At this year’s Saint Mary’s University Hendrickson Forum, held April 16 during Holy Week, keynote speaker Cokie Roberts appropriately recognized the Blessed Mother for her strength. A sold out crowd of nearly 300 attended Roberts’ presentation at the annual forum on Saint Mary’s Twin Cities Campus, during which Brad Hewitt, retired CEO of Thrivent Financial, also received the 2019 Hendrickson Medal for Ethical Leadership.
Our annual Celebration of Scholarship was held last Friday. The campuswide celebration highlighted the achievements and accomplishments of about 170 of our talented students. Congratulations to our students on all their hard work. Find more photos at smumn.edu/photos.
Congrats to all our retirees! Tony Piscitiello (Advancement and Communication), Nancy Wiltgen (Advancement and Communication), Ruth Mathews (Wellness Center), John Schollmeier (Maintenance), Sally Dotterwick (Campus Safety and switchboard), Diane Rinn (Mailroom), Clarence Hemmelman (Maintenance), and Brother Stephen Rusyn (English professor). See photos at smumn.edu/photos.
On April 27, five Saint Mary’s seniors participated in the 6th annual Minnesota Undergraduate History Symposium at Bethel University in St. Paul, Minn. Sam Price (History), Robbie Sobczak (Social Studies Education), Bailey Melz (Spanish and History), Sam Hyberger (Social Studies Education), and Brady Weber (Social Studies Education) were among 46 students from 12 regional colleges […]
The Saint Mary’s Public Relations/Business Club hosted an event on April 29 that gave students the chance to have lunch with a business or public relations professional who are also Saint Mary’s alumni.
Thanks to all athletes, alumni athletes, benefactors, and families who joined us for our baseball clubhouse grand opening (including Marilyn Stigler, daughter of the legendary coach Max F. Molock ’35). Max coached baseball for 40 seasons before retiring in 1983, and we’re glad his family could join us. See more photos at smumn.edu/photos.
Saint Mary’s senior biology major Mark Leonard has written a piece on woodpecker scavenging that has been published in the Wilson Journal of Ornithology. Red-bellied Woodpeckers (Melanerpes carolinus) scavenging: A possible alternate dietary substrate by Mark P. Leonard and Dr. Benjamin P. Pauli, assistant biology professor
Eleven students from Ms. Katie Halvorson’s Environmental Science class from Cotter High School visited campus on May 2. They teamed up with five Environmental Biology majors (Paige Swanson, Erin Hettinger, Kayla Boetcher, Madalyn Bollig, and Mitch Plonka) to survey fish, invertebrates, and water chemistry in Gilmore Creek. The Saint Mary’s students were able to demonstrate […]
Eleven Saint Mary’s women attended the 2nd annual Women of Color Summit: Empowering Together at Gustavus Adolphus College on April 13.
Alisa Macksey, executive director of Saint Mary’s First Generation Initiative, was recently invited to the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (ACCU) Women Executive Leaders Gathering in Chicago.
In early April, GeoSpatial Services (GSS) staff began what is going to be a busy spring and summer of traveling for field work to support their wetland mapping projects.
On April 28, a Mass was celebrated on the Winona Campus to celebrate the Sacraments of Initiation. Congratulations to Amy Bach who was baptized and received confirmation and first communion and to Erin McElligot who was confirmed. Pictured above are Bach and McElligot with their sponsors, Kaycie Beissel and Gabby Pederson.
The Saint Mary’s University Winona Campus will host a joint commencement ceremony for Winona undergraduate and graduate students, beginning at 11 a.m. in the gymnasium on Saturday, May 11.
Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota celebrated the launch of a new online Master of Social Work program on April 23 on its Twin Cities Campus. Local social work professionals, community members, and university faculty members, leaders, and students gathered in person and via live webcast to celebrate the launch, and also to learn about the program’s mission, vision, and unique features.
Cybersecurity programs mushroom on Minnesota college campuses: Demand for skilled tech workers fueling boom on local college campuses. [Star Tribune]
Jazz at Saint Mary’s will host their semi-annual “jazz final” on Sunday, May 5, at 3 p.m. outside at the Saint Mary’s University Winona Campus plaza.
Saint Mary’s University students and community musicians are coming together to present a chamber music recital in the Great Hall at Watkins Manor on Monday, April 29, from 6 to 7 p.m.
Saint Mary’s undergraduate Business Department celebrates its reaccreditation with the International Accreditation Council for Business Education (IACBE). Derek Jackson and Dr. Shelly McCallum-Ferguson attended the 22nd annual IACBE International Conference in April, where they received Board of Directors recognition for the department’s reaccreditation and delivered a conference session.
More than 100 women visited Saint Mary’s Cascade Meadow Center in Rochester on April 18 for the Women Entrepreneurs Forum. A panel of five women discussed leadership and building on your strengths at this event, sponsored by the Saint Mary’s Kabara Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies and Rochester Area Economic Development, Inc.
Thank you to Cardinal Athletics and Chartwells for sponsoring yesterday’s Let’s Do Lunch event. Rain or shine, they had us “covered” in the ice arena lobby. A total of $250 was raised which will go toward the Athletics Initiative. Thank you to everyone who contributed and participated!