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Holsinger-Fuchs appointed to associate vice chancellor at UMC
Pam Holsinger-Fuchs has been appointed associate vice chancellor for student affairs and enrollment management at the University of Minnesota, Crookston (UMC). In this role, she will work to ensure coordination and integration of traditional student affairs services with academic programs and support services to enhance and support student learning. In conjunction with academic affairs, she also will provide leadership in the planning, coordination, promotion and evaluation of recruitment, retention and graduation of students.Holsinger-Fuchs came to UMC in 1996 as director of student activities and service learning, working in this capacity until she was appointed interim vice chancellor in 2005. In her role as associate vice chancellor for student affairs and enrollment management, she will continue to serve as a primary resource for students, faculty, staff and the general public for enrollment and student affairs for the campus.
Community Cookbook raises funds for Athleen Stere Endowed ...
ALTOONA -- Penn State Altoona Staff Advisory Council has created a "Community Cookbook" designed to raise funds for the Athleen Stere Endowed Scholarship Fund. This scholarship benefits students at Penn State Altoona majoring in biology. The Penn State Altoona Community Cookbook includes nearly three hundred recipes submitted by friends and employees of Penn State Altoona. "This is more than a cookbook, however; this is history in the making, a chance to preserve 'the way it was'," said Molly Slep, staff assistant and coordinator of the project. "Inside the front and back covers you will find photos of Penn State Altoona staff and faculty members spanning the years 1968 to present." The College's Staff Advisory Council undertook this project as a way to raise scholarship funds as well as a way to enhance its community of staff, faculty, and alumni.
Casper student performsn in Christmas concert
Robert Rodgers, son of Neil and Connie Rodgers of Casper, performed as a member of the St. Michael's College Chorale in a Christmas concert of "Lessons and Carols," in the college's Chapel of St. Michael the Archangel.Rodgers is a sophomore biology major and sings bass. He is a graduate of Kelly Walsh High School.St. Michael's is a liberal arts residential Catholic college in Colchester, Vt.The widely popular Christmas Lessons and Carols Concert has become one of the highlights of the holiday season in the Burlington area, drawing a standing room only audience to the 1,200-seat chapel. *CASPER STUDENT GOES TO WASHINGTON: Ricardo Lind-Gonzalez, a student at Dean Morgan Junior High School in Casper, was accepted and attended the People to People World Leadership Forum in Washington, D.C., this fall.He was nominated and accepted for the honor based on outstanding scholastic merit, civic involvement and leadership potential.He is the son of Rosario Gumfory-Gonzalez of Evansville.
We are Marshall
This holiday season, a movie sure to tug at the heart strings is the true story of a small town in West Virginia struggling to cope with the death of its college football team. A Quincy native was one of those who perished in that plane crash. Now, those close to him share his remarkable story. The movie “We are Marshall" portrays a real life tragedy with ties to our area. A plane crashed in 1970, killing almost the entire team of football players and coaches from Marshall University. One of the players who perished was Quincy Native David Debord. "It was hard to take. You never expected it and you say, ‘maybe he wasn't on the plane'. When the news came and we knew he was one of them, it was hard," says Donald Morris.
Long-Distance Connection
BRANDON - Like so many others serving overseas in the military, Brandon's John Thies will not be home next week to share Christmas with his family. But since he has been in the service for nearly 22 years, it's a situation the Thies family has accepted and grown accustomed to. "He loves what he does, and you can't keep him out of it," said his wife of 19 years, Jill Thies. "He could've retired last year, but I wouldn't be surprised if he keeps re-enlisting and do 30 years." Thies is currently serving in Iraq as a master sergeant in the U.S. Army's Special Operations Command. He also recently missed his 19th wedding anniversary, a church play that his 13-year-old daughter, Mackenzie, performed in, and, much to his chagrin, something he never will get to witness again: his oldest daughter, Megan, competing in the state cross country championships.
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