in this issue 2 Giving News 4 Division Updates 6 Campus News 8 Q&A with Gloria Ladson-Billings 10 Homecoming 2013 Remembered 12 Feature: Our Green History 14 Feature: Blueprint for a Green Future
Profile Winter/Spring 2014 Volume XVIII, Edition II University Relations Staff Melissa Weber, director of communications Kari Adams ’03, graphic artist Jenna Reiser Ray ’10, writer/editor Megan Hill Welle ’11, project manager Stephen Batcher, sports information director Nina Downer ’15, student photographer
22 Alumni News
Preston Meyer ’16, student photographer
27 Class Notes
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34 Cougar Sports News
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University of Minnesota, Morris Mission The University of Minnesota, Morris (UMM) provides a rigorous undergraduate liberal arts education, preparing its students to be global citizens who value and pursue intellectual growth, civic engagement, intercultural competence, and environmental stewardship. As a public land grant institution, UMM is a center for education, culture, and research for the region, nation, and world. UMM is committed to outstanding teaching, dynamic learning, innovative faculty and student scholarship and creative activity, and public outreach. Our residential academic setting fosters collaboration, diversity, and a deep sense of community. The University of Minnesota is committed to the policy that all persons shall have equal access to its programs, facilities, and employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, age, marital status, disability, public assistance status, veteran status, or sexual orientation.
“Next Generation Environmental Leaders” from the Morris and Twin Cities campuses received the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) Student Sustainability Leadership Award. The team, led by Natalie Hoidal ‘15, Forest Lake, was honored for its work with Governor Mark Dayton’s 2013 Environmental Congress.
Cover photo: The new Green Prairie Community fosters the sustainable visions of the 72 students who live there. To take a look at the new facility, turn to page 14.