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7 Editor’s Note Cover Story 8 Letters 32 Generations 10 About Campus For families with generations of alumni, the The surprising truth about wolves, helping bring an University of Minnesota isn’t only an institution of old cemetery to life, and alumni make the U shine higher education—it’s home. BY TIM BRADY AND SUZY FRISCH 14 Alumni Stories Larissa Anderson’s funny job, Jack Brewer’s life mission, and more 20 Greek Revival The campus initiative that’s rejuvenating fraternities and sororities

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page 20 40 History Homecoming celebrations in the past 100 years have 24 Free for the Taking included just about everything. MOOCs haven’t revolutionized higher ed yet, but U BY TIM BRADY professors are helping revolutionize MOOCs. 47 Homecoming Guide 51 Gopher Sports The comprehensive guide for alumni From Gopher captain to Gopher coach 54 Gopher Connections Make the most of your member benefits

PHOTOS: Goldy cover and flip book by Rick Dublin and Kristi Anderson. 56 Campus Seen This page, clockwise from top: LRT by Sher Stoneman; Dungy and Gallogly Our photo finish courtesy University Archives; Greek by Sara Rubinstein Top: Washington Avenue looking east from the East Bank light rail station

www.MinnesotaAlumni.org BOARD OF DIRECTORS Chair Jim du Bois, ’87 Chair-elect Alison Page, ’96 Vice Chair Dan McDonald, ’82, ’85 Secretary/Treasurer Sandra Ulsaker Weise, ’81 Past Chair Susan Adams Loyd, ’81 President and CEO Lisa Lewis

Judy Beniak, ’82, ’10 Wendy Williams Blackshaw, ’82 Natasha Freimark, ’95 Gayle Hallin, ’70, ’77 Randy Handel Linda Hofflander, ’83 Douglas Huebsch, ’85 Janice Linster, ’83 Laura Moret, ’76, ’81 Alex Oftelie, ’03, ’06 Amy Phenix, ’08 Roshini Rajkumar, ’97 Clinton Schaff, ’00 Kathy Schmidlkofer, ’97 Alfonso Sintjago, ’14, ’15 Joelle Stangler, ’16 Dave Walstad, ’88, ’91 Jean Wyman

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA GOVERNANCE President Eric Kaler, ’82 Board of Regents Richard Beeson, ’76, chair Dean Johnson, vice chair Clyde Allen Laura Brod, ’93 Linda Cohen, ’85, ’86 Tom Devine ’79 John Frobenius, ’69 David Larson, ’66 Peggy Lucas, ’64, ’76 David McMillan, ’83, ’87 Abdul Omari, ’08, ’10 Patricia Simmons

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[your name here] Scholar Flipping Out

t was a cold, raw, rainy Saturday in June when the new Green Line of the light rail transit system made its debut. The line runs between St. IPaul and Minneapolis right through campus on Washington Avenue. Eager to get on board after having watched the line take shape out- side the McNamara Alumni Center, I decided to check it out. A party atmosphere prevailed inside the cars (“Hey, it still has that new train smell,” someone cracked). As we pulled into the University of Minne- sota’s West Bank stop, the doors opened to dozens of U students standing on the platform handing out free foam gopher ears. A stampede ensued—kids and adults alike bolted from their seats to collect the treasure before the doors closed. By the time we crossed the Wash- ington Avenue Bridge and came to a halt at the East Bank station, nearly everyone was sporting gopher ears. I love how much people love the U. That’s what this special Homecoming issue is about. One story in particular exemplifies it: “It’s a Family Thing,” begin- There’s no room for clowning ning on page 32, features four families around when it comes to our who have multiple generations of Univer- food supply. A future gift to sity of Minnesota alumni. Included among them is the Mooty/Glaser family, this Cynthia Scott scholarships in horticulture year’s Homecoming parade grand mar- will help tomorrow’s shals. (As Bruce Mooty [B.A. ’77, J.D. ’80] comments in the story, a flatbed agricultural minds innovate in truck will be required to accommodate the entire clan.) What strikes me the areas of farming and plant about all the families is how the depth and breadth of their connection to the U transcend any particular era, administration, or college. They connect to genetics so we can feed our the heartbeat of the U. And they, in turn, help the heart keep on beating. growing population. We thought it proper to feature Goldy in an issue celebrating the 100th anniversary of Homecoming, so we ordered a custom-made gold jacket for Plant the seeds for a him and put him on the cover. Being the strong, silent type, he didn’t say sustainable future. To what he thought of the jacket, but when he broke into unrestrained dancing learn more, call the U of M at the photo shoot we figured he liked it. And we really liked his moves. So we created a flipbook in the upper right hand page corners of this issue so Foundation Planned Giving that you can enjoy them, too. I want to thank Hubbard Broadcasting for gen- staff at 612-624-3333 or email erously allowing Goldy to flip out on its ad . [email protected]. You’ll find our Homecoming Guide for Alumni on page 47. Check out the offerings and join in the festivities. And take the light rail when you come to campus—it still has that new train smell. Q

Cynthia Scott (M.A. ’89) is the editor of Minnesota. She can be reached at [email protected].

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Global warming exists, global cooling science agree: The climate is warming, and S WINTER 20142014 NI AASSA Inside the New MINNESOTA ALUM TTIIOONN MEDICAL ALUMNIDEVICES ASSOCIATION UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION CENTER UNIVERSITYUUNIV OF MINNESOTA exists. Neither is affected by man’s activ- we are the dominant force. Our activities, Football Gopher RA’SHEDE HAGEMAN SPRING 2014 Banned: SPRING 2014 l TIO EXTREME AND id SSOCIATION r I ASSOCIATION UnbridledUnb ity. It is a natural phenomenon. especially burning fossil fuels and forests, INDECENT DANCING YOFMINNESOTA ALUMNALUM UNIVERSITY OF MEMBERSMBERS OF THTHE ope Tom Nordeen (B.A. ’91) EXCLUSIVELYXCLUSIVELY FOR MEMBERS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION HopeH are driving changes in the composition St. Paul of the atmosphere, increasing the levels EXCLUSIVELY FOR MEMBERS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION SUMMER 2014 of carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous WHAT CAN Jonathan Foley writes, “Minnesota’s oxide, which are warming the planet. That N WE DO ABOUT climate, like that of every other place in The newe nNorthrop warming is now obvious to nearly everyone takes centerACC CLIMATEstage the world, is changing.” That is certainly (HERE’S YOUR BACKSTAGE PASS)Alumna CeCe Terlouw helps abused girls and is completely consistent with a buildup CHANGE?rebuild their lives ARCHERS correct. Then, he goes on to say: “And KIDS TEACH U RESE ABOUT RESILIENCE of greenhouse gases. RESEARCHERS HOPE TO THESTOP BIRTH OF CHILD WELFARE DIES AT THE U IN 1925 A MINNESOTA ICON FROM STU DYING PLENTY. it’s changing because of us.” While fre- • THE TRUTH ABOUT THE BORGIAS ACH PITINO PLUS COURT TIME WITH CO quently asserted, such an idea is based As an alumna, I have been looking for Seven University researchers upon theory and laboratory data that is m, balcoo The restored proscenium,hrop p ceiling, and new upper balcony share their action agendas in the revitalized Northrop neither supported nor contradicted by the University’s leadership on climate

Bohemian Flats Rappin’ with Gophers Working adaptation. Sadly, I am much more aware Come to Life Tall Paul M.A.G.I.C. any meaningful atmospheric or other PAGE 32 PAGE 12 PAGE 34 climate data. of a predominance of research being used As he next states, correctly: “This isn’t to catalyze a continued dependence on READERS WEIGH IN ON new science. In fact, the basic physics of unsustainable solutions like fossil fuel- CLIMATE CHANGE the greenhouse effect have been known dependent, highly mechanized agricul- The articles on climate change [Sum- since the early 1800s and are widely ture and food systems. As Minnesota’s mer 2014] are presented as if a crisis is accepted by the scientific community.” flagship public university, it is the U’s widely accepted as fact and there were True enough, but this does not equate responsibility to speak up and speak no dissenting views or science. Rather to his previous assertion that the effects clearly about climate change. than jumping on this liberal bandwagon, of human activities are changing our As a livestock farmer, I found much I expect better of the U. Both views and climate. What he actually said—his key to admire in your summer issue, but it experts on both sides should be present- point—is, in a word, a falsehood, and an could have said more about solutions ed. Our planet is some 5 billion years old embarrassment to the publication. that farmers, rural, and urban commu- and climate change is continuous. I have He next states, correctly, [that] there is nities are developing. We raise hogs for yet to see reliable, empirical data that no serious scientific debate [that] global sale into an organic market. I would proves we have any significant influence climate change is very real. But then, he welcome a wider variety of grains like on these events. Until I see it presented gets off track by adding, “. . . is well under- oats, barley, and wheat for sale in our from a reliable source in a credible way stood, and is going to get worse unless we area. Currently we cannot buy organic I do not buy it. As a society we are in the act soon.” feed from our local elevator. We have to process of wasting major resources on a Climate change is far from being well source, transport, grind, and mix it our- problem we have very little control over, understood and with the level of current selves. The predominance of corn and a huge disservice to our country. The understanding, it is not possible to say soybeans, while promoting one kind of “global warming” theory could not be that it may or may not get worse irrespec- system, has limited the growth of other supported so we had to move on to “cli- tive of whether we “act soon” or not. systems. And let’s not forget that while mate change” instead? Let’s focus on real It would seem that the editor failed cattle are fed corn and soybeans, they problems that need real solutions, please! to have the Foley piece reviewed by any prefer perennial grasses. Warren Thompson (B.S. ’74) informed and knowledgeable examin- There are examples like the organic Baltic, South Dakota ers, and, as a consequence, is not up to dairy herd and the alternative swine facil- the standard I have come to expect of the ity at the University of Minnesota, Morris. What can we do about climate change? alumni publication. This is far too limited. More funds for this Prepare for the next heating or cooling G. Charles Hann (B.Ch.E. ’45, M.S.Chem.E. ’51) kind of research would demonstrate that cycle, of which there have been over 600. Minneapolis the University of Minnesota is a leader Currently, we need to build oil refineries in helping people respond and think far and power plants to supply our country Jonathan Foley responds: Geological and into the future about climate adaptation. with the increasing need for heating and astronomical forces drove changes in the Amy Bacigalupo (B.S. ’92, M.S. ’01) cooling. As things stand now, brownouts earth’s climate before humans were a Montevideo, Minnesota and blackouts will increase, disrupting major force on the planet. There is now an our economy and the nation’s health. exceptionally strong consensus about cli- I would like to commend you for your The history of earth’s climate is one of mate change by the world’s scientific com- series of articles regarding climate constant change, warming and cooling in munity. All major international scientific change. I am happy our university is

8 Fall 2014 MINNESOTA using its expertise to support the state by taken, or impede the public’s right to the words overpopulation,on, supplying valuable information to poli- know about real risks and possible ways population growth, or goalsoals cymakers and citizens. It is particularly to respond, do themselves, their children, such as sustainable societies. important for our land grant university to and their neighbors a great disservice. I The essence of Kaler’s and the Minne- model civil discussions and presentation appreciate the honesty and courage of sota articles is to continue the status quo: of controversial topics such as this. media like Minnesota and academics at unlimited growth. Add some technologi- Tom Prieve (D.V.M. ’84) the U when they stand up to PR tactics cal fixes here, compel a social fix there, Ashby, Minnesota with the truth. and everything will be nothing but roses Arthur Hawkins (B.A., B.S. ’71) and good times going forward. I want to thank the editor and staff for Winona, Minnesota Clearly, despite the rhetoric to the publishing the excellent summer issue. contrary, the University of Minnesota As a retired watershed biologist, I really Fundamentally, the magazine avoided believes its role is to encourage unlimited appreciate the work that the [University the overarching issue of human caused population growth in Minnesota and the of Minnesota-based] Minnesota Insti- climate change—population. An energy United States and to develop technol- tute for Sustainable Agriculture and the policy is first and foremost a population ogy and processes to modify social and Center for Integrated Natural Resources policy. Yet, in the entire issue, there is no economic lifestyles to accommodate that & Agricultural Management did on Min- mention of this essential factor. growth. Those environmental denizens nesota’s new Forever Green Initiative, In his State of the University 2014 of the 1960s and 1970s knew better. This which is lighting the way toward more speech, President Kaler describes some won’t end well. resilient, efficient, and sustainably profit- of the consequences of overpopula- Dell Erickson (B.S.B. ’74) able agriculture. tion, that is, poverty, social inequality, Minneapolis Those who attempt to discredit cli- hunger, climate change, and spreading mate science, deny that action must be diseases. Yet, Dr. Kaler could not say

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Why is the wolf so controversial? I think a lot of it has to do with the fact that it’s the progenitor of the dog. It’s a familiar creature to us and yet it’s out there, it’s wild. It’s like our pet but it isn’t. Somehow that grabs the imagination. Who knows? I don’t even know what kind of a study one could do to try to learn why people are so emotional about wolves. But, boy, they sure are.

