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Alumnus Profile: Wally Blase ’92

FromWSU to the NBA

Training with the Atlanta Hawks

For Wally Blase 92 business travel means hopping on chartered flights in custom-built planes, staying at first-class hotels, and crisscrossing the country with famous colleagues. Sound like a dream job?Wally thinks so he is head athletic trainer for the Atlanta Hawks. His path to the NBA was nota straight shot by any means. It began back in his high school days at a boys’ prep school in his hometown ofNiles, Illinois. “A trainer came to our PE class and showed us what an athletic trainer does. We learned how to tape ankles for the wrestling and basketball teams,” Wally recalls. AtWinona, after brieflyflirting with an Art major,Wallymajored in Exercise Science, with an emphasis in Sports Medicine. He cites Professor and Head Athletic Trainer, Shelly Nelson, for whom he worked as a student trainer, as his biggest influence. “She is an incredible teacher with a terrific knowledge-base who showed us every aspect ofathletic training.”

Finding that first-job-out-of-college in a fieldwhich typically has few openings did not come easy for the youngWSU grad. But by March, he was a head trainer in the Arena Football League, working for the Cincinnati Rockers. “At age 22, the job was trial byfire, but Shellyprepared me well. At a big university, I would have worked under graduate students, but atWSU, I was getting hands-on experience traveling with the women’s gymnastics team for three years as well as working with the football team.” When the Rockers folded a year later,Wally did what many 20-something college grads do when losing a job he moved back in with Mom and Dad. “I gained broad

experience working for the Rockers I videotaped games, was in charge ofequipment and travel,” he says. “And, the position gave me my first exposure to professional sports, a field knew I wanted to stay in.” Back in Chicago,Wally took a part-time job as an assistant trainer in a high school. “While the kids were in class, I called every pro team in Chicago: the Bears, Bulls, Cubs, Sox you name it.”

Finally,Wally“gotlucky” with the Bulls, but not until after a good deal ofpersistence. “I called the Bulls it was just after they had won their third NBA championship and asked ifIcould come in and help out. They told me ‘that they didn’t offer internships or assistant trainer jobs.’ I’m sure they continued on page 20

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Welcome to the inaugural edition of Currents, a quarterly publication for he alumni and friends of Winona tate University brimming with eports and profiles as well as ccounts of activities and ccomplishments that capture the ynamic character of life on campus nd in our alumni community today. We hope you will enjoy this updated ewsletter and, with each page, xperience a new pride in your ssociation with WSU a University truly on the move

A Message from President

rueger

I realize it seems too early to talk about fall 2001 enrollment, but once againWinona is setting records. One year ago, we closed freshmen applications on February 10. This year, reluctantly, we had to close applications on January 26. Our goal is to provide high quality education and an enrichinguniversity experience for our students. Unfortunately, we need to limit enrollment in order to accomplish this mission. WSU is the first choice school for 80 percent ofits applicants - more people are choosing and staying atWinona fortheir education. Our freshman to sophomore retention rate is at an all time high of 77 percent. We are busyplanning spring activities at Winona. I hope to see many ofyou at the Alumni/Donor RecognitionWeekend on April 27 and 28. This will be a wonderful opportunity to reconnect with old friends and make new ones. The trees and spring flowers should be in full bloom for the RecognitionWeekend and graduation on May 4a perfect time to enjoy the beauty of our campus and theWinona community.

When you do visit campus, be sure to plan a tour ofMaxwell Hall. Thanks to WSU’s outstanding students, thefitness center is in full operation, serving between 600 and 800 people daily. The Maxwell Children’s Center, on the first floor, is an exuberant and joyful place to visit. Thesecond floor Leadership Center was recently completed and we are planning distinctive events for this summer. One such event is The Leadership Institute, co-sponsored byWinona State University, Winona Area Public Schools, and theYouth Leadership Taskforce ofWinona. Participatinghigh school students will have the opportunity to develop their leadership skillsand be given strategies that will help them become proactive, independent achievers. Students will live on campus and explore leadership through technology, art, music, history, and outdoor activities. These are WSU’s future students the best and the brightest!

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

March1 Spring Semester Mid-Term day

March 2-11 Spring Break

March 24

6:00 p.m. Kryzsko Commons

April 6 WSU hosts National Conference of Student

A Message from the Director...

perpetuating herspirit, and leaving behind a legacy” for all of us to benefit from.

Gloria Miller Director ofAlumni Affairs

Several months ago, I received a letter from a young man working on his geneology. He was searching for information on his grandmother, a 1923 graduate ofWinona State Teachers College. This was not an unusual request and I immediately went to my first and most reliable resource, the 1923 yearbook. Sure enough, there was his grandmother's senior picture with information that she was majoring in intermediate education, hadtransferred from St. Cloud State, and under her picture was this quote, “Come play with me and happy be.”

As I continued to leaf through that seventy-eight year old book, I noticed that the book had been dedicated to the memory ofthe first administration building that had been destroyedby fire during the year. There was a message from the President, G. E. Maxwell, that I have decided to share with you. He recalls a picture that had won a masterpiece of art award and states, “It was ofa young man leaving home as his mother was sayinggoodbye. The mother was speechless, but with her hand on his shoulder she was lookingdeep into her boy’s eyes and into his soul, hopingand praying that there might come to him all thefine things that a mother cravesfor her son. She was hoping most ofall that her love and influence might hold him steady in the time oftemptation, and was praying most ofall thatshe mightalways have a sacred place in his thoughtand affection.”His description ofthat picture is very clear to me because during my lifetime, I, too, have been that mother I understood her wishes.

President Maxwell continued his message to the new graduates with, “It is time to break the ties to Winona and to scatter to the uttermost parts ofthe World, andyourAlma Mater will always look with pride upon yourrecord ofaccomplishment, will count uponyour loyalty to her ideals; herspirit to holdyou verysteady in days ofdiscouragementand will covet a place inyour affection and thought as the years press on.”

On a December morning, the students ofthat year saw the long time home oftheirAlma Mater disappear in smoke and flame. President Maxwell stated, “in thefaceofdisasteryou carried on, you helped her start anew, preserving her ideals,

I knowwhen we first arrive on campus as students, we don't realize that this university is immediatelybeginning to weave its history into our lives just as we are becominga part ofthe history of Winona State University. Our yearbooks hold valuable information aboutthisold institution and all our alumni, beginning with that first published “annual” of 1911 when the school had just completed its first fifty years.

The school’s yearbooks have been invaluable to the alumni office as we plan for reunions identifying class leaders, outstanding athletes, etc. The books hold history, not only ofthe school, but also of the times. You will find many literary contributions such as short stories and poems written by students and faculty about experiences on campus and inWinona as well as quotes from famous writers.

Isn't it sad that yearbooks came to an end in 1976, and we no longer have documented history of the times or what the students really felt about their alma mater. For me, reading these accounts oftimes when gaining an education wasa real privilege has given myjob value and insights into the type of individual we graduated in those early years. As stated in that 1911 annual, “We publish an annual. Fiftyyearsfrom now our descendants can turn to our ‘Baby Book.’ He can refer to itandfind with readiness and ease when ourfirst tooth appeared and that dreadfulday we bumped our heads. Future generations may claim the annual asa bit oftheir history. But the spirit we have gained is ours! The loyalty which we boast is not born ofprejudice,for loyalty does not consist ofdegrading others things to make one’s cause appear better. It is born ofa love so deep that we are able to see good in everything, and we are even willing to bear bothjustand unjust criticisms so that what we love may become more nearlyperfect. We have realized the value ofthis spirit here. Let us take it into our life work. Let it be our watchword. Loyalty, the spiritofthe class of1911!”

Ilike to think thatthis loyaltyofninetyyears ago is stillalive on campus today. I’vefeltit, haveyou?

“When people hear thatfriends will bethere, they want to attend, too.

Congratulations to WSU’s Newest Alumni!

Nearly 370 Receive Degrees at Fall2000 Commencement

To rousing cheers and applause from family and friends, nearly 370 seniors crossed the stage of a packed McCown Gymnasium to receive their diplomas at the Fall 2000 commencement on December 15. Dr. Albert Conrad “Bill” Posz, a 1944 WSU graduate and retired educator and administrator from St. Louis Park Minnesota, was the featured speaker. SeniorVictoria M. Sanchez from Milwaukee, Wisconsin was the student speaker. Bill Posz and his wife, Marie, were inducted in theWSU Foundation’s Cornerstone Society in 2000.

A recipient ofthe WSU Alumni SocietyDistinguished Alumni Award, he earned an M.A. in speech and theatre from the University ofIowa and an Ed.D. degree in education, guidance, and counseling at Michigan State University. He went on to teach at the University oflowa and Michigan State University before joining the

administration ofArt Instruction Schools and PalmerWriters School in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He was also on the faculty ofthe University of Minnesota as a visitingprofessor and guest lecturer. His achievements include listings in the Top Speakers Guide ofthe American Society of Association Executives, Who'sWho in the Midwest, and the Dictionary ofInternational Biography. Victoria Sanchez, a communication studies major with a minor in political science, plans to work in public relations or recruiting at a university before entering law school. While atWSU, she helped found and recruit members for the campus Hispanic Association ofStudents chapter, serving one term as president; was a member oftheWSU Student Senate; a recruiter and public relations chair for the Communication Studies Club; and a volunteer inWSU’s Cultural Diversity office. She incorporated her communication skills into other extracurricular activities including announcing for KQAL, the campus radio station, and writing for The Winonan student newspaper. She earneda highly sought-after internship her junior year in Minnesota Governor JesseVentura’s office. At the same time, she researched her senior capstone study on long distance relationships.

Commencement speakers Victoria Sanchez and Dr. Albert Conrad “Bill” Posz before the ceremony

If

It’s the First Weekend in February,

We Mustbe at WSU!

About ten yearsago, 1990 graduates Kristin and Dan Schumacher had an idea let's call some Winona friends and all go back for a minireunion on the weekend oftheWinonaWinter Carnival. A decade later, they are still heading to Winona State University the first weekend in February but this year, with nearly 100 fellow graduates. “The weekend originally started with a small group of us and just snowballed. We're always getting new people froma broad range of classes coming back, from the late seventies to late nineties, with the core group coming from, 1983-90,” explains Dan. “When people hear that friends will be there, they want to attend, too. We've had grads come from as far away as South Carolina, Dallas, and Las Vegas. The reunion is always the first weekend in February a time when we all need a break from the winter doldrums bygetting together to socializeand reminisce.”

“Kristen and Dan have createda terrific networking model that continues to grow,” says

Steve Speer ’86, who directs Athletic Development and Promotions forWinona State University. “Kristin has established a big e-mail list ofWinona State Universitygrads and that’s how word ofthe reunion gets around. Winona State University has always beena social place and grads love coming back to see all the wonderful changes on campus. During the weekend, we try to create the flavor ofthe old WinonaWinter Carnival with brats cooked outside and tailgate parties.”

