Mount Marty Update Fall 2010

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Celebrates 50 Years

summer/Fall 2010

An Inside look at the MMC nursing Program | new nurse Anesthesia Building opens

GPAC CHAMPIonslancer Baseball Has Record-Breaking season

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send your responses to Jen Moser, MMC Alumni director, [email protected].

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Summer/Fall 2010

summer/Fall 2010 editionUpdate, a Mount Marty College Alumni publication, is published to share information and updates on alumni, programs, activities and needs of the college. Send class notes and information updates to: Mount Marty College, Jen Moser, Alumni Director, 1105 W. 8th St., Yankton, SD 57078.

Phone: 605-668-1286, Fax: 605-668-1240,e-mail: [email protected].

Contributors:Sheila Kuchta, Editor Stephanie Schultz, Contributing WriterLoretta Sorenson, Contributing WriterJennifer Moser, Alumni DirectorSister Aidan Bourke, Alumni VolunteerJamie Ridgway, Publication Manager

4 From the President10 Nurse Anesthesia Program Gets New Campus 12 Moser Takes Reigns as New Alumni Director13 MMC Launches First Collegiate Archery Program in State 14 MMC Baseball’s Journey to the GPAC Championship21 Nursing Program Celebrates 50 Years 44 Distinguished Alumni Honored During Reunion 46 Honor Roll of Donors

Summer/Fall 2010

21nursing ProgramCelebrates 50 Years

14 lancers Win GPACBaseball Championship

The Alumni Publication of Mount Marty College

In eveRY Issue

5 Campus Happenings

18 Alumni spotlight

19 Athletic updates

36 Class notes

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4 Mount Marty Update

Campus Happenings

Dear Alumni and Friends,

I am truly enjoying my return to Mount Marty College to serve as Interim President. Having served in this capacity in 2001-2002, in many ways, it was a homecoming for my wife Joan and me. The Sisters at the Monastery and so many great faculty and staff remain totally committed to this fine institution.

Soon Mount Marty will have a new President but between now and then we will move forward in developing new curricular offerings, Marian Auditorium renovation, plans for moving the sciences and nursing to the former library, and embarking on a major capital campaign. The campaign will include provisions for much needed scholarship funds and growth in endowment.

Privately funded institutions such as Mount Marty must rely upon the generosity of alumni and friends to grow and prosper. As we continue to strengthen the college’s future, we thank you for your past support and ask you to assist the institution in its continued development. Mount Marty offers an excellent educational experience for its students. With your assistance, the institution will continue its long tradition of excellence.

Sincerely,

Dr. Carrol KrauseInterim President

From The President

Mount Marty’s Presidential Search Committee will be conducting interviews this fall. More information is available online

at www.mtmc.edu/president.

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Chautauqua Teams up With national Players’ Tour

Mount Marty College presented this year’s Chautauqua experience in conjunction with the National Players Tour in February. Audiences were treated to William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing and William Golding’s Lord of the Flies. Both productions were held in Marian Auditorium.

In its 60th anniversary season, National Players brings innovative and accessible productions to audiences across the country, introducing audiences to great works of dramatic literature that are rich in exciting stories and characters, and profound in language and themes.

Campus HappeningsA Cappella Group Makes ‘smooth’ Moves Throughout spring semester

Mount Marty College’s a cappella group ‘Smooth Benediction’ competed in the International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella (ICCA) quarterfinals in January this year. They competed at Michigan State University against seven other Division I universities.

This competition is the only international tournament that showcases the art of student a cappella singing. The program is dedicated to providing top-notch collegiate a cappella groups with valuable feedback from highly qualified judges. It provides young vocalists with the opportunity to showcase their talent to an international audience while developing relationships with each other, cultivating not only the art of a cappella singing but also a lifelong love of music.

‘Smooth Benediction’ also joined Tonic Sol Fa, an Emmy-nominated a cappella group, at a concert in the Washington Pavilion in Sioux Falls in February. The concert was a fund-raiser for the Gift of Hope Endowment, which supports ministry to people experiencing grief, loss, or abuse through programs at Catholic Family Services.

Members of the group include Anna Bronemann (Harrold, SD), Micaela Rausch (Big Stone City, SD), Heidi Swanke (Sioux City, IA), Alexis Perry (Reliance, SD), Crystal Oberg (Artesian, SD), Gina Emanuel (Schuyler, NE), Bethany Bakker (Marshall, MN), Jordan Foos (Pickstown, SD), Joey Stahl (Onida, SD), Isaac Beeck (Akron, IA), Tyler Vela (Fritch, TX), Patrick Heisterkamp (Onawa, IA), Vince Humble (Bode, IA) and Kalib Heeren (Akron, IA). The group is under the direction of Dr. Sean Vogt.

schilling/Juffer Crowned 2010 Homecoming Royalty

Cody Juffer of Wagner, SD and Kelly Schilling of Wessington, SD were crowned the 2010 Lord and Lady Marben during Mount Marty College’s annual homecoming ceremony on

the Mount Marty campus in February.

From The President


MMC Math students Present Research Papers

Theater Casts Pulitzer Prize-Winning drama

The MMC Theatre presented the dramatic play Rabbit Hole as their spring production. Written by David Lindsay-Abaire, the 2007 Pulitzer Prize-winning drama tracked the story of how a life-shattering accident turned the lives of a small family upside-down.

The five-member cast included (back row left to right): Sarah Klug (St. Helena, NE) as Izzy, Steven Hoff (Omaha, NE) as Jason Willette, (front row left to right) Lisa Keogh (Stuart, NE) as Becca Corbett, Jordan Foos (Scotland, SD) as Howie Corbett, and Bethany Bakker (Marshall, MN) as Nat.

Andy Henrickson, Associate Professor of Speech & Theatre, directed Rabbit Hole with scenic and lighting design by Stephen English, MMC Theatre’s Designer/Technical Director, and costume design by Keryl Brady.

The production was entered in the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF). Lisa Keogh and Jordan Foos were selected to compete.

Garrity donates Booksto MMC library

The Mount Marty College Library is proud to showcase a special collection

of books that were recently given to the College. Richard A. Garrity, nephew

of Sister Evangeline Anderson from Sacred Heart Monastery, donated a

collection of books consisting of: The 100 Greatest Books of All Time (100

volumes), The First Edition Society (70 volumes), Signed Great Books of Our Time (60 volumes) and Signed First

Editions (78 volumes).

Garrity wanted his collection to be available to the college and the Yankton

community. His gift was put in place to honor Sister Evangeline and her

lifetime dedication and service to the development of academic standards at Mount Marty College. Pictured above

are Sister Evangeline and Sandra Brown, Mount Marty Library Director.

Three Mount Marty College students presented mathematics research papers at the 2010 annual Nebraska/SE South Dakota Mathematical Association of America sectional meeting in April at the University of South Dakota in Vermillion.

The paper presented by Briana Fiegen, Dell Rapids, SD and Trey Krier, Sioux Falls, SD was based on summer 2009 research under the direction of Mount Marty College professor, Dr. Leo Udod. Research for their paper, “Resting Potential Formation on the Axon Membrane,” was sponsored by BRIN (Biomedical

Research Infrastructure Network).

Also presenting at this meeting was Cody Juffer, Wagner, SD. The title of his presentation was, “π, The Unconquered Number.”

All three presenters are math-secondary education majors who graduated in May. Sister Bonita Gacnik, the Director of the Mount Marty College Mathematics Department, along with two other senior mathematics majors, Mary Kuai, Rochester, MN and Erin Walter, Yankton, SD also attended the conference.

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Golf Classic Raises $35,000

Mount Marty College’s 26th annual Golf Classic was held at Hillcrest Golf and Country Club in Yankton on May 19. The Golf Classic, rescheduled due to rain the week before, still had a great turnout with 128 golfers. The annual golf tournament fund-raiser raised $35,000 for scholarships, academic resources and campus improvements at the college.

The afternoon golf outing was followed by an awards dinner sponsored by First Dakota Trust and Investment. “We are fortunate to have such great support from the community for our tournament,” said Sheila Kuchta, tournament director. “From the dinner to hole sponsorships, trophies, tournament gifts, and prizes, area businesses contribute greatly to our success.”

On the women’s side, the championship team was comprised of Yavonne Slowey, Lisa Berry, Sandy Brandt and Jennifer Dietrich. Members of the runner-up team were Peggy Frank, Anne Meyer, Lynette Bruening and Penny Porter. For the men, the championship team included Msgr. James Andraschko, Bert Olson, Lance Frederickson and Mark Kahler. Members of the runner-up team were Heath Larson, Jae Koletzky, Matt Tereshinski and Aaron Hansen.

Women’s championship team left to right: Slowey, Brandt, Berry, and Dietrich.

Men’s championship team left to right: Fredrickson, Olson, Kahler, and Msgr. Andraschko.

Wenande namedMother Jerome scholar

MMC student Joshua Wenande, Mitchell, SD, was recently selected as the Mother Jerome Schmitt Presidential Scholar for 2010-2011.The prestigious full

tuition scholarship is awarded to a senior based on scholastic achievement, participation and contribution to the academic and civic community, along with faculty recommendations.

Wenande is a 4.0 GPA nursing student with aspirations of becoming a nurse anesthetist in the future. He plays baseball for Mount Marty College and is active in a variety of campus organizations including Student Government Association, Nursing Club, and the Mission Committee. He has also served as an Orientation Leader, Ambassador, and volunteers at the local Banquet.

New SGA Officers Named

The new Student Government Association officers for the 2010-2011 school year were announced in May. Officers from left to right: Brandon Frey, St. Peter, Minn., public relations representative; Ashton Walter, Howard, S.D., vice president; Jordan Foos, Pickstown, S.D., public relations representative; Sarah Crosgrove, Ponca, Neb., public relations representative; Daniel Filsinger, Clearwater, Neb., treasurer; Aaron Manahan, Wheat Ridge, Col., secretary; and Joey Stahl, Onida, S.D., president.


nursing Program Receives Grant

Mount Marty College’s Nursing Program recently received a grant of $4,757 from the Benedictine Health Foundation

to purchase equipment for the nursing department.

Kelly Kathol, Executive Director of the Benedictine Health Foundation presented a check for $4,757 to Sister

Esther Holzbauer, Assistant Professor of Nursing and Dr. Jacqueline Kelley, Division Chair and Director of Nursing

at Mount Marty.

2010 Paddlefish now Available

Mount Marty College’s national literary journal, Paddlefish, is now available. The journal’s fourth edition includes several of MMC students’ award-winning works including fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and media arts. With witty and amusing stories that actually happened in

real life such as “Existentialism and the Orange Chair” by Stephanie Schultz (Lakefield, Minn.), and serious but hopeful fiction stories like “Another Chance” by Brian Teel (Yankton, S.D.), to poetry that delves into American heritage and culture like “A Day Spent at Catholic Boarding School” by Ursula

Estes (Mission Hill, S.D.), Paddlefish 2010 is a great read. The media arts section of the journal also awarded winners for their submissions: Stephanie Schultz in motion graphics, and Bethany Bakker (Marshall, Minn.) in still graphics. Paddlefish was founded in 2007 by Assistant Professor of English, Dr. Jim Reese. Students and authors throughout the United States and the world submitted their works to the journal. Paddlefish is edited by Editor Jim Reese, Associate Editors James Simmons and Dana DeWitt, and Media Arts Editor Shane Miner, along with selected Mount Marty College faculty and students. Students play a major role in the journal’s publication; and in turn, they gain hands-on editing and publishing experience. Over 2000 submissions were received for the 2010 issue, and media arts submissions are included in the online version of Paddlefish. Information on how to purchase and to see the media arts section, please visit www.mmcpaddlefish.com

lovell Receives Top Cadet Award

diaz named “Ranger of the Week”The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Gavins Point Dam named Mount Marty College senior Hector Diaz “Ranger of the Week” this June.

Diaz, South Sioux City, Neb., is majoring in recreation management with a minor in business administration.

Cadet Carolyn Lovell from Mount Marty was selected as recipient of the George C. Marshall Award being the top cadet from the University of South Dakota ROTC Battalion in 2010. MMC provides students with the opportunity to participate in ROTC as a partnership school with the USD ROTC program. Cadet Lovell, of Boston, Mass., became Second Lieutenant Lovell on May 8, during commencement and commissioning ceremonies at MMC.

The George C. Marshall Award is presented annually to the top cadet in each of the nation’s 273 Army Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) Battalions. The cadets are further recognized by attending the George C. Marshall Conference held each year in Washington, D.C. Lieutenant Colonel Tom Martin presented Second Lieutenant Carolyn Lovell the George C. Marshall Award this past spring.

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spring Commencement HonorsTwo Alums with Honorary doctorates

This year’s spring commencement honored 91 graduates and two honorary doctorate recipients in the presence of family, friends, faculty, staff, administration, and fellow students. The graduates were from both the Yankton and Watertown campuses, as well as the Yankton Federal Prison Camp.

Alumnus, Dr. Mary D. Moller, gave the commencement address and received an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters during the graduation ceremony. Sister Ann Kessler, OSB also received an Honorary Doctorate.

Dr. Mary D. Moller, DNP, APRN, PMHCNS-BC, CPRP, FAAN is an Associate Professor at the Yale University School of Nursing where she is the Specialty Director for Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing. She is an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse dually certified as a clinical specialist in adult psychiatric-mental health nursing and a psychiatric rehabilitation practitioner.

Dr. Moller received her Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing from Mount Marty College in 1971; her Master’s Degree in Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing from the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing in 1982; and her Doctor of Nursing Practice Degree from Case Western Reserve University in 2006. She has authored or co-authored over 40 articles and book chapters, produced an award-winning videotape series, and made over 800 professional and research presentations in 44 states and internationally since 1980. In 2008 Dr. Moller was inducted as a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing. She is currently the President of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association.

