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DR. SHERRISE TRUESDALE-MOORE: Professor of Corrections and Corrections Program Coordinator

MARJAN HUSSEIN Staff Writer Sherrise Truesdale-Moore, associate professor in the Sociology and Corrections Department and Corrections Program Coordinator, is truly a lady full of wonders.

The Correction Program provides general education for students across campus on juvenile delinquency and introduction to criminal justice. The Corrections Program also works closely with the greater Mankato community thus giving students access to resources off campus, especially for international or out-of-state students.

Moore is passionate about lecturing on juvenile delinquency and has a unique interest of reaching out to black students on campus as relating to a faculty of color can be highly beneficial for the students in terms of both retention as well as performance.

“I had the privilege of having proper guidance while I was in college thus I would like to emanate the same,” Moore said. “Plus, research also shows connection between a student of color and a faculty of color makes a huge difference in that student’s college experience.”

Moore also works closely with the Institutional Diversity Office and aids whenever possible if asked for any type of assistance.

Moore’s history as to how she became an assistant professor at MSU Mankato

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is quite the tale. Moore was given the rare opportunity to work at the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Division of Narcotics while she was completing an internship at a Consumer Products Safety Commission.

“A bulb went off in my head and that was one of the most memorable moments in my life as it was an exhilarating experience working for the U.S. Attorney’s Office, plus I got awarded for my contribution to the division of Narcotics,” she said.

One of Moore’s vital contributions to the U.S. Attorney’s Office was handling a case that brought to justice a conspiracy ring that was handling the drug Fentanyl and had killed 25 people at the time.

After working for the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Moore went on to work in private law and later worked as a program administrator for a Statewide Corrections Program working closely with juveniles.

“While I was getting my doctorate, someone gave me the opportunity to work as an adjunct professor at Baltimore City Community College,” Moore said. “I did that for a couple of years, then became a preparing future faculty fellow and ended up working at James Madison University before my career path finally led me to Minnesota State University, Manka-

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to.”

Moore said that it was a chain of events that included all she wanted to do in terms of education: working with young people and impacting the criminal justice industry.

Moore also stated that, with the now prevalent issues in society dealing with various injustices, students— especially those of color— should show more strides to acquire the knowledge

that will aid them in making a difference. This is where her inspiration comes from, to educate and send competent people to work in the community; people who will have high credentials to deal with prevailing issues in society, especially in the criminal

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DR. EMILY SAUTER: Professor of Communications

RYAN SJOBERG Staff Writer Dr. Emily Sauter has been a professor in the communications department for a little over a year now. In her short time here, students have been generally excited when they see her name attached to a class they may have the next semester. Although this is her first job as a professor, she has a great background, teaching style and personality that keeps students engaged in the classroom.

Dr. Sauter grew up in Roseville, Minnesota. Her father was and still is a professor at St. Thomas University, so she became familiar with the lifestyle of a professor and feels that kind of shaped who she is today.

“I grew up watching him work, going to campus with him and interacting with students,” Sauter said. “It was always something I found very exciting, interesting and relevant. We would have conversations around the dinner table and we would talk about events of the world with an analytical communications approach because that’s just kind of how he saw the world so we all kind of grew up that way.”

Sauter feels as though she

has her dream job and that the Minnesota State University, Mankato campus is perfect for her. She cites the size of the campus as a plus as it is big enough where there is a lot going on but small enough to where it feels like a close-knit community. She also loves how diverse it is on the campus as the discussions in her communications classes get so many different viewpoints from people with all different types of backgrounds.

When it comes to impacting our campus, Dr. Sauter is still trying to make her mark, but is well on her way.

“I’m still pretty new here, but I think I bring a fresh perspective,” she said. “I come from a background of international travel that I bring to the classroom. I’ve been to five of the seven continents, I’ve studied abroad as an undergraduate, did six months in Guatemala and lived in South Africa for a year so I think I do a nice job of bringing a global perspective to the classroom.”

When it comes to keeping students engaged in class, Dr. Sauter believes humor plays a big role.

“I think one of the most important pedagogical tools I have is humor,” she said.

“Studies have shown that humor helps students connect and relax so I love cracking jokes or incorporating new memes and such into my lectures.”