What is the state of wolf conservation? Quite good. This is the first time in history where wolf taking has been regulated. It used to be wide open. You could kill them any way, any time, anywhere. That’s how they got wiped out, mainly by poison. Now, it’s tightly regulated.

Since wolf numbers have rebounded, several states have allowed hunting and trapping. Do you see that as a setback? I would say it is a necessary product of success. I wrote a paper in 1995 on the challenge and opportunity of wolf recovery. I said it looks like they’re recovering and we better brace for the fact that they’re going to have to be controlled. And that’s what’s happened. The thing is, it jarred the public. Here the wolf went from being endangered to all of a sudden being hunted. A lot of the public just couldn’t buy The Surprising this. So we had quite a backlash. We still do. Truth about Wolves Compared with Minnesota, western states seem less tolerant of wolves. Why? I’ve come across Three years ago, the wolf was taken off In Minnesota, our ranchers and farmers have my share of dead the federal endangered species list in its always lived with wolves. They were wiped out Midwestern strongholds of Minnesota, of Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming. So the folks bodies. This is the Wisconsin, and Michigan. Those states, first person I’ve there see [reintroduction] as a real imposition along with Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming, on them. ever pulled out have subsequently opened controversial wolf alive. So it was hunts. On Isle Royale, a remote island on Lake Do hunting and trapping seasons have any effect gratifying in that Superior, the wolf population is at an all-time on wolf behavior? sense.” low and may soon die out, likely because We don’t have any scientific proof that it does. of inbreeding. How much worse could the But if you talk to any wolf biologist, they’ll tell University of Minnesota picture get for this icon of the wilderness? assistant rowing coach you that’s what happens. Once they start being Peter Morgan, who Actually, things have never looked better hunted and trapped, they get a lot warier. along with head coach for the wolf, says L. David Mech, adjunct There have been two documented cases Wendy Davis pulled an professor in the Department of Fisher- now, one in Alaska and one in Canada, of injured woman out of the ies, Wildlife and Conservation Biology wolves killing people. But look at all the Mississippi River while and senior scientist with the U.S. Geological training in June wolves in Minnesota and all through northern Survey. Author of the classic text The Wolf Canada and Alaska. Very rarely does anyone and a pioneer in the use of radio telemetry to ever get killed. We always need to keep that study wolves, Mech is considered one of the context in mind. world’s foremost experts on the animal. —Greg Breining

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University of Minnesota alumnus Florian Ledermann, No. 61, bursts out of the blocks during the first heat of the age 70-74 men’s 100- meter dash during the Minnesota Senior Games on August 1 at St. Thomas University in St. Paul. Ledermann, 74, placed third and also competed in discus and long jump. The 2015 National Senior Games will be held next June in the Twin Cities. The executive director of the 2015 National Games is alumna Beth Pinkney and the cochairs are alumni Susan Adams Loyd and Dave Mona.

How Much Debt?

For the University of Minnesota Class of 2013: Alumni, That’s Why • 37 percent finished debt free, 6 percentage points below the national average The University of Minnesota • Among all Twin Cities campus graduates—those with and those without debt— topped Forbes’s list of most the per capita average debt was $16,500 after four years improved schools since 2009 in its • The rate of default for U alumni is 3 percent, significantly below the national average America’s Best Colleges rankings, • The first-year student retention rate is at about 91 percent, comparable to top- moving up 435 positions to 108th. flight private schools. The difference in retention rate between students of color Calling the U a “rising star,” Forbes and others is 0.5 percent attributed the improvement to the production of high-quality gradu- From University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler’s testimony to the United States ates who become leaders. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions. For the full text of his remarks, go to www.umn.edu/president and click on speeches and writing.

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Helping Bring an Old Cemetery to Life I can’t see or

hear, but thank In June, University of Minnesota Associate God I can still Professor of Archaeology Katherine Hayes was busy doing research and teaching a field drive!” school in archaeological survey methods on Social worker and come- New York’s Shelter Island when she found dian Merrilyn Belgum out that the Eastville Community Historical (B.A. ’46), who died on May 9 at age 89. At age Society needed help. 60 Belgum retired from For years, the Society had worked to her job as assistant pro- preserve and maintain the historic St. David fessor in the University A.M.E. Zion Church Cemetery in nearby of Minnesota’s School of Sag Harbor, New York, which was founded Social Work to launch a career as a comedian. in 1857 after local African Americans had built the church. The burial site for African American and Native American members of the congregation, the cemetery is located in

Tweets of Yore

If we had Twitter 100 years ago, what would your Alumni Association have been tweeting? We looked back to the Minnesota Alumni Weekly to see what was trending. At the 1919 Alumni Day carnival, four young women promoted a swimming match inside a tent. Curious spectators were shown four matches floating in a pan of water. #hardyharhar Minnesota and Wisconsin football coaches entered into a gentleman’s agreement in 1913 not to use any information during games that was obtained through spying. #winkwink

The Gophers opened their 1914 season with a 27-0 thumping of the Chicago College of Physicians and Surgeons. #call911 Students at the University’s School of Agriculture voted 280 to 117 to ban cigarette smoking on campus in 1919. #backtothefuture

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12 Fall 2014 MINNESOTA From left: Eastville Community Historical Society historian Kathleen Tucker; Gary Cole; Gloria Primm Brown; ECHS president Eunice Jackie Vaughan; and charge. Information gleaned from GPR, which ECHS director Georgette Grier-Kay. works well in cemeteries because it does not disturb the soil, will be used to map the boundaries of the cemetery to protect against one of the oldest multiethnic working-class residential encroachment. communities in the nation. Gary Cole, whose great-grandmother Rose Though the Society had received a site Johnson is buried in the cemetery, visited preservation grant from the Archaeological the site for the first time after the survey was Institute of America in 2013, it was far short completed. He told the East Hampton Star of the $8,000 needed to fund a geographic he was grateful to the historical society and information systems (GIS) mapping and the University of Minnesota. “As a member of ground-penetrating radar (GPR) survey that the Johnson family I’m here to thank you on could identify how many people have been behalf of my family.” buried in the 160-year-old cemetery and Says Hays, “The experience definitely where (there are no grave markers). Since inspired me and the students to do more proj- Hayes and her students were already using ects that help communities, so I’ll be looking GIS and GPR in their fieldwork, she offered to for other opportunities.”

COURTESY EAST HAMPTON STAR HAMPTON EAST COURTESY have her students survey the cemetery free of —Meleah Maynard

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Gee, What a Funny Job!

Larissa Anderson (B.A. ’99, M.A. ’03) has what she considers a dream job. How did this self-described “aimless” former grant writer, waitress, and singer-songwriter end up as senior producer of American Public Media’s nationally popular live radio show Wits? It all started with the Old English epic poem Beowulf, which she first read in Professor Calvin Kendall’s English class at the University of Minnesota. After two rough years as a freshman and sophomore, Anderson was waiting tables and contem- plating dropping out when she decided to try taking classes one more time. “That English class just lit my mind on fire,” she recalls. “We read Beowulf and I loved it and I thought: ‘That’s it. It’s English.’ I knew I wanted to focus on story making and storytelling.” After earning her master’s degree in English education and teaching high When you, John Moe, and MPR’s live event put a spotlight on people’s talents so we school English for five years, she left the coordinator Tony Bol came up with the idea write shows so that everybody on stage profession to volunteer at Minneapolis for Wits in 2010, what was your vision? shines. And we’re always throwing crazy community radio station KFAI. That first year we only did four shows wrenches around to see what happens. From there, she got an internship with because we were still doing Marketplace Sometimes we do game shows with American RadioWorks, the documen- Tech Report and making this show in our comedians versus musicians. We once tary unit of American Public Media, and spare time. We knew we wanted the show did a game called Funnier or Poignanter worked on several mostly newsy shows, to be funny. We started out with writers and the comedian told these sad, sad jokes including Marketplace Tech Report. and Julia Sweeney was our first guest. and the musician did the punch line. It Working closely with Wits host John We also had George Saunders, Susan was so off the rails, which is almost better Moe and others, Anderson susses out Orlean, and John Hodgman. And then a lot of the time. smart and funny comedians, actors, and we expanded out to include actors and We want the audience to have fun, musicians to appear as guests on the show, comedians and musicians. too. We used to have only general assign- which is recorded in front of a live audi- ment seating and we would encourage ence at the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul. What do you look for in a guest? people to change seats and make new Here’s what she had to say to Minnesota We look for people who will be playful friends, and they did. We also started the about producing Wits. on stage and have fun. We try to really Wits Social Club. People can join and get

14 Fall 2014 MINNESOTA Meet the New UMAA Chair

If the Guinness World Records had a category for most conversations with University of Minnesota experts, Jim du Bois (B.A. ’87) would hold the title. du Bois, president and chief executive officer of the Minnesota Broadcasters Asso- ciation, is the voice of Access Minnesota, a weekly in-depth news program broadcast throughout Minnesota. As host, he frequently draws on University of Minnesota faculty experts discounts and early access to tickets and to help make sense of a wide range of current affairs, from invitations to events like Wits Bowling events in the Middle East to tourism. (Access Minnesota is a Night. We’ve actually heard from people media partner of Minnesota.) who say things like, “I just moved here du Bois brings his boundless knowledge of and passion and I didn’t feel like I fit in until I went for the U to his new role as chair of the University of Min- to Wits.” That’s really meaningful for us nesota Alumni Association board. He assumed his duties in to have such a strong connection with July, succeeding Susan Adams Loyd (B.A. ’81). the audience. “Ours is a great University, with distinguished alumni Music on the show is quite excep- from all walks of life, from all parts of the world, all sharing tional too. We have an amazing house a common experience. As chair, I’ll continue to support the band, The Witnesses, and we have a wide work and evolution of the Alumni Association,” he says. range of musical guests. Recently, we had du Bois enjoys a number of pastimes, including tennis, Typhoon. They’re from Portland and it reading, playing the guitar, resistance training, and restor- was so great to hear people on Twitter ing antique radios. A self-proclaimed “weather nerd,” he saying things like, “Wow, I’ve never heard monitors the skies in the weather station he set up in the of Typhoon but now I’ve been listening backyard of his Minneapolis home. He is married to Mary them for the last 20 hours.” du Bois (B.A. ’88). —Cynthia Scott Who do you dream of having on the show? We’ve got a wish list, and we like to hear from people about who they would like to see on the show. Amy Poehler is on the list. So is Robin Williams. [This interview was conducted prior to Williams’s death on August 11.] Guests who have been on the show end up being our best ambas- sadors and it seems like word has gotten around that this is a fun show to do.

