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Paul “Stretch” Diethelm ’03 shows his Husky pride while rockin’ out on stage in Ritsche Auditorium.

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Sue McLean ’73 leaves behind a lasting legacy as one of the Twin Cities’ most influential concert promoters.

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Barth Brothers take center stage Dan ’88 and Mark ’83 Barth reflect on their 20 years in business together at the Pioneer Place on Fifth Theatre, Diversified Media Resources and D.B. Searle’s.

Outlook is the official institutional magazine of St. Cloud State University and is a collaborative effort of the University Communications office, the Office of Alumni and Constituent Engagement and the St. Cloud State University Foundation. The Mission of the publication is to strengthen the bond and enhance the relationships between the University and it’s diverse alumni, faculty, students, community and friends.

Outlook is produced three times a year by the St. Cloud State University Communications office and is distributed without charge to St. Cloud State alumni, faculty, friends and parents of currently enrolled students. Outlook articles may be reproduced without permission if appropriate credit is given.

St. Cloud State University News Achievement highlights from outstanding students, faculty and staff as well as other campus news.

16 Husky Athletics Everything’s new — Huskies join a new conference while the Herb Brooks Center celebrated a re-opening.

Former Husky greats were inducted into the St. Cloud State Athletic Hall of Fame.

19 Alumni class notes Careers, changes, couples, children — catch up on what other alumni are accomplishing.

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Editor Loren J. Boone Managing Editor Adam Hammer ’05 Art Direction and Design Marie Novak Madgwick ’91 St. Cloud State Information Marsha Shoemaker Jeff Wood ’81 ’87 ’95 University Advancement Terri Mische Kristin Hatten Athletic Information Anne Abicht ’06 Tom Nelson

From the President

What a difference a verb makes

Students MarQueda Ratliff, Sara Salas-Ramirez and Sara Biru don their “Think. Do. Make a Difference.” t-shirts.

Photo by Adam Hammer ’05

Never has our university’s mission resonated so well with our campus community as with the slogan the university has emblazoned on banners, t-shirts and signs across campus, as well as in commercials and billboards around the state: “Think. Do. Make a difference.”

These action words have created a buzz around campus that says “we get it.” The words have captured our commitment and our promise to educate students for a well-rounded life — “to prepare students for life, work and citizenship in the 21st century.”

The words translate this mission statement into a call to action that each student can take on as a personal plan for achieving a rewarding life.

We have expressed in a variety of ways how to accomplish our mission.

We reorganized our academic units

and student life and development efforts to offer opportunities for students to practice and appreciate active and applied learning, community engagement, sustainability and global and cultural understanding.

To support these learning commitments, we embraced a new tagline: “Education for Life” — a succinct way of stating that St. Cloud State graduates will go out into their communities and their workplaces armed with the knowledge and experience to succeed in all aspects of living. It pledged that their education will be rigorous and relevant, offering a balance between classroom learning and real-world experience.

It was the rollout of the “Think. Do. Make a difference.” campaign, though, that seemed to capture the essence of what we want our education to offer

HEED Award

Forbes ranking

St. Cloud State is a repeat winner of the Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award.

The award, given annually by INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, recognizes efforts to include diversity such as gender, race, ethnicity, veterans, people with disabilities and members of the LGBT community. More on page 5.

St. Cloud State University remains in the top 4 percent of the most affordable colleges in Forbes Magazine’s “America’s Top Colleges” list for 2013 and improved from 611 to 504 in the overall ranking. The rankings include an elite 24 percent of U.S. colleges and universities based on five criteria: student satisfaction, post-graduate success, student debt, graduation rate and nationally competitive awards.

and what we want our students to be.

This is branding at its best ­— a set of words that declares in a highly relatable way who we are and what we are here to accomplish. Individuals in the campus community are applying the words to themselves and their programs ... even our buildings.

When we opened the Integrated Science and Engineering Laboratory Facility (ISELF), we declared that the innovative new facility, a centerpiece of applied learning, represents the “Do.” When students active in campus and community activities and volunteerism were offered t-shirts with three different sections of the slogans on their backs — “Think.” “Do.” or “Make a difference.”

— each chose the message they wanted to wear. Interestingly, they were about evenly divided among believing themselves to be primarily a doer, a thinker or a difference maker.

On the pages of each issue of Outlook we feature alumni, faculty, staff and students who embody the “Think. Do. Make a difference.” message. The subjects of these stories exemplify the wide range of ways St. Cloud State folks are having an impact now and in the future.

Earl H. Potter III, President

Solon J. Buck Award Two faculty members have won the Solon J. Buck Award, named for the former Archivist of the United States.

The annual award recognizes the best article in the Minnesota Historical Society’s quarterly magazine Minnesota History. Brad Chisholm earned the 2010 award for “Okabena: A Bank Robbery Revisited” and Ed Pluth earned the 2009 award for “A ‘Negro Colony’ for Todd County.”

ABOUT DISTINCTIONS: The oak leaf has long been the symbol for life and learning at St. Cloud State University, where growth and change are as constant as the flowing waters of the Mississippi River that runs along its oakcrowned banks. It is the natural choice to stand as an icon signifying the honors, awards, distinctions and other high accomplishments that we point to with pride. Look for this oak leaf throughout Outlook and search our online University Distinctions database online at http://scsu.mn/UDistinctions.

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ISELF gains widespread recognition

University Advancement vice president starts Matt Andrew is the new vice president for University Advancement, the top position for fundraising and alumni engagement at St. Cloud State.

Since 2006, Andrew has served as associate vice president of alumni & development programs at Webster University in St. Louis.

“I’m looking forward to working closely with President Potter, his leadership team and stakeholders throughout the St. Cloud State University community in elevating the advancement program,” Andrew said.

From 2004-2006 he was vice president for development and public relations at Blackburn College, Carlinville, Ill. He also has significant experience in advertising and marketing, with service in several leadership roles in major advertising and marketing firms, including Minneapolis-based Campbell Mithun.

“With engaged and committed alumni, and support from the broader St. Cloud community, we can collectively accomplish the institution’s goals. My wife Nancy and I are very excited about making our home in St. Cloud and are looking forward to becoming part of the community,” he said.

Andrew succeeds Craig Wruck, who took a position last fall at Humboldt State University, Arcata, Calif.

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St. Cloud State opened its innovative Integrated Science and Engineering Laboratory Facility (ISELF) to students this fall. “Education plus business collaboration — that’s the idea behind ISELF,” was the message from the Minneapolis Star Tribune’s editorial about the new facility.

“This building attracts the caliber of student we need and creates an opportunity for us to keep those students here when they’ve graduated,” said Patti Gartland, president of the Greater St. Cloud Development Corporation, in the editorial. “It’s also a resource for the business community, for meeting their needs within their operations. It gives them not only the trained talent that they need, but helps them do the work they need to do — and do it here.”

Former dean of the College of Science and Engineering, David DeGroote, conceptualized the facility in which laboratory space is temporarily allocated to projects and teams of people, not permanently given to campus entities. He famously said: “They’ll come. They’ll work. They’ll leave.”

Furthermore, Central Minnesota businesses, including more than 50 precision manufacturing companies, can prototype new processes using ISELF space and student-faculty ingenuity.

ISELF completes the three-part science initiative that creates St. Cloud State’s science campus for the future.

Read the Star Tribune editorial: http://scsu.mn/1b1NF5S View a photo gallery of ISELF: http://scsu.mn/174toJ8

Top militaryfriendly schools St. Cloud State is among the nation’s top 20 percent of schools that deliver the best experience for military students, according to the 2014 Military Friendly Schools list developed by Victory Media, publisher of G.I. Jobs.

Victory Media describes its militaryfriendly list as schools Student Veterans Organization members host a flag raising ceremony in front of the Administrative that offer military Services building in honor of Patriots Day on Sept. 11. students the best Photo by Adam Hammer ’05 services, programs, discounts, scholarships, clubs, networking and staff.

“Being included in the military-friendly list is recognition that St. Cloud State is in support of all veterans, including the Reserves, National Guard, Coast Guard and dependents of veterans,” said Monique Coleman, director of the Veterans Resource Center at St. Cloud State. Coleman started as the center’s first director in July.

St. Cloud State, which serves about 700 student veterans each school year, has earned the military-friendly designation each year since 2009.

Besides the already outstanding services that St. Cloud State provides for veteran students such as offering in-state tuition and waiving application fees, the Veterans Resource Center is making plans for peer-to-peer mentoring, veteran alumni services and more.

“There are initiatives coming that will significantly excel our impact,” Coleman said.

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ISELF rooms are collaborative spaces that will integrate multiple classes into the same space. Photo by Adam Hammer ’05

St. Cloud State, Sodexo team for Feeding Our Future

Committed to diversity and inclusion

Most kids don’t look forward to summer school. And being hungry doesn’t help. To bolster summer learners, St. Cloud State, Sodexo and the Schwan Food Co. once again partnered in providing free meals to local K-8 students over the summer.