Like many oftheir friends, Dan and Kristin met at Winona Dan was a wide receiver on the Warrior football team and the then Kristen Fitzsimmons was captain of the Warriorettes. The couple now lives in Dan's hometown, Chicago, with their five-year old daughter Kasey and two-year old son Jack. Dan is Vice-President of Conseco Finance Corporation. Ifyou would like to be added to Dan’s and Kristen's e-mail reunion list, e-mail Steve Speer at sspeer@winona.msus.edu.

Kristin (flizsimmons) Schumactier 90, (faright) with some of her fellow WSU alumni and trends. Schumacher and her husband Dan, 90, helped organize the 2007 alumnal gathering in Winona Feb. 2-3.

Planned Giving Notes

Linda Wood, Director ofMajor Gifts and Planned Giving

Whatis the easiest, most popular way to benefit yourself andWinona State University?

The answer: an outright gift.

When you itemize deductions on your income tax return, your charitable gift provides an immediate, tax-saving charitable deduction, and your prompt action allowsWinona State University to assist students by offering more scholarships and provide program support through field trips, guest speakers, and research experience—these are just a few ofthe University’s needs.

The delivery date ofyour gift determines valuation and the year of deduction. Keep in mind these other simple rules when considering an outright gift to theWinona State University Foundation.

Gifts ofcash. Your cash donation is deductible up to 50 percent ofyour adjusted gross income. Any excess is deductible in the subsequent five years. If sent by mail, the postmark date is the delivery date. Note: A pledge is deductible in the year it is fulfilled.

Gifts ofsecurities. Gifts ofstocks or other securities held long term (more than one year) are deductible at full, present fair market value, with no tax on the appreciation.You can deduct up to 30 percent of your adjusted gross income, witha five-year carryover for any excess. Ifmailed, the postmark date is the delivery date; otherwise, it is the date received by Winona. The stock certificate must be properly signed or accompanied bya properlysigned stock power. To transfer electronically, your broker can arrange a temporary account inWinona’s name to sell the securities and transfer the proceeds to the university.

LindaWood Director of Major Gifts/ Planned Giving

Gifts oftangiblepersonal propertyheld long term. Ifthe university can use the property for a purpose related to its express function, you can deduct its current fair market value up to 30 percent ofyour adjusted gross income, with no tax on the appreciation.

Ifyou have any questions regarding a gift to the WSU Foundation, please contact the University Advancement Office at 800-242-8978, ext. 5020 or email LindaWood at lwood@winona.msus.edu. You can also find additional information on our new Planned Giving web page at www.winona.msus.edu byfollowing the Alumni & Friends link.

TheWinonaState Univesity FoundationOfficers2000-2001

MikeS| eltPresiden SySinSecretary

TimBenriok Treaur -

TheWinonaStateUniversity FoundationDirectors

ConwayElton Pare

KentGernander

ThomasKieffer

DonSchneider - PastPresident

TheWinonaStateUniversity Foundation Trustees

Fran Bradley

EmmieBuhler

Gerald Knatterud

PaulineKnight

KenMogren

Ken Seebold

BobStrauss

RonThurow

Dean Wendler

Ex-officiomembers:

JimWedo,AlumniSocietyPresident

DaveRislove,WarriorClubPresident

Gretchen Koehler

’65Honors MemoryofHerParents by

Establishing Scholarship forWSU Women Athletes

To recognize the sacrifices her parents made in order for her to receive a Winona State University education, Gretchen Koehler ’65 donated an insurance policy to theWSU Foundation. Her gift honors her parents’ memory through the establishment ofthe Berthaand Karl Koehler Scholarship, awarded annually to a Winona State University female athlete.

“T think it’s important foralumni to give back in all phases of their lives,” states Gretchen, a professor in the Health and ExerciseScience Department at Gustavus Adolphus College. “Financially, we should support what has helped us in life in order to do something good for others.” Gretchen explains that she wanted the Bertha and Karl Koehler Scholarship to be directed toward women inWSU intercollegiate athletics because she feels women athletes have always receiveda little less than men. “This is my contribution to women anda statement for myself to support women involved in athletics.”

Gretchen, a Winona native, chose WSU because she liked the University’s physical education program and thought it would be financially easier for her to attendWinona. A physical education major, she participated in several sports but excelled in tennis, earning many awards and rankings during herWinona State University career. She captured collegiate singles tennis titles in 1961 and 1965 and became the Minnesota State Badminton Champion in 1975. In 1986, Gretchen became the first woman student/athlete to be inducted into theWSU Athletic Hall of Fame.

“The personal commitment shown by the facultyas theyhelped us learn and geta start in athletics still stands out in my mind today. They really cared about us. I think they werea little ahead of their time and thatleft an impression on me,” Gretchen notes.

After graduating fromWinona State University, Gretchen taught in Davenport, lowa and coached synchronized swimming and golf. She became a graduate assistant at the University of Iowa during the 1967-68 school year, and in fall of 1968 became a physical education instructor at Gustavus Adolphus

College in St. Peter, Minnesota, where she coached basketball, tennis, softball, and volleyball. She earned a Master of Science degree in 1973 anda Doctor ofEducation degree in physical education in 1978 at BrighamYoung University. Although retired from coaching, Gretchen continues to be interested in the history of sports, women in sports, the Olympics, as well as the mind/bodyhealing connection. She has authored several articles, relaxation tapes, sports poetry, and is an avid antique collector and carpenter. Gretchen lives in a home she designed and helped build in St. Peter. Although it has been 36 years since her education ended atWSU, Gretchen occasionally returns to visit the campus and watch athletic practices and games. “The campus has grown quite a bit andthe buildings have changed, but it’s nice to see better facilities for thestudents because that will encourage other students to attendWinona.”

For information on contributinggifts to Winona State University, or to discuss giftoptions, contact Linda Wood, Director ofMajor Gifts and Planned Giving, at 507-457-5022.

In a heart-stopping triple overtime win, the Warrior football team beat Missouri Western State College 43-41 in the MineralWater Bowl Winona State’s first bowl competition ever. The excitingvictory was the icing on the cake for the WSU gridiron squad which went 8-3 on the year and chalked up its third Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference championship in the last four years. Head coach Tom Sawyer was named NSIC Coach of the Year while fiveWarriors were named to the NSIC All-Conference first team.

Warrior Club Board of Directors 2000

Dave Rislove, '62, President

Eric Underdahl, Vice President

Jo Stejskal, /reasurer

Deb Benz, ‘75, Secretary

Kevin Cappel, ‘85

Mike Deranek, ‘92

Nate Gruber, “95

Brad Helberg

Mike Herzberg, ‘77

Gary Hoeppner, 85

Larry Holstad, ‘67

Bill Koutsky

Lee Loerch, 63

Mark McGrory

Paul Morgan

Kevin O'Reilly, 84

Jim Schmidt, ‘86

Bruce Schott

Steve Speer, 86

Erik Thompson, ‘91

Marty Werden

Jon Wisecup, 86

Sports Shorts

Men’s Golf

TheWarrior men’s golf team got into the swing ofthings in the Fall 2000 season. The team competed well all season culminating in a second place finish in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Tournament. Junior DanWenner (St. Peter, Minnesota) captured medalist honors at the NSIC tourney shooting rounds of 76 and 70. Matt Loga (Whitehall, Wisconsin) and Joe Dietsch (Baraboo, Wisconsin) also earned All-Conference honors.

Women’s Golf

Warrior women’s golfteed upa fantastic fall season, never finishing outside the top five in any ofits tournaments. At the NSIC tourney October 1-2, junior Erika Ochs (Forest Lake, Minnesota) took medalist honors with a 36-hole total of 159 and led the WSU women to a second place finish. Senior Lesley Miller (Hastings, Minnesota) and junior Beth Carlburg (Appleton, Wisconsin) also earned All-Conference honors at the tourney.

Men’s Cross Country

It's been a long break for the Warrior men’s cross country program. The team returned to action in Fall 2000 for the first time since 1992. The runners grew as a team throughout their eight meets and finished 20th in the NCAA Division II Regional Meet November7 at Ft. Hayes, Kansas. Michael Pendleton (Madison, Wisconsin) was theWarrior men’s top finisher throughout the season.

Women’s Cross Country

Warrior women’s cross country raced its way to a second place finish in its first meet ofthe year and kept on running toward a great season.

Junior Samantha Runde (BlackEarth, Wisconsin) led theWSU runners most ofthe season, finishing fourth overall at the NSIC Championships October 21, with the team also earning fourth place honors. The team finished the season tied for 19th place at the NCAA Division II Regional Meet.

Women’s Soccer

Another year, another conference championship for theWarrior women's soccer squad! The team finished the season with 15 wins, three losses, and two ties good enough for the NSIC title for a second consecutive year. The team has not lost a conference game in two years. Despite allthe team’s success and a Top Five Ranking in the final National Soccer Coaches Association ofAmerica poll ofthe season, WSU was left out ofthe NCAA Division II tourney. WSU placed five players on the NSIC All-Conference first team. Sophomore Liz Narten (Green Bay,Wisconsin) took home NSIC Player oftheYear honors while freshman Stacey Jacobs (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) was chosen NSIC Newcomer oftheYear.

Volleyball

It was a year offirsts for theWarrior volleyball team. Senior and Team MostValuable Player Melissa Steinbring (Maplewood, Minnesota) was the firstWarrior volleyball athlete ever to be named to the Daktronics North Central Region 2nd Team. Steinbring also moved into first on the all-timeWarrior volleyball career assists list with 3,961. Junior Lisa Schlaak (New Richland, Minnesota) set a single-season hitting percentage high for an individual (.319) while the team tied their best single-seasonhitting percentage mark ever (.199). The squad finished the season with a 6-26 overall record.

Winona State athletes shine not only on the playing field, but in the classroom as well. The cumulative GPA for the approximately 350 athletes on WSU men's and women’s teams stands at 3.0, with one third ofthe group recording a GPA of3.2 or higher.

WSU Awarded for Excellence in Financial Management

Winona State University is the recipient of an Annual Excellence Award from the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System (MnSCU).

The awards program recognizes leadership and team effort achieving excellence in financial management and facilities management. It also recognizes the significant contributions and outstanding efforts of employees and MnSCU institutions.

Winona State University was one oftwo MnSCU universities to receive the 2000 Excellence in Financial Management Award. Minnesota State

University-Mankato was the other universityearning the honor. Eight MnSCU colleges also received the award. The Excellence in Financial Management Award is given to colleges and universities which meet seven criteria including increased efficiency and effectiveness offinance and administrative services throughout an institution, successful development and implementation of a sound operatingbudget, achievement in implementing accountability measures, and customer service.

Women’s Studies Launches Innovative WILL Program

An innovative program designed to promote female achievement and leadership has been introduced by theWomen’s Studies program at Winona State University, under the leadership of Professor Tamara Berg. CalledWomen Involved in Living and Learning, or WILL, the program, based upon an extremely successful model established by the University ofRichmond, has attracted 26 Winona State University students 25 women and 1 man in its inaugural year.

