Morningsider Winter 2018 Experience Matters at Morningside College

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My Morningside experience has been filled with so much learning and so many opportunities. After all of these great experiences, the big question is, “Why do I love Morningside?” Like many other Morningsiders, I came to do a sport, swimming to be exact. I slowly realized that I wanted to do more in college than just swim and go to classes. I wanted to learn to get out of my comfort zone and find something that I would thoroughly enjoy during my four years here at Morningside. To my surprise, during my sophomore year, I was recommended by faculty and staff to apply to the new Connie Wimer Women’s Leadership Program. I applied and got accepted. During my first year in the program, I gained a lot of information about how to become a leader and how to be successful. I was able to take on multiple leadership roles and work with different leadership styles. This helped me gain confidence and realize that I could be a leader when before I never thought I had the skills. Morningside has allowed me to grow and gain experience being a leader. I have been able to be an executive officer in the Pre-Professional Health Club, the president of the Undergraduate Psychological and Social Science Association, and a peer mentor in the Second Year Experience Mentorship Program for Psychology. Not only has Morningside aided me in becoming a leader, but it also has prepared me for graduate school. I have been able to find internships quite easily and get hands-on experience as well as participate in Morningside’s Summer Undergraduate Research Alejandraj R. Program. All of the wonderful opportunities, experiences, and Castillo people at Morningside have helped me become a competitive is a senior at Morningside College applicant for graduate school and career options. I know that I will from Storm Lake, Iowa. She is continue to love Morningside as it grows and helps other students majoring in counseling psychology prepare for their future. and biopsychology with an emphasis in neuroscience. She is in the process of applying to graduate school and hopes to one day become a clinical neuropsychologist.

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VOL.74 / NO.1 4 ON THE COVER Lindsey Smith completes an Mass comm internship at the Sioux City professor leaves Farmers Market as part of $100,000 to the Tyson Foods Summer department for Community Internship improvements. Program. Photo by Doug Burg, Burg Studios.

4 Morningside Avenues Starting quarterback is named to Allstate Good Works Team. 6 Mustang Minutes 7

13 Faculty and Staff Notes

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EDITOR Jenny Welp Thomas

ART DIRECTOR Kevin Kjeldseth College president lays out vision for Morningside.

VICE PRESIDENT FOR COMMUNICATIONS Rick Wollman

VISIT US ONLINE Go to morningside.edu to get up-to-date information about the college. See who was inducted22 into the M-Club Hall of Fame at Homecoming.

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Mass comm professor leaves $100,000 to department Dr. Mark “Doc” Heistad had “When he knew he was going to continue making updates, as drawn up plans to remodel the be passing away, he said, ‘I’m going to technology becomes outdated college radio leave you some money so you can so quickly. station, KMSC, take care of this, so you can do some Madsen said he wasn’t surprised long before he got of the stuff we’ve been talking Heistad made such a generous gift sick and died of about,’” said Dave Madsen, assistant to the department. esophageal cancer professor and department head for “Family meant a lot to him, and in April 2017. mass communication. this college meant a lot to him,” The associate Heistad left the college $100,000, Madsen said. “He wanted to do professor of mass so this summer the department used whatever he could to help students communication Heistad’s plans to remodel the radio be successful.” wanted to knock station and buy new down a wall to furniture and a high-tech

Justin Wan, Sioux City Journal Wan, Justin transform the soundboard. production room and storage room The department into a new radio station that would bought high-definition be twice the size of the old one – television equipment and have a window. The old radio and teleprompters station would become the for the TV station production room. and special software The college applied for grants to for sports coverage make the improvements but did not that makes it possible receive one. Heistad even had to automatically display someone come in and give an scoreboard information. The new radio station is twice the size of the old one, making it easier to do estimate for how much it would cost And the department talk shows or even perform live music on the radio. There is also a window, to tear down the wall. still has money left to helping students to ensure that their weather reports are accurate.

Sttuddentt Jesseca Ormond complletted a phhottographhy projject thatt depicted and challenged the social construct of masculinity and femininity with Dolie Thompson, assistant professor of art, as part of the Summer Undergraduate Research Program. Other projects involved Alzheimer’s research, the suggestibility of eyewitnesses, and a paleontological dig in the Badlands of North Dakota.

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Chad BensonChris Benson Robert Burkhart Patrick Murphy Tarah Nolan Cory Roberts Richard Waller Morningside College Board of Directors elects new members The Morningside College Board of Directors elected Craig I. Struve 1970 of Okoboji, Iowa, continues to seven members to new terms during the board’s serve as chair of the Morningside College Board of October meeting on the Morningside campus. Directors. Cynthia C. Moser of Sioux City, an attorney Board members elected to new terms include Chad and partner with the Heidman Law Firm, serves as W. Benson 1990 of Cedar Falls, Iowa, chief operating board secretary. Brian A. Johnson 1983, financial officer for ACT Holdings, Inc.; Chris E. Benson 1994 of adviser with Security National Bank in Sioux City, Greeley, Colo., head of ground beef and value added for serves as assistant board secretary. JBS USA; Dr. J. Robert Burkhart 1970 of Indianola, Members named to chair board committees include Iowa; Dr. Patrick J. Murphy 1997 of Birmingham, Ala., Bishop Deborah L. Kiesey 1973 of Iowa City, Iowa, the Goodrich Endowed Chair for Innovation and Student Life and Learning Committee; Martin B. Entrepreneurship at the University of Alabama at Palmer, president of Palmer Candy Company in Sioux Birmingham; Tarah A. Nolan 2009 of Parker, S.D., City, Finance/Facilities and Investment Committee; owner of Transaction Coordination Services at Keller Connie P. Horton Wimer, chairman of Business Williams Realty Sioux Falls; Cory A. Roberts 1990, Publications Corporation in Des Moines, Iowa, External M.D., of Dallas, Texas, president, chairman and chief Relations Committee; and Cynthia C. Moser, Graduate executive officer for ProPath Holdings, PLLC; and Programs Committee. Richard A. Waller of Dakota Dunes, S.D.

Morningside celebrates 125th anniversary, produces video and updates college history book Morningside College kicked off commemoration of the 125th anniversary of its founding during Homecoming weekend in October. As part of the anniversary observance, we have created a website, morningside125.com. Go to the site to view a new video produced to mark the 125th anniversary. The site also contains information about the updated college history written by Tim Orwig 1980 that will be available in the spring of 2019. Morningside125.com also has information about pre-ordering copies of the new book through the Morningside College Bookstore.

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Football earns GPAC championship for eighth straight year Morningside was the 2018 GPAC football champion and as of press time was making its 15th consecutive run at an NAIA national championship. The Mustangs have run an impressive offense throughout the season, averaging more than 600 yards per game and scoring an average of 56 points per game. Wide receiver Connor Niles broke the NAIA record for most career receiving touchdowns (60) at the Oct. 27 game against Concordia. The defense has been equally impressive, pitching three shutouts during their first nine games of the season, consistently ranking in the top spot for total defense in the NAIA. Two major highlights for the team during the regular season included a 42-34 victory over Northwestern, who was ranked No. 3 at the time of play, and a 35-17 victory on the road over NCAA Division II Truman State. Also, Steve Ryan, head football coach, was the GPAC nominee for the NAIA Coach of Character Award. Connor Niles Linebacker receives Morningside national scholarship athletics Junior linebacker Joel Katzer received the 2018 NAIA A.O. launches new Duer Scholarship for outstanding website scholarship, character, For the first time in Morningside’s and citizenship. history, athletics has its own website and A biology and unique URL at msidemustangs.com. The chemistry major with new site launched on Nov. 5. The move a 4.0 grade point comes following a brand refresh to both average, Katzer helped the main Morningside and athletics organize the football logos as a new brand identity is rolled team’s spring break Joel Katzer out for the college under the leadership service trip to Houston in March. He traveled with a group of new Vice President for Marketing Erin of football players to Tanzania to help with water projects Edlund. Edlund spearheaded the project and maintenance at orphanages. He also helped organize during her first six months on the job to the Morningside Mentors in Science Program, a student help provide athletics with a more organization that works with the Boys and Girls Clubs of functional site to fit the needs of fans, Siouxland to expose members to science concepts. student athletes, and coaches. This is the second year in a row that a Morningside student-athlete has received this award.