“We all know the need is growing. Fortunately we have more resources and great partners,” said Tim Ness, resident dining operations manager at St. Cloud State.

Jerry Sparby ’87, a professor of teacher development, secured United States Department of Agriculture funding and another grant to augment the $20,000 provided by Sodexo Foundation. All of the foundation money is used for purchasing food.

The new funding allowed the program to hire unemployed and underemployed workers to help staff the expanded food service operation. The experience provided hospitality industry training which could lead to entry-level jobs. Sodexo hopes to repeat and improve the training process next summer.

Sparby also brought in a class of St. Cloud State students to help make sandwiches for two days of program lunches. Their enthusiasm and efficiency resulted in the preparation of 1,200 meals in a little over 2 hours.

“They could not believe how many meals they made,” Ness said.

Feeding our Future is an annual program designed to alleviate childhood hunger, which can lead to poor academic performance.

The program operates in 24 cities across the country during the summer months when the risk of hunger is higher for students who normally rely on school-based supplemental nutrition programs.

In 2013, the local effort expanded from serving lunches to providing breakfast, too. The number of free meals served rose from 21,000 in 2012 to nearly 30,000 last summer.

St. Cloud State is recognized for its commitment to diversity and inclusion as a second-year recipient of the Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award.

The award, given annually since 2012 by INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, recognizes efforts to include diversity such as gender, race, ethnicity, veterans, people with disabilities and members of the LGBT community.

“Awards such as the HEED Award affirm our efforts to build and sustain an open, diverse and inclusive community,” said President Earl H. Potter III. The university’s focus on providing a welcoming environment for all its students, faculty and staff is reflected in its mission, vision and learning commitments and in efforts to cultivate pride in the University as a catalyst for social change, growth and opportunity for all its students to succeed.

INSIGHT Into Diversity is the oldest and largest higher education diversityfocused publication.

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St. Cloud State partners with city police Three St. Cloud police officers are helping ensure safety in the southside neighborhood near campus through the newly initiated Campus Area Police Services (CAPS) team.

A crime reported in the campus area now gets the attention of veteran officers assigned to the CAPS team instead of competing for attention of investigators assigned to the entire city.

The CAPS program is made possible through an agreement with the city and the University. To cover the cost of dedicating three officers to the campus area, St. Cloud State contributes $240,000 annually to the city.

“There are other efforts and advancement opportunities we could have invested in, but nothing is more important than the safety of our students,” said President Earl H. Potter III. “This is the right thing to do.”

CAPS team members include Ryan Sayre who has worked extensively with the University as well as graduates of St. Cloud State’s criminal justice department Dan McClure ’03, Nancy Lang ’94 and Sgt. Jim Steve ’87, CAPS team supervisor.

Follow the officers on Twitter: @SCPD_CAPS

CAPS team officers Ryan Sayre and Dan McClure ’03 introduce themselves to a St. Cloud State student during one of their patrols. Photo by Adam Hammer ’05

HOM furnishes lactation stations Thanks to HOM Furniture, nursing mothers and parents in need of a quiet spot to feed their babies will have more convenient, comfortable options at their disposal at St. Cloud State.

Each of the rooms, designed to be cozy and private, is outfitted with HOM Furniture. Ellyn Bartges, St. Cloud State’s equity and affirmative action officer, approached the company for assistance. In the interest of supporting a familyfriendly environment, and the needs and goals of the University, HOM agreed to furnish the rooms.

“It’s a very good example of community involvement in the University and we’re grateful for it,” Bartges said.

Each room includes a comfortable chair, table, lamp and a small refrigerator, all donated by HOM. Since 2004, the Women’s Center’s “Baby Café” lactation station has served breastfeeding mothers. Atwood Memorial Center and Administrative Services also have lactation stations. New rooms in ISELF and Halenbeck bring the campus total to five.

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“Building and renovation opportunities over the last number of years were just a natural fit for expansion,” Bartges said.

“Because space is so dear, we also needed to look at where these rooms will be most useful.”

Danielle Gloege, a loan processor in the Financial Aid office, uses the newly designated lactation room in Administrative Services. Gloege made a request for the room near the end of her pregnancy. Before it was ready, Gloege did not have a secure space for using a breast pump at work. For a month, she used a conference room with doors at two ends. While she could lock the doors, many people had keys.

“It was always like, oh my gosh, who’s going to walk in?”

The new lactation stations have doors that display the word “Occupied” when locked.

“It’s wonderful,” Gloege said.

McGee joins alma mater as vice president Tammy (Huddle) McGee has been appointed vice president for finance and administration at St. Cloud State.

A 1981 alumna of St. Cloud State with a degree in finance/ economics, McGee will lead the division that includes business services, facilities, human resources, bookstore operations, food services and public safety.

McGee said she’s delighted to be joining the leadership team at her alma mater. “The faculty and staff of St. Cloud State and the St. Cloud area community provided me as a young, first-generation college student the education, skills and experience that have led to a successful career in private industry, higher education and public service.” She added, “Now, it is my turn to give back, to ensure a strong and sustainable learning and working environment.”

McGee has been vice president of finance and administration and chief financial officer at Augsburg College in the Twin Cities since 2010. She has more than 20 years of experience in financial analysis, strategic planning, project management, team development and regulatory compliance.

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Sue McLean’s impact on the Twin Cities music Leo Kottke, a former St. Cloud State student and acoustic guitar virtuoso, worked with Sue McLean scene continues through the Paradigm Agency, Kottke’s booking to reverberate in agency. Photo courtesy of University Archives big events launched and musicians championed.

The 1973 graduate’s 2011 Pollstar ranking was 97th in the world with 126,000 tickets sold for 130 shows and nearly $3.7 million grossed.

She booked acts ranging from Johnny Cash, Al Green, Etta James and Tony Bennett to Emmylou cancer May 17 at the age of 63. “McLean Harris, Arlo Guthrie, Los Lobos, Lyle Lovett and had a human touch that set her apart from newer favorites such as Adele, Jack Johnson, Derek other promoters.”

Trucks and the Avett Brothers. She also worked That human touch extended to many a fledgling with numerous top Minnesota musicians including musician who benefitted from her tenacious St. Cloud State non-grad alum Leo Kottke, Soul promotion of people and programs she believed in.

Asylum and countless others.

Nurturing approach “She became the world’s most successful “She had the respect of the industry because she independent female concert promoter, bringing good helped cultivate musicians and bring them to the right times to Minnesota music lovers for more than three venues,” said Jo McMullen-Boyer ’91, station manager decades at the Basilica Block Party, the Minnesota for 88.1 FM KVSC, the campus radio station where Zoo, the Guthrie Theater and other venues,” wrote McLean worked as a student. “She started them, stuck Star Tribune pop music reporter Jon Bream in his to them and nurtured their careers.” tender tribute to McLean upon her death from Continued on page 18.

Sue McLean Tributes

Sue McLean’s legacy has been memorialized throughout the state from her small hometown of Dayton to her homestage at the Minnesota Zoo. ›› The Minnesota Zoo named the stage in its Weesner Family Amphitheater the Sue McLean Stage in honor of the Music in the Zoo concert series that Sue McLean & Associates books.

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Throughout their 20 years in business together, brothers Dan ’88 and Mark ’83 Barth, owners of the Pioneer Place on Fifth Theatre, Diversified Media Resources (DMR) and D.B. Searle’s, always have been good listeners.

They listened to Minneapolis actor Bill Collins when he suggested they renovate while keeping the theater intact when they first purchased the building that became Pioneer Place on Fifth. They continually listen to their fans to bring entertainment that keeps them coming back for more. And they’ve listened to each other.

“We really listen to our people; our fans and musicians,” Dan said. “They literally drive this building.”

“One of the biggest blessings has been our audiences and our musicians,” Mark said. “They have really taken ownership of this place.”

Their ability to be good listeners combined with solid planning and ingenuity — and in some cases naivete and being in the right place at the right time — has led to much success.

The Barth brothers have not only created a thriving theater and music scene just up the street from the University on Fifth Avenue, they have partnered with other local theaters, arts organizations, university groups and the city to help make St. Cloud a performing arts destination. Their path-making work has led to many successful community endeavors including helping launch Summertime! By George; partnerships with the Paramount Theatre and even launching their own outdoor music festival last August called Takin’ It To The Streets – a downtown St. Cloud celebration which the Barths are hoping to extend south to St. Cloud State University in 2014.

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Brothers Dan ’88 (left) and Mark ’83 Barth hold more than 200 years of local history in their combinbed Pioneer Place on Fifth and D.B. Searle’s establishments.

In it together

Mark and Dan were non-traditional college students from Howard Lake who graduated from the mass communications program.

Mark enrolled at St. Cloud State after three years of military service with the future of his family weighing on his mind. “I realized I needed a college degree if I was going to succeed,” he said. “My family really was the impetus behind me going to college.”

