Spring 2018 Alumni Association and Development Foundation

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2 CONNECTIONS Volume 26 — number 2 Cover Story 6 Low is riding high Storytelling

Features like to tell stories. Whether it is in a hallway at Minot State, 10 New beginnings by way of the barracks I during my past life as a newspaper reporter, or in the pages of this maga- 14 Bringing real solutions to the accounting world zine, my passion for writing has always been to tell a story. 20 Impressive art space captures metropolitan That’s what excites me so much feel in the Great Plains about being the managing editor of 22 Gov. Burgum’s State of the State at Minot State Connections: It’s the stories we get to tell. We get to be the narrator for 24 Cunningham builds lifetime of stories some of Minot State’s best stories. My love of storytelling started early on. Athletics I’m sure there are a few of my high school English teachers who shake their heads when 26 Athletics unveils Academic Center they hear this is my profession, but even back then, the “gift of gab” was central to my personality. For those 16 to 18-year-olds out there, yes, you can Every issue turn being the class clown into a profession! But there was a watershed moment a few years 13 Profiles: MSU students, faculty and staff after high school. 16 Under 30: Spark of creativity spawns new company The day I made the decision to change from a for Cote van Rensburg business major to a communication major based off the suggestion from CW “Bill” Huber, my freshman 18 Under 40: Hard work paying off for Leraas communication arts professor at Carroll College, I knew I wanted to have a career based on being the narrator. 28 Development Foundation Huber had a huge impact on what has now been a 20-year storytelling career. It set me on a path to change 30 Alumni events majors — which led me to the Grand Forks Herald and love for the written word; change schools — which led 33 Class notes me to meet my beautiful wife, Nichole; and change 37 In Memory states — which led to moving from Montana to North Dakota, where I’ve been ever since. 38 Baby Beavers At MSU, we talk a lot about the positive impact our faculty have on our students, and while Bill was not someone I met here, I believe that 100 percent. We struck up a fantastic relationship in a short time before I left for North Dakota, and he has left an indelible mark on my career. I have taken far too long to thank him in the most fitting way I know how— in print — albeit about 15 Editor’s note years too late. Thanks Bill, you most likely never knew the effect you had on me, but I’m forever grateful. Rest in peace. I hope all of you enjoy reading these stories as much as we enjoy telling them. Go Beavers!

—­ Michael Linnell, Managing Editor of Connections 22 Director, University Communications

3 RUDOLPH rises to the top with1,987 points

Paul Harrell (1977 – 80) 1,826

Henry Milkey (1953 – 57) 1,796

Rick Hedberg (1984 – 88) 1,652

ou may recall reading in the March 2017 issue of Connections about Minot State University’s Tyler Rudolph. The senior forward from Bismarck, N.D., rewrote the Beavers men’s basketball record book, finishing as the school’s all-time leader in both scoring with 1,987 points and rebounding with 921. He finished his four-year career as the second leading scorer in the history of the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (1,494 conference points) and third in the NSIC all-time in rebounds (796). Rudolph was named the NSIC Player of the Year following his tremendous senior season, helping the Beavers to a NCAA Division II era record for wins with 20 and the team’s first NSIC Quarterfinal appearance. CONGRATULATIONS TYLER!

Meet artist Roxi Mathis

oxanne (Roxi) Mathis graduated from books, ‘Moose on the Loose’ and ‘The Hamster Minot State University in 2014 with a and the Firefly.’ I like to stay involved in the local bachelor of fine arts degree. She grew art community, so I am a contributing member at up in Amidon in the Badlands of North Dakota Suite One Artist Coop in downtown Minot.” and moved to Minot in 2003. Mathis works in the Publications and Design “I generally work with watercolor, acryllic, Services Office or ink, and my subject matter varies wildly. at Minot State Some of my work is more traditional like University. She and landscapes and wildlife, but I really have fun her husband, Dan, with creating odd little creatures that are live in Minot. sort of skeletal,” Mathis said. “I have also See Mathis’ recently started exploring abstracted patterns rendition of the at RoxiMathisArt and light, which are a result of having eye MSU barracks on surgery. I have also illlustrated two children’s page 10.

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President’s message CONNECTIONS STAFF Vice President for Advancement Rick Hedberg ’89 reetings to all. We are in the midst of another busy academic Managing Editor year on the MSU campus. There are encouraging signs that Michael Linnell winter is slowly loosening its grip as we head toward Writing Staff Michael Linnell spring — always a welcomed change! The early days of Nicole Thom-Arens the 2018 Spring Semester have been busy. Dan Fagan On Jan. 23, MSU hosted Gov. Doug Burgum Copy Editor as he delivered his State of the State address from Ann Nicole Karen Holmen ’81 Nelson Hall. Approximately 1,000 visitors were on campus from Photographers Richard Heit ’07 across the state. Following the address, Gov. Burgum and Sean Arbaut ’15 Lt. Gov. Brent Sanford spent the entire day at MSU for a campus Janna McKechnie ’14 tour and various meetings with students, faculty, staff, and Photography Coordinator community members. On Jan. 30 – 31, we hosted a group of Teresa Loftesnes ’07/’15 legislators who comprise the North Dakota legislature’s Higher Publication Design Education committee for their legislative meetings. It is always Doreen Wald enjoyable showcasing the beautiful MSU campus when we have visitors Alumni Happenings Janna McKechnie ’14 from across North Dakota. Baby Beavers There have been a few major capital projects completed on campus that Kate Marshall ’07 will provide long-term benefits for MSU students, in addition to the Class Notes significant impact they will have in our community and region: Bonnie Trueblood • The Northwest Arts Center relocated to a new space on campus in January, and In Memory will now feature the Walter Piehl Gallery. This $1.4 million renovation project in the lower Renae Yale ’10 level of the Gordon B. Olson Library was entirely funded through private contributions. A special word of thanks to Dr. Doris Slaaten, the Chuck and Madge Westlie estate, and the ADDITIONAL PHOTO CREDITS: MSU Development Foundation for making this significant project a reality. This beautiful The Voice Clinic: All Aaron Low story photos new gallery space allows MSU to display its art collection, host traveling exhibits and displays, and will feature an impressive display by our very own Walter Piehl — all in a climate- Revel Woods Photography: controlled environment. p. 17 – 18 — Kayla Cote van Rensburg • Across 11th Avenue from the Library, the new air-supported seasonal dome was inflated for the first time in December and now covers the soccer/football field at Herb Parker Stadium. This $2 million project was funded thanks to a $1 million grant from the City of Minot’s Community Facilities Fund along with another $1 million privately fundraised from community supporters and partners. This will serve an important role as it creates 86,000 square feet of indoor recreational space during Minot’s cold winter months. It will not only benefit MSU’s current and future students but will also be an important new asset for the entire Minot com- munity — especially for area youth involved in softball, baseball, golf, soccer, and other sports. Connections is published two times • Finally, in the MSU Dome, the new Dean Frantsvog Academic Success Center opened in late a year by the Minot State University January. Thanks to the generosity of American Trust Center, United Community Bank of Alumni Association and Development Foundation. Send comments, articles, North Dakota, Vibeto Orthodontics, and Dean ’97 and Sara (Christianson) ’99 Frantsvog, or photo submissions to this new Center provides academic and study space in the Dome for our many student-ath- Connections letes. The center is named in honor of MSU Accounting and Finance professor Dean Frantsvog. MSU Alumni Office 500 University Ave. West Dean has served as MSU’s Faculty Athletic Representative since Beaver Athletics made the Minot, ND 58707 move to the NCAA in 2010. It is a well-deserved tribute to Dean for his outstanding com- Ph: 701-858-3399 or 1-800-777-0750 mitment and dedication to our campus and student-athletes. Fax: 701-858-3179 Email: [email protected] I look forward to seeing you in 2018, and as always … GO BEAVERS! Printed on Forest Stewardship Council certified stock. Third class postage paid at Fargo, ND 58101.

Steven W. Shirley, Ph.D., President

5 6 LOW is riding high

By MICHAEL LINNELL

A QUICK GOOGLE IMAGE SEARCH FOR “AARON LOW, SPEECH PATHOLOGIST” and two items jump out. First, is the impressive red goatee he sports in his traditional lab- coat photos and the second — in what has become somewhat of a trademark — is a mock strangling of some of the music industry’s most famous singers. Low ’97/’99 has built his Toronto company, The Voice Clinic, into one of the top Ear Nose Throat and Speech Voice Pathology Clinics in Canada using techniques first learned at Minot State University under his mentor Dr. Nelson Roy. The hands-on techniques — vocal rehabilitation using circumlaryngeal massage, and laryngeal resposturing — were considered unique, if not groundbreaking, when Low was first learning. And they still are today. “It is unique, especially in Canada,” he said. “It’s not really incorporated into the clinic skill set in Canadian speech pathology and not in every clinical dynamic. I was fortunate to work with Nelson. In 1999, there wasn’t even the diagnosis of musical tension dysphonia yet. I came into the game with a new technique and even now, 20 years later, it’s still considered new and cutting edge.” The cutting-edge aspect and proven results have built his clientele list into a who’s-who of talented individuals who use their voice in their career. Low has worked on and with musicians such as Sting, Dave Matthews, Sam Smith, and Shawn Mendes; actors such as Gerard Butler; the Canadian Opera Company, executives, teachers, and ministers. One of his favorite singers to work with currently is Mendes, a pop singer from Ontario. Mendes rose to fame after posting covers on the social media application Vine. His single, “Stitches,” reached No. 4 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. “I’ve been able to take care of Shawn from early on,” Low said. “He’s a young kid train- ing his body and his voice and he wants to know more. The tours they go on are grueling and there is a lot of strain on their voices. He’s learning how to train his athletic voice.”

