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SMSU Briefs for Feb. 13

SMSU announces 2018 fall semester dean’s lists

Southwest Minnesota State University students have been honored for achievement during the 2018 fall semester of study.

There are two honors categories for the dean’s list. An undergraduate student who completes 12 or more A-F graded credits and achieves a grade-point average of 3.5 or higher earns honors. If a 4.0 grade-point average is achieved, the student earns high honors.

High honors

Canby: Jenna Houseman, Jenna Kockelman, Larissa Kockelman; Clarkfield: Mackenzie Dyrdahl, Angie Listul; Cottonwood: Austin Hansen; Dawson: Emily Williamson, Taitum Timm; Granite Falls: Danielle Olson; Ivanhoe: Cora Engels, Rachel Engels, Sarah Engels; Lucan: Miles Christopher; Marshall: Eric Ahmann, Donna Bastemeyer-Parlin, Sarah Buysse, Oluwaseun Famakinwa, Lisa Hansen, Autumn Hess, Cody Jants, Kelsey Pieschke, Marta Rubin, Rabina Saud, Candace Thomas, Treyton Weber. Milroy: Miriam Krause, Devin Soupir; Minneota: Nicole Evers. Slayton: Jacob Groen; Taunton: Maria Callens; Tracy: Elsa Black; Wabasso: Cassie Rogotzke.

Honors

Arco: Lacey Barke; Balaton: Samantha Bartz; Canby: Brandon Bursack, Mallary Fink, Bryce Gorder; Clarkfield: Emma Rohwer; Cottonwood: Kayla Anderson, Cottonwood, Christopher Berg, Coltan Varpness; Dawson: Andrea Lee, Michael Lee, Amanda Miller, Dawson, Alyssa Strand, Dawson; Ghent: Heidi DeSutter; Granite Falls: Ashley Struffert, Kaily Viergutz; Hanley Falls: Mariah Schuler; Hendricks: Benjamin Blees; Ivanhoe: Melissa Downing; Lake Benton: Heath Schindler, Lake Benton, Samantha Schindler; Lamberton: Jenna Grunewald, Logan Pankonin; Lucan: Laurie Ourada; Lynd: Zoe DeBoer; Marshall: Vanessa Abudei, Calvin Bader, Lydia Bader, Aayush Bajra Bajracharya, Riley Bakke, Maria Baleng, Katie Boerboom, Shelby Borst, Elijah Brau, Emily Buysse, Loic Dah, Oluwasegun Durowoju, Alyssa Edwards, Vanessa Elton, Crystal Enga, Carrie Enga, Chidera Ezeh, Issac Fischer, Chase Hamilton, Justin Hartman, Zoe Hess, Cami Hoover, Fadumo Ismail, Joshua Linz, Louis Lozinski, Hannah Lund, Avianna McFarquhar, Rachel Meyer, Mariana Oaxaca, Samantha Onken, Elycia Osland, Ankit Parajuli, Daryl Pennington, Christina Rebstock, Darian Ross, Jared Schmidt, Nhuja Shakya, Ram Shrestha, Tawnni Slagel, Braden Sommervold, Derek Soupir, Justina Streich, Tara Thapa Magar, Bradin Wyffels, Blythe Zeug; Milroy: Kayla Wartner, Ashley Zwach; Minneota: Sara DeSmet, Brock Fox, Emily Gillingham, Gustavo Molina, Matthew Myhre, Brooke Sorensen, Dylan Tolk, Madyson Yost; Slayton: MacKenzie DeLong, Slayton, John Foster; Tracy: Asa Nelson, Madelynn Schumacher; Tyler: Taryn Bedow, Gwyneth Duus, Illana Peter, Sarah Stanek; Vesta: Kaitlyn Leach, Jared Zollner; Wabasso: Cody Dudgeon, Alyssa Greenlee, Jennie Wotschke; Walnut Grove: Samantha Hotzler, Matthew Kleven, Kelly Truedson, Regan Truedson; Westbrook: McKenzie Deprez; Wood Lake: Cody Doose.

Ag Bowl Scholarship Invitational Friday at SMSU

Southwest Minnesota State University will host the Ag Bowl Scholarship Invitational Friday.