Mark’s dream was to have a career sitting behind a sports desk. He was actively involved in radio and television broadcasts of Husky Athletics. After graduation, he took a local job in video production and in 1988 he purchased Pioneer Teleproductions.

“In the heyday of video production, the business was on fire, and it’s still going strong,” Mark said of the company, which became DMR when Dan was invited to join.

Dan initially studied music and switched his major to public relations. He was hired after college as the youngest store manager for Target at the time and went on to help open seven stores in six years.

Mark approached Dan about coming to work for him at Pioneer “I realized I needed a college degree Teleproductions and his answer set the stage for the working if I was going to succeed.” Mark Barth ’83 relationship they still operate under: “I won’t work for you, but I’ll work with you,” Dan said. “Neither of us work for the other.”

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The Barths now hold more than 200 years of St. Cloud-unique history in their combined establishments.

The Barths renamed the production company DMR. Then in 1998, they were hired to do video work for Tony’s and Red Baron pizza companies and needed a larger space. So they rented the rundown former Elks Lodge space owned by the St. Cloud Housing and Redevelopment Authority for three days. They quickly started to see the potential of renovating the building to be a permanent video production space. On a whim, they decided to act on their idea to move in.

“We made an offer and they accepted on the spot. We didn’t even have funding, but we got it the next day,” Dan recalled.

During the renovation, Bill Collins, a hired actor for a project, recommended they not gut the theater for a video production area, but instead keep it as a nearly 200-seat theater.

“Being naïve, we said yes,” Dan said.

They opened their doors as a professional theater on Sept. 10, 1998 with a touring production of “The Compleat Wrks of Wllm Shakspr (Abridged)” produced by the Actors Theater of Minnesota.

They continued to run shows produced by outside theater groups for the first few years, noting that it was mostly for fun. DMR was still their focus.

“By the third year, we said if we’re going to do this, we need to do it right,” Dan said.

Spectacular debuted followed

by Greg “Gary D.” Armstrong’s CD release concert, which featured numerous Minnesotafamous guest musicians.

All of those show concepts combined led to the creation of the Fabulous Armadillos led by Paul “Stretch” Diethelm ’03 and his band Slip Twister (see page 12 for more on Diethelm) with Armstrong. The first Fabulous Armadillos season featured seven one-night-only themed concerts.

“The lines were out the door,” Dan recalled.

The popularity was remarkable and they have now grown to four themed shows per season with 10-night runs each, and they sell out performances every time.

Celebrity guests have included Jim Peterik of Survivor, Alex Ligertwood of Santana and more.

“There is no end in sight,” Dan said.

Expanding even further

Downtown St. Cloud streets filled with crowds just outside Pioneer Place on Fifth Theatre’s front doors during Takin’ it to the Streets.

They opened their first full theater season in 2002 and sold 32 season tickets. For their 15th season this year, they sold 400 season tickets including some ticketholders who make the drive up from the Twin Cities, a remarkable feat given St. Cloud’s history of exporting fans to the Twin Cities for arts and entertainment.

In 2008 they committed to theater and started the Pioneer Place Theatre Company, which produces all of their season shows. The new artistic director, announced this year, is Jay Terry ’12.

The Pioneer Place also has been host for numerous St. Cloud State organization events including art shows for the Arts Student Union and 88.1 FM KVSC’s Granite City Radio Theatre, which enters its second season this year.

Coming up music The Barths branched out into music and hosted their first concert when the Granite City Folk Society concert for Peter Mayer was overselling.

“That was one of my favorites,” Mark said. “It was pre-PA system days. That and Mason Jennings when he was just getting started.”

Mark recalled that those were very intimate shows, often with people sitting on the floor to be closer to the music.

“A year later, a man named Jeff Engholm walked into my life and changed things forever,” Dan said.

Engholm’s band Collective Unconscious, which also features Nathan Nesje ’90 and former St. Cloud State student Muggsy Lauer, performed the first of many “album shows” at Pioneer Place in 2002 with The Beatles “Abbey Road.” Then in 2006, the Rock ‘N’ Roll Xmas

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Dan has long been passionate about music as a performer and a fan. He remembers typically finding live music in St. Cloud seven days a week when he was a student.

“Then came the DJ,” he said.

“Being a piano player, that upset me because musicians need a place to play.”

“And a paycheck,” Mark added.

Their musical footprint extended out of the theater to the Veranda Lounge in 2005.

The lounge opened in the front space of the Pioneer Place building and features music by pianists, jazz groups and small acoustic acts.

They expanded out of the building when an unexpected opportunity came to them in 2012. D.B. Searle’s owner John Timmerman decided to sell and offered to have the Barths purchase it before it went on the market.

“Again we weren’t in buying mode,” Dan said, but we

couldn’t pass up the opportunity, he added. “There isn’t another bar I ever would have interest in.”

Dan said D.B. Searle’s was his favorite in college.

They purchased the building to be able to offer more food and meeting space options in collaboration with the Pioneer Place operations. They hired a chef and opened Nick’s Third Floor restaurant on, you guessed it, the third floor with Mark’s son Nick managing. Mark’s other son Andy manages the business side of D.B’s.

The Barths now hold more than 200 years of St. Cloud-unique history in their combined establishments.

“We’re big fans of local one-of-a-kinds and this is just that,” Mark said.

Mark ’83 (left) and Dan ’88 (right) Barth present St. Cloud Mayor Dave Kleis ’89 with a t-shirt recognizing the Pioneer Place on Fifth’s awardwinning historic urinal “The King” during the Takin’ it to the Streets event celebrating the Pioneer Place building’s 100th anniversary.

Campus is regional entertainment hub Hanley-Tejeda, assistant professor, Department of Communication Studies. “An open mic is essentially an open forum.”

“These events allow students to express talents, views, and culture through music, poetry, comedy, and art,” said Tommy Balicky, associate director of University Program Board, Campus Programs and Spirit Groups.

Cultural nights in the Atwood Ballroom are open to the public and feature a collage of ethnic cuisines, traditional art forms and educational discussions. The evenings help reduce cultural barriers as international student organizations take the lead in sharing elements of their heritage.

Sophomore Victor Lee has participated in multiple Hmong Nights, including the College Overnight Stay for high school students, with the Hmong Student Organization.

“We showcase the lives and experiences and talents of Hmong people on campus and across the USA,” he said.

Gallery spaces in the Kiehle Building and the new gallery space in Atwood Memorial Center feature exhibits of student and faculty/ staff works, as well as juried shows by regional and national artists.

The James W. Miller Learning Resource Center also has recently begun expanding its event offerings though art exhibits, author appearances, movies and even music.

There are more events and community-building efforts than could ever covered in full here. Explore St. Cloud State events and plan your next campus visit at www.stcloudstate.edu/events.

St. Cloud State has long served as a cultural and entertainment hub for St. Cloud and Central Minnesota. Grand spaces, intimate stages and outdoor venues are among the settings for entertaining evenings. Many departments add unique programming to a campus calendar filled with concerts, interactive entertainment and sporting events.

The Lemonade Concert & Art Fair is one of the longest-running community engagement events on campus, having celebrated its 40th annual event at St. Cloud State last summer. The event brings thousands to campus and features a concert with the St. Cloud Symphony Orchestra, which often also features concerts in Ritsche Auditorium in Stewart Hall.

The art, music and theater departments engage the greater community with thought-provoking exhibits and performances.

In addition, the Department of Campus Involvement collaborates with students to plan an array of cultural offerings, including the Atwood After Dark series and a variety of local, regional, national and international talent. The Department of Theatre, Film and Dance presents annual runs of their International Film Series and a theater season line-up that this year will include a production of “Avenue Q” in April 2014.

Movie nights and the Open Mic series in the Atwood Quarry build campus community. The campus setting for the Open Mic, which continues to grow in popularity, allows for great freedom of speech and expression. “Communities need a voice,” said David

Concert Choir singers perform an impromptu concert in Atwood Memorial Center.

Daniel O’Bryant, former assistant professor and director of orchestras at St. Cloud State, conducts the St. Cloud Symphony Orchestra during the Lemonade Concert on the Atwood Mall.

Nepal Night is just one of the many examples of cultural nights that engage the campus and greater St. Cloud communities. outlook.stcloudstate.edu

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Tall stories

Stretch’s life in music

The tall boy from the small town never imagined

he’d meet the President, mingle with music legends and perform in sold-out stadiums.

At 49, Paul “Stretch” Diethelm ’03 looks back on the long and winding road from Watertown, Minn., through St. Cloud State, to an award-winning career as a guitarist, songwriter and producer.

Along the way are moments spectacular, sublime, serendipitous and silly.

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It’s 1996. Diethelm and his pals, Jay O’Donnell ’92 and Mike Zeleny, are working the Central Minnesota bar circuit as Slip Twister, occasionally opening for regional bluesrock star Jonny Lang. Their hard-scrabble existence is epitomized by a band van that once lost its forward gears, requiring them to drive backwards to a gig.