7 It was rock star Sting that otolaryngologist and head-neck Jaw, Saskatchewan, native chose mentored me through voice, first took the now often mim- surgeon. MSU mainly due to his sister, and a lot of the things I do icked strangling photo. “He runs the medical prac- Shauna (Low) Newsham ’93 — now are because of him. I “I worked with Sting in tice within the practice, and I who had just finished with her followed him, I was in his 2008; he was very interested run the speech path practice,” master’s degree in the program. hands clinically.” in the anatomy and the voice,” Low said. “We have all of the He started working with Roy in “Aaron has a big personality; Low said. “Because of his inter- equipment to run a very up- graduate school. he stands out,” Newsham said. est in it, he was more fun to to-date medical/therapeutic “I basically got into it be- “He has the wild red hair and a work with than someone that voice clinic.” cause of my sister. She encour- big goatee, he doesn’t look like just comes in and says ‘fix it, Opening his own clinic has aged me because she liked the a typical speech pathologist. and get me out of here.’ I got been on his mind since his early program and thought I would So he was going to stand out to spend more time with him. days at Minot State. The Moose do well,” Low said. “Nelson on his own. But most of the He’s in his late 50s and still professors were still there from could pull the high notes out of my time and that probably ‘Roxanne,’ but he didn’t train “Very few universities have helped him. The school gave us or warm up like he should. all the tools. Even with it being I gave him some things that the facilities like Minot State a smaller school, it was a great work for him and it will help intro into voice. Aaron has keep his high range. We try to taken that to a new level.” make changes not just for the does for the clinical side,” Roy, now a professor of acute, but for the long term. communication sciences and That’s when the word spreads.” Low said. “It was a wonderful disorder at the University It has definitely spread for of Utah, remembers Low as Low as he started the company someone who stood out as five years ago. He works in tan- learning community.” much for his personality as dem with Dr. Alex Osborn, an his ability.

Aaron Low, left, and musician Shawn Mendez pose in what has become one of Low’s signature photos after the singer received therapy.

8 A star before the rock stars By MICHAEL LINNELL

hile Aaron Low has built a career working with rock stars, he referred to sister Shauna (Low) Newsham ’93, as a rock star at Minot State. It was her time at MSU that helped spark an interest for the younger Low to come to Minot. “I followed in my sister’s footsteps,” he said. “She was the star student.” Newsham was the original speech-language pathologist in the family but took a different route to owning her own business — Tongue Twisters, Inc. in Winnipeg, Manitoba. “After I moved back to Canada, took a ‘steady job,’ and did some private practice for a few years, I decided to go off on my own,” she said. “I work half time now and the other half I chauffeur my kids around. I Aaron Low, left, and recording artist Dave Matthews take a hired another speech-path who subcontracts for me and we both work snapshot following a therapy session. out of my home office, so it can be kind of crazy, but “He was pretty ambitious, so I’m not surprised it’s been super.” While the brother- that he has been wildly successful,” Roy said. “I was sister speech-language only at Minot State for a short time, and Aaron pathology duo have con- was in one of my first cohorts in grad school. That tinued in the same field, was a talented group of students, and Aaron was no there isn’t a big sibling exception. He stood out by virtue of his personality. rivalry between the two. He was affable, easy going. While most grad students “We do talk profes- sionally, but more so were pretty intense, he had a good proportion of when Aaron first finished managing the academic side with a good sense of school and got into voice, humor. I’m sure his strong interpersonal skills have he would ask me some helped him with the patients he works with.” questions,” Newsham said. Roy is pleased one of his students has advanced “But now he’s the best his work in such a way. there is, and I phone him with questions.” “It’s very gratifying that I could influence some- Finding more time to one early in their career,” Roy said. “That’s what spend with her family has you hope for. As a mentor, you are working with motivated Newsham to the next generation of clinicians that develop those evolve her business into its skills. For me, it’s nice to see the techniques adopted current form. by Aaron.” “When I had my kids, I was working three or four hours, four days a week, but that increased. There were kids who needed spots and you don’t Because of Roy’s approach to teaching, Low want to say no,” she said. “By the time my third daughter was born, I was praised his mentor and the speech-language working a lot more, I was the one working until 7:30 every night. I was pathology department at Minot State for allowing lucky, I got to see them at lunch and got them ready for school, but I didn’t students to experience hands-on training. have much time after. In 2011, my husband (David Newsham) and I said “Very few universities have the facilities like I’m working too much. It has been great to share the hours.” Minot State does for the clinical side,” Low said. Newsham didn’t originally plan to attend Minot State, starting her collegiate career at the University of Saskatchewan, but she gained entry “It was a wonderful learning community. We were to MSU as a “special student” finishing her undergrad in one year before watched and helped and could practice. (Most getting into the speech-language pathology graduate program. schools) do a lot of teaching but not a lot of “I applied to several schools, but the staff (at U of S) directed me practice, and Minot State gave me the confidence to strong clinical schools and Minot had an excellent clinical program,”

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9 New beginnings by way of the barracks

By NICOLE THOM-ARENS

10 Illustrated by ROXI MATHIS INOT STATE job with the railroad while It was tough, but it was edu- “I always wanted to go but University’s role attending college, recalled. “If cational — a learning experi- never got the chance after high during WWII is there weren’t any trains that we ence, the whole thing.” school,” Dietz said. well documented. had to work with, we could do After graduating with a Dietz was one of seven The university some studying.” degree to teach chemistry, children in his family and was was home to soldiers for the Neither Nelson, Dietz, nor the Nelsons set out to the last the only one who was able to V-5 and V-12 naval train- Garbel had the opportunity frontier in Alaska. attend college. ing programs. Postwar, the to attend college immediately “The goal had always been “At 27, with my wife as an university became home for following high school. All to go to Alaska,” Nelson said. RN, I decided, I am going to veterans returning from war three men ended up work- They lived in Alaska for 41 go to college and get an educa- and seeking higher education ing with the Great Northern years. Both taught on Eielson tion,” he recalled. initially through the GI Bill. Railroad, and all three left the Air Force Base near Fairbanks. For these men, the barracks To house these veterans, the railroad for the classroom. “It (college) lifted me made completing a degree university acquired married It was through the railroad, from the, what shall I say, the while providing for a family a housing units known as the though, not Minot State, that school of hard knocks, into little easier. By the late 1970s, barracks. Couples, many with Dietz and Nelson first met. a profession that I loved,” the university had remodeled young children, sought out “Al (Dietz) and I pretty Nelson said. Pioneer Hall, and it became residence in either the wood or much grew up together,” Garbel, who earned a the new married housing on steel barracks. Nelson recalled. “My mother degree in teaching business, campus. The barracks, although “It was an economic ran a sort of boarding house didn’t spend his entire aca- they looked rugged from the necessity,” according to Bob and Al stayed with us (while demic career in the barracks. outside, provided comfortable Nelson ’69, who lived in the working for the GNR). We “You signed up for them and living for Minot State families steel barracks with his wife, were practically like brothers.” you waited until the ones who for several decades. The struc- Patricia ’69 (Sweet), and their Nelson, who attended were in there graduated and tures were demolished in 1979. two children. “We had decid- Minot State about 10 years moved out and then somebody Out of high school, Dietz ed this before we got married after Dietz, said the barracks moved in, and so that’s what learned telegraphy and went — that we were going to go were an “economic necessity” happened,” Garbel explained to work for the railroad. Being back to school. The marriage for his family. about securing one of the coveted from a rural North Dakota was part of the means to go “One time I came home spots in the wooden barracks. town, Dietz didn’t know of back to school.” from work and she (Patricia) “When I went to class in any scholarships available to Barracks living in the 1960s was crying. No money in the the winter time, I’d just have a young men outside of athletics. was particularly affordable for So, in 2017, the Dietzes made married couples. Al Dietz ’61 one of the largest IRA rollover and his wife, Shirley, also lived contributions to Minot State in the steel barracks with their University to establish the daughters, and Dietz remem- Alvin and Shirley Dietz Schol- bers rent being as little as $35 arship Endowment for young per month including all utili- people in similar situations. ties except cold water. Dietz, “I think it’s really impor- who attended school full time tant to get young people out as a business major, said the of small towns that don’t know living arrangements made or probably never heard of college feasible. scholarships, and I want them “It just made life easier to be the recipient of what for us,” Dietz said. I’ve been trying to do here. In The two-bedroom apart- small towns in North Dakota ments certainly added conve- it’s tough to get advice,” Dietz nience to the busy lives of the house, a new baby, and we sweater on, and I’d go out my said. “I just hope the college men who sometimes worked hadn’t any money for baby front door, go across the side- keeps pushing scholarships to full time and attended school food. I borrowed a dollar walk, and into the Model School people out in the country.” New beginnings full time. from one of the guys that I (Hall), and there was a tunnel The Alvin and Shirley “I worked from 11 p.m. worked with at Cloverdale we could walk over to the main Dietz Scholarship Enow- to 7 a.m. and went to school to buy food for my baby. building. It was steam pipes. You ment distributed $4,074.87 from 9 a.m. to noon, and That was the big builder of had to hurry up because it was for incoming freshmen from then I went home and studied determination to get through hot down there,” Garble said. North Dakota high schools or slept,” Wally Garbel ’61, school,” Nelson said. “I am For Dietz, college had been for the upcoming 2018-2019 who continued his full-time proud of what we have done. a long-term desire. academic year. n Photo: circa 1950s 11 Bringing real solutions to the accounting world

By DAN FAGAN

From humble beginnings to Minot business leader, Marlys Magnuson exemplifies the traditional American success story.