The event is an extension of the annual Ag Bowl, a celebration of agriculture in southwest Minnesota.

FFA teams from the region will compete in 18 FFA-certified Career Development Events (CDEs). The top FFA chapter will receive $500, the second-place team $300 and a randomly-selected third team $200. Members of the winning team will also be awarded $500 in scholarship dollars, and each member on the second-place team will receive $250 in scholarship dollars. Individual CDE winners will receive scholarship dollars, too – $500 for first-place winners, and $250 for those finishing second.

“The CDEs were selected because they relate well to the ag programs at SMSU,” said Jennifer Graven, Executive Director of the Mustang Booster Club and Athletics Director of Marketing and Promotions.

She expects over 600 FFA members to participate.

Event sponsors include title sponsor Ralco, along with Action Sports, ADM, Channel Seed, CHS, Golden Harvest, Lockwood Motors, Lyon County Corn & Soybean Growers, Marshall Animal Clinic, Midwest Ag Enterprises, Minnesota Corn Growers Association, Minnesota Soybean Growers Association and Titan Machinery.

Registration is from 7:30-8:15 a.m., with a welcome at 8:15 a.m. Competition will be from 8:45 a.m.-noon, with awards to follow.

‘Miss Electricity’ is theater production

SMSU Theatre’s 51st season continues with “Miss Electricity,” a short comedy for children and families by Kathryn Walat. Performances are Feb. 23 at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., and Feb. 24 at 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. All performances are in the SMSU Fine Arts Theatre, with free parking available in lot B-1. Show tickets are $10 and are available at www.SMSUtickets.com and at the door.

All performances are free for SMSU students with a valid ID. Up to three children (12 and younger) can attend free with each paying adult or with each SMSU student. The show is also touring to area elementary schools on Fridays from Feb. 15 through March 8.

“Miss Electricity” tells the story of fifth-grader Violet, who wants to show everyone how special she is by breaking a world record, but she gets so pre-occupied with her goal that she neglects her friends and family. When Violet seemingly gains the ability to control electricity, the power goes to her head, and only wisdom from Mount Olympus can remind her to appreciate her everyday life.

“Miss Electricity” is directed by Theater Professor Nadine Purvis Schmidt of Estelline, S.D., who is also the producer. Theater Professor Mike Lenz of Cottonwood, is the scenic, lighting, and sound designer and technical director. Theater Professor Sheila Tabaka of Marshall, is the costume designer. Sally Tabaka, a Marshall High School senior and SMSU PSEO student, is the rehearsal stage manager. There are two casts of actors (Company M and Company E) who alternate between performances:

Brady Berg, freshman English education and theatre double major from Wells, as the Narrator in Company E

Sariah Cheadle, a junior theater and English literature double major from Fulda, as Mom/Mrs. Waldo/Athena in Company M

Allie Lamote, a freshman theater arts and communication studies double major from Marshall, as Violet in Company E

Ian Mackie, a freshman theater arts major from Currie, as Freddy in Company E

Danny McDonnell, a senior theater arts major from Jordan, as Freddy in Company M

Avianna McFarquhar, a sophomore accounting, management, and theater arts triple major, creative writing minor from Marshall, as Mom/Mrs. Waldo/Athena in Company E

Chase Pehling, a sophomore applied computational math major, physics and supply chain management double minor, from Mankato, as Billy-the-Bully/Zeus in Company E

Mary Jean Porter, a freshman theater arts and creative writing double major, Music minor from Marshall, as Connie-Can’t-Do in Company M

Raxson Rax, a junior theater arts major from Milan, as Billy-the-Bully/Zeus in Company M

Cat Schmidt, a junior theater arts major from Arlington, as Violet in Company M

Jordan Stangeland, a senior psychology and theater arts double major from Marshall, as the Narrator in Company M

Elizabeth Zoya, a sophomore theater arts major from Maplewood, as Connie-Can’t-Do in Company E

“Miss Electricity” is presented through special arrangement with Playscripts, Inc., www.playscripts.com.

For more information, call the Theatre Office at 507-537-7103.

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