In what seems like an eyeblink, Diethelm is hired to play guitar in Lang’s band, and begins gigging in theaters and appearing on talk shows such as NBC’s “Late Night with Conan O’Brien.”

Diethelm realizes he is strapped to a rocket ship.

Lang’s 1997 major-label debut with A&M Records goes gold, then platinum.

Performances for other top talk shows follow, including David Letterman, Jay Leno, and Regis and Kathie Lee.

story By Jeff Wood ’81 ’87 ’95 Photographs by Adam Hammer ’05

Diethelm is a big fish now, flourishing in the pond he’s called home for three decades.

Many gigs are across the Mississippi River from the southeast St. Cloud home and recording studio he shares with Julie and their two children.

His guitar solos earn rapt attention

and top dollar.

His stories, too many to number, are priceless.

Then, for two-months, Lang opens for Aerosmith, one of America’s best-selling rock bands. Diethelm’s small Fender amp is replaced by a two, massive rigs, courtesy of a Hughes & Kettner endorsement deal. Vans give way to plush touring buses and jets.

Lang is signed to the Rolling Stones tour and Diethelm finds himself onstage in Nuremburg, Germany, at the infamous stadium venue for Adolf Hitler’s Nazi Party rallies. The crowd is 102,000.

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Platinum album

For his alma mater, Lang’s next album includes a track co-written by Diethelm. The album is in final design and the record label is calling Lang at the airport. Just 17-years-old, Lang turns to his entourage for advice on the new album title. Diethelm’s wife, Julie (Kleinschmidt) Diethelm ’93 ’03, suggests using the title from her husband’s song. “Wander This World” earns Diethelm, and bandmate Bruce McCabe, songwriting awards from SESAC performing rights organization. The album by the same name goes platinum and earns a Grammy nomination.

he writes the “Husky Hockey Song,” a 2013 anthem for men’s and women’s Husky Hockey

Diethelm supports hundreds of Lang’s performances of “Wander This World,” including a White House performance for President Bill Clinton.

He meets various and sundry guitar virtuosos, including B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Eddie Van Halen, Billy Gibbons, John Fogerty, Jeff Beck and Rick Nielsen.

At a radio station promotion in Detroit, rock guitarist and hunting-rights advocate Ted Nugent brandishes a handgun in the studio. When Lang’s voice fails at Aloha Stadium, outside Honolulu, Diethelm splits lead vocal duties with McCabe. At a Halloween party in Boston, Diethelm hangs out with Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler, who is dressed in drag.

The night produces photos Diethelm can only show to close friends and family.

View a scrapbook of Diethlem’s life in rock ‘n’ roll: http://scsu.mn/1clOIKY

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Paperwork, background checks, metal detectors and then Diethelm is on stage at the White House. After the show President Bill Clinton and his family take photos with Jonny Lang. A Secret Service agent hails Clinton and says “Mr. President! Would you like a picture with the guitar player?” It was the final frame on the film roll.

While playing a private party at the Hard Rock Café in Manhattan, Diethelm meets John Fogerty. Seeing the 1969 Creedence Clearwater Revival album “Green River” under the Christmas tree is one of his first childhood memories. He tells Fogerty that his older brother, Joe Diethelm ’81, learned to play guitar from that album. Fogerty’s reply: “Me, too.”

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Stretch’s road-worn guitar is covered in signatures from rock and blues greats including B.B. King and Buddy Guy.

“The Aerosmith guys, after the first couple of weeks being out with those guys, were very approachable,” Stretch said, recalling meeting singer Steven Tyler and the band.

“The Stones came in four different vehicles for sound check, get out of their vehicles, get straight back in their vehicles after the show, and leave the venue.”

“We were opening for the Stones in Houston or Dallas, somewhere in Texas , and there’s Billy Gibbons walking around backstage,” Diethelm recalls.

Diethelm is primed to glean wisdom from the hall of fame guitarist and friend of the late Jimi Hendrix.

“I could hardly get him veered off of African native artifacts, like spears and shields. He was way into that stuff at this point.”

At the stadium in Nuremburg, Germany, site of 1930s ultra-nationalistic, anti-Semitic Nazi Party rallies. Cooling off backstage following an opening set with Jonny Lang, Diethelm hears English-born Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones bait the crowd: “Looks like we won, doesn’t it. Looks like we won, huh?”

It’s opening night with the Rolling Stones at Aloha Stadium, outside Honolulu. Jonny Lang, sun-burned and exhausted from catching a 666-pound marlin, can’t sing. He points to Diethelm and keyboard player Bruce McCabe, who take turns singing bar tunes for the entire set. “It’s back to Bubba’s in front of 45,000 people,” recalls Diethelm, referring to the popular Sauk Rapids bar and grill.

When his run with Lang ends in 2004, Diethelm segues into Central Minnesota and Twin Cities bar scenes that are in serious decline. He questions his ability to play music full-time. The career that took flight in 1983 with the St. Cloud State-birthed Greystone Rockers, now seems in jeopardy.

A new music trend comes to the rescue. Tribute shows, based on an album, band or theme, start selling out in St. Cloud’s Pioneer Place on Fifth Theatre. Diethelm gets in on the ground floor with the Fabulous Armadillos, a group he founds with Greg Armstrong, Mike Zeleny and Jay O’Donnell ‘92.

For eight years, and running, the Fabulous Armadillos pre-sell a season of shows in a matter of minutes. A tribute to the Eagles, called “Takin’ It to the Limit,” becomes a hit, with return engagements at both ends of Minnesota. The band leads a fan trip to Mexico and plays to 14,000 fans on the shores of Lake George in downtown St. Cloud.

Diethelm annually teams with keyboard player Ted Manderfeld and other musicians to perform the “Rock & Roll Xmas Spectacular,” a Las Vegas-style Christmas show. Among other things, the show is known for red union suits and a mash-up of “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen” and Jethro Tull’s “Locomotive Breath.”

He does jingles and performs on and produces other artists’ recordings. Notably, he performs alongside Eric Clapton, B.B. King, Jimmy Vaughan and others on 2008’s Grammy-nominated “Pinetop Perkins and Friends.”

“We’re on our way to the Gibbon Ballroom and I’m driving the van and we start losing gears, and losing gears, and the van is slowing down and slowing down,” Stretch said recounting an unforgettable road gig with his band Slip Twister. “By the time we get to U.S. Highway 212 we had lost every gear except reverse. And, so I go on the opposite side of the highway and back the van seven miles to the Gibbon Ballroom.”

For his alma mater, he writes the “Husky Hockey Song,” a 2013 anthem for men’s and women’s Husky Hockey that is part of the pre-game multimedia experience at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center.

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Husky Athletics

President Earl H. Potter III cuts the ribbon on the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center with Dan Brooks (right), the son of the late Herb Brooks, and donor Russ Hagen ’64 (left) and his fiancé Jenni Byron. Photo courtesy of Bella Rose Photography

Men’s Husky Hockey enters the new NCHC St. Cloud State begins play in the National Collegiate Hockey Conference (NCHC) this season.

The Huskies join the league along with former Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) rivals Colorado College, University of Denver, University of Minnesota Duluth, University of Nebraska at Omaha and University of North Dakota. Former Central Collegiate Hockey

Association teams Miami University (Ohio) and Western Michigan University complete the eight-team league, which has already gained NCAA automatic bid status.

The Huskies kicked off their NCHC schedule with a rare sweep over the University of North Dakota and are aiming for a trip to the Target Center in Minneapolis for the inaugural NCHC Championship Tournament on March 21-22, 2014. Ticket and tournament information is available at

www.nchchockey.com The NCHC represents some of the nation’s elite men’s college hockey programs in the country. Teams from the new league have combined to make 50 Frozen Four apperances through the years — including St. Cloud State at the 2013 NCAA Frozen Four.

The move to the NCHC ended St. Cloud State’s run in the WCHA. A league member since 1990, the Huskies capped their tenure with its first regular season championship.

Watch Huskies in HD St. Cloud State’s Husky Productions is debuting high definition live telecasts of the Husky home games this season thanks to a recent investment of $4.8 million in broadcasting upgrades on campus.

The games will be available regionally on Charter Cable with select games also available in the Twin Cities on Comcast Cable.

Check your local cable provider for details. All home games are also available for viewing online at www.scsuhuskies.com In conjuction with the National Collegiate Hockey Conference (NCHC), the St. Cloud State men’s hockey games on Jan. 17, 2014 (Western Michigan), Feb. 21, 2014 (at Miami), Feb. 28, 2014 (North Dakota) and March 7, 2014 (at Colorado College) along with the NCHC tournament games on March 21-22, 2014, will all be televised nationally on the CBS Sports Network.

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Junior Andrew Prochno battles for control of the puck during the Huskies’ home opener against Bemidji.

The best way to experience Husky hockey is still live at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center. For ticket information, visit www.scsutickets.com or call 1-877-SCSUTIX or 320-308-2137.

