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All faculty, staff, students and their families are invited to a day-long event in celebration of the last day of classes at Saint Mary’s. All events will be held in the plaza (or Saint Mary’s Gymnasium). And all events are free unless otherwise noted.

11 a.m. to 4 p.m., enjoy:

• An all-campus garage sale. If you’d like a table, you must pre-register with Mike Ostman starting April 16 and bring your own change. Get rid of all the stuff you’ve accumulated throughout the year that won’t fit in the car ride home.
• Bean bag and giant ladder ball tournaments sponsored by Intramurals.
• Inflatables — including a 134-foot obstacle course; a two-person joust; a velcro wall; wipeout; and a human-sized pool table.
• Massage chairs. Available for a small fee, but who can put a price on relaxing?
• A destructive senior class fundraiser. Grab a sledgehammer and take a swing at some furniture … or maybe even a car! Students and faculty: take out your pre-final stress and frustration while you raise money for the seniors.
  Have any furniture you’re willing to donate to the cause? Contact Mike Ostman (mostman@smumn.edu). Items with glass must have the glass removed. Mattresses and items with bulbs or chemicals will not be accepted.
• Lunch, served from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the plaza only.

4 p.m., the new Student Senate Executive Board will be inaugurated.

5 to 7:30 p.m., dinner will be served in the plaza only.

5 to 7 p.m., the amphitheater will be filled with events including:

• For the Flowers, a WSHS band featuring Dr. Rebecca Hopkins’ son, from 4:45 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
• Cash bar from 6 to 10 p.m. with proper ID.
• The Comedy Sportz Improv Troupe from 5:45 to 6:30 p.m.
• Midwest Dueling Pianos from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
• The band Kind Country from 9 to 11 p.m.
• The last Open Mic Night of the year from 11 p.m. to midnight.

Get your commemorative T-shirts and sunglasses (while supplies last) and enjoy the day with your Saint Mary’s family.

Event sponsors include:

Alumni Relations
Student Athletic Advisory Committee
Black Students and Allies
Chartwells
Future Alumni Committee
Office of Student Activities
Student Activities Committee
Student Life
Maintenance
Minnesota City Customs

Photo caption: Kind Country

Event being live-streamed from Winona

The 2018 Hendrickson Forum will feature keynote speaker Jackie Freiberg, international best-selling author and global consultant, and the presentation of the Hendrickson Medal for Ethical Leadership. The Tuesday, April 24 event, “Innovation Culture,” is presented by Saint Mary’s Hendrickson Institute for Ethical Leadership and will take place at the Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota Twin Cities Campus in Minneapolis.

Recognized as one of the Top 30 Minds on Leadership by Leadership Excellence Magazine, Freiberg helps companies foster work environments where their employees can do their best work. The event, “Innovation Culture,” is presented by Saint Mary’s Hendrickson Institute for Ethical Leadership.

“Innovation is a word that has been prevalent in business for quite some time now,” said Audrey Kintzi, Saint Mary’s vice president for development and alumni relations who leads the Hendrickson Forum. “Dr. Freiberg’s approach to guiding companies to build a culture that results in innovation is the kind of action-oriented strategy that organizations need to succeed and lead.”

Freiberg is the co-author of seven award-winning books, including NUTS!, the international bestseller describing Southwest Airlines’ leadership, culture, and profitability; GