KREBSBACH … an Advocate for Students President’S CONNECTIONS STAFF Vice President for Advancement Rick Hedberg ’89
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Alumni Association and Development Foundation Fall 2017 KREBSBACH … an advocate for students President’s CONNECTIONS STAFF Vice President for Advancement Rick Hedberg ’89 Managing Editor and Writer Michael Linnell Writers Nicole Thom-Arens s I write this column, we are experiencing our Dan Fagan first dusting of snow for the season here on Roger McAfee the MSU campus. The calendar indicates Copy Editor we have another 6–7 weeks left of Karen Holmen ’81 autumn, but any of us who have lived in Photography Coordinator North Dakota long enough know that Teresa Loftesnes ’07/’15 winter can start anytime! Campus Photographer This fall, I have a goal to visit every high school Richard Heit ’07 within approximately a two-hour driving radius of Minot. To date, I have been to about 20 schools, and Publication Design we have another dozen or so left to visit. There is no Doreen Wald formal agenda with these visits, but rather they have Alumni Happenings simply provided opportunities to meet with school Janna McKechnie ’14 superintendents, principals, teachers, counselors, and Baby Beavers coaches. Kevin Harmon, our VP for Student Affairs, has Kate Marshall ’07 accompanied me on all the tours. We typically take a tour Class Notes of the school, learn about their students and community, Bonnie Trueblood important issues in the school district, and discuss ways Minot In Memory State and their school can work more closely together. Renae Yale ’10 These visits have also created occasions to meet numerous MSU alumni, as we have so many alums in the education profession throughout North Dakota PHOTOGRAPHERS: (and across the globe!). I have seen first-hand the dedication and commitment these Richard Heit ’07 wonderful MSU graduates have toward their students and their schools. With every school Michael Linnell visit, I come away a little more optimistic, confident, and proud of the work Minot State Janna McKechnie ’14 University does in preparing teachers, coaches, and administrators. I also beam with PHOTO CREDITS: pride as I think about the work those teachers are doing for the betterment of their local communities. MSU was founded as a Normal School, and to this day, teacher education Sean Arbaut: p. 16 Caleb Heilman photos plays a critical role in our mission. As the U.S. expanded west of the Mississippi River, Normal Schools played a key function ensuring there were teachers to educate society. Alissa Renner: p. 17 I have always been proud of this important part of our mission, but that pride has only Katie Kringen photo been reinforced and strengthened this fall witnessing our graduates in action! East Carolina Sports Information: p. 18-19 This fall season also brought a couple wonderful recognition celebrations. Our annual Curt Kraft photos Golden Awards banquet during Homecoming recognized five deserving recipients in JLG Architects: back cover Dr. Joe Hegstad (posthumously), Dr. Dick Jenkins, Roger Looyenga, Marv Semrau, and Northwest Arts Center images Wade Regier. A few weeks later, we celebrated MSU’s Athletic Hall of Fame induction with Nick Banks, Kendra Meyer, and Janessa (Penner) Wilson. You can read more about all of these tremendous recipients in this issue of Connections. One final update from this autumn at MSU: as you read this, the campus will have Connections is published two times completed hosting our 10-year accreditation visit by the Higher Learning Commission a year by the Minot State University (HLC). This exhaustive review process is the culmination of several years’ worth of plan- Alumni Association and Development Foundation. Send comments, articles or ning by MSU. The late-October campus visit was conducted by a team of peer reviewers photo submissions to from across the country confirming MSU meets the HLC accreditation criteria, pursues Connections institutional improvement, and complies with requirements set by the U.S. Department MSU Alumni Office 500 University Ave. West of Education. We will receive a final report in early 2018 from the Commission, but are Minot, ND 58707 confident it was a favorable accreditation review site visit and anticipate a positive outcome. I look forward to seeing you in 2018, and as always … GO BEAVERS! Ph: 701-858-3399 or 1-800-777-0750. Fax: 701-858-3179. Email: [email protected] Printed on Forest Stewardship Council certified stock. Third class postage paid Steven W. Shirley, Ph.D., President at Fargo, ND 58101. 