What next for the show? We became a weekly national public radio show in January 2013 and next year, we’ll do fewer shows in St. Paul and more touring across the country. We’re working to build a national audience as enthusiastic and fun as the audience here. —Meleah Maynard

To listen to Wits, tune into your local public radio station or visit www.witsradio.org. du Bois with his backyard weather station ANDERSON: COURTESY LARISSA ANDERSON/WITS * DUBOIS: GARY BISTRAM * DUBOIS: GARY ANDERSON/WITS LARISSA ANDERSON: COURTESY

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16 Fall 2014 MINNESOTA With this issue we are pleased to introduce a partnership between Min- Paris by the Glass nesota and Gopher Sports Update, an audio program featuring in- depth coverage of Gopher athletes, coaches, administrators, and alumni. At age 14, Preston Mohr (B.A. ’04) fell in love—not The host is Matt Nelson (B.A. ’09), who graduated from the U with a puppy love, as it turned out, but the real thing. degree in communications. His cohost is Mike Gallagher. His older brother had studied French, so when it came his time to pick a foreign language in school, he chose French, too. “In the textbook, I saw pictures After Football, of people sitting in a café with a Perrier,” he recalls, “and thought it was just so sophisticated, so enticing.” His Life’s Mission The attraction grew during his time at the Univer- sity of Minnesota. He spent his junior year in Paris Jack Brewer (B.S. ’01, M.Ed. ’02) isn’t likely to surprise you. He’s guar- studying art history and got hooked on everything anteed to surprise you. The founder of The Brewer Group, a successful French. After he finished his degree the following international business, Brewer has a burning passion for helping eradi- year—he added a minor in French studies—Mohr cate global poverty. A former professional football player, he considers went right back to Paris. He spent a year helping teach the first female president of Malawi, Joyce Banda, a mentor. The first English in a high school, and when that assignment person in his family to go to college, he holds two degrees from the came to a close he knew he wanted to stay. University of Minnesota and a master’s degree in international affairs Mohr, 33, cobbled together jobs here and there: from Columbia University. helping people move, working for a short-term apart- Brewer talked with Matt Nelson and Mike Gallagher about his vision ment rental agency, even babysitting. Meanwhile, for his business, his philanthropic work through the Jack Brewer Foun- he was learning about food and wine and leading dation, and finding his purpose in life at age 28. Along the way, he offered culinary classes and tours through local agencies. In his views on whether or not college athletes should be paid, diversity at 2013, he completed a two-year course and earned a the University of Minnesota, and other current issues. diploma from the Wine and Spirit Education Trust, an Here are some excerpts: international body that certifies educators in the field. Earlier this year Mohr began offering day tours to On paying college athletes: the Champagne and Loire Valley wine regions—where If given the choice [again], I would happily take the scholarship, my his art history background comes in handy—through three meals a day, and my room and board. I would have embraced that his own company, Paris by the Glass. because that was my passion and my motivation. But when you force “I knew I wanted to do something in travel and someone into taking a scholarship when they have no intention of going education, to do something that would bring me to school or graduating and they’re just there to play football, then you pleasure, and let me share that pleasure. I followed become a detriment to them. Putting a student in a classroom who has my dream,” he says. no intention of learning helps no one. Wasting resources on students To learn more about Paris by the Glass, visit www. like that doesn’t help anyone. [Student athletes] should have a choice. parisbytheglass.com. —Dan Carlinsky On his philosophy of business: The Brewer Group was born and created out of a vision I had that you could make money and also help empower the world. In everything we do we try to keep those principles and dedicate ourselves, our time, our money, our resources into helping serve the world’s poor.

On coming to the University of Minnesota from his native Texas: I felt like I was home. People all around really truly accepted me and I just knew I could grow here. . . . The acceptance, the diversity of the U, the effort that’s put toward equality in the state of Minnesota—that’s been the history for years and years and years, and you know, I lived it. To come to a place where you felt like [skin color] was not even an issue was refreshing. To listen to the full interview, www.GopherSportsUpdate.com. BREWER: SONYA REVELL * MOHR: NANCY CARLINSKY REVELL * MOHR: NANCY BREWER: SONYA

www.MinnesotaAlumni.org Fall 2014 MINNESOTA 17 Alumni Profiles

Hall of Fame Gophers GOPHERS

As a first year student at the University of Minnesota, FOREVER 6-foot-7-inch Mike Wherley (B.A. ’95) was thinking about trying out for the basketball team when he happened to see a flyer about Minnesota’s rowing The Alumni club. He checked it out, and it turns out he was pretty Association good at it. How good? In May, the 42-year-old was inducted welcomes into the National Rowing Foundation’s Hall of Fame. He was tapped for rowing’s highest honor for his these new life individual accomplishments, which are numer- ous: In addition to competing in two Olympics as a members member of the U.S. Olympic Rowing Team, he also won three consecutive world championships in the U.S. Rowing Team’s eight-man boat in 1997, 1998, and Alden A. Abraham 1999. And at age 36, while he was studying economics Elizabeth W. Abraham at Oxford University’s Oriel College, he won the 2008 Gregory C. Anderson Boat Race on the Thames River as the oldest rower Juel E. Anderson ever to compete. Penny Anderson Wherley, who graduated from the U with degrees Mark W. Bachman in history and journalism, is currently the president Barbara L. Bauer of the Pennsylvania Athletic Club Rowing Associa- Lester Bauer tion in Philadelphia, where he lives with his wife, Diane Beckley John T. Beecher Janet Distel. —M.M. Lena C. Beste Kory G. Bigalk Robert A. Black When Anne Barry (M.P.H. ’86) was inducted into John A. Bloomquist the U.S. Rugby Hall of Fame, she became the first Lawrence J. Bremer woman ever to receive the honor. She joined her Gary L. Buckmiller first rugby team, the Twin Cities Amazons, in Gretchen N. Buckmiller 1983, and played for the Minnesota Select and Joseph L. Campanelli Susan M. Campion Midwest Select teams before retiring in 2001. Bloomquist A passionate advocate for the sport, Barry has Todd P. Carpenter served in a number of roles, including president of Louise Carpentier the Minnesota Youth Rugby Board and treasurer Benjamin Casillas and president of USA Rugby. She was president Judson K. Champlin of the Minnesota Rugby Union for 22 years and James L. Chosy remains a member of the board. Currently, she is Julianne K. Chosy the general manager of the Twin Cities Amazons Edward H. Coe and a member of the governing council for the Mary M. Conroy Beckman Women’s Premier League. Marie-Nathalie Off the field, Barry is known as a dedicated public servant and policy expert. Currently Contou-Carrere deputy commissioner in the Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS), Barry’s long Cheryl L. Cooke career includes high-level appointments by four different governors, along with years of Samuel G. Cooke service as the chief compliance officer for DHS and deputy commissioner in the Minnesota David T. Crislip Department of Finance. Rebecca M. Crislip An adjunct faculty member at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health, she Jean E. Daavettila holds a law degree from William Mitchell College of Law. —M.M. Camden L. Daby Barbara J. Daniels Eugene C. Dankbar Sandra R. Dankbar BARRY: U.S. RUGBY HALL OF FAME • WHERLEY: NATIONAL ROWING FOUNDATION * LEHTINEN: AARON DUNHAM * LEHTINEN: AARON FOUNDATION ROWING NATIONAL • WHERLEY: HALL OF FAME U.S. RUGBY BARRY:

18 Fall 2014 MINNESOTA LIFE SPOTLIGHT Jason Lehtinen (B.A. ’94) As a student at the University of Minne- An active volunteer with the Kansas sota, new life member Jason Lehtinen City alumni chapter for several years, participated in and graduated from the Lehtinen initially got involved to meet Army ROTC program. Most of his mem- people in his new city who shared a ories relate to his time spent in the halls common geographical and education of the Armory and the lifelong connec- experience. He’s continued volunteer- tions he made with fellow cadets. ing so he can return the favor to new After college he went on to active Kansas City area Gopher grads. His duty as an armor and intelligence offi- connections to the University through cer. His degree in international relations fellow cadets and alumni volunteering helped him tremendously while serving have resulted in ongoing professional in the Army, as well as on personal trav- and networking opportunities. els throughout Europe. “My education Lehtinen oversees investments in helped provide some perspective on private equity and provides strategic how others viewed the world, which consulting services at Mariner Hold- proved helpful when working on several ings, a fast growing wealth manage- diverse multinational teams.” ment firm in suburban Kansas City.

Marjorie B. Davies Sharon M. Hogenson William D. Manahan Mary C. Preus William A. Thomas Michael J. Dennis Kaitlin J. Holm James W. Marley Kathryn L. Pyzdrowski Stephanie C. Thomes Charmaine Pappas Nathan A. Holm Ruth A. Marsh Emily L. Que Heinen Donovan Jaimie L. Horton Deborah J. Martin Phoebe C. Reinhart Judith A. Tiede Richard G. Donovan Shuching J. Huang Ronald G. Masanz Gary R. Riesgraf So Lian Tio Kari L. Erpenbach Yean-Ming Huang Joseph Mast Kim M. Wogensen Frida Tosi Karen S. Feldt Holly R. Huber Patrick A. Mazorol Riesgraf Tyler W. Ueland Marcelo Ferraz de Toledo Margaret Huff Dorothy J. Mc Bride Eric T. Rolli Carol L. Urness Richard M. Fraser Jia W. Hwang John M. McCarthy Russell E. Runck Vanessa Hofmann Jacque F. Frazzini Christine M. Imbra Greg R. Meland Stephanie C. Rutten- Garrick M. Villaume Ronald M. Frazzini Duaine R. Jackola Mary Hobbs Meland Ramos Nicola Villaume Carol A. Garbisch Linda Peterson Jackson George E. Merino Jon D. Ruzek Alexandra D. Vujovich Michael W. Garbisch Shray Jain Joyce M. Merino Karen S. Ryan Mark G. Warnken Janet J. Gaukel Mahesh K. Jeerage Keith A. Meyer Takanori Sagawa Alma J. Wetzker L. Thomas Gaukel Byron R. Johnson Karen A. Minar Kenneth A. Sandvik Christine E. Wetzker Heidi S. Gilbert Keith F. Kapphahn Rhonda A. Schleeter Mol Bruce H. Savoy Gregory M. Weyandt Howard D. Gilbert Lloyd G. Kepple Anne T. Nehring Mary A. Schumacher Colleen B. Wicklund Gregory J. Gordon Karen A. Kirby Heidi L. Neiswender David R. Scott Richard G. Wicklund Cynthia A. Grass Martin Floyd E. Knight Joanna C. Nelson Karen R. Seashore Laura S. Williams Bruce D. Grussing Robyn Korzan Thomas E. Nelson Richard P. Senese Gloria M. Woo Jean C. Grussing Colleen C. Krebs Kusuma Nio Paul J. St. George Doris A. Woodbridge Aaron M. Hage Roberta N. LaFleur Vuyisile T. Nkomo Jane A. Starr Gerald D. Woodbridge Jennifer B. Hage Anne F. Lamblin Linda L. Oelfke Iris C. Staubus Medora Woods Leroy O. Halvorsen Jeffrey D. Larsen Richard H. Oelfke Kathleen M. Steffens Barbara J. Yarusso Margie E. Halvorsen Harold G. Larson Peter J. O’Meara Jann M. Stein David J. Yarusso James E. Hart Jeffrey A. Larson Toni M. Osojnicki Paul C. Stein Eric C. Yost Dennis A. Hawkinson Robyn L. Larson Ronald Ostrow Steven G. Stern Joann L. Yost Randi K. Hellman Cecelia A. Laurie Roger W. Parker John R. Studiner Julie M. Hendrickson Jason R. Lehtinen Kathryn E. Pawley Jing Sui This list represents new Gayle A. Herman Martha Leidahl Patricia A. Phelps Daren T. Sullivan life members who joined Thomas W. Herman Bing Liu Ann S. Phillips Katherine M. Sullivan from April 1 to June 30. George H. Hewell Joel J. Luker Charles A. Porter Katherine T. Sutter Susan B. Mahle Patrick J. Taillefer

www.MinnesotaAlumni.org Fall 2014 MINNESOTA 19 Greek Revival

Fraternity and sorority involvement can help students thrive, particularly students of color. A new initiative is aimed at boosting Greek organizations on campus.