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Starting quarterback named to Allstate Good Works Team Senior starting quarterback Trent Solsma was named to the 2018 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team. He was one of 169 athletes nationwide nominated for the honor. A panel of judges narrowed the group to an honorary head coach and 22 college football players. He was also one of four athletes selected for a video profile produced by Allstate and NowThis, which can be found on the Morningside YouTube Channel. Solsma is active in his family’s nonprofit organization, Project Rehema, which provides housing for nearly 80 orphans in Tanzania. He and his football teammates traveled to Tanzania in May 2018 to construct a building to house eight to 10 new orphans. Solsma also played a key role in organizing the football team service trip to Houston. Trent Solsma

Volleyball competes at nationals 2018 grad is Academic Women’s volleyball wrapped up the regular All-American of season with a 3-1 victory over College of Saint Mary the Year that ended the season in Runner Jason Kenny 2018 winning fashion and was named the 2017-18 Google locked down host Cloud Academic All-American responsibilities and a berth of the Year by College Sports in the NAIA tournament. Information Directors of With not a single senior on America. Kenny graduated with the squad, the team has a 4.0 cumulative grade point surprised opponents and average (GPA) with a major in impressed fans throughout applied agricultural and food the season by toppling studies. He was joined on the Jason Kenny 2018 nationally ranked teams, Google Cloud Academic All-America College Division including a 3-2 defeat of Men’s Track & Field/Cross Country First Team by Northwestern, which was teammate Jacob Green 2018, who graduated with a 3.9 ranked No. 8 at the time. cumulative GPA with majors in biology and chemistry. Brini Olson

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One of the best parts of my job is hearing about someone’s incredible Morningside experience. Alumni tell me of professors who remain an integral part of their life. They share fantastic photos from once-in-a-lifetime May Term trips. They reminisce about winning that championship game or the hours they spent setting up their art exhibit. For these people, Morningside was the conduit for opportunities and relationships that mattered, and that continue to matter for a lifetime. Over the past few years, the campus community and board of directors have worked diligently to think about the road ahead. We have had difficult discussions and made even more difficult decisions to ensure we are able to provide our students with the best possible education while doing everything we can to keep tuition affordable. Through this work, the Morningside experience has been a central theme, and that has allowed a new vision to emerge. There are four elements that seem to help distinguish the Morningside experience – exceptional academics, experiences, co-curriculars and our size, location, and culture. Our vision for the future is reliant upon these four strengths that Morningside already possesses. It’s our intent to take these elements and build more synergy to elevate the Morningside experience to a new level.

– John Reynders President

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The Morningside College experience is rooted in our strong academic program, which develops such vital skills as critical thinking, ethical decision making, quantitative reasoning and effective communication. Surveys repeatedly list these as the top skills employers want in college graduates.

We prepare students not only for success at their first job but for the many positions they will hold throughout their lives. They need to be flexible, as careers are more dynamic than ever before.

Our instructors apply innovative teaching techniques. Rather than lecture, we have professors who ask students to watch video presentations outside of class. Then they use class time to answer questions and work through problems.

Morningside is collaborating with Western Iowa Tech Community College on a new program where organizations invite students to help them solve business problems. Rather than the project being part of a course, the project is the course.

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Morningside College_37667.indd 9 11/14/18 1:42 PM Experiential learning Students take their learning to the next level when they apply knowledge gained in their classes. We offer wonderful experiential learning opportunities, from service learning to student research to internships. We want to expand those opportunities, especially for first- and second-year students.

First-year students interested in healthcare visited UnityPoint – St. Luke’s this fall to learn about different careers. Next year they will interview someone working in the position that interested them most, leaving the last two years of college for internships and externships.

Externships are different from internships in that students work full time at a company for the semester. Our ag department has developed a strong paid externship program. This spring the faculty voted to expand externships to other departments across campus.

The Morningside Connect social networking platform fosters connections between students and alumni. When alumni register, they say how they Our students also have access to Handshake, an would be willing to help online national recruiting platform that helps students, from sharing employers find highly qualified candidates. Only information about their students and alumni of participating colleges industry to introducing can register for an account. Alumni can register students to connections at for Handshake through Morningside Connect to their companies. search for positions all the way up to CEO.

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We want students to develop a strong knowledge base and be able to apply that knowledge in real-world situations. We also want them to develop characteristics like initiative and the ability to work well with others. Many students develop these qualities through co-curricular activities.

Co-curricular activities are an incredibly important part of the Morningside College experience. Students participate in everything from intercollegiate athletics to the work study program. We have almost 800 students working on our campus. That should be seen as a wonderful developmental opportunity.

We are piloting a program where students who participate in co-curricular activities related to certain learning outcomes – team-building and leadership, civic engagement, and career development – will have their accomplishments recognized on a co-curricular transcript.

By playing on a sports team, for example, students learn about team-building. By leading a voter registration drive, they learn about civic engagement. By participating in a networking workshop, they progress in their career development.

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Morningside College_37667.indd 11 11/14/18 1:42 PM Size, location & culture Morningside is a small college with an innovative culture located in a city that is growing and thriving. We are able to respond quickly to the needs of business and industry, enhancing our stature as a regional resource. We build strong community connections that result in more opportunities for students.

Morningside developed the Regina Roth Applied Agricultural and Food Studies Program because the region needs more professionals with a bachelor’s degree in agriculture. Now we want to partner with St. Luke’s College in Sioux City to offer more majors in the health sciences.

Tyson Foods awards funding to nonprofit organizations for summer internships. Morningside helped local nonprofit organizations apply for funding and encouraged students to apply for the internships. All 11 of the Sioux City internships went to Morningside College students.

Many Sioux City residents are Morningside graduates who want to help our students in any way they can. Alumni are such a valuable resource for our students. At the same time, the college has a lot to offer alumni. We want to be more intentional about assisting Morningside graduates.

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visiting instructor. She Ryan Holly New Faculty previously worked for 10 Person, (Varenhorst) Brandon years in the South Sioux City D.M.A., Schenzel Boesch, Community Schools in assistant 2005, Ph.D., South Sioux City, Neb. professor of D.N.P., assistant music and associate professor of Annie director of professor of philosophy, Kinwa- choral graduate taught Muzinga, activities, nursing philosophy Ph.D., served as a graduate choral education, has taught at while in professor of conductor, course instructor, Morningside for the past graduate school at the agriculture, and teaching assistant at five years as an adjunct University of South Carolina served as a Texas Tech University in instructor. She also is a nurse in Columbia. professor Lubbock. practitioner in the Division and of Hospital Internal Medicine Elizabeth agribusiness program co- Barbara at the Mayo Clinic in Coody, chair for the School of Prince, Rochester, Minn. Ph.D., Agriculture at the University Ph.D., assistant of Wisconsin-Platteville. assistant Diane professor of professor of Shanafelt, religious Erik sociology, M.A., studies, was Mahon, worked as a assistant an adjunct D.M.A., graduate professor of professor at assistant teaching education, Iliff School of Theology in professor of assistant, guest lecturer, and taught third Denver, Colo. music and instructor at Bowling Green grade for 34 director of State University in Ohio. years in the Mitchel T. jazz studies, Sioux City Community Keller, Ph.D., was a visiting Janet School District. assistant assistant professor of trumpet Rohmiller, professor of at the University of South M.S./M.A., Daniel mathematics, Dakota in Vermillion. associate Witten, was an professor and M.Ag., assistant Ngamboko department assistant professor of Papa head for professor of mathematics “Lawrence” undergraduate agriculture, at Washington and Lee Muzinga, education, taught University in Lexington, Va. Ph.D., worked 22 years for the Sioux agricultural associate City Community School education Jennifer professor of District, providing and served as Kennelly, business, district-level leadership for FFA adviser at Westwood M.S., taught at special education programs. Community School District instructor of Morningside last year as a in Sloan, Iowa, for almost education, visiting professor. He 20 years. taught at previously was an associate Morningside professor of business at the College last University of Dubuque in Iowa. year as a

