class notes Faculty/Staff Pearl Johnson, Morris, former clerical worker in the Career Center and Alumni Office, passed away in April. She was born in Evansville and grew up in the Farwell/Kensington area. She began her Morris career in Food Service, moved to the Alumni and Placement Office, and finished her career with the Career Center. She retired in 1990 after 20 years of service.
Joy McIntosh, wife of Aubrey McIntosh, professor emeritus of chemistry, passed away January 2014.
Leroy “Bud” Krueger, Morris, passed away January 2014. From the late 1950s until his retirement in 1983 he worked as a plumber at the West Central School of Agriculture and, later, the Morris campus. He is survived by his wife, daughter, and other friends and family.
Leona Classen, Willmar, passed away May 2014. She was a member of the education faculty from 1970 until her retirement in 1990.
Donna Scarborough, Hudson, Wisconsin, passed away in November of 2013. Scarborough was the wife of William Scarborough, professor emeritus of education and chair of the Division of Education until his death in 1979.
Education Alumni Accompany 8th Grade Science Trip Education alumni Luciana Ranelli ’14 and Claire Goodrich ’14 took part in the May 2014 South Dakota Field Investigations Trip. They helped 40 eighth-grade students with hands-on geological investigations throughout Badlands National Park, Wind Cave National Park, Devil’s Gulch, and Black Hills Formation. “When going through the elementary education program at Morris, I learned so much about creating hands-on, minds-on, and inquiry-based lessons,” says Goodrich. She had the opportunity to put these lessons into practice during the trip by “ask[ing] questions that would lead the students to determine the answers on their own.” “[The trip] reinforced and rekindled my motivation for going into science education,” adds Ranelli. The South Dakota Field Investigations Trip is a collaboration between the University of Minnesota, Morris and the Parkers Prairie community. For more information, visit sites.google.com/a/morris.umn.edu/sdtrip2014/. —Pengxeu Thao ’15, Roseville
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