Fata Acquoi and Colleen Enwesi, members of Zeta Phi Beta sorority

20 Fall 2014 MINNESOTA By Andy Steiner Photos by Sara Rubinstein

www.MinnesotaAlumni.org Fall 2014 MINNESOTA 21 anita Brown Young became a member of Delta Sigma Beta, a historically African American sorority, when she was an undergraduate at Kent State University. Years later, she’s reminded of her member- ship nearly every time she’s in an airport. “When I’m on vacation and I’m walking to a catch my plane wearing a shirt that indicates I’m a Delta”—she snaps her fingers—“instantly people will spot me and say, ‘Hey, soror.’” Young, the University of Minnesota’s vice provost for student affairs, smiles, explaining the shorthand expression for

22 Fall 2014 MINNESOTA sorority sister. “It’s a great feeling to know that no matter where Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC), and Multicultural I go, I can connect with somebody who has taken the same oath Greek Council (MGC) groups like Delta Sigma Beta, I have, somebody who has the same ideals as I do. It’s like I have become a home away from home: a support network that family everywhere.” helps young students of color, many of whom are the first in That deep, lifelong connection was one of the central reasons their families to attend college, navigate the uncharted waters Young joined Delta—and it is one of the reasons her office is of campus life. leading an initiative to strengthen Greek life on campus. “Mem- Last year, when Mia McCurdy was hired as coordinator in the bership in fraternities and sororities—particularly multicultural Office for Fraternity and Sorority Life, it became clear to her that organizations—really helps with recruitment and retention for NPHC and MGC groups needed her attention. Even though the all students,” Young explains. And in a majority-white institution oldest of these groups, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., has had like the U, Young says traditionally African American, or National a presence on campus for more than 100 years, most traditionally African American and multicultural fraternities and sororities have been at the U for less than three decades, and their mem- bership numbers are low. According to the Office of Institutional Research, 133 University students are active members of MGC Anthony Shields talks with a couple and NPHC organizations, compared to 2,500 students who are of his Alpha Phi active members of Pan-Hellenic (PHC) or Interfraternity Coun- Alpha brothers cil organizations. Like graduates of PHC or IFC groups, alumni members of traditionally black or multicultural organizations tend to have a strong bond with their schools. McCurdy notes that membership in such groups leads to a lasting connection to the University. Plus, members of frats and sororities are more likely to come back to alumni events—and more likely to donate to the University. Anthony Shields (B.A.’14) didn’t join a fraternity until his junior year, but when he did, the experience changed his life. “For years, I was actually against Greek life, against fraternity life in general,” Shields admits. “It had a negative stigma. I felt it was toolish.” But when he learned more about the proud history

THE GREEK INITIATIVE The initiative to strengthen Greek with approximately 1,800 members, life on campus began in 2012, when many of whom assume leadership University President Eric Kaler (Ph.D. and service positions throughout their ’82) called for developing a “sustainable college careers and beyond. “Investing and robust relationship between the in this community is a sure strategy for University and the Greek community.” enhancing the undergraduate living and He appointed a Greek Community learning experience at the University,” Strategic Task force cochaired by it says. alumnus Fred Friswold (B.S.B. ’58) and On the heels of the report, the former Vice Provost for Student Affairs University committed $6 million to a Jerry Rinehart. The task force released chapter house renovation loan program; an exhaustive report in 2013 with a opened the 17th Avenue Residence number of recommendations related Hall, which houses two chapters and a to students, alumni, and housing. The Greek Life Learning Community; and report notes that the undergraduate committed additional funding over three Greek community is the largest years to support new Greek initiatives. organized student cohort on campus,

www.MinnesotaAlumni.org Fall 2014 MINNESOTA 23 of Alpha Phi Alpha, the University’s oldest NPHC fraternity, he Above left: Colleen began to see the organization in a different light. Enwesi, left, and Fata Acquoi “I began to understand why people joined groups like this,” Above right: Acquoi CALLING ALL Shields says. “As a mixed-race person, I’ve struggled with trying and Enwesi sport their to associate myself with my white or black side. My father wasn’t Zeta Phi Beta jackets. GREEK ALUMNI a really strong presence in my life. I saw that there are strong It’s going to be a big party, and it black men in this brotherhood, men I want to have in my life. ” should be: It’s been 140 years in Though the U’s Alpha Mu chapter is small—there were just the making. two active members when Shields joined—support from the “In the 140 years of Greek fraternity’s alumni chapter is strong. Shields believes that join- history at the University of ing this brotherhood, with its rich history of social activism and Minnesota, there has been no individual support, helped him complete his degree and chart specific attempt to reach out the course for a career in education. He felt like he’d joined a to Greek alumni,” says Fred family, one that expected him to be his very best. “There were Friswold, (B.S.B. ’58), Greek moments in my undergraduate career when I felt so isolated,” Community Strategic Task Force Shields recalls. But being a fraternity brother put that to rest. cochair and a proud Theta Chi. It would be hard to find more enthusiastic sorority sisters That changed in 2012, when than Fata Acquoi and Colleen Enwesi, members of Zeta Phi University President Eric Kaler Beta, a traditionally African American sorority that came back (Ph.D. ’82), inspired by research to campus in 2011 after a decade-long hiatus. showing the positive influence Zeta, a member of the Divine Nine—historically black Greek- Greek organizations have on the letter organizations founded between 1906 and 1963—has seen a higher education institutions bit of a resurgence, thanks to the efforts of their committed local that host them, launched an alumni chapter and undergraduate members like Enwesi and Acquoi, who joined this spring, taking on the duties of treasurer (Enwesi) and vice president (Acquoi).

24 Fall 2014 MINNESOTA “The support our alumni showed us was amazing. They came back to the undergraduate chapter meetings. They were here for us in every possible way.” —Abiola Abu-Bakr

initiative to strengthen “We hope to bring Greek “The University is a big place. University. We see this party fraternity and sorority life alumni back to campus,” Fris- My sorority was where I could as one opportunity to expand at the U. He reached out to wold says. “We want to reac- have a sense of belonging. I’d those numbers.” influential Greek alumni, quaint them with one another like to pass that feeling on to Friswold points out that the including Friswold. and reflect on the value they other students.” increased emphasis on Greek Friswold was instrumental have accumulated over their Though the University’s life has already had a positive in establishing the Greek years of being associated Greek community is the impact at the University. Alumni Council (GAC) , with the Greek system.” largest student group on “We’ve already increased which is sponsoring Forever GAC member Marnie campus, it still represents the undergraduate Greek Greek, the first-ever Greek Holman (B.A. ’68) is a key only a small percentage of the population on campus in the Alumni Homecoming event. organizer for Forever Greek. overall student population, two and a half years since we It will take place at 7 p.m. She thinks the event will help says GAC member Tish started on this project,” he October 17 at McNamara raise awareness of the posi- Reynolds (B.A. ’76). She and says. “The Greek community Alumni Center. Organizers tive influence that fraternities her fellow council members is a vibrant and growing are expecting some 1,000 and sororities hold, for both would like to change that. group.” Forever Greek, and all Greek grads to gather for alumni and new students. “Only 6 percent of the excitement that surrounds food, drinks, live music, and “I’m hoping this event students at the U of M are it, he says, will only increase dancing. It’s a big event with gives alumni who haven’t felt part of the Greek system,” the momentum. many moving parts: Over 100 connected with the University Reynolds says. “That’s half or Register for Forever Greek volunteers are already hard an opportunity to come back a third of what it really should at www.MinnesotaAlumni.org/ at work. and reconnect,” Holman says. be, based on the size of the ForeverGreek. — A.S.

www.MinnesotaAlumni.org Fall 2014 MINNESOTA 25 “I was looking for a sisterhood of support, a group of people Enwesi, who loaned Acquoi more than $800, says this out- who have similar values as I do,” says Acquoi, who was born in pouring was a clear example of the strong sorority family that Liberia and came to Minnesota when she was 8. She learned she and her friend had joined. “It was an actual sisterhood bond,” about Zeta when she came to campus for the Multicultural Enwesi says. “I knew I wouldn’t be able to live with myself if Fata Kickoff, held every fall. She considered membership and even hadn’t been able to pay her tuition. I would’ve broken down. talked about it with her good friend and roommate Enwesi, but When I heard her predicament, I said, ‘No. Not today. We’re didn’t join until the spring of her sophomore year. Now she’s glad going to find that money for you.’ As a family, it is our responsibil- she did. “It’s the greatest thing,” she enthuses. “Once you join the ity to help you finish your education.” organization, there is so much support.” “They wanted the best for me,” Acquoi says. “I cried.” For Acquoi, support came in the form of financial assistance Earl Wilson, president of Sigma Beta Rho, an MGC frater- this spring, when she realized she needed nearly $3,000 in tuition nity that has held colony status—given to new organizations fees to register for classes. that have low numbers—for one year, says he was attracted to “I only had about $100,” Acquoi says. “When I realized I his fraternity because of its diverse membership. Sig Rho was couldn’t pay my tuition, I put a call out to my sisters and they ral- founded in 1996 at the University of Pennsylvania. One of the lied, helping collect the money I needed. In less than 24 hours, I founder’s goals was to promote South Asian culture, but the had thousands of dollars, everything I needed to pay my tuition.” University of Minnesota group’s membership is culturally

26 Fall 2014 MINNESOTA Left to right: Sigma Beta Rho brothers Sudeepto Gangopadhyay, Zaki Khan, Earl Wilson, Ahmed Elhadidi, and Brian Niaz

diverse, according to Wilson, membership sagged to just two. The nursing major knew she who is white. “Out of our 15 couldn’t run a chapter by herself, and so she sent a call out to student members and gradu- her alumni sisters. ate members, we represent 9 “When it became clear that we were going to have to bring or 10 different ethnicities.” in new members soon, we were seriously wondering what Wilson graduated from St. we were going to do,” she says. When she talks about what Paul’s Como High School and happened next, Abu-Bakr tears up: “The support our alumni was looking for a fraternity showed us was amazing. They came back into the undergradu- that represented a cross sec- ate chapter meetings. At Multicultural Kickoff, myself and tion of world culture. “My high about five alumni sisters did a step routine. They were here for school was really diverse,” us in every way possible.” By spring, membership in the orga- Wilson explains. “That’s the nization had increased to five. environment I am most com- This past year, Young hosted a dinner for members of all tra- fortable in. For me, being ditionally African American and multicultural fraternities and active in my fraternity is a way sororities. “It was a good way for me to meet them all individually to meet new people and make and for them to meet me and to know about each other’s stories,” friends, to learn about differ- she says. “What I wanted to know was, what was their experience ent cultures. Through Sigma like? What’s been going on? Where have we fallen short? How Beta Rho, I’m learning to work can we help them more? I let them know that they are important with people from around the to the University, that we are pulling for them, and that we are world, learning to overcome there to support them and help them grow.” cultural and language barri- ers.” In the future, he believes Andy Steiner is a writer and editor living in St. Paul. this experience will help him navigate an increasingly mul- ticultural world. Reach The flip side of NPHC and MGC groups receiving more institutional support is the Higher high expectations Young has Professional development of them to grow membership. short courses and certificates Student organizations must have a minimum of five members to be recognized by the Uni- versity. Young has given groups with dwindling membership like Advance your career with Alpha Phi Alpha a clear deadline. the U of M College of Continuing Education. “I have told them that they have until next year to get five members,” Young says firmly, adding that MPHC groups Topics include: have historically shied away from Rush Week or traditional ˜
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www.MinnesotaAlumni.org Fall 2014 MINNESOTA 27 Free for the Taking Massive open online courses—MOOCs— were heralded as a revolution in higher education. That hasn’t been the case yet, but what the University of Minnesota has learned so far could help revolutionize MOOCs.