Marlys (Forness) Magnuson firm. Magnuson worked with Karla Walsh ’15, Magnusson and get to know them on a ’88 was born and raised on a the firm for nearly twenty years built a solid client base purely personal level. farm near Carpio, N.D. Her primarily as an auditor for banks on her reputation and by word Magnuson has maintained a father was a life long farmer with but had experience on both the of mouth in the community. solid relationship with her alma an eighth-grade education. Her tax and accounting side. “I didn’t have to advertise mater, serving as president of mother was a homemaker who “One thing about public at all,” she mused. the Alumni Association Board also worked as a cook. While accounting is it’s after the fact, Initially starting with 20 of Directors and offering intern- neither of her parents had the so the piece I was missing was clients, Accounting Solutions ships to MSU students. opportunity to attend college, the forward thinking aspect,” has blossomed into a thriv- “I know it works because Magnuson and her sisters were Magnuson said. ing business with over 450 that’s how my career started. urged to pursue higher education. Magnuson found her clients. Magnuson has also I’ve seen a lot of interns get “One thing my parents in- missing piece by working for quadrupled her employee pool hired on. The employer gets to stilled in us was the importance of a private business owner in — from two to eight (most of see how good someone is in a going to college,” Magnuson said. Minot. It was there that she whom are MSU graduates). work environment, not just on a Magnuson discovered an learned the ins and outs of Magnuson attributes much report card,” Magnuson said. interest in accounting when she running a successful business. of her success to good customer Magnuson’s busiest time of was still in high school. Embrac- “That gave me the confi- service. the year is tax season, January- ing her aspirations, she attended dence boost I needed to run “I always tell my staff, ‘treat May, when she works up to 80 Minot State while balancing my own business,” she said. your clients well and they will hours a week. How does she a full-time job and settling In 2013, she started come back,’” she said. “I don’t manage to work such long hours? into married life. Persistence, Accounting Solutions, a firm like it when a customer isn’t “Adrenaline,” Magnuson said diligence, and school loans paved specializing in helping indi- happy, which is why it doesn’t with a laugh. the way toward graduation and viduals and businesses with happen here.” When Magnuson gets rare a bachelor’s degree in accounting. accounting and tax planning. Magnuson exudes North and well-deserved down time, she Magnuson’s successful “It was scary at first because I Dakota nice bringing a sense enjoys traveling to Jamaica with her internship with Brady Martz was coming in without a portfo- of calm to those customers husband, Todd ’92, a high school her last semester of college paid lio of clients,” Magnuson said. that enter her office. She math teacher and MSU alumni. major dividends, culminating Joined by her former col- makes a serious effort to “Jamaica is my after-tax in a full-time position with the league and fellow MSU grad, engage with her customers season spot,” Magnuson said. n

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Makensy Arlien Sydney Boyce

Finance n Minot, N.D. Nursing n Minot, N.D. Makensy is in her second semester at Minot State. She plays golf Sydney was recently accepted into the nationally recognized MSU for the Beavers and is involved in DECA. She earned the MSU nursing program at Minot State. But, she is no stranger to the Alumni Scholarship in 2017. profession as she has spent the past two years as a certified nursing assistant at Trinity Hospital. Why did you choose Minot State? I had the opportunity to play golf, and my parents Why did you choose Minot State? (Mike ’94/’01 and Jenn (Zahn) ’95) told me a lot about It was nice to stay at home and to save some money. Minot State MSU. They both graduated from MSU, so I had the has an awesome nursing program, high accreditation, and the pass- background already. Also, my cousin (Shelby Zahn) ing rate is amazing. I think I’ve always wanted to be a nurse. is a junior here. How has Minot State helped you further your How has Minot State helped you academic career? further your academic career? The biggest thing for me is meeting people through MSU Life The biggest thing is having tutoring and the clubs. It really helps you be better prepared. I’ve met some available whenever needed. I can also go girls in the nursing program and worked with two MSU nursing and talk to professors or email them a students at Trinity. question. They are very helpful. What is your favorite quote? What has been your favorite class? “You miss 100 percent of the shots you don’t take.” Right now, marketing is the best; we are doing a lot of projects. I just started, and I can tell I’m going to like it. What has been your favorite class? Pharmacology. It’s so interesting how different Who has been your most medications work in the body. influential professor? Who has been your most Dr. Kristi (Schaefer) Berg ’95/’00. I’ve influential professor? been able to go to her with problems or Kimberly Tiedman. She is so outgoing questions and have even talked to her about and energetic, and she maintains the possible careers. She’s my go-to person. student’s attention. If we start to drift, she will have us stand up and What is your most memorable refocus. She’s always available if moment at MSU? we need time outside of class. The club fair when we had that first week – and the bubble dance – that was fun. What is the best kept I went with my roommate, Maddy, and I secret about Minot State? got to know her there. Being able to make a personal connection with professors is so How has the Alumni Scholarship important. Minot State, being a helped your college career? smaller school, gives you the confidence It was an eye opener of how many different to speak up. alumni there are to talk to about their experiences. They’ve helped me be more active in the MSU community.

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Zack Myers Jade Teske

Criminal Justice, minor in Business Management n Physical Education and Corporate Fitness n Temecula, Calif. Westhope, N.D. Zack joined brother Brody at Minot State on a football scholarship, Jade spends most of her time at the MSU Wellness Center. The past but after concussions ended his playing career, he focused on his president of Minot State Club of Physical Educators (MSCOPE) education. He still works with the football team, however, works with intramurals, has been a group exercise instructor, and helping breakdown film and video. He started an works for the Wellness Center. internship with the Minot Police Department in 2018. Why did you choose Minot State? Why did you choose Minot State? Both of my parents, Karen (Moe) ’90 and David ’88, are alumni, Having a brother here and getting a football scholarship and MSU was close to home. I also played golf for the Beavers in were probably the biggest driving factors. I met with my second year. Melissa Spelchen and really liked the Criminal Justice program after she described it to me. How has Minot State helped you further your How has Minot State helped you academic career? further your academic career? MSU has provided me with endless opportunities — anything I could have dreamed of. I’ve traveled internationally, taught in MSU has given me the opportunity to explore Jamaica, and attended a conference in Toronto. more of what I want to do with my major and has allowed me to make connections with the real world. What has been your favorite class? Both of my methods classes, elementary and secondary education. What’s your favorite quote? I’ve been out in the schools and have had hands-on experience. I’ve learned a lot in both of them. “A setback is a setup for a comeback,” T.D. Jakes. In life we have many setbacks and, often, we can’t see the bigger picture. In my Who has been your most influential professor? experience with the concussions, I didn’t see Dr. Terry (Ferebee) Eckmann ’81/’82. the bigger picture, but now it is becoming She is the one that made me clearer as I move forward in law enforcement. passionate about this when I was unsure of what I wanted. She What has been your favorite class? changed my life. She brought me The field experience class I’m in now because out of my comfort zone. it is the first hands-on class I’ve been in. The rest are theory, but with this one I can see those What is your most theories in practice. memorable moment at MSU? Who has been your most influential Probably going to professor? Jamaica. To get that Melissa Spelchen ’99/’05. She is always there willing experience on the to help. International Teaching Tour What is the best kept secret about was great. Minot State? A lot of people say there is nothing to do here, but Minot is ultimately as fun as you want to make it.