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Culture Association/American completed a professional Anni Moore, Ph.D., assistant Faculty Notes Culture Association National certificate in campus professor of biology, and Brandon Boesch, Ph.D., Conference in Indianapolis. sustainability leadership at student Matthew Nieland assistant professor of the University of Vermont. 2018 led a microbiology philosophy, contributed Rich Crow, M.S., assistant teaching workshop at the a chapter to “The Ethics of professor of agronomy, Suzanne Hendrix-Case, Canadian Society of Giving: Philosophers' received the NACTA Educator D.M.A., assistant professor of Microbiologists conference in Perspectives on Philanthropy” Award from the North music, performed with the Winnipeg, Manitoba. published by Oxford American Colleges and Santa Fe Opera in Santa Fe, University Press and presented Teachers of Agriculture. He N.M., as a principal artist. Tom Paulsen, Ph.D., associate a paper at the Seventh also participated in a professor and department Biennial Meeting of the two-week trade mission trip Dharma Jairam, Ph.D., head for applied agricultural Society for Philosophy of to Southeast Asia as a assistant professor of graduate and food studies, co-authored Science in Practice in Belgium. member of the Iowa Corn education, was selected to an article published in the Leadership Enhancement and evaluate other colleges and North American Colleges and Aaron Bunker, Ph.D., Development program. universities as a peer reviewer Teachers of Agriculture associate professor of biology, for the Higher Learning (NACTA) Journal, and he and student Jenna Winkler Shannon (Schmidt) De Commission. presented research with presented a poster at the Clute 2002, Ph.D., associate student Summer Beery at American Physiological professor of psychology, Mitchel T. Keller, Ph.D., the International NACTA Society’s meeting in San Diego. joined the membership assistant professor of Conference at Iowa State committee of the Iowa mathematics, organized a University in Ames. Kim Christopherson, Ph.D., Psychological Association. three-part mini-symposium at associate professor and the Society for Industrial Heather Reid, Ph.D., professor educational technologist, Greg P. Guelcher, Ph.D., and Applied Mathematics of philosophy, is a 2018-2019 had a chapter published in professor of history, was Conference on Discrete Fellow of the Harvard Center the e-book “The Use of elected to a fifth term as Mathematics in Denver. He for Hellenic Studies in Technology in Teaching and executive secretary of the also was an invited Washington D.C., where she Learning” that is available Midwest Conference on Asian participant in an open-source was in residence for the through the Society for the Affairs. He also curated an textbook workshop at the month of October. During this Teaching of Psychology. exhibit at Morningside of University of Texas at Austin, time, she was invited to give original Japanese woodblock and he began duties as an address to the Cosmos Shannon Claxton, Ph.D., prints from his collection, production editor for the Club. She is currently a assistant professor of sharing research he conducted online text “Active Calculus.” scholar in residence at Exedra psychology, co-authored a last semester in Japan. Mediterranean Center in paper published in the Jessica LaPaglia, Ph.D., Syracuse, Sicily. Reid also Journal of Research on Amanda (Van Meeteren) assistant professor of edited the book “The Many Adolescence, and she was Haverhals 2003, M.S.N., R.N., psychology, and Jessica Pleuss, Faces of Mimēsis” and had an selected to serve as chair of assistant professor of nursing, Ph.D., associate professor of article published in the Emerging Scholars’ Network completed advanced training psychology, presented research American Journal of Bioethics. for the Society for the Study from the End of Life Nursing conducted with students of Emerging Adulthood. Education Consortium. Alejandra Castillo, Laura Christina Triezenberg, Ph.D., Garcia 2018, Veronica assistant professor of English, Elizabeth Coody, Ph.D., John Helms, Ph.D., assistant Johnson, Shelby Petersen had an article published in assistant professor of religious professor of chemistry, 2018, and Allie Van Houten the spring 2018 issue of studies, presented on a panel recently had a paper 2018 at the Midwestern Midwestern Miscellany. at Denver Comic Con and published in the journal Psychological Association's presented a paper at the Pop Analytical Chemistry, and he annual conference in Chicago.

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Leslie Werden, Ph.D., associate professor and Retirements Longtime SID dies suddenly department head for Cindy David Rebstock passed away suddenly on June 30, humanities and faculty Kinney 2018, after serving as Morningside’s sports information adviser of the Omicron Delta 2003 director for more than 20 years. He was Kappa (ODK) honor society, retired in honored with an outpouring of tributes on traveled with students Marisa September the Morningside College Facebook page Christie 2018, Jesse Nitzschke as the and in the local news media, and he was 2018, Christina Vazquez 2018, admissions posthumously named the 2017-2018 GPAC and Emily Widman to the counselor Sports Information Director of the Year. national ODK convention in for transfer “Rebby was known and regarded by our Nashville, Tenn., where all of students. Kinney helped over athletes, fans, and local media as one of the the students presented and 1,000 students to transfer to best sports information directors around,” said Werden was elected to the Morningside during her Tim Jager, athletic director at Morningside. National Advisory Council. 15-plus years at the institution. Recently, she “His knowledge of Morningside athletics was incredible. But more importantly, anyone who worked Mary Zink, M.B.A., assistant helped launch the new with Rebby knew he was someone you could count on. professor of business, Transfer Pathways Program He was loyal, kind and exactly the kind of person you presented at the Seventh with the hopes of creating a wanted on your team. Rebby greatly contributed to the Annual Conference of pipeline for future transfer excellence we strive for at Morningside, and a legacy of Economic Forum of students from various excellence is exactly what he leaves behind." Entrepreneurship and community colleges in the International Business at tri-state region. Cambridge University in London. Morningside hires sports information Graduate education coordinator New director passes away Appointments Mark Dr. Sandra Van Drie-Yockey 2012 died of cancer on Stacie Hays, Adkins was June 1, 2018, after working in the graduate education associate hired to department for 11 years, managing graduate vice serve as the programming on campus and in distance president of new sports learning formats. While at Morningside, she career information earned a second master’s degree, education services and director. He specialist degree, and doctorate and wrote a professional has worked book on “Increasing Response Rates for development in sports Student Evaluations of Teaching for an information for almost 20 Online Graduate Program.” She studied best Kim years, most recently at practices in online education and worked to Sangwin, Manchester University in implement those practices at Morningside, director for North Manchester, Ind. He said Dr. Glenna (Erickson) Tevis 1970, retired web also worked for 11 years at director of graduate education. Colleagues described her as development his alma mater, Wartburg a student advocate with a contagious enthusiasm for all and digital College in Waverly, Iowa. aspects of education. “Her quest to gather more feedback strategy from online learners and to apply that feedback to continuous quality improvement at Morningside College has left a legacy,” said Joan Nielsen, associate professor of education.

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effects of these phenomena 1950 1969 and how to deal with Daryl James Jr. has written Robert and Gayle (Artz) day-to-day issues related to two books, a collection of Lower celebrated their 50th screen time. He concluded poetry called “Between the wedding anniversary in with how to deal with screen Sheets of Time” and a memoir August. They got married on time on a day-to-day basis. called “A Gay Man’s Odyssey Aug. 30, 1968, just before the Lego is a retired Sioux City Through the 20th Century start of their senior year at teacher who studied and Beyond.” Both books are Morningside. television issues in graduate available on Amazon. school and taught a course 1970 in television awareness. 1958 David J. Tom James LaPlante retired in Holub Pohlman February after 59 years with retired from retired as the Boeing Company. He was his position president of hired by the Douglas Aircraft as senior Ames company in Santa Monica, vice National Calif., in December 1958 president Corporation and was in continuous for Security in Ames, employment by Douglas National Iowa. Aircraft, McDonnell Douglas Bank in Sioux City. He Aircraft and Boeing. He served the bank for over 47 Dr. Mike Vander Berg attended his 60th class years. He currently works as retired from dentistry in reunion at Morningside an independent contractor 2012 in Sheldon, Iowa, before College in October and is and sales representative for receiving a kidney transplant enjoying retirement. Wall of Fame Inc., LeRoy in 2013. He is doing great Hansen Co., and Creative now. Embroidery, all in Sioux City, 1961 specializing in advertising Dr. Lamar Cope is retired and promotional products, 1973 from teaching religious T-shirts and other apparel studies at Carroll University that can bear the logo of in Waukesha, Wis. He now one’s favorite school, team, lives in Irvine, Calif. business, or organization.

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CSS NOTES retired from the Alta School 1972 Board in Alta, Iowa, after 14 Brad Lego led a “Discussion years of service. Galvin of Screen Time” at The Betty By Kristen Brown taught for 21 years in Alta, Strong Encounter Center in Send your news to: teaching elementary and Sioux City in August. His Bishop Deborah (Lieder) Karen Dreessen middle school art and program started with the Morningside College Kiesey presented a lecture at serving as librarian. She history of television and Morningside College in 1501 Morningside Ave. also taught girls’ physical segued into the roles of Sioux City, IA 51106 September on “Leadership in education in Ida Grove, Iowa. computers, phones, and [email protected] the Wesleyan Spirit.” She 712-274-5107 She and her husband, Gerry, laptops. He then discussed emphasized that effective have three sons: Grant, Greg, leadership includes positively and Glen.