he question “what is food?” might garner a handful of different responses when asked of a few dozen students in a semi- nar. But when Jason Hill asked that ques- tion in an online course he was teaching, thousands answered. Hill, a University of Minnesota profes- sorT of bioproducts and biosystems engineering, posed the question in a massive open online course (MOOC), a free, not-for-credit course available to anyone with an Internet connection. Hill’s MOOC on food sustainability, which he taught in spring 2013, drew nearly 30,000 students from 137 countries worldwide. Online education has been around for a long time, but free classes on a massive scale exploded onto the higher education scene in 2012 with the development of MOOC providers such as edX and Coursera. These software platforms host MOOCs created by universities and allow for huge enrollments without straining the servers of each individual institution. Coursera, for instance, part- ners with 110 institutions, including the University of Minnesota, which began offering MOOCs in early 2013 as part of its strategic efforts to improve teaching and learning through technology. The New York Times declared 2012 the “Year of the MOOC,” calling them the “revolution that has higher education gasping.” MOOCs were expected to address two long-standing issues: cost and access for the underserved. “MOOCs were proclaimed as the game changer for higher education,” says Christopher Cramer,

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www.MinnesotaAlumni.org Fall 2014 MINNESOTA 29 a University of Minnesota chemistry “sparked lively discussions about peda- professor and associate dean for aca- A MOOC Sampler gogy and what works and what doesn’t.” demic affairs in the College of Science Cramer, for example, has twice taught Visit www.coursera.org to learn and Engineering who taught one of the statistical molecular thermodynamics more about or enroll in the 12 U’s pilot MOOCs. as a MOOC, with 700 students complet- MOOCs currently taught by But the revolution hasn’t happened. ing the course the first time around. For University of Minnesota professors. Critics have expressed dismay with its second iteration, he coordinated its In addition to the courses offered the low number of students who com- launch with his spring 2014 course so by Konstan, Hill, and Cramer, plete the courses, as well as MOOCs’ that University students could use the options include Creative Problem inability to effectively engage a diverse MOOC’s content as an added resource. Solving, Fundamentals of Fluid group of students. A recent study by A MOOC’s content generally is pre- Power, and Social Epidemiology. Harvard and MIT found that 5 percent sented in video format, most often as of the people registered for the first 17 a short lecture or presentation from courses offered through edX earned a instructors. The courses may include certificate of completion and only about 3 percent of total par- online discussion forums, readings and other assignments, and ticipants were from underserved areas. The study also showed exams. Instructors provide feedback electronically. If a student that 66 percent of all participants, and 74 percent of those who completes the course, he or she receives a certificate of accom- completed a course, held a bachelor’s degree or higher. Already, plishment signed by the professor. For a small fee, students can one provider, Udacity, has begun moving away from courses in establish a “keystroke signature” that proves their identity and traditional academic disciplines toward those focused more on enables some level of proctoring to reduce cheating on exams professional development. and assignments. Those students can earn a verified certificate And yet MOOCs have proven to be promising for the U, says that is endorsed by the University. University Provost Karen Hanson (B.A. ’70). “Our partnership Hill’s MOOC, called Sustainability of Food Systems: A Global with Coursera provides us with the opportunity to explore Life Cycle Perspective, was among the first batch of MOOCs devel- innovative teaching methods, to bring education to people oped by the University. To create content, Hill invited numerous worldwide, and to share the expertise of Minnesota’s faculty colleagues to participate in videotaped discussions organized members,” she explains. “We maintain control of our intellec- around 15 questions that consider the global food supply chain tual property and use the materials we create and lessons we and its economic, environmental, and social consequences. learn through teaching MOOCs in our traditional classrooms.” Students interacted in forum discussions, read case studies, and Additionally, Hanson says the U’s engagement with MOOCs has completed assignments related to the same questions.

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30 Fall 2014 MINNESOTA Nearly 30,000 students signed up, including people with edge tests. They found that students graduate degrees in food science, people working in politics retained a significant amount of content and at federal agencies, and people whose only association and could answer challenging questions with food is that they eat it. About 16,000 of those who signed several months after completion. This was up participated in some aspect of the course and 1,500 earned true both for students who were fully online a certificate of completion. and those who enrolled in the hybrid version, Hill estimates he spent about 350 hours creating and regardless of gender, age, and other factors. teaching the course, but he says it was well worth the effort “We also learned that class content delivered online is a to interact with a global community of learners. “I’ve got a pretty useful format for on-campus students,” Konstan says. better pulse on how people the world over feel about these “It offers flexibility that students like and is very helpful for issues, and that in turn has helped me to be a better teacher students whose first language isn’t English.” and researcher,” he says. “I incorporate the materials and the Nevertheless, Konstan says, it would be a mistake to assume global perspective I learned from the MOOC community into that MOOCs alone are a replacement for enrollment in a qual- my classes at the U. Hopefully the course helps the University ity undergraduate or graduate program. “On-campus learning gain wider visibility because people will see that we do good provides much more interaction and personal feedback than is work in fields related to food.” possible in a MOOC,” he says. “Laboratory and project-based Joseph Konstan, a professor in the Department of Computer courses provide an intensive level of support that allow students Science and Engineering, taught Introduction to Recommender to personalize their learning.” Systems concurrently as a MOOC and an innovative hybrid The University will continue to encourage professors who graduate-level course. The University students enrolled in the are interested in offering MOOCs to do so, Hanson says. “Right for-credit course received lectures, assignments, and exams now it’s a coalition of the willing. Our faculty members are online via the MOOC with the added benefit of face-to-face engaged in research and move with the cutting edge of their interaction with instructors. Question-and-answer sessions fields. This is just another teaching space for professors to offered in-person for the credited course were videotaped and explore if they are interested in it.” posted online for MOOC students to view. Just as importantly, it’s a way for more people the world Konstan and a colleague measured student learning by over to benefit from the teaching available at the University administering pre-and post-completion surveys and knowl- of Minnesota. Q

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The Mooty/Glaser family STEVE NIEDORF STEVE The University of Minnesota runs deep in these four families with multiple generations of alumni. 32 Fall 2014 MINNESOTA THING

For them, the U is more than an institution of higher education. It’s home. www.MinnesotaAlumni.org Fall 2014 MINNESOTA 33 THE MOOTY/GLASER FAMILY

TA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA TA AT LAST COUNT, members of the Mooty/Glaser family have goes way back, its beginning is easy to pinpoint. Dr. Harry Nel- earned more than 30 degrees from the University of Minnesota son, a graduate of the School of Dentistry in the early part of

MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA stretching back four generations. But that only begins to tell the last century, was the first member of the extended family the story of their rootedness in the University. Four members to earn a degree at the University. His daughters, Virginia Mae of the combined families have served as national presidents of (“Ginny”) and Jane attended the U in the 1940’s, where they the Alumni Association: Ken Glaser (B.S. ’42) and his son, Chip met and married, respectively, John Mooty and Ken Glaser.

SOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA SOTA Glaser (B.S.B. ’75), as well as John Mooty (B.S.L. ’43, J.D. ’44) Aside from being brothers-in-law, John and Ken were and his son Bruce (B.A. ’77, J.D. ’80). Jane Glaser Mooty (B.A. business associates. After graduating from the Law School in MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESO MINNESOTA MINNESOTA ’43) and another of John’s sons, Chuck Mooty (B.S.B. ’83, M.B.A. 1944, John practiced law in Minneapolis. At 92, every Friday ’84), have served on the University of he still goes into Gray Plant Mooty, the firm where he became Previous page, seated,

MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA Minnesota Foundation board, with a partner in 1954. The oldest law firm in Minnesota, it also has left to right: KC Glaser, Jeanne Mooty, David Chuck serving a term as president. the distinction of employing four past presidents of the Alumni Mooty, Jane Glaser Stewardship is a way of the life for Association, including Bruce and John Mooty;Franklin Gray Mooty, John Mooty, the Mooty/Glasers. The family’s con- (B.A. ’25); and Bob Stein (B.A. ’60, J.D. ’61). Paige Mooty, Kai Gustafson, Kimara tributions to the U have been so many, Ken Glaser was a Minneapolis business leader who owned Mooty, and Eric so varied, and from so many sources the regional franchise for National Car Rental. In 1959, Gustafson. Standing, that it is hard to keep track without a National was having financial trouble and higher-ups in the left to right: Stacy Glaser, Gina Rutter, scorecard and Venn diagrams. “The New York corporate office asked him for help. He agreed, Jonathan Glaser, fact that our connection goes back calling on his brother-in-law Mooty for assistance, and

TA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA TA Chip Glaser, Lindsay OTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNE MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA OTA OTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA OTA four generations is a big part of why together they were successful in reinvigorating the business. Payne, Brianna Mooty, Bruce Mooty, John we’re actively involved with the Uni- The two joined forces again about 10 years later to breathe Mooty, Will Mooty, versity,” Chip explains. “I remember life into the International Dairy Queen chain. Their suc- Chuck Mooty, and seeing my father [Ken Glaser] take an Barbara Glaser active role in the Alumni Association, and we always had season tickets to football and basketball, so the University made an impression A Regeneration on me when I was young and I passed that on my kids.” Chip, from his home in Scottsdale, Arizona, and John, in Rio Verde, Arizona, have organized ongoing events to help WHEN FARIBAULT WOOLEN MILL shut its doors fund aspects of athletics programs at the U—every fall, thou- in 2009, its future was bleak, particularly after TA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNES MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA TA TA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNES MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA TA TA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESO MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA TA sands of Gopher fans stream through one of the gates at TCF its historic plant on the Cannon River flooded Bank Stadium that is named for the family. Chip currently a year later. For five generations—150 years— serves on the Carlson School of Management Board of Over- the mill had provided woolen products to the seers, and his five children—Keri (B.A. ’00), Lindsay (B.A. ’02), state and nation. Skilled craftspeople from Jonathan (B.S. ’04), Stacy (B.A. ’07), and K.C. (B.S.B. ’07), are Faribault, 50 miles south of the Twin Cities, alumni; attorneys John and Bruce have been instrumental had worked the plant through the highs and in raising funds for the Law School capital campaign; the lows of an industry that had dropped from 800 Glasers have provided similar support to the Carlson School; mills nationwide in the 1880s to 80 by 1920. and together the Mooty/Glaser families, from all generations, Through the mid-1960s to the mid-1990s, the have given generous financial contributions to the University, Faribault Woolen Mill produced half the wool as well as helped in its fundraising activities for scholarships blankets in the United States. The trouble was, SOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESO MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA SOTA SOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESO MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA SOTA SOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESO MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA SOTA and programs too numerous to name. woolen blankets were just not as popular as In honor of their lasting commitment and generosity, they once were. When the mill’s doors shut, it the family will serve as grand marshals of the Homecoming looked as if they’d shut for good. parade on October 17. “We’re very honored and humbled to But in 2011, cousins Paul and Chuck Mooty be asked to do this,” says Chip, whose son K.C. was Home- partnered together to resurrect the brand and coming king in 2004 and is currently pursuing his M.B.A. at the mill. After long and successful business the Carlson School. “We clearly think that the University of careers, each was looking for new challenges, Minnesota has done significantly more for our family than and the prospect of getting involved in an we have done for the University, so to be able to be a part of interesting and historically important Min- Homecoming is really cool. We’re going to have as many fam- nesota venture was too tempting to pass up. ily members in the parade as we can.” Though the Mooty/Glaser association with the University MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNE MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNE MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNE MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA

34 Fall 2014 MINNESOTA cessful efforts led to the sale of Dairy Queen to Warren Buffet’s One Saturday afternoon in October 1934, Berkshire Hathaway group. the Mooty family found itself glued to the Back on the home front, John and Ginny Mooty had three kitchen radio, listening to Bernie Bierman’s Gophers. The boys: David (J.D. ’78), Chuck, and Bruce. Ken and Jane Glaser University of Minnesota was challenging for its first national had a boy and a girl: Ken “Chip,” and Barbara (B.A. ’73, M.A. championship that year and playing the best team from the ’75). Tragically, both Ginny and Ken died young, Ginny in 1964 east, the University of Pittsburgh. Everyone in the country and Ken in 1970. In 1972, former in-laws John Mooty and Jane was listening to the game, and the Gophers were down 7–0 at Glaser married, tightening further an already tight clan—first halftime. They quickly came back to tie the score in the second cousins became stepsiblings, and an aunt and an uncle became half, but with just five minutes left, a Gopher drive stalled on a stepmom and stepdad. the Pittsburgh 24 yard line. On fourth-and-two, quarterback John was the first member of his side of the family to gradu- Glenn Seidel (B.M.E. ’36) took the snap from center, pitched ate from the University. He grew up in tiny Adrian, Minnesota, the ball to halfback Francis “Pug” Lund, who passed to end the son of a banker whose business closed when the market Bob Tenner (M.D. ’37). Touchdown Gophers! They were on crashed in 1929. The Mootys didn’t have much, but John and his their way to their first national championship. “Boy, we were brother Melvin (B.S.L. ’50, J.D. ’51) worked paper routes to earn excited,” John recalls. “Long before we got to the University, we cash. John learned a lesson about the value of money during the were totally committed to the Gopher football team.” Depression: Sent to the store with a dime to buy meat for the John’s son Bruce has been a partner at Gray Plant Mooty family’s dinner, he lost the dime—and the family went without since the 1980s. Like his father, Bruce’s earliest memories of food for the day. He says he has never forgotten the lesson. the University also revolve around athletics. Longtime baseball First in his class in 1944 and editor of the Law School’s Min- coach Dick Siebert was a neighbor of the Mooty family in Min- nesota Law Review, John has a clear recollection of when his neapolis. Bruce remembers Siebert bringing broken bats home devotion to the University began. from Gopher practices and putting them on the side of his house.

white-gray wool are brought in from a loading dock and dropped into dyeing vats. As the dyed wool wends its way up from floor to floor through the inner chambers of the mill it is dried, combed out, and wound into giant, colorful skeins. Individual skeins are woven together in brilliant patterns and transformed into beautiful blankets, throws, scarves, and hats. Shipped all over the country, prod- ucts from the new Faribault Woolen Mill John Mooty have been lauded by the likes of Martha on the floor of Stewart, GQ, CBS, and NBC. the Faribault Woolen Mill A whole host of products lines shelves and tables in the mill’s on-site shop. And, not surprisingly, the first blanket With financing from other members of a love for great Minnesota companies that catches the eye is maroon and gold the family, the Faribault Woolen Mill is and an interest in figuring out how to do and proudly highlights the U of M logo. once again up and running, with Chuck’s justice to a business that has such sig- Though his M.B.A. could have taken him 25-year-old son John (M.B.A. ’14) as its nificance for the area and the state. John’s in a lot of different directions, John says creative director. pride in the mill is obvious as he gives reviving the mill has so far been “a great John had no prior ties to the business, a tour that begins on the lowest level, adventure.” In fact, he says, “it feels like or even to Faribault, but he does have where laundry carts filled with lumpy, working for a 150-year-old start-up.” —T.B. STEVE NIEDORF STEVE

www.MinnesotaAlumni.org Fall 2014 MINNESOTA 35 THE LEONARD FAMILY

TA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA TA WHEN RACHEL LEONARD LEFT HER SMALL southern Minnesota hometown to work her way through college, she didn’t set out

MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA to create a three-generation legacy. But that’s exactly what happened. Leonard (A.A. ’53, B.A. ’55, B.S. ’57, M.A. ’63) first earned an associate’s and then two bachelor’s degrees in political science,

SOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA SOTA history, and education at the University. While working in the schools, she completed two advanced degrees, in education MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESO MINNESOTA MINNESOTA administration and educational psychology. Ultimately, all of her

COURTESY UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES COURTESY children and five grandchildren followed in her footsteps. Ginny Nelson Mooty (in white scarf) cheers on the

MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA “I think the University gave me a chance to help myself, and my Gophers in 1960. She was married to John Mooty kids saw that, too,” says Leonard, who became a widow when her until her death in 1964. Her sister Jane Nelson Glaser married John in 1972, two years after the youngest son, Todd, was 2. “It also taught me about lifelong learn- death of her husband Ken Glaser. ing, justice, and applying it to the everyday things around you.” Leonard has followed those principles throughout her life. She spent 30 years as a teacher, school counselor, and principal “We’d take them and put nails in the breaks, and then in Minneapolis and St. Paul public schools, earned a law degree in wind tape around the handles. It added a few ounces her 50s from William Mitchell College of Law, obtained a pilot’s to the bats but we loved to play baseball and they got license, and volunteered for countless causes. TA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA TA OTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNE MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA OTA a lot of use,” he says. MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA OTA COURTESY RACHEL LEONARD RACHEL COURTESY Bruce and Chip fondly remember attend- ing Gopher football games as an extended fam- ily because both sets of grandparents had season tickets. “My grandmother would pack roast beef sandwiches and hot chocolate and we’d sit way up in the nosebleed section and watch the game,” Bruce recalls. Chip, whose parents’ seats were on the 50-yard line under the press box, annually renews his eight Gopher season tickets, four for football and four for TA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNES MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA TA TA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNES MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA TA TA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESO MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA TA basketball, because he loves carrying on the tradition of going to games as a family. He often finds, though, that he has more takers than tickets. “It’s a battle royal for tickets because I’ve got five kids and they have kids and they all enjoy going to games. It’s really fun to see their continued passion for the University.” Chip’s children also possess the exact bench, with the row and seat numbers emblazoned on it, that the family sat on way back then because Chip purchased it when Memorial Stadium was torn down. While details of this year’s Homecoming parade SOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESO MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA SOTA SOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESO MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA SOTA and festivities are still being worked out, including MINNESO MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA SOTA just how many family members will be participating, it is certain that there will be enough Mooty/Glasers to fill a float. “They had originally talked about using cars, but I think the latest thinking is that we’ll need some sort of big flatbed truck to hold everyone,” Bruce says, adding that for him, the honor of being grand marshal is about the service that his parents have given to the University. “The University of Minnesota has made a wonderful choice by honor- ing my parents.” —Tim Brady MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNE MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNE MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNE MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA

36 Fall 2014 MINNESOTA As an attorney—at age 81, she still practices—Leonard focuses on attend the U until she was put on the wait helping ordinary people with their legal issues, often through house list. When she eventually got in, she made the calls. And she also applies her legal skills as a four-term Sherburne most of it, soaking up as much as she could about mass com- County commissioner. Her current term is up in 2016. Though munication, management, and design before landing a job as an she’s not one to boast of her accomplishments, Leonard can’t help account executive at a Minneapolis advertising agency. herself when it comes to her family: children Pam (B.A. ’74, M.D. ’84, “The U is a connection for all of us,” Alex says. “We’re all M.P.H. ’91), Eric (B.S. ’85, J.D. ’90), Todd (M.D. ’96, UMD), daughter- proud we went there, and it’s a fun thread we share.” in-law Jill (Jansen) Leonard (B.S. ’88), who is married to Eric, and Rachel’s ethic of giving has stayed with her children, especial- grandchildren Alexandra (B.A. ’10), Kyle, and Mitchell Leonard ly her commitment to public service. Todd, a family physician, and David (B.A. ’11, UMD) and Katie Cowardin (B.A. ’08). Kyle is started a company that provides medical care to inmates. Eric has a senior and Mitchell a freshman at the U. been a Ramsey County criminal prosecutor for the past 17 years. Going to Minnesota was a no-brainer for Pam. Throughout From serving his community to becoming a leader, Eric says her life, she saw her mom’s pride in being an alumna. “We grew he gained more than a stellar education when he earned a bach- up understanding what it meant for her and how many doors it elor’s degree in business and a Juris Doctor from the U. “It’s a opened,” says Pam, a retired internist and three-time mystery place that teaches the idea of self-reliance and working hard,” he novelist. “As a family we were raised with that mindset and felt adds. “It’s our home-state school, and it’s had such an influence a strong allegiance to the U of M.” on so many members of my family. It becomes more than just a Third-generation alumna Alex, who majored in strategic school. It becomes part of your community.” communications, didn’t realize how much she wanted to —Suzy Frisch

Left to right, Eric, Jill, Alex, Kyle, Todd, Rachel, and Mitchell Leonard, David Cowardin, and Pam and Katie Leonard

www.MinnesotaAlumni.org Fall 2014 MINNESOTA 37 Left to right: Brian, Rochele, Danielle, and Maxx Williams, and Ron Goetz Jr. TA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA TA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA SOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA SOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESO MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA TA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA TA OTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNE MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA OTA OTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA OTA

THE WILLIAMS FAMILY

WHEN MAXX WILLIAMS GETS UP EARLY for football practice, going and fight hard,” she says. “When you love a sport like TA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNES MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA TA TA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNES MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA TA TA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESO MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA TA or when he’s giving it his all at two-a-day practices, he thinks that, to play at that level is such a thrill.” about his grandfather, father, and uncle going through the Brian grew up in Pittsburgh, the son of a Notre Dame All- same experiences as Gophers. His grandfather, Ron Goetz Sr., Star quarterback, and he considered several other schools was a Gopher for one year. His dad Brian was a Gopher from before visiting Minnesota. He fell in love with campus and 1984 to 1988 before being drafted in the first round by the New the coaching staff, prompting him to cancel the rest of his York Giants, helping the team clinch a Super Bowl victory recruiting trips. Brian studied child psychology and mainly in 1990. His uncle, Ron Goetz Jr., played for the Gophers in played center at the U. the late 1980s. “That’s a big reason I came here—because my “Playing here was one of the best experiences of my life. I family played here and I’m keeping the memories going,” says made some lifelong friends, and by playing for Minnesota and Williams, a red-shirt sophomore tight end. “It’s cool to think in the Big Ten I got to play in the NFL,” Brian says. “I owe that they did all the same things I’m doing, too.” all to the coaching staff at Minnesota.” SOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESO MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA SOTA SOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESO MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA SOTA SOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESO MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA SOTA But Williams’s Gopher roots go beyond football. His This fall, Maxx’s sister Danielle will join him on campus mother, Rochele Williams (B.A. ’88), was a standout volleyball as a graduate student. The two are very close and will live player who earned the prestigious Big Ten Medal of Honor in together while she pursues a master’s degree in kinesiology 1988 for achievement in academics and sports. and Maxx works on his bachelor’s in communications studies. For Rochele, who grew up in Waconia, Minnesota, there Rochele and Brian travel to Maxx’s away games and the was nowhere else she’d rather go than the U, even though family takes a busload of family and friends to each home other schools came calling. Getting an excellent education game. “It’s my hometown and my home state, and repre- and playing for the hometown team in front of family and senting the Gophers at the University is a cool thing for me,” friends meant a great deal to her. “Being an athlete has its ups says Maxx, who intends to pursue the NFL and ultimately and downs, but that’s where you learn to be a better student a career in sports media. “It’s been awesome—everything I and learn that everything is not going to go right. You keep dreamed about.” —S.F. STEVE NIEDORF STEVE MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNE MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNE MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNE MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA

38 Fall 2014 MINNESOTA THE OLSON FAMILY

TA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA TA TOMMY OLSON GREW UP OBSESSED with Gopher football. ing out Ed Jr.’s football career together on the field during Attending every home game with his family, he spent hours the Texas Bowl.

MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA playing football with his brother, Eddie, in their Mahtomedi Attending the U was an easy decision for Ed Olson Sr., backyard, which became a field adorned with a University of who had several offers from other Big Ten schools. When Minnesota “M,” goalposts, and lights. Their father, Ed Olson the Gophers offered him a spot on the roster, he didn’t have Sr., (B.A.S. ’83), played for the Gophers from 1978 to 1982, and to think twice. “It’s a great school and a great education, and

SOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA SOTA Tommy and Ed Jr. yearned to follow in his footsteps. then being able to play that level of football close to home and That’s exactly what both have done. Ed Jr. played on the be a part of the collegiate football experience was pretty good,” MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESO MINNESOTA MINNESOTA offensive line for the Gophers from 2010 to 2013, and Tommy says Olson, who earned a business degree. is now a senior center. “I take a lot of pride in my career, Olson and his wife, Kelly, a University of Minnesota, Dulu-

MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA because I love coming here knowing that my brother and dad th alumna, were thrilled when both of their sons decided to came here, and I get to carry the legacy on,” he says. play for the Gophers. “It was always their thing, to be a Golden This season, Tommy will trade in his number 53 for a Gopher, and staying close to family was important to them,” jersey with number 58, the number both his father and says Ed Sr. “It’s nice to have that experience and have the brother wore. Playing alongside his brother, as he did for legacy continue. It will be sad when it’s all over because it’s two seasons, was truly special for Tommy, including finish- been a big part of our lives.” —S. F. TA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA TA OTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNE MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA OTA OTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA OTA TA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNES MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA TA TA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNES MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA TA TA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESO MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA TA SOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESO MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA SOTA SOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESO MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA SOTA SOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESO MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA SOTA

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rial Stadium in 1924. A Viking funeral pyre was set ablaze at the campus parade grounds prior to the big game against Michigan, which the Gophers lost 7-6, and Viking floats filled the parade. In 1929, the campus once again honored the state’s Norske roots at Homecoming when the parade featured a fleet of Viking galley ships built by U of M Greek houses. Celebrations were often elaborate affairs. In 1928, a hodgepodge of Native American motifs ran through Homecoming festivities. Teepees and wig- Left: The Alumni wams were set up all over the campus with “blan- Weekly announced kets, canoes, tom toms, and campfires,” according the first-ever Homecoming in to the Gopher Annual, celebrating or muddling a its October 5, variety of Indian customs and artifacts. A group of 1914 edition. Blackfoot Indians imported from Glacier National Below: Members of THE HOMECOMING TRADITION began 100 years Park in Montana provided “an unusual note of col- the Blackfoot Nation ago at the University of Minnesota with something orful realism” throughout the festivities. In 1931, attended the 1928 festivities. They’re closer to a whimper than a bang. Homecomings professional cowboys were brought in to perform pictured with student were becoming a popular means across the nation a Wild West roughriding show, and in 1953 mallard Marion Clift. to get alumni back to the old alma mater, and the U ducks were released during halftime to celebrate joined the movement. But according to the Alumni Minnesota conservation and sportsmanship. Weekly, the first Homecoming at the U “was notot an unqualified success from the point of view of the number of alumni who took advantage of the plans made for their entertainment.” The crowd at a pregame banquet at Shev- lin Hall—the women’s dormitory—drew a fair number of women, but just one man. A noon- time luncheon drew crowds “not larger than usual.” Even the postgame bash with con- cert and dance was rather sparsely attended. The Weekly laid blame on alumni, who, while coming to the game “combine business with pleasure and do not have time for anythingg besides the game. Or want to take advantage off the opportunities afforded by the Twin Cities.”” World War I prompted a hiatus from thee celebration, but in 1919 Homecoming came backk with a bang. Decorations draped Greek housess and a parade was instituted. Buttons were wornn and a bonfire and pep fest on the evening before the Kings and queens have long been a part of Home- game raised team spirit. coming tradition, but just how it’s decided who Homecoming themes became a part of the fes- should wear those crowns has changed over the tivities in the 1920s. Vikings animated the first years. In earlier times, the student body elected

UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES Homecoming celebration in the brand new Memo- queens, and being crowned king was the prerogative

www.MinnesotaAlumni.org Fall 2014 MINNESOTA 41 of a particular office: president of the Alumni Asso- decorations. In 1971, the Vietnam War had a signifi- ciation. This practice ended in the late 1960s, when cant impact on celebrations, and when they resumed Gopher football team captains were given the keys in 1973 the bonfire was discontinued for environmen- to the kingdom. One of the most famous of these was tal reasons. And the selection of queens was halted Tony Dungy (B.S. ’78), who wore the crown in 1976. from 1970 to 1975 on the premise that it was sexist. Through the decades, Homecoming traditions These days, the U celebrates Homecoming with a like the Memorial Union Ball have reflected fashion full week of activities—some of them, like the parade, trends. From early incarnations of berets, goatees, decades old. Other traditions, such as the student lip and sunglasses, to the latest in Mad Men style from sync contest, community service, and the blood drive, the early 1960s and post-Beatle haircuts and bellbot- emerged more recently. But through all the vari- toms, Homecoming has been celebrated in the style ous incarnations of Homecoming, the one constant of the times. remains the Homecoming game—whether played Sometimes, the times meant drastic changes to on Northrop Field, Memorial Stadium, the Metro- traditions. In 1943, war shortages resulted in the dome, or TCF Bank Stadium. Q elimination of the parade, bonfire, pepfest, and house —Tim Brady

“Homecoming is a custom that has become well established. . . and there is every reason to believe

The queen and her attendants during halftime of the 1938 game

The 1949 parade included a bebop funeral.

Delta Tau fraternity decorations in 1946

42 Fall 2014 MINNESOTA The 1956 bonfire awaits.

Former Gopher All-Americans attended the 1969 pepfest and luncheon. From left: Shorty Long, George Hanson, Ed Widseth, Bill Nunn, Bert Baston, Ray King, and Francis (Pug) Lund that it will prove popular here. Plans are in capable hands and something will be doing.”

1975 Homecoming King and Gopher captain Tony Dungy with Queen Ann Gallogly

Alumnus Dave Winfield (in fur coat) and Bob Hope joined University President Peter McGrath and Alumni Association 1975 Homecoming chairs President Ron Simon Dick Devine and Gary Nelson at halftime in 1980.

www.MinnesotaAlumni.org Fall 2014 MINNESOTA 43 A SALUTE TO THE “U”. A SALUTE TO CRAFTSMANSHIP. AND A SALUTE TO A GREAT FAMILY.

The Faribault Woolen Mill Minnesota wool stadium blanket: Made with care and craft at Minnesota’s oldest manufacturing company. Whether comforting you in the stadium or proudly displayed in the family room, it’s a true keepsake made to last for generations. And on the 100th Anniversary of the U’s Homecoming, it’s also a tribute to the Mooty family, strong supporters of the University and visionaries responsible for bringing the storied Faribault Woolen Mill back to life. To order yours, visit us at faribaultmill.com

Loomed in the Land of Lakes Members of the Pride of Minnesota prepare to march in 1988

Ski-U-Mah is Born

Though its origins predated Homecom- would get a yell of their own, and when one syllable, thus “Minn-so-ta.” Then ing, no Gopher gathering is complete the occasion came they would get it back recognizing the necessity of another three without at least one full-throated Ski- on Professor Peebles. syllable part of the yell, three times three, U-Mah. But where did the yell come John W. Adams, ’86, who was at that bethought himself of some Indian word from? According to this excerpt from the time rooming with “Win” Sargent, set that would express exultation, which November 9, 1914 Alumni Weekly: himself to devise a characteristic yell could be worked into the University for Minnesota. Naturally the “Rah, Rah, yell. The memory of a race between four THE UNIVERSITY YELL was started in Rah” was the first thing to suggest itself Indian boys in two canoes, which he had the fall of 1884. It appears seen years before near Lake that at the time, Professor City, came to mind, and he Peebles, who had the year recalled how, as one canoe before come from Princ- pulled out ahead and across eton, and who was coach the finishing line, one Indi- of the football team, used an boy put up his hand to divide the boys into two yelled “Ski-oo.” Mr. Adams, squads; he would coach who had seen a great deal one squad himself and give of the Sioux Indians in the other into the charge his younger days, remem- of someone else. He usu- bered, too, that this yell was ally managed to pick out almost invariably used by the strongest team for him- the young Indians when self and taking advantage winning an athletic con- of his superior knowledge test of any sort. The Sioux of the game, used to make children generally used this touchdowns on the other exclamation in their play as team almost at will. When a touchdown as being a necessary part of any yell. an expression of exultation or pleasure. came, Professor Peebles used to give his As something characteristic of Minne- As another syllable was necessary to “Sis-Boom-Ah, Princeton.” The boys sota he took the word “Minnesota,” which make it harmonize with the rest of the finally got tired of this and decided they is Indian for “cloudy water,” cutting out yell Mr. Adams simply put in the “Mah”

44 Fall 2014 MINNESOTA The return of football to campus in 2009 called for five alumni grand marshals. Three of them— Deb Hopp, Walter Mondale, and Lindsay Whalen—are pictured braving subfreezing temperatures at the pepfest. The other two were Garrison Keillor and Bobby Bell. Left: Even Goldy sought warmth.

in order to go with “Rah” and “ta.” As the yell was first planned, the emphasis was placed on the second syllable of each line. “Rah. RAH. Rah. Ski! OO! Mah! Minn- SO-ta!” After working out this yell to their own satisfaction, Adams and Sargent could not hold in any longer and they went out on the street to try the new yell. They gave it several times and enjoy the unique distinction of being the first to give voice to the famous “Ski-U-Mah.” DON'T MISS As it was late in the evening, one of the THE PARTY neighbors put up the window and invited THAT TOOK 140 YEARS the boys to “shut up and go to bed.” TO PLAN The yell was printed for the first time in a University publication in the Ariel in the spring of 1885, soon after it was origi- nated, in the following form: “Rah. Rah. Rah. ALUMNI HOMECOMING Ski-U-Mah. &RIDAY /CTOBER sPM – 11:30PM Minn-so-ta! How’s that for a college cry’? It has McNamara Alumni Center not sense but the meter’s immense. We endorse it.” We’re celebrating 140 years of Greek life on campus with the first The “Ski-U-Mah” has been the char- ever all Greek party following the Gopher Homecoming Parade. acteristic feature of the Minnesota yell 1,000 Greeks in one room? Let the party begin! and this is an authentic report of how the www.minnesotaalumni.org/FOREVERGREEK yell originated and its meaning. Hosted by Minnesota Greek Alumni Council and University of Minnesota Alumni Association

www.MinnesotaAlumni.org Fall 2014 MINNESOTA 45 GUIDE FOR ALUMNI This guide is made possible by the members of the October 13-19 UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION CELEBRATING 100 YEARS