“Educational research,” comments Berg, “has demonstrated that women tend to enter college with highergrades than men, but exhibit lower expectations and are often more valued for their social contributions than their academic and leadership achievements. TheWILL program offers women an unparalleled opportunity to increase their self-esteem, confidence, and realize their full potential. When I, along with representatives from many IvyLeague institutions, attended a workshop last year at the University ofRichmond, I heard so manyWILL students and alumni speak about the difference the program made in their lives. Their experiences sold me on bringingWILL to Winona State University.”

The program enhances women's collegiate experiences througha threefold approach:

¢ a minor inWomen's Studies, the academic foundation ofthe program

gender-related programs outside ofthe classroom

¢ a student-led leadership development organization

“TheWomen’s Studies courses,” Tamara Berg explains, “provide students with a common intellectual background and analytic framework to critically examine gender roles, social institutions, and individual beliefs. The second component of WILL is one which will enrich campus life for the entireWinona State Universitycommunity. The program will sponsor lectures, workshops, panels,

plays, and musical performances that address gender issues. One ofthe real benefits ofthese activities forWILL students is that they will enjoy opportunities to have fireside chats with the speakers and performers. The third component offers our students formal and informal opportunities for leadership in their own student organization byplanning, organizing, and participating in campus events and community action projects. Students may choose to participate in a mentoring program that pairs them with girls at a local middle school or they may organize fundraising events to improve the lives of women and girls right in our community or in another state or country.”

The WILL students represent “an exciting range ofinterests,” according to Berg. “They are a very qualified group with high GPAs who have already done lots ofvolunteer and service work.” The participants’ majors include Biology, Communication Studies, SocialWork, History, English, and Law and Society. Berg notes that when applying to the program last fall, most ofthe students expressed an interest in wanting to make a difference on campus and in the community. “They are really committed to social action and improving the world.”

“The

WILL students... are a very qualified group with high GPAs who have already done lots of volunteer and service work. ”

Education Major Students Teach in Georgia on WSU Exchange Program with FortValley State University

Every year, six to eight seniors in the College of Education choose to do their student teaching in schools far from Minnesota in Macon County, Georgia to be precise. The future teachers are participating in a unique exchange program betweenWinona State University and FortValley State University, one of 119 historically black institutions in the country. “It’s a wonderful partnership,” comments WSU Professor of Education/Cultural Diversity MaudieWilliams, a native of Georgia and FortValleygraduate who founded the program in 1991. “The WSU and FVSU students who choose to participate in the exchange have an adventurous spirit, a craving for doing something different,” she states.

Bob Usselman, a post-baccalaureate student in the College ofEducation, is a case in point. A 1998 graduate of Drake University, Bob left a career in journalism he wasa reporter on the Richmond Times-Dispatch and Des Moines Register to go back to college to earn a second degree in English and Secondary Education at WSU. Through the exchange program, he is teaching 10th grade English and a Journalism course, as well as advising the student newspaper, at a predominantly black inner cityhigh school in Atlanta. “I chose to participate in

WSU DelegationAttend Tamkang UniversityAnniversary

Winona State University was well represented at the fiftieth anniversary celebration of TamkangUniversity in Taiwan, in November. Vice President for Academic Affairs Steven Richardson, College ofBusiness Dean Ken Gorman, and Music Department faculty members Gloria Chuang and Suzanne Draayer, along with representatives from 35 universities worldwide, were among the visitors to Tamkang, the largestprivate university in the Republic ofChina. “The universityannually sends from 20 to 30 students to Winona, which has enjoyed sister status with TKU since 1997,” states Steve Richardson. “Dr. Lily Chen, the University’s Director ofInternational Exchange, has visitedWinona several times, most recently with a touring student choral group that performed on campus in September. She declares Winona to be one ofher favorite places to send Tamkang students who come home talking about the friendlycommunity and beautiful countryside.” In turn, Professors Chuang and Draayer taught music classes in Taiwan's Fu-Sing High School during their November visit. “For Tamkang,” Richardson continues, “the celebration was a great opportunity to spotlight how their international university has come ofage, and forWinona, to strengthen our ties withTamkang University and make many new friends.”

the program because I wanted to do bigthings, take big steps, just as I did when I went from my home in Connecticut to a college in Iowa, then moved to Virginia for a job.

“This is the first time I’ve been immersed every day in a black context. Henry GradyHigh School whereI teach has a 70 percent African-American student body. I live right in the neighborhood and go to an all-black church. I’ve grown so much in just the few short weeks I’ve been here. Although it may be self-centered to say, I believe nobody in the Winona State Teaching Ed program will get an experience as good as mine.”

ProfessorWilliams, whom Bob calls “an incredible teacher... what a resource for students at Winona State University,” notes that a number of Winona State’s exchange students accept permanent positions in the FortValley area. She credits Dr. Vivian Thatcher, principal oftheWilliam Burke Elementary School in Macon for “helping us make this project go. Every year she adopts our students, most ofwhom teach at her school.” To encourage more FVSU students to come north to Minnesota on exchange, Williams states thatWinona is planning to offer opportunities for them to work on their master’s degrees in education.

WSU Seeks Funding for Construction of New Science Building

A new science building to replace an aging Pasteur Hall is now on theWinona State University drawing boards. The state-of-the-art facilitywill be located on the west side ofStark Hall and adjacent to Pasteurwhich has grown increasinglyinadequate to serve Winona science students and faculty. In spring 1999, the University received approval and funds from the State Legislature to begin the planning phase for what will be the largestbuilding on campus. As architects work on the project's specifics, which include the remodeling of Pasteur into classroom and office space, the University is seeking funding for this exciting and much-needed facility. Approval ofthe construction phase, which carries construction costs, will go before the State Legislature in winter 2002. In the months ahead, allWinona State University alumni and supporters are urged to share the importance of this critically needed building with their legislators.

As the oldest science building at any college or university in the state, Pasteur is underequipped, overcrowded, and inefficient unable to serve the University’s rigorous science curriculum or the discipline’s swelling enrollments. Since Pasteur’s construction in 1961, Winona State University enrollment has increased fourfold, the number oflab hours requiredweeklybyninefold, and the number ofscience majors by sevenfold. Moreover, lab bench work todaytypicallyrequires a computer at every station, a resource Pasteur cannot handle.

Erv Bublitz Donates Outdoor Sculpture

to HonorWinona State UniversityVeterans

A handsome statue depicting a bald eagle perched on top of a six-foot-high stone pedestal now graces the campus between Howell and Stark Halls, thanks to the continuing generosity ofWinona State University Professor of Sociology Ervin Bublitz. The statue, which was dedicated at a ceremony held November 9, was given as monument for the Winona State Universityfaculty, students, staff, and alumni who have served their country in the military. “Erv doesn't think veterans receive enough attention,” notes Dick Davis ’71, WSU Director of Publications and the ceremony’s emcee, “and we are deeplyappreciative ofhis wonderful tribute to our Winona veterans. Over the years, Erv has been a very generous giver to the University donating numerous pieces from his personal collection of western art, including sculptures and Native American pottery, some ofwhich are on display in

3,100 Laptops

—and Still Counting

Winona’s university-wide technology initiative has put more than 3,100 laptop computers in the hands of students this year. By next fall, the number will rise dramaticallywhen the Class of2005 starts logging on to their requiredlaptops. While the program has indisputably made Winona State University an educational leader in the use of technology, it also carries, as every owner of a home computer knows, the cost of constant updates.

In earlyJanuary, U.S. Representative Gil Gutknecht and President Darrell Krueger held a joint news conference to announce the University’s receipt of $369,000 in federal funds. The grant will be used to upgradeWSU’s technology, including security, information network, and server infrastructure, as well as classroom support. “Without the information technologyupdate,” states JoeWhetsone, WSU Vice President ofInformation Technology, “the growing number oflaptop computer users would place tremendous stress on the system.” The conference presentedWinona State University the opportunity to showcase its technology capability. The meeting was held in Library Room 102, one ofthe university's electronic classrooms, and the press was invited to attend a Winona laptop-equipped class in session.

our new library.” Davis points out that the ceremony brought to light a little-known historical fact about Winona. “John Ogden,” he explains, “the first president ofWinona Normal School, resigned his post in 1861 and closed down the college for two years to fight on the Union side in the CivilWar. He was joined by a number ofWinona male students. In every war since then, there have beenWinona people in the military.”

My, HowYou've Grown!

WSU’s on-campus Nursery School and Child Care Center programs were merged last fall to create the Maxwell Children’s Center. Serving 120 children, from infants to fifth-graders, the Center provides Winona State University students, faculty, staff, and community members comprehensive childcare services while providing field experience for students in the University’s Teacher Education programs. The Center’s new school-age program offers a productive and stimulating after-school experience for children in kindergarten through fifth grade. The program is especiallynoteworthy because it combines recreational activities with specialized tutoring provided by the Education students.

PhilanthropistandIndustrialistBen MillerFeted on

90th Birthday

Benjamin A. Miller FamilyAuditorium in Stark Hall, Dedicated

“Little did I know 78 years ago as my brother Rudy and I helped my dad sift through the ashes of theOld Main building of Winona Teachers College to salvage beams and other scrap metal following the fire that destroyed the building in December of 1922, that my history with this wonderful school would endure for eight decades,” Ben Miller declared at the dedication ofthe Benjamin A. Miller Family Auditorium in Stark Hall, on his 90th birthday, November 30.

For decades, indeed, the Miller name has been permanently linked with Winona State University. As a pioneer in the composites industry he and his late brother co-founded Fiberite Corporation in the 1940s, building the business into a premier international composites company Ben worked tirelessly to help the University create the nation’s first undergraduate composite materials engineering program and to achieve funding for the building that became Stark Hall. In 1990, an initial gift of $250,000 to theWinona State University Foundation from Ben and Rudy established an endowment for the program. Ben not only lent his financial resources; he accompanied University officials on coast-to-coast travels to generate additional gifts to the program and endowment. In honor ofthe Millers’ support, the new program was named the Miller Brothers School ofEngineering. In 1994, in tribute to his pioneering achievements, Ben was awarded an Honorary Doctor ofScience degree fromWinona, the first such degree to be conferred by any ofMinnesota's State Universities.

A native ofWinona, Ben, as he recounted in his dedication speech, beganworking at age 12 in his father’s salvage business. When the Great Depression hit, he left college to help in the family business. Before founding Fiberite, he andhis brother built MillerWaste Mills into the largest manufacturer ofrailroad journal box packing waste in the United States. Following the sale ofFiberite, both remained active in the advanced materials business through RTP, a manufacturer of thermoplastic materials. At age 90, Ben continues to go to work every day at RTP where two ofhis sons, Hugh and Jonathan, are principals.

Ben concluded his speech with a charge to Winona “...work with me and all ofyour industry friends to keep the [composite materials engineering] program where it has always been: at the leading edge ofprogress.”

Ben Miller

Three catagories of awards are give annually: Alumni Service, Distinguished Alumni, and Distinguished Young Alumni.

