Steve Bachler was on WCCO-TV’s “Finding Minnesota” segment last Sunday as he is portraying Cal Fremling in the upcoming Cemetery Walk Oct. 12-13 at Woodlawn Cemetery.
Larry Price, Business Department, wrote an article about his Lasallian Social Justice Institute experience which was quoted in an article on the Christian Brothers Conference website: http://lasallian.info/2013/08/23/lsji-highlights-impact-of-violence-and-peacemaking/
Richard Tristano, History Department, attended a conference at Calvin College, “Virtues, Vices, and Teaching,” that explored approaches to Christian teaching and learning on the role of character in the classroom. His presentation “Teaching Virtues: Perspectives on the Good Human Life” highlighted the place of the Lasallian Core Traditions program in SMU’s general education program, especially LCT225 Perspectives on the Good Human Life.
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The Brothers of Phi Mu Alpha cordially invite members of the faculty and staff to Blue Angel 2013. This year’s performances are Friday, Nov. 1, at 8 p.m. and Saturday, Nov. 2, at 7 and 10 p.m. ou may receive a complimentary ticket to the show of your choice by contacting Bob Fisher at Ext. 6658 or rfisher@smumn.edu.
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The new De La Salle Christian Brothers statue on the Winona campus plaza will be dedicated during a brief ceremony on today, Friday, Oct. 4, at 11:45 a.m. Students, faculty and staff are invited. The statue honors the De La Salle Christian Brothers’ 80 years of service to Saint Mary’s. Benefactors of the project, Bernie and Jan Wagnild, Robert ’49 and Frances Perry CST ’51 Skemp, and the Class of 2013, will be recognized.
Discovering anew through field research
By James Chege, librarian
Maryknoll Institute for African Studies
The first week of the semester saw students in various courses offered by MIASMU undertake their first field research. The field research was conducted under the guidance of the faculty on various topics in accordance with the courses being taken. Each student was assigned a field assistant, a university graduate, who functions as a tutorial assistant.
In one of the student field studies, it was discovered that the Luhyia of Western Kenya officially recognize the wise elders by giving them symbolic gifts of spears. The is to demonstrate that during times of aggression and attack from enemies the elders are expected to give wise counsel that would protect the community from defeat. This shows that the Luhyia recognized that wisdom is essential to the preservation of the community, a preservation which could not be achieved solely by the strength of the warriors.
The field research is essential because literature on African cultural beliefs and practices is scarce and a lot of it misrepresents reality. To overcome this, students are required to undertake field research of at least four hours per course per week in order to gather first-hand knowledge of contemporary cultural realities.
The field research, therefore, is a unique aspect of the MIASMU courses offered and a real eye opener to the students. Through field research, students get a unique opportunity to discuss pertinent issues and interact with people who are living the very cultural realities that are being taught in the classroom.
This year’s Saint Mary’s University Walk of Horror is again guaranteed to give you goosebumps. New scares are planned around every corner.
The 17th annual hair-raising fundraiser for the SMU Cardinal fastpitch softball team will take place from 7 to 10 p.m. Oct. 25-26 and 30-31 in the SMU bluffs. Walkers are asked to meet on the lighted path between the SMU baseball and softball fields, where the haunted walk will begin.
Groups are then escorted through the dark bluffs surrounding the SMU campus for approximately 20 minutes.
The cost is $5 for adults, $4 for students with ID, and $4 for children 12 and younger. Tickets are available at the gate.
SMU head fastpitch softball coach Jen Miller said the event is fun for all ages. The scare level is toned down for younger children and turned up for groups bold enough to face their fears. Last year more than 1,100 brave souls took SMU’s Walk of Horror.
Proceeds from this event will be used for the softball team’s travel expenses.
For more information, contact Miller at Ext. 6923.
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| Alum Mary Gleich talks about Target Corp. during the Week of Peace Symposium. |
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| Catholic musician Sarah Hart |
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| A Dine with the Divine topic on a Lake City Catholic Worker community. |
In recognition of national “Make a Difference Day,” Saint Mary’s Volunteer Mentors group is inviting Winona residents and nonprofit agencies to submit requests for service.
The university hopes to get as many students as possible out into the community between 1 and 4 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 26. Students are willing to help individuals and organizations with anything from painting to yard work.
“Make a Difference Day” is a 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. For the sixth year, SMU is proud to join the millions of people throughout the nation who are participating.