Dr. Sauter is on something

called fixed term, where fulltime professors leave on sabbatical and the school brings in a professor from the outside to come teach. This gives them a great chance to bring in different professors and experience someone new.

Although Dr. Sauter may not be here for the long haul, personally, her students are likely to speak highly of her and vouch for her if one day the University is mulling whether they want her to become a full-time professor.

She is more than deserving and keeps her students engaged in wanting to learn.

Above everything else, Dr. Sauter wants her students to know that she loves her time here and loves getting to know each and every one of them. Everyone in her class can tell that she loves coming to “work” every day.

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“Touching the lives of students is also something special to me,” Moore said.

“I have had two students that I have mentored at MSU, Mankato who now

both have doctorates and are professors at prestigious universities, which is something I am very proud of.”

Moore stated that she is impressed with the MSU, Mankato’s efforts to increase diversity at the University, which is evident as it keeps increasing rapidly every academic year. She is also very pleased that

the minority students are taking initiative by planning and executing events for themselves, which shows they are getting more involved on campus.

Moore is without a doubt an ideal professor who hopes to inspire students to reach higher pinnacles in education as well as every other aspect in life.

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SANDI SCHNORENBERG: Director of University Security

EMMANUELLA SHOKARE Staff Writer Sandi Schnorenberg has been the Director of Campus Security at Minnesota State University, Mankato for just over a year now; she started the position in August 2016.

She is a retired as police commander and formerly worked with the Mankato Department of Public Safety, where she worked for 30 years. She graduated from MNSU in 1986.

Since she has started working here as the director, she has tried to make sure that the security staff is more involved in the different events going on around school.

Schnorenberg has also made it more possible to meet with different groups and be able to talk to people while security staff are on duty. This helps to answer questions and give information that students should know and lets them know that the security system here is open 24/7.

Students can reach out to security if anything comes up or if they want to ask any questions or need any help.

This helps the staff know what is happening on campus and helps to improve the security system for the campus.

When asked how safe Mankato is for students, Schnorenberg was said that Mankato is safe for students due to the low violent-crime rate and also the fact that campus security provide safe walk on campus. Safe walks are available to students who may be scared to walk alone at night; they can call

the campus security office to request a security personnel walk with them to their destination, including the parking lots. It is also advised that students should walk with a friend when walking at night and using precautions and general safety practices.

The security staff patrol both day and at night and students are encouraged to ask them questions about different things that are happening that they would want to know. Students are advised to be more aware of their surroundings in case of emergency situation and should speak out if anything happens where they feel they should contact campus security.

When asked about some of the sexual assault cases that have occurred on campus, Schnorenberg said that there are less sexual assaults cases that have happened re-

cently. She said that campus security works with the survivor/victim in order to make sure they get the counseling and support they need, either on campus or off campus, and to make sure that the survivor/victim is safe and comfortable.

However, security can only do something if they are informed of the incident. Since most sexual assaults cases are not reported, they are trying to develop a consent program that is required for new student to take in order to learn about consent, how to say no and how to know when a person is able to give consent or not.

Information about the MNSU campus security can be found on their website or Residence Hall Association meetings, where any news in general to keep students updated for anything happening on campus occurs.

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made in “The Reporter.” Information is sent out through personal safety alerts and also e-mailed to students in serious cases that may have occurred on campus, such as sexual assaults and other assaults, to make students more aware of what is happening around campus. Students can also check boards around campus, as notices are sometimes posted on them as well.

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KELLIAN CLINK: Reference Librarian and Professor

STEPHANIE VOGEL Staff Writer When she’s not collecting pretty rocks from beaches or hiking around England towards the next castle, Kellian Clink helps students as a librarian professor here at Minnesota State University, Mankato. In addition to helping students who come to the library to find the books they’re looking for, she also advises students in choosing their major.

Clink started working at MNSU in 1987 after her time as a librarian in a Health Sciences library at the University of Illinois. When asked why she decided to become a librarian, Clink said, “I love

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Wyoming, that was our thing on Saturday mornings. We went to the library and you could get as many books as you could carry in your arms… I read a book a day, mostly.”

Clink enjoys books about law or murder mysteries.