SixAlumni Award Recipients to be Honored at Recognition Banquet

Five alumni and a long-time supporter ofWinona State University will be guests ofhonor, along with members ofthe Classes of 1951 and 1961, at a gala Alumni DonorWeekend banquet on April 28th. Selected by the Alumni Association’s Awards Committee, the six award recipients were singled out for their distinguished contributions as volunteers and professionals. Three categories of honors are given annuallyby the Alumni Association: Alumni Service, DistinguishedAlumni, and DistinguishedYoungAlumni.

The Alumni Service Awards will go to Wayne Borgen and Greg Evans. “The awards,” notes Gloria Miller, Director ofthe Alumni Association, “recognize individuals who have givena great deal of time to the University over the years. The recipients do not have to be graduates ofWinona State University, and we are particularlypleased that this award enables us to honor Greg Evans, a graduate of Valparasio University who is a strong advocate for WSU in theWinona community. Greg revitalizedthe Warrior Booster Club when he took over its presidency, a post he held forfour years. He continues to serve on its board and, in addition to being involved in many local organizations, he works annually to recruit students to the University.” She continues, Wayne Borden is a counselor at Hayfield High School in Hayfield, Minnesota, and holds two degrees fromWSU a Bachelor's in English in 1969, and a Master's in Secondary School Counseling in 1998. Wayne has worked actively with theWinona State UniversityAdmissions Office and has donea great deal to recruit students. On many occasions he has gone above and beyond to assist the Admissions staffand to support the University.”

Two alumni in higher education Richard Papenfuss and Don Supalla will receive the Distinguished Alumni Awards. Richard Papenfuss is Professor of HealthEducation at the University of Nevada-LasVegas. He graduated fromWinona in 1963, went on to receive his Master's fromWSU in 1966, and a Ph.D. from the University ofUtah. “He is

widelyrecognized,” states Gloria, “as a leader in his field for his professional achievements which include numerous publications and videos.” Don Supalla is President of Rochester Community and Technical College in Rochester, Minnesota. He received a Bachelor's degree fromWSU in 1970 and a Master's in Science from the University in 1975. “Don is very involved,” comments Gloria, “with theWinona State UniversityRochester Center through its cooperative program with RCTC, and works closely with President Darrell Krueger and Steve Richardson, WSUVice President for Academic Affairs.”

Two young alumni, Brad Arndt ’84 and Paula Kabe ’91, will also be recognized. “Our Distinguished Young Alumnus awards,” Gloria explains, “honor graduates who are 40 or under and who have advanced rapidly up the career ladder. Brad is an Exclusive Agent for Allstate and participates in numerous Alumni Associationactivities. He began his career as a sports director with cable TV, then went on to win many awards as Senior District Sales Manager for Blue Cross-Blue Shield ofWyoming. Paula, who formerly worked for Public Radio, is Executive Assistant to the President of Newsweekin NewYork City, and sings with the Brooklyn Philharmonic Chorus. She is very supportive ofthe University.”

Winona Chamber Honors Gloria Miller and Bill Murphy

At its annual banquet this January, the Winona Area Chamber ofCommerce honored two members oftheWinona State Universitycommunity

Gloria Miller, Director ofAlumni Affairs, and Bill Murphy, Marketing Department professor. Miller received the ATHENA award, which is given to someone who demonstrates excellence, creativity, and initiative in his or her business or profession. Murphy was namedVolunteer oftheYear.

Long active in theWinona community, Gloria Miller is involved with the Community Memorial HospitalAuxiliary, UnitedWay, Hospice Tree ofLife, Sequoia Club, Eastern Star, Oratorio Chorus, American Association of UniversityWomen,

American First Baptist Church, andWomen In Business. Bill Murphy has volunteered for the Chamber for more than six years and has chaired the Education Committee, the Academic Excellence Banquet task force, and the Celebration ofEducation task force for many years. He also organized the WSU Community Service and Highest GPA awards program. He also volunteers with the elementary gifted and talented program and HolidayHappiness at Community Memorial Hospital.

Brad Arndt

Greg Evans

Paula Kabe

Wayne Borgen

Richard Papentuss

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He Cared Enough to Send theVery Best

“T think we all remember the thrill of getting boxes from home filled with cookies and treats when we were atWinona,” says Harry Schoen ’54, who practices law in his hometown ofHastings, Minnesota. Last fall, Harry decided it would be great idea to send“care” packages to all ofthe Winona State University students who were graduates ofhis alma mater, Hastings High School. “I asked the university to send me their names. I envisioned a few students in my day about eight of us went on to Winona but receiveda list of45!” he notes, with a chuckle. “On a Saturday afternoon, I gathered a group offriends and relatives and we prepared one humongous box with homemade cookies, cheese and crackers, summer sausage, popcorn, and other snacks.” When the package arrived on campus, the Hastings High graduates hada party, courtesy of their hometown benefactor. “I received so many nice letters in thanks. The kids really appreciated our effort,” Harry adds. After graduating fromWinona, Harrytaught elementary school for a number of years in Illinois and Edina, Minnesota. “While I was teaching, I attended night law school atWilliam Mitchell College of Law. WhenI left Billy Mitchell, I openeda practice in Hastings and that was 40 years ago.”

One for the E-Books!

Ifyou would like to readWSU librarian Kathy Sullivan's new fantasy novel, a trip to the nearest Barnes & Noble or Borders Bookstore to buy a copy will not be necessary. Kathy’s first book, The Crystal Throne, can simply be downloaded, for a nominal fee, right from your home computer. Kathy's novel was publishedby StarlightWriter Publications, an e-book publisher that is part ofthe fast-growing online publishing trend. Although she has published short stories in print magazines and “online ’zines,” Kathy “tried for years” to find a print publisher for her first book-length project. As the University’s Distance Learning Librarian, she spends

much ofher work day on the Internet assisting Winona State University students studying off campus. “I have been writing since I was 14, when I spent the summer reading fiction at my family’s summer cottage inWisconsin. I thought, ‘I can do this’ and started writing, always science fiction and fantasy.” In the near future, a paperback version of The Crystal Throne will be available at bookstores and through www.amazon.com. Kathyexplains, “Customers just place an order for my book and it will be printed on demand.” Interested in learning more about The Crystal Throne and reading an excerpt? Just log on to: starlightpublications.com/imprints /fantasylindexDec2000.html.

DeGrazias Publish Minnesota PoetryAnthology

WSU English professor Emilio DeGrazia andhis wife, Monica, who is managing editor of the journal, The GreatRiver Review, are co-editors ofthe recently published poetry anthology, 33 Minnesota Poets. Their book, which features poems fromboth wellpublished and up-and-coming poets, contains more than 180 poems and brief statements from the 33 selected poets about their process and purpose in writing poetry. Melanie Richards, Michael Dennis Browne, former U.S. Senator Eugene McCarthy, as well as WSU English faculty members Ken McCullough andOrval Lund are among the poets chosen by the DeGrazias from work submitted by 152 Minnesota poets for consideration. The 275-page collection is published by Nodin Press ofMinneapolis.

This is the second time the DeGrazias have edited a book on Minnesota writers. The couple co-edited 26 Minnesota Writers in 1995. Emilio has also authored poems, essays, and award-winning fiction including Enemy Country, BillyBrazil, and Seventeen Grams ofSoul. Monica is currently completing a book on Winona legends.

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InMemoriam

Myron Edward “Smitty” Smith 1923-2001

Fondly remembered for his influential role as a WSU teacher and football coach for two decades 1967-1987, Myron Edward “Smitty” Smith died at age 77 on January 12th at Gunderson Lutheran Hospital in La Crosse, Wisconsin. “Smitty” attended Mankato State Universityfrom 1941-43, whenhe left college to join the Naval Air Corps andreceive his fighter pilotwings at Corpus Christi, Texas. After the war, he returned to Mankato to earn his degree in 1947, and went on to receivehisMaster's degree from Colorado State Universityin 1954. He then returned to his nativeMinnesotato teach at public schools in Springfield, Nicollet, and Red Wing before coming to Winona State University, where he taught and coachedfootball and track until his retirement in 1987. Hewas inducted into the Minnesota StateUniversity-MankatoAthletic Hall ofFame. “Smitty” is survivedbyhis wife, Judith; three sons, Myron, Jr. ofHollywood, Florida, Jamie ofWinona; andDave ofDallas, Texas; six grandchildren; two step-grandchildren; and one great-grandchild; twosisters, Beverly Wiblemoe andMarilyn Smith; and two brothers, Myrl and Jim. © |

ArnoldR.Bergler

A devotedsupporterofWinona State University, Arnold R. Bergler, 76,died November 4th at St. Mary’sHospital in Rochester. He and his wife, Jeanette, funded several scholarships for students and were members oftheWinona State UniversityKeystone Society. He issurvived by his wife and brother, JamesBergler ofWinona. “Arnie” worked as a building contractor in the Rochesterarea for 35 years, specializing in home and commercial construction.Healsowas involved in land developmentand was an honorary member ofthe RochesterHome Builders Association. A volunteer in the Rochester community,Arnie was an avid woodcarver and accomplished cabinet maker who also enjoyed gardening, huntingand fishing. Both he and wife loved to travel andmade numerous trips to Europe, as well as trips to Asia, NorthernAfrica, the HolyLand, Turkey,Australia, NewZealand, the Soviet Union,Alaska, Hawaii, and Central and SouthAmerica.

1900-1969

Wava (Cipra) Verdoorn, ’38 (Delavan, MN) taught elementary classes for over 25 years until her retirement. She has three children and four grandsons.

Grace (Riebe) Mitchell, ‘56/68 (Zumbro Falls, MN) taught in Chatfield, Olmsted County rural schools, and finished in Kasson-Mantorville, Minnesota. She and husband, Glenn, raised five daughters and now have 10 grandchildren. She lectured forWeightWatchers from 1970 to 1982. From 1982 to 1983, she attended a nursing program andworked as a nursing assistant prior to receiving her LPN certification. She worked at the Sisters ofSt. Francis Assisi Heights for 17 years until her retirement in 1997. In 1998, she was diagnosed with a preleukemia disease. Her disease is stable and has not progressed. She volunteered to raise funds, train, and walk in the Honolulu Marathon in 1998 and again in Anchorage, Alaska in 2000. She raised about $9,000, and yes, completed both marathons! While in Alaska, she participated in a Building Blitz for Habitat for Humanity and built three houses. Since retiring, the couple has built a cabin near Mille Lacs and enjoys fishing, hiking, and snowmobiling. She also enjoyswritingpoetry and working with theatre arts.

Mary (Landro) Whillock, '58 (Faribault, MN) taught for 41 years in South St. Paul, Spring Grove, and Faribault, Minnesota prior to retiring in 1998. She married Ivan (WSU ’59). Theycouple has four children and eight grandchildren.