MONDAY, OCTOBER 13 College of Liberal Arts College of Pharmacy Goldy’s Homecoming Kickoff Creative Writing Program presents Back to School Reunion author Stacey D’Erasmo reading 8 a.m. • Location TBA 11 a.m. • Coffman Plaza from Wonderland 7 p.m. • Weisman Art Museum College of Veterinary Medicine TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14 Class of 1964 Reunion 9 a.m. • Ben Pomeroy Student/Alumni College of Design WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15 Learning Center Design Intersections: Featuring Minneapolis Blood Drive Maurice Blanks of Blu Dot 10 a.m.-4 p.m. • Coffman Memorial International Student and Scholar 8 a.m. • McNamara Alumni Center Union, Great Hall and Mississippi Room Services Open House $30 by September 30, $40 by noon, 3 p.m. • ISSS Office, 190 Humphrey October 13, $45 walk-in; $15 students THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16 School

St. Paul Blood Drive China Center 10 a.m.-4 p.m. University of Minnesota Libraries Reception and Awards Ceremony for Library School reception and tours St. Paul Student Center, Minnesota Distinguished Chinese Alumni Commons Room of the archival caverns 3-5 p.m. 4 p.m. • Elmer L. Andersen Library

Alumni Awards Celebration College of Education and Human 5:30-8 p.m. • Memorial Hall, McNamara Development Alumni Party and Parade Alumni Center 4:30 p.m. • Burton Hall Plaza

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17 College of Science and Engineering Homecoming Parade Homecoming Celebration 5 p.m. • University Recreation Wellness 7 p.m. • University Avenue Southeast Center—North Gym Enjoy yourself and share the air. Family viewing area located on University No smoking on campus, please! in the Cooke Hall semicircle between Walnut and Church Streets Southeast. VISIT A NEW PERMANENT EXHIBIT Events are free unless otherwise noted. CELEBRATING 100 YEARS OF Some require registration and all are subject HOMECOMING Designed by student to change. For up-to-date details, visit leaders from the Student Unions & Activities Program Board, the exhibit MinnesotaAlumni.org/homecoming illuminates the evolving nature of Homecoming through photographs, buttons, Gopher yearbooks, and more. It’s located in the basement of Coffman SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18 Memorial Union and is open during Humphrey School Celebrate the Common Good: regular hours. Ski-U-Mania! presented by the A Humphrey School All-Class Reunion Alumni Association 5 p.m. • Humphrey School, 301 19th Food, entertainment, coronation of Avenue South, Minneapolis Homecoming King and Queen $50-$70 8-11 a.m. • McNamara Alumni Center Program of Mortuary Science College of Pharmacy Football All-Class Reunion Reception 4 p.m. • Historic Thomson-Dougherty 8 a.m. • McNamara Alumni Center house, 2535 Park Avenue South, College of Liberal Arts Minneapolis at Ski-U-Mania! School of Music Collage Concert 8 a.m. • McNamara Alumni Center, 7:30 p.m. • Ted Mann Concert Hall Ski-U-Mah Room

College of Food, Agricultural and SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19 Natural Resource Sciences Norman Borlaug 5K Homecoming Tailgate Time TBA • St. Paul campus 8 a.m. College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences Homecoming Game Beer & Brats at the Bell Gophers v. Purdue 5:30 p.m. • Bell Museum of Natural 11 a.m. History lawn. At 7 p.m. join us on the fl oat or fi nd us on the lawn. A special Homecoming Carlson School Parade Watch Party GET YOUR HOMECOMING T-SHIRT! warrants a special com- 6 p.m. • Armory lawn memoration. That was the Registration required thinking behind this year’s Forever Greek Alumni Reunion Forever Gold Homecoming 7 p.m. • McNamara Alumni Center t-shirt, designed by Natalie Pechman, a senior graphic Mr. Molar, the Tooth Fairy, and the design major and student School of Dentistry in the parade designer for the offi ce 7 p.m. • University Avenue of Student Unions and Activities (SUA). Orientation and First Year Campus icons and other Programs Reunion places that embody the spirit 8:30 p.m. • McNamara Alumni Center of Homecoming inspire the design, says Nathan Wald- Colleges of Design and Liberal Arts vogel of SUA. “We wanted and School of Journalism and Mass BACK the shirt to have the same Communication Post-Parade Gathering energy as those icons and 8 p.m. • Commons Hotel places. Wearing it is a badge FRONT of honor,” he says. Recreation and Wellness The t-shirt is available at Alumni Parade Party the University of Minnesota 8 p.m. • University Recreation and Bookstores while supplies last. Wellness Center #ForeverGold Osmo Vänskä /// Music Director

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From Gopher captain to Gopher coach

he story about how Mike Sherels my name is Mike Sherels. I played football (B.S. ’07, M.Ed. ’14) finally made at the U and was a two-time captain, and I T a move on his future wife, Emily want to come work for you.” (B.A. ’08, M.Ed. ’11) at the McNamara Despite his nerves—or maybe because Academic Center is interesting, but it of his nerve—Sherels made an impression. pales in comparison to how Emily con- Kill made him “special assistant to the spired to help him meet his future boss, head coach” in 2011—in essence, an intern. Gophers head coach Jerry Kill. A few “I have no qualms starting off at the days after Kill arrived at the University bottom and paying my dues, so long as of Minnesota in 2010, he attended a men’s I’m in a system that rewards hard work,” Mike Sherels instructs linebackers basketball game at Williams Arena. Emily, Sherels says. “Because in that system I will during practice who worked for then–head basketball come out on top more often than not. . . . coach Tubby Smith, made sure there was I’m living proof of that.” an empty seat next to Kill. He certainly is. A product of John Mar- Sherels sidled up to Kill and delivered shall High School in Rochester, Sherels his best pick-up-a-job line: “Coach Kill, turned down scholarship offers from North MARK LUINENBURG

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Dakota State and Northern Iowa, opting instead to take his chances walking on at Minnesota. His risk paid off. From 2004 to 2007, he started 30 games at lineback- er for the Gophers, recorded 219 tackles, and is the only Minnesota walk-on ever to become a two-time captain. Now the walk-on is a coach. Last March, just a few days before spring prac- tice began, Kill named Sherels linebackers coach to succeed Bill Miller, who left for Florida State. He’s thrilled to be a part of Kill’s renowned loyal and tight-knit staff. On the same day Sherels was pro- Brawn and brains moted to linebackers coach, his younger brother Marcus (B.A. ’10)—also a former By some measures, the 2013-14 academic year was the best on record for Gopher walk-on star for the Gophers—signed a student athletes. Eighteen Gopher teams posted perfect Academic Progress Rates two-year extension with the Minnesota (APR) scores, the highest number of single-year perfect scores in Minnesota athletics Vikings. Recently, after living with Mike history. The APR is the NCAA’s multiyear measurement designed to track student for nine years, Marcus found a place athletes’ eligibility and progress toward graduation. Nine teams posted perfect of his own. “He finally moved out, one multiyear scores, which is also the highest number ever achieved at Minnesota. mile down the road,” jokes the elder Those statistics translate into the U being the highest ranked public institution in Sherels. “It was a little awkward when the nation for percentage of sports teams earning APR awards. It ranked fourth among he’s a millionaire living with his gradu- all major colleges and universities, trailing only Northwestern, Notre Dame, and Duke. ate assistant brother.” Additionally, 295 student athletes were named Academic All–Big Ten. To be Sherels considers himself a cerebral eligible, student athletes must be letterwinners who are in at least their second coach, having absorbed the schemes academic year and carry a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or higher. In the fall and philosophies of the many coaches semester 35 of the 72 fall sports student athletes who earned the honor were football he’s played for and worked with. “I’m players, the highest number ever. one that takes all that information and Women’s hockey player Kelly Terry, a senior, and gymnast Nathan Fortunato (B.A. then turns it into my own with the bits ’14) were honored among the best in their sports. Terry was named the Western Col- and pieces that I like,” he says. “I enjoy legiate Hockey Association’s Outstanding Student Athlete of the Year and Fortunato the thinking side of the game.” received the NCAA Elite 89 Award for men’s gymnastics. Kill calls Sherels wise beyond his years and a good teacher who has the 2014 Gopher Football Schedule respect of coaches and players alike. And there’s that deep shade of maroon he bleeds. “He knows more about Minneso- August 28 — Eastern Illinois October 25 — at Illinois ta than any of us,” Kill says. “He’s taught September 6 — Middle Tennessee State November 8 — Iowa us all about the University and the state.” September 13 — TCU November 15 — Ohio State In that sense, Sherels can certain- September 20 — San Jose State November 22 — Nebraska ly talk the talk. “I can sit in a recruit’s living room and I can tell him that the September 27 — Michigan November 29 — Wisconsin University of Minnesota is the greatest October 11 — Northwestern Home games in bold. For game times, place in the world,” he says. “I’m com- October 18 — Purdue • HOMECOMING visit www.gophersports.com pletely sincere when I say it. I believe it because I lived it, and the best decision I ever made in my life was to walk on at Pregame McNamara Alumni Center will host its traditional pre- Minnesota.” Headquarters game party beginning two hours prior to kickoff at all That, and sitting down next to Jerry home games. Food and beverages will be sold. Camara- Kill. derie and Gopher spirit will be available free of charge. —Rick Moore PETER CAMPOFIORI Access Minnesota … Issues that Matter to You. On the radio, television and online — Access Minnesota draws upon the expertise of the U of M faculty for deeper insight into today’s pivotal issues. www.accessminnesotaonline.com for stations and broadcast times GET THE MOST OUT OF MEET AT THE MAC Stunning interiors, award-winning D’Amico Catering, and YOUR MEMBERSHIP adjacent parking make the McNamara Alumni Center an ideal Minneapolis holiday party, conference, or meeting • Save on Gopher gear at the venue. The Center offers 35,000 square feet of on-campus University Bookstores. meeting space, made up of 10 versatile rooms. Showcasing the Center’s Memorial Hall, this photo captures a state fair- • Access thousands of publications on themed holiday party. select U Libraries’ online databases. The McNamara Alumni Center offers a special winter • Boost your career with a professional booking promotion through February 28, 2015. Choose two free add-ons—one from the Alumni Center and one from development workshop. D’Amico Catering—when you book an event held November • And much more. Explore all your 1, 2014 through March 31, 2015. Add-on options include member perks at 10 percent off room rental, free projector rental, a free champagne toast, or trio table centerpieces. Details and www.MinnesotaAlumni.org/benefits. available dates can be found at www.mac-events.org or by calling 612-624-9831. 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A HEALTH CLUB FOR THE MIND Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) offers more than 350 courses on subjects as diverse as astronomy, history, current affairs, literature, contemporary theater, landscape archi- tecture, and more. In addition, more than 40 special interest groups (SIGs) provide enriching opportunities beyond the class- room in jazz, photography, knitting, play reading, and many other topics. One of the most popular is the biking, hiking, and snowshoeing SIG. Members of this active group are pictured here enjoying a hike on a beautiful fall day. Fall term begins the week of September 15. Alumni Association members can join at a first year fee of $190, a $20

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