One of her favorite authors, however, is Chiam Potok, who writes books about the Hasidic community.

Clink explained, “[Hasidic] is a very traditional, as in Poland 1800’s, form of Judiasm...

In this book, the kid is an amazing artist and his papa doesn’t think much of that at all because it was one of the tenets of the Jewish faith that

you don’t make any graven images. You don’t make images of people who look like people.”

The book is about family, and the conflicts that can exist between family members.

“I’m always fascinated by that,” said Clink. “You want to say who you are is very important, and who your family is very important, and sometimes those things are not compatible.”

Kellian Clink grew up in Casper, Wyoming, with her two siblings and both parents. Her dad worked in the oil fields.

“The funny thing is, in Wyoming, they have your

father’s occupation on your birth certificate. My father shot oil wells. And in Wyoming, everyone knew exactly what that meant. So, on my birth certificate, it says, ‘father’s occupation: shooter,’” she said, laughing.

Her mom was a stay-athome mom. When asked whether she has children, Click replied, “I have two cats and that’s pretty much perfect for me!”

Clink described what she does at the university: “I’m a reference librarian, which means I spend about 15 hours a week at the reference desk answering questions.

And I do a lot of instruction; at this point, I think I have taught 900 students about the library in a classroom situation.”

She is a full professor who teaches only in the library.

Clink’s favorite memories of working at the university involve students.

“I like that… many of us dress up for Halloween, so that is very fun,” she said.

She builds a connection with students during her time as an advisor.

“I love the contact that I have with the students,” she said. “I’ve been an advisor for most of these 30 years. I keep this file called the gratitude file.” In the gratitude file, there are letters from alumni thanking Kellian Clink for helping them in their time in college.

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DR. HEATHER HAMILTON: Music Professor and Theatre Director

KATIE VAN DEINSE Staff Writer Dr. Heather Hamilton has been with Minnesota State University, Mankato for ten years now. She is known as the Empress of Graduate Studies, performance area head and a favorite professor among students in the theatre department. It is Hamilton’s experience and knowledge, but mainly her kind heart that helps her stand out at this university.

Hamilton was a professional actress for ten years, on and off throughout the years. During that time, she also got her doctorate degree in drama with a focus on history and literature at the University of California, Santa Barbara where she studied alongside people like Jody Enders and Robert Potter, in a “really, really, really great program,” she insisted.

“It was really fun being a professional actress but I did not like having to feel like I

had to beat out other women to roles,” she said. “There was something that was so self-centered about having to market myself. Plus, I wanted a dog. You can’t have a dog as a professional actor.”

After those ten years of not being able to have a dog, she decided it was time for a change. She moved here to Mankato, Minnesota to become a professor, where she now has several pets, a husband and a daughter.

Hamilton became a professor because she wanted to do something that mattered.

She wanted to take all of the knowledge she had been given and share it with students who were hoping to do exactly what she had done for ten years of her life.

When asked what her favorite part about her job was, she answered her students of course.

“It’s just them—I love them,” she said. “Teaching allows me to do all the things in theatre that I love. It allows me to nurture rather than compete. Nothing is more challenging than this, and therefore nothing is more rewarding. As an educator, you’re responsible for all of these beautiful fragile people

and cultivating them as artists and members of a peaceful society. Learning about who they want to be. That is so much harder and so much more interesting.”

Hamilton is also a director here at the university theatre. She directs two brilliant plays each school year. This year, those plays are “The Diary of Anne Frank,” which opened on November 2nd, and “1984,” which will open in February. The students love working with her as a director because she always does things differently and each time it is an incredible experience.

Outside of being a professor and director, Hamilton claims to have many “dorky” hobbies; Dungeons and Dragons being at the top of the list.

Hamilton was really open in sharing her views on her work here at the university: “I feel really lucky to be working at a place with such amazing people,” she said.

“I have friends who are professors in other departments and they’re so amazing and they love their students. No one in this building sleeps because of how much we love our students and seeing

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LAURA SCHULTZ: Assistant Director of VARP

MADISON DIEMERT Staff Writer Laura Schultz is the Assistant Director of the Violence Awareness and Response Program here at Minnesota State University, Mankato, but that’s not all she does for the university. Schultz also leads an employee meditation group on campus, is in a local band called Good Night Gold Dust, is working on a

solo project, and has directed a choir at MNSU in years past.