Husky Athletics

Herb Brooks Center celebrated with re-opening event

Kia Croone ‘91 spots herself in the atrium mural holding a St. Cloud State flag during her freshman year. Photo by Adam Hammer ’05

2013 Husky Hall of Fame inductees Eight former Husky greats, representing seven different sports competing from the 1960s to 2005, were inducted into the St. Cloud State University Athletic Hall of Fame in October during a morning ceremony at the The 2013 inductees: Richie Douglas ’92, wrestling, 1986-91; Craig Dahl, men’s hockey Herb Brooks National coach, 1987-2005; Tina (Schreiner) Pendergast 02’, basketball, 1997-2002; John Hockey Center.

Blomlie ’64 ’73, basketball and football, 1960-64; Arlynn Anderson, men’s gymnastics Minnesota Twins coach, 1966-78; Jack Harrison ’64, basketball, 1961-64; Sarah (Loquai) DeJarnett ’99, television play-by-play swimming and diving, 1994-98; Sharon DeMorett ’79 accepting for the late Carol Smith ’69, Distinguished Service Award. Photo courtesy of Bella Rose Photography announcer and St. Cloud State alumnus Dick Bremer ’78 was the master of ceremonies for the program.

High school girls’ sports pioneer Carol Smith was honored posthumously with the Distinguished Service Award. Smith taught 32 years at Paynesville High School. She established girls’ sports programs there by coaching basketball, volleyball, gymnastics and track and field.

Smith also pioneered St. Cloud State women’s intercollegiate athletics, playing on the inaugural 1969 Husky Softball squad.

View the complete list of Hall of Fame inductees: http://scsu.mn/1auJD21

St. Cloud State marked the grand re-opening of the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center Sept.

28 with a ribbon cutting in the spectacular new atrium lobby.

With four words, the men’s Husky Hockey coach electrified the crowd of almost 1,000 fans and supporters who gathered to see the results of a $14.7 million expansion and renovation investment — $6.5 million from the 2008 Legislature and the remainder from donors.

“It can happen here,” said coach Bob Motzko.

The event also featured remarks from President Earl H. Potter III, Dan Brooks on behalf of the Brooks family, men’s hockey senior captain Nic Dowd (Huntsville, Ala.) and women’s hockey senior captain Amy Olson (Roseau, Minn.).

The grand re-opening crowd was introduced to the many new features of the building, which includes the four-story atrium entrance and ticket lobby, dynamic graphics and imagery highlighting Husky spirit and hockey history, an improved south concourse and concession areas, the new Husky Den club room, 14 new luxury suites and the new Husky Hut pro shop.

Murals celebrating men’s and women’s Husky Hockey and the University dominate the walls and stairwell landings of the new 50,000 square-foot, glass atrium. Art work and displays on the widened south concourse celebrate Husky Hockey greats from the past, including 2013 Hobey Baker winner Drew LeBlanc.

Fans also had the opportunity to check out the Huskies’ remodeled locker rooms and athletic training area on the lower level of the Brooks Center.

View photos from the grand re-opening: http://scsu.mn/192QEZr

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Sue McLean Tributes

›› Her hometown Dayton renamed Mississippi Park the Susan McLean Park for her contributions to the city. ›› A Tribute To Sue McLean concert benefiting the Lilly McLean Fund featured Eric Hutchinson, Soul Asylum and more at First Avenue in Minneapolis.

Sue McLean’s Greatest Hits, continued from page 7.

A St. Cloud State graduate in speech and communication from Dayton, McLean became a major force in the Twin Cities music scene, a concert promoter extraordinaire who never forgot her St. Cloud State roots as a news reporter and anchor in campus media.

“Her work at KVSC was a very positive experience that she frequently brought up in our conversations,” said McMullen-Boyer.

“It was something she enjoyed as part of her college experience.”

“She was always willing to tell that story of how to write news and deliver it,” McMullenBoyer said of McLean’s mentorship of St. Cloud State students through presentations in the mass communications marketing sequence.

Leading up to KVSC’s 40th anniversary celebration McLean was a go-to person who helped book musicians. “It was nice to get her input and support — to see her relationship with St. Cloud State come full circle,” McMullen-Boyer said.

“I knew Sue from her days in St. Cloud,” recalled How she took risks was top Twin Cities drummer something to admire.

Bobby Vandell in a Star Tribune article. “She was a waitress at the Grand Mantel, a bar I played in when I was 18, and she couldn’t have been much older. It was apparent even back then that Sue loved music, was drawn to musicians as friends and was put in this world to be in this business.

Sue’s success came in a very male-dominated business — it never fazed her.”

Lasting impact

After college, McLean went to work for Randy Levy’s promotion company in Minneapolis, then on to 10 years of booking concerts at the Guthrie. It was at the Guthrie that she first booked Etta James, which turned into a stint of booking the four-time Grammy Award winner throughout the country.

She started Sue McClean & Associates in 1998, a company that is now led by her niece, Patricia McLean.

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Folk music icon Arlo Guthrie performs for Musiz in the Zoo in 2005.

Guthrie performed at Ritsche Auditorium on January 23, 2001. Photo

by Adam Hammer ’05

St. Catherine University Women of Substance series to find and develop artists who have been marginalized in the music industry. “Her efforts to spotlight women artists really speaks to her character,” McMullen-Boyer said.

“How she took risks was something to admire,” McMullen-Boyer said. “She developed the Mill City Music Festival ... literally blocked off sections of Minneapolis for stages downtown. She went out of her way to spotlight Minnesota artists, to help build their careers.”

Inspired by her 11-year-old daughter Lilly, McLean also took action to help young people get their futures on the right track. She started the Tweentown Rock & Roll Camp for Girls, giving participating girls 10-14 an opportunity to tackle new instruments and to learn to play in a rock band.

She also joined the innovative program Imagine the Possibilities at Risen Christ Catholic School in Minneapolis, helping to put at-risk students together with successful business leaders/mentors for the purpose of designing an innovative project.

Sue McLean left behind a legacy of groundbreaking accomplishments and a legion of grateful musicians young and old whom she helped along the way.

Listen to KVSC 88.1 FM’s interview with Patricia McLean on the future of Sue McLean & Associates: http://scsu.mn/1bCVuKz

Alumni events and happenings Alumni Event calendar North Star College Cup January 24-25, 2014 Women’s Basketball Alumni Event February 1, 2014 Arizona Alumni and Friends Golf Classic February 24, 2014 Florida Alumni and Friends Golf Classic & MN Twins Spring Training Game March 8 & 9, 2014

Alumni celebrate Denmark education abroad Classmates and faculty gathered to reminisce about cultural and educational experiences shared during their 1975-76 Education Abroad studies in Aalborg, Denmark.

The reunion on Aug. 17 in Bloomington drew nearly 40 including a few guests from Aalborg. The gathering was held at the home of Joel and Terri (Larson) Simon and co-hosted by Jim and Joyce ’77 (Benson) Evenson.

The students were among the first from the University to study abroad as part of the program. The Aalborg group lived and studied at the Kong Frederik Hotel with St. Cloud State faculty led

by Owen Hagen.

Student experiences included extensive Western European travels, as well as a number of Danish home stays. Since the launch of the Aalborg program, some 10,000 St. Cloud State students and 700 faculty and staff benefitted from education-abroad opportunities in dozens of locations.

Seated (left to right): June and Ray Rowland, Norma and Owen Hagen.

Second row: Shelley Mikkelson Freeman ’78, Anne Stevens, Renee Anderson ’78, Connie Bennyhoff Landecker ’78, Marcy Aleshire Lovejoy ’78, Kathy Jung Herkenhoff. Third row: Marge Voelker Wade ’78, Deb Billotte Williamson ’78, Jean Hedren ’77, Carol Fromm Whitney ’78, Maureen Thayer Fries ’79, Kate O’laughlin Nelson ’77, Cathy Hanlon Guth ’78, Joyce Benson Evenson ’77. Back row: Jim Tracas ’78, Jay Quist, Jim “JJ” Johnson ’76, Tom “Cowboy” Johnson, Daniel J. Hansen ’78, Eldon Abrahamsen ’78, Kris Frost ’80, Erik Kristoffersen, Bill Bruns ’77, John Mcpherson, Terri Larson Simon, Tomina Munos Tacheny ’79, Steve Kaukola ’77, Jim Evenson, Gaylen “Fly” Marquardt.

Up-to-date calendar of events and details at www.stcloudstate. edu/alumni. Contact the Alumni Relations Office at 320-308-3177, 1-866-464-8759 or alumni@ stcloudstate.edu.

Transitions

’70

Edward Brophy, St. Joseph,

celebrated 45 years of Shamrock Leathers. • Van Nelson, South St. Paul, was inducted into the NSIC Hall of Fame. Nelson was a four-year letterwinner in cross country and track from 1964-68.

’70 ’78

DIY recipes for interior design Can decorating a room be as simple as following a recipe?

St. Cloud State alumna Tonya (Skubic) Olsen ’94 shows readers how to create tasteful interior spaces in her book “Room Recipes: A Creative and Stylish Guide to Interior Design.”