14 Alex DeCoteau Aaron (Jaeger) Hughes ’12

Master of Education n Belcourt, N.D. MSU Student Life Director n Washburn, N.D. Alex hasn’t taken the traditional path to graduate school, earning an Aaron has spent 10 years associated with Minot State as a student, Associate of Arts degree at NDSU Bottineau in 1983 before attending student employee, and now Student Life Director, a position she has just one year at MSU. He began his journey of teaching the Ojibwa held since 2012. She is a former Student Government Association language as an apprentice under elder Francis Cree. Alex earned his senator, Art Club president, and student ambassador. four-year degree in elementary education at White Earth College through the University of Minnesota Duluth and Why did you choose Minot State? started teaching at Turtle Mountain Community High I chose MSU because of the art department and I wanted to get a School. In 2016, he returned to MSU to enroll in the graphic design degree. I toured the campus and it felt right. It was Master of Education program. small enough that it kind of reminded me of my hometown of Washburn. Why did you choose Minot State? The main thing was location. I knew I would need online How has Minot State helped and that I would need help — face-to-face help you further your academic because I’m a full-time teacher, single parent, and help take care of two elderly parents. career? Minot State gave me the opportunity How has Minot State helped you to try on different hats. I learned further your academic career? a lot and wasn’t always just in the classroom. I might have learned The teachers at MSU empower you to learn. the most from a work-study They are kind, highly respectful, and open job in IT. minded. There was a little bit of apprehension

when I decided to go back; would they be accepting of me? I feel really comfortable here. What’s your favorite They have helped me become a better learner. quote? “Bloom where you are Who has been your most influential planted.” I’m not sure it’s professor? from anyone specific. Dr. Dan Conn. He wants students to understand they are in education to change: the student, thus Who was your most society and then thus the world, to make it better. influential professor? Bill Harbort. He is quirky and Tell us about your thesis, “We are not fun. He is my favorite because trying to save the language. The he pushed me outside my comfort zone and challenged language is trying to save us.” me to think differently. I I’ve been hearing how we need to save the language learned a lot from his style. since I’ve been young, but the results have been un- satisfactory. If you tell the children that, to save the language, they don’t understand. But the opposite, how What is the best kept can it save them; its more intrinsic, there’s more mo- secret about Minot State? tivation, this is something that can save my life. We You can really create an experience don’t have the language or culture, we are missing for yourself based on the things that on a deeper, broader idea of culture. The you choose to get involved in. language can save us if we are willing. No one experience is the same. staff 15 MSU ALUMNI 3UNDER

Sparkof creativity spawns new company for Cote van Rensburg 16 ayla Cote van Rensburg ’11 (center of photo) was in such a creative space she almost didn’t see the symbol of her company right before her eyes. But after she and her husband, Piet van Rensburg, took a look at what would become the character of Dak, a stylized bison with the name “FARGO” in the body, they knew they were onto something special. “I started working on it about a year ago, it was winter and KI needed something to spark my creativity,” she said. “I noticed when I moved to Fargo the love of bison and the team, the local support, I wanted to do something to celebrate that. I wasn’t sure what, maybe a fine art piece with no name or anything like that. I was in such a creative space I didn’t know what I had. “My husband thought it was great. In January (2017) we had our first showing with Grain Designs, a company that makes signage with reclaimed wood. Because of my work with Fashion Week in Minot, Dak became apparel.” With that, Dak & Co. was born. Cote van Rensburg began her career in Fargo with Cote Creative, a marketing consulting firm, but now splits time with both companies. Juggling the duties of manager and client at the same time can be difficult. “It’s been challenging,” she said. “It is really different creating for yourself. It’s a different dynamic. I have to remember to be a good client and give myself the information I need. It’s been fun. It’s fun to have Piet on board. He’s analytical and has structure. That is a good balance for me. It’s fun to bounce ideas off him. We have learned a lot focus- ing on brand development.” She credits her time with Minot State’s student government in helping her move her career forward and praised MSU professors Bill Harbort and Linda Olson ’84 for getting her entrepreneurial spirit going. “Student government helped me be such a well-rounded student,” she said. “I can remember being in the art depart- ment and listening to Bill Harbort and his ventures and creative businesses, and I took an advanced student course with Linda Olson on jewelry making. She helped me with my senior showcase and I started out with a small jewelry company. Minot State definitely was a great confidence booster.” Cote van Rensburg, a Willow City, N.D., native who majored in art with an emphasis on graphic design and minored in marketing, believes the climate is right to expand her business. of creativity spawns “We are working on our online presence and want to grow and develop new items to make, we will make the apparel Spark for sure, but work on other products. We hope to do some new company for ‘pop-ups’ in North Dakota and maybe Minnesota,” she said. “I feel like the whole startup community is taking over the region. There are so many resources at our fingertips — the Cote van Rensburg internet has enabled startups to have a lot of success.” n 17 18 MSU ALUMNI 4UNDER

Hard work paying off for LERAAS ndy Leraas ’09 knew “It has been really rewarding to be able the industry he was to help people and see the change you can preparing to enter make in their lives. That’s rewarding on a was difficult, simply professional level,” he said. because of all of the Leraas also partially credits his ability competition. to thrive in a tough industry to his experi- Leraas, however, ence facilitating the KMSU Auction, a has never backed down major annual fundraising event for the from a little competition. broadcasting department of Minot State. “I think it goes back to my athletic “The KMSU Auction gets you out career at Minot State,” Leraas said. “I’ve in the community and the real world,” always been driven. I see a goal and try he said. “It’s very uncomfortable to ask to reach that goal. That’s always been people for a donation. But that comes my demeanor. Coming into an industry really naturally to me. The Auction and where the harder you work, the more you my collegiate career in general forced understand the products, the more you me to learn to multitask. When you can help people and their needs, the more have to manage basketball practice, you will be rewarded.” baseball practice, and classes all at the That hard work has paid off in just a same time, you learn that multitasking short time for Leraas. The former basketball is really important.” and baseball player at MSU, who gradu- While Leraas has been very successful ated with a broadcasting degree, has quickly during a short time with Thrivent, the built his practice to the Pinnacle producer organization has helped him stay grounded level at Thrivent Financial since joining and inspired his sense of community the in late 2014 as a Financial Associate. service. He has sponsored multiple events In 2015, his first full year, he qualified to in and around Minot, lending time and attend the organization’s Peak Performers money to causes he feels passionate about. Conference and was named the region’s “We really value the idea of living Rookie of the Year. He followed that by generously — we have T-shirts that say qualifying to attend the Thrivent Financial ‘Live Generously,’ that’s the mindset. I Summit Conference. This past year, he take a lot of pride in that,” Leraas said. qualified to attend the Pinnacle Conference “If I’m associated with an organization finishing 25th out of approximately 2,000 that believes in that, I should believe it financial representatives in the not-for-profit, as well. The giving back that my wife, Fortune 500 organization. He was ranked Teal (Eggert) ’08 and I have done has No. 1 in the Northland region in 2017. been important to us.” n

19 Impressive art space captures metropolitan feel in the Great Plains

By NICOLE THOM-ARENS

he new Northwest Arts Center is like a piece of that you have to have for care and protection of the artwork, and New York City found in the middle of rural now we have that,” Veikley explained. North Dakota. The gallery now offers the university the opportunity to bring “I have to give a lot of credit to Terry Jelsing,” in a greater variety of art. Avis (Rhoads) Veikley ’76, director of the Northwest Piehl’s work will be on display in the inner gallery for the Arts Center, said. “He really was instrumental in grand opening April 19 — the night before the annual Alumni working with the architects.” Association Gala. The impressive space immediately transports “If the grand opening has a theme, it would be art instruction visitors — and that’s all by design. From the windows looking at Minot State,” Veikley said. “We plan to feature his work … out to the Minot State campus, the natural grass and native rock focused more on his role as an educator — as a teacher here — and leading to the entrance, to the movable wall designed to rotate we’re going to include some current and former work of art faculty around a structural column to transform the gallery as needed, in that grand opening display.” it’s all part of the package. Artworks from other faculty will be on display in the reception Housed in the lower level of the Gordon B. Olson Library area surrounding the Walter Piehl Gallery. on Minot State’s west end of campus, the $1.4 million privately “We have this beautiful reception area so that we can have funded center is home to the state-of-the-art Walter Piehl Gallery. people come in. It was designed with public access and a public “One of the things we have here that we didn’t have before reception area in mind,” Veikley said. is climate control, temperature, and humidity control, which is The entrance to the center is on the south side of the Gordon B. what you need in a certified gallery. There are certain standards Olson Library. n 20 21 Gov. Burgum’s STATE OF THE STATE

OV. DOUG BURGUM addressed North Dakota in his first-ever State of the State Address in front of a standing room only audience at Minot State University’s Ann Nicole Nelson Hall Jan. 23. Burgum and Lt. Gov. Brent Sanford both spoke at the event, covering multiple topics throughout the state of North Dakota. It’s the first non-legislative session address by a governor since 2002’s State of the State by then GGov. John Hoeven. The first-term governor, the state’s 33rd overall, reflected on North Dakota’s challenges and collective accomplishments during his first year in office. Burgum announced plans to tour all 11 of North Dakota’s public colleges and universities in 2018 — starting with a tour of Minot State University.

