Connect! alumni magazine
Vol. 2, No. 2, Winter 2008
Features
When
the levy fails
When alumnus Stan Mack, superintendent of Robbinsdale Area Schools, and Robbinsdale school board director Paul Magnuson learned that the district’s tax levy referendum had failed on November 7, they were disappointed, to put it mildly. full story
Successful
votes bring bittersweet results
Despite winning their November 2007 tax referendums, alumni Kevin Borg, superintendent of Westonka Public Schools, and Rolf Parsons, a veteran member of the board for White Bear Lake Area Schools, find flaws in the current system for funding Minnesota public schools. full story
An
equal opportunity education?
When nearly one-third of Minnesota’s school districts went to voters last November asking for more money, it raised a red flag among education experts and policymakers. full story
Evening
the playing field
As a child from a lower income, single-mother family, Na’im Madyun says he was always strong academically but not tops among his peers. Today he has a doctorate in school psychology from the College and an assistant professorship in the Department of Postsecondary Teaching and Learning. full story
History
in the making: The Education Sciences Building
Perched on the East Bank of the Mississippi River, the Renaissance-style brick building once known as the Mineral Resources Research Center sat abandoned for nearly 20 years. full story
ARTICLES / DEPARTMENTS
Connecting with emeriti faculty—Edgar Persons: Developing alternative energy
Alumni update—Julie Hellwich: Smart Women give back
Colloquium—Learning Dreams encourages parents' educational goals
Community—Around the College neighborhoods
Compendium—Honors, transitions, in memoriam
Continuity [.pdf]—Alumni news
Commitment [.pdf]—Giving opportunities
Editorial information
Editor: Diane L. Cormany, 612-626-5650, dcormany@umn.edu
Designer: Nance Longley
Photo editor: Rebecca Noran
Writers: Anitra Budd, Diane L. Cormany, Suzy Frisch, Raleigh Kaminsky, J. Trout Lowen, Bridgitt Martin, Lynn Slifer, Andrew Tellijohn
Photographers: Stacy Bengs, Paul Crosby, Greg Helgeson, Raleigh Kaminsky, Leo Kim, Patrick O’Leary, Jerry Smith, Dawn Villella
Office of the Dean
Darlyne Bailey, dean and assistant to the president
Jean Quam, senior associate dean
Heidi Barajas, associate dean
Mary Bents, associate dean
David R. Johnson,
associate dean
Raleigh Kaminsky, director of alumni relations
Lynn Slifer, director of external relations
Dean's Advisory Council
Will Antell, Joyce Bell, Gail Buuck,
Carmen Campbell, Gary Cunningham, Steve Geiger, Jennifer Godinez, Susan
Hagstrum, Patricia Harvey, John Haugo, Frances Hesselbein, Dale Johnson,
Sharon Lynn Kagan, Dale LaFrenz, Dorothy McIntyre, Michael McKasy, John
Merrow, David H. Olson, Beth Patten, P. David Pearson, Judy Potts,
Terrance Kwame Ross, Adelaide Sanford, Jean Sylak, Mary Tjosvold, Joseph
White, Jay Zack
Alumni Society President: Randy Johnson
Connect! magazine is published three times a year by the University of Minnesota College of Education and Human Development for alumni, faculty, staff, and friends of the College. Send correspondence to the editor, 48 McNeal Hall, 1985 Buford Ave., University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108.
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