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engaging people from all through Amazon. Stoppel has Nancy, is director of opportunity to preach at backgrounds and ranges of been the rector of All Saints’ laboratory for the River his home church in opinion. In 2004, Kiesey Episcopal Church in Region of the Ochsner Carroll, Iowa, during its became the first female Saugatuck for the last 28 Medical Center in New sesquicentennial celebration. bishop of the United years. The church just Orleans. Pete and Nancy Methodist Church’s Dakotas celebrated its 150th have two children and one Annual Conference. Then she anniversary. Stoppel wrote grandchild. Their son, Matt, 1982 served the Michigan Area the text for a book, “Built to and his wife, Taylor, live and Colleen (Renner) Kurmel (Detroit and West Michigan Last,” which was published as work on Capitol Hill in teaches special education at conferences) from 2012 to part of the celebration. Washington, D.C., where Matt Bancroft Elementary School 2016. Kiesey is now retired is legislative director for in Omaha, Neb., and has from active ministry and lives South Dakota Rep. Kristi spent 35 years teaching for in Iowa City, Iowa. Kiesey 1976 Noem. Their daughter, Anna, the Omaha Public Schools. currently serves on the The Rev. Fred Lewis retired is music director for the This year she received an Morningside College Board of from the Iowa Annual Catholic Schools of Baton Alice Buffett Outstanding Directors. Conference of the United Rouge. Her husband, Thomas, Teacher Award from the Methodist Church in June is a police officer. They have Buffett Foundation. The after 41 years of service, one child, James. award recognizes the 1974 having been ordained a achievements of skilled and Sharon Hawthorne retired deacon in 1977 and an dedicated educators in the in June after 43 years in elder in 1980. He will 1979 Omaha Public Schools. education. She worked 23 remain in Ames, Iowa, for The Rev. Gregory Hackett Award winners receive a years as an educational his retirement, where he is the district superintendent $10,000 gift, an Alice Buffett program consultant in has been serving Ames First for the Las Misiones Outstanding Teacher Award special education for the United Methodist Church District of the United Medallion, and $500 in Iowa Department of for the past 16 years. Lewis Methodist Church in San McDonald's gift cards. Education. She also taught served as chair of the design Antonio, Texas. He had the students with special team for the national education needs in New conference of CEF (Christians York, Massachusetts, and Engaged in Faith Formation) Iowa for 20 years prior to that was held in Des Moines, working for the Iowa Iowa, in October 2018. Department of Education.

The Rev. Gerald Stoppel 1978 published his third and Pete Hittle is semi-retired fourth books in “The after teaching for 35 years in Saugatuck Murder Mystery Iowa public and parochial Series,” titled “A Murder of schools. He is also a former Crows” and “The Murder of adjunct professor at the Saugatuck Yarn Hoarder.” Morningside College and Like the first two books in Western Iowa Tech Evelyn (Walker) Freeman 1947 (center); her brother Bob Walker the series, they are set in Community College. He 1960; and Flora (McNeal) Lee 1984 pose for a photo at the Martin Saugatuck, Mich., in the remains active in music as a Luther King Jr. Transportation Center in Sioux City. Freeman was 1920s. All four books are private teacher, clinician, and among those honored in October with a bust outside the transportation center as part of the Rudy & Flora Lee Celebrating available on Kindle and performs regularly with jazz groups in New Orleans and Community Project. Freeman was the first African American Baton Rouge, La. His wife, teacher for the Sioux City Community School District.

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time as possible kayak Doug 1983 fishing and sailing in 1988 Martin was Monterey Bay. Deb Adams named 2018 is a nurse Teacher of practitioner the Year for 1984 at St. the Le Mars Paul DeBey Anthony Community is senior vice Regional School president- Hospital in District in financial Carroll, Le Mars, adviser at Iowa. She Iowa. He RBC Wealth was named a recipient of the also received Management 2018 “100 Great Iowa Nurses” the Decades of Excellence in Leawood, award. Each year the program Crystal Bell Award presented Kan. recognizes nurses who have annually to outstanding Dr. Mark Stamp earned his displayed a concern for teachers in the district who Ph.D. in math from Texas Kelly Phillips-Kamowski humanity, made meaningful have dedicated their careers Tech University in 1992. and syndicated cartoonist contributions to the to the education of children. Then he spent more than Stephanie Piro published the profession and actively Martin has been a high seven years at the National first book from their participated in leadership or school teacher in the district Security Agency, followed by Compassionate Cartoons mentoring roles. At St. for 17 years. Currently, he two years at a small Silicon brand, “Compassionate Anthony, Adams has been teaches physics, anatomy, Valley start-up. The hope for Cartoons about Divorce.” influential in growing the college biology, and college fame and fortune did not The book is available on dialysis department; building anatomy. He is a coach for materialize, so he joined the Amazon. Phillips-Kamowski diabetes services at the the school’s robotics team, computer science faculty at is the CEO and co-creator of Chronic Care Center and and he has sponsored and San Jose State University in CMB-Cartoons with former expanding those services in facilitated a trip for high California in 2002. During Disney cartoonist Jerry King Denison, Iowa; advancing school students to NASA’s his time at San Jose State, he and is a cartoon broker for wound care services locally Regional Space Settlement has published more than other cartoonists. She also through collaboration with Design Competition for a 120 research papers and sells cartoon cards created plastic and vascular surgeons; number of years. He also supervised 130 master’s with animator Mattias and much more. was the keynote speaker student projects. In addition, Gordon of Hellofilms, and a judge for the 2018 he has published three Sweden. International Space textbooks, including a fairly 1989 Settlement Design popular information 1985 Chris Cassaday is vice Competition in Florida. security book that will soon president of investments for have a third edition. His RBC Wealth Management in latest textbook, “Introduction Leawood, Kan. to Machine Learning with Applications in Information Security,” which was published by Chapman and Hall/CRC, is sure to make an excellent gift for any Kirk Walker is the head occasion. When not in basketball coach at College of academic mode, Stamp Saint Mary in Omaha, Neb. spends as much

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AGING WELL Grad works to improve healthcare for older adults By Jenny Welp Thomas

Dr. Bryan Hansen 2009 Nursing. He then went on to were really all about making that occurs.” was concerned about care of Johns Hopkins School of sure that the patient had the Now Hansen is working older adults long before he Nursing to earn a Master of best care possible with the with Howard County General became the principal faculty Science in Nursing and a least trauma that we could Hospital, which is affiliated at the Center for Innovative Ph.D. possibly inflict.” with Johns Hopkins, on a Care in Aging “The ability to Hansen joined the faculty project to reduce delirium and at Johns really spend time at Johns Hopkins School of its potential long-term effects. Hopkins with faculty was Nursing in 2016. He has done Hansen also is part of School of very helpful research on preventing an American Nurses Nursing in to me at delirium in the elderly, where Association work group that Baltimore, Md. Morningside,” he all of a sudden, usually in a is revising and updating the His interest said. “One of the hospital setting, people gerontological nursing scope actually started faculty members become confused and have and standards. In this role, he in high school at Hopkins told reduced awareness of their is helping set the standard for when he was a me that they’d surroundings. nursing care of older adults nursing care never had Many medications actually across the United States. assistant at a such a strong make the problem worse, As far as he has come, nursing home, recommendation so he has looked at Hansen feels like he will and it grew from faculty interventions that connect always be part of the during his 10 members in any people to their environment, Morningside College years of missionary work after of their applications.” like making sure that the community. high school. While earning his master’s lights are on during the day “I have a responsibility to “There were a lot of things degree and doctorate, Hansen and off at night; that people Morningside, and so wherever that older adults were worked in a psychiatric unit have their hearing aids or I go, it’s important for me to experiencing that were really at Johns Hopkins, where he glasses if they need them; that reach out to Morningside and great, and there were other primarily cared for patients they get up and walk soon to people who are going things that were not great,” he with schizophrenia. He was after a procedure; and that through Morningside or are said. “A lot of what wasn’t there at the beginning of a family members are there alums of Morningside if there great had to do with the way movement to reduce the use and talking to them as is anything I can do to help that the health system really of seclusion and restraint much as possible. them,” he said. “That’s what wasn’t prepared to deal with when dealing with patient “These interventions are other Morningsiders have the issues that older adults aggression. actually the number one done for me, and that’s what I have.” “We saw a huge drop in intervention for delirium,” he want to do for them. That After his missionary work, the use of seclusion and said. “Often people who are sense of community was Hansen took college classes in restraint in the time I was healthcare providers and really important for me to Minnesota and transferred to there,” he said. “It was a really family members are not very experience.” Morningside College as a key time, and it played a informed about this, so it sophomore to earn his strong part in my own takes people by surprise even Bachelor of Science in development as a nurse. We though there is a lot of it

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Shelly and he is a physician (Ashley) 1992 1996 assistant with the 185th Air Nash was John Tami (Malcom) Burnett is Refueling Wing in Sioux City. named the McCartan a business office specialist at 2019 is an Morningside College. She Teacher of associate assists the controller, assistant 2000 the Year vice controller and director Jeff Wright was recently for the president of human resources by appointed by the governor to Sioux City for performing various serve as chair of the Iowa Community School District Capgemini accounting and human Board of Parole. He was and was one of four finalists Sogeti in resources tasks. confirmed by the Iowa Senate for Iowa Teacher of the Year. West Des to a four-year term. Previously, Nash has taught in the Moines, Iowa. Brian Keating is the he owned and operated the district for 24 years. She is information technology Carr & Wright Law Firm, a currently a science teacher manager for Oriental Trading general practice firm in and Mentors in Violence 1993 Company in Omaha, Neb. Des Moines, Iowa. He has Prevention adviser at West Toby Rens is the new been a practicing attorney High School. Last year she head volleyball coach at since his admission to the embraced a new opportunity Georgetown University in 1997 Iowa Bar in 2006. to be part of the Geo-Physics Washington, D.C. He came to Dr. Sarah (Bentten) Future Ready Team at West. Georgetown with 19 seasons Knudsen is director of 2001 Students in the class use a of head coaching experience, special education for the including 378 career victories Winona Area Public Schools Nicole Fisher teaches special distinctive curriculum that education at North Union makes everyday lessons and six National Collegiate in Winona, Minn. Athletic Association (NCAA) Middle School in Swea City, come to life with hands-on Iowa. scenarios. Tournament appearances. 1998

