Alumni class notes
Shaping curriculum to reflect social change in South Africa
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in the system evaluation of a Chemically Hardened Expeditionary Medical Facility at the Naval Weapons Station Cheatham Annex, Williamsburg, Va. • Ernesto Jimenez, Sauk Rapids, joined Marco as a managed services, client relations specialist. • Jayme (Klein) Revermann, St. Cloud, is a communications and volunteer coordinator at New Beginnings in St. Cloud. • Jolene (Pick) Tourville, Princeton, graduated from the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine. She will be practicing with a small animal veterinary clinic that has offices in both Elk River and Princeton.
the 2013 Spring Colloquia for the St. Cloud State School of Public Affairs. Anderson is a flight attendant with Sun Country Airlines. • Megan Bartelt, Waseca, was promoted to senior recovery agent for Preferred Credit Inc. • Michael Hagstrom, Richmond, joined Marco as a help desk representative. • Luke Johnson, Sunburg, is production manager for Speedpro Imaging. • Nabil Madani, Little Canada, is a financial analyst at IBM. • Randy Mohawk, Rochester, is an instructor in the criminal justice/law enforcement department at Rochester Community and Technical College.
Kevin Blake, Big Lake, participated
“Curriculum development is my passion,” said Muki Moeng ’99 during a spring semester presentation on student success at St. Cloud State. “The status quo needs to be disrupted.” Referring to her work as institutional director of teaching and learning at North-West University, Potchesfstroom, South Africa, Moeng noted “curriculum transformation needs to be prioritized and resourced” to serve diverse student populations. Moeng earned a master’s degree in curriculum and Muki Moeng ’99 instruction from St. Cloud State as one of the first three exchange students from the University of Port Elizabeth, South Africa, where she later returned as a lecturer. She earned a doctorate in curriculum there during a period of momentous social change in her country. As a doctoral student, Moeng experienced an educational system in flux. At times she was the only black student in class and sometimes felt excluded when her instructor and other classmates shared a set of cultural references outside of her experience. Today Moeng helps new and experienced lecturers transform curriculum to reflect demographically changed classrooms. Moeng said a curriculum that goes unchallenged for a long period can “become like a cemetery — a sacred place, a repository of precious traditions.” When it reaches this status, resistance to change can be great. A transformed curriculum can be challenged, refined and modified. Moeng is committed to an ongoing process of challenging the status quo, as opposed to the “big bang approach.” “The curriculum should not just make students employable,” Moeng said. “What kind of humans are we developing? As educators, we must consider the roles in citizenship students must assume.”
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Anthony Buhr, Minneapolis, is
special projects manager for USA Swimming. • Dane Carley, Hawley, was promoted to battalion chief with the Fargo Fire Department. He also is an instructor at the North Dakota Fire Fighter’s Leadership Conference. • Jessica Jacobson, St. Michael, advanced to level three in the clinical laddering system, a career advancement recognition system for registered nurses. Jacobson works in the intensive care unit at the St. Cloud Hospital. • Matthew Nicklay, Atlanta, Ga., is a computer programmer at Harvard University. • Nathan Rudolph, Sauk Rapids, was named principal of Sauk RapidsRice Middle School. • Danielle Wicker, Sartell, is an assistant general manager for Noodles and Company in Grand Forks, N.D.
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Stephaeno Brereton, San Fransico, Calif., is a data and policy analyst with Acmen/SPHERE.
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Lucas Edberg, Belle Plaine, is a basel validations analyst for U.S. Bank. • Brian Maturi, Sartell, was promoted to intensive supervision agent with the Minnesota Department of Corrections. • Cassandra Waste, St. Cloud, is interim director of Financial Aid for Williston State College. • Garrett Raboin, St. Cloud, was assistant coach during the men’s Husky Hockey team’s first Frozen Four appearance.
I-Learn creators by Cold Spring Elementary School The following teachers were involved in creating I-Learn, an integrated experience for fourth and fifth grade students designed to create a diverse and independent learning experience both academically and socially: • Thomas Petroski ’84 ’94, St. Joseph. • Gregory Spanier ’95 ’02, Cold Spring.
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Russell O’Fallon, Paynesville, is
a police officer with the West Hennepin Public Safety department.
Will Anderson, Burnsville, spoke at
Other alumni
Nathan DiCasmirro, Soudan, a
former SCSU hockey player, scored the winning goal in overtime as Italy’s national team upset Germany in a 2014 Olympics hockey qualifier this winter. • David Eddy, Woodbury, was recalled from the Utah Grizzlies of the East Coast Hockey League.
Marriages and commitments ’00 Raymond Kimal and Sue (Welk) Kimal, Richfield, MN, 11/6/2010. ’05 Wei-Jiun Chieh and ’08 Felicia Chandra, Jakarta Selaton, 00, 12/2/2012. ’08 Kathryn (Goetzinger) Glanz and Andrew Glanz, Dyersville, IA, 11/17/2012. ’08 Jakob Overby and ’08 Amanda (Hannaher) Overby, Fargo, ND, 6/13/2009. ’08 Brittany (Stang) Reich and Barton Reich, Sartell, MN, 5/26/2012. Births and Adoptions ’86 Paul Burnes and Liesl Burnes,
Brooklyn Park, son, Payton, 4/29/2013. ’94 Barbara Woida and Timothy Biros, Norwood Young America, son, Hubert, 11/1/2012. ’96 Paul Luxem and Rebecca Luxem, New Albany, Ohio, son, Jackson, 5/5/2012. ’98 Michael Bauer and ’01 Lynette (Sonstebo) Bauer, Elk River, daughter, Maggie, 1/27/2013. ’98 Kate (Ahlquist) Onsum and ’07 Marcus Onsum, Albertville, daughter, Kaia, son, Davin, 3/26/2012. ’99 Lisa (Baleisis) Baleisis Verna and Jean-Pierre Verna, Minnetonka, son, Stefan.
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