Dr. Moller and her husband, Chuck, reside in New Haven, Conn. They have two grown sons, Brock and Scott, and one grandson, Braden.

An Aberdeen, S.D. native, Sister Ann Kessler, OSB began her pursuit of higher education at Mount Marty College where she received a Bachelor’s of Arts degree in History and Social Sciences in 1953. She then received a Master’s Degree in History from Creighton University, Omaha, Neb., in 1957 and a Ph.D. from Notre Dame University in 1963.

Sister Ann’s teaching career at Mount Marty College began in 1962 as a Professor of History and Political Science, a position she held for 37 years both as a full-time and subsequent part-time professor. She served as Academic Dean at Mount Marty from 1963-1965 and later served as visiting Professor of History at Marquette University in Milwaukee 1969-1970. She returned to teaching at Mount Marty College as Professor of History and Social Science in 1970. Sister Ann also taught criminal justice and geography and lectured extensively to many different groups on church history and monastic history.

In addition to her commencement honors, Sister Ann was inducted into Mount Marty College’s Athletic Hall of Fame this spring for her loyal support of Mount Marty athletics and her mentorship of student-athletes throughout her years of teaching.


After leasing space since 1994 for Mount Marty’s nurse anesthesia program located in Sioux Falls, the January 2010 purchase of the old Midco building on west 41st Street has given the program a whole new look. Students and faculty moved into their new headquarters in May.

First year anesthesia students enjoyed finishing up the last few months of the didactic phase of their program in the new facility and shared their enthusiasm as they spent time chatting in one of several new study rooms. “We have so much more community and feel more like a class,” said Trish Thorell, Omaha, Nebraska. Dana Lemnus, Enderlin, North Dakota added, “It gives the whole program a much more professional feel.”

Program director, Dr. Fred Lupien, agrees with students adding, “There is so much more vitality when the students are here after classes, studying and interacting with faculty.”

Mount Marty’s nurse anesthesia program had outgrown its old facility, so the move from cramped quarters on Western Avenue to the 23,500 square foot building at 5001 West 41st Street provides a welcome change to both students and faculty. The classroom setting is much more conducive to learning and will allow for future growth.

Currently 35-40 students participate in the 30-month program that includes 11 months of classroom instruction and guided simulation, followed by a 19-month clinical phase where students complete their studies in hospitals throughout South Dakota, Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota, and Missouri.

According to Lupien, the trend in nurse anesthesia education is to advance programs to the doctoral level within the next 15 years. “Our new building will give us the physical infrastructure needed to make this transition. We look forward to continuing Mount Marty College’s tradition of pioneering nurse anesthesia education by making this change well before the mandatory deadline.”

The wireless facility includes two labs, one 80-person theatre-style classroom, one 40-person theatre-style classroom, three study rooms, a library, and an expansive student lounge area with kitchenette. In addition, there are seven offices for faculty, a conference room, and a large reception area. This does not include the 5,000 square feet of unfinished space for Mount Marty’s College’s future growth. Student Kim James of Colorado shared, “Working in the lab is like a whole new experience. We can work on things as we need because we don’t have to put everything away.” The large new labs include increased workspace to practice on models, a control room to

nurse anesthesia programopens new headquarters in sioux Falls

regulate gasses, a viewing/debriefing room to discuss simulation experiences, and a new anesthesia machine for the operating room simulation.

Outside, the new facility’s 41st Street location provides great accessibility, lots of parking, and the convenience of many housing, shopping, dining, and entertainment options nearby.

As she prepares to move on to her clinical site after spending the summer in the new facilities, student Dana Lemnus, Enderlin, North Dakota, said laughingly, “We’re calling this next class, the lucky class. They’ll even have key cards for the door so that they can have 24-hour access.”

The South Dakota State Association of Nurse Anesthetists will be holding their fall meeting in Sioux Falls (Ramkota Inn) September 24-26th. MMC will host an evening continuing education session on Friday, Sep. 24th starting at 6:00 p.m. The educational session is entitled “What Is the Future of Nurse Anesthesia Education?” After the presentation will be an open house and tours of the building.

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see our new Facilitiesat 5001 W. 41st st. in sioux Falls

Sioux Falls Campus | Anesthesia ProgramBuilding Dedication

Wednesday, October 13th, 2010

Save the DateSave the Date

4:00 Blessing Ceremony 4:30 Chamber Ribbon Cuttingopen House & Tours follow

I have been blessed to have had the opportunity to be the Alumni Director at Mount Marty for the last four years. In my eleven years at the college, I have gotten to know many of the alumni and I continue to be impressed by their loyalty to the college, their tremendous faith and unfaltering love and affections for the Sisters at Sacred Heart Monastery.

It is my great pleasure to announce to the alumni through this letter that Jen Moser is taking the reins as Director of Alumni for Mount Marty. Jen has worked at Mount Marty for the last six years. She and her husband, Ryan, and daughter, Rylie, make Yankton their home. Jen is bursting with great ideas to connect to Mount Marty alumni and wants to concentrate on making the Alumni Association a more viable entity for our younger alumni.

I am now the Director of Development at Mount Marty and will be working with all sorts of gifts for the college, from the Marty Fund, to special projects like the renovation of Marian Auditorium.

If you are interested in having an alumni event in your area, just let Jen know and she will work with you to get that set up. If there is anything else we can do for you, please do contact us on the website; at [email protected]; or 1-800-658-4552, ext. 1286. And send in your news for the Update. We’re all family at Mount Marty and we care about you.

Sincerely,

Chris TudorDirector of Development

Moser Takes Reigns as MMC’s new Alumni director

The Watertown campus of Mount Marty College recently welcomed Eric Schultz to campus as a new enrollment counselor.

Schultz, a native of Irving, Texas, is a graduate of Mount Marty College in Watertown, where he earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Business in 2008 and his Master of Business Administration in 2009.

Prior to earning his degrees, he served a four-year enlistment in

the United States Army as a M1A1 Abrams tank crewman with the 1st Infantry Division, 1st Battalion, 77th Armor Regiment. During his enlistment, he was deployed to Kosovo on a peacekeeping mission for seven months, as well as Iraq for Operation Iraqi Freedom II for 13 months.

He now lives in Watertown with his fiancé, Andrea, and son Camden Curtis.

schultz Returns to Mount Marty as enrollment Counselor

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Mount Marty College Athletic Director, Chuck Iverson, and National Field Archery Foundation Archery Coach, M.J. Rogers, announce the launch of a new U.S. Collegiate Archery (USCA) Program at Mount Marty College this fall. The first one of its kind in South Dakota, the USCA program will offer student-athletes competitive target shooting at a regional and national level. The start-up of this new club program was made possible through a grant from the Easton Sports

Development Foundation Grant Program and the National Field Archery Association Foundation.

According to Rogers, Mount Marty College students will form a co-ed team to compete in a collegiate archery division. “Mount Marty will join the ranks of 70-plus other college programs across the U.S.” Student-athletes will train in their own world-class indoor and outdoor training facility at the Easton Yankton Archery Center. “The Yankton training facility is expanding archery development by welcoming the Mount Marty Lancer archery club,” says Rogers.

The USCA gives college students a chance to learn archery while in college or to continue their archery experience as they graduate from youth archery programs. Its goal is to support and grow college archery programs across the nation. USCA is open to all full-time college students. They compete in tournaments throughout the U.S. in the college division. Each year honors are bestowed on the top athletes, including National Championships, All-Academic Archery Team and All-American recognition. Mount Marty’s program will be affiliated with the National Field Archery Association headquartered in Yankton.

Mount Marty team members will be able to compete in a compound or recurve bow discipline on a regional and national basis dependent on funding and scheduling available. They will also be able to compete locally in amateur level contests. “Student-athletes can enter events held throughout the year at the Yankton Center,” added Rogers.

As a Level IV national coach with Olympic and world event coaching experience under his belt, Rogers brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to Mount Marty’s start-up team. Iverson says, “We are extremely fortunate to have access to a world class coach of archery, as well as some of the best facilities in the nation. Having the national headquarters of the NFAA in Yankton, this just seemed like a great opportunity. We are also very grateful of the cooperation of the NFAA, and especially President Bruce Cull, the Easton Foundation, and National Field Archery Association for helping make this possible.” Iverson went on to say, “And of course, we are very excited about having coach M.J. Rogers lead us in this new venture, not only for his ability to coach the archers, but also his knowledge of the organization, set-up, and the inner workings of starting a new USCA program.”

For the last several years, Mount Marty has offered archery classes as part of a recreation degree program and Rogers says he’s counting on those students to form the nucleus of this first-ever team. “Several students from previous classes are quite accomplished and will really benefit from a full-time program,” he said.

Current and prospective Mount Marty students interested in joining the archery club team should contact Coach M.J. Rogers at the National Field Archery Foundation office, 800 Archery Lane, in Yankton. They may also e-mail [email protected] or call 605-260-9279 for more information.

The new USCA program is open to all Mount Marty students regardless of experience. Students may be eligible for up to five years as long as they maintain a least 12 credit hours per semester. Entry-level equipment will be available as needed.

MMC Launches First Collegiate Archery Program in South Dakota

14 Mount Marty Update Josh Damewood, Photo courtesy of James Cimburek (‘94),Yankton P&D

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As a father and Mount Marty College’s head baseball coach, I feel truly blessed. This has already been an incredible year for me. We won our first GPAC championship and our first conference championship since 1999. The team set a school record with 39 wins and we almost found ourselves playing in the NAIA World Series. While all of this was going on, I received the greatest gift of all with the birth of our third child, Trey Thomas Bernatow.

The GPAC Championship season

This Championship season wasn’t a matter of if, but a matter of when. In 2007 the squad reached the GPAC Tourney Championship and was beat in extra innings. We were so close. In the 2009 GPAC Tourney Championship game, we led heading into the final inning and the last out eluded us on a funny hop. Again, we lost in extra innings and again, we were so close. A good chunk of our 2009 players returned in 2010, so we started with a great foundation.

This year’s team created stories of perseverance, stories of triumph, and stories of incredible performances. These included multiple grand-slams that led us to victories; the GPAC’s first perfect game by pitcher Trey Krier; and one pitcher delivering both a one-hitter and a two-hitter game within a 24-hour time span. All of our extra-inning victories, come-from-behind wins, and situations where our players were able to gun-out runners at the plate, contributed to the eventual GPAC Conference Championship.

With 20 regular season conference wins, a team would normally run away with the title, but the conference was stacked and we were pushed all season. We entered the final weekend of the season with a one game lead in the standings and the University of Sioux Falls, Dakota Wesleyan, Morningside, and us all in contention for the GPAC Championship. We had the University of Sioux Falls hot on our heels and had no margin for error. Friday evening we started undefeated senior ace-pitcher, Trey Krier, who surrendered only one hit in the final inning for the win. After a gutsy pitching performance by junior Nick Huston and an untypical

save by freshman Josh Homme, we pulled off a sweep in the night-cap.

On Saturday, GPAC Player of the Year, Josh Damewood, started us off right by going five innings and leaving a tight ball game with the lead. Jason Schmidt finished the game to secure his tenth save of the season. We were headed into the final game with a championship on the line and a difficult decision ahead of us: Who should be our starting pitcher?

As we headed into this game, we knew that Second-Team, All-American, and GPAC Pitcher of the Year, Trey Krier wanted the ball. Trey had been one of the main forces on our 2007 and 2009 teams, so I didn’t want to let him down, but what we were asking of him seemed impossible. Less than 24 hours removed from throwing the one-hitter against Morningside, he wasn’t pitching as sharp, but still came away with a 10-0 Lancer shutout.

Wow, what a season! After the heartbreak of being so close in previous years, the win felt amazing for me as a coach, but I was most happy for my players. I knew there were many former Lancers smiling about this

as told by Head Coach Andy Bernatow

The Bernatow Family: Steph (pregnant with baby Trey), Andy, Luke and Brooklyn.


well-deserved win.

As a student-athlete at Mount Marty, I was fortunate to play under Lancer Hall of Fame Coach Bob Tereshinski, and we won championships all four years (1996-1999). The self-imposed monkey was off my back and it felt great! I am so proud of the 2010 Lancer team and those earlier teams that laid the groundwork for this championship.

Trey Thomas is Born

I am a typical baseball person… meaning I am very superstitious. My wife, Steph, was pregnant with a due date of May 21. As our winning season continued, the realization hit me that it was very possible I might be gone for my son’s arrival into this world. I didn’t want to jinx anything for Trey’s birth or the team’s chances, so I initially didn’t say anything to either my wife or doctor about the potentially conflicting due date and tournament games that might lie ahead.

As the season progressed and with Steph’s okay, we asked the doctor if she could be induced to insure I would be there for Trey’s birth. Everything seemed to be falling into place when he said it was a possibility. By Steph’s next doctor appointment, we had won the regular season conference and knew the team would be heading to the tournament, so we discussed it with her doctor and everything was a go! She was to be induced before I had to leave for the tournament.

On May 12, 2010 Trey Thomas Bernatow was born. Words can’t describe how amazing it is when a child is born. Trey and Mom are doing well and I feel truly blessed that I did not miss the day. Trey joined the world with two excited siblings Brooklyn(8) and Luke(5). They have been great helpers!

Headed to the national Tourney

After going 1-2 in the conference tourney, we waited in anticipation to see where we would be headed for the Opening Round National Tournament. The winner of the Opening Round National Tourney gets a berth into the NAIA World Series. On Friday, May 14 we found out

that we had to be on the road early Sunday morning for a 14-hour trip to Lubbock, Texas.

Early Sunday, the team, coaches, and our jack-of-all-trades bus driver, Dick Haro were on the road. We stopped in Oklahoma City for a late lunch and the restaurant manager told us we were in for a bad storm. Just as we were about to leave, heavy rain and hail stones started to fall. I directed the players back into the restaurant and moments later stones the size of baseballs and softballs started falling from the sky. The sound of hailstones beating down on cars and roofs was deafening.