Lasallian Day of Service
Also on Oct. 26, alumni are invited to participate in the fifth annual Lasallian Day of Service. This is a day that allows alumni to come together in the spirit of the Lasallian mission in service to others.
The alumni association has established a volunteer site for the Winona area at the CSTea House, 357 Gould St.
The CSTea House is the home of the College of Saint Teresa Alumnae Association. It is located next to Lourdes Hall and adjacent to the Chapel of the Angels and the Alverna Center. Fifteen volunteers are needed from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. to organize and clean the basement.
Sites have also been confirmed in the Chicago, Twin Cities, Saint Louis and Denver, Colo., areas. Alumni who reside outside these locations have been encouraged to arrange their own service project(s).
For more information go to: www.mysmumn.org/LDOS13.
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| These pancake pillows are just some of the unusual pieces to be featured in "Excessibility." |
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| Doin' the 'Jailhouse Rock' last year |
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| Last year's winners -- the Business Office with the Centennial celebration theme. |
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| SMU alum Marcy Mueller talked to students at Salesian Lay Ministers |
“Elegant Decay,”new work by Preston Lawing of the Art and Design Department, is on display at the ArtHaus Gallery in Decorah, Iowa, beginning today, Oct. 4. This exhibition moves to Winona with an opening reception Nov. 5 at the Lyon Smith Gallery, 199 E. 3rd St.
Here is one way Saint Mary’s is making the news this week:
• SMU volleyball player Lexi Assimos was highlighted in the Sept. 29 Winona Daily News story titled, “Emotional Leader.” Go to http://bit.ly/1bRImGD.
Tim Olstad, whose mother, Julie (Savant) Olstad is a 1976 alum, has been regularly featured on “X Factor.” Tune in to FOX Oct. 9-10 to watch more of the four-chair challenge to see if Olstad advances in this national singing competition.
Three baby girls were born recently — all to faculty from our Department of Music. Camille (Mimi) Charlotte O’Shea was born on Thursday, Sept. 26 to Dr. Patrick and Lindsy O’Shea; Anastasia Marie Welch was born on Sept. 30 to Jen (Thad) Welch; and Rayna Driesen was born to Dan (Kari) Driesen. The Saint Mary’s community extends its congratulations to these families.
Rita Husman, Sandy Pilarski’s (Human Resources) mother, died on Tuesday, Sept. 24.
The Saint Mary’s community extends its sympathy to the Pilarski family.
The public is invited to participate in the 26th Fall Frolic 5K fun run/walk at Saint Mary’s University Saturday, Sept. 28.
Registration will run from 8 to 9:30 a.m. in SMU’s 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 300 people participate; competitors of all levels (including walkers) are welcome.
Participants will enjoy the beautiful bluff trails of SMU’s Winona campus. The online registration form is available at www.smumn.edu/fallfrolic, and a complete weekend schedule is available online at www.smumn.edu/familyweekend.
Family Weekend runs Sept. 27-29 and includes a full slate of activities for families of students and the SMU community. 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.
The new De La Salle Christian Brothers statue on the Winona campus plaza will be dedicated during a brief ceremony on Friday, Oct. 4, at 11:45 a.m. Students, faculty and staff are invited. The statue honors the De La Salle Christian Brothers’ 80 years of service to Saint Mary’s. Benefactors of the project, Bernie and Jan Wagnild, Robert ’49 and Frances Perry CST ’51 Skemp, and the Class of 2013, will be recognized.
A joint performance of the Saint Mary’s Concert Band, Chamber Singers and Choirs will feature the world-premiere composition, “Katanya” during a family-oriented fall concert 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 28, at Page Theatre.
Saint Mary’s Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Combo I will begin another great season 6 p.m. today, Friday, Sept. 27, in Figliulo Recital Hall under the direction of A. Eric Heukeshoven.
Music by classic jazz composers such as Duke Ellington, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Thelonius Monk and George Gershwin, along with contemporary arrangements will be featured in this one-hour tour de force. Junior Thomas Plante will be featured playing flugelhorn on Monk’s haunting “Round Midnight.” And sophomore Nick Novotny on tenor sax will be joined by Tom Nalli on trombone for Dave Wolpe’s swinging arrangement of “Alone Together.”
The concert is open to the public, and seating is limited. Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for students and seniors. For tickets or more information, contact the SMU Box Office, Ext. 1715, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday or go online to www.pagetheatre.org.
The Theatre and Dance Department will present a groundbreaking play about women and war Sept. 28-29.