Schultz first attended the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh and got a degree in social work and minored in Gender and Women Studies.

She came to MNSU to pursue a graduate degree in Gender and Women Studies and went on to do more training to be a confidential advocate. Schultz started working as a faculty member here at MNSU about six years ago.

“I started working here as an Interim Violence and Response Coordinator,” Schultz said. She first worked in the LGBT Center before be-

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Now as the Assistant Director of the Violence Awareness and Response Program Schultz says, that the Violence Awareness and Response Program (VARP) has three main goals: programming, education and confidential advocacy.

The programming portion of the program puts on certain events. Last month, October, was Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and VARP had several events going on around campus. There was a candlelight vigil for those lost

to intimate partner violence, conversation circles—which happen every semester, not only in October—where students can have discussions about healthy relationships,

“October, was Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and VARP had several events going on around campus.” and the Clothesline Project.

“There [were] paper shirts that people cut out and put who they were decorating a shirt in memory for,” said Schultz on the Clothesline

Project. “The idea behind that is that we’re kind of airing the dirty laundry of violence and abuse.”

Schultz also has a graduate assistant who runs the PEACE group, which goes through several scenes about dismantling violent language, bystander intervention and victim-blaming. The idea is that other students will act out what they would do in a similar situation.

“We can say ‘I know what I would do in this situation’ until we’re blue in the face,” said Schultz, “but it doesn’t mean that we actually know

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Schultz is also a certified confidential advocate.

“The advocacy that I’m able to provide really varies from person to person,” said Schultz. “We refer to it as victim-centered advocacy.”

Schultz says she sees about 70 to 100 students per year and she’s actually expecting more than that this year in particular.

“I don’t need to know exactly what happened to you,” said Schultz on her advocacy.

“I’m not an investigator.”

Schultz says that instead of specific details, students can let her know that they’re struggling with things, such as paying attention in class, having troubles sleeping, etcetera, and she is able to assist with that. She can also be there when a student reports to the police if they want her with.

Along with being the Assistant Director of VARP, Schultz directs choirs at MNSU. “Over the course of two months, a group of about ten of us would meet,” she said of the choir.

They performed “I Can’t Keep Quiet” and Schultz said she wants to direct another choir this year for Sexual Assault Awareness Month in April. Schultz says bringing VARP and music together made her “feel like a whole

person.” She is also in a band called Good Night Gold Dust and she has a solo project called Kielo that she is working on.

Laura Schultz is an allaround talented and kind person. Her work at MNSU has helped to improve the lives of hundreds of students and staff. But she says that “it is a difficult field.” She says she has to practice some self-care to continue her work here, which is part of why she

leads a meditation group for employees on campus.

If you ever need to speak with Laura about anything, her office is in the Women’s Center which is on the second floor do the CSU, room 218. Don’t be afraid to come forward with things that are bothering you—she is here to help!

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DAVID HAMLOW: Artist and Art Professor

LUKE TORBORG Staff Writer Professor David Hamlow, 50 years old, is one of the several faces one would see while walking through Minnesota State University, Mankato’s campus, especially within the art department. Those unfamiliar with his classes and artwork are sure to notice his passion for teaching and creating art after just meeting him.

“Art is everywhere you look. It’s part of everything you do—your clothes, your

room, your car,” Hamlow said.

David Hamlow primarily teaches Art 160, an introduction course that teaches students about the importance of visual culture and art as a whole. Hamlow has taught various other classes, such as drawing, but his favorite class to teach will forever be Art 160. He explains that this class offers him a chance to reach a large number of students throughout different ages and with different goals in life.

“I enjoy reaching students who don’t have a previous experience with art,” he said.

“People make more aesthetic decisions than they think they do. I’m not making people interested in aesthetics, I’m reminding them that they are

already interested in it and that they just don’t realize it.”

Hamlow’s love for art goes a long way. He practices many different mediums of art, but his favorite to make is under the category of installation art. This form of art consists of the idea of transforming the perception of space, often times a room.

“My favorite work is probably my wall-based collages right now, but I’m always excited about any kind of sculpture that I’m making,” he said.