We stepped outside when the storm had passed and the destruction was amazing. Every car in the plaza had broken windows. Our bus had also taken a beating with two side windows knocked out, a spider-webbed

windshield, and more dents than you could imagine. Luckily the plaza had stores to buy supplies, because we had to quickly get the glass out, patch the windows and get back on the road to Lubbock. We had a baseball game to get to!

The opening Round national Tourney

Lubbock ran a first-class tourney – the facilities were great as was the hospitality of the college and community. In the first game we squared off against

five-seed University of Texas at Brownsville. It took our offense a bit to get going, but the wheels really started turning when sophomore shortstop Jason Schmidt hit a grand slam. Trey Krier pitched a great game and we won our 36th game of the season which tied the school record for wins! That night we had to bounce back and play the defending National Champions Lubbock Christian University, ranked number five in the nation. We played our hearts out, but lost 7-2.

The next day we played UTB again knowing that one more loss meant we were eliminated. Closer Jason Schmidt went seven strong innings and Junior Jake Broscha came in relief with two solid innings in a 10-5 victory. The entire line-up contributed to our record-setting 37th win.

Nathan Roche. Photo courtesy of James Cimburek (‘94),Yankton P&D

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On Thursday we squared off against number 19 in the nation, York College. Coaches McClemans and Diercks had been scouting the tourney and decided to start Junior pitcher Nick Huston. He pitched the game of his life in a 12-5 Lancer victory. Zach Lambrechts, Josh Damewood, and Andy Turbak combined for eight hits, eight runs batted in, and six runs. The defensive support was outstanding.

With an hour lay-off, we were set for a rematch with Lubbock Christian and were two wins away from the World Series. On one day rest, All-American Trey Krier was ready to pitch. Offensively we battled up and down against some of the best pitching we had seen all year. Trey pitched great and the team played error-free baseball. We upset the defending National Champions 3-2 for our 39th win of the season and were one game away from the World Series. I was so proud of what the team had accomplished.

On Friday, May 21st we played for a seat in the World Series – the best post-season run any Mount Marty College baseball team had ever had. GPAC Player of the Year Josh Damewood started on short rest, but looked good early and offensively we got on a roll. Damewood hit a home run to put us up 1-0 early. The top of the third inning we parlayed two doubles and an error into two more runs. We had a 3-0 lead going into the bottom of the third. LCU answered back with two runs. We headed into the top of the 4th with a 3-2 lead, just 18 outs away from the World Series! Unfortunately we ran into our second big storm of the trip - LCU’s offense. Like true champions they were down, but not out and eventually LCU’s offense won out.

What these kids had accomplished was amazing, but our season had come to an end. I am so proud of my team and former players/assistant coaches,

Robb McClemans, Brady Diercks, and Dustin Wheeler. This season will forever hold a place in my heart and Lancer Athletic history. I am blessed to be a part of this season, not just because of what these kids created, but who these kids are. They are truly a great bunch of student-athletes.

The Future

I am excited about the future. The tradition of Mount Marty College baseball is strong and I feel that we are adding to the foundation that Coach Tereshinski built. Recruiting has gone well and the future looks bright. The immediate future looks good as we’ll return a fair amount of players from this championship team. I am a bit apprehensive about reassembling coaching staff as I’ll be losing Brady Diercks and Robb McClemans. Knowing them both as players, and then coaches, I have the deepest respect for them. Their coaching had a huge impact on our season and I will never forget them.

Jason Livermont. Photo courtesy of James Cimburek (‘94),Yankton P&D

Josh Wenande (catcher) & Ross Heine (third base).Photo courtesy of James Cimburek (‘94),Yankton P&D


Major: Mass Communications, emphasis in print journalism and radio

spouse: Married to Kari Kappel 8 years

Memorable time/experience while attending MMC: The closeness of the community. Since I grew up in the small town of Veblen, S.D., Mount Marty’s small, tight-knit community made me feel right at home.

Best thing about lancer baseball this past year: The willingness to do whatever it took to get the job done. Several players were asked to step out of their comfort zone during the season, and each one did it without question or complaint.

Best thing about covering lancer sports: The people. Mount Marty has great student-athletes who enjoy what they do, both in and out of competition. It’s just a great atmosphere to be around.

Your Career Highlight: Being recognized by those whom it is your job to cover. I have been blessed to be recognized by both Yankton High School and Mount Marty College, as well as the South Dakota High School Activities Association, for the work that my staff and I have done over the years.

Favorite/unique story while covering athletics: I was covering the championship game of the S.D. Class AA

Volleyball Tournament in 1996, sitting at a courtside table with my camera in hand and my notebook on a clipboard in front of me. Yankton’s Andrea Walsh came running to save a ball and crashed into the table, knocking my clipboard on the floor. While the ball was still in play, she stopped to pick up the clipboard and set it back on the table in front of me before getting back on the floor.

As far as a Mount Marty memory, while I was just with the student newspaper — I worked for the Press & Dakotan my final two years of college — I spent one spring running the scoreboard and PA for Lancer home baseball games, while keeping a scorebook for my game story.

Miles Traveled or Hours spent Covering local/regional sports events every year: So far this year, not counting my trip to Lubbock with the baseball team (since I didn’t drive), I have logged 6,782 miles. In 2009, my final tally was 16,510 miles.

Your favorite sport and athlete: Growing up, I was a big fan of Pete Rose and the Cincinnati Reds. I still follow the Reds, and continue to love baseball.

What you like to do when you’re not covering sports: Believe it or not, playing sports. I play on a couple different softball teams in the summer, and play coed volleyball in the winter. I am also training for the Mount Marty 5K in August.

Alumni Spotlight:James D. Cimburek ‘94

This issue’s alumni spotlight is on James D. Cimburek, C’94. James is employed with the Yankton Daily Press & Dakotan Newspaper in Yankton, SD as Sports Editor and Photographer. Mount Marty is privileged to have James cover Lancer Athletic events.

Athletics Updates

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Women’s Indoor Track and Field: Mount Marty fielded a young women’s indoor team this year and hope some experience helps them improve and move up in the conference next year. They scored six points at the conference meet and finished 11th in the team standings. All-conference athletes include Dana Riter in the long jump, and Carly Benson, Meghan Nelson, Jade Steinberg, and Brooke Fischer in the 4x800 meter relay.

Men’s Indoor Track and Field: The men’s indoor team placed ninth with 22 points on the strength of Titus Kosgei’s win in the 800 meter run and as the anchor leg on the men’s 4x800 meter relay that qualified for the national meet. Trevor Lopour also added points in the high jump, placing second at the conference meet. All-conference athletes were Kosgei in the 800, Lopour in the high jump, and Kosgei, Mitchell Zenk, James Jensen, and Dane Hansen in the 4x800 meter relay. Kosgei earned All-American Honors by placing sixth in the 800 at the national meet.

Women’s outdoor Track and Field: The women’s outdoor team was able to score six points and place 11th overall at the conference meet. All-conference athletes were Dana Riter in the triple jump, Katie Breuer in the pole vault, and Brooke Fischer in the 10,000 meter run. There were two national qualifiers: Brooke Fischer in the marathon and Jade Steinberg in the 5,000 meter racewalk. At the national meet, Fischer placed 16th out of 32 participants in the marathon, with a time of 3:33:13. This placed her at number two on the school’s all-time list.

Men’s outdoor Track and Field: The men’s outdoor team came home in 13th place with a score of seven points at the conference meet. All-conference athletes were Mitchell Zenk in the 400 meter hurdles and Titus Kosgei in the 800. They also had two national qualifiers: Kosgei in the 800 and Trevor Lopour in the high jump. Both men participated at the national meet, but were unable to move past the preliminary rounds.

softball: The softball team had a GPAC conference record of 4-20 this season, finishing with an overall record of 12-27. Lexie Cihak was named 2nd team all-conference, and Lauren Donlin and Jen Jerdee were both named honorable mention.

Women’s Basketball: This year’s women’s basketball team boasted the highest ranking in school history in the NAIA National Polls at seventh and third. They were second in the NAIA in 3-point percentage, third in made 3s per game, and fifth in made 3s per season. Michelle Admundson was named 2nd team NAIA All-American and 1st team all-conference. Jenny Miller was named 2nd team all-conference. Cassie Neth and Kendra Schomer were honorable mention.

Men’s Basketball: The men’s basketball team ended the season with two GPAC honorable mention athletes, Dan Harmon and Jared Wall. Wall was also first in the conference in blocked shots, sixth in rebounding, and seventh in defensive rebounds, and in the NAIA seventh in blocked shots. Weston Kusser was ninth in the GPAC in free throw percentage. The team was first in scoring defense in the conference and 21st in the NAIA.

Athletics Updates

lancer Athletic end of the Year Awards:

Quarterback Club Male Athlete of the Year:Trey Krier

Quarterback Club Female Athlete of the Year:Michelle Admundson

Champions of Character Award:Michelle Admundson

Trey Krier Michelle Amundson


soccer starts season in new venueThe Mount Marty men’s and women’s soccer teams will be playing on their own soccer complex starting this fall after nine years of playing at the Lewis and Clark Soccer Complex at the Human Services Center in Yankton. The soccer complex will consist of one practice field, one game field, a pathway with metal roof awning, and an electronic scoreboard, something brand new to the MMC soccer program. Head MMC men’s and women’s soccer coach Dan Hendricks is very excited about the move, “This gives us the opportunity to get a little more time out on the practice field and should definitely help with recruiting. We are making real changes to our soccer program and are improving every single year. This [new complex] will continue to show the dedication we have to our soccer program,” he added. The new soccer fields are located on the east side of Yankton, just south of Minerva’s and the Kelly Inn off of Highway 50, on the property of the National Field Archery Association. The fields are part of an agreement with the NFAA.

Hall of Fame Inducts 2010 Members

The 2010 Lancer Hall of Fame inducted four individuals at the annual Senior Awards and Hall of Fame Banquet. Inductees included Laurie (Boynton) Bailey, Kelly Heller, Sister Ann Kessler, and Tim Lorang. Laurie Bailey played on the Lancer softball team from 1974-1978. She was the Lancers’ first windmill-style pitcher, and helped pave the way for future Lancer softball players, as well as all GPAC fast-pitch players. During Kelly Heller’s college baseball career playing with the Lancers from 1991-1993, he set single inning records for innings pitched and strikeouts. Soon after, Heller served as assistant coach from 1993-1994 and then again from 1996-1999. In 1999 he became head coach, and in 2004 was awarded the title of GPAC Coach of the Year. An inspiration to students and athletes alike, Sister Ann Kessler can be seen at most events held in Cimpl Arena and Riverside Park cheering on her Lancers. Through her actions and appearances around the campus, she has been very supportive. Former Lancer baseball player Tim Lorang still holds records for 11 different offensive and pitching categories. Tim Lorang was a Lancer baseball player from 1987-1990. In addition to the many records he holds, Lorang was a four-time all-district player, and was named the district’s MVP.

Jo in The Lancer C lubThe Lancer Club was established in 1971 to

encourage and support athletics programs at Mount Marty College by raising money through member contributions and sponsorships. The club promotes

Mount Marty Athletics and sponsors social events to foster interaction between the Yankton

community, student-athletes, parents, coaches and Mount Marty faculty and staff.

Lancer Club Membershipn Blue & Gold Club $50 n Victory Club $250n Knights Club $100 n Champions Club $500n Coaches Club $150 n MVP Club $1,000

n Parent’s Club $50 n Parent’s Plus Club $75

Fitness Membership - $125n Noon Basketball & Facility Use

Corporate Game Sponsorshipn Single Game $450 n Double Game $800

To join the Lancer Club, go online to www.mtmc.edu/athletics and click on

Lancer Club.

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Mount Marty College BSN Program50 year Celebration

November 12th and 13th

Leah Smith, MMC Class of 1963


dear Alumni & Friends,

It is with great pleasure that we invite you to our 50 year anniversary Celebration! The MMC Bachelor of Science in nursing program began in 1960 and has provided competent and knowledgeable RNs and nursing leaders to the region, state and nation! It is time to salute you all and to be thankful for this mission of nursing and caring.

Our nursing alumni and others will receive a formal invitation with more information to attend the event November 12-13, 2010 to be held at the MMC Yankton Campus. A wonderful program is planned to help you reunite with fellow graduates, friends and faculty.

Our nursing program is both growing and keeping pace with the ever-emerging world of health care. Faculty continue to move forward with the mission from the past to keep our students up to date with high quality patient care. Each student learns the value of a comprehensive four-year nursing program including studies in evidence-based practice, quality and safety, leadership, management and ethics. And, in keeping with the Benedictine liberal arts tradition, we prepare our students for a contemporary world of work, service to the human community and personal growth.

To meet the growing need for more technology in our lab and classrooms, we are remodeling our nursing lab located in Bede Hall. Over the summer, the lab received a physical re-structure, fresh coat of paint and new lighting funded by a Benedictine Service Grant received from Sacred Heart Monastery this past spring.

As classes begin this fall, the update process continues as the nursing program looks to raise money for the purchase of patient simulators. Full-body interactive patient simulators have changed teaching methods and have taken nursing education to a much higher level. Most every nursing program in the country is moving or has moved to this method of teaching. It is an important, yet expensive project.

The nursing program’s goal is to raise $50,000 for the purchase of three simulators by December.

Items that can be purchased with your donations to Mount Marty Nursing include:Electronic Simulation Manikins •

(lowest price is $6,000 per manikin. Most are greater than $20,000).New tables and chairs (approximately $2,000.) •New cupboards ($5,000) •SMART Board for electronic teaching (approximately $5,000) •

We hope to have this project completed when you visit campus for the reunion in November. The faculty and I greatly look forward to seeing you and celebrating 50 years of excellence in academic nursing!