The full-color guide to home décor is styled like a cookbook.

Olsen offers simple-to-follow instructions to appeal to do-ityourself homeowners. Her budget-friendly approach combines traditional interior design principles with off-beat finds from bargain shopping.

Olsen graduated with a bachelor’s degree in mass communications and has worked as an interior designer for more than 20 years. She shares ownership of the LIV Showroom, a full-service interior design firm and retail showroom in Bountiful, Utah.

Olsen will be featured in “Ladies Home Journal” in November and “Everyday with Rachael Ray” in December.

“Room Recipes” is widely available at major bookstores. Olsen shares more of her design ideas in her blog at www.myroomrecipes.com.

Unless otherwise noted, all cities listed in class notes are in Minnesota.

Robert Trisko, Waite Park, won

the second place jewelry award at the Port Clinton Art Festival in Highland Park, Ill.

’71

Byron Bergren, Lake Shore, was

appointed to the board of directors for JoS. A. Bank Clothiers. He also serves on the audit committee.

’71 ’76 ’81

Michael Spanier, Sartell, is the interim superintendent of Sartell School District for 2013-14.

’77 ’82

Diane (Guggenberger) Moeller,

St. Cloud, is the St. Cloud School District assistant superintendent.

Moeller was an interim in the position since January.

’78

William Kemp, St. Cloud, is the

business development director at the Greater St. Cloud Development Corp. • Mark Lee, Blaine, is an attorney for the Maslon Law Firm in

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Alumni class notes Huskies everywhere showed their pride during fall Celebrate! weekend Sept. 26-29 during the Great St. Cloud State Shout Out! Alumni Relations gave away 109 T-shirts to participants who shouted out on social media with the #HuskiesShoutOut or by posting photos to the St. Cloud State Facebook and Twitter pages.

Included here are some of the most memorable alumni shout-outs.

Find more at http://outlook.stcloudstate.edu/ HuskiesShoutOut.

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A. Jeremiah Jacobsen ’99 via Twitter: Hey @stcloudstate! A #HuskiesShoutOut from the alums on @KARE11 Sunrise: @svensundgaard @BryanPiatt @jcjacobsen / B. Melissa Bernatz ’03 via Facebook: 2003 grads at our annual cabin bash. Go Huskies! This past summer was our 13th annual cabin bash. Same girls, same weekend every summer. Met in the dorms our freshman year :) / C. Bonnie (LaClare) Blakeman ’07 via Facebook: Graduation May 12, 2007. / D. Elizabeth (Peterson) Neilson ’10 via Facebook: #HuskiesShoutOut Me as a little kid, cheering on the Huskies at the Bradley Center during the Final Five! I’m with Taj Melson’s parents here. / E. Jeremy Larson ’06 via Twitter: @stcloudstate #HuskiesShoutOut My wife & I visit SCSU 6 years after we graduated. She is pregnant w/ our son. / F. Martina Juvera-Paul ’04 via Facebook:

2013 Super Lawyers

by Super Lawyers Magazine • ’81 Steven Schwegman, St. Cloud. Schwegman is a Quinlivan & Hughes P.A. shareholder and an adjunct professor at St. Cloud State.

• ’84 Susan Holden, Minneapolis. Holden is a partner at Sieben, Grose, Von Holtum & Carey.

Position appointments

by Shingobee Builders • ’94 Nancy (Dongoski) Samson, Buffalo, chief financial officer.

• ’98 Elliot Christensen, Princeton, senior project manager.

Minneapolis, where he practices civil business litigation.

’84

’79

retired from the Minnesota National Guard after serving 32 years.

a $10,000 grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board to complete a new series of work, develop a website, give an artist’s talk at Hibbing Community College and conduct a workshop at Hibbing High School for photography students.

’85 ’00

Margaret Holmes, Hibbing, received

’80

Carol (Wawrzyniak) Anderson, Foley, was appointed to the Minnesota Rural Finance Authority through Jan. 17, 2014. • Patti (Allen) Gartland, St. Cloud, was recognized by the Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities during its summer conference in Bemidji for her distinguished rural leadership.

Gartland recently left city government to become president of the Greater St. Cloud Development Corp.

’80 ’82

Pamela (Tritz) Okia, St. Cloud,

is a blended resources achieving vocational outcomes (BRAVO) independent living specialist at Independent Lifestyles Inc.

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Richard Kemp, Brooklyn Park,

Daniel Pratt, Minneapolis, is activities director for Rockford Area Schools.

’86

Miles Everson, Wyckoff, N.J., was appointed U.S. advisory services leader. • Philip Miller, Baudette, is the Benton County attorney. Miller has served as Lake of the Woods County attorney since January 2011.

’86 ’91

Lynn (Loehlein) Schurman, Cold

Spring, opened Cold Spring Bakery Connection, a branch of Cold Spring Bakery, in Waite Park.

’87

Paul Bates, St. Cloud, coached the

14’s Advanced St. Cloud area tennis team to 2nd place in the Silver Bracket Division of the USTA Jr.’s Team Tennis Sectional Tournament at the University of Minnesota Baseline Tennis Center. • Scott Kleinschmidt, Kenyon, handcrafts muskie bait under his brand name, Musky Safari.

’88

Neal Loidolt, Brooklyn Park, was promoted to major general for the Minnesota National Guard. Loidolt is in the 34th “Red Bull” Infantry Division.

’88

Cori (Caspers) Schneider, Sartell, joined the United Arts Board.

’89

Maxine Barnett, St. Cloud, received the 2013 Mother Benedicta Riepp Award.

’89 ’96 ’99

Nancy Helmer Weiss, Becker, received the 2013 Influential Leadership Award. Helmer is the principal at Becker Middle School.

’91

Steven Helget, Montgomery, is the Norwood Young America city administrator.

’92 ’98

Kevin Babcock, St. Cloud, is principal at Janesville-WaldorfPemberton.

Alumni class notes

Supervisor appointments

by Jennie-O Turkey Store at the Willmar Avenue Plant • ’07 Jason Schafer, Monticello, maintenance supervisor.

• ’11 Timothy Redepenning, Atwater, manufacturing engineer.

• ’11 Eric Tessmer, Glencoe, production supervisor trainee.

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#HuskiesShoutOut from two SCSU alums!!! / G. Anthony Dunkel ’06 via Twitter: @stcloudstate Me and my friend celebrating SCSU sweeping Wisconsin out of the 1st round in 2008! #HuskiesShoutOut / H. Erin Jones via Twitter: Dad in the middle and 2 daughters. .. we’re a Husky family :) #oldidcard #huskiesshoutout #family @stcloudstate / I. Mark Morris ’98 via Twitter: @ stcloudstate teaching a future Husky how to fish #HuskiesShoutOut / J. Michelle Lage ’93 via Twitter: @stcloudstate This is our 3rd Husky Garage Fridge! #HuskiesShoutOut

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’96

is business development manager for Digital People in MinneapolisSt. Paul.

to the Minnesota Board of Peace Office Standards and Training.

Sally (Schornack) Peine, Roseville,

’92 ’11

Sonja Gidlow, Avon, is a project

manager for the Greater St. Cloud Development Corporation’s wellness, innovation and talents corps. Gidlow is also the board administrator.

’93

Mishon (Sim) Bulson, St. Cloud, is a member of the board of directors for Habitat for Humanity of Central Minnesota. • Kristin (Huls) Darnall, St. Cloud, is vice president of resource development at United Way of Central Minnesota.

’94

Daniel Anderson, Sartell, owns a

State Farm Insurance Agency in St. Cloud. • Steven Cox, Ramsey, expanded his company Access America Transport into Brooklyn Park.

’95

Lori Mohs, St. Cloud, is a certified

insurance service representative at Mahowald Insurance Agency.

’00 ’01

David Bentrud, Rice, was appointed

Jill (Gohmann) Hoffmann, St. Joseph, earned a certified valuation analyst certification. Hoffmann is a manager at Schlenner Wenner & Co.

’97

’01

Jay Woller, Minneapolis, is principal of La Crescent-Hokah Elementary School.

Shannon Bollman, Clearwater,

joined Westwood Professional Services. • Brianda Cediel, St. Cloud, is the founder and executive director of the nonprofit Hands Across the World. • Brent Delong, Garden City, Idaho, was named student union director at Boise State University. • Yesica (Porras) Louis, Faribault, is the adult education coordinator for Faribault Public Schools. Louis also leads programming for adults with disabilities. • Gregory McMillan, Eden Prairie, is a vice president at Jones Lang LaSalle.

’98

Adrienne (Schwartz) Laursen,

Hopkins, is a licensed marriage and family therapist. She appears on the FOX 9 Morning Buzz twice a week and provides relationship expertise in Star Magazine. • Matthew Riley, Foley, is vice president of operations at Netgain, a St. Cloud-based information technology firm.

’98 ’99

Joseph Libby, Lakeville, is principal

at Sunset Elementary in Moffat County School District.