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“We want to listen to the needs of students, faculty, staff, and the community, and we want to make sure we get an understanding of where we are and how we can create a governance system that allows our higher education to be nimble and dynamic at a time of dramatic change,” he said. Along with the tour of MSU’s campus, Burgum met with Minot State students, faculty and staff, and community leaders during sessions following the State of the State Address. n Communication Disorders Dept. 23 CUNNINGHAM builds lifetime of stories

By MICHAEL LINNELL

fter 46 years of California and begin a career public service, in law enforcement wasn’t a Lee Cunningham calculated decision ­­– at least ’71 decided it was not career wise. It was some- time to move on thing much more personal. to new adventures, retiring as “Debbie (wife Debra the Assistant District Attorney (Gelking) Cunningham ’08) for the County of San Luis Obis- and I wanted to get married po, Calif., on Dec. 30, 2017. and her dad said ‘as long as From his time at Minot State you have a job,’” he joked. to being a correctional officer, “At the time, it was between a police officer, a detective, at- teaching or farming. The farm torney, and finally in the district wasn’t big enough to support attorney’s office, Cunningham’s two families and my dad (Verr path reads like a novel. “VL” Cunningham) was still It began with his education. running the family farm and His degree from MSU is in I didn’t want to start teach- social science, concentrating in ing at another small town like math, physics — and speech. the one I was at. My brother, “Not the most common Larry, said I could probably combination,” he said. “I get a job with him at the started out getting in the Coast California Men’s Colony.” Guard, but they only had He later moved from marine engineering and I didn’t corrections to the San Luis have that background. I wanted Obispo Police Department, “I liked the idea of being ing, but very rewarding work. to go to the service academy to rising up to the rank of detec- my own boss and honestly, Your job is to seek justice — I fly, but based on my academic tive. It was during his time as I figured I would make a lot know it sounds kind of corny rank, there was no way in the a police officer that he decided of money,” he recalled of the — but it’s true, that’s the job. world I would get to the flight to pursue a law degree. move. “But I had no business “My son was killed in a car academy. By the time I trans- “Almost all of the police of- background and made all sorts crash and that experience gave ferred to Minot State, I had ficers had a bachelor’s degree, of business mistakes. I thought me real empathy for crime vic- the credits to get the math and so I thought maybe I should being a prosecutor was more tims and dealing with victims. physics, but I don’t claim to be have a masters,” he said. of what I should be doing.” I think that is why the office a physicist at all.” “Debbie asked what I would He joined the San Luis gave me the challenging cases.” His time at Minot State, do with that and I didn’t Obispo County District At- Family was also at the heart coupled with his mother, Geor- know, so I thought about torney’s Office in 1985. He was of moving on and deciding it gia, who taught math at MSU, going to law school. I would involved in just about every was the right time to retire. gave him a love of learning. volunteer for the graveyard type of case, but was routinely Cunningham is looking “In a broad sense, that’s shifts and go to law school in singled out for some of the forward to working his son’s Minot State’s influence on me, the evening.” most challenging cases. He feels (Jordan Cunningham, Califor- a love of learning. I eventually Cunningham earned his time on the police force and nia State Assembly) re-election went back to law school — not his law degree in 1978 and a profound sense of empathy campaign and traveling. because I had a burning desire passed the bar in 1979, start- helped him during those cases. “It was a tough decision,” to be a lawyer, but simply, to go ing his own business as a civil “My personality, good or he said of retirement. “But, back to school,” he said. “That’s attorney. After six years, he bad, is that I can compartmen- I wanted more family time. a credit to Minot State.” felt like it was time to move talize things — I was able to My wife and I wanted to have Cunningham’s decision to back to the “good guy side” leave the job at the job,” he said. some time to travel and be move from Ryder, N.D., to as he calls it. “It could be emotionally drain- active while we still can.” n

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25 Athletics unveils Academic Center

By MICHAEL LINNELL

When the Minot State University Athletic Department opened the doors of the Dean Frantsvog Academic Success Center in January, it was the culmination of many years of discussion and planning. In fact, the discussion desks and new carpet. I wanted of American Trust Center, interested in partnering with goes back as far as its to be a part of it, whether it was United Community Bank us,” Frantsvog said. “He was namesake has been Faculty planning, financing, or helping of North Dakota, Vibeto excited and his enthusiasm for Athletic Representative. raise money for it.” Orthodontics, and Dean the project brought it to the “I really started with The plan went from a and Sara (Christianson) ’99 next level. He got Bryan (then athletic director) Rick renovation of one room, into Frantsvog. (Vibeto), American Trust Hedberg ’89. He and I had a a two-room complex within According to Frantsvog, the Center, and me together and conversation, he identified a the MSU Dome. The center plan moved from concept to said, ‘Let’s partner on this and need, and we just talked about features state-of-the-art tech- actuality mainly behind United get this done.’” what the possibilities could nology, peer tutoring services, Community Bank president “I was approached by the be,” Frantsvog ’97 said. “First, and a supervised study area. and CEO Randy Conway ’92. group here (at Minot State) it was just a remodel of the The center was made pos- “I approached Randy and by Randy to help Minot old classroom — maybe some sible through the generosity and asked if the bank was State,” Vibeto said. “Every-

The center features state-of-the-art technology, peer tutoring services, and a supervised study area.

L – R: Randy Conway ’92, Bryan Vibeto, and Dean Frantsvog ’97 26 thing I’ve done with them that spans the hallway at the has been top notch, so I was Dome was a bit tougher. honored to be included in it. “I’m very proud to have my Dean and I have been best name on the academic center, friends since first grade, so it’s that being said, I advocated that been neat to do this together. my name not be there because We are at the point in our lives I didn’t feel it was about me; it’s where it’s time to give back to about the student-athletes and those who gave to us. It’s excit- their experience,” he said. “But ing to be a part of.” the donors wanted it that way. “We were extremely inter- As long as it doesn’t take away ested in being a partner on this from the purpose of the center, because we know the kind of I’m pleased to be a part of it.” commitment student-athletes Conway, however, didn’t make and how challenging it think there was another name is for them,” Conway said. “It in the running. was a great academic project “Dean’s involvement with and we were happy to be a part this project was a big part of of it. We are a community bank my involvement in the project,” and this is a nice fit for us.” he said. “He has done a lot of Convincing Frantsvog to work for the community and have his name on the banner the university. I couldn’t think of a better person to have it named after.” According to Conway, the center is another positive step forward for the athletic department. “I’m really excited to see the direction Dr. (Steven) Shirley is taking this university,” he said. “Dean, Rick, Andy (MSU Athletic Director Andy Carter), and Dr. Shirley have done a great job of moving this project forward and it’s another great step. Not just for the students here now, but for the future in recruiting. Parents will see that MSU is committed to academics. Minot is lucky to have this kind of leadership.” Frantsvog is also excited for the future. “I don’t think I anticipated what the center is today, and that’s exciting, but after talking to our student-athletes and what they plan to do and how they will utilize it, that makes me even more excited,” he said. “It’s going to be a great place for them to call their own and that made me and the other donors excited. This will end up being an even better project than it is now because of how they will be able to use it.” n

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Development Foundation

New tax laws may actually enhance opportunities for charitable giving

s you may While concern is certainly ment Accounts to a qualified have suspect- justified over how the new charitable organization such ed, there has tax law will impact founda- as the MSU Development been a great tions and other nonprofits, Foundation. And what’s more, deal of discus- it is difficult to predict how these transfers can satisfy some sion — and a fair amount things will actually play out. or all of the account holder’s of concern — over the Tax Naturally, we are hopeful that Required Minimum Distribu- IRA account holder, age 70 ½ Cuts and Jobs Act passed by alumni and friends of Minot tion (RMD) mandated at age or older, and have charitable Congress on Dec. 20, 2017. State University will continue 70 ½. Normally, any amounts inclinations) and do not Many foundations and other to support our mission be- received as an RMD are fully utilize this opportunity, you non-profit organizations fear cause they believe in our work taxable to the account holder are really leaving dollars on that the bill’s increase in and not strictly because of the in the year received. The the table. A $5,000 RMD the standard deduction will ability to claim an income tax exception is the IRA chari- left directly to a charitable cause people to reduce their deduction. In fact, the new table rollover, and the reason organization would produce charitable giving, since most tax law may actually serve to is because the distributions a tax savings of $600, using a taxpayers will no longer enhance rather than reduce go directly from the account modest 12 percent federal in- choose to itemize deductions. charitable giving, as the boost holder’s IRA custodian/trustee come tax bracket. Using a 22 In the past, married couples in the standard deduction may to the charitable organization; percent bracket, the savings could receive a tax break if all likely leave some taxpayers the funds do not pass through would amount to $1,100. of their itemized deductions with more disposable income, the hands of the taxpayer. Looking on the bright side, exceeded $12,000. Under the which could be used to in- As I have examined the the increase in the standard new law, the standard deduc- crease their charitable giving. new tax legislation, I am more deduction may actually result tion doubles to $24,000, One opportunity that takes convinced than ever of the in greater disposable income, beginning in 2018. Critics of on increasing importance benefits of IRA charitable which could translate into the bill fear that the incentive under the new legislation, rollovers. If they were a good more dollars for charitable or- to make charitable donations in my estimation, is the IRA deal under the old law (hint: ganizations. At the same time, will disappear for many charitable rollover. I have they were), they are even a the continued availability of middle-class taxpayers when written about this strategy better deal under the new law, the IRA charitable rollover — they discover that they cannot in previous editions of Con- in my opinion. The doubling in light of the diminished abil- reach the $24,000 deduction nections. Basically, the IRA of the standard deduction ity to itemize deductions for threshold. Therefore, couples charitable rollover allows tax- — especially for IRA ac- most taxpayers — may even who have less than $24,000 payers who are 70 ½ years of count holders 70 ½ and older allow some donors to expand in itemized deductions will age (or older) to make tax-free — practically screams for the their support of charitable benefit from using the (new) transfers of up to $100,000 charitable rollover. If you are organizations. What a blessing standard deduction. from their Individual Retire- part of that demographic (e.g. that would be! n Dan Langemo, Development Officer

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4. Zach Burdick ’07 and daughters Charlotte and Sophia helped cheer the Beavers on to victory.