Doug Page, 759 (Appleton,WI) retired in 1991 after 32 years ofteaching, coaching, and being a high school principal. During the last 12 years, he was principal at Little Chute High School in Little Chute, Wisconsin. He enjoyed 17 years ofcoaching basketball (winning two championships) in Colby, Wisconsin and 12 years atWest DePere High School inWisconsin (winning five championships). He enjoys retirement and has traveled to Europe, British Isles, Mexico, and China. He is member ofthe American Cribbage Congress and travels throughout the U.S. playing in cribbage tournaments.

Arley thre, ‘63/70 (Houston, MN) was inducted into the Region 1-AAthletic Directors Hall ofFame in October of 2000. He was Houston High School's first and only athletic director from 1964 until he retired in 1994. He continued to teach at the high school for two more years before retiring in 1996. He was responsible for developing the Houston Athletic Booster Club and the annual country music fundraising concert that broughtnationally renowned musicians to Houston.

David Rosenau, '65 (North Mankato, MN) retired in 1998 after 29 years as a counselor at the Minnesota SecurityHospital in St. Peter. He returns to security parttime as needed and is considering substitute teaching to help fund his hunting, fishing, and golftrips.

Richard Sather, 65 (Houston, MN) works at the Houston County Courthouse as a certified Minnesota appraiser.

Pauline Utzinger, 66 (Rochester, MN) translates German documents for clients. In addition to volunteering as a Class Agent for herCarleton College class, she serves on the Rochester Music Guild and AAUW boards. She also presents history programs for Elderhostal and community groups in Rochester.

Susan (Greenwood) Wilhelm, '68 (La Crescent, MN) has taught at La Crescent-Hokah Elementary School for 30 years. She says, “I haven't decided when I'll retire or what to do with the next 30 years ofmy career.”

Mary Harty, ’69 (St. Paul, MN) was a recipient ofthe 2000 SallyOrdway Irvine Award. Mary accepted the award on behalfofLinwood A+ Elementary School which received the Education award. She is the principal at Linwood A+.

Faye (Froehlich) Johnson, ’69 (Forest Lake, MN) received her master’s degree in 1972 and specialistdegree in 1980 from Mankato State University. She works for ISD 831 as a homebound teacher. She volunteers for the American Red Cross as co-chair ofcommunity blood drives.

1970-1979

Kenneth Johnson, ’72 (Forest Lake, MN) received his master’s degree in 1978 from Mankato State University. He is Director ofPersonnel for the MinnesotaArmy National Guardand will retire as a full Colonel in July of2001.

Sister Florence Simon, '72 (Owatonna, MN) is retired after 50 years in elementary education and over 20 years in administration. She taught in Minnesota, Maryland, Ohio, and came back to Minnesota in 1983. She now works with elderly citizens.

Mary (Hebert) Campbell, ’78 (Westerville, OH) is in her 23!¢ year ofteaching Honors English and senior Shakespeare. She also sells real estate.

Jon Knopik, '78 (St. Cloud, MN) was named superintendent ofschools in Ogilvie, Minnesota in June 2000.

Kim Doebbert, ‘79/82/88 (Brooklyn Park, MN) is now the recruiter/advisor for Metropolitan State University’s first college aviation management and technology programs. She previously was the aviation magnet coordinator atWashburn High School in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She also has been an elementary classroom teacher, a vocal music teacher for K-12, and an adult basic education teacher.

1980-1989

Michael Bourne, ’80 (Dallas, TX) is a graphic designer/illustrator for TheDallas Morning News. He designed and developed his own line ofsolid body electric guitars, plays with the SteveYoung Band, and is restoring a classic Chevrolet. He says he is still trying to figure out how to get a lawn to grow in Texas.

Steve Braser, 80 (Sycamore, IL) would love to hear from anyone from the 1975-1980 era.

Tim Mackey, '80 (St. Cloud, MN) is the Director of Alternative Education at Litchfield High School in Litchfield, Minnesota. He also coaches Ultimate Frisbee at St. Cloud State University. He was recently awarded the MinnesotaWildYouth Mentor Award for working with communities in developing disc golf courses, disc programs, and special events. TheWSU Frisbee Club will be planning a 25th reunion in 2003.

Doris Wente, '80 (Minnetonka, MN) was elected President ofthe Minnesota Paralegal Association for 2001.

Jan Wiley, '80 (Virginia Beach,VA) is a Commander in the Navy and stationed at the Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia. She is enjoying a stafftour as the Atlantic Fleet's Assistant Aircraft Maintenance Officer. In 17 years, she has been stationed in Florida, Italy, California, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico. She says despite fond memories ofWSU, look for her to retire in Florida where she can write Christmas cards from a lounge chair by the pool!

Rees Johnson, '83 (Waverly, IA) is the men’s head basketball coach at North Park University. He won his 500th game at the beginning ofthis year.

William Withers, '83 (Waverly, IA) completed his doctorate in 2000 at Drake University after completing a Master ofScience degree at Iowa State University. He is the department chair ofCommunication Arts atWartburg College inWaverly. He, his wifeLinda (WSU ’83), and children are all doing well.

Dawn Quame, ’84 (Mankato, MN) entered Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota this past fall as a student in the master of arts program. She also serves as a youth director at St. John Lutheran Church in Lakeville, Minnesota.

Mike Anderson, '85 (Mahtowa, MN) married Janet in 1992 and they have two children, Travis 7 and MJ 4. They purchased Park Lake Resort in 1996 andlive at the resort year round. The resort has cabins open all year, an RV park, campground, and restaurant/lounge.

Jacqueline Pierskalla, '85 (Waltham, MN) owns and operates three newspapers (Dodge Center Star Record, Byron Review, and Hayfield Herald) and a shopper (The Advertiser). They are alllocated in southeastern Minnesota.

Lynn (Breckenfelder) Miller, '87 (Warrenville, IL) married in June 2000 and is working on completion of coursework for a doctoral degree in Education from Northern Illinois University. She currently teaches health & physical education inWheaton, Illinois.

Jason Elliott, '89 (Cedar Rapids, IA) works at Borshoff Johnson & Co. as an account manager after more than 10 years in the television news business. He is an awardwinning television sports anchor who previouslyworked for a CBS affiliate in Des Moines, Iowa.

1990-1999

Peggy (Dolan) & Michael Knutson, '90 and 91 respectively (Benson, MN) hada babygirl in June 2000. This is their first child. Peggy teaches nursery school in Montevideo, Minnesota. Michael is a special education teacherand coaches varsityvolleyball and girls’ basketball.

Jeanne (Stoltenow) Karsten, '91 (SterlingHeights, MI) is married to Kyle and they have three children, Garrett 4, Taryn 2, and Grant 4 months old. She is an RN workingpart-time in a pediatric unit. Kyle is assistant principal at Lutheran North High School.

Christine Boos, ‘92 (Rochester, MN) is a senior programmer/analyst with Statistical Systems at the Mayo Clinic. She assists physicians in the studies, creates data entry screens, analyzes data, writes user applications, and trains new employees for the Unix, IBM, andWeb environments. She has been acknowledged in many papers published in medical journals and is a co-author of a paper published in a prestigious medicaljournal. She enjoys playing her clarinet and joined the Rochester Radio Theatre Guild where she is a board member and recently started directing.

Lisa (Ryan) & Scott Ducke, ’92 and ’93 respectively (Madison,WI) have an 18 month old daughter with another child due in April. Lisa is a second grade teacher in the Sauk Prairie Schools. Scott is assistant vice president at Park Bank in Madison.

Juli Glas, 92 (Charlotte, NC) is senior assistant director ofpublicity and outreach at the University Career Center at the University ofNorth Carolina-Charlotte.

Jan (Baldeshwiler) Merrell, ’92 (MoundsView, MN) is the head toddler teacher at the University ofMinnesota and is attending graduate school.

Patrick Dinan, '93 (Urbandale, IA) is vice president of TechnologyIntegration Financial Services which specializes in computers, mainframes, PC notebooks, and network infrastructure and telephony and provides financial services for Fortune 2000 companies.

Tricia (Strasser) & Brad Harding, '94 (Lake in the Hills, IL) both received a master’s degree, Brad at Marquette University, Wisconsin and Tricia at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Brad is a mortgage banker with Harris Bankand Tricia is an executive recruiter for an international executive search firm. They say the closest they are to having children is their 100 poundyellowlab, Otis. They have attended every Homecoming since graduation and met many oftheir best friends at Winona and continue to meet new people every year they come back.

Terri (Dennison) Karsten, '94 (Winona, MN) teaches high school English at Cochrane-Fountain City High School in Wisconsin. She is also the drama director and yearbook advisor. She earned her master’s degree from University ofWisconsin-Madison. Terri achieved National Board Certification in 2000.

Kevin Solberg, 94 (Montgomery, TX) teaches and coaches at Conroe High School in Conroe, Texas. He teaches 9th grade world geography and coaches linebackers in football and is assistant coach for girl’s fast pitch softball.

Fang Echo Huang, 795 (St. Paul, MN) is a financial planner with RSM McGladrey, Inc. in Minneapolis, Minnesota She is married to Dan Brown.

Melanie Mericle, 95 (Akron, OH) is working on her master’s degree in Child Development in the School of Family and Consumer Sciences at the University ofAkron.

Jennifer Parker, '95 (Ft. Myers, FL) is teaching science at Lee Middle School in Ft. Myers and received her master’s degree in Instructional Technology at Florida Gulf Coast University.

Clare (Uthke) Pavellka, '95 (Lake City, MN) is working in Marketing Communications at the corporate office of the RedWing Shoe Company and recentlyparticipated in Blandin Leadership Training. She and her husband, Kevin, had their first child, Morgan, in July 2000.

Sarah (Floriano) d’Hulst, '96 (Winston-Salem, NC) married Dan in 1998. She is in her first year ofpediatrics residency and Dan is in his first year of anesthesia residency atWake Forest University inWinston-Salem.

Stephanie (Brossard) Herman, ’96 (Eau Claire,WI) married Jeffin September of2000. She works for a home health agency with medicallyfragile children.

Mary Schwieters, '95 (Rochester, MN) received a master’s degree from University ofMinnesota-Duluth in 1997. She served as a youth development volunteer in the U.S. Peace Corps in Namibia in Africa. She is currently working as a grants and communication coordinator for the Rochester Art Center. She plans to wed in April and move to Chatfield, Minnesota.

Debbie (Vogt) & Craig Jordan, '96 and ’97 respectively (McFarland,WI) married in May of 2000. Debbie is a traffic manager atWisconsin Public Radio in Madison, Wisconsin. Craig is a technical support specialist at iNews, a broadcast software company in Madison, Wisconsin.

Diane McCann, ‘96/97 (Denver, CO) isa gth grade science teacher for the Denver Public Schools.

Megan Blount, ‘97 (Bloomington, MN) is a doctor! She graduated in the fall of2000 as a Doctor ofChiropractic. She plans to complete a three-yearresidency in radiology in thefuture.

Shannon (Cisewski) Reinarts, 97 (Cochrane, WI) received a master’s in business administration from University ofWisconsin-La Crosse in 1998 and is an Ed.D. candidate at St. Mary’s University ofMinnesota. She married James in March 2000.