In “Necessary Targets,” two American women, a Park Avenue psychiatrist and an ambitious young writer, travel to Bosnia to help women refugees confront their memories of war. Based on interviews with numerous women who survived the civil war in the former Yugoslavia, “Necessary Targets” is a timely reminder of how America struggles to define its relationship to the rest of the world. Witness the violence of dark memories and the enduring resilience of the human spirit.
Written by Eve Ensler, and directed by Judy Myers, “Necessary Targets” will run 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 28 and 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 29, in the Valéncia Academy Theatre, 10th and Vila streets.
Key design positions for this production are covered by seniors including: scene design, Elyssa Mattson; costume design, Tasha Nelson; and sound design, Charlotte Deranek.
Tickets are $10, $5 for students and seniors and are available at www.pagetheatre.org or at the SMU Box Office, Ext. 1715,
The Lillian Davis Hogan Gallery is hosting an exhibit titled Cross/Purpose, a collection of 49 works of art exploring the image, symbolism, and event of Christ’s crucifixion. Beginning with a 6th century coin, the works represent centuries of interpretation and reflection on this pivotal moment in history. Renowned artists such as George Rouault, Marc Chagall, Otto Dix and Jacques Villon are represented in the exhibit.
The collection is part of a traveling exhibition series by CIVA, Christians in the Visual Arts.
Please note that the Cross/Purpose exhibit has been extended for one week and will run through Saturday, Oct. 5.
An open house for the Saint Edward’s Living Learning Center and Vlazny Hall will be from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 2.
Visit the Living Learning Center’s new home in Saint Edward’s Hall and see updates to the building; also stop by Vlazny Hall to see the new homes of Campus Ministry, the Hendrickson Institute, the Jay Johnson Wellness Center, the Office of Mission, Residence Life and Student Life. Refreshments will be provided in the Vlazny Hall lounge.
By James Chege, librarian MIASMU
A New Academic Year Begins
The first semester of the new academic year 2013-14 began on Sept. 13 in Nairobi with the MIASMU director, Father Michael Kirwen, giving a welcoming address to the new and returning students. He urged them among other things to make use of the wonderful opportunity before them to understand better African cultures and by extension, for those who are not African, their own cultures.
This semester program marks the 24th year that the Maryknoll Institute of African Studies has been in existence. There is a 35 percent increase from the previous year’s enrollment indicating continuing growth of the institute. And, as has come to be expected, this semester’s students continue to reflect the diverse and dynamic nature of the student body with students from Kenya, Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi, Zambia, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Brazil and the USA. The participants stand to learn a great deal from each other by experiencing the different cultural traditions while interacting.
The courses offered this semester include: Spirituality, Personhood and Psychotherapy in an African Context taught by the Rev. Hubert Pinto; Justice and Peace in East Africa taught by Dr. Emmanuel Manyasa; Towards the Inculturation of Religious Life taught by Sister Dr. Joan Burke; African Marriage and Family: Challenge and Change taught by Mary Getui; Moral Teachings and Practices of African Traditional Religion taught by Dr. Michael Katola and finally, Sage Philosophy: The Root of African Philosophy and Religion taught by Dr. Oriare Nyarwath.
All proceeds from the 2014 Taylor Richmond Benefit will be awarded to Jason F. Richter M’09.
Richter, 37, is a former assistant dean of students, Student Activities coordinator, and hall director at Saint Mary’s and a M.A. in Human Development alumnus. He was also a staff advisor for the Taylor Richmond Benefit for its first eight years. He worked at SMU for more than 12 years.
He is the father of three young sons ages 10, 6, and 1. He, his wife, Tina, and their three boys moved to Iowa to be closer to grandparents and family in 2009.
Richter was recently diagnosed with multiple myeloma. He had pain in his lower back that turned out to be a mass, hindering the flow of liquids in his spinal chord. He has undergone 10 radiation sessions, as well as bone and stem cell transplants.
The proceeds of the benefit dance and auction will go towards medical and travel costs for the family.
This year’s silent auction will be held March 13-14 in the Toner Student Center game room and the dance will be held on March 15 in the gymnasium.
All students are invited to attend the career fair on Wednesday, Oct. 2. This annual fall event is sponsored by the offices of Career Services at Saint Mary’s, Winona State University and Minnesota State College - Southeast Technical.
The career fair is open to all students, freshmen through seniors, who are exploring career options or looking for internship and job opportunities. Participants can speak with employers about their organization in general, about coursework and extracurricular activities that are helpful or necessary for entry into certain fields, or about specific opportunities within their organization, including internships, summer jobs, and permanent positions. No pre-registration is required for students.