Board of Directors

by CentraCare Health Foundation The following were appointed to a three-year term to the CentraCare Health Foundation Board of Directors: • ’75 ’92 Barbara (Nelson) Anderson, St. Cloud.

• ’79 Michael Benusa, St. Cloud.

• ’79 Ronald Hanson, Sartell.

• ’00 Christy Gilleland, Sartell.

’02

Timothy Hoheisel, St. Cloud, was

’99

named executive director of the Stearns History Museum. • Cindy (Weber) Larson, St. Louis Park, is the residential redevelopment coordinator for the City of Edina.

• Joel Obia, Big Lake, is branch manager at U.S. Bank in the St. Cloud Midtown location.

Andrew Henry, Monticello, is an

investment advisor at TopLine Federal Credit Union.

’99 ’12

Jennifer (Affeldt) Day, St. Cloud, is

a St. Cloud Technical High School Spanish teacher.

Unless otherwise noted, all cities listed in class notes are in Minnesota.

by Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Minnesota • ’99 Scott Schreiner, St. Cloud, will serve a second term as vice president.

• ’02 Kevin Fitzpatrick, Sartell.

• ’02 Jeffrey Gannon, Kimball.

• ’02 Marie (Tax) Schmitz, Sauk Rapids, will serve a second term as treasurer

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Olig celebrates fellow alumna with book “Fiber Matzke,” a book by Carol Olig ’84 ’89, showcases the artwork of the late Jean Matzke ’84, a notable fiber artist who graduated from St. Cloud State with a master’s degree in fine arts.

A St. Cloud area resident from 1972-2002, Matzke lived and worked in the 702 Gallery, a Jean Matzke Northside neighborhood gathering place for area artists. Matzke’s artwork reflected her interests in art history, life drawing and the written word.

“There was a way that Jean worked with weaving and stitchery that was remarkably creative with a very unusual sense of color,” Olig said.

“Her work often reflected her life, frequently demonstrating her wit and humor.”

At 64, Matzke moved to the Lowertown Lofts Artist Co-op in St. Paul where she took on new challenges including a series of nudes “addressing a falling apart time in life.” During this period she also did a number of pieces on the issue of memory loss.

“Jean knew of the effects of dementia; she was aware of her own forgetfulness,” said Mary McKee ’80, a fellow art student who met Matzke over looms in professor emeritus Merle Sykora’s ’65 weaving class.

In 2009, Matzke was taking a morning walk with her dog when she was struck and killed by a garbage truck. Matzke’s friends organized exhibitions of her artwork in the Atwood and Kiehle Galleries at St. Cloud State in 2010. With artwork on loan from numerous collections, event organizers arranged for photographs to be taken with grant support from the Minnesota Art and Cultural Heritage Fund. The photos became the basis of “Fiber Matzke,” a collaborative projected authored by Olig and designed by McKee. “Jean’s death was so shocking and untimely that I needed a way to mourn her loss,” Olig said. “I wanted to get her work into a place where it could be seen by many people, and I was particularly interested in getting it seen by young artists.”

The book is available at independent bookstores and art galleries with connections to the artist, including the Paramount Art Gallery.

’02 ’09

’05

’09

Rapids, completed training earning Microsoft Silver Small Business Competency for Atomic Learning.

is recruiting coordinator/assistant coach for women’s basketball at St. Cloud State. • Leslie (Chmielewski) Dingmann, Sauk Rapids, is a business development associate at the Greater St. Cloud Development Corp. • Christopher Kaiser, Brainerd, is principal at Scearcy & Associates certified public accounting firm. • Samantha (Soper) Kohout, St. Cloud, is a business unit controller at Coborn’s Incorporated. • Alyssa (Nguyen) Roskop, Ramsey, graduated from Des Moines University with a degree in podiatric medicine.

Jonathon Blissenbach, Sauk

’03

Heather Hoskins, Sartell, is controller at GeoComm. Amanda (Culp) Larson, Elk River, is an Outstanding

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Graduate Student in Metropolitan State University’s College of Management. • Keith Moeller, Plymouth, received the Diamond Award from Northwestern Mutual as wealth management advisor. • Kimberly (Vanyo) Noetzel, Sartell, is senior field communications manager at Charter.

Jessica Abrahams, Detroit Lakes,

’07

recognized as a volunteer by the St. Cloud Area Chamber of Commerce during its Star Celebration. • Joshua Oertli, Minneapolis, received the Forum Membership Award from Northwestern Mutual as managing director/financial advisor.

Cynthia (Herold) Fitzthum, Sartell, is the director of the Center for Economics Education and Social Studies Education at St. Cloud State. • Amanda Hanson, St. Cloud, is a client support specialist at ProcessPro. • Jared Rasmussen, Winona, received a grant from the City of Winona to implement a project for the Winona Police Department.

’04 ’07

’08

’04

Jason Miller, Sauk Rapids, was

Matthew Hodsdon, South Haven,

graduated from the American Bankers Association Stonier Graduate School of Banking, Philadelphia.

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Angela Douglas, Billings, Mont., is the anchor/producer of the statewide Noon News on Montana’s News Station and reports daily for the 5:30 and 10 p.m. Q2 newscasts.

To order, visit: http://scsu.mn/1e4BWC9

Effectiveness at St. Cloud State.

Kristin (Carnel) Hess, Becker, is

• Megan Rose, Mankato, graduated

the practicing chiropractor at Hess Family Chiropractic.

from Des Moines University with a degree in physician assistant studies.

’10

’11 ’13

Melissa Danzl, Rice, spent two weeks in Ecuador with the Pachamama Alliance, an organization that works with indigenous groups in protecting the Amazon rainforest. • Donald Morris, Little Falls, completed training earning Microsoft Silver Small Business Competency for Atomic Learning. • Frederick Williams, Milwaukee, Wis., is playing for the San Jose SaberCats this season in the Arena Football League.

’11

Jonathan Ammerman, Windom, was named the men’s hockey coach of the Moorhead High School Spuds.

• Mark Boyle, St. Cloud, is a treasury associate with Wells Fargo’s Business Banking Group in Minneapolis.

• Kayla Dallmann, Lake Lillian, is a quality control tester at ProcessPro. • Crystal Devries, Finlayson, is assistant manager at Walmart in Shakopee. • Henry Hollermann, Little Falls, is the operations director at J&T Painting. • Scott Lieser, Paynesville, signed a professional contract with the Milwaukee Brewers. • Jered Magsam, Sauk Rapids, is a data analyst in the Office of Strategy, Planning and

Joseph Kucan, St. Cloud, owns

Biology 701, a local bar and restaurant.

’12

Shajive Jeganathan, St. Cloud, is correcting associate at Prefered Credit. • Carly Larson, Sauk Rapids, is the coach for the Sartell Middle School fifth-grade Math Masters team, which finished first in the Minnesota Math Masters Tournament at the Sartell Middle School. • Jana Prow, Sauk Rapids, is head of St. Cloud’s Edward Jones office. • Robin Schaa, St. Cloud, is a client service coordinator at Ledge Wealth Management Inc. • Samuel Swedberg, Owatonna, is a political analyst for the Market Research Foundation in northern Virginia.

Marriages and Commitments ’05 Brian Prom and Nicole (Aune) Prom, North Mankato, 8/10/2013. ’07 Adam Fetterman and ’08 Jennifer (Krautkremer) Fetterman, Fargo, N.D., 4/26/2013. ’08 Patrick Noll and ’08 Karissa (Kujak) Noll, New Hope, 5/25/2013.

Alumni class notes ’10 Karissa (Birkholtz) Rothstein

and Jacob Rothstein, St. Cloud, 1/21/2012. ’12 Madelyn (Thoele) Spiker and Adam Spiker, St. Louis Park, 4/6/2013.

Births and Adoptions Scott Meyer and ’94 Jennifer (Olson) Meyer, Eden Prairie, daughter, Kenna, 4/6/2012. ’93 Heidi (Graves) Peterson and Peter Peterson, Mound, son, Logan James, 5/22/2013. ’98 Brandon Hartig and ’99 Roberta (Shermer) Hartig, Sartell, daughter, Lillana, 12/21/2012. ’00 Christopher Mick and ’02 Lisa (Carroll) Mick, Shakopee, son, Darby William, 5/9/2013. ’00 ’09 John Vette and ’01 ’09 Marisa (Adler) Adler Vette, Forest Lake, daughter, Adeleigh Christine, 10/24/2012. ’03 Melany (Thull) Swenson and Grant Swenson, St. Cloud, son, Jonah, 6/7/2013. ’03 ’05 Celestine (Frank) Stang and ’05 Jacob Stang, St. Cloud, daughter, Carrine, 3/1/2013. ’04 Marie (Jacobs) Jastromski and Al Jastromski, Amherst, Wis., son, Matthew, 2/1/2013. ’05 Samantha (Soper) Kohout and ’07 Brian Kohout, St. Cloud, daughter, Cecelia, 5/14/2013. ’05 Jason Movrich and Elizabeth (Kopf) Movrich, Ramsey, son, Caleb, 5/23/2013. ’06 Brandy (Lewis) Arends and ’06 Robert Arends, Fargo, N.D., son, Mason, 7/4/2013. ’06 Laura (Walter) Kropp and ’07 Aaron Kropp, Rochester, daughter, Emily, 6/23/2013. ’08 James Willenbring and Janet (Johannes) Willenbring, Watkins, daughter, Olivia Joan, 8/28/2013.