James Rix, '97 (Rapid City, SD) is a staffphysical therapist at Black Hills Rehabilitation Hospital in Rapid City.

Julie (Widmer) Schmidt, 97 (NorwoodYoung America, MN) graduated from Northwestern College of Chiropractic in July 2000 as a Doctor of Chiropractic. She has purchased her own practice in her hometown of NorwoodYoung America.

Michelle (Rioux) & Cari Gillen, 98 and ’99 respectively (Woodbury, MN) married in September 2000. Michelle is a public relations manager with Enterprise Rent-a-Car. Carl is an advertising executive with City Business Journals.

Shane Ressie, '98 (Skokie, IL) is a project manager at HMG/SchutzWorldwide in Morton Grove, Illinois.

Kayra Swanson, ’98 (LasVegas, NV) is a teacher for the Clark County School District.

Adam Blahnik, ’99 (West St. Paul, MN) is a paralegal for Sieloff & Associates, PA. in Eagan, Minnesota.

Jolene Danca, 99 (Winona, MN) is assistant volleyball coach and special programs coordinator at St. Mary's University inWinona.

Troy Heinritz, 99 (Winona, MN) and Tracy Cook (WSU 01) have announced their engagement. No wedding date has been set.

Angela (Harlow) Johnson, ’99 (LeSueur, MN) married Jacob in August 2000. She is an employment coordinator for TaylorEmployment Resources in Mankato, Minnesota.

Denise Smaczny, '99 (Gurnee, IL) is an exercise specialist for the Health and Fitness Institute in Lindenhurst, Illinois.

2000-2001

Yasmin Abdelmagid, '00 (Minneapolis, MN) is a research assistant atViromed Laboratories, Inc. in Minnetonka, Minnesota.

Tammy Bachman, ’(0 (Rochester, MN) is an accounting technician at McGhie & Betts, Inc. in Rochester.

Lisa (Zuzek) Beck, '00 (Elgin, MN) is a cancer adaptation team CNS at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minneosta.

Linda (Radinzel) Bryan, '00 (Randolph, MN) teaches and grade at Carver Elementary.

Christina Clark, '00 (Madison, WI) is a student at the University ofWisconsin-Madison School ofVeterinary Medicine.

Tracy Ferber, 00 (Winona, MN) is a residence hall director atWinona State University.

Katie (Bongers) Fullerton, (0 (Baldwin, WI) is a project engineer at Phillips Plastics Corp. in New Richmond, Wisconsin.

Dave Gluch, ‘00 (Soldiers Grove,WI) is a principal at Winskill Elementary School in Lancaster, Wisconsin.

Kevin Frank, ’00 (Rockville, MN) is a biology teacher at Kimball High School.

Stacy Haines, '00 (Arcadia, WI) is a marketing coordinator at Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc. in Arcadia.

Faith Handevidt, '(00 (St. Paul, MN) is a family nurse practitioner for Health Start.

Molly Haugee, ‘00 (Gainesville, FL) is an office manager for Camp Laurel South in Gainesville.

Sara Herrmann, ’00 (DeKalb, IL) is a graduate assistant and athletic trainer at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb.

Bryan lhrke, ‘00 (Winona, MN) isa salesman/marketingdeveloper at WittVending inWinona.

Nicole Johnson, '00 (Albert Lea, MN) is a caseworker for Big Brothers and Big Sisters ofSteele County in Owatonna, Minnesota.

Scott Meligren, '00 (Eden Prairie, MN) is an officer candidate in the U.S. Navy.

Christopher Mueller, '00 (Bloomington, MN) is a technical recruiter for a mid sized IT Consulting Firm.

Jennifer Purse, '00 (Elk Grove, IL) is an instructional aide at Dicksen Elementary School in Schaumburg, Illinois.

Brent Quast, '00 (Iowa City, IA) is a graduate research assistant at the University ofIowa.

Pamela Remus, 00 (Holmen, WI) is a neurosurgical ICU RN for Mayo Medical.

Delvis Schilling, ‘00 (Minnetonka, MN) is a software application developer at Dexora in Edina, Minnesota.

Gina Scipioni, ‘00 (Rochester, MN) is an RN at Mayo Medical Center.

Sarah Schultz, '00 (Milwaukee, WI) is a graduate assistant for Athletic Training Program at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.

Daniel Tweten, ‘(0 (Janesville, WI) is a youth director at the Janesville FamilyYMCA.

Jessica Twiest, '00 (St. Cloud, MN) is a graduate advisor for the University Program Board at the St. Cloud State University.

Anna Wein 24/31 (Rochester, MN) taught in Luverne, Litchfield, Redwood Falls, Stillwater, and Northfield, Minnesota before coming to Rochester in 1941. She was one ofthe first teachers to introduce and teach health education in the Rochester school system. She taught in Rochester junior high schools until her retirement in 1970. She was a member ofthe Minnesota Education Association and numerous retired teacher associations.

Esther (Mills) Bangsund '25 (Montevideo, MN) was a member ofthe Mendelson Club while at Winona State Teacher's College. She taught elementary school for several years until her marriage to Bertram in 1939. They lived and farmed in Leenthrop Township east of Montevideo until moving into Montevideo in 1990. She was a past member of the Sons of Norway, Senior Citizens, and the Chippewa County Historical Society. Lillian (Simo) McGimpsey ’25 (Minneapolis, MN)

Maybelle (Kramer) Burk '26 (La Grange, IL)

Viola (Alberts) Hein 27 (W. Fargo, ND)

Catharine “Kitty” (MacPherson) Pletke 28 (Sioux City, IA) married Paul in 1932. After teaching in Frazee, Minnesota for one year, she came to Winona and taught at the junior high school for many years. She also authored a column in the local Winona Daily News titled “Ole’ Man River.” She was a member of the Winona County Historical Society, Community Memorial Auxiliary, Westfield Golf Course, Old Settler’s, DAR, and a life member of the Order of the Eastern Star, Chapter 141. Frieda Perschau 29 (Glencoe, MN)

Audrey (Thomas) Berquist 30 (Garrison, ND)

John Moriarity 30/31 (Duluth, MN) received his master’s degree from the University ofMinnesota in 1958. He started his teaching career in Alborn High School in 1931 where he taught science for two years. He was then principal at Forbes from 1933-35 and principal at Cotton High School from 1935-44. The Duluth School District then employed John as a teacher, counselor, and assistant principal at Washington School for 13 years. He then served as principal at Stowe Elementary and Junior High School for 17 years until his retirement in 1975. He married Helen McCormick in 1939. John was active in the DFL politics serving as county and sth district chairman in the late 1940s and 1950s. He was past president of the Duluth Teachers Association, served 14 years as officer of NEMEA, 10 years on the MEA board, 10 years on the Arrowhead Library Board (three as president), 10 years on the Duluth Library Board with two as president, and served on the Retirement Educators Association of Minnesota (REAM) Board under five presidents, wasa life member of REAM and local DAREA, and also served on the Duluth Retirement Fund Board for many years. John was honored with theWinona State University’s Distinguished Alumni Award in 1988.

Marian (Swenson) Kleist '33 (Eau Claire, WI) taught in rural schools in theWinona area, last teaching in Ridgeway.

John Kissling 35 (Indianapolis, IN) played the drums and piano in the Hal Leonard Orchestra when it was just starting as an orchestra in the 1930s. He taught high school physics in Russell, Minnesota and later became principal of the school. Later he jointed the A.C. Nielson Company asa field investigator. He enlisted in the Navy in 1942 and was assigned duties as a Pharmacist Mate. Later, he became an instructor at the Navel Training center in Bainbridge, Maryland where he received his commission as a lieutenant (junior grade). He was assigned to the Naval Air Station in Adak, Alaska as a communications officer for the rest ofWWII. Service to his country continued with active affiliation in the Naval Reserve until his retirement from the reserves in 1965. AfterWWII, he managed theWorkman's Compensation Claim Department for Underwriters Safety and Claims in Indianapolis. In 1951, he became an insurance agent with Peoples Bank & Trust Company operating their insurance affiliate, State National Securities. In 1956, he purchased the bank insurance agency which ultimately became

KisslingAgency, Inc. His son, John R. Kissling, Jr, joined him in the family business in 1969. John married Dorothy Coltharp in 1940 and was widowed in 1989. He married MaryAloian in 1990.

Irma (Pyken) Matson ’37 (San Marcos, CA) taught elementary school in Brownton, Minnesota from 1937 to 1940 and in Garden Grove, California from 1960 to 1976.

John Duel, Sr. ’39 (Winona, MN) taught in Atwater and Kasson, Minnesota and Spooner, Wisconsin before coming to Winona. He married Lois Jensen in 1941. He worked with Boy Scouts for many years; he completed his scouting career serving as Scoutmaster ofTroop6 for 13 years. He wasan active member ofWEA, MEA and NEA.

Betty (Nash) Cornelius ’42 (Dixon, IL) taught in the RochelleSchool System from 1942 to 1953, the Army Dependent School in Rochefort, France from 1953 to 1954 and wasa substitute teacher for the Dixon School System for 10 years prior to her retirement. She married John in 1954. She was a member of the AAUW, Mothers Club, and Lee County Historical Society.

Marion (Schammel) Gannon '44 (Clarion, IA)

Raymond Yantes ’45 (Roseville, MN)

Clyda (Dressen) Montague 749 (Duluth, MN)

Mabel (Anderson) Ruppert 51 (Rochester, MN)

Lorene (Haugstad) Holger 53 (Rushford, MN) married John in 1940. She taught at Baker, Whalan, and Anderson Country Schools prior to teaching at Rushford. She retired in 1983. Her peers votedher as Rushford’s Teacher of the Year. She was a member ofRushford Historical Society and Retired Teachers Association. She enjoyed children as well as educating them and also had a great love for animals.

Ross Wood ‘53/61 (Winona, MN)

Orva (Hansen) Pacheco ’55 (Florence, OR)

Phyllis (Sanden) Hartle ’56 (Austin, MN)

Carol Martin ‘56/64

Zulah Jenks 59 (Overland Park, KS)

Dorothy Wheeler 61

M. Brigetta Hennessy ‘63 (Rochester, MN)

Henry McCune ’63 (Houston, MN)

Doris (Howard) McLean ’64 (La Crosse, WI)

Evelyn (Moechnig) Boatman ‘68 (Lake City, MN)

Mona (Corcoran) Conniff 69 (Hokah, MN) married Lloyd in 1934. She taught in rural schools in Dakota and Brownsville for several years. She then taught at St. Mary's Grade School in Caledonia, Minnesota for 20 years before retiring in 1975. She was active in 4-H, Farmers Union, HappyTwirlers Square Dance Club, UnionValley Homemakers, Shamrock Club of La Crosse, Wisconsin, andthe Houston County Historical Society.

Linda (Blakely) Hanson 70 (Cottage Grove, MN)

Shirley (Lewis) Meska '70 (Winona, MN)

Paul Tangen 771 (Grand Meadw, MN)

Elsie (Kline) Volden 73 (Isle, MN)

Paul Behling '75 (Buffalo, MN) was employed in the State of Minnesota's Department of Economic Security. He was the former day-care director at the Generations Day Care at ParkView Care Center for several years. He was a former soccer and hockey coach and also a former board member ofthe Buffalo Youth Hockey Association.

