NEWS
Welcome new members of the Saint Ben’s Board of Trustees Pam Bacon, vice chair, faculty senate, is an associate professor of psychology at CSB/SJU. She received her bachelor’s degree from Carleton College and her Ph.D. from Iowa State University. Her research focuses on selfconcept, self-theories and the scholarship of teaching. She is the project shepherd for Saint Bens’ new academic building and the assessment director for a NSF S-STEM grant designed to increase the number of women majoring in math and science. Bacon received the S. Mary Grell Teacher of Distinction Award in 2007. Pam Bacon
Rebecca Bergner Coborn ’81 earned a bachelor’s degree in management from College of Saint Benedict. She has been a community volunteer with the Clemens Garden Advisory Board, Cathedral High School, May Bowle, Sacred Heart Parish and other organizations. Coborn is married to SJU alumnus and former Regent Chris Coborn ’81. The Coborns’ daughter, Emily, Rebecca Bergner Coborn ’81 graduated from Saint Ben’s in 2008 and their sons, Michael and Peter, are currently attending Saint John’s. Sister Patricia Ruether ’66 joined Saint Benedict’s Monastery in 1965 and currently works in their development and communication department. She has degrees in home economics education and nutrition/dietetics. She taught home economics for 10 years at Saint Benedict’s High School and Cathedral High School and worked as a dietitian Sister Patricia Ruether ’66 for 10 years in Long Prairie, Minn. Additionally, she has served on the St. Cloud Diocese Catholic Charities board and currently on the St. Joseph’s Farmers’ Market board. She has also been active with Habitat for Humanity.
Terrance Dolan is the vice chairman of Wealth Management and Securities Services at U.S. Bancorp. He is a certified public accountant and received his bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of St. Thomas. Dolan serves on the board of directors of Artspace Projects, Catholic Charities of St. Paul and Minneapolis and the Terrance Dolan Minneapolis Foundation. In addition, he serves as a member of the Cowles Center for Dance and Performing Arts Council and is a strategic advisor for the Opus College of Business at the University of St. Thomas. His daughter, Hannah, is currently a senior at Saint Ben’s. Tu Tran ’13, student trustee, is a management major at College of Saint Benedict. Tran is an E-Scholar and member of the WeCar team, a student-run venture through the Donald McNeely Center for Entrepreneurship. She participated in CSB/SJU’s summer internship program in Hong Kong in 2012. Born in a refugee camp in Thailand, she moved to Vietnam with her Tu Tran ’13 family when she was two and then to the U.S. when she was five.
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