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Redesigning the mundane: An aesthetically pleasing fire extinguisher

Over his 20 years in the construction business, Kevin Kozlowski ’95 saw architects create the same problem over and over. Finally, he envisioned a solution.

Luther names new vice president for finance and administration

Luther College President Paula Carlson has announced the appointment of Eric Runestad as vice president for finance and administration, beginning July 1.

Ellingson works among the features of Friday art crawl

The St. Cloud Art Crawl is featuring a sale of works created by the late Bill Ellingson, who was a well-known local artist, printmaker and St. Cloud State University professor.

Robinson named deputy Sarasota Police chief

St. Cloud State Public Safety Executive Leadership graduate student earned the position of deputy chief of the Sarasota Police Department.

Local artist exhibits at Blaine City Hall

David R. Smith exhibits his watercolors and Asian brush paintings June 1-27 at Blaine City Hall during an art show sponsored by Blaine Arts Council.

GenCyber aims to build cyber security workforce

Northland students learn about cyber security as part of the CyberCore community scholarship grant St. Cloud State is partnering on with Century College and Lake Superior College.

College baseball: SCSU's Jurgella hopes to get drafted

The awards continue to come in for St. Cloud State catcher Michael Jurgella. He is finding out about them as he tries to secure a spot at the next level of baseball. He attended a tryout camp for the Minnesota Twins on Thursday at Target Field in Minneapolis. Earlier in the week, he took part in ...

Making 'cosplay' costumes is stuff of dreams for three Twin Cities women

Rae Lundquist of Minneapolis has had good clients and bad clients. Among the worst of the worst: older women ordering traditional wedding gowns for their daughters or their daughters-in-law.

Intercontinental St. Paul-Riverfront hotel latest Mille Lacs Band venture

By September, the frayed-edged Crowne Plaza Hotel on St. Paul’s downtown Mississippi riverfront will reopen as the overhauled and gleaming InterContinental St. Paul-Riverfront, two years after the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe acquired it and the nearby DoubleTree by Hilton for about $35 million from an absentee owner.

Avon brothers still writing unlikely script

Both Dick Glatzmaier (SCSU Class of ’74) and Jim Glatzmaier (Class of ’75) went on to play baseball at St. Cloud State, where Jim also played football. They remain big Huskies baseball supporters, and established the Joe & Marie Glatzmaier Baseball Scholarship which is awarded annually at SCSU.

Arnie Anderson and the Stoney Brook Fiddlers at Nisswa-stämman

The Nisswa¬stämman is highlighting Arnold Anderson ’69, and his group, Stoney Brook Fiddlers. The 16th annual Nisswa-stämman Scandinavian Folk Music Festival will be June 12-13 at the Nisswa Pioneer Village.

Matt Hendricks travels overseas but helps at home

Former Blaine Bengal and St. Cloud State Husky is a pretty patriotic guy, so when he got the call to be Captain of Team USA at the IIHF World Championships, it was the thrill of a lifetime.

Mulford named new PTCC president

Kanabec County Times — Pine Technical and Community College’s next president, Joe Mulford ’95, will start on July 1, but he spent May 27 meeting with community members and college staff in Pine City.

Business people: Moving up

George Wilkes ’81 is the new president of American Time & Signal, a Dassel company that bills itself as the world’s largest manufacturer of system clocks and wireless-clock systems and market leader in integrated time solutions for education, healthcare, government and manufacturing organizations.

4 with bone marrow cancer prepare for Relay for Life

Mary (Brennan) Michaud ’84 is one-fourth of a fundraising team of cancer survivors called the Marrow Maniacs.

Friedrich Park request includes more land, amenities

Adding more land and creating more opportunity to utilize Friedrich Park are key to St. Cloud’s request for bonding dollars.

VFW member expects 'joy' at monument dedication

Lt. Col. Jeff Howe ’98, Minnesota Army National Guard logistics officer, spoke at the St. Cloud Area Metropolitan Veterans Council Memorial Day parade and ceremony.

Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf tells grads to 'fall in love with mistakes'

Well Fargo CEO John Stumpf ’76 told graduates of the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota that in order to transition from knowledge to wisdom, they’ll need to make some mistakes.

What's it like ... to teach drivers 55 and older?

Wit, a grasp of statistics and ability to relate to an audience seem to be prerequisites for teaching driving courses to seniors.

Memorial Day memories: A time to serve, not play

George Smilanich ’49, the son of a miner, became a tank driver. His armored division helped Gen. George Patton race English Gen. Bernard Montgomery across Sicily. From there he went to Europe, where he landed on Omaha Beach three days after D-Day.

New name, new attitude: Youth band gets back to basics

This summer, the St. Cloud-area youth marching band has a new name, and a new mission: Forget about competition; it’s about fun.

Sauk Rapids-Rice 5th grade teacher retiring after working in district since 1971

Christenson is a 5th grade teacher at Mississippi Heights Elementary School and is retiring this spring. She says she decided to be a teacher at an early age and that it’s one of the most rewarding jobs out there.

Bruce Mohs: Choose your communication tool — debate or dialogue?

I’ve learned to differentiate between debate and dialogue from observing the work of Eddah M. Mutua, associate professor of intercultural communication at St. Cloud State University.

SCSU grad's best life lesson: Always choose happiness

It’s an honor to stand here today. I’ve been dreaming of this moment for a while now.

Math titan earns accolades for teaching, caring at Tech

The Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology honored Robert Boatz ’75 with its outstanding teacher award earlier this month.

 
 
 
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