Hamlow also likes to focus on creating art from recycled trash from his own house. For instance, he is currently working on collages he has made from the bags of dog and cat food.

Although he thoroughly enjoys teaching now, Ham-

low didn’t always plan for this to be his occupation. After receiving his undergraduate in art from the college of Gustavus, he spent a large amount of his time working in a warehouse for a charity while making art in his free time, until eventually deciding to get his graduate degree at the University of Minnesota.

“It got to a point where physically I couldn’t do that kind of work anymore and at first it was what can I do? So,

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maybe I’ll go back and get a degree and teach art and once I started doing it I really liked working with students,” he said.

Hamlow is very appreciative of the art department that is provided at MNSU. He explained that the department is very special and unlike art departments from other colleges. A wide array of art classes are offered to students at MNSU that are not common at other colleges, such as the installation art program here. Another factor that makes this department stand apart from other college’s is the “enthusiastic” and “supportive” faculty, Hamlow said.

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DR. FRED SLOCUM: Associate Professor of Political Science

BILL HAMM Staff Writer Dr. Fred Slocum, associate professor of political science, hails from Charlotte, North Carolina. He graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with his Bachelor of Arts in political science. From there he went to University of Iowa earning his doctorate degree in political science with a concentration in the areas of American politics, comparative politics (Western Europe), and social philosophy.

His education has grown consistently. He graduated from the four-week Summer Institute in Political Philosophy at the Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. From there he went on to graduate from a five-week national endowment for the humanities summer seminar, Faulkner and Southern History, from the University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina. He then completed in the Oxford Round Table workshop, “Diversity in Society” at Oxford University in the United Kingdom. He went to Prague in the Czech Republic to complete in a summer course in “Crime, Law, and Philosophy,” sponsored by the public policy institute

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Dr. Slocum has authored a book chapter on religion southern honor traditions and Republican realignment in the South. He frequently attends the leading venue for research on Southern Politics, the Southern Political Science Association Conference. He also regularly attends the Midwest Political Science Association conference and sometimes other conferences. His primary academic interests are race and politics, political philosophy, Southern politics, and U.S. politics.

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The courses he teaches are U.S. Government, Intro to Political Analysis, Campaigns and Elections, Political Parties, Racial and Ethnic Politics, Political Psychology, American Legal Philosophy, Environmental Politics, Public

He is a member of the Government Relations Committee, which acts as a liaison group between the Minnesota State University system faculty and the Minnesota legislature. He is involved with “Concurrent Enroll-

“Dr. Slocum is working on reviving the campus chapter of Pi Sigma Alpha, the national political science honor society, to begin online for next semester.”

Opinion and Polling Methods, Legislative Process, Executive Process, Southern Politics, and a graduate seminar on American politics.

ment,” serving as consulting faculty for U.S. Government courses at high schools in St. Peter and Belle Plaine, MN. In the spring of 2017, he co-

chaired the statewide Transfer Pathways work group for political science. This group is charged with overseeing the transfer pathway for twoyear college students transitioning to our four-year institutions of learning to study political science.

If you are a Karaoke fan, you might check out Dr. Slocum’s performances at area karaoke events. He also plays keyboards in a band and sings in an, “excellent choral ensemble,” he says.

Dr. Slocum is working on reviving the campus chapter of Pi Sigma Alpha, the national political science honor society, to begin online for next semester. He is looking for members and would like to hear from those who are interested in participating in events sponsored by this effort. Drop him an e-mail to learn more.

“There is no overall GPA requirement and membership is open to students of any majors,” he says. Interested students can contact him through his e-mail, frederick.slocum@mnsu.edu.

Dr. Slocum also would like to inform students of the opportunity of a trip to the Midwest Political Science Undergraduate Research Conference at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter this spring that the club will be going on.

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DALE HAEFNER: Performance Series Director said.

Haefner said in the spirit of arts administration and in order to gain experience raising money and finding donors, he managed to raise $5,000.

This was quite an impressive feat for Haefner to have taken upon himself to raise that much amount of money.

After the success of being able to put on the first concert, the performance series has grown larger with nearly every passing year. It is now up to over twenty concerts a year and a four-day piano festival.