The fair will run 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 2, at WSU’s McCown Gymnasium. Interviews will be held Thursday, Oct. 3.
The shuttle van departs Toner Student Center’s turnaround at 10:30 a.m., 11 a.m., noon, 1 p.m., 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. and returns to SMU at 11:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 1:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m. and 3:45 p.m.
For more information about this fair and other fairs, visit the Career Services & Internship Office in Room 70, Griffin Hall, or www.smumn.edu/csifairs.
Join in on this annual week of exciting, engaging and informative events. The theme of this year’s Lasallian Week of Peace is “Care for God’s Creation.“ Events during the week are open to the SMU community.
Sunday, Sept. 29:
Sarah Hart Concert (7 p.m. in the Plaza)
Award-winning contemporary Catholic musician
Monday, Sept. 30
Dine with the Divine — “A Faith-Inspired Farm” (5:30 p.m. in Hillside). Register at www.surveymonkey.com/s/DWDLasallianweekofpeace. This event will be dinner and discussion with members of the Jagerstatter Farm, a Lake City Catholic Worker community. Dinner is provided, but participants must preregister.
Tuesday, Oct. 1
Evening Prayer with the Brothers (8 p.m. in the Common Room). Join the international Christian Brothers for prayer in the Common Room.
Wednesday, Oct. 2
Week of Peace Symposium, “Caring for the Environment in Our Professional and Personal Lives” (6:30 p.m. in the Common Room). Learn from and discuss with a variety of professionals on how care for the environment relates to their personal and professional lives. Presenters will be from Gundersen Health Systems, J.R. Watkins, Hoch Orchard, The Blue Heron, Winona County, and others.
Thursday, Oct. 3
“Our Activities and Unintended Consequences” (12:10 p.m. in the Faculty Dining Room). Pick up your lunch and join in this presentation from Randy Hines, who is a wildlife biologist and partnership coordinator from the Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center.
Friday, Oct. 4
Fair Trade Friday (7:30 a.m. in Saint Mary’s Hall). Stop by for a free cup of fair trade coffee and check out other fair trade items.
Sunday, Oct. 6
Service Opportunity at Jagerstatter Farm (11 a.m. to 4 p.m.)
Connect back to the Monday night Dine with the Divine by helping out at Jagerstatter Farm.
All Week:
Throughout the week there will be a table where you can contribute to a community mosaic project that depicts the beauty of our natural surroundings.
Prayer for Peace at the Peace Pole (12:35 p.m. daily in front of the chapel). Every day, following daily Mass, community members are invited to gather at the Peace Pole in front of Saint Thomas More Chapel for a brief prayer for peace and the care for God’s creation.
Joshua Lallaman, assistant professor of biology, and his wife had a baby girl, Emerson Ann Lallaman Monday, Sept. 23. The Saint Mary’s community congratulates the Lallaman family.
The public is invited to participate in the 26th Fall Frolic 5K fun run/walk at Saint Mary’s University Saturday, Sept. 28.
Registration will run from 8 to 9:30 a.m. in SMU’s 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 300 people participate; competitors of all levels (including walkers) are welcome.
Participants will enjoy the beautiful bluff trails of SMU’s Winona campus. The online registration form is available at www.smumn.edu/fallfrolic, and a complete weekend schedule is available online at www.smumn.edu/familyweekend.
Family Weekend runs Sept. 27-29 and includes a full slate of activities for families of students and the SMU community. 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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Saint Mary’s Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Combo I will begin another great season 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 27, in Figliulo Recital Hall under the direction of A. Eric Heukeshoven.
Music by classic jazz composers such as Duke Ellington, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Thelonius Monk and George Gershwin, along with contemporary arrangements will be featured in this one-hour tour de force. Junior Thomas Plante will be featured playing flugelhorn on Monk’s haunting “Round Midnight.” And sophomore Nick Novotny on tenor sax will be joined by Tom Nalli on trombone for Dave Wolpe’s swinging arrangement of “Alone Together.”
The concert is open to the public, and seating is limited. Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for students and seniors. For tickets or more information, contact the SMU Box Office, Ext. 1715, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday or go online to www.pagetheatre.org.
The Theatre and Dance Department will present a groundbreaking play about women and war Sept. 25-26 and 28-29.