Sincerely,

Dr. Jacqueline A. Kelley, DNP, MPH, RNChair, MMC Division of Nursing

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After a year of college and a year of nursing school, I was one of four nursing students who chose to transfer into the new nursing degree program at MMC in 1961. In 1963, after a grueling two years of summer school, part-time jobs, and heavy academic and nursing education, we all graduated with a much prized BS in nursing. At the time, I had no idea how much that degree would impact my life and my nursing career.

The summer after I graduated, I moved to Dallas, Texas, where I worked as a staff nurse on a medical floor at Baylor Memorial Hospital. In those days, we wore white uniforms, nursing caps, and white hose and shoes. Our nursing pin and cap told patients we were RN’s. We cared for patients, gave meds, supervised aides, charted by hand, and waited on the doctors — stood when they entered the chart area, carried their charts, made rounds with them and followed orders.

Upon moving to New Jersey, I was offered the position of an OB/GYN supervisor— my only merit being my BSN degree! I had no experience and could not have done my job without the excellent support and expertise of my wonderful staff. There were very few BSN nurses at the time, and it looked very good for the hospital to have them in key positions. I took courses in management and supervision to enhance my inadequate skills. Having a liberal arts background with minors in sociology, psychology and philosophy helped strengthen my nursing skills, gave me a better awareness of my job expectations, and the ability to work with a variety of other professionals. It also challenged me to continue my own education.

As nursing expectations grew, so did my resume and skills. I had the opportunity to work in a new dialysis program, and did clinical and classroom teaching in an LPN program while my husband attended pharmacy school. Later I worked in a small hospital in Iowa doing everything from staff nursing to being the temporary Director of Nursing.

I attained my degree in nursing at a time when it was rare, and it afforded me many and varied opportunities. The liberal arts education from Mount Marty and the Benedictine philosophy enriched my life and my nursing practice with a holistic, spiritual approach that allowed

me to always find and build on the good in my life.

Upon returning to Yankton, I worked as a training specialist at the Human Services Center. The Nursing profession began to gain recognition for the work nurses were doing. We implemented Nursing diagnosis, encouraged independent thinking, had nursing plans of action, and in general, upgraded nurses’ professional image and responsibilities. Gone were the white uniforms, caps, and shoes. In their place, many wore comfortable, easy-to-care-for surgical scrubs or street clothes--- and then came the computers! Gone were the hand written notes; in their place, all nurses now had to master the computer for charting, nursing care plans, etc. Frequently, the computer was portable and went wherever the nurse went!

In 1987 I accepted the position of Infection Control Nurse at HSC. It was the greatest challenge yet in my nursing career. After two years of practice, I obtained national certification through a written exam and renewed my certification every five years.

I had the opportunity to organize and implement a comprehensive IC program which adhered to state and federal guidelines; update and write all the necessary policies and procedures; and educate patients and staff on blood borne pathogens (AIDS, Hepatitis A, B, and C). I implemented the usage of gloves and hand sanitizers and the immunization of staff and

high risk patients for Hepatitis B. Additionally, I wrote and coordinated an exposure control program. I became the bioterrorism coordinator for HSC and served on the state bioterrorism committee. So many challenges!! Without the liberal arts and nursing education I received at MMC, I could not have risen to the challenge.

I stayed home for the final year of my husband’s extended illness and cared for him with the help of hospice. Following his death, I first volunteered with hospice, then spent two years working as a nurse in the hospice program. After 50 years of nursing, I was finally doing the kind of nursing I really went to school to do---caring for the dying patient, in their home, with all the spiritual and physical care hospice provides. It was a beautiful way to end my career.

Believe in Your Potential

Having a liberal arts background with minors in sociology, psychology and

philosophy helped strengthen my nursing skills, gave me a better awareness of my job expectations, and the ability to work

with a variety of other professionals.

By: leah smith, MMC Class of 1963


Residents of Bloomfield, NE, Christina and her mother JoAnn Sahagun began their concurrent academic journey a couple of years ago at Northeast Community College in Norfolk. When JoAnn decided to apply for admission to Mount Marty’s nursing program, Christina thought it was wise to follow her mother’s lead.

“We share so much this way,” Christina says. “We study together and share the cost of everything, including lunch! We help each other out all the time. Since Mom has worked as a licensed practical nurse for the past seven years she helps me understand some things I don’t get and I help her, too.”

JoAnn relies on Christina’s “young mind” to help capture details during classes and remember some details that JoAnn may not initially absorb. Christina appreciates her mother’s encouragement to complete homework assignments.

“I work every weekend and go to school full time during the week,” JoAnn says. “I’ve been doing that for two years and have about a year-and-a-half to go. Sometimes it gets pretty hectic but I’ve always wanted to complete my degree so it’s very much worth the effort to me.”

The kidney failure her mother experienced over a period of 20 years frequently put both JoAnn and Christina in contact with hospitals and clinics. JoAnn recognized a need for skilled care delivered with compassion.

“I saw a great difference between what I thought of as good and bad nurses,” JoAnn says. “I wanted to be an effective nurse, make a difference in people’s lives. When people are sick, they need to be made to feel comfortable and cared for. That’s what I want to achieve through my career.”

What’s it like to have your mother for a study buddy?

Christina Arroyos, starting her second year in Mount Marty’s nursing program, says it’s “Pretty awesome!”

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Christina learned to “love” hospital settings and often considered entering the medical field. “When Mom married a paramedic it seemed natural for me to get involved in the medical field, too,” Christina says.

Like any other mother and daughter, JoAnn and Christina don’t always see eye to eye. Comparing grades can sometimes be a sensitive activity.“I didn’t get the best grades in high school,” JoAnn explains. “When I get A’s and B’s now, I want to celebrate. If a test or assignment didn’t go so well for Christina it’s sometimes a little painful.”

“I know I’m doing the best I can and I’m happy with passing grades,” Christina says. “One of the things Mom does for me that I really appreciate is encouraging me to work through some of the difficult parts of our studies. Labwork sometimes challenges me. When I think it’s getting too hard and I don’t want to do it anymore she reminds me that it won’t always be this tough, I just need to work through it. When I see her working full time, going to school and taking care of our family, I know that my difficult days aren’t all that difficult and I can do this.”

It will be 2011 when JoAnn completes her degree. Christina is about two years behind her mother. Both say their career goals aren’t set in stone, but they know there are numerous options open to them once their studies are completed.

“I currently work at the Good Samaritan home in Bloomfield,” JoAnn says. “I’ll be there for a while. I’m very dedicated to the residents there. I really care for them. When I lived in California I worked in an emergency room and I loved that. I thought that was what I always wanted to do. Right now I’m not certain of my long term goals.”

Christina echoed her mother’s thoughts on long range plans. “I always thought a neonatal unit was where I wanted to be,” Christina says. “My plan for now is to do some traveling, learn about different communities and discover where I want to work and live. It’s just me, no family to worry about moving, so I’ll take some time to find out where I belong.”

Both JoAnn and Christina have been impressed with the assistance they’ve received from faculty in entering Mount Marty’s program and achieving their academic goals.

“Amazing, they’re just amazing,” JoAnn says. “Everyone has been so helpful. Dr. Jacqueline Kelly, the Director of Nursing has a wonderful heart and wants to see all the students succeed. She’s always there to help any of the students. We moved here from California three years ago and don’t really know a lot of people in our community yet. Our classmates have become good friends. Even though most of them

started their education here, they took us in and made us feel right at home.”

Christina says one of the perks of being the daughter of an upper classman is the assistance she receives because of her mother’s connections.

“They know I’m her daughter and they’re so willing to help with whatever I need,” Christina says. “I really appreciate that.”

Both women also value the faith component of their education. “Faith is absolutely important in a medical situation,” JoAnn says. “Whether patients are seeing doctors for basic medical procedures or experiencing end-of-life situations, it’s critical to be able to pray with them and help them or their families do what needs to be done.”

The support and encouragement the women find in the teaching staff and Benedictine Sisters involved with the college is an additional element of their education that they value.

“We started our classes here in the fall of 2009,” JoAnn says. “We are very pleased with every aspect of the college. We’re not exactly anxious to get back into a hectic routine this fall, but we know we’re getting a quality education from skilled people who care about us and the patients we’ll be taking care of. That’s important to us and it’s why we’re here at Mount Marty.”

Mount Marty College BSN Program50 year Celebration | November 12th and 13th

We know we’re getting a quality education from skilled people who care

about us and the patients we’ll be taking care of. That’s important to us and it’s

why we’re here at Mount Marty.


I knew when I started the fall semester that I was in for a rough year. I had spent the entire previous summer telling myself that I would be in “boot camp” when I returned to school in the fall. I knew I would have no time for fun and I would need to complete a million assignments for classes. So now that my junior year of nursing is just about completed, I am looking back and evaluating how I survived.

Number 1: Keep things in perspective. This is a biggie for junior nursing students. There are clinical papers to prepare, a test every week, group projects and assessments to complete. If I had two extra days each week, I probably could have alleviated a lot of stress this past year. Since there was little possibility of that happening, I needed to plan, prepare, and stay on task. When bumps came along, things worked out best when I was flexible and kept my sense of humor.

God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. Psalm 46:1.

Number 2: Keep a gratefulness log. It’s pretty easy for me to get caught in the big picture and forget the people or occurrences that helped me make it through the moment. I needed to remember that life was not all about Joan and if I asked for help, I usually got it.

In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world. John 16:33.

Number 3: Maintain hope. Plan for the worst, hope for the best - this should be the junior class motto. This year I learned as a nurse that I should never remove a patient’s sense of hopefulness. This is true for students also. Without hopefulness, nothing much matters in life.

I can do everything with the help of Christ who gives me the strength. Philippians 4:13.

Number 4: Remember to be thankful. It’s the little things that will make me crumble this year – like not being able to find a C-5 on surgical floor when I needed to record my patient’s medications. Like not being able to remember where I parked my car at the end of the day. Like having to eat peanut butter sandwiches for three days because I didn’t get to the grocery store to buy any other food. So I was thankful for my fellow students who helped me find a C-5, friends who helped me recall where I parked my car and more friends who bought an extra salad and let me have it, just because.

The Lord is near to the brokenhearted, and saves the crushed in spirit. Psalm 34:18.

Number 5: Focus on faithfulness. When all else was taken from me — time for sleep, time with family (I did not have Christmas with my parents until March), fun with friends — and I was so brain dead that all I could do was stare blankly at my computer screen, it was way past the time to remember what my goal was. Since there is no life the junior year beyond what is written in your scheduler, schedule time for faith. So, 5:45 a.m. - THINK ABOUT THANKFULNESS or, 12:30 p.m. - PRAY FOR FAMILY – just write it down and it is more likely to happen.

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, do not depend on our own understanding. Seek His will in all you do and He will direct your paths. Proverbs 3:5-6.

About the Author….Joan Clement-Moysis is currently a senior nursing student at Mount Marty. She hails from St. Lawrence, SD and has two grown sons, Jeremy Van Cleave at Minot Air Force Base, S.D. and Terry Van Cleave in Sioux Falls, S.D. She says, “Mount Marty may be small is size, but large in knowledge.” Joan enjoys making friends who share her goals and is anxious to use her skills as a nurse to enhance and benefit the lives of patients.

Getting My Degree By Joan Clement-Moysis

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Ask any Mount Marty nursing student about their Lakota medical and cultural immersion experience and you’ll find that their comments share a common theme. Most all agree that it’s a life-changing experience.

For the last five years, Nursing Instructor Shelly Luger, has led a group of students and Mount Marty instructors on an intensive trip to Mission, South Dakota, and the Rosebud Reservation to study the culture and to examine issues surrounding poor medical access, poverty, and oppression. While there, students and instructors offer medical and general mission services. “I don’t think there’s a student that goes away from this experience without feeling like they’ve gotten far more for themselves than what they’ve given,” Luger commented.

Mount Marty’s Nursing Department works with Tree of Life Ministries to provide foot care to elders, to complete construction projects, and to share traditional Lakota meals with the Rosebud residents. Luger said that students have completed projects like painting, installing windows and building stairs.

During the four-day experience they also learn about the Native American culture from a variety of speakers and share in activities like making dream catchers and learning how to bead. They’ve even been privileged to participate in a traditional sweat lodge ceremony.Luger is proud of the progress she’s made with these

trips. “Every year that we’ve gone I’ve built better relationships and more trust with the Lakota. The first year that we did foot-care we only had four or five patients. This past spring we treated 35 patients. Many of them commented on how happy they were to walk again without pain.”

While Luger leads the trips each spring, Sister Esther Holzbauer, Sister Corrine Lemmer, Sister Kathy Burt, and Nursing Director Jacquie Kelley have all participated in a trip or two. Even though the trips were started as a nursing education experience, they are open to all students at Mount Marty. This year’s group, the largest ever at 12, included two radiologic technology students.

Students are asked to journal about their experiences while on the trip and are required to submit a synopsis of their reflections afterwards. Luger hopes that each student comes away from the experience with the knowledge that while it is important to provide competent, safe care to clients, it is equally important to have compassion and respect for human diversity including culture, race, religion, gender, lifestyle, and age.

Mount Marty College BSN Program50 year Celebration | November 12th and 13th

lakota Medical & Cultural experience


The Nursing Students Association of South Dakota held their annual convention, “Nursing Now, Nursing Wow,” in Mitchell, SD, in February. The association empowers nursing students throughout the state with the information they need to become leaders in the nursing field. The convention provided an opportunity for nursing students across South Dakota to listen to speakers, meet other students and network with potential future employers. The convention also provided an opportunity for judges to select the Student Nurse of the Year.

Mount Marty nursing student, Tana O’Neill, from Emmet, Neb., was selected as this year’s Student Nurse of the Year. Each contestant vying for the honor was judged on a “Nursing Now, Nursing Wow” essay and interview. O’Neill was among other candidates from SDSU, USD, Presentation College, and Dakota Wesleyan University.

O’Neill, who graduated from Mount Marty in May, is the oldest of eleven children. She credits her love of her large family as a reason for choosing a nursing profession. “A large family meant there was always someone to play with or care for,” she said.