There used to be an allday Jazz festival where artist

ly with them.

Haefner said he teaches music industry courses adjunct to scheduling concerts, one of them being Music Management/Concert Production.

“With all the events,” he CALEB HOLLDORF said, “I can draw experience Staff Writer producing concerts and relate that to my students.”

Dale Haefner has been the This past knowledge from Performance Series Director scheduling events is helpful here at Minnesota State Uniinsight for his students in the versity, Mankato for twenty future workforce. Haefner has years, bringing a wide range experience dealing with artof different sights and sounds ist’s managers, contract neto the Mankato area. Haefgotiations, busy scheduling, ner also teaches upper-level to name a few aspects. music industry courses for Haefner thinks gaining student’s pursuing majors in hands on experimusic. ence and getting Haefner has involved is very been an incredible valuable for stuinfluence on not “Haefner thinks gaining hands dents interested only MNSU’s camin concert producpus with concerts on experience and getting intion management and students, volved is very valuable for stubecause they get but on the whole dents interested in concert proto “interact with Mankato region as someone actualwell with his ability duction management.” ly doing it in the to schedule artists field,” he said. that expose audiHaefner was ences to a variety would perform at the Jazz born here in Mankato, and of new music.

“It’s a fun job,” he said. “I Maverick, as well as neigh- attended school here at get to interact with a lot of boring high school jazz bands MNSU for his undergraducome in for the day. That ate and graduate degree. He great musicians.”

Haefner mentions how has sort of died out though, is a musical artist of his own and plays piano in the group hard it was for him to get the Haefner said.

“There are 16 to 18 events City Mouse. The group has performance series initially in the recital hall, 5 off-cam- been around for almost 50 started here at MNSU.

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“It actually grew out of a master’s project,” he said.

Haefner’s area of mastery was in Art Administration.

“Instead of writing a thesis, I proposed to my committee that I would do an experiential [project]. Putting on a concert along with writing a shorter paper, detailing how I put that together.”

In order for Haefner to make this work though, he needed more than a good idea.

“The dean said, ‘great idea, but we’re not gonna give you any money’,” he

pus events at Hooligans bar.

The events at Hooligans are more involved with community members since the bar is for those who are 21 and older,” said Haefner.

At Hooligans, Haefner said he tries to usually bring in bands that wouldn’t work in a recital hall.

The teaching spectrum of Haefner’s position is something he also enjoys. Getting to teach students how the music industry works and giving them useful knowledge for post-graduation is a way for Haefner to interact direct-

years. The current six members have been together for thirty-six years—that’s a long time to be making music.

Haefner mentioned they would be “playing to make a living, playing six or seven nights a week.”

Haefner’s musical accomplishments have not gone unnoticed though, as City Mouse was inducted into Minnesota Music Hall of Fame about ten years ago.

Moving forward, it is Haefner’s hope that the performance series will continue.

The biggest thing moving

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forward for Haefner is to keep the series going financially.

This gets harder every year, with the constant increase in prices.

With Haefner approaching retirement age, he isn’t sure about the future for the music series, saying “it may continue or it may not.”

Through the music series, Haefner is also currently involved in a three-year grant program.

“The series is one of eight sights in the United States to receive the grant from the association of performing arts professionals in Washington

D.C.,” he said. “The grant is to bring in international Somali artists to elevate the understanding of Somali culture and Somali music.”

Haefner’s time at MSU and in the Mankato area have overall been a success. The other night he was standing in Hooligans after a concert and had people come up to him to say thank you for bringing different bands to Mankato and to keep up the good work.

“It’s nice hearing those compliments,” he said.

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DR. JULIE FREDERICK: Assistant Professor of Nursing

ALISSA THIELGES News Editor Julie Frederick, an assistant professor in the nursing program, is a well-known face around the Minnesota State University, Mankato campus. A self-proclaimed busy-body, she is involved in many aspects of campus and community life and can be found attending any number of charity or school related events, such as sports.

Originally from this area, Frederick’s father worked at MNSU for 30 years teaching business administration. In high school, she worked in dietary work at Immanuel-St. Joseph’s Hospital, or the Mayo Clinic Health System as it is known as today. While everyone else was working in fast food, Frederick, who loved math and science, de-

At South Central College, Frederick created the first conscious sedation program for dental hygienists and dentals assistants in Minnesota. This was her first taste of teaching, as she had to develop the class that taught students this new program.

