Karen Mehnert-Meland recognized with ACUI Emeritus Award
During the Association of College Unions International (ACUI) Awards Ceremony on April 9, Karen Mehnert-Meland received ACUI’s Emeritus Award, which recognizes professionals who are retiring. The Emeritus Award is conferred by the ACUI Board of Trustees. Mehnert-Meland was nominated by Interim Director of the Comstock Memorial Union, Layne Anderson, with support from other professionals in the student affairs field. She plans to retire June 30, 2014.
Mehnert-Meland has served MSUM for 35 years in various capacities. She has spent much of her career serving the Comstock Memorial Union, where she began working part-time as the Assistant Director in 1986. She was named the Director in 1991. She currently serves as the Interim Associate Vice President for Student Affairs.
Throughout her career, Mehnert-Meland has touched the lives of many students, young professionals and colleagues through service to MSUM and ACUI. She has seen the student union through many changes, including staffing changes, departmental and services restructuring, and renovations and upgrades to the building.