An excerpt from O’Neill’s “Nursing Now, Nursing Wow” essay discusses her rural upbringing as another calling to be a nurse. “Having grown up in and supported by a rural community has instilled and inspired me to return to help provide them the health care they need,” she wrote. “I feel that nursing is of great need in the rural communities where patients at times have limited access to health care due to distance and availability. Nurses in the rural areas are the main line of defense and are sought out in the community for their advice on matters of health.”

Mount Marty College appealed to O’Neill because of the “small town feel” of the Yankton community. The prestige of the MMC nursing program was also a huge selling point for her. She says she enjoyed her clinicals the most out of her years of MMC education. “I especially enjoyed my Home Health/Hospice clinical because I had a great preceptor who taught me a lot,”

she said. She also discussed this experience in her essay. “I truly felt like I was on my way while caring for a hospice patient. I was able to get him bathed and shaved, and even applied his cologne,” she explained. “When his family was with him in his last days, even though he could not talk to them much and looked ill, he still smelled like their dad.”

Since graduating, O’Neill and her husband have moved back to Emmet, Neb., where they purchased their first home.

Information courtesy of Joan Clement-Moysis, The Moderator

MMC’s O’Neill Named Student Nurse of the Year

While nursing now is exciting, my goal is to be the nurse who stands out for my

knowledge, caring and ingenuity.

I want to be that ‘wow’ nurse.


Every year at commencement as students walk across the stage with diploma in hand, faculty and staff at Mount Marty College are hopeful that they’ve helped fulfill the college’s mission.

Just back from his third medical service trip this year, nursing grad, Nick Hall ’07 is living that mission every day. He is proof that Mount Marty’s nursing program is doing things right.

As a cardiac ICU nurse at the Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Neb., Hall works with nurses from many different educational backgrounds and is appreciative of his Mount Marty education. “I’m a lot better prepared than nurses that come from technical schools or other colleges. The expectations at Mount Marty are so much higher.”

Crediting his professors, Hall remembers, “My first day of nursing management clinical, I’ll never forget how [professor] Bill Mains came into class and said that starting today, you aren’t just nursing students. You are nurses and I want you to act like nurses. He was great

about getting us motivated and giving us a sense of empowerment.”

“It has been easy for me to excel,” Hall explains. “Mount Marty prepares students to be leaders.”Hall, the oldest from a family of five children, grew up in Columbus, Neb. Influenced by his mother after considering biology and several other majors, Hall decided to follow her lead and pursue a nursing degree at Mount Marty College.

Nursing students are known to have a rigorous curriculum, but Hall was a successful student-athlete balancing classes, soccer, and taking part in other campus activities.

During college, when campus ministry offered the opportunity to do mission work as an alternative spring break, Hall jumped at the chance. He had already experienced one mission trip in high school and was eager to take part in service to others. He participated in both a trip to Mississippi and one for Habitat for Humanity. Like others at MMC, he felt compelled to

living the Mount Marty Mission in Haiti

Mission StatementMount Marty College, an academic community in the Catholic, Benedictine, liberal arts tradition,

prepares students for a contemporary world of work, service to the human community and personal growth.


give back. “The generation that I’m part of…I feel like we have a greater sense of giving back. We’re all in this together,” he said.

According to Hall, this past January he hadn’t even heard about the disastrous earthquake in Haiti until receiving a text from his girlfriend that read “Haiti?” “She knew it might be something I’d be interested in,” he said.

Hall is surrounded by those who want to serve others, so when several groups of colleagues at the Nebraska Medical Center decided to travel to Haiti to help with the disaster, he quickly signed on. To date, over fifty medical professionals from his hospital have made the trip, and he has participated in two of them.

They arrived to chaos that first trip. Hall worked 20 hour days scheduling, going to all codes, staffing ICU, working as a scrub nurse, and trying to be a coordinator at the same time. He is proud to admit, “Nobody believed that I just graduated from nursing school a little more than a year ago.”The organizational skills he learned in nursing classes at Mount Marty proved to be important as he was called upon to do everything from patient care to setting up a pediatric ICU area. “On my second trip to Haiti it was very rewarding for me to see that the pediatric ICU I had helped build the first time was still being used. It was cool that I was able to be a part of that.”

In an e-mail to friends and family at home, Hall related how his experience was life-changing. “I started the week out as a bedside nurse taking care upwards of 70 pediatric patients. I remember only having time to run down the aisles checking on their respiratory status to make sure they were OK…then running through each “chart” which consisted of scraps of paper with writing all over in every place imaginable and finding what antibiotics they were on. I was not able to treat the patients like we’re used to here, but the first level of Maslow’s hierarchy was taken care of…bare minimum.

We were still using the triage nursing care method at this point.”

Hall spent several weeks in January and February and then another week in April helping with the Haiti disaster. Upon his return to Haiti in April, a once 200-bed hospital was now a 60-bed hospital. They had just moved the ER into a stable building and were caring for approximately 50 infants (half of them orphaned or abandoned) in the ICU.

He especially remembers a five-month-old baby that was brought in weighing only 2-3 pounds. At first the baby’s responses were more like a newborn, but after being treated for only a week, the baby had gained 1-2 pounds and was responding well to treatment. Those were the moments that made the long days and sweltering 120 degree temperatures bearable.

For Hall, one of the sad realities of the devastation was the pile of rubble left in place of a building that once housed 430 nursing students and their instructors. All perished in the earthquake which is tragic enough, but the loss of trained nursing professionals will leave a void for years to come.

With patient numbers far exceeding those of medical professionals, Hall noted the importance of family in Haiti. “Families take a much more active role in patient care,” according to Hall. “Basically they act like nurses’ aides. With 30-40 patients a piece, the nurses do the skilled care

and the families do the rest.”

Amidst the devastation, Hall recalls how amazed he was at the hope that so many still had. One of his favorite memories is hearing a preacher and an assembly of people singing praise to God. “It was such a moving experience – sending chills all over your body. They were singing a common “church” song so many others started singing too. They are still able to be thankful for what God has given them, so it’s important for me to share what God has given me.”

Spring/Fall 2010 3131 Mount Marty Update Mount Marty College BSN Program50 year Celebration | November 12th and 13th

Back in Omaha, Hall admits that he has experienced some post-traumatic stress since coming back, but he feels that the life-changing experience has taught him a lot about himself and has shown him how to cope and how to rise to the occasion. “I always wanted to do something like that [mission work] because I thought I would be good at it. It brought out the leader in me.”

In July, Hall traveled to northern Peru for yet another medical service trip. This time, instead of saving lives, the goal was to perform surgical procedures that offered a better quality of life.

As Hall looks to the future, he sees himself participating in medical service trips once or twice a year if possible. Pursuing a career in nurse anesthesia is a personal goal at some point, but for now he says, “It’s something I want to do [for myself], but there are things that I can still do for others before that.”

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Dreams of a nursing career began filling Sister Esther Holzbauer’s heart more than 50 years ago.

“I always wanted to be a nurse,” she says. In fall 2010, Sister Esther will join fellow classmates and a wealth of nursing graduates to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Mount Marty College’s nursing department, the point where she began her college nursing studies.

“I was among the first class of nursing students,” Sister Esther says. “I remember that in 1960 when the baccalaureate degree was inaugurated, it was a transition from the diploma program that had been available at Sacred Heart Hospital for many years. The educational trend in nursing at that time was to complete a baccalaureate. It was certainly a good decision to develop Mount Marty’s degree.”

Four students graduated from the program in 1963 as State Board approval was pending. Sister Esther and her 13 classmates are considered the first official graduates to complete Mount Marty’s Bachelor of Science with a Major in Nursing in May, 1964.

“I’ll always remember that 100 percent of our class passed their licensure exam on the first writing,” she says. “There have been other classes since then that also achieved that. I think that speaks of the quality of the program, which is still a primary reason students enroll here.”Sister Esther’s career took her to numerous medical facilities, including Yankton’s Sacred Heart Hospital, Parkston’s St. Benedict Hospital, what was then St. Joseph Creighton Memorial Hospital in Omaha, and Sioux Falls’ Berakhah House AIDS hospice and home before coming to teach at Mount Marty in 1971.

“I also completed a rehab nursing internship in Warm Springs (GA) and one academic year in Zimbabwe,” she says. “Now I teach part time at Mount Marty and volunteer at St. Benedict’s parish here in Yankton.”

Sister Esther credits the solid science background she gained during her study at Mount Marty High School as a good foundation for her nursing career. As she entered the work place, she discovered she enjoyed mentoring new nurses.

“I especially loved bedside teaching,” she explains. “That skill proved to fit well with Mount Marty’s clinical nursing program. I also assisted with teaching families how to care for family members who were leaving the hospital. In the college setting, it’s very important that instructors have knowledge of hands-on nursing skills. It’s also critical that instructors are able to communicate

the importance of how to treat people and work with hospital staff as a team.”

On occasion, Sister Esther enjoys illustrating to students that the length of her experience can be traced back to helping develop Sacred Heart Hospital’s first intensive care unit.

“Those types of units are so common now we tend to think they were always there,” she says. “I sometimes tell students that I was part of the team that developed our hospital’s first ICU. That usually surprises them.”

As much as things have changed in nursing programs over the years with

advancement of technology and nursing techniques, Sister Esther says some foundational nursing principles haven’t changed at all.

“I’ve always told students that they need to be able to care for the whole patient,” she notes. “The best nursing students cultivate observation and communication skills so they can attend to the whole patient. One of our former doctors used to say if you can’t walk into a room and look at a patient, don’t even pick up the stethoscope. You have to connect with a patient to provide the best quality care.”

50 Years of CaringBuilding a Foundation for nursing success


Saturday, Nov. 13Visiting the Present and Future

Roncalli Building

Meet with Faculty .......................10 am - 12:00 pm(past & present) Held in Bede Hall, Room 210Sharing of Memories .................10 am - 12:30 pmClass Groups; Campus Tours; Class Pictures* Bookstore open for browsing and purchases* Lunch .............................................12:30 - 2:00 pm Speakers reflect on their journeys in NursingClosing Remarks ...................................... 2:00 pm Closure with Classmates & AdministrationFree Time ................................................... 3:00 pmEucharist Celebration .............................. 4:00 pm Held in Bishop Marty Chapel

Friday, Nov. 12 An Evening of Celebration

Roncalli Building

Program by Joan and Juli BurneyWho have helped us laugh at ourselves and even life itself

over the years.Wine and Hors d’oeuvres .............. 5:30 - 6:30 pmOpening Remarks .................................... 6:30 pmBanquet to Honor Graduates ..................6:45 pmHeld in the Main Dining Room

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Among the new developments at Mount Marty’s nursing department is the plan to develop a simulation lab that will enhance student learning resources. While technology and medical updates are key to students’ training, Sister Esther says the faith based element of the program is equally important.

“We stress caring for the entire patient, that we don’t just care for the patient’s body but also for their mind and spirit, the whole person,” she says. “There are a number of ways we incorporate the subtleties of faith into the program, such as the pledging and pinning ceremonies. Students pledge to care for people by reciting the Florence Nightingale pledge. We also bless their hands. I think these are very meaningful rites of passage when our students are accepted into the Nursing program and when they graduate.”

Working to develop the best possible academic path for each student is another strength of Mount Marty’s program. Sister Esther says teaching staff make every effort to assess each student’s strengths and potential in order to ensure their success in their nursing career.

“I still receive cards all the time from graduates who express their appreciation for the quality of the nursing foundation they received here,” Sister Esther says. “When our graduates leave here, they feel comfortable working in any part of the country because of the excellent training they found here.” Sister Esther believes Mount Marty’s nursing program created a symbiotic relationship that resulted in benefits to both the program and the college over the years.

“Our program prepares many students to go on to graduate school and Mount Marty’s Masters program in anesthesia,” she says. “Some students began with a career path in mind and then found another path that was more suited to them. We see much more diversity in our students now, with more adult students entering the program. Graduates find many more job opportunities now than they did 50 years ago. The professional vision and insight that initiated the program 50 years ago is still at the core of the program today.”


Arts & Humanities division

Mary Abbott was the President of the Tri-State Bookstore Association, which includes all college and university bookstores in North Dakota, South Dakota and Minnesota. She has been president for a year and handed off the title to the President Elect in June.

Rich lofthus presented his program on World War I letters at a DAR meeting at the Minnehaha Country Club in Sioux Falls, SD, in May. The program, “Over Here, Overe There: The World War I Correspondence of the Private John Warns Family” was sponsored by the South Dakota Humanities Council.

Lofthus was also the recipient of Mount Marty College’s Teacher of the Year Award for the 2009-2010 academic year for his dedication to the college, excellence in teaching and ability to inspire students.

Jim Reese’s new book, ghost on 3rd was released in January. Newspaper reviews, and interviews with the author are available online at: www.nyqbooks.org/title/ghoston3rd.

The 2010 issue of Paddlefish where Reese serves as editor-in-chief has just been released. And the third issue of 4 P.M. Count, Yankton Federal Prison Camp’s creative writing journal is due out in December of 2010.

shane Miner and his graphic design and media arts students worked with Grammy Award-winning graphic designer Bill Johnson on the logo for the Yankton, SD, 2011 sesquicentennial celebration.

Lines from James simmons’ book Geoffrey of Monmouth - History of King Lear are being used in the current production of “King Lear” by the Royal Shakespeare Company in London, England, at

The Courtyard Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon, under the direction of David Farr. The performances run through August 26, 2010.

sean vogt was an adjudicator for several contests this spring. In April, he was a guest pianist for the Heartland Handbells, Sioux Falls Christian School, and Westminster Presbyterian Church.

In June, Vogt presented “Effective Rehearsal Techniques and the Gesture as Time Saver,” as a guest lecturer in conducting and “Using Choral Literature to Build a Successful High School Program,” as a guest lecturer in choral literature at California State University. He was also a guest clinician for the CSUSB Chamber Choir, California State University’s top, auditioned, select choir.