She got to participate and watch the students as they learned.

“I liked watching the ‘ahha’s’ of people, the learning, the next steps they had to go through,” she said.

Frederick was approached to teach a class at MNSU as an adjunct faculty member five years ago and has slowly been adding more courses to her curriculum each semester. She has been considered a fixed-term professor for the last three years, meaning her contract with the school is renewed every year.

Her favorite class to teach is Nursing Leadership and Management because she gets to teach seniors who are in their last semester.

“They are so focused on task-orientated and this class

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cided to pursue something different.

After high school, she moved out west, got her associate degree in nursing, and worked in Nevada for five years before coming back to Mankato to further her education. She finished her Bachelor of Science in nursing here at MNSU. Frederick has been a nurse for 35 years. Before coming to work as a professor, she worked at South Central College as a Health Care Grant creating new opportunities for healthcare. Before that, she worked at Allscript as the Director of Healthcare Innovation helping them design barcode medication administration for their hospitals.

is not at all like that. It’s about how your neighbor is going to be coming to you because you are a nurse and you will have to take on these different roles that you never thought you would have,” she said.

Frederick says that she loves teaching these soonto-be nurses what it means to always be a leader.

“For the last 20 years, nursing has been the highest profession that has been recognized for integrity and respect and honesty,” she said.

“So [the students] take that and that’s a huge responsibility.”

With her experience in nursing, Frederick loves to share her stories and first-

hand knowledge with her students. She says that the things that make her stand out as a teacher aren’t some of the usual things. She is visible in the community.

“I attend the games. Students know me wherever I am. I’m here, I’m engaged, I participate. You don’t necessarily see that a lot,” she said.

Frederick is busy both on and off campus. She is involved in committees, including the Faculty Development Committee, Sesquicentennial Committee, and Grant Committee. She is also the Faculty Advisor for the Student Nurses Association and an ambassador for the Foundation.

“What I like about [all these] is I get to mix it up,” she said. “I’m not just nursing, I’m all over. I love that.”

She and her husband, Tom Frederick, are big philanthropists; they love to volunteer their time and efforts into many things.

Frederick has also been working with the MBA program to get some more healthcare classes into it.

There are now three classes available through the MBA program. She is also hoping to develop a Master’s and Bachelor’s program in Healthcare Informatics, an area where health information technology is used to improve health care to a higher quality and efficiency so that nurses are able to utilize the tools and information they need. This is all in efforts to diversify the nursing program and help those students who are pre-nursing but don’t get into the program.

“We have 300 pre-nursing students that come through our doors,” she said. “We take 40 per cohort. So, it’s very, very hard to get into nursing, but that shouldn’t mean we don’t have other healthcare opportunities for people.”

Healthcare is a team effort and just because you aren’t a nurse, doesn’t mean you don’t play a vital role, said Frederick.

“I just taught 101 last semester and I’ll teach it again this spring. I can sit in that class and go, ‘This person would make a great business leader,’ or, ‘This person would be dynamite in informatics, if you can convince them to go there.’ To have other choices would be very good.”

Frederick was recently appointed to the Minnesota Board of Nursing by Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton.

As a state employee, her position is voluntary, but every month she has the responsibility of attending one day of

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hearings, or “conferences” as they are called, to judge disciplinary actions for nurses.

Frederick is on a number of sub-committees within the board, one being data analysis, but the bottom-line of the board is to protect the public, she says.

“The excellent thing about it is it is a wonderful learning opportunity that I give to my students, because I’ve been there first hand,” she said. “I actually got to listen to them and hear why, so I can speak

to what is sloppy nursing or what to do if you feel you are becoming addicted to the meds or alcohol, or what is best practice?”

One in eight healthcare workers become addicted to drugs or alcohol; the Board of Nursing exists first and foremost to keep the public safe,

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JACOBI LAURA: Professor of Communication Studies

MARIO ESCOTO Staff Writer Laura Jacobi, a professor of communication studies, is making an educational impact towards college students in Minnesota State University, Mankato.