In “Necessary Targets,” two American women, a Park Avenue psychiatrist and an ambitious young writer, travel to Bosnia to help women refugees confront their memories of war. Based on interviews with numerous women who survived the civil war in the former Yugoslavia, “Necessary Targets” is a timely reminder of how America struggles to define its relationship to the rest of the world. Witness the violence of dark memories and the enduring resilience of the human spirit.
Written by Eve Ensler, and directed by Judy Myers, “Necessary Targets” will run 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday, Sept. 25-26 and 28 and 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 29, in the Valéncia Academy Theatre, 10th and Vila streets.
Key design positions for this production are covered by seniors including: scene design, Elyssa Mattson; costume design, Tasha Nelson; and sound design, Charlotte Deranek.
Tickets are $10, $5 for students and seniors and are available at www.pagetheatre.org or at the SMU Box Office, Ext. 1715, Monday through Friday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
The Lillian Davis Hogan Gallery is hosting an exhibit titled Cross/Purpose, a collection of 49 works of art exploring the image, symbolism, and event of Christ’s crucifixion. Beginning with a 6th century coin, the works represent centuries of interpretation and reflection on this pivotal moment in history. Renowned artists such as George Rouault, Marc Chagall, Otto Dix and Jacques Villon are represented in the exhibit.
The collection is part of a traveling exhibition series by CIVA, Christians in the Visual Arts.
Please note that the Cross/Purpose exhibit has been extended for one week and will run through Saturday, Oct. 5.
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Dr. Richard Kowles, biology professor emeritus, and author of “A Passion To Teach. Fifty-Eight Years of Humorous, Weird & Engaging Tales” will sign copies of his new book at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 25, at McEnery Center Lounge in Fitzgerald Library.
Dr. Kowles will make comments and answer questions, followed by a book signing. Fitzgerald Library will host the event and also provide refreshments.
Copies of the book will be made available for purchase by a representative of the SMU bookstore during this time.
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| Cindy Wang, freshman from Houston, Texas, tries cheese curds for the first time. |
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| Freshman Joseph Lozano tees off at the Lark Toys |
A study abroad fair will be held 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 26, at the Toner Student Center President’s Room.
Students can get information on our study abroad programs, talk to program representatives, and meet study abroad returnees. International volunteer opportunities will also be promoted.
For more information, contact Mitch Lawson, director of Study Abroad, at www.smumn.edu/studyabroad, Saint Mary’s Hall Room 136, Ext. 1447, mlawson@smumn.edu.
Here are some ways Saint Mary’s is making the news this week:
• The Winona Daily News ran an article Sept. 15 titled “‘It’s pretty cool,’ says Stanley Cup handler”about the life of Howie Borrow who accompanies the Stanley Cup: http://bit.ly/1gEa6vR
• The Winona Daily News interviewed pianist Christopher O’Riley for an article titled “Redefining the Keys” that ran Sept. 15: http://bit.ly/1ghpGNU
• A event preview titled “Lawyers, judges to celebrate Constitution Day with panel at SMU” ran in the Sept. 17 edition of the Winona Daily News: http://bit.ly/16fitt1
Anyone within the SMU community who has served our country is invited to e-mail your name, years of service and branch of service to alumni@smumn.edu. Everyone is invited to participate in the annual ceremony in recognition of Veterans Day at the Veterans Memorial. If you are interested in participating or bringing a class to this event, please also e-mail alumni@smumn.edu.
Patricia Moxness, mother of Mary Moxness (retired from the library), died Sunday, Sept. 15.
Cards of condolence my be sent to: Mary Moxness, 1079 Marion Street, Winona, Minn. 55987 or to mmoxness@smumn.edu.
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| John McDonough with the men's and women's hockey teams |
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| McDonough triumphantly lifts the Stanley Cup to the roar of the rally crowd. |
The Lillian Davis Hogan Gallery is hosting an exhibit titled Cross/Purpose, a collection of 49 works of art exploring the image, symbolism, and event of Christ’s crucifixion. Beginning with a 6th century coin, the works represent centuries of interpretation and reflection on this pivotal moment in history. Renowned artists such as George Rouault, Marc Chagall, Otto Dix, and Jacques Villon are represented in the exhibit.
The collection is part of a traveling exhibition series by CIVA, Christians in the Visual Arts.
Please note that the Cross/Purpose exhibit has been extended for one week and will run through Saturday, Oct. 5.
The Cardinal 'M' Club, in association with the Alumni Association, will induct three members into the SMU Sports Hall of Fame during Cardinal 'M' Club Weekend Friday-Sunday, Sept. 13-15.