Vogt was also a guest organist for the Mountainside Master Chorale in Upland, Calif., performing Duruflé’s, “Requiem,” several large-scale anthems, and a featured organ solo.

education division natural science division

sister Bonita Gacnik has been asked by The School of Computer and Information Sciences at Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., to join the pool of faculty that serves on dissertation committees for doctoral students in computing technology in education.

Sister Bonita also completed writing the program assessment exam for the mathematics department. It was used for the first time this spring and was modeled after the Praxis II exam for secondary education in mathematics.

Sister Bonita is also now on the board of Habitat for Humanity.

Will McRoy and Chun Wu directed students who participated

in The South Dakota Academy of Science (SDAS) during their 95th annual meeting recently in Spearfish, SD. uriel Buitrago-suarez, also attended the SDAS meeting and presented his paper entitled, “Comparative Anatomy and Evolution of the Shovelnose Catfish Group Sorubim (Bleeker).” Krisma deWitt, presided over the meeting as the SDAS president and also presented during the Science Education in the 21st Century Symposium. During the annual meeting, Chun Wu, was elected to the position of Second Vice-President of SDAS and Uriel Buitrago-Suarez joins the Executive Board of SDAS as a Member-at-Large. Also attending the meeting as a past president was James Sorenson.

Teacher education division

nick shudak recently submitted a book proposal: What’s the Purpose of Studying...? to Kendall Hunt Publishing. This proposed book is designed as a supplemental text to help teacher education students struggle over why certain subjects are worth studying and inclusion in school curricula.

Shudak was accepted as an active member of the Academic Advisory Board for “Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Educational Issues.”

Shudak was also promoted to the position of Chair of the Division of Teacher Education.

Joshua Thurow presented a paper at Oxford University in June, entitled, “A Case Study on the Impact of Cognitive Science of Religion on Theistic Arguments.” He also presented a paper at the European Society for the Study of Science and Theology at the University of Edinburgh in April, entitled, “Does the Cognitive Science of Religion Cast Doubt on Religious Beliefs?”

Faculty & Staff Achievements

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Faculty & Staff Achievements

The South Dakota Board of Education granted official approval of the teacher education program at Mount Marty College at its July 2010 meeting. This continuing approval status for the next seven years will allow MMC to recommend its teacher education graduates for teacher certification or licensure in South Dakota and other states and countries.

The Board of Examiners Team representing the South Dakota Department of Education convened in an onsite visit in April 2010. The Team found that the MMC teacher education program met the four unit standards for teacher preparation and the applicable program specific standards for teaching majors (elementary education, math, music, etc.).

Additionally, the Team noted the following strengths of the teacher education program at MMC: a candidate-centered mission exists as evidenced by a “family-like atmosphere” where faculty know all of the candidates individually, are aware of their individual strengths and needs, and celebrate each individual’s success; candidates have strong content and pedagogical knowledge and are supported by faculty to prepare for the state certification exams; a highly functional and effective assessment system ensures that programs and graduates are of the highest quality; and most candidates complete student teaching during the fall semester which allows them to see the all-important first days of school, attend teacher in-service activities, and assist with room set-up and preparation of materials.

Mount Marty College AttainsContinuing Approval For Teacher education

nursing division

MMC’s honor society of nursing, upsilon Iota, Chapter of sigma Theta Tau International, inducted 12 undergraduate students, one instructor, and four Avera Sacred Heart Hospital nursing professionals in a ceremony held at the Avera Sacred Heart Pavilion in March.

A group of MMC nursing students raised over $630 for medical supplies to send to Haiti during their February Beads for Haiti fund-raiser. Students, faculty, and staff on the Mount Marty campus offered a donation in exchange for red beads worn during the week as a show of concern and awareness for the Haiti earthquake victims.

social science division

dana deWitt presented a research paper in March at the annual meeting of the Institute of Justice and International Studies held at the University of Central Missouri. The subject of this year’s meeting

was “Homeland Security: Global and Domestic Perspectives.” The two day conference hosted 66 presenters from the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, India and Pakistan. DeWitt presented a paper titled, “Tracking the Radical Arm of the Animal Rights Movement and Its Impact on Domestic Terrorism.” The purpose of the paper was to examine the increased role animal rights organizations play in shaping attitudes and regulations that impact the long-term viability of animal oriented industries and activities and the strategies they employ, including violence, to reach their goals.

lori Hofer received her Certified Public Accountant (CPA) license this past spring. Terry nelson was selected to participate in the annual Reading and Scoring of the College Board’s Advanced Placement Examinations this June in Daytona Beach, Fla. Over 10,000 AP Readers from universities and high schools

evaluated more than 2.9 million examinations from more than 30 AP courses. Representing many of the finest academic institutions in the world, these educators come from the United States, Canada and abroad. The AP Reading is a unique forum in which academic dialogue between high school and college educators is fostered and strongly encouraged.

Nelson also traveled with his World Regional Geography students to the EROS Data Center near Sioux Falls, SD. EROS (Earth Resources Observation and Science Center) operates under the authority of the United States Geological Survey and the U.S. Department of the Interior. EROS plays a key role in the processing of LANDSAT satellite imagery and helps keep track of a wide range of natural and human phenomena, from natural disasters to urban expansion.


Class NotesHIGH sCHool 1930’s

lucille (Kribell) o’Connor Hs’37 and husband Howard recently celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary. Lucille and Howard live in Vermillion, SD.

1940’s Barbara (lyle) Bernard ’46 and husband John celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on February 14, 2010. Barbara and John live in Elk Point, SD.

1950’s Phyllis (Birgen) Hinkle ’55 and husband Russell celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on June 20, 2010. Phyllis and Russell live in Beresford, SD.

1960’s Anna (Adam) Beran ’64 lives in Tabor, SD, with her husband Darrell. She works part-time as a LPN at Avera Sacred Heart Hospital, Yankton.

Patricia (Collignon) Milavickas ‘64 lives in Arlington, VA. She is working part-time at the Virginia Ballet Company and School

Marie (Cruthoff) Chavis ’64 lives in Colorado Springs, CO. She teaches Spanish to middle school children.

elaine (davis) Rhodes ’64 lives in Spearfish, SD. She manages a video lottery casino in Belle Fourche, SD.

erin (davis) Halsey ’64 and husband Kenneth live in Spearfish, SD. Erin is retired.

Anna (endres) Zuffa ’64 and husband Jerold live in Johnston, IA. Anna works for Wells Fargo Mortgage.

Margaret (Huber) Thomason ’64 lives in Reno, NV. She works full-time at Mack Truck, Inc.

Mary (Huston) swanz ’64 lives in Watertown, SD. She is semi-retired

and caring for her 90-year old father.

luanna (Jordan) Pahl ’64 and husband Ronald live in Rapid City, SD. She is retired and they spend their winters in Biloxi, MS and in the South Padre Island in Texas.

Charlene (Kast) Johnson’64 lives in LaVista, NE. Charlene is widowed and works for and sells Travelex Insurance.

Joan (Kaufman) Grassel ’64 lives in Harve, MT. Joan is widowed and works part-time at Schine Electric as a bookkeeper and materials order clerk.

sister Jennifer (Mary Jean) Kehrwald, osB, ’64 lives in Yankton, SD. Sister Jennifer is in her last term as Prioress of Sacred Heart Monastery, Yankton.

Ruth (Klimisch) Chapman ’64 lives in Mount Pleasant, MI. She is a full-time clinical analyst in an Information Services Department.

deanna (leber) Clark ’64 lives in Sturgis, SD.

Ruth (leise) Roeder ’64 lives in Hot Springs Village, AR. She is retired and is presently doing volunteer work. Her husband Bill died in 2009.

susan (Markley) Burns ’64 and husband Robert live in Minneapolis MN. Susan works part-time and volunteering with ESL students. She and her husband are resident managers for a condominium complex in downtown Minneapolis.

Gail (Matern) Johnson ’64 and husband Douglas live in Tyndall, SD. Gail is retired but does occasional work at the funeral home.

Judith (Mueller) Wieseler ’64 and husband Ronald live in Vermillion, SD. Judith works part-time doing landscaping and yard maintenance.

Cynthia (nicolay) Kulesa ’64 and husband Louis live in Webster, SD. Cynthia works at Dacotah Bank in the real estate department.

Jean (oberembt) Thompson ’64 and husband Johnny live in Hernando, MS. Jean works at FedEx.

Kathryn (Remily) edgar ’64 and husband Donald live in Custer, SD. Kathy is recovering from back surgery.

Judith (Ripple) di Benedetto ‘64 and husband Tom live in Las Vegas, NV. She is retired.

Mary Ann (schaefer) doom ’64 and husband John live in Eden Prairie, MN.

Rosemary (schifer) olsen ’64 and husband Kenneth live in Phoenix, AZ. She has worked as a nurse and is now retired.

sandra sherman ’64 lives in Cusseta, GA. Sandra teaches art to middle and high school students in Cusseta.

MMC Class of 1960: Back row left to right: Pat Feldsein and Kathleen Roeh. Front row left to right: Carol Hammers and Dora Ann Jones.

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Class Notes

Class of 1970: Back row left to right: Linda Martenmass Leddy, Dianne Breen, Annie Tigges Heithoff, Beth McKeown Frederickson. Front row left to right: Bernie Standaert Obert, Kathy Hallett Gatzemeyer, Sandy Lau Knockenhauer.

MMHS Class of 1960: Back row left to right: Sharlene (Butler) Eickhoff, Sandra (Mueller) Smith, Carol (Hoesing) Taylor, Marcella (Soukup) Stoltenberg, Cecilia (Kehrwald) Sorenson, Mary (Borszich) Schenkel, Diane (Goeden) Anderson, Phyllis (Stricherz) Jacobson. Front row left to right: Monica (Battin) Twitchell, Dorothy (Varilek) Smith, Irene (Gruenwald) Amundson, Charlotte (Livermont) Burcin, Marian (Klimisch) VanDerHyde, Donna (Lillie) Phillips.


Cody James, son of Kelly ’99 and Mary(Czapenski C’97) Cain.

Janet (shreve) Moderegger ’64 and husband Robert live in Yankton, SD. Janet works at the Yankton County Register of Deeds office.

Helen shreves ’64 lives in Denver, CO. Helen is a full-time attorney/mediator.

Janet (steffan) Kollars ’64 and husband Dale live in Phoenix, AZ. She is retired.

Judy (sternhagen) sachs ’64 and husband Marvin live in Basking Ridge, NJ. Judy teaches part-time and volunteers at the Veteran’s Administration and at a handicapped horseback riding center.

Patricia (sweeney) long ’64 lives in Dadeville, AL. Patricia is a full-time teacher of Spanish and English at a small private school. Patricia is widowed.

Adeline (varilek) Harris ’64 and husband James live in Oakville, CT. Adeline works part-time in an allergist’s office.

Joan (Wagner) Knipe ’64 and husband Chris lives in Prior Lake, MN. Joan is owner of her own medical business.

Kathleen (Jilg) Fiedler ’64 and husband James live in Springfield, SD. Kathleen is retired.

Bernadette (Weber) Klaus ’64 lives in Marysville, WA. Bernadette is retired.

Bernadette (Zilla) Riley ’64 lives in Colorado Springs, CO. Bernadette works as a nurse.

sCHool oF nuRsInG 1960’s

Kathleen (vetter) Hintgen ’63 and husband Larry celebrated their 45th wedding anniversary this year. Kathy and Larry live in Yankton.

ColleGe 1950’s

sister Alma Hartung C’52 celebrated her 70th jubilee as a Benedictine in July. Sister is

a member of the Watertown Benedictine and lives in Watertown, SD.

1960’s Janet (ollerich) Timmerman ’60 and husband Darrell celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on July 23, 2010. Janet and Darrell live in Tea, SD.

sister Aurelia Palm ’61 celebrated her 50th jubilee of profession as a Benedictine. She lives at Mother of God Monastery in Watertown and is the liturgist and librarian at the motherhouse.

sister Cherlyn dinsmore ’61 celebrated her 50th jubilee of profession as a Benedictine. She is a member of the Watertown community and lives in Pierre, SD. She is the librarian at St. Joseph’s School.

sister emily Meisel ’62 celebrated her 60th jubilee of profession as a Benedictine in July. She is a member of the Watertown Benedictines and resides in Watertown, SD, and is involved in retreat work.

leah (Heimes) smith Hs’59, ’63 lives in Yankton, SD. She was named the 2010 Sacred Heart School Hall of Fame (Yankton) award winner. This award is given to those individuals/ families who have a significant impact on Sacred Heart School.

sister Judith Fischer ’64 celebrated her 50th jubilee of profession as a Benedictine. Sister is a member of Mother of God Monastery, Watertown, SD. She ministers in Immaculate Conception parish in Watertown.

sister Jane schoenfelder ’67 celebrated her 50th jubilee of profession as a Benedictine. She is a member of Mother of God Monastery, Watertown, SD. She ministers in Humboldt and Montrose, SD, in education and liturgy.

1970’s Monica (diez) Muth Hs’66, C’70 and husband Bob celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary July 25, 2010. Monica and Bob live in Yankton, SD.

deborah (dose) Klasi ’72 lives in Sioux Falls, SD. She is an Alcohol/Drug Counselor-Residential Halfway House for Women for the Carroll Institute in Sioux Falls, SD.

Father Rodney Kneifl ’73 recently celebrated his 25th anniversary of ordination to the Catholic priesthood. He is pastor of St. Joseph’s Church, Platte Center, NE.

Jody (shearon) Geer ’74 and husband Mike live in Lincoln, NE. After 28 years with the Lincoln Lancaster County

Marriages

Tara R. Kment C’02 and Pete Wallace, August 1, 2009.

stacy l. dickes C’04 and Andrew Pfeifer, April 24, 2010.

scott M. Becker C’04 and Rachel Ann Moser, C’08, June 5, 2010.