Jacobi previously worked at University of Minnesota and she changed her job to Minnesota State University, Mankato. She stated that working at the University

of Minnesota was different than working here. When she came for orientation here at MSU, Mankato, she stated that one day all the staffs, faulty members and professors gather together to introduce each other, which was amazing and different then at the U of M. She stated that her at previous job, it felt like working in small islands, which made it difficult to interact with different students and professors.

Additionally, Laura got her job here in MSU, Mankato through a graduate assistant who worked in the communication department. They had an opening that matched her description of her back-

ground experience as a Communication professor.

“I wasn’t searching for the missing piece of the puzzle. I welcome the student there at my previous job, but as soon I read the job desecration, it felt if it was written for me,” she said. “The requirement matched my experiences as a professor.”

The job description stated they were looking for a professor who had experiencing teaching at a high school level, and so on.

Jacobi has some strong opinions on world issues.

When asked what some things in life that you would change, the first thing she said was she would want to end racism in the world. The reason being is that when she was a kid eating at the family table, the adult would chat about their day while the kids were expected to sit quietly and eat. Her family member would begin to talk about some racism stuff that made Laura get up from her chair and say to her relatives that what they were saying was racist. Some of her family members would become quiet while other one laughed.

The second thing Laura said she would change in life is to encourage everyone to use their potential skills in life. This is one of Laura’s pet

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“The area is just a beautiful place to live in in terms of nature,” he said.

When not making or teaching art, Hamlow can be seen jogging the Red Jacket near Rasmussen Park. On a rainy days or away from nature, he can be found at the local record store, Tune Town, riffling through records searching for a vinyl of his favorite band, The Talking Heads.

Despite his love for the city of Mankato, Hamlow

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actually lives in the small town of Good Thunder, which is about ten miles south of Mankato. There he lives with his wife, who is also an art professor at MNSU, and his two black standard poodles.

Before living in Good Thunder, Hamlow grew up and graduated high school in the small town of Montevideo in west Minnesota. Since then, he has lived St. Peter, Minneapolis and even San Diego.

Hamlow, who has been strongly influenced by art

throughout his life, believes that it is now more important than ever for people, especially young adults, to study art.

“We have access to more diversity than ever,” he said. “We are more aware of other cultures more than we have ever been because of the internet and I feel that art is a great way to understand other cultures and how people are the same to us and to respect how they are different to us.”

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Continued from page 15 “Professor Laura persists and tries to find different ways to get her students motivated by using different teaching techniques.” peeves; if you have a skill or talent that can make a difference in life, then you use don’t sit around and wait for the opportunity to happen. Go out there and find the opportunity and show them your skill instead of sitting around.

Lastly, Laura shared that she would end the lack of motivational drive in her large lecture hall.

Many of her students understand the material she teaches; however, some of them would procrastinate. She persists and tries to find different ways to get her students moti-

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but they also want to help nurses get the treatment they need to overcome an addiction.

“If they have a fall, we’re here to put them back on the right track. We’re not here to say, ‘We’re taking your license away,’” Frederick said. “We will take it away if we have to, obviously, but our goal is to keep the public safe and then, if we need to help nurses into programs, we will.”

When she is not volunteering her time or on campus,

Frederick love to be outside as much as possible, whether that be golfing, gardening, hiking, walking her dog, snowshoeing, or camping, she just loves being outdoors. She also loves traveling and seeing new places. Through the Minnesota Board of Nursing, she got to present some of her research on Smart Glass in Spain this year and will get the chance do so again next year in London.

“Those research [oppor-

tunities] and developments I would’ve never dreamed I would want to do it, but now that I am, I love it,” she said.

While not really “research driven,” Frederick said that she’s getting better liking the research-side of being a professor because she is doing research in what she enjoys learning about, which is technology.

“I get to mesh what I love and have always worked with to what I am doing,” she said.

vated by using different teaching techniques. She also allows to students to get together in groups to discuss the material she is teaching.

In the end, it was wonderful meeting up with Professor Jacobi Laura, who is an interesting professor to know. She can adapt, overcome, and is eager to face any challenges that get in her way.

She went from a big university to a small university that is filled with diverse people from different backgrounds.

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