Professor Donates Body to Worthy Cause
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Red & Green October 8, 2009 Vol. 91 No. 5 Minot State University, Minot, N.D. 58701 www.minotstateu.edu/redgreen/ Minutes before the big game Submitted photo Nursing professor Marita Hoffart volunteers to be duct taped to a wall in Memorial Hall by nursing students. Pictured are (kneeling, from the left) Amber Widmayer, Photo by Jesse Kelly Amber Barnes; (standing, from the left) Michaelyn Gessner, Students (from the left) Danielle Stuart, Amber Davis, Andria Livingston and Tonya Hoffart and Natasha Shipman. Hoffart was duct taped by Stuart participate in tailgating festivities, despite cloudy and cold conditions. For the students to raise funds for their trip to Tanzania. highlights and scores of Saturdayʼs game, turn to page 10. Professor donates body Big prizes for the best scare to worthy cause By Bryce Berginski viding a dramatic reading of a story that Editor prize-winning ghost story on is 600 to Four nursing students, one tape all over her. The event’s Minot State University’s Oct. 29. 700 words nursing instructor and one purpose was to raise funds for English department, in coop - The English department in length, local nurse duct taped a nurs - nursing students to travel to eration with the Sigma Tau and English club are hosting a nothing ing instructor to the wall last Tanzania. Delta English club, is making ghost story contest. Any stu - longer. week. Minot State University’s Organizers sold duct tape a change to the old “trick-or- dent who wants to can partic - The kind of stories they are Marita Hoffart stood patiently by the yard and the roll. They treat” children’s rhyme. ipate, not just students who looking for are descriptive on a box while students placed Rather than providing are English majors. Students See Nursing — Page 2 See Stories — Page 2 something to eat, they are pro - participating would write a Page 2 ~ October 8, 2009 News Red & Green ... Stories department faculty will look story. continued from page 1 at the stories that day and This is the first time the Giving the gift of life choose the top three winners English department and the and cr eate a mood that is on Oct. 22. Sigma Tau Delta English club have joined scary, macabre, and supernat - will treat the top three as forces for an event like this, ural and straddles the border - guests of honor at a pizza and more could arise if it is line between reality and the party. successful. imagination. The Red & Green campus “We are seeking to engage Entrants must turn in a newspaper will publish the the campus in literary hard copy to Sherry Wheeling first place story in the Oct. 29 endeavors and storytelling,” in the Humanities office, issue. Members of the theatre Robert Kibler, English depart - Hartnett Hall room 148. They department will dramatically ment coordinator, said of the must also e-mail a digital read it on KMSU radio that event. “Literature serves to copy to her by the end of the night. People from the art teach, move, and delight. For business day Oct. 20, 2009. department will make illus - this we are putting more Members of the English trations to go along with the emphasis on the latter.” YOUniversity promotes career Photo by Cassandra Neuharth programs, higher ed. schools MSU student Jhondarr Lopez and Mark Lyman, director of Public Information, volunteer to give blood during the blood drive last week. MSU Student Ambassadors and (YOUniversity, Boynton to learn about different profes - Student Government Association sponsored the drive. Beach, Fla.) — sions, while also giving them YOUniversityTV, a college the opportunity to lead discus - video resource community pro - sions about the careers they’re moting higher education and interested in pursuing.” assisting college-bound stu - YOUniversityTV is a College dents with the college-selection Video Resource Community ... Nursing last fall with Foundation for process, today announced the dedicated to promoting higher continued from page 1 Hospices of Sub Sahara Africa. launch of its new weekly blog, education by assisting college- Interested students, faculty, “A day in the life of …,” on country to film bound students with the col - then placed the strips across and nursing individuals in the Seventeen magazine’s YOUniversityTV’s hundreds of lege-selection process, provid - Hoffart in an attempt to stick Minot community planned the Freshman 15 micro-site. The College Video Tours (CVTs), ing access to videos and educa - her to the wall. On removal of trip during the semester break. new blog, written by all three of will also include a