The 2013 Saint Mary's University Sports Hall of Fame induction ceremony will honor former student-athletes Greg (Dick ’84) Arens, Todd Borndale ’85 and Ashley (Dingels ’05) Gossen.
The trio will be honored during an awards ceremony on Friday, Sept. 13. Along with the induction of this year’s Hall of Fame class, Friday’s ceremony will also honor SMU’s 2012-13 postseason award-winners, and recognize the 2012-13 Outstanding Male and Female Athletes, and Outstanding Scholar Athletes.
Saint Mary’s graduates from the past decade have been invited back to campus for Young Alumni Weekend, Sept. 13-15.
More than 150 alumni are expected to attend the full weekend of events which will include a faculty and staff social, a young alumni gathering at Mulligan’s, ropes course activities, a barbecue with live music on the plaza, disc golfing and the Cardinal Dash 5K. New this year is an alumni party at Jefferson Pub & Grill, featuring the young alumni band Ali and the Scoundrels, 8 p.m. Saturday.
The weekend also coincides with Cardinal ‘M’ Club Weekend, giving SMU alumni opportunities to cheer on Cardinal athletics.
For more information, contact Bob Fisher at Ext. 6658 or rfisher@smumn.edu. To read more about this event, or to register, go www.mysmumn.org/yaw13.
Saint Mary’s is once again ranked in the top tier of the annual U.S. News & World Report ratings of best colleges and universities.
Saint Mary’s is ranked No. 173 in the National Universities category of the U.S. News Best Colleges 2014 guidebook, moving up one slot from No. 174 in the 2013 guide. Saint Mary’s is one of only three public or private schools in Minnesota listed in this elite category.
The ranking of more than 1,500 schools is available online at www.usnews.com. Results were announced today, Sept. 10.
U.S. News ranks Saint Mary’s in the “National Universities” category, which includes schools that offer a wide range of undergraduate majors, as well as master’s and doctoral degrees.
Taking top honors in the “National Universities” ranking are Princeton University, Harvard University, Yale University, Columbia University and Stanford University.
Along with “National Universities,” the other main U.S. News institutional groupings are “National Liberal Arts Colleges,” “Regional Universities” and “Regional Colleges.”
U.S. News categorizes schools primarily by mission and region, and ranking data is gathered from each institution on indicators of academic excellence.
Here are some ways Saint Mary’s is making the news this week:
Coverage of the Stanley Cup visit circulated widely in both publications and online news throughout the U.S. after the Associated Press picked up the story.
After-event coverage included: KTTC, Winona Radio, Winona Post, KSTP and the Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal. Even John Buccigross, an anchor from ESPN, tweeted a picture of Donny Nadeau’s granddaughter, Avery, sitting in the Stanley Cup.
Check out:
• WKBT La Crosse – http://bit.ly/17HluBV
• Winona Daily News – http://bit.ly/18XJ26R
• WXOW La Crosse – http://bit.ly/15XWOp7
Saint Mary’s business professors presented one-day workshops to local business leaders as part of the SGPP Journey into Leadership Workshop Series. Professor Jeffrey Hefel addressed workshop participants on the topic of “Difficult Conversations, Accountability and Human Resources” while Dr. Shelly McCallum presented on “Creating an Inspiring Culture.” Leaders from various local companies including Merchant’s Bank, Winona Health, Miller Ingenuity (formerly Miller Felpax Corporation), Family and Children Center, Home and Community Options, and Saint Mary’s University took part in the day-long sessions.
The Journey into Leadership Workshop Series is a six-workshop series offering leaders current insights into managing staff, creating and maintaining a positive organizational culture, fostering innovation and ethical decision making, enhancing the use of financial resources, and building leadership abilities. The last two workshops in the 2013 series will be offered in September (Creating an Innovative and Ethical Workplace) and in November (Financial Intelligence). For more information, contact Dr. Jim Olhoff, program director, at jollhoff@smumn.edu or (651) 295-2454 or Jami Spitzer, program coordinator, at jspitzer@smumn.edu or (507) 457-7500.
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| Andrew Hanzelka '17 in a mirror exercise with Matthew Kornegay '16. |
Jo Edstrom, 102, mother of Nancy Edstrom Bachler (former lecturer/piano player, OCM) and mother-in-law to Steven Bachler, (Business Department), died Tuesday, Sept. 10, at her home.
Arrangements and a full obituary will be printed in the Sunday edition of the Winona Post.
Saint Mary’s extends its sympathy to the Edstrom family.