Kristopher M. Falkena C’08 and Rosalie M. Full, June 5, 2010.

Jeremy M. Zens C’07 and Jamie l. Klinkhammer C’06, June 12, 2010.

Pamela J. Wortmann C’10 and Brent Hansen, June 12, 2010.

sarah J. Maly C’10 and John Tacke, July 24, 2010.

Brandi J. Trudeau C’07 and Brandon R. Johnson, August 6, 2010.

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Kahlan Elizabeth Carlin, daughter of Jennifer and Justin C’02 Carlin.

Welcome Little Lancers

Jennifer and Justin C’02 Carlin a daughter, Kahlan Elizabeth, September 23, 2009, joining Alexander (7) and Jasmine (5). Kelly C’99 and Mary (Czapenski C’97) Cain, a son, Cody James, January 18, 2010 joining sister, Haley (3 ½).

Bryce and Blair (Rames C’04) Magill, identical twin daughters, Cassidy Brynn and Carsyn Bree, January 29, 2010.

Clifton C’04 and Kylee (White C’03) Kephart, a son, Brooks Cameron, January 29, 2010.

Ben and Jennifer (streff C’99) Roling, a daughter, Alyssa Ann, February 5, 2010, joining Landon and Lauren.

Fred C’02 and emily (varilek C’02) Gullikson, a daughter, Sarah Rose, March 5, 2010, joining Elizabeth and Grace.

dustin C’05 and Angela (lutz C’06) Korth, a daughter, Kennedy Jean, March 9, 2010.

Paul and Rachel (vannatta C’87) Reinhart, a daughter, Ellery Mae, April 13, 2010. Leah and Ryan Hebner C’96 a son, Guy Ryan, May 7, 2010.

Andy C’99 and stephanie (sieler C’00) Bernatow, a son, Trey Thomas, May 12, 2010, joining Luke (5) and Brooklyn (8).

Sarah Rose, daughterof Fred and Emily (Varilek) Gullikson.

Cody James, son of Kelly ’99 and Mary(Czapenski C’97) Cain.

50 yearsSister Eileen O’ConnorSister Esther HolzbauerSister Jacquelyn Ernster

60 yearsSister Ann FasbenderSister Doris OberembtSister Marcine Quintus

70 yearsSister Jeanette KlimischSister Laeticia Kilzer

75 yearsSister Henrietta JundtSister Vera HeinzSister Leonette Hoesing

sacred Heart Monastery Jubilarians


Health Department, Jody is now working as a school nurse at Roper Elementary School at Yankee Hill Program School. Mike is a mechanic and has a rental U-Haul business. They have two grandchildren, Cole and Mackenzie.

Michael Rice ’74 received an outstanding teaching award from the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha. Michael earned his Ph.D. from the University of Arizona College of Nursing in 1980. Prior to joining the faculty of UNMC in 2008, he worked at several nursing schools including the University of California Medical Center at San Francisco, University of Arizona, and the Intercollegiate Center for Nursing Education in Spokane, WA, and Arizona State University.

Angela (Westegaard) Hejl ’76 is one of 103 recipients of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science teaching. This teaching award is awarded annually to the best pre-college-level science and mathematics teachers from all over the country. Winners of this award receive a $10,000 award from the National Science Foundation to be used at their discretion. They also receive an expense-paid trip to Washington, D.C. for an awards ceremony and several days of educational and celebratory events. Angela teaches at Yankton High School and is an adjunct faculty at Mount Marty College. Angela and husband Roger live in Yankton.

eileen (Chicoine) ’78 and Quynh ’76-78 nguyen live in Port Arthur, TX. They own Renaissance Hospital, a 91-bed hospital in Groves, TX.

Father Thomas (Joel) Wordekemper ’79 celebrated his

25th anniversary of profession as a Benedictine monk of Assumption Abbey, Richardton, ND. Father Thomas is chaplain at Mount Marty College and Sacred Heart Monastery, Yankton.

1980’s lucille (Hevle) Wysuph ’82-85 recently retired from Avera Sister James Care Center, Yankton, after 24 years of service.

Patti Canchola ’84 lives in Pueblo, CO. She is a staff Veterinarian at Pueblo Animal Services in Pueblo, CO.

Timothy Kirby ’84 lives in McMinnville, OR. He is a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist at Willamette Valley Medical Center in McMinnville.

louise (Jaspers) Meyer C’84 and husband Dan celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary July 13, 2010. Louise and Dan live in Wilmot, SD.

Bill nelson ’85 lives in Onamia, MN. He is the Chief Executive Officer of Mille Lacs Health System.

1990’s lori draper ’92 lives in Reno, NV. She is a Counselor for the Washoe County School District in Reno, NV.

Paul Beninga ’93 lives in Sioux Falls, SD, and is a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist at Avera McKennan Hospital.

Todd Koch ’93 lives in Eagle, ID. He is an Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner at Cook Children’s Hospital.

Michael oney ’98 and wife Amanda live in Marshall, MN.

Michael works at US Bank in Customer Service, Marshall, MN.

Kathryn (stacy) Blaha ’98 has received the District Educator of the Year for the Avon School District. Kathy is the School Counselor for K-12. Kathy, husband Tom and children Rachel and Evan live in Avon, SD.

2000’s Justin Carlin ’03 and wife Jennifer and their three children live in Rochester, MN. Justin is employed at Mayo Clinic and recently had two papers published from his research work through Mayo. The articles written in conjunction with several others can be found in Neurology, 2009.

darla (estwick) Tesch ’03 lives in Watertown, SD. She is in realtor

Bill Nelson, Sue Boyum, John Barcus, Marie Frodyma, Rick Wagner

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Dave Lyons, class of 1990.

sales for Exit Realty, Watertown, SD.

Tracie smith ’03 lives in Yankton, SD. She is a Registered Nurse at St. Michael’s Hospital in Tyndall, SD.

Amanda (Cameron) Bottolfson ’04 and husband Jeremy live in Yankton, SD. Amanda is a Clinical Care Coordinator at Sanford Hospital in Sioux Falls, SD.

Kimberly Wilcox ’04 lives in Sioux Falls, SD. She is a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist at Sanford Health, Sioux Falls, SD.

sarah (drees) Janak ’06 and husband Jay live in Gregory, SD. Sarah is a Registered Nurse at Avera Gregory Healthcare Center.

In SympathyTricia Heien C’04 on the death of her mother, Patricia Lewison and brother, Daniel Lewison.Sister Marietta Kerkvliet C’69 and Donna Muller C’71 on the death of their mother, Elizabeth Kerkvliet.Barbara Lee C’88 on the death of her father, Dennis Bogner.Marjorie (Kaiser) Skokan SN’63 on the death of her husband, Dennis Skokan.Judith Suess HS’65, C’69 and Brother David McGinnis C’76 on the death of their father, Julius McGinnis.Maureen Thompson HS’68, C’72 on the death of her father, Dr. Robert Thompson.Rita (Schaefer) Zavadil HS’49 on the death of her husband, Wilfred Zavadil.Sharon (Irwin) Munro HS’48, SN’51 and husband Deane on the death of their son, Steven Munro.Jacqueline (Kaup) Farley C’86 on the death of her husband, Harry Farley.Margaret (Bickett) Arens C56-58 on the death of her husband, Harold Arens.

Marie (Hansen) Kappel C’92 and David Hansen, Maintenance, on the death of their father, Joseph Hansen.Michael Grimme C’90 on the death of his mother, Lois Grimme.Karen (Cowman) Olson SH’58 on the death of her husband, John Olson.Janice Spielman HS’65 and Tom Rupiper C’71-74 on the death of their mother, Bridget Rupiper.Sister Sarah Schultz, OSB, C’74 on the death of her father, Herman Schultz.Greg Peters C’95 on the death of his mother, Alice Peters.Betty (Hacecky) Hlavac C’49 on the death of her husband, Emil Hlavac.Claudette (Becker) Stappert HS’50, C’51 on the death of her husband, Charles Stappert.

Kevin Kennedy C’76 and Shelly Kennedy C’82 on the death of their father, Glenn C. Kennedy. Marjorie (Albers) Lammers HS’56 and husband Roman on the death of their son, Gary Lammers.Janice Macek HS’63, C’67 on the

death of her father, Albert Mueller.Cynthia Bottini HS’66 on the death of her mother, Darlene Cimpl. Deborah Sterna C’73 on the death of her mother, Phyllis Portillo.Cynthia Stenstrom C’79 and Dennis Pudwill C’83-84 on the death of their mother, Bettie Pudwill.Denise (Kollash) Hecht C91-93 on the death of her daughter, Tami Hecht. Phyllis Muellenberg HS’51, C’57, Yvonne Benning HS’60, Rosanne Stone HS’62, Patricia Widmer, HS’65 on the death of their mother, Loretta Muellenberg.Francine Dold C’67 on the death of her mother, Elly Dold.Mary Schon C’76 and Carol Pletchette C’80 on the death of their mother, Rosemary Schon.Carol Lorenz Christjans, SN’61 on the death of her husband, Don Christjans.Patricia Sprouse HS’68 on the death of her parents, Magdalen and Michael Kessler.John Swensen C’86 on the death of his mother, Anna Swensen.


In Loving Memory:

Barbara Barton Coleman, sA’68, December 13, 2009.

Rodney sexton, C’77, January 2010.

erin o’Gorman Geary, C’89, January 21, 2010.

Marie des laurier Mathews, Hs’48, February 7, 2010.

sister Winifred deffe, osB, sn’54, February 15, 2010.

Wilma Mcdonald Faini, C’45, March 3, 2010.

sandra schlaht Kirwan, sn’58, March 5, 2010.

sister Jane Klimisch, osB, Hs’38, C’41, May 24, 2010.

eunice erickson engen, sn’54, June 6, 2010.

Magdalen Goettertz Kessler, Hs’47, June 11 2010.

darlene Campbell Babb C’61-63, June 14, 2010.

viola Wentz Bauder, sn’45, C’81, June 17, 2010.

Madeline devine Hs’47, C’50, July 1, 2010.

sister stephen (Mary) Prokes, osB, former faculty, July 7, 2010.

Tony Renner, former v.P. of Financial Affairs, August 9, 2010.

sister laudes lee, osB, C’66, August 9, 2010.

sister Martin Mergen, osB, August 16, 2010.

Angela (Courtney) McGillick HS’49 on the death of her husband and Margaret Noem C’75 on the death of her father, Patrick McGillick.Mary Lee Villanueva C’96 on the death of her father, Merlin Hochstein.Mary Jo Kietzman, C’76 on the death of her mother, Rose Donovan.Mary Hickerson C’73, Charleen Alsteil C’74, Ron C’76 and Dan C’82 Wiebelhaus on the death of their father, Floyd Wiebelhaus.

Agnes Heine C’72 on the death of her father, Anthony Sandhoff.Mary Frick C’78 on the death of her mother, LaVerne Malik.Rita Law ’70 on the death of her mother, Doris Schaefer.Terry Nelson, faculty, on the death of his mother, Joyce Nelson.Nan (Morgan) Arena C’57 on the death of her husband, Andrew Arena.Anne (Rokusek) Renner C’72, on the death of her husband, and Barbara Levinson HS’65 and Ruth Kline, C’75 and John

Renner C’80 of the death of their father, Tony Renner.Deb Fischer-Clemens C’77 on the death of her father, Bernard Fischer.Paula (Herron) Jenson C’85 on the death of her mother, Victoria Herron.JoAnn (Muth) Moses C’74 on the death of her husband, James Moses.Doris (Parisien) Fiedler SN’55, C’91 on the death of her husband, Fred Fiedler.

Tributes and BlessingsHONOR and MEMORIAL PROGRAM

Your gift to honor a friend or family member or memorialize a deceased loved one helps further the work of educating today’s Mount Marty students.

To give an honor or memorial gift of any size, go to www.mtmc.edu and click on Giving or contact the Office of Institutional Advancement at (605) 668-1542.

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S. Martin Mergen OSB, 72, died Monday, August 16, 2010 at Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls following a brief illness with pancreatic cancer. S. Martin attended Devaney Country School and then St. Mary’s High School in Dell Rapids where she graduated in 1955. She then attended Mount Marty College earning

a BA degree in science. While at Mount Marty, she was crowned as the first Queen Marbenette. She later earned a MNS degree in Chemistry and Math from the University of South Dakota. S. Martin entered Sacred Heart Monastery in August, 1959, and was invested as a novice the following year receiving the name of S. Martin. She made first profession in 1961 and final profession in 1966. Her ministry involved education at the elementary, secondary and college level. Most recently she was the Associate Director of Catholic Family Services for the Diocese of Sioux Falls.

Her education ministry included Mount Marty High School; St. James Catholic School in St. James, NE; VP for Student Life, VP for Finance, and VP for College Advancement at Mount Marty College. While at Mount Marty College, S. Martin was instrumental in coordinating the yearly Octoberfest and other

fund-raising activities. She served on many boards and committees in the monastery, the Yankton civic community and at the state and national level including the SD College Personnel Assoc., National Assoc. of State Personnel Administrators, Colleges of Mid-America Consortium, Lewis & Clark Mental Health Board, Madonna Board of Trustees in Lincoln, NE, and on the Yankton Chamber Board and also as a Chamber Ambassador. She was currently serving on the Board of Trustees of Avera Holy Family Hospital, Estherville, IA and on the Mount Marty College Board of Trustees.

S. Martin was known for her ready smile, her love of life, her enthusiasm in her ministry, especially during her years at Mount Marty College, and her love of community, family and friends.

