Campus Duo: Chad & Jenni Walthall

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 […]

Honoring a friend

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 […]

MSUM Foundation participates in #GivingTuesdayNow

456 gifts total $176,806 On May 5, the MSUM Foundation began participating in a global giving day initiative called #GivingTuesdayNow with the hope that if we work together, we can make a difference. Thanks to gifts from the Foundation Board of Trustees, and the many alumni, friends, faculty, staff, and parents that make up our Dragon family, $176,806 from 456 […]

MSUM Foundation welcomes new board members

The MSUM Foundation is proud to welcome four new members to the MSUM Foundation Board. Their terms will begin July 1, 2020. Jeannie Camarillo ’01 (mass communications) began her career at MET, inc. as a service representative and soon grew into a director of sales position at MainStay Suites. In 2007 she stepped into the media word with a job as […]

Jan Mahoney’s Dragon pride runs deep

By Kristin Johnson Although she was never a student at Minnesota State University Moorhead, Jan Mahoney quickly became a member of the Dragon family during her position as VP of Finance and Administration at the university. She deeply enjoyed her time in that role, which began in 2010 and lasted until her retirement a few years later. She got to […]