2 CONNECTIONS STAFF Vice President for Advancement Rick Hedberg ’89 Managing Editor and Writer Michael Linnell Writers Nicole Thom-Arens Dan Fagan Feature stories Athletics Roger McAfee Copy Editor Karen Holmen ’81 04 Krebsbach … an advocate for students Remembering his roots 18 Photography Coordinator Teresa Loftesnes ’07/’15 Campus Photographer Richard Heit ’07 Painting away the pain MSU Athletics Hall of Fame 08 2017 recipients 22 Publication Design Doreen Wald Alumni Happenings Janna McKechnie ’14 Moorhead mayor exemplifies lifetime 12 of civic engagement Baby Beavers Every issue Kate Marshall ’07 Class Notes Alumni Association recognizes the PROFILES: Minot State Bonnie Trueblood 2017 golden award and young alumni 28 students and faculty In Memory achievement award recipients 13 Renae Yale ’10 PHOTOGRAPHERS: Editor’s note UNDER 30: Heilman Richard Heit ’07 performing at high level 16 Michael Linnell REETINGS FROM THE MAGIC CITY! Janna McKechnie ’14 It is my pleasure to present you PHOTO CREDITS: G with what I’m calling Issue No. 1. UNDER 40: Leap of faith While I have been associated with Sean Arbaut: p. 16 for the past seven years in my paying off for Kringen 17 Caleb Heilman photos Connections role in athletics, this is my first edition as Alissa Renner: p. 17 managing editor. Katie Kringen photo First off, introductions. DEVELOPMENT East Carolina Sports Information: p. 18-19 My name is Michael Linnell and I am the Director of FOUNDATION 21 Curt Kraft photos University Communications. Connections welcomes three new writers. Nicole Thom-Arens is an assistant professor JLG Architects: back cover at MSU and is the advisor of the Red & Green. Dan Fagan, Northwest Arts Center images a senior at MSU studying finance and active in the arts, is an intern in the University Communications Office. Roger ALUMNI EVENTS 23 McAfee is the athletic department’s new Assistant Athletic Director of Communications & Media Relations. In addition, Karen Holmen, Student Publications Office and University Communications Office, isConnections copy editor. CLASS NOTES The team will strive to produce the best possible maga- 30 zine, to bring you interesting stories, and features from a variety of subjects. We hope you enjoy the new features in this edition, including the Alum from Day One section and our Under 30 IN MEMORY and Under 40 profiles. 36 As always, please let us know who you want featured, what we are doing well, and what we can do better. GO BEAVERS! BABY BEAVERS —Michael Linnell 38 Director of University Communications 3 … an advocate for students Each time a student at Minot State University utilizes the pedagogy lab in Swain Hall, climbs the rock wall in the Wellness Center or escapes winter’s chill in the walkway spanning the two buildings, they are enjoying the fruits of Sen. Karen (Lysne) Krebsbach’s labors. 4 Sen. Karen Krebsbach, R-Minot, represents District 40 in the North Dakota Senate and is pictured in the Great Hall of the State Capital building in Bismarck. 5 they are countering you with Krebsbach’s path to becom- , KREBSBACH untrue facts. The local legisla- ing an influential legislator A 1961 GRADUATE tors got together and really saw started with humble begin- OF MINOT STATE the benefit of these projects. nings. She ran three times and longtime state senator, “I guess my success in any before being successful on has been an integral part of this, was the relationships her first public board, a local of some of the most recent I built up with the other consumer credit association building projects at Minot legislators — not just the local in Minot. State. The buildings represent ones and not just republicans, “The local manager kept a physical reminder of one but across the state. They encouraging me to run (for of her biggest passions in the know I’m not just here for the consumer credit asso- state legislature — ensuring my game.” ciation). When he came the student success. “She has a vision for all of third time, I said, ‘No, two All three projects are a North Dakota,” Grand Forks times is enough to get de- reminder of the hard work senator and chairman of the feated,’” she recalled. “But Krebsbach has done for Senate Appropriations Com- the third time I was success- Minot, Minot State, and mittee Ray Holmberg said. ful. That was the beginning higher education. “She is a superb advocate for of my involvement.” “It’s rewarding when the Minot and Minot State. She From there, she ran for a process is done right,” she said. is always there with the facts couple of local and state boards “Yes, I suppose there is an and figures. Karen advocates before taking the opportunity adrenaline rush when you are for what is good for students, to run for the state legislature. in the throes of it and have she has a spine — I can’t say all While she felt at the time she people countering you, but legislators do — and stands up was encouraged to run because that only bothers me when for what she believes is right.” she was a female, she quickly Sen. Karen Krebsbach, R-Minot, represents District 40 in the North Dakota Senate and is pictured in her familiar seat in the Senate chambers at the State Capital in Bismarck. “She is a superb advocate for Minot and Minot State,” Grand Forks senator and chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee Ray Holmberg said.