Capt. Paul Niles is a Dr. Chad Hutchinson won full-time physician assistant The American Prize in Opera at the Akron Mercy Medical Conducting in the Clinic in Akron, Iowa. He college/university division joined the Air National for his work at the University Chad Benson 1990 (le), president and chief operating officer of Guard in 2016 and was of Minnesota in Minneapolis ACT Holdings in Cedar Falls, Iowa; Susan George, director of commissioned as a U.S. Air during the 2017-2018 season. human resources at the Siouxland Community Health Center in Force captain in 2017. He He also received second place Patrick O’Connell 1991 Sioux City; and , head of marketing and graduated in March from for orchestral conducting for communications with KONE Americas in Chicago, spoke to business students at Morningside in September as part of the Executives in Reserve Officer Training his work at the University of Residence Program. School at Maxwell Air Force Minnesota and second place Base in Montgomery, Ala., in orchestral programming for his work with the South

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Dakota Symphony Youth industry in North America – Ashley Lewis received Orchestra in Sioux Falls. and worked to develop and her master’s degree in Hutchinson is now the market multi-million and organizational leadership and interim director of billion-dollar national brands human resources from the orchestras, assistant professor throughout the country, University of South Dakota of conducting, and including groups such as Bo in May 2018. She is a human conductor of University Jackson Signature Foods that resources generalist at First Opera at the University of combine a passion for sports Premier Bank/Premier Wisconsin-Madison. He with the food industry. Bankcard in Dakota Dunes, S.D. conducts the Symphony Carlson and Dustin Cooper Paul McGill III is a founder Orchestra in five concerts 2005 are co-founders of the of McGill Industries in Missy annually, leads University We Got Next Foundation, Loveland, Colo., a one-stop (Keiper) Opera productions and which serves Siouxland shop for power, construction, Vande teaches undergraduate and youth. More than 500 kids mining, and gas compression Kieft is a graduate conducting courses. have benefited from We Got parts needs. blogger. Her Next programming, which message includes free camps, training stretches 2003 academies, school supplies, 2007 beyond the Amy (Huseman) Elman is a performance training, Zachary struggle of registered nurse case manager mentoring, and nutrition Hindman infertility to provide hope, for UnityPoint Health in Fort enhancement. Carlson also is was encouragement, peace, Dodge, Iowa. a developer of The Arena in appointed resources, and, most of all, Sioux City. The Arena is an by Iowa support for anyone in the 80,000-square foot, Gov. Kim season of waiting. She hopes 2005 Reynolds in Jeffrey Carlson is vice state-of-the-art, multi-sport that anyone who visits her venue coming to the heart of August to blog at livinginthewait.com president of operations for serve as a Blue Ox, a manufacturing downtown Sioux City. will walk away knowing they Sport-specific academies, district court judge for Iowa’s can “live in the wait.” company in Pender, Neb.; Third Judicial District, which owner of performance training, character education, leagues, consists of 16 counties in EPIC Northwest Iowa. Consulting camps, club teams, and more Group, an for every indoor sport will be interactive welcome. Carlson’s wife, marketing Rachel, is a real estate agent company; with United Real Estate and a Solutions. They have a partner in 7-year-old son, Cade, and a Caicos Dream Tours, the 1-year-old daughter, Reagan. largest snorkeling excursion Need present ideas? company in Turks and 2006 Caicos. He served as chair Jacob Green is an Go to the bookstore! of the marketing and international compensation communications committee manager for Asurion and the for the North American Meat chief operating officer of East store.morningside.edu Institute – the largest trade Hallows, LLC, a music and organization for the protein entertainment company in Nashville, Tenn.

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Mark Martindale is the Alumni 2008 assistant controller in Katie (Kotlik) Glissman the business office at inducted was made a partner at Morningside College. He Abrahams Kaslow & is responsible for billing, into Cassman LLP law firm in accounts receivable, working Omaha, Neb. Glissman with students on their M-Club focuses her practice on accounts, and various other energy and construction law, accounting functions. Hall of corporate and commercial Fame Cleo Franklin 1981 was a transactions, and real estate Mandy Morrow graduated standout guard who has one matters. She earned her law from the University of of the highest career scoring degree, magna cum laude, Wisconsin-Madison with a averages at Morningside with from Creighton University Master of Arts in classical and 875 points in 56 contests for School of Law in 2012. ancient Near Eastern studies a norm of 15.6 points per During law school, she served in May 2017, and she had an game. Franklin earned as editor in chief of the article titled “I Hate My first-team All-North Central Conference (NCC) honors for Creighton Law Review. Spouse: The Performative Act All alumni, especially of Divorce in Elephantine the 1978-1979 and 1980-1981 former athletes, are Rachel Radel is an Aramaic” published in the seasons after joining the employment specialist at Journal of Northwest Semitic encouraged to nominate team as a transfer from Muscatine Community University of Nebraska Languages in December 2017. deserving individuals for Omaha. She is now associate director College. His junior year, he the M-Club Hall of Fame. of DesignLab in College led the team in scoring. He Library at the University of We ask that all was a third-team all-district 2009 Wisconsin-Madison. selection and was named to nominations be submitted the all-tournament team at Nick through our online the annual NCC Holiday Tournament. His senior year, Paulsen is nomination form. Go to a freight he was the team’s MVP and msidemustangs.com/mclub shipping was a first-team all-district manager for selection. He was also Riverside Morningside’s second leading Technologies scorer and third leading Inc. in North rebounder. Sioux City, S.D. He is pictured Coach of the Year with his wife, Alexa, and Nicole (Newberg) Goodwin 1994 was named the Jeremy Lafrentz is the event their daughter, Emma. M-Club Coach of the Year. She is the girls’ basketball coordinator for National coach and athletic director at Kingsley-Pierson High Indemnity Company & School in Kingsley, Iowa. She began coaching in 2002 Berkshire Hathaway as an assistant and became head coach the following Companies in Omaha, Neb. year. Goodwin also coached volleyball for five seasons. He is pictured with his wife, The basketball team has been district champions for Tiffany (Pribyl) 2008, and five years in a row, Western Valley champions for four their two daughters.

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Scott Larson 1988 was a Nabil Sorathia 2008 was a Mike Winklepleck 2007 Jerry Schmutte has enjoyed four-year starter as shortstop four-time All-GPAC men’s earned NAIA All-America success as a coach and for the Morningside baseball tennis player who played in recognition and first-team administrator in a career that team. He was a first-team the No. 1 flight in both All-GPAC honors in baseball has spanned over 40 years. Academic All-American as a singles and doubles. Sorathia and football. He was a His overall record in a 22-year senior. Larson collected 176 logged a 27-15 singles record three-year starter in baseball career as a collegiate head hits in 515 at-bats for a .342 for a .643 winning percentage as a third baseman and men’s basketball coach was batting average with 35 at Morningside, and he had a outfielder and a four-year 368-210 for an impressive doubles, four triples, 22 27-16 record in doubles starter at defensive back in .637 winning percentage. home runs, and 123 RBIs competition. He had the football. Winklepleck was Schmutte compiled a 194-135 during his Morningside second-highest total of singles Morningside’s all-time leader record in a 12-year run as career. Larson led the team in triumphs and combined in interceptions when he Morningside men’s basketball hits, doubles, home runs, singles and doubles wins in graduated. He amassed career head coach and established and RBIs his sophomore and school history at the time of totals of 136 solos and 211 Morningside career records junior years, and in batting his graduation. Sorathia had a assists for 347 total tackles, 18 for victories and winning average and triples his junior 23-10 record for a .697 pass breakups, 18.5 tackles for percentage. Schmutte became year. He had a career-high winning percentage when losses of 61 yards, and eight Morningside’s athletic number of doubles, triples, paired with Joel Patrick 2009 fumble recoveries. In baseball, director in 2001 at a pivotal home runs, and RBIs his for the most victories and the he collected 184 hits in 484 juncture in the college’s senior year. He was on the highest victory rate by any at-bats to finish with a .380 history when it made the NCAA Division II All-North doubles tandem in Mustang career batting average with 37 transition from NCAA Central Region Team and a history. Sorathia had a 7-1 doubles, six triples, 11 home Division II to NAIA affiliation third- team All-American as a singles record as a junior to runs, 110 RBIs, a school-record and gained membership in sophomore. He earned set a Morningside single- 152 runs scored, 95 walks, the Great Plains Athletic All-North Central Conference season record with a .875 and 44 stolen bases. He was Conference (GPAC) starting honors as a junior and senior. winning percentage. named Morningside’s MVP with the 2003-2004 academic following his sophomore and year. During his tenure, senior seasons. As a senior, he Morningside added men’s finished ninth in the nation and women’s swimming, with a .435 batting average; wrestling, men’s and women’s years in a row, regional finalists for four years in a row, and led the Mustangs with stolen golf, men’s and women’s state qualifiers during the 2015-2016 and 2016-2017 bases, hitting percentage, and tennis, men’s soccer, and seasons. Goodwin enjoys on-base percentage; had a cheer and dance as varsity fast-paced, quick transition school-record number of sports. He was named the offense and defense and walks and runs; and was 2007-2008 Hauff Mid-America incorporates different types second highest on Sports/GPAC Athletic of presses and defenses Morningside record for hits. Director of the Year by vote of depending on opponents. his GPAC peers.