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1965 dinator in 2012 to improve coor- accountant and later transitioned Tenley (Kostenko) Claudette (Haga) Merck and dination between western North to controller, financial man- Johnson is retiring her husband, John, of Velva Dakota and the Capitol and its ager, and most recently to chief as the technology and celebrated their 50th wedding state agencies. He retired from financial officer. Aamot worked at business teacher at anniversary in October. The that position a year later. He the CPA firm of Zine, Hoover & Max Public School. Friday, April 20 Mercks have twin sons and three served on the board of directors Voeller in Williston prior to join- She plans to spend grandchildren. for the North Dakota Petroleum ing RTC. He and his wife, Brenda, more time with her mother and Council and on the Workforce are looking forward to spending grandchildren, as well as learn a Ed Schnaible of Advisory Board and the North more time with family, especially new skill. Holiday Inn Minot was inducted, Dakota Training Board. Gov. his grandchildren. by the North Dakota John Hoeven appointed him as 1988 Association of Real- the first chairman of the Oil 1983 Gail (Warner) tors, into the Na- and Gas Research Council. Melissa (McGowan) Bliss, director Bowers received tional Association of Wayne and his wife, Jean, live of Ward County Social Services, the 2018 California Realtors prestigious Omega Tau in Billings, Mont. won the President’s Award from the Music Educators Rho fraternity and presented with North Dakota Conference of Social Association’s Pearson the Medallion of Service Award. Bob Mongeon Workers for 2017. Bliss has been Scott Foresman/Silver Schnaible was also awarded retired as vice presi- the director of social services in the Burdett Choral Educator of the realtor emeritus status by the Na- dent of commercial county for three years. Year award for the state of Califor- tional Association of Realtors. lending for First nia. Bowers teaches high school in Western Bank & Nancy (Stai) Taylor is a claims Santa Rosa. 1971 Trust in Minot. adjuster I at EMC Insurance Dwight Flygare was named 2017 Company’s Bismarck branch. Taylor Marlene (Bachmeier) Kautzman Outstanding City Elected Official 1979 was most recently a senior insurance received the 2017-18 Title 1 Ex- by the North Dakota League of Bill Miklosey earned manager with a real estate company. ceptional Educator Award issued Cities during the League’s 2017 a master’s degree in by the North Dakota Department annual conference held last Sep- reading and literacy 1985 of Public Instruction. Kautzman tember in Fargo. Flygare serves as in 2013 and was Tami Strege is the has been an educator for 30 years the mayor of Kenmare. conferred as a Doctor principal of the in a myriad of different areas. She of Education special- Helen A. Fort Middle was a classroom teacher for 10 1973 izing in reading and literacy School in Pemberton years, in special education for 15 from Capella University in 2017. Township, N.J. Strege years, and has spent 15 years as Barb (Steinberger) Miklosey is serving as a literacy spent the past three a Title 1 teacher at New Salem- Witteman received specialist with AESOP’s Attic, years running Washington High Almont Public Schools. the 2018 Alec Dick- a non-profit literacy outreach pro- School in Phoenix, where she son Servant Leader gram providing reading interven- helped the school receive a silver Richard Stenberg, associate Award. Witteman tion for children in kindergarten medal from U.S. News & World professor of history and political is an education through third grade in the urban Report for its academic success and science at Williston State College, professor at Concordia College community of East St. Louis, Ill. college preparation. began a two-year term on the North in Moorhead, Minn. The award He retired as a lieutenant colonel Dakota Historic Preservation honors exemplary leaders who, in the U.S. Army in 2002. 1986 Review Board in October 2017. by example, have inspired the Rob White retired service-learning field, had a posi- 1980 after 30 years with 1990 tive impact on the lives of young Jane Kostenko retired from the the Minot Police Ken Arneson people, and motivated others to faculty at the University of Mary- Department. White participated in take up the banner of service. land Extension as principle agent most recently served TEDxOshkosh in 1974 associate in August after 12½ as the patrol division November. He was years. Kostenko is now working commander but previously served a featured speaker Wayne Biberdorf hard to find a balance between as administrative lieutenant. He on “The Future of received the Lifetime volunteering and tackling a was also the Ward County 911 Aging.” His forward looking talk Achievement award robust to-do list. Earlier in the Coordinator. explored ongoing and upcoming at the Williston summer, Jane and her husband, trends that continue to change Basin Chapter of the J. Tyler Bell, volunteered at the 1987 the face of aging in our world. American Petroleum filming of Antiques Roadshow in Kelly Hayhurst of Arneson is the president/CEO of Institute’s 2017 awards banquet. Harrisburg, Pa. Minot was named Evergreen Retirement Community Biberdorf retired from Hess in a member of the and has been in senior services for 2010 after 30 years of employ- 1981 Raymond James Fi- over 30 years. He holds a master’s ment. He held various positions David Aamot nancial Services 2018 degree in public administration at Hess, including operations retired as chief Executive Council. with an emphasis in health care manager, district engineer, busi- financial officer at Membership is based on prior administration from the University ness unit manager, and manager Reservation Tele- year fiscal production. This is the of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. Ken and of strategic projects. Gov. Jack phone Cooperative fourth consecutive year Hayhurst his wife, Bobbi (Dunkel -’90), Dalrymple appointed him to the in Parshall. Aamot has qualified for the recognition. have lived in Oshkosh for 22 years position of energy impact coor- started at RTC in 1989 as a plant 33 SEND US YOUR NEWS: MinotStateU.edu/alumni and have two children. She cur- Colleen (Syrota) Hermanson, of Inez (Sprenger) Rose, memory served as a commercial lender rently works for the Oshkosh Area Horizon Speech Therapy Services, care manager at Edgewood in with the bank. He has worked School District. has co-located her business to Bismarck, recently accepted the within the banking industry for be part of Bright Path Pediatric resident/family relations role for 10 years. Burdick is the vice presi- Sara (Birkeland) Therapy. Hermanson provides memory care. dent of the MSU Beaver Booster Medalen was counseling for children, mar- Club and participates in Junior nominated for the riages, and families as well as play Tara Schaefer-Nygaard joined Achievement. LifeChanger of the therapy. She has over 20 years of Dakota Boys and Girls Ranch in Year award. Medalen experience offering a wide variety Minot as a licensed certified social Krista (Thompson) is a Title 1 reading of services such as screenings, worker. Schaefer-Nygaard provides Mattice was pro- and math teacher at Sunnyside evaluations and treatment of ar- therapy to youth in the residen- moted to police Elementary School in Minot. ticulation, fluency, voice, language tial programs at the Ranch. She sergeant for the LifeChanger of the Year is an and cognitive-communication received her master’s degree in social Minot Police Depart- annual program sponsored by Na- disorders. She received her work at Northwest Nazarene Uni- ment. Mattice joined tional Life Group that recognizes master’s degree in communication versity in Nampa, Idaho, in 2005. the police department in 2008 as and rewards K-12 educators and disorders in 2002. a patrol officer, was promoted to school employees across the coun- 2005 senior police officer in 2012 and try. The program celebrates those 1994 Gary McDaniel is a survey was transferred to the Investiga- who are making a significant dif- Kimberly (Ness) technician in the geospatial tions Division in 2013 where she ference in the lives of students by Berning joined services core business for Erdman became the case management/ exemplifying excellence, positive Morgan Commu- Anthony’s West Palm Beach license compliance officer. She influence and leadership. nity College in Fort office. McDaniel manages the became a detective in 2015. Morgan, Colo., as a unmanned aerial vehicle surveying David Hoff is the psychiatric nursing division for the office. He has over 2008 assistant coach of faculty. Berning was most recently five years of experience surveying Audra Wyman was the U.S. Paralympics employed with United Tribes in Florida and North Dakota. promoted to vice Men’s Sled Hockey Technical College in Bismarck as president for United Team. Hoff is a math a nursing faculty member. 2006 Community Bank in teacher at Bottineau Melissa (Branson) Minot. Wyman has High School, as well as the ath- 1995/2000 Fettig, with Minot been employed at letic director and hockey coach. Kristi (Schaefer) State’s Student United Community for 11 years Berg of Minot is Health Center, and has previous work experi- Cheryl (Christianson) serving a two-year received the Minot ence in retail banking, mortgage Wallen retired as the term on the board Area Chamber lending, loan administration, Minot Area Chamber of directors for the of Commerce Eagle Award in and bank financial management. of Commerce finance Technology Council December. MACC sponsors the Wyman serves as a board member director, a position of North Dakota (TechND). program to recognize Minot of the Minot State University she held for 27 years. workers who exhibit superior Alumni Association. 2000 customer service. 1992 Dale Plessas was promoted to the 2009 Steve Fennewald is rank of lieutenant for the Minot Chris Schilken took Jared W. Gietzen, an assistant vice presi- Police Department. Plessas will over the helm at the with Larson Law Firm dent-senior mortgage take over as afternoon patrol shift Watertown Develop- P.C. of Minot, has lender at First West- commander and will supervise ment Company on been selected for inclu- ern Bank & Trust in three sergeants and 15 police of- Feb. 1. His new posi- sion in the National Minot. Fennewald ficers. He joined the police depart- tion with the WDC Trial Lawyers Top 40 has 25 years of lending experience. ment in 2001 as a patrol officer. will focus on business recruitment Under 40 Civil Plaintiff Trial Law- He served as the mayor of the city and expansion and developing a yers for North Dakota. The selection of Surrey and is a charter member 2002 growing Watertown workforce. process is based on a multiphase of the Surrey Lions Club. Mary (Kloeckner) Schilken most recently worked as process that includes peer nomina- Kohler was promoted a loan manager for Prairie Federal tions and third-party research. Brenda (Juergens) to senior associate Credit Union in Minot. Before Foster was appointed for Brady Martz & that, he served as the executive Angie (Zieske) chairman of the Associates in Minot. director of Forward Devils Lake Hansen was pro- board for First Kohler began work- for five years. moted to assistant Western Bank & ing at Brady Martz in 2015 and vice president of loan Trust. Foster will is a bookkeeper mainly working 2007 operations at First continue as president and CEO. in the oil and gas industry. She Zach Burdick was Western Bank & She has worked for the Minot also does consulting work to oil promoted to senior Trust. Hansen, a Minot native, has bank for more than 36 years. operators. vice president of been with the bank since 1997. United Community She has served as the treasurer for Bank in Minot. the Y’s Men’s Tough Enough to Burdick previously Wear Pink program for 11 years. 34 SEND US YOUR NEWS: MinotStateU.edu/alumni

