Before the first class of each semester, Dr. Konrad Czynski carefully studied his roster of students. Upon entering the classroom, the philosophy professor asked students – sometimes as many as 60 of them – to identify themselves. By the end of the class, he’d try to recite their names without a hint. He usually succeeded. Czynski retired from teaching at […]
Daisy Tripp ’20 designs wine label for Paseka School of Business namesake
2020 ‐2021 Student Development Officer Also known as “Dragon Callers,” the student development officer (SDO) will play an instrumental role among a team of fundraisers for the MSUM Foundation. The MSUM Foundation is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that provides $1.3 million annually in scholarship support for MSUM. The primary responsibilities of the SDO will be to call on alumni, build rapport, record updates, […]
By Caitlin Wilts, Marketing Intern MSUM head men’s basketball coach and athletic mentor Chad Walthall and his wife Jenni, senior director of development for the MSUM Foundation, have been a part of the Dragon family for about 10 years. While they work in two different sectors of campus, they have a mutual passion for connecting with students and members of […]
By Kristin Johnson Bobbi (Jarvis) Mason and Greta (Magnuson) Shawstad had an extraordinary friendship. And it started when the elementary education majors met by chance at MSUM in the 1960s. They became friends when alphabetical seating charts forced them to sit by each other in class; their relationship deepened in the years after graduation even as they lived thousands of […]