’09 Eric Freihammer and ’11 Audrey (Sohler) Freihammer, Monticello,

’49 Ruth (Colburn) Allen, 86, Ruskin,

Fla.

’69 Cheryl Sprandel, 66, Princeton. ’70 Richard Gove, 65, South Lake

Minneapolis.

’70 Joan (Muenzer) Schneeweis, 79,

Ariz.

’71 Marlene (Folkerts) Jensen, 64,

Rapids.

’72 Gary Boman, 63, St. Cloud. ’74 Suzanne (Lundeen) Matthews,

son, Gordon, 6/19/2013.

’49 ’50 Richard Durand, 88,

Joel Kangas, Apple Valley, son, Matthew, daughter, Olivia, 3/23/2001.

’49 ’50 Paul Ussel, 89, Sun City West,

’09 Jennifer (Cotie) Kangas and

’49 ’55 William Bense, 84, Sauk

’09 Sheila (Heining) Slagter

and Nathan Slagter, Lake Lillian, daughter, Bristol Mae, 4/24/2013. ’10 Karissa (Birkholtz) Rothstein and Jacob Rothstein, St. Cloud, son, Lucas, 6/28/2013 ’11 Stephanie Blaska and Michael Blaska, Elk River, son, Harrison, 2/28/2013.

’50 ’66 Charles Pettit, 86, Brainerd. ’51 Clarence Anderson, 85, Melrose. ’51 Howard Wegner, 89, Waconia. ’52 ’56 Paul Ness, 85, Detroit Lakes. ’52 ’72 John Voth, 92, St. Cloud. ’53 Richard Friebe, 84, Burnsville. ’53 Paul Sanvik, 82, Aurora. ’53 ’62 Gordon Weihrauch, 82,

Sartell.

We remember ’33 Jeannette (Rasmussen) Dunlop,

100, Rochester.

’34 Julie (Hittle) Cooper, 99, Perham. ’34 Mabel (Palon) Olin, 98eapolis. ’35 ’40 Juliet (Magnuson) Erickson,

102, Glencoe.

’39 Myrtle (Neitzel) Schlueter, 97,

’64 Harry Benson, 76, Georgetown,

’42 Velma (Jones) Hinrichs, 93,

Luck, Wis.

’64 Ernest Bergeron, 89, Melrose. ’66 Patrick Dolan, 76, St. Cloud. ’66 ’70 Ivan Foote, 70, St. Cloud. ’67 Marlys (Kuehn) McDougall, 68,

Moscow, Ind.

’67 Diane Springer, 67, Toronto,

Foley.

’67 ’75 ’77 Frank LaPatka, 72,

Glenwood.

’68 Stephen Simonet, 66, Scottsdale,

Minneapolis.

’69 Leighton Carlberg, 65,

Spokane, Wash.

Marshall.

Sauk Rapids.

Colo.

Reedsburg, Wis.

’42 Dorothy (Laska) Paggen, 88, ’42 Elvera (Krause) Pratt, 92, ’46 ’83 Elaine (Dziuk) Balder, 86, ’48 Jean (Harmon) Bowen, 84,

Minneapolis.

Remsen, Iowa

’79 Jane Jasperson, 55, St. Paul. ’80 ’81 Steven Augustinack, 55,

Baxter.

Maple Grove.

’82 Jon Moss, 57, Stuart, Neb. ’84 Lorene (Holmberg) Bonine, 51,

Stillwater.

’84 Phyllis (Kreps) Monge, 79,

Hutchinson.

’87 John Haller, 50, Sauk Rapids. ’88 Thomas Bensen, 48, Hugo. ’88 Gayle (From) Suchy, 71,

St. Joseph.

’90 Mark Roske, 51, Plymouth. ’93 Geoffrey Moran, 43,

Minneapolis.

’99 Karin Reichensperger, 41,

Ontario, Canada

’07 Patricia Miller, 65, Wadena. ’10 Jennifer Orth, 30, Anoka.

Ariz.

Hampshire, Ill.

’48 ’51 Thelma (Gabrielson) Schwartz, 83, Edmond, Okla. ’48 ’72 Rachel Rolf, 94, Howard

Hales Corners, Wis.

’78 Donna Jacobson, 57,

Rice.

Virginia.

’48 Leonard Martinetto, 91,

Minneapolis.

’77 James Lohmann, 60, Mazeppa. ’78 Linda (Heinen) Glembocki, 59,

’81 Jeanne (Jack) McLellan, 84,

’38 Angela (Byrne) Gardner, 94,

Tucson, Ariz.

66, Robbinsdale.

’77 Ernest Gunderson, 59,

’58 ’60 Etny Nequette, 98, St. Cloud. ’58 Edward Rebrovich, 77, Luck, ’59 Eugene Berg, 81, Cokato. ’60 Dale Zaiser, 78, Warroad. ’61 ’67 Richard Hill, 76, Roseville. ’62 ’80 Eileen (Habstritt) Jones, 72,

St. Cloud.

Waseca.

’78 Bernice Koniar, 69, Minnetonka. ’78 Julie (Dummer) Nelson, 56,

Wis.

’37 ’39 Erma (Spotts) Evans, 96,

Melrose.

’54 ’68 Robert Melenich, 84, Baxter. ’55 Roy Carlson, 84, Mankato. ’55 Gerard Schwagerl, 88, Brainerd. ’57 ’60 LoRetta Seppi, 77, Buhl. ’57 ’72 Dorothy (Ross) Becker, 76,

Sauk Rapids.

’37 Leona (Martini) Lahr, 97,

Tahoe, Calif.

St. Cloud.

Faculty and staff we remember George Moody, 75, Conway, S.C. Baba Odukale, 42, St. Cloud.

’69 Donald Newman, 84, Forest

Lake.

Lake.

’69 Richard Pitkanen, 66, Ely.

Husky Pupsters We have Husky tees for all new additions to the Huskies roster!

If you recently welcomed a new addition to the family, your alma mater would like to send you a Husky Pup T-shirt.

Tory and Dalton, children of Simon Bauer ’02 and Nicole (Dyshaw) Bauer ’07.

Update your profile at stcloudstate.edu/alumni and receive a congratulations gift from the St. Cloud State University Alumni Associaton

Unless otherwise noted, all cities listed in class notes are in Minnesota.

Landon Daniel Paul, son of Joel Paul ’07 and Martina Juvera-Paul ’04.

Emma, daughter of Bonnie (Susla) Tarazona ’02 and Marcus, son of Reesa (Swanson) Nevarez ’02.

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H-U-S-K-I-E-S

Listen to a preview of the “Husky Hockey Song”: http://scsu.mn/Hd7mvo

A big rock riff, an in-your-face beat and an AC/DC-like chant courtesy of Minnesota rock guitar virtuoso Paul “Stretch” Diethelm ‘03 (read more about Diethelm on page 12) is part of a new pre-game multimedia experience at Herb Brooks National Hockey Center.

The “Husky Hockey Song” was written, performed and recorded

by Diethelm in his studio across the Mississippi River from campus.

It was mixed by Twin Cities engineer James “Fluff” Harley and mastered in New York City by two-time Grammy-winner Vlado Meller.

Among the voices recorded for the song’s H-U-S-K-I-E-S chants were three Concert Choir students: Max Cerny, Onalaska, Wis.; Tess Bartell, Princeton; and Allesson Stensing, St. Cloud.

The song is the latest from a guitarist who has toured the world, played at the White House and performed on late night talk shows as the guitarist for Grammy-winner Jonny Lang.

Diethelm is co-founder of the Fabulous Armadillos, a leading area tribute band. He also plays and sings in the Slip Twister power trio.

The 6-foot-5-inch Diethelm first made his name as a guitarist for the Greystone Rockers, an R & B-flavored rock band that often played at the Red Carpet Nightclub on Fifth Avenue. The band was composed entirely of St. Cloud State students and alumni, including Jay O’Donnell ’92, Jeff Wood ’82 ’88, Al Asmus, Mike Zeleny and Greg Jorgenson ’82.

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2014 Fall Events

February 13-16, 2014 Saturday, February 15 • Student Government Alumni Reunion Social & Hockey Game 5-6:30 p.m. social SCSU vs UMD 7:07 p.m. game

April 24-27, 2014 Thursday, April 24

June 26-29, 2014 Thursday, June 26 • President’s Lemonade Reception • St. Cloud Lemonade Concert and Art Fair Saturday, June 28 • Campus Lab Reunion

September 11-14, 2014