Tyler Neether was Prior to joining Fredrikson, Doerr after his internship in 2013. He native, joined Brady Martz in honored with the served as a judicial law clerk works in the nonprofit industry 2015 and became a CPA in 2017. Minot Association for the North Dakota Supreme performing audits and tax return She specializes in not-for-profit of Builders 2017 Court. He received his law degree preparation. accounting and auditing, oil and Citizen of the Year from the University of North gas bookkeeping, and also works award. Neether is vice Dakota School of Law. 2014 in the tax department. president for business lending at Paige Phillips was Town & Country Credit Union. Kirsten (Gieser) promoted to senior 2016 Little is a speech- associate for Brady Cortney Crites is working for 2010 language pathologist Martz & Associates the United States Forest Service Sarah (Guss) Miller at Pediatric Therapy in Minot. Phillips as a hydrology technician. Crites is the auditor for the Partners, Bismarck. joined the Brady spends the majority of her time city of Stanton. She Little has experi- Martz team in 2014 and works hiking in the Black Hills National and her husband, ence in outpatient, inpatient and primarily in the outsourcing and Forest conducting surveys, iden- James, live in Hazen. rehabilitative pediatrics and a tax departments. tifying signs of mass movement, certificate through the American and mapping pre-historic/historic Speech Language Hearing Asso- Nurkhair Teleu is a geotechnical landslides in the Black Hills. She Deann (Olschlager) ciation. She received her master’s engineer for Voskhod Oriel- inventories/maps springs, streams, Stanley is teaching degree from the University of Yildirim Group. The company and wetlands. preschool in Harvey. North Dakota. has grown to become a global She and her husband, force based in Istanbul, Turkey, Ryan Curzon is working for Res- Justin, have five 2013 with operations in 21 countries ervoir Dogs Geological Consulting children. Kyle Peterson of Berthold was on four continents. in Regina, Saskatchewan. Curzon recognized with the Award for is beginning a career in geology as 2011 Counselor Achievement-Hon- 2015 well as working toward attaining his professional geologist designation. Jon Lee is the orable Mention from the North KateLynn Albers accounting man- Dakota Department of Human was promoted to Aaron Jeffrey, a ager for Reservation Services’ Division of Vocational senior associate for registered nurse, Telephone Coopera- Rehabilitation at its conference Brady Martz & received the DAISY tive in Parshall. Lee held in October. Associates in Minot. Award from Trin- has been employed at Albers, a Hazen ity Health-Minot. RTC since 2007. He and his wife, Mary Lauinger was native, is a CPA and started work- The DAISY award Mackenzie, have a son. promoted to senior ing at Brady Martz in 2015. She celebrates extraordinary clinical associate for Brady works in the audit and accounting skill and compassionate care by 2012 Martz & Associates and tax departments. Kelsey (Barney) in Minot. Lauinger, nurses. Jeffrey is one of the few individuals talented enough to Aller was promoted originally from Katelynn (Backes) play a dulcimer, and he used those to human resource Linton, joined Brady Martz in Denne was pro- talents to brighten a patient’s day generalist officer at 2014 and works primarily in the moted to senior by coming in early and staying First Western Bank outsourcing department in addi- associate for Brady late after his shift to play. & Trust. Aller is a tion to the tax department. Martz & Associates member of the Society for Hu- in Minot. Denne, a Minot native, Attended man Resource Management and Jenn (Kluck) began working at Brady Martz as Ashton Gerard is is a SHRM-certified professional. Vandal, DNP, an intern in 2015. She is a member of the Kiwanis APRN, FNP-BC, the night reporter at the Minot Daily Club of Minot and has been with joined Family Michael Montonye, News. Gerard does the bank since 2013. HealthCare in Fargo. was named senior the behind-the- As a board-certified family nurse associate for Brady scenes work for the Andre Boucher is an underwriter practitioner, Vandal provides Martz & Associ- sports department and, as the I with EMC Insurance Com- comprehensive care to patients ates in Minot. night reporter, handles collect- pany’s Bismarck branch. Boucher of all age groups with acute and Montonye, originally ing information needed daily for was previously employed with a chronic conditions. Her areas from Rugby, has been with Brady the weather page, fire calls and credit union as a financial services of interest include pediatrics, Martz since 2015 when he started death notices. Gerard grew up in representative. women’s health, community and as an intern. He works in both Springfield, Ohio, and attended public health, and preventive care. audit and accounting and tax Clark State Community College Brandt Doerr is a departments. Fargo associate in the Bradley Yoder was before moving to Minot in 2014. litigation group with named manager Andrea Purseglove, Fredrikson & Byron at Brady Martz & was promoted to P.A. law firm. Doerr Associates in Minot. senior associate for handles commercial Yoder, a native of Brady Martz & litigation matters, business dis- Williston, began Associates in Minot. putes, and employment matters. working full time at Brady Martz Purseglove, a Minot 35 MARK YOUR CALENDAR for these UPCOMING EVENTS!

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36 It is with honor we dedicate this section to recognize alumni and friends who have passed away from approximately October 2017 through February 2018 or as submitted.