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Sean Smalley is executive Monte Larsen is in his director of the Badger 2011 second year as head track Regional Training Center Ross and field coach and his sixth and the director of Wilcox is a year as the girls’ and boys’ wrestling operations for the teaching cross country coach at University of Wisconsin in fellow in the Sergeant Bluff-Luton High Madison. English School in Sergeant Bluff, department Iowa. He also teaches seventh- Adam Gonshorowski wrote, at the grade math at Sergeant 2010 directed and produced the University Bluff-Luton Middle School. Hogan Cemper is a finance film “The Truman Decision,” of North and accounting pay officer for which premiered in Texas in Denton. His first the U.S. Department of September at the Sioux City book will be published in 2013 Defense at Camp Humphreys International Film Festival. 2020. It's a collection of Taylor in South Korea. The film is centered around short stories called “Golden Chapman President Harry S. Truman Gate Jumper Survivors is the new Craig Doty and his cabinet’s debate to Society,” and it will be activities was named use atomic weapons on Japan published in early 2020 by director for head men’s toward the end of World War 7.13 Books. Spencer basketball II. Gonshorowski originally Community coach at wrote “The Truman Decision” School Emporia as a stage play, which 2012 District in State debuted in Sioux City as part Dr. Spencer, Iowa. University of The American Playwright Amanda in Emporia, Series in November 2017. (Aschinger) Kan. He previously served as Then with the help of Buse is a head coach at Graceland cinematographer Taylor Grote nurse University in Lamoni, Iowa, and the rest of his cast and practitioner from 2016 to 2018, and at crew, they adapted it to film. at the Family Rock Valley College in He is pictured at the Sioux & Specialty Rockford, Ill., from 2012 to City International Film Medical 2016. In his six years as a Festival with Disney writers Center in Carroll, Iowa. college head coach, he has and directors Ron Clements Miranda Christian is a already won three national (left) and John Musker (right). Tom Chilton is the high reporter at WPTV championships at two school ministry director at NewsChannel 5 in West different levels. Cassandra Sunnybrook Community Palm Beach, Fla. Smith is a Church in Sioux City. ninth- Seth McCauley is a through second-year law student at 12th-grade the Creighton University special School of Law. He is working education as a law clerk for Sherrets teacher and Bruno & Vogt LLC in a mentor Omaha, Neb. coordinator at Humboldt High School in Humboldt, Iowa.

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Benjamin Nuzum teaches Jordan Langley is a sales Neurodevelopmental Defects Paige Potter is a truck English and history in the manager at Sioux Rubber of the Autism-Associated transportation coordinator West Harrison Community and Urethane in Sioux City, 16p11.1 Deletion in for Renewable Energy Group School District in Mondamin, and he is co-head wrestling Drosophila Melanogaster,” in Ames, Iowa. Iowa. coach for the Bishop Heelan which was published in Catholic Schools. He also is Nature Communications, and Christopher Stevenson is a Alisa (Christensen) Winkel the president and head “Mutation of Orthologous staff accountant for Williams is a physician liaison at Iowa coach of the Siouxland Prickle Genes Causes a & Company in Le Mars, Iowa. Heart Center in Fort Dodge, Wrestling Academy, a Similar Epilepsy Syndrome in After graduating from Iowa. nonprofit wrestling club Flies and Humans,” which Morningside in May 2015, for student athletes in was published in Annals of he worked in the accounting kindergarten through Clinical and Translational department for Connelly 2014 high school. Neurology. Development, a private Jess Anderson is a construction and WordPress and front-end Blair Remmers earned a Kimberly development company in developer at Fused Interactive master’s degree in music (Schroeder) Dakota Dunes, S.D. Stevenson in Sioux Falls, S.D. performance from the Kuchel is then began his public University of Northern Iowa an associate accounting career with Quinton Behlers earned a in Cedar Falls in 2017. He is at Corbett, Williams & Company in Master of Public Health engaged to marry another Anderson, November 2016 and degree from the University of Morningsider, Carly Corbett, currently resides in Merrill, Iowa College of Public Health Hanson. Vellinga & Iowa. In May 2019, he will and a Doctor of Pharmacy Irvin law marry another Morningside degree from the University of firm in Sioux City. College graduate, Shannon Iowa College of Pharmacy. He 2015 Miller 2018. is currently a pharmacy Neil Herbold is the resident at Froedtert & the warehouse manager at Katelyn Medical College of Wisconsin Opportunity Center in Stowe is a in Milwaukee. Prairie du Chien, Wis. logistics account Andrew Bormann is an Haley manager at accountant at Seaboard Koerselman WorldWide Triumph Foods in Sioux City. received her Logistics in Bormann married Diana American Ryan Martinez co-founded Urbandale, Castillo from KMEG/KPTH Society for VolunteerSiouxland, an Iowa. news in August. Clinical online volunteer center Pathology for Sioux City and the Cassie (Burnside) Chilton certification surrounding area. Within is the Kidzone coordinator at in eight months of launching, Sunnybrook Community cytogenetics in March 2018 VolunteerSiouxland has over Church in Sioux City. and is now a cytogenetics 100 nonprofits and 700 laboratory specialist. She is volunteers on the platform. also the co-author of two Martinez also purchased a published journal articles, home in 2017, and he is including “Pervasive Genetic getting married this fall. Interactions Modulate

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Elizabeth White is an Jamie Van Cleave teaches Rachel Faga is a Jennifer Wagner is a patient applied behavior analysis seventh- through 12th-grade kindergarten teacher at care technician at Sanford specialist at Balance Autism special education reading Missouri Valley Elementary Health in Sioux Falls, S.D., in Altoona, Iowa. She is and writing in the Westwood School and the girls’ where she also attends beginning graduate school in Community School District volleyball coach at Missouri University of Sioux Falls in the fall for a master’s degree in Sloan, Iowa. Valley Middle School in the accelerated nursing in business psychology. Missouri Valley, Iowa. She program. also coaches middle school 2017 girls’ track and assists with Garrett Wall claimed his first 2016 Eamon high school girls’ softball. Professional Rodeo Cowboys Ross Ackerman teaches Adamson Association (PRCA) win in seventh-grade social studies at is a fleet Luke Grooters is the service bull riding at the 52nd Spirit Lake Middle School in manager for and learning manager at Cherokee Chamber PRCA Spirit Lake, Iowa. He is also K&B Justice for All in Rock Valley, Rodeo in Cherokee, Iowa. His the head baseball coach, Transportation Iowa. 81-point ride stood against junior varsity baseball coach, in South the RAM Circuit Finals- and an eighth-grade football Sioux City, Brayton caliber contestants. coach in Spirit Lake. Neb. Hagge is a manager of Gabrielle Rachel (Chamberlain) Alitz copywriting 2018 Higgins is a Spanish and English at United Jacob Beauchene is a teaches teacher at Lyons-Decatur Way of the fleet manager for K&B English as a Northeast in Lyons, Neb. Midlands in Transportation in South second Omaha, Sioux City, Neb. language at Kelsie (Houpt) Behlers Neb. West Middle works in the neonatal Brook Boyd is the School in intensive care unit at Tyler Lane is a liability AmeriCorps assistant lab Sioux City. ProHealth Waukesha property damage adjuster manager at Clarke University Memorial Hospital in at Great West Casualty in Dubuque, Iowa. Andrew Ites was a Golden Waukesha, Wis., after Company in South Sioux State Warriors expert at spending a year in the City, Neb. Holly FanSided. He recently neonatal intensive care unit Brock is a accepted a football analyst at UnityPoint Health – St. Zachary kindergarten position with the website Pro Luke’s in Sioux City. Torgerson teacher at Football Focus. is working West Kevin as a history Harrison Jared Kolbush is an Bevilacqua teacher at Elementary accountant at Hawkeye is an inside River Valley School in Clinic of South Dakota in sales Community Mondamin, Dakota Dunes. representative School Iowa. for Graybar District in Electric Correctionville, Iowa. Supply in Rancho Cordova, Calif.

