Dr. Helen Klassen began her career at MSUM in the counseling center in 1989 and transferred to the American Multicultural Studies department in the late 1990s. Klassen was a leader in teaching and mentoring Native students. She was innovative and creative in her use of Anishinaabe cultural traditions in her teaching to engage students and enhance their understanding of course content. Klassen once […]
MSUM’s semester long Alumni Mentorship Program is the first program on any of the Tri-College campuses to connect alumni with current students. The program builds mentoring relationships, and mentors and mentees all have one thing in common: They are dragons. Graduate assistant Jennifer Weil developed the program to keep past and present students connected. Mentor Warren Wiese said, “Mentoring is […]
The Office of Student Activities provides leadership development opportunities through Leading the Way sessions. Students are encouraged to attend the Thursday, March 10 session on “Mentorship: Being a Mentor & Obtaining a Mentor,” led by Jennifer Weil, creator of MSUM’s Alumni Mentorship program. The session starts at 2:30 p.m. in CMU 227. For more information, go to the website. Please […]