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  Fall/Winter 2021: Obituaries: Remembering St. Norbert Alumni

  St. Norbert College

  Our alumni, spread across the nation, have indelibly left their mark in their communities. In our magazine’s Alumni Notes section we proudly feature their contributions and honor their lives. The following obituaries appear here pending print publication in the Spring 2022 issue of St. Norbert College Magazine, which appears in March.

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  Fall/Winter 2021: Race to Success

  St. Norbert College

  Cam Fuller, who joined SNC in June after spending the previous eight years as the Horizon League’s assistant commissioner for competition, branding and sponsorship, has set plenty of lofty goals for himself on the job as well.

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  Fall/Winter 2021: Seasonal Stories from SNC

  St. Norbert College

  The holiday season is a time that evokes many memories. As we prepared this issue, we enjoyed paging through some past favorites from our stories of the season. We hope you’ll relish this nostalgic Christmas medley, too!

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  Fall/Winter 2021: Short Takes on a Long History

  St. Norbert College

  Notes, trivia, facts and ways to find out more: a sampling from a worldwide order with a storied history.

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  Fall/Winter 2021: St. Norbert Abbey Opens Its Doors to Afghan Refugees

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  The staff and Norbertines of St. Norbert Abbey welcomed eight refugees in November, providing them with clothes, food and warm beds. For the refugees, this is the end of their journey from Afghanistan and the start of their new lives in the United States.

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  Fall/Winter 2021: The Woman Who Taught Santa Everything He Knows

  St. Norbert College

  When you need a visit from Santa Claus, you call Susen Mesco ’79. From humble beginnings, training six would-be Kriss Kringles in her living room in how to properly don the red suit, Mesco now organizes, and sometimes participates in, more than 1,300 events every year just in the Denver area. Her career in the business of recruiting and developing Santas has been a whirlwind experience, and she wouldn’t trade it for anything.

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  Spring 2021: Alumni Profile: Directing in the Dark

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  Tim Stoltenberg ’01 is leading Dad’s Garage in Atlanta through the pandemic recovery by balancing online and live improv performances while reflecting on his Wisconsin roots and artistic growth.

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  Spring 2021: A New Abbey for California’s Norbertines

  St. Norbert College

  St. Michael’s Abbey in Silverado, California, opened a new Romanesque-style campus 10 miles from its previous location, continuing the Norbertine priests’ mission of education, parish work, and spiritual formation that began when they fled Hungary in 1950.

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  Spring 2021: A Summer to Celebrate for St. Norbert College’s Oldest Alum

  St. Norbert College

  This July, Dr. Tom Beno ’43 celebrates his 100th birthday. As the physician approaches his century, he will see the second of his granddaughters graduate from his alma mater. Three very different St. Norbert journeys, three very different St. Norbert success stories contribute to this family legacy tale.

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  Spring 2021: A Taste of Life in the Lab

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  Ian Klein ’10 is developing plant-based chemical solutions, starting with vanilla from corn, through Spero Renewables while sharing tips for aspiring scientists.

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  Spring 2021: Ice-Cream Event Celebrates 900th Jubilee as Life on Campus Moves Outdoors

  St. Norbert College

  St. Norbert College marked the Norbertine order’s 900th Jubilee with outdoor events, performances, and celebrations as campus life gradually returned to in-person activities.

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  Spring 2021: Major Foundations Grant Substantial Sums for SNC Initiatives

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  Two new grants from influential national bodies will help fund SNC programs designed to meet community needs.

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  Spring 2021: Two Times Over: Pole Vault Record Falls … Falls Twice, and Falls Again

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  St. Norbert College women’s track and field athletes Sara DeGroot, Grace Kowalkowski, and Emma Sweere broke school records in pole vault and hammer throw, demonstrating teamwork, persistence, and goal-setting.

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  Spring 2021: With a Little Help From Their Friends

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  St. Norbert students are strengthening friendships and community ties through volunteer work, global connections, sports engagement, and civic leadership initiatives.

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  Spring/Summer 2021: A Deep Dive into Freshwater Fish Parasitology

  St. Norbert College

  Logan Elkin ’23 is a biology major and religious studies minor spending the early part of summer before his junior year knee-deep in the scenic waterways of Oregon – all in pursuit of a particular “problem” parasite.

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  Spring/Summer 2021: Alumni Profile/Karen (Fuhs) Rohrer ’88 of Treehouse Children’s Theater

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  Karen (Fuhs) Rohrer ’88 celebrates with the Treehouse community at the opening of the newly remodeled building.

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  Spring/Summer 2021: Beyond Our Expectations

  St. Norbert College

  Daylesford Abbey in Paoli, Pa., launched Springhouse Media during the COVID-19 pandemic to expand spiritual outreach online, including innovative programs like the Rev. John Zagarella’s “Rock the Word 153,” which explores scripture through rock music and has drawn wide public engagement.

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  Spring/Summer 2021: Cara Orbell ’22 is Going Places

  St. Norbert College

  Cara Orbell ’22 started a podcast series that she's kept going through this strange COVID-19-influenced school year. She thought her series was going to be about travel. But in the podcast process – and, simultaneously, through the pandemic – she realized there are all kinds of ways to get where you want to go.

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  Spring/Summer 2021: In a New Kind of Classroom

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  Psychologist Jane Halonen shares lessons from teaching online during the pandemic, emphasizing flexibility, engagement strategies, community-building, and student-centered approaches that can enhance both virtual and hybrid classrooms.

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  Spring/Summer 2021: Major Academic Conference Brings Midwest Parasitologists to St. Norbert

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  St. Norbert plays host to a major scientific convention later this month with the arrival on campus of the 72nd Annual Midwestern Conference of Parasitologists (AMCOP), a regional affiliate of the American Society of Parasitologists.

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  Spring/Summer 2021: Meet the Class of 2025

  St. Norbert College

  The annual snapshot of the incoming freshmen class.

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  Spring/Summer 2021: Peru Students Blaze New Paths to SNC

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  Peruvian students JP Linares and Jaime Morales adapted to a virtual first year at St. Norbert College due to COVID-19, finding support through hybrid learning, faculty understanding, and athletics, and are now thriving in-person while embracing campus community and volunteer opportunities.

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  Spring/Summer 2021: Schreiber Foods Gift Powers After-School Tutoring Program

  St. Norbert College

  A Schreiber Foods grant allows St. Norbert College’s Sturzl Center to continue its Growing Stronger Together after-school tutoring program, helping at-risk elementary students while providing education majors hands-on training in literacy, social-emotional learning, and resilience-building.

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  Spring/Summer 2021: SNC Philosopher Achieves Publishing Double: Both Oxford and Cambridge Have Brought Out His Recent Work

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  Eric Hagedorn (Philosophy) has published translations and scholarly work on William of Ockham with both Cambridge and Oxford, exploring the medieval thinker’s contributions to ethics, free will, and the separation of church and state, while emphasizing the contemporary relevance of philosophy for critical thinking and ethical decision-making.

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  Spring/Summer 2021: SURF Program Goes International

  St. Norbert College

  Maria Soledad Yanqui-Rivera, a medical student from Ecuador, became the first international student to participate in St. Norbert College’s Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program, overcoming COVID-related challenges and visa hurdles to conduct hands-on research on E. coli while gaining cross-cultural and laboratory experience.