Jack Drew 75 (Phillips, WI)

Donald Roberson 75 (Albert Lea, MN)

Marlyce (Hanson) Tanner 79 (Rochester, MN)

Greta (Rasmussen) Graham ’84 (Rochester, MN)

1965

Delores (Wright) Colby

David G. Anderson

1926

Ruth (Swenby) Fricker

1966

Frank Braun

Lee Chadbourn

Arthur Miller

1967

Viola (Kramer) Kubicek 1931

Borghild (Bilboe) Challis

Nettie Miller 1934

Bessie (Chmelik) Ruzek

Dorothy (Hanson) Elfman

Florence (Schell) Kranz

1938

Ruth (Hines) Hughes

1941

Erna (Ortlip) Kri

1946 Vernon Hart

1947

Nicole (Kromke) Gruenke

Velma (Green) Suchanek

(Heinzelman)

1964

Robert Aaker

Mary (Wiborg) Johnson

1975

Sandra (O’Brien)

Anderson

Deanne (Scott) Pietrs

Duane Beeman

Gary Brummond

J.G. Purnell

1976

Helen (Boentje)

Virginia Hutcherson

1968

Yvonne (Suprenant) Peterson

RobertAakre

RobertAndrewsen

Jonathan Dacker

James Fernholz

1969

Mary (Lenz) Ostertag

Maxine (Swenson) Olson

1970

Carolyn (Matzke) Busian

MurielAndrews

Leo Baker

Curtis Burgdorf

Marilyn Feuling

Cheryl Olson

Charles Stinocher

1971

Michael Groebner

Norma Michael

JudySayles-Bartlett

1972

Patricia (Heiting) Moderski

Shauna (Long) Kayser

Shirley (Whitworth)

Carrier

Sharmen Johnson

George Klippenes

MaryOpatz

Richard Peterson

Robert Rasmussen

1974

Carol (Degrood) Gomez

Stephen Ames

Connie Johnson

Anne McGuire

Michael Tonder

Marilee (Marrinan)

Musters

Stephanie (Rudin)

Hanson

Craig Campbell

Michael Walsh

Karen Jensen Stier

JohnJorgenson

Jill McNelis

Kristin Oxby

1984

Cheryl (Hartman)

Moore

Diane (Oldfather)

Thomas

Thornton

Phyllis (Gerth) Fredricks

Shelley (Muller)

Glamann

Patricia (Murphy) RossFebles

1978

Kay (Guziak) Jackson

John M. Burke

Gregory Castor

Ronald Grund

Martin Lueck

1979

Amy (Brown) Owecke

Desiree (Jones) Little

Donald Caulfield

Gayle Eggenberger

Timothy Greseth

Charlotte Hensel

Daniel Martensen

1980

MaryJo (Connolly)

Ernewein

Katherine (Muller)

Sawatzke

John Dalesandro

Dorette Leimer

James Mitchell

David Rebertus

1981

Kelly (Brookman)

Fayerweather

Margaret (Davies) Drost

Karen (Froebel) Anger

Laura (Spanton)

Stebbins

Dorothy (Vancura)

Hegge

Beth Armbrust

Jennifer Korb

RichardOlson

Michael Owecke

1982

Darlene (Mittelstadt)

George

Kathryn (Zincke)

Hanson

Sadi Al-Sadi

Bryan Carey

Laura Howard

Raymond Aucker

Garry Dahl

Emad Ezzam

William Feng

JeffreyFloyd

Hussein Hamad

Linette Jacobson

Jean E. Johnson

Philip J. Johnson

Gail Murphy

Patricia Roiger

Michele (Fineran)

Bendorf

Lisa (McEvilly) Bernard

Dale Fayerweather

Mark Kos

Dean Kruger

Karen Molzen

Deborahlee Schad

Steve Shearer

LindaThompson

1985

Carol (Cierzan)

Mathiesen

Diane (McGill) Morben

Davitajo (Nelton)

Carlson

Suzanne (Wescott)

Stewart

Kathleen Brenner

Gary Crouse

Gretchen Johnson

Reginald Johnson

Michael Leahy

Julie McConnell

Mee Choo Ng

Deborah Scott

BeckyWatson

1986

Karin (Bessemer) Demler

Lori (Jirovec) Fox

Stephanie (Olson) Alford

Sara Angst

Lynda Arnold

Daniel Balbach

Lisa Christiansen

Diane Helwegen

Jeffrey Labadie

Maryella Lovett

Daniel Monroe

Rochelle Severseike

Vicki Thiesse

MarkTruax

Ann Tuchtenhagen

TimothyWehner

1987

Elisabeth (Cowgill)

Robbins

Rosa (Moehring) Grout

Diane (Mohs) Spanier

Kevin Crippa

JeffreyDreyer

Connie Duckworth

Jeanene Henry

Paul Hjelle

Darren Ripley

1988

Laurie (Nelson)

Bridgman

Cheryl Musselman

JoyceWalz

1989

Charlene (Bechel)

Wehner

Kimberly (Hornicle)

Winker

Doreen (Johnson) Frost

Kayleen (Klecker)

Lauwagie

Mary (Vandennoven)

Dietz

Lauren (Wiederkehr)

Dempsey

TimothyAnderson

Ann Askelson-Sinclair

Angela Bennett

Kimberly Benter

Gregory Dowler

Joseph Fleming

Mohammed Hayat

Jodi Henning

William Jackson

Maureen Kuske

ElizabethLatcham

Michael Michelson

Jon Mikolajczak

Vanita Misquita

Shaun Palmer

Christine Otto

1990

Leanne (Campion)

Andreasen

Paula (Wieczorek)

Dickey

C. Ackerson

Susan Fedie

Rebecca Foss-Zylstra

KimberlyJohanson

AjayJohary

Steven Keith Johnson

Annette Lubbesmeyer

Julie Lutter

Joseph Maus

Julie Pierson

Juliann Poe

LeeVanGundy

JamesVanhoof

1991

Kristine (Erickson)

Carlson

Jennifer (Hansen)

Eimers

Frances (Shelp) Field

Philip Carlson

Ann Carpentier-Goy

Mark Davis

Robin Dexter

Albert Dickey

Sara Estby

Caterina Ficarella

Randy Holleschau

Kerri Jeitz

George Karuntzos

Julie Kothlow

Michael Kowalik

Robert Mazursky

Carrie McKercher

Thomas Mikrut

HollyNaypaver

Christine Otto

Abdel Elsiddig Rahman

Eric Smith

Sherry Olson

1992

Mandy (Garrison)

Hoyer

Dana (Goodno) LaFluer

Kelly (Quick) Crowe

Cynthia (Warn) Martin

Russell Anderson

Lynn Baber

Dave Budde

Linda Connolly

David Duncan

Robin Elkington

Sara Friedt

Patrick Hokanson

Patricia Lenoch

Lori Lieurance

Paul Martin

Richard McGill

Jennifer Moore

Amy Nietz

Dorothy Nix

Lisa Parsons

Marvin Philliber

Cathryn Scott

Mohd Siddiqui

Alice Smith

JonathanWangen

1994

Angela (Galvin) Keeling

Theresa (Greenland)

Colwell

Melissa (Griffiths) Alam

Candie (Hazelton)

Anderson

Christina (Maley) Schlichting

Donna (Martin)

Krumpelmann

Marilyn (Stockburger) Wix

Virginia (Yenter) Hoegh

KimberlyAlbers

Michael G. Anderson

KimberlyAnderson

Teri Bakken

BradleyBengtson

Tanya Borseth

Teresa Carlson

Kari Dombrowski

Christina Forsythe

TimothyGallagher

Stefanie Henninger

Nana Manley

David Marchetti

MargaretMarty

Brenda May

Christopher Nichols

Scott Phillips

Amylin Poock

Ben Richards

Jessica Rose

DeberaThalacker

MarcVictoria

JulieVrieze

HongYu

Ruth (Bush) Walden

Alyssa (Dressel)

Battaglia

Laureen (Erlanson) Otto

Renee (Hennen) Brown

Sara (Kipp) Miller

Debra (Lewis) Johnson

Nancy (Senyem) Monson

Cheryl (Wilcox) Stigney

Kimberly Barretta

Mohammad Bashir

Stacie Boland

Jeana Borino

Gary Britton

Connie Budde

Martin Chapman

Ryan Clinton

Leonard Cohen

Lisa Doty

Donald Dow

Molly Goblirsch

Cheryl Hagen

Kui Huang

Amy Hume-Nollette

Fahima Islam

Mark Ketchum

Lynae Kolb

jill Kublie

Jennifer Lamey

Christine Mauss

CynthiaMeyer

Jennifer Owens

Kevin Petersen

Nicole Pratt

Marilyn Ronning

Todd Serfling

Jerilyn Sisk

Stephanie Swanson

Janet Thoma

MelissaWalske

AaronWampach

PaulWaters

PamelaWilson

JenniferYerger

Paul Zielinski

1995

Janis (Card) Beard

Tricia (Casey) Himlie

Shannon (Hall) Small

Kelly Janey) Hyland

Lesli (Jensen) Kissinger

Teresa (Page) Dight

Michelle (Walker)

Kryzer

Abigail (Wilson) McGlasson

Michael Bailey

Trina Beck

Kia Burns

Daniel Draper

Erica Ehlers

Giles Eltgroth

Nicole Emery

JeffreyEngbrecht

Jennifer Gerson

Darla Hamer

Bryan Heintz

Allison Hensel

Adam Himlie

Rogers Kessler

Jorie Luetkebuenger

John Marley

Tammy McAllister

Nicole L. Miller

Sherry Olson

KellyO’Malley

Anne Rietz

Bradley Schrandt

Anna Serafin

David Shore

Brenda Slesinski

Randall Stafslien

KyleWensel

JeffreyWilson

JasonWindsor

GailWindsperger

1996

Donna (Merrell)

Hershey

Melissa Breuer

Rebecca Bruflat

Robert Buerck

Charlotte Calleja

Thomas Dick

Todd Diven

April Forsland

Jeffrey Greer

Kendra Hinton

Mark Jensen

Sean P Johnson

Christine Kabat

Lorien Kendorski

David Lathrop

Shakil Maruf

Lori Mattson

Rocky Mehrkens

Naomi Meyer

Dwain Miller

Bryce Murphy

Stacey Ostrem

Nathaniel Pearson

Jodi Peine

Greg Posewitz

Kristin Pownell

Diane Putzel

Linda Qvarnemark

Diane Schaldach

Amy Stai

Susan Stigman

Dale Straw

Jennifer Tofaha

Erica Truman

JingZhang

1997

Maureen (Decker)

