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SMSU student government election results announced

Schools

Last week the Student Association held a campus-wide election, in which all students were able to participate. The purpose of this election was to determine who would be serving in the Student Association for the 2023-24 academic year as an executive member or a senator. The polls opened on Monday, April 17 and closed Wednesday, April 19. This year’s election marked an increase in participation, not only from the voting side but the applications for candidacy. Most of the executive positions had multiple candidates running for the same position. This has not been seen since before ...

SMSU Briefs for April 26

Schools

Walker receives Larry Schnoor District IV Distinguished Service Award SMSU Professor Julie Walker, who is an assistant professor of Communication Studies and assistant director of forensics, was recently named the winner of the Larry Schnoor District IV Distinguished Service Award for contributions to the American Forensics Association. This award was created to acknowledge the spirit and service of forensics coaches within the district who have shown a dedication to the health, vitality, and progress of the district, its students, and its schools. The award is not given for ...

2nd annual Mustangs 4 Life Day of Giving on April 27

Schools

On Thursday, April 27, the 2023 M4L Day (Mustangs 4 Life Day) will bring together alumni, friends, students, parents, faculty, and staff for Southwest Minnesota State University’s second annual Day of Giving. This is a 24-hour online fundraising event full of opportunities to show Mustang Pride for all areas on campus. Gifts made online will unlock bonuses to supported funds based on the all-day, hourly, and time-sensitive challenges. Every gift, large or small, is considered in the bonuses and challenges held throughout the day. This year there are over $10,000 in challenges and ...

Let there be light

Faith

Once upon a time there were twin brothers who had twin dogs. As farmers, they would walk to town on Sunday mornings for worship; their dogs would follow them, patiently wait for them at the edge of town and follow them back to the farm after church. One day the dogs got distracted by a furtive rabbit bursting from hedge. The bachelor farmers returned to their farms without their dogs but were not worried in the least. The townspeople were puzzled as to their disposition and wondered how they could be so calm or how they could even tell the dogs apart since the hounds were also twins. In ...

Faith Briefs for April 14

Faith

Pipestone Zone LWML Spring Rally Pipestone Zone LWML Spring Rally will be Saturday, April 22. Registration is 9 a.m. with coffee and rolls The guest speaker is Rev. Dr. Armand J Boehme on “ I Am Spiritual, But Not Religious” “Millenials and the Church” Gifts from the Heart — Personal care items for the Pipestone County Hospice. Lunch to follow program. Call Linda Wenzel at 507-220-8194 for more information if needed. Kinship Radio to ‘spring up’ six new stations Kinship Radio and its parent organization, Minn-Iowa Christian Broadcasting, recently announced the ...

Let there be light

Faith

Dark Gethsemane Illumined by the Light of the World “Go to dark Gethsemane, All who feel the tempter’s power; Your Redeemer’s conflict see. Watch with Him one bitter hour; Turn not from His griefs away; Learn of Jesus Christ to pray. Calvary’s mournful mountain climb; There adoring at his feet, Mark that miracle of time, God’s own sacrifice complete. ‘It is finished!’ hear him cry; Learn from Jesus Christ to die.” Mr. Kern in “The History of Hymns” writes: “James Montgomery, considered one of the most important hymn writers of the English ...