She is survived by her Benedictine Community; her mother, Ceal Mergen of Dell Rapids; three brothers: Del (Carol), Sumbro Falls, MN; James (Cheri), Sioux Falls; Mark (Cheri), Dell Rapids; and three sisters: Mary Ellen (Roger) Scholz, Stuart, NE; Alice (Jack) Majeres, Dell Rapids; Teresa (Jon) Brooks, Yankton; brother-in-law, Jerry Wickre, Colton, SD, numerous nieces and nephews and her many friends. She was preceded in death by her father, Arther; and her sister, Carolyn Wickre.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the Mergen Family Scholarship at Mount Marty College, Office of Advancement, 1105 W. 8th St., Yankton, SD 57078.

S. Jane Klimisch OSB, 89, died Monday, May 24, 2010 in the Sacred Heart Monastery Care Center in Yankton, South Dakota. Music and education were major ministries for S. Jane. She taught at Mount Marty College for over forty years, retiring with the rank of professor emeritus. She

also served the college as academic dean and college archivist and established the Sacred Music Resource Center to collect and preserve important publications of Gregorian Chant. S. Jane was a gifted musician and composer who wrote hundreds of liturgical pieces and served as monastery organist and choir director for 31 years. She continued as an organist until a few weeks before her death.

As not only a writer of music but also literature, she authored The One Bride, a book on the nature of religious life, and Women Gathering, the history of the Federation of St. Gertrude. She also co-authored Travelers on the Way of Peace I and II, for the 75th and 100th anniversary of the monastery. S. Jane was a gentle woman of wisdom who loved her prairie roots, who never lost her child-like awe of the beauties of creation, and who was friend, mentor and spiritual companion to many. S. Jane is survived by her Benedictine community; her twin sister, S. Jeanette Klimisch OSB; a sister-in-law, Delores Klimisch, Yankton; and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, three sisters and three brothers. Memorials may be directed to the Marian Auditorium Renovation Project at Mount Marty College, 1105 W. 8th Street, Yankton, SD 57078.

s. Jane Klimisch osB

s. Martin Mergen osB


Mount Marty College welcomed alumni back to campus the weekend of July 17-18 for the school’s annual Alumni Days gathering. Saturday’s events included breakfast, campus tours, lunch, tea hosted by former faculty and staff, and an evening social and banquet. The weekend culminated with Mass and brunch on Sunday. Honored classes at the banquet were Mount Marty High School Classes of 1950 and 1960, Sacred Heart School of Nursing Classes of 1950 and 1960, and Mount Marty College Classes of 1960, 1970, 1985, and 1990. During the festivities, alumni Marilyn Pates, Norm Kunselman, and Sister Aidan Bourke were also honored (photos to the right).

Marilyn Pates received the award for Distinguished Professional Achievement for demonstrating leadership, competence, dedication, integrity, and a commitment to continued education in her chosen profession.

Pates graduated from Sacred Heart Hospital School of Nursing in 1957. She has been employed as a nurse and instructor in the operating

room at Sacred Heart and a clinical nurse at Yankton Medical Clinic. She has been recognized and admired by all to whom she has served: children, their parents and grandparents, as well as nursing students and surgical patients.

Pates is an only daughter and has given much of her time over the years to her family during the illnesses of her brother, parents and grandparents. She is known in her neighborhood in Yankton as a person who will generously help others. She is recognized for her sense of values, kindness, compassion, hospitality, and faith in God, bringing Christ to others who are in need.

norm Kunselman received the award for Distinguished Service to the Mount Marty Community for exhibiting notable leadership abilities in service to the Mount Marty Community.

Kunselman, of Minneapolis, Minn., is a 1976 graduate of Mount Marty College. Shortly after graduation, he began to serve on the Alumni Council. He was named Mount Marty Alumni Director and Director

of College Relations in 1981, and a year later worked solely as Director of College Relations. He also taught speech, theatre and mass communications at the College, directed plays and musicals, and managed the campus theatre and radio station. Since moving to Minneapolis, Kunselman has volunteered to be the Twin Cities Representative in the Alumni Council, representing the class of 1976, and coordinating alumni events.

For keeping the Mount Marty College community in his heart and his actions, Kunselman has received the Distinguished Service to the Mount Marty Community award.

sister Aidan Bourke received the award for Distinguished Service to Mount Marty College for her loyalty to the mission of the institution, continued interest and support, and reflection of honor upon the school with her Christian lifestyle.

Sister Aidan was born and raised in York, Neb., and attended Mount Marty College after high school. After her freshman year, she

distinguished Alumni Honored during Reunion

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entered Sacred Heart Monastery, continuing her studies during the summers and earning a degree in Social Science in 1962. She also earned her Masters in Psychology at Duquesne University, in preparation for her work at the College.

Her ministry has included teaching at the elementary and college levels; serving many years at Mount Marty as Director of Admissions, Registrar, and Alumni Director; coordinating volunteers at Madonna Rehab Hospital in Lincoln, Neb.; serving on numerous boards and committees; and

serving as the Prioress of Sacred Heart Monastery from 1981-1989. She currently volunteers in the Mount Marty Alumni Office, where she enjoys working with the staff and having contact with alums, and she generously helps with various ministries in the monastery.

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Be a tattletale! Do you know alumni who’ve accomplished great things? They may not want to toot their own horns, but we invite you to tell the story for them!

We will review information about alumni achievements for possible use in our college publications and the annual Alumni Awards program held in conjunction with Alumni Days.

To submit information, go online to www.mtmc.edu/alumni and submit a class note to inform us of alumni deserving recognition.

Because Mount Marty College takes its impact on the environment seriously, we will no longer print the entire Honor Roll of Donors. To view the list in its entirety, visit www.mtmc.edu/supporting.

President’s society President’s Circle - $25,000+ Avera Sacred Heart Hospital Benedictine Sisters of Sacred Heart Monastery Bilnel Properties, LLP Thomas Bohnenkamp Bush Foundation George Kayser(Deceased) Agnes Maus Estate Claire Reiss^ South Dakota Education Access Foundation Otto Ullrich Estate President’s society Patron - $10,000-$24,999 ARAMARK District Office Wilma(C’45)(Deceased) & Vito Faini First Dakota National Bank Yankton Robert* & Bette Kathol Dr. Aelred^ & Irene Kurtenbach President’s society Ambassador - $5,000-$9,999 Jeanette Bailey(H’61 C’65) & Joe Schneider Michael & Debra Bennett Hatterscheidt Foundation Sister Eileen Neville(C’53) Marlene Rance* Daniel & Joyce Shudak Sister Marlene Stetz*(C’64) Wells Fargo of Yankton Robert* & Charlene Zylstra President’s society Associate - $2,500-$4,999 Dr. James^ & Ronda Barry Benedictine Health Foundation Diocese of Sioux Falls First Dakota Trust & Investments Dr. John & Peggy* Frank Patrick Frank# Rudy* & Kathleen(C’87) Gerstner Gerstner Oil Company Kathryn Higgins*(H’65) Hy-Vee Food Store Yankton Luken Memorials Inc. Mary Frances Lyle(C’37) Celia^ & James Miner Kathy Nordstrom* Sister Doris Oberembt^(C’63) Lori(C’64) & James Rausch Larry* & Patricia Schmaltz Dorothy Schmidt South Dakota Foundation of Independent Colleges Suzi’s Trophies & Awards Dr. Bruce* & Nancy Teachout

Anthony(C’87) & Shari Weber PJ Werdel President’s society Member - $1,000-$2,499 A2L Technologies James & Colette Abbott Jeff & Cindy Amundson Anonymous Donor Andy#(C’99) & Stephanie (C’00) Bernatow Dianne Breen(C’70) Susan(C’73 C’94) & Richard Bruening Clara Chavez Burchardt(C’57) Sarah# & David Carda Dr. Larry^ & Marty Celmer Cecilia(C’54) & George Chacko Thomas & Rogene Cihak Barbara(H’66) & Robert Clarke Community Bank of Avon CorTrust Bank Brandi DeFries# Robert & Sally Dolan Jerry^ & Elaine Donohoe Dow Corning Corporation Msgr. James Doyle* Sister Margretta Doyle^(C’58) Dwight C. Hauff Foundation Embroidery & Screen Works Carla# & Glen Eng Fred*(C’74) & Stephanie Ertz Barbara Farson(C’76) Dr. Steven^(C’77) & Ruth Feeney First National Bank of South Dakota Kathleen Grimes(C’70) Ron & Linda Gunden Marian Gunderson^ Arlen & Candy Halvorson Daisy# & Keith Halvorson Dr. Aaron & Paula Hamvas Dr. Janis# & Tom Hausmann Michael* & Gerri(C’81) Healy Arlene* & Gary^ Heine Heine Cattle Company Mike & Michelle Homme Father Donald Imming Ken & Jeanne Isaak Donnan & Rosalea Jimison Carole & Robert Koletzky Eileen Lesher Delores & Ferdinand Lintel Dr. Alfred Lupien# Joanne# & Steve Marsh Audrey McGary James^ & JoAnn Mentele Louise(C’62) & Ron Mika David & Shirley Morman Donald Morman Earl Morman Mother Of God Monastery MT & RC Smith Insurance Inc Larry & Marge Murphy

Opsahl-Kostel Funeral Home Christina Orr(C’92) & Nicholas Clarke Janice(H’68) & Joseph Pauli Clarice Pellettier(H’50 N’56) Randy(C’97) & Sueanne Perry William^ & Sandy Pier Pizza Ranch of Yankton Theresa(C’63) & Donald Powers Robert Pulscher* Dr. Pamela^ & Bob Rezac Patrick & Teresa Roche Betty(C’49) & Alonzo Roemmich Dr. Robert Ruetz & Family Sacred Heart Parish Katherine Schmidt(C’59) Pearl Shih Wong South Dakota Humanities Council South Dakota Magazine Nick & Debbie Stocking Dr. Nelson# & Rev. Marilyn Stone Kathleen Teget(Deceased) David^ & Marlys Thies Francis#(C’06) & Christine# Tudor United Church of Christ Bruce Unterbrunner(C’80) Eleanor Unterbrunner Dan^ & Judy(H’56) Wallbaum Dr. Derek# & Michelle Wesley Linda(H’67) & Keith Wing Jeffrey*(C’93) & Lisa(C’93) Wolfgram Yankton Medical Clinic Yankton Quarterback Club Yankton Rotary Club Terry Yu(C’62) Founder’s society - $500-$999 Mary(C’70) & Kevin Arend Avera Health Ball Corporation Janet Beattie(C’48) Jim & Barbara Black BP Products North America Inc. Broadway Chrysler Dodge Jeep Michael(C’76) & Mary Campbell Kalina Carlson(C’08) Catholic Foundation of Eastern South Dakota John A. Conkling Distributing Dr. Krisma# & Lloyd DeWitt Jeannie(C’84) & Sandy Dillard John(C’75) & Natalie Docter Dr. Jim(C’81) & Suzanne(C’81 C’84) Dufek Steven(C’87) & Lori Dykeman Clark Eide Family Joan England^ Albert Fernandez#(C’97) Dr. Alan# & Dawn Ferris Jack & Pam Frick Wesley(C’89 C’95) & Lori(C’91) Green Charles & Joan Gross

Geraldine(C’55) & Bernard Guss Tim Halvorson Warren & Dee Hatch Home Federal Savings Bank Lilla Hunsley(C’65) Marci Huston Sister Kevin Irwin^(H’47 C’54) Johnson, Miner, Marlow, Woodward & Huff LLC Clare Kapitan & Keith Schreiber Robert(C’79) & Romaine Kappel Tim & Amy Kessler Knights of Columbus – Marty Council #1536 Kolberg-Pioneer, Inc. L & S Electric Greg & Terrie Larson Dr. Clark & Gerry Likness Todd(C’94) & Cheryl Luedeke Frank Lyons Microsoft Corporation Richard(C’78) & Joni Moore Bonnie(C’70) & John Myers Rita(H’57) & Franklin Narcisian Bill Nelson(C’85) Theresa Nemmers(C’71) Maureen O’Leary Olson’s Pest Technicians, Inc. Julie(C’81) & Gary Pilcher Redlinger Bros Plumbing & Heating Co Rice Insurance Agency Judith(C’65) & Tom Sanders Patty Sladky(C’82 C’94) Slowey Construction Inc Katherine(C’65) & Griffith Smith Dr. Elizabeth(C’03) Spivey & Dave Bergin Bill & Suzanne Stahl Robert# & Judy Tereshinski Dr. Mary Lee(C’96) & Mike Villanueva Vision Real Estate Services - Pure Vision Inc. Welfl Construction, Inc. Wohlenberg, Ritzman & Co. Jesse(C’73) & Loxi Wolf Clara Yeoman(H’50 C’64) Phyllis Zwart(C’67)

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Mount Marty College Honor Roll of DonorsFor gifts given July 1, 2009 - June 30, 2010

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The enduring entertainment of Mount Marty College’s Marian Auditorium began when the facility was opened to the public November 6, 1955. Four days later it was formally dedicated and blessed by the Most Reverend John G. Murray, Archbishop of St. Paul. Several performances were held in the days following the dedication.

Marian Auditorium, the fine facility that it is, is in need of renovations to ensure that the quality of future productions may continue to serve its patrons.

Details of the renovation ... There are several elements that need to be addressed for the renovation of Marian Auditorium. Improvements include new seating, theatrical lighting, acoustic enhancements, as well as aesthetic improvements. Sponsorship opportunities are available for your consideration to help us achieve this worthy initiative. Your name will appear on the “Wall of Fame” in the renovated facility. Investing in Mount Marty ... We ask you to invest in this deserving project. Please check which option best suits you and return the form with your support. Mount Marty College is a 501(c)3, non-profit organization. All gifts are tax deductible.

For gifts of $25,000 or above, contact Dr. Derek Wesley, Mount Marty College Vice President for Institutional Advancement at 605-668-1232 to discuss sponsorship opportunities.

Donation Levels: r $50,000 – Executive Producer r $25,000 – Producer r $10,000 – Director r $5,000 – Screen Writer r $1,000 – Premier Seating r $500 – General Admission r Other – Stage Crew

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