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Shelby Small is the Alumni Office Update e-commerce channel manager By Shiran Nathaniel, Director of Alumni Relations at American Pop Corn Company in Sioux City. I love meeting alumni and friends of the institution and hearing about the impact Morningside has In Loving had on their lives. Recently Marisa Christie recently Memory I spent time with two moved to Green Bay, Wis., individuals with unique ties where she is studying at the to the college’ss pastt. University of Wisconsin- 1941 Roy Arrowsmith is the Green Bay. She is Francis Ames, Shawnee son of Sara (Van Horne)) pursuing a master’s degree in Mission, Kan., died AArrowsmiithh 1938 andd thhe Morningsidde experience, and environmental science and Dec. 28, 2017. grandson of Robert Van I was able to see her relive policy with an emphasis in Horne 1900, who was a some favorite memories environmental technology Alice (Scott) Jolink, mathematics professor at when she played the piano and analysis. Minnetonka, Minn., died Morningside for three in Eppley Auditorium. May 14, 2018. decades and who received an Morningside College Braden Hall is a math honorary doctorate from the celebrates its 125th teacher at South Sioux City college in 1943. Roy grew up anniversary on Dec. 5, 2019. High School in South Sioux 1942 Steve Kerzie, Virginia, Minn., listening to stories about As I spent time with Roy and City, Neb. died May 27, 2018. Morningside, which Evelyn, I realized that many motivatted him and his wiiffe thiings have chhanged att thhe Ashley Mace is a junior high to visit campus and learn college in 125 years. However, school coach at College 1943 more about his family’y s manyy thinggs remain the same. Possible in St. Paul, Minn. Dr. Mary (Cruikshank) history. Even thhoughh Roy The peoplle whho have walkedd Grefe, Des Moines, Iowa, had never been on campus, this campus have helped us Lexie Miller is a second died May 10, 2018. She was iit immeddiiatelly fellt likke bbuild a uniique legacy. We hhave grade teacher, middle school a former member of the home thanks to the had many great faculty and track coach, and high school Morningside College Board wonderful memories his staff members and students volleyball coach for the Eagle of Directors. She received an ffamiilly shhared abbout thheiir whho hhave been a part of our Grove Community School honorary doctorate from the time at Morningside. history, and continue to District in Eagle Grove, Iowa. college in 1973. She created Evelyn (Walker) make a difference todayy. an endowed scholarship for Freeman 1947 was the first Even though the buildings Shannon Miller works in women majoring in African AAmerican teachher and llanddscape may hhave the neonatal intensive care science or mathematics hired by the Sioux City changed, Morningside still Unit at Unity Point – that has been awarded to Community School feels like home thanks to the St. Luke’s hospital in Sioux Morningside students for the Disttriictt. She llatter moved tto sttrongg communiitty culltture City. She is engaged to past 20 years. California. At 933, Evelyn formed by each and every Christopher Stevenson returned to Sioux City in one of you. I hope you take 2015. They are planning a October and was honored the time to return to campus May wedding. with a sculpture at the and immerse yourself in the Martin Luther King Jrr. experience that is truly Transportation Center. As I Morningside as we honor our toured campus with Evelyn past and continue to build and her family, she spoke our future during our fondly about her 125-year commemoration.

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Jerry Smith, Spirit Lake, 1945 1951 1957 Iowa, died March 11, 2018. Doris (Grueskin) Sherman, Retired Lt. Col. Dr. John Casey, Seattle, St. Louis Park, Minn., died John W. Brake, Overland Wash., died Aug. 1, 2013. Aug. 22, 2014. Park, Kan., died June 17, 2018. 1964 The Rev. Ralph Maddison, Charlene (Stevens) 1959 Corsicana, Texas, died 1947 Hertzke, Algona, Iowa, died Fredric Frey, Sioux City, May 15, 2015. Lloyd Pippett, Sioux City, April 21, 2018. died Aug. 8, 2018. He was died July 8, 2018. a former chair of the Robert Smith, Charles City, Morningside College Board Iowa, died Jan. 27, 2018. 1952 of Directors, and he was 1948 Oral Lee Chinn, Ralston, named a director emeritus. Sandra (Reetz) Stoneking, Lela (Crandall) Conley, Neb., died June 26, 2014. His giving to Morningside St. Louis Park, Minn., died Denver, Colo., died College spanned 38 years. May 29, 2018. April 16, 2018. Virginia (Harper) Waller, Sioux City, died Feb. 6, 2018. Dorothy (Moore) Tarrant, 1960 1965 Durant, Okla., died Marvin Holstein, Portland, Robert Arnold, Sioux City, May 8, 2018. 1953 Ore., died July 3, 2018. died June 21, 2018. Georgia (Adams) Doherty, Sun City West, Ariz., died Donna (Ross) Simpkins, Richard DeHeck, 1950 Feb. 17, 2018. Granbury, Texas, died Montgomery, Ala., died Eugene Alton, Omaha, Neb., July 14, 2018. Oct. 24, 2017. died Dec. 22, 2017. La Vonne (Petersen) Johnson, Hudson, Iowa, died James Moser, Sioux City, Beverly Kehrberg, Sioux May 7, 2018. 1961 died May 26, 2018. City, died March 19, 2018. Donna (Peterson) Esmay, Marlin Klostergaard, Fort Dodge, Iowa, died Richard Schulze, Pipestone, Mae (Kiessig) Layton, Beresford, S.D., died Jan. 28, 2018. Minn., died June 8, 2018. Santa Maria, Calif., died May 13, 2017. June 20, 2015. 1962 1967 Marjorie (Jones) Lutz, Sun 1954 Shardell (Sulsberger) Susan (Hinkle) Wilson, Lakes, Ariz., died May 4, 2018. Donald Beals, Sioux City, Reynders, Sioux City, died St. Louis, Mo., died died May 10, 2018. July 25, 2018. Nov. 6, 2004. Dean Moore, Fort Collins, Colo., died Jan. 3, 2018. Dr. Robert Sullivan, Iva Sullivan, Sioux City, Lincoln, Neb., died died April 25, 2018. 1968 David Sterling, Sioux City, Aug. 7, 2018. Dr. Elinor (Haykin) Welt, died May 26, 2018. Seattle, Wash., died 1963 Feb. 10, 2018. Marian (Arp) Gisel, Sioux Dr. Richard Waggoner, 1955 City, died June 24, 2018. Minneapolis, Minn., died Harold Martin, Sioux City, died Feb. 21, 2018. April 10, 2018. Roberta (Snow) Richtsmeier, Ackley, Iowa, died June 27, 2018.

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Pamela (Scott) Newberg, Dr. Albert R. Sellen, Iowa 1969 1973 Colorado Springs, Colo., died City, Iowa, died July 12, 2018. Karla Bird, Vermillion, S.D., Peter Farley, St. Paul, Minn., June 26, 2018. Sellen was a faculty member died Feb. 2, 2018. died June 8, 2017. at Morningside College for 34 years, chairing the Sheila (Norton) Remak, James Kleis, Orange City, 1985 department of history and Milwaukee, Wis., died Iowa, died May 19, 2018. Keith Vickery, Ocheyedan, political science for much of Nov. 26, 2011. Iowa, died May 7, 2016. that time. He also served as the faculty representative 1974 on the Morningside College Robert Youngren, Odebolt, 1987 1970 Phyllis Brauninger, Board of Directors. He Dixie Binning, Hatch, N.M., Iowa, died May 2, 2018. received the Order of died April 3, 2018. Correctionville, Iowa, died June 18, 2018. Morningside when he retired in 1990. Richard Ignatowski, 1975 Arvada, Colo., died Marcia (Falk) Brinkman, 1988 Oct. 16, 2017. Ballwin, Mo., died June 3, 2018. Doreen (Dickey) Epstein, Marion, S.D., died April 20, Future Wendy (Garrett) Lego, 2018. Sioux City, died 1976 Morningsiders April 27, 2018. Nancy (Gates) Major, Iowa City, Iowa, died Feb. 7, 2018. 2012 Dr. Sandra Van Drie- 2005 Jeffrey Carlson and his wife, Yockey, Anthon, Iowa, died 1972 Rachel, North Sioux City, Richard Van Deventer, June 1, 2018. She had worked 1977 S.D., a daughter, Reagan Kay, Sioux Falls, S.D., died Cheryl Miller, Sioux City, in the graduate education Sept. 8, 2017. April 10, 2018. died June 8, 2018. department at Morningside College since 2007, managing Denny Watkins, Sioux City, graduate programming on 2008 died June 2, 2018. He worked 1978 campus and in distance Katie (Kotlik) Glissman Patricia (Harms) Newell in the computer center at learning formats. and her husband, Garth, Kelly, Sioux City, died Morningside College for 35 Omaha, Neb., a daughter, June 11, 2018. years, retiring in 2007 as Grace Anne, July 22, 2018. information system Remembering administrator. 1981 John Engel, Sammamish, 2009 Cherished Nick Paulsen and his wife, Ingetraut (Kutschke) Wash., died Jan. 23, 2018. Zibers, Cape Coral, Fla., died Alexa, Dakota Dunes, S.D., a Friends daughter, Emma Grace, June 10, 2018. Zibers worked Dave Rebstock, Sioux City, Aug. 8, 2018. at Morningside College from 1983 died June 30, 2018. Rebstock 1965 until she retired as the Celeste (Goodteacher) was Morningside’s sports library’s circulation manager Honomichl, Flandreau, S.D., information director. He had in the 1980s. She also taught died Feb. 14, 2018. served in that role for more German at the college. than 20 years.