Luthardt

Amy (McPherson) Steck

Cori (Paulson) Jennings

Atique Ahmed

Christopher Dale

Anderson

TracyBergemann

Tami Beyer

Dawn Butson

Amy Czech

Andrea Dickinson

Daniel Gallivan

Jeana Gaura

Martha Hauschildt

Richard Brian Johnson

Kyle Kershasky

Thomas Koch

Hugh Lockerby

Donald Pierce

Michelle Schere

Jonathan Schultz

Mohamed Siddig

Diana Smith

Nicole Solome

ChristopherTerry

StuartVanorny

KristineWacker

ChristyWilm

1998

Patricia (Herbst) Willeman

Kimberly (Nelson) Kent

A.K.M. Alam

Moamar Aldram

Paul Allen

Wanda Berg

Carolyn Bitter

Sara Chapman

Susan Cummings

JeffreyDaggett

Sean Dickinson

Margaret Dix

Kimberly Done

Andrew Dunn

Mary Eckberg

Emily Eichhorn

Amy Ekstrand

Michelle Fanning

Peter Fedorko

Jennifer Finch-Mitchell

Andreya Frank

Andrew Gallion

TimothyGreenway

Shanda Greiner

Cory Groves

Hasitha Handapangoda

Brian Harms

Steven Jordan

Kari Karlstad

Daniel Knudsen

Andrea Knutson

Nelson Kristen

Brian Kurz

Heather Lawson

Donna Lea

Molly Lessman

Kendall Lutzke

Jennifer Meek

Jack Mogren

KimberlyMurphy

Nizar Najjar

Benjamin Nelson

Annette Nelson

Mariah Neville

Yin-Huat Ng

Krischelle OlsonTennessen

Chhomran Ou

Lorrie Pfaff

Jennifer Root

Adam Rosin

Rachel Rozman-Derck

Maren Sand

Ahmed Sayed

Shayla Sileshi

Mong Tam

Gazi Uddin

Pao Vang

Md BazlulWahab

ThomasWentzler

ChadWittkop

Lee Yeo

1999

Heidi (Aderhold) Allen

Kimberly (Pittman)

Johnson

Stephanie (Walters)

Stevens

Martoza Abdullah

Erteza Abdullah

Shantini Adaikkalasamy

Taro Aiga

Ammar Al-Anssi

Jill Atherton

JeremyAug

Benjamin Austin

Nicole Ballingrud

GailBaustad

Michelle Beighton

Kayann Boutell

Angela Bromm

Garrick Burke

Joshua Burt

Lee Chang

Brooke Chowdhury

Anastasia Cole

Pamela Craven

Jay Dee

TimothyDejardin

Kelly Eppen

Sitt-Yong Fong

Kelly Frane

Lisa Frost

Hirokazu Furuuchi

Mara Garcia-Mendoza

Natasha Giese

Scott Goodale

Kathryn Grawien

Joseph Gutsmeidl

Jay Edward Hanson

Amy Haraldson

Josie Helmstetter

Stephanie Henderson

Navada Hillesheim

Sally Jacobson

Leann Johnson

Wendi Johnson

Anna Johnso

Tracy Kidd

Khaled Kousheh

Nicole Kummet

Pui-Shan Kwok

Travis Lettner

Yee Liew

Boon-Swan Lim

Fengyue Lin

GaryLopez

Emmanuel Lujero

Rachel Malsom

Shannon Markoe

Scott Marsh

Kelly Moonan

Andrea Nelsen

Christin Nelson

Daniel Nistler

Shayne Olsen

Megan Parsons

Mustafa Parvez

Gerrie Przybilla

Kyle Raverty

Aaron Richard

Wendi Ruesgen

Takumi Sato

William Shearer

Jennifer Snook

Brian Soderling

Michal Sotola

Leah Steichen

Amanda Strein

Joseph Sullivan

Sara Tessmer

Valerie Thurston

Michael Tichy

Michael Toth

StaceyTrudell

Stephanie Turzinski

CiraVerhage

KelliWehman

CoryWhipkey

KristenWilkens

John Wooi

MelissaWry

MidiYaang

ASM Zunaid

2000

Shannon (Peterson) Tooley

Tamra (Zerr)Werts

Mohammad Al-Quasem

Stephanie Antony

Kevin Bille

Kurt Bills

Kristine Black

Christopher Bloom

Laura Burmeister

Barbara Buswell

Angela Carlson

Kuokkin Chang

Stephen Cibulka

Carlyn Cooper

Andrew Cosgrove

Sarah Doerr

Chad Dull

Rachel Fewell

Belinda Fong

Tonya Freymiller-Hazen

Kara Fuller

Shih Gan

Nicole Gebheim

Joelle Gibson

Jerron Grapes

jill Hatfield

Brian Herrmann

Melissa Hinote

Melinda Huber

Darren Huisman

Syed Husain

Jennifer Isenor

Mainul Islam

Khalid Islam

BradleyJanusiak

Heidi Johnson

Tamara Johnson

Melissa Keen

Paula Kester

Andrew Kubas

Mura Kunas

Sau Lai

KoktsueyLeang

Carey Lee

Martin Lepak

Jomo Lumumba

Jose Malave

Jane Mann

Misty Martin

Deborah Martinson

Brian McMahon

Thomas Meersman

Tracy Meier

Jamie Meyer

Stacy Moore

Tara Mrozinski

Lindsey Murray

Brenda Myrfield

Colleen Neitz

Teeyong Ng

Fodhil Nkurlu

Jason North

Eric Olsen

Jason Peterson

Mohammed Rahim

Ben Savitt

Sarah Schubert

Alexey Shanin

Margaret Sharpe

Jenny Skistad

Katrina Sobczak

RobertStuber

Ryan Sweeney

Poi-See Tan

Afreen Tauhid

Michael Thern

Carisa Ulrich

Emily Untiedt

AngelaWall

KristenWascoe

Lee Weiming

TravisWerts

DiliniWijesooriya

MarkWilke

NathanielWilson

HeidiWolf

AngelinaWong

Alumni DonorWeekend

April 27 & 28, 2001

As the days grow longer, the time grows shorter to make plans to attendthis year’s annual Alumni/DonorWeekend! Showyour school spiritby wearingpurple at Fridaymorning’s dedication ofthe new campus fountains. Tour the campus and see all the wonderful changes since your last visit. Socialize with friends and former professors. Shop forWSU

Friday, April 27

10:00 a.m.

11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Dedication of new campus fountains.

Annual Donor Luncheon Kryzsko Commons Purple Rooms

Everyone is invited to attend this function in honor of our donors $10perperson

memorabilia in the bookstore. Reminisce with classmates about yourWinona State University days. And don't forget ifyou are a member ofthe Class of 1951 or 1961, it’s time for your big 50th or 40th Reunion when you and your classmates will receive special recognition throughout the weekend.

Saturday, April 28

7:30 a.m.

8:30 a.m. 9:30 a.m.

9:30 a.m.-11:30a.m.

1:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

3:00 p.m.-4:30p.m.

4:30 p.m. - 6:00p.m.

“Fountains and Flora Tour” Come and learnabout area wild flowers from former WSU Professor, Joe Emmanuel. Tour the groundsandgreenhouses. Moderate walking.Some transportationavailable.

Bookstore

lower level of Kryzsko Commons

Watkins Artgallery main floorof Watkins Hall

RegistrationandWelcome Back Reception WSU Alumni House 227West Seventh.

Noon - 2:00p.m.

Early Bird Walk Visitor's Center

Huff & Highway 61 Walk small lake. 7.8 miles

ContinentalBreakfast Alumni House 227 West Seventh

“StainedGlassBus Tour”

Departs from Alumni House Tour oflocalstained glass “studio. Watch an artistat oea Ledbyformer Professor dim Erickson.

Kryzsko

Purple Rooms

Everyoneis invited to thisevent inhonorof ouranniversary classesof1961and 1951. $10 per person.

"Catch the Spirit” and join faculty, staff, and students by wearing your purple shirts in support of the school color.

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Alumnus Profile: Wally Blase ’92

From WSU to the NBA

Training with the Atlanta Hawks were bothered every day by kids wanting to get their foot in the door. ButI kept calling back everyweek, and finallyChip Schaeffer, head trainer for the Bulls, who would become my biggest influence in pro sports, asked me to come down. He told me where I needed to go as a young trainer and also suggested grad school something I wasn’t too keen on.”

Wally’s phone calls and visits eventuallypaid off an invitation came to work at the Bulls’ training campus for two to three weeks unpaid. “I got along well with the coaches and players,”Wally says, “and stayed for the whole season. I worked the visiting team locker room picking up towels and water bottles, whateverjob was needed.”

2:00p.m.

6:00 p.m.

7:30 p.m.

Anniversary Class Kryzsko Commons $12 per person

“A Touch of Renaissance” WSU Madrigal Student Singing Group directed by Dr. Harry Mechell

Make your reservation by e-mail to DDICKENSON@WINONA.MSUS.EDU or call 507-457-5027 or 1-800-CHAT-WSU

ClassPhotographsfollowluncheon ~—Crt—eEBE

2:30 p.m. -3:30p.m. Guie

2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Bookstore.

Hospitality Room

Courtyard at Quality Inn Hors d'oeuvres compliments of Alumni Society. No host bar.

4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Free time

6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

6:00 p.m.

7:00 p.m.

8:00 p.m.

Recognition Banquet Riverport Best Western Hotel Highway 61/43

Reception (no host bar)

Dinner ($75perperson)

Ceremony

Everyone is invited to this event in honor of our Alumni Award recipients and new members of the Cornerstone and 1858 Societies.

Through a Bulls player,Wally was introduced to Tim Green, an assistant trainer with the Chicago Bears, who toldWally what he still did not want to hear go to graduate school. “Tim recommended Syracuse University, which has a very demanding program that’s one of the best in the country. For a chance to workfor the Bears, I would do anything they said. The Bulls were in the playoffs, so I watched them play theKnicks in NewYork, then flew up to Syracuse for an interview. Before I knew it, I was enrolled.”

After earning his Master’s in Physical Education in 1996, Wally found himself in a familiar spot unemployed and back living with Mom and Dad. “Whenever I had a free moment, I'd hang out at the Bulls facility. It was that famous year, when they had just gone 72-10 and Michael Jordan returned. I finished out the season working with them, watched the championship and continued to send out resumes. The Bulls floated me a quarter-share of their playoffmoney, which I used to pay offmy student loans and car payment. Spring rolled into fall and I was still withouta job. Athletic training is a tough field to break into. Finally the Bears had an opening and I went in for interview. The Bulls asked me why I wanted to leave. I had hung around so much, theyjust assumed I worked for them when in reality I was just coming in every day without pay to get experience for my resume. They ended up creating a position for me and this time I was paid. Altogether, I was with the Bulls for seven years, until I landed the job with the Hawks last summer. That was the year when the NBA had the largest number ofopenings ever, and a good friend recommended me to the Hawks GM and head coach. It’s a great organization and I love Atlanta which is a lot warmer than Minnesota, Chicago, or Syracuse. How many people get to do in life what theyreally want to do?

I’m one ofthe lucky ones.”