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Spring 2014: President’s Message / Building Up to a New Landmark in Science
Thomas Kunkel
President Tom Kunkel reflects on the ongoing process of constructing the Gehl-Mulva Center, especially during Wisconsin winters.
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Summer 2014: President’s Message / Enjoying the Conversation
Thomas Kunkel
President Thomas Kunkel reflects on the impactful guest speakers that St. Norbert College has hosted and all of the important perspectives and lessons these speakers have brought to the table.
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Fall/Winter 2014: Innovation Leads the Way
Tom Kunkel
President Tom Kunkel reflects on some of the ways that St. Norbert College continues to adapt and innovate.
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Spring 2014: Alumni Profile/Hunting for Stories, Fishing for Tales
Jeff Kurowski
Bill Sherck ’94 is thankful for the good advice he received from a couple of sources. Twelve years ago, his career was at a crossroads. Sherck, who studied mass communication at St. Norbert, was looking for a marketing or public relations position when a former colleague encouraged him to stay true to his talents.
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Spring 2014: Personally Speaking/Transcending Space
Krissy Lukens
Krissy Lukens served as the technology resource teacher at Parkview Middle School in Ashwaubenon, Wis., before joining the teacher education department at St. Norbert in 2000. In her new role as director of academic technology, she is responsible for the leadership and management of academic and instructional technology initiatives and operations for the college.
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Spring 2014: Two Brothers, One Calling
Katrina Marshall
On the Feast of St. Augustine, De Pere Norbertine Frater Michael professed Simple Vows at St. Norbert Abbey. Fewer than four weeks before, Christopher, of the Congregation of Holy Cross, had professed First Vows at his novitiate in Cascade, Colo. The Brennan brothers are both on track to become priests within the next few years.
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Summer 2014: Play Ball
MaryBeth Matzek
Sister Tony Ann Palmero, S.S.S.F., and her teammates playing in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League had no idea they were making history. They were just having fun. The league and its players – who were recognized by the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1988 – later inspired Penny Marshall’s 1992 hit movie, “A League of Their Own.”
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Fall/Winter 2014: Is It Worth It?
Paul Nicolaus
A reflection on the growing changes in higher education and what that means for enrollment, ultimately addressing the question, "Is college worth it?"
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Fall/Winter 2014: Straight to the Source
Paul Nicolaus
In order to better understand the value a St. Norbert College education brings to the table, the office of institutional effectiveness developed a survey to pick the brains of those who seem best equipped to offer their thoughts on the matter: the individuals who have experienced and paid for an education at St. Norbert.
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Summer 2014: Personally Speaking/Keeping the Sabbath Well
Karen Park
SNC Religious Studies professor Dr. Karen Park discusses her sabbatical experience and connects it to a religious sabbath.
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Fall/Winter 2014: Treasure/Windows to the Past
Brian Pirman
Brian Pirman tells about the windows he designed for the new Dale's Sports Lounge in Michels Commons, and the invitation from the Rev. Jim. Neilson, O.Praem., ’88 that began the process of creating them.
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Spring 2014: Core Strength
Kevin Quinn
SNC professor Kevin Quinn reflects on core curriculum, courses, and preparing students for life after college and finding a career.
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Spring 2014: TRIPS Students Serve with Alumni
Melanie Radzicki MacManus
Through the college’s TRIPS service break program, education students can now sign on to work with St. Anthony’s teachers during their winter or spring break. The kicker? The school employs an astounding 12 SNC alumni.
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Summer 2014: Responding from the Seat of Wisdom
Trisha Shepherd
The college’s founder, Abbot Bernard Pennings, O.Praem, personified by the bespectacled campus statue in his likeness, is the voice of the quirky Ask the Abbot column, which debuted in 2006. Readers send the abbot all sorts of questions, often about St. Norbert history but occasionally about the abbot himself.
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Spring 2014: Treasure/Right Field for a Baseball Fan
Keith Sherony
Keith Sherony speaks to his vast baseball collection. His collection features balls from Hall-of-Famers, Negro League players, and the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. He collects as a sports enthusiast and economist, using his collection for pleasure and academia.
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Spring 2014: Equally at Home at St. Norbert College
Tom Staley
It was a sense of what’s already in place in the St. Norbert community, along with its evident eagerness to do more, that attracted Amanda Kim to her work at St. Norbert College. The Chicago native is the first incumbent of a new position in the president’s office, where she serves as senior adviser for equity, diversity and inclusion.
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Spring 2014: Never Too Late
Tony Staley
From executive careers to firefighting, acting and museum direction, these St. Norbert alums use their life experiences to keep on giving back.
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Spring 2014: Passages of Art
Tony Staley
Art is more than the images that enrich our lives. Art also records our passages through time and place, says Jesse Borlen ’14. The art history student is exploring the subject through his independent major and through a curated exhibit, “The Passage of Art,” recently on display in the Bush Art Center’s Permanent Collection Gallery. Borlen’s show, chosen from the college’s permanent collections, included a 28-page catalog he researched and wrote.
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A Week of Dance Heralds Season of Innovations in Theatre Studies
St. Norbert College
Opportunities that meld theatre with other art forms are expanding the experience for theatre studies majors this spring. This interdisciplinary approach continues to enrich their academic program, to the benefit of both students and audiences.
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European Experience Enriches Seminar
St. Norbert College
A European Heritage tour designed in association with the Honors Program provided 21 St. Norbert College students with an 11-day adventure through Germany, Austria, and the Czech Republic.
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Fall/Winter 2014: 2014 Alumni Award Winners
St. Norbert College
Profiles of Dr. Dennis W. Engels, John Koker, Kevin DeCleene, and Stephanie Birmingham, who were honored with SNC's Alumni Award in 2014.
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Fall/Winter 2014: Alumni Profile/The Business of Learning
St. Norbert College
Vince Zehren ’48 majored in chemistry as an undergraduate; he earned a master’s in the dairy industry and a Ph.D. in food science and biochemistry from the University of Wisconsin. In 1997, well into his seventies, Zehren added a master’s in business administration from Western Kentucky University. It was an education that supported his vocation: Zehren was born to be a cheesemaker.
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Fall/Winter: 2014: Assist, Protect, Defend
St. Norbert College
Col. Erica Nelson ’90 is the highest-ranking woman of all the military alumni of St. Norbert College, but in student days her path to command was not yet clear. All the same, there is no question in her mind as to when the seeds of leadership were first sown.
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Fall/Winter 2014: Coach Class Works for High Fliers
St. Norbert College
Quality assistants have helped the St. Norbert program rise from humble beginnings to its place as one of the top programs in the nation heading into its fifth season. Head coach Rob Morgan has watched a steady stream of assistants cut their coaching teeth with the Green Knights.
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Fall/Winter 2014: Coaches Contend With a Tough Foe, M.L.S. Project Reveals
St. Norbert College
When Mike Counter M.L.S. ’14 entered the Master of Arts in Liberal Studies program at St. Norbert College, he already had his thesis topic in mind. Counter, director of media relations at the college, chose to explore “Parental Involvement in Children’s High School Athletics” due in part to his 20-plus years in television and radio broadcasting.
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