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Cole Malin and Maggie 2010 2008 2014 Fast 2010, First United Jeremiah Hughes and his Samantha Wenger and Methodist Church, Omaha, wife, Teresa, Valley, Neb., a Clint Johns, April 29, 2018, Neb. At home in Omaha. daughter, Harper Lynn, St. George, Kan. At home in Sept. 7, 2017. St. George. Jesse Nissen and Abigail Hoy 2016, June 17, 2017, Del’s Garden Center, Spencer, 2013 2009 Iowa. At home in Sioux Falls, Josh and Alisa Nick Paulsen and Alexa S.D. (Christensen) Winkel, Lohry, Aug. 26, 2017, Quinton Behlers and Fort Dodge, Iowa, a son, Sunnybrook Community Kelsie Houpt 2017, Jay Welp and Grace Rants, Miles, Aug. 9, 2017. Church, Sioux City. At home March 3, 2018, Country June 23, 2018, Grace United in Dakota Dunes, S.D. Celebrations, Sioux City. At Methodist Church, Sioux 2016 home in Wauwatosa, Wis. City. At home in Coralville, Kara (Bentz) Kardell and 2012 Iowa. her husband, B.J., Sioux City, Jeffrey Bauer Jr. and Erika Andrew Bormann and a daughter, Clara Noelle, Bertrand, Jan. 6, 2018, Old Diana Castillo, Aug. 5, 2018, Vellano Country Club, Chino 2016 Jan. 4, 2018. Main, Des Moines, Iowa. At Kara Bentz and B.J. Kardell, home in West Des Moines, Hills, Calif. At home in North Sioux City, S.D. April 1, 2017, Spencer, Iowa. Jamie Van Cleave and Iowa. At home in Sioux City. Richard Jones, Sioux City, Tyler Candor and Holly a daughter, Olivia, Tess Doupe and Marcus June 16, 2017. Carlson, June 23, 2018, Foster Park, Le Mars, Iowa. At home McWilliams, Feb. 9, 2018, in Le Mars. Coronado Beach, San Diego, 2017 Calif. At home in Dallas, Mollie Richardson and Jordan Sitzmann and Texas. Tanner Michael Pry, Onawa, Jordan Johnson, July 15, Iowa, a son, Maverick Michael Tom Chilton and Cassie 2017, Blessed Sacrament 2017 Lee Pry, Oct. 20, 2017. Burnside 2014, May 20, Church, Sioux City. At home Rachel Chamberlain and 2017, Sunnybrook in Le Mars, Iowa. Mason Alitz, April 14, 2018, Community Church, Sioux Kai Family Barn, Pender, Neb. Newlyweds City. At home in Sioux City. 2015 At home in Pender. Molly Fischer and Taylor 1999 2013 Arment, June 30, 2018, St. Angela Gengler and Brad Michael Oetken and Inglish Michael Catholic Church, Cronin, April 14, 2018, Duck Hartwig, June 30, 2018, The Sioux City. At home in Puddle Campground, Barn, Okoboji, Iowa. At home Omaha, Neb. Nobleboro, Maine. At home in Des Moines, Iowa. in Sergeant Bluff, Iowa. McKenzie Reece and Tim Matasovsky, April 7, 2018, Garner, Iowa. At home in Sioux City.

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MORNINGSIDE COLLEGE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION MORNINGSIDE COLLEGE OPERATOR BOARD OF DIRECTORS Mr. Khalid A. Rasheed BOARD MEMBERS 712-274-5000 or 1-800-831-0806 Sioux City, Iowa Mr. Michael E. Abbott '70 Mr. Matt Stachowitz '06, President Are you moving? Do you have an email Clive, Iowa Cory A. Roberts, MD ’90 Dakota Dunes, South Dakota address? Please let us know! Just send Dallas, Texas an email to [email protected] Mr. Adam J. Baumgartner '97 Mr. Tom Betz '89, Vice President or write to the Alumni Office, Le Mars, Iowa Mr. Thomas J. Rosen ’70 Sioux City, Iowa Morningside College, 1501 Morningside Fairmont, Minnesota Ave., Sioux City, IA 51106. Mr. Michael L. Bennett '75 Mr. Brian A. Johnson '83, Jefferson, South Dakota Ms. Regina S. Roth College Board Representative The Morningsider is published twice a Dakota Dunes, South Dakota Sergeant Bluff, Iowa year under the auspices of the public Mr. Chad W. Benson ’90 relations office. It is distributed free of Cedar Falls, Iowa Mr. Ronald L. Shurts '83 Mr. Dick Stone '68, Treasurer charge to alumni and friends of the Scottsdale, Arizona Sioux City, Iowa college. © 2018 by Morningside College, Mr. Chris E. Benson ‘94 Sioux City, Iowa. All rights reserved. Greeley, Colorado Mr. John J. Steele '79 Mr. Anthony Patton ’19, Omaha, Nebraska Student Government President POSTMASTER Dr. Zeddie P. Bowen Lincoln, Nebraska Send address changes to: Savannah, Georgia Mr. Craig I. Struve '70 The Morningsider Okoboji, Iowa Mr. Shiran Nathaniel, Director of Morningside College Dr. J. Robert Burkhart ’70 Alumni Relations 1501 Morningside Ave. Indianola, Iowa Ms. Mia Sudo Sioux City, Iowa Sioux City, IA 51106 Fujisawa City, Japan Rev. Dr. Thomas Carver William "Chris" Delfs III '09 Morningside College does not Bettendorf, Iowa Mr. Norman W. Waitt, Jr. '86 Sioux City, Iowa discriminate on the basis of age, sex, Omaha, Nebraska religion, creed, race, color, gender Mrs. Arlene T. Curry, J.D. Mr. Andrew Gerodias '11 identity, sexual orientation, marital Dakota Dunes, South Dakota Mr. James A. Walker '70 Sioux City, Iowa status, disability, genetic information Wayzata, Minnesota or national origin in its programs Mr. Carter R. Dennis Mrs. Tasha (Drey) Goodvin '14 and activities. Sioux City, Iowa Mr. Richard A. Waller Sioux City , Iowa Dakota Dunes, South Dakota The Morningside College experience Rev. James F. Hanke '69 Dr. Gene Knudsen '71 cultivates a passion for life-long learning Cedar Rapids, Iowa Dr. Craig S. Wansink '84 Dakota Dunes, South Dakota and a dedication to ethical leadership Virginia Beach, Virginia and civic responsibility. Mr. Dan E. Henderson ’71 Ms. Kelsey Martin '12 Sioux City, Iowa Ms. Connie P. Horton Wimer '54 Sioux City, Iowa Des Moines, Iowa Mrs. Marsha (Johnson) Newman '93 Mrs. Linda L. Jennings '86 Sioux City, Iowa Des Moines, Iowa Mr. Ronald C. Yockey '70 Dakota Dunes, South Dakota Mrs. Victoria (Elphic) O'Connell '13 Mr. Irving F. Jensen, Jr. Elk Point, South Dakota Sioux City, Iowa Mrs. Jenna Rehnstrom-Liberto '06 Bishop Deborah L. Kiesey ‘73 EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS Dakota Dunes, South Dakota Iowa City, Iowa Mr. Brian A. Johnson '83 Mr. Rick Samuelson '06 Mrs. Nancy R. Metz (Alumni Representative), Sioux City, Iowa Dakota Dunes, South Dakota Sergeant Bluff, Iowa Mr. J. Will Swanson '09 Mr. Anthony J. Patton ’19 Mrs. Cynthia C. Moser Storm Lake, Iowa Sioux City, Iowa (Student Representative), Lincoln, Nebraska Mr. Josh Widman '05 Dr. Patrick J. Murphy ’97 Sioux City, Iowa Birmingham, Alabama Dr. Leslie A. Werden (Faculty Representative), Dr. Tom C. Narak ’70 Dakota Dunes, South Dakota West Des Moines, Iowa Mr. John C. Reynders, Mrs. Tarah A. Nolan ‘09 President, Morningside College, Sioux Falls, South Dakota Sioux City, Iowa

Mr. Russell G. Olson '76 Bishop Laurie Haller, West Des Moines, Iowa Iowa Conference of The United Methodist Church, Des Moines, Iowa Mr. Martin B. Palmer Sioux City, Iowa

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