tional resources for top colleges the box, she stuck briefly to the Fundraising efforts begun this YOUniversityTV hosts, is dedi - YOUniversityTV career video across the U.S. – more than 400 wall, and then slid down. summer were successful in cated to careers and career with each blog entry, which to date. YOUniversityTV, The Student Nurse’s raising some of the travel advice. gives their readers an in-depth founded in 2008, is based in Association and Omicron Tau, expenses. Laurie Dimler, the Each week, YOUniversityTV look at what it would be like to Boynton Beach, Fla. To experi - an MSU nursing honor society, nursing instructor traveling hosts Nicole Erin, Sheana spend a day in the life of each ence life at the YOUniversityTV recently held a medical sup - with the group, is grateful for Klasfeld and Ferrari St. Paul different profession -- more campus, visit plies drive for FHSSA. Rhoda the support of the nursing fac - will feature a different career on than 100 careers are featured on www.youniversitytv.com. To Owens, Omicron Tau presi - ulty, students and community their new blog based on their the YOUniversityTV site. engage with YOUniversityTV dent, suggested an actual visit in the fundraising efforts. first-hand experience working “The new blog on behalf of on Twitter follow the link to expand MSU’s understand - “Our next effort before our alongside professionals for a YOUniversityTV’s hostesses is twitter.com/youniversitytv. ing of global nursing. travel is for medical supplies day. The careers showcased on an opportunity for them to Editor’s note: Minot State On Dec. 30, nursing stu - that we will take with us to the blog will include some of share with Seventeen readers University partnered with dents Amber Barnes, Moshi,” she said. the most conventional careers everything they’ve learned and YOUniversity in 2008 to pro - Michaelyn Gessner, Sara An upcoming event will col - appealing to today’s new hires, experienced throughout the mote MSU on the Web. MSU’s Samulenok and Amber lect hand sanitizer, multivita - as well as those that are a little filming of these career videos,” video can be viewed at Widmayer will travel to mins, band aids, and monetary less than ordinary. said Ron Reis, co-founder and www.youniversitytv.com/youl Moshi, Tanzania, to participate donations so the hospice can Erin, Klasfeld and St. Paul, CEO of YOUniversityTV. “The ife/cvt.php#vidid=3591. in a partnership they began buy other needed supplies. who have traveled across the blog creates a fun way for teens Red & Green News October 8, 2009 ~ Page 3 2009 KMSU Auction: Don’t miss these Hispanic Awareness Month student presentations. ‘Make the Call, Win it All!’ • Oct. 15 – Brazil and Peru • Oct. 22 – Mexico By Cassandra Neuharth opportunity for Minot busi - tion, as well as by all the fac - Comm 281 nesses. The White, Red, and ulty members and students Multicultural Center, The 2009 KMSU auction Green Clubs will provide supporting her through first floor of the Student Center, at noon at Minot State University different marketing promo - these tough times. will kick off at 6 p.m. on tions for a business giving a Rumney will speak on the Thursday, Dec. 3. The donation. preview show the night of money raised will go In May of 2009, students the auction. She said she towards purchasing new on the Minot State sees this as an opportunity equipment for the broad - University campus were fin - to draw awareness to MSU INSIDE/OUT casting department, scholar - ishing up tests and getting students and faculty who ships for local area high ready to toss their caps. For are coping now or who have MSU's News and school students and to help - one MSU faculty member, coped with cancer. Rumney ing one person in need. This the test was to stay positive said she appreciates the Feature Show is the 11th year for the QVC- and strong. thoughtfulness. style event. Honors Program Director For further information Students throughout the Lynne Rumney, diagnosed or to to donate to the auc - Thursdays, live at 5 P.M. broadcasting department with stage three breast can - tion, check out shown again at 6:30 P.M. have begun gathering dona - cer, will be the recipient for www.kmsuauction.com or Fridays at 2:30 & 6:30 P.M. tions of items to auction off this year’s auction. Rumney, contact Jenn Thorgramson live on Channel 19. Viewers along with her husband at jen - will call in and place bids John Rumney, has been with [email protected] KMSU TV Channel 19 on-air during the allotted MSU for 13 years. She said otstateu.edu. Produced by MSU Broadcasting students time period. 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