Graduates Attended Toyama, William; Marshfield, Wis. ’32 Hollarn (Simonieg), Evelyn; Minot Albright, Linda; Minot Veitz, Larry; Spearfish, S.D. ’35 Larson (Carlson), Olive; Fergus Falls, Minn. Anderson (Sneva), Geralyn; Dagmar, Mont. Webber, John; Detroit Lakes, Minn. ’40 Anton (Cooper), Margaret; Fargo Anderson, Richard; Mohall Wheeling (Lee), Barbara; Minot ’41 Wiese (Raile), Helyne; Langdon Angstadt (Axtman), Elizabeth; Rugby ’49 Gruenberg, Fred; Minot Ballantyne (Lerfald), Janet; Westminster, Colo. Friends ’49 Swenson (Breckey), Evelyn; Yakima, Wash. Bannister (Fjeld), Kathleen; Minot Abelseth (St. Peter), Betty; Minot ’50 Jans, Melvin; Bakersfield, Calif. Bloom (Abrahamson), Betty; Stanley Bloomquist, Carl; Devils Lake ’51 Sorenson (Huettl), Marjorie; Mountlake Botz, Allyn; Minot Bohmbach, Neil; New Town Terrace, Wash. Braun, Clarence; Dallas, Texas Breiland (Herda), Judy; Minot ’52 Kranz (Majeres), Patricia; Mandan Brunner, Loran; Minot Burckhard, Michael; Minot ’52 Larking, Floyd; Deer Lodge, Mont. Butler (Luchsinger), Marilyn; Newberg, Ore. Butz (Osdoba), Nada; Minot ’56 Kjosen (Bakken), Evelyn; Stanley Butz (Osdoba), Nada; Minot Eberly (Beisner), Marilyn; Lincoln, Neb. ’57 Myhra, Thomas; Fridley, Minn. Byrne (Schnell), Donna; Minot Feist, Daniel; Minot ’58 Abelein, Rex; Lakewood, Colo. Christianson (Lewis), Stefanie; Billings, Mont. Fuchs, Jerry; Minot ’58 Backes, Orlin; Minot Collins (Norris), Beverly; Minot Getzlaff, Rodney; Minot ’59 Axtmann, Edward; Mandan Corey (Beck), Maybell; Minot Goetz (Kime), Carol; Lake Wales, Fla. ’59 Kinnersley (Peters), Ruth; Manteno, Ill. Faaren (Koppelsloen), Grace; Olympia, Wash. Goldade (Roerick), Pauline; Minot ’60 Forbes, A. Wilson; Happy Camp, Calif. Flom, Selmer, Burlington Graupe (Lundby), Carolyn; Crosby ’60 Hauglie, Herbert; Everett, Wash. Foley, Michael; Billings, Mont. Hammer, Ronald; Minot ’60 Jacobson (Hegstad), Fern; Powers Lake Gardner, Annella; Dickinson Hanisch, Gary; Bismarck ’60 Bergo (Kro), Jordis; Johnston, Iowa Gardner, Charles; Williston Hoes, John; Minot ’61 Clark, Gary; Woodland, Calif. Gibbens (Kinzley), Helma; Cando Holm, Donald; Kalispell, Mont. ’61 Murphy (Durward), Sharon; Racine, Wis. Gimble, William; Minot Holmes (Erickson), June; Billings, Mont. ’65 Heinz (Tastad), Janice; Rolette Griffin, Peggy; Minot Houston, Melvin; Minot ’66 Anderson, Ronald; Glenburn Gust (Thom), Wilma; Minot Larson, Richard; Glenburn ’66 Kraft, Fred; Bismarck Hance (Torno), Eileen; Minot Lenton, Marlen; Minot ’66 Weispfenning, Kent; Maplewood, Minn. Heen, Kermit; Williston Livedalen, Kenneth; Towner ’67 Wilson (Ahlberg), Mary; Costa Mesa, Calif. Heinrick, Wayne; Towner Miller, LaVern; Williston ’68 Hurdelbrink (Henderson), Judy; Mandan Heintz, Alfred; Cheyenne, Wyo. Rasmusson, Winston; Minot ’69 Malling (Lies), LaVerne; Bismarck Helseth, Bruce; Carpio Rollman, Gordon; Granville ’70 LaCroix, Daniel; Brookings, Ore. Johnson, Wayne; Minot Schmidt, Edwin; Bismarck ’71 Axvig (Voegele), Sharon; Cando Klein (Faul), Carolyn; Langdon Skadeland (Jensen), Kay; Williston ’71 Hall (Wilson), Arla; Bottineau Klein (Dahl), Margaret; Dallas, Texas Sobolik, Gayle; Fordville ’72 Friese (Stern), Louise; Garrison Knock (Coy), Susan; Minot Severson, Alton; Minot ’73 Strand, Gordon; Williston Knutson, Eugene; Kenmare Tryhus (Nelson), Joyce; Minot ’73 Young, Kenneth; Antler Korom (Haugen), Dorothy; Minot Whitesell (Rowbottom), Dorothy; Minot ’73 Wood, James; Oakdale, Minn. Kraft (Withey), Bonnie; Minot ’75 Smits (Camber), Helen; Green Bay, Wis. Krenz (Johnson), Rosemarie; Tolley Faculty and Staff ’75 Willenbring, Robert; Bismarck Larson (Hastings), Patricia; Glenburn Allen, Dr. Warren (’43), retired professor ’76 Krukenberg, Jacob “Jack”; Minot LaVallie (Marion), Betty; Belcourt emeritus of education and vice president ’76 Remmick, Betty (Gietzen); Milwaukee, Wis. Lawson, Harold “David”; Minot for Academic Affairs; Deering ’77 Kisse, Duane; Pueblo, Colo. Lindseth (Hystad), Betty; Minot Briggs (Anderson), Susan, former instructor of ’78 Ness, Rick; Minot Moen (Lervik), Linda; Kramer communication disorders; Winona, Minn. ’79 Byrd, Marla; Garrison Mrachek (Novak), Evelyn; Williston Goodman, Larry (’69), retired professor of ’79 Elhard, Terry; Ashley Murphy (Tourville), Mary Jane; Minot mathematics; Minot ’80 Glibota, John; Minot Nehring, Tom; Bismarck Martin (Mortensen), Karen; retired Reference ’83 Bauer, Brooks; Ryder Newbury (Westlie), Melissa; Minot Librarian at Gordon B. Olson Library; Minot ’86 Sjoquist, Bernice; Tolley Petrick, Carmen; Linton Merbach (Kreis), Carolyn (’92), former em- ’88 Bentz (Murray), Sandra; Jamestown Pfeifer (Bertsch), Dolores; Rugby ployee of Enrollment Services; Bismarck ’94 Hjelden, Cory; West Fargo Randa (Haugen), Lillie; Mandan Sobolik, Gayle; former instructor in the Col- ’95 Petschke, Chad; Fairmont, Minn. Rist, James; Velva lege of Business; Fordville ’95 Stevick, Jock; Minot Roberts, John D; Minot Thom Anderson (Kenney), Janice, former ’99 Cheshire (Benson), Sarah; Fergus Falls, Schiefer, Harry; La Quinta, Calif. employee of MSU Food Services; Minot Minn. Schroeder, Myron; Minot Trimborn, Allyn, former custodian with facili- ’00 Walaker (Lund), Mary; Fargo Schweitzer (Yeager), Pearl; Fargo ties management; Minot ’02 Anderson, Thomas; Warren, Minn. Scott, Jerald; Brandon, Fla. Wallin (Quamme), Julianne, retired professor ’07 Nelson (Whitmore), Jennifer; Stanley Steffan (Senger), Irene; Devils Lake emeritus of humanities; Edina, Minn. Thunshelle (Greenlee), Joyce; Plaza 37 Brabandt Lance Brabandt ’07 and his Look wife, Angela, welcomed their daughter, Meadow Barbara, on who’s Nov. 16, 2016. NEW!

Brunner Kenley joined the Have you had Brunner Family, Nov. 20, 2017. She was welcomed by Jaimie (Jundt) Brunner ’00, her an addition to your husband, Randy, and siblings, Dane, Kirstin and family recently? Maizey (pictured left to right).

We want to know! Contact Kate Marshall, Burckhard donor relations coordinator, at [email protected] Bridger Ellis entered the world Oct. 25, 2017. He was to receive a free T-shirt for your new little Beaver! Please be welcomed by Jason Burckhard ’05, his wife, Andrea and big sure to tell us your baby’s name and birth date. Also, please brothers, Blake and Bennett. provide your graduation year, spouse’s name, and contact information. After you receive your T-shirt,

email your baby’s photo to: DesRoches [email protected]. Alex DesRoches ’12 and Kelsey (Reinisch) DesRoches ’13 welcomed a baby girl, Kallie, on April 29, 2017.

Ahmed Zachariah arrived June 15, 2016. Proud Halvorson parents are Laura Shirtliffe ’08/’11 Patricia (Sollin) Halvorson and her husband, Hany Ahmed. ’07 and her husband, Lance, welcomed, Liam Leslie, June 14, 2017. He joins big brother, Lane Roland.

Hanson Everly Ann entered the Askvig world Dec. 24, 2015. Wynn Marie made her She was welcomed by debut Aug. 16, 2017. She was Eric Hanson ’04 and welcomed by proud Beaver parents, Genevieve (Binsfield) Ethen Askvig ’05 and Jayla (Howatt) Hanson ’07. 38 Askvig ’07 as well as by siblings Dyson and Terner. Wakeford Cody Wakeford ’09/’11 and his wife, Kristina, welcomed their second little one, Priscilla, on June 22, 2017.

Hines Royce Joseph arrived Sept. 4, 2015. He was born to Jolaine (Twentyman) Hines ’03 and her husband, Joseph. Walker Phillips Kasper McKinley Kae and Kaden Lee were born Gaskill Elliott Harrison Ryan Kasper ’12 Sept. 21, 2017, to Mathew Phillips ’10 and made his debut and Leah (Larson) his wife, Angela. Kasper ’12 Nov. 8, 2017. He welcomed their was born to Abby first little one, Walker Gaskill ’07 Crew, on and her husband, July 23, 2017. Rob.

Walz Kiefer Brian Walz ’09 Natalee Jennifer-Lynn and Stacy entered the world Oct. 16, (Jaeger) 2017. She was proudly Schaper Walz ’09 welcomed by Janel (Ivany) welcomed Melanie (McCormack) Schaper Kiefer ’10, her husband, their second ’02 and her husband, Mark, Tristan, and siblings, son, Asher welcomed a baby girl, Isabella Hannah and Andrew. August, Joy, on Sept. 17, 2017. May 30, 2017.

Vigness Wentz Mike Wentz ’11 and Amber (Kroke) Lee Sutton Teralyn was welcomed a little girl, Randall Lee ’16 and born May 10, 2017 Wentz ’11 Rebecca (Zaharia) to Chris Vigness Mya Jay, on Sept. 3, 2017. Lee ’04 had Bryer ’04 and Kelly Alan June 26, 2017. (Torgerson) Vigness ’03/’07. She joins big brother McCoy.

Middlestead Allyson (Eckroth) Middlestead ’07 and her husband, Andrew, welcomed Abigail on Feb. 10, 2017.

Ming Joshua Ming ’12 and Kirstin (Kanning) Ming ’11 welcomed Wakeford their second little one, Cody Wakeford ’09/’11 and his wife, Mallory Elizabeth, Kristina, joyfully welcomed Cody Bates April 4, 2017. on Feb. 2, 2015.

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hroughout her life, the late Dr. Rose Morgan ’63, professor emeritus, was a strong believer in Minot State University, higher education, and philanthropy. She worked ceaselessly to better her community. Through thoughtful estate planning, Dr. Morgan’s spirit and legacy will continue to empower generations of Minot State students. Dr. Morgan’s bequest promotes the importance of giving back through the Dr. Rose Morgan Scholarship Endowment as well as the Clinton and Adlyn Morgan Scholarship Endowment supported by a significant gift to the University. These endowments will support MSU clinical laboratory science or biology students.

Minot State students excel when special people like Dr. Morgan include Minot State in their estate planning. If you would like more information about how you can have a lasting impact, please contact Rick Hedberg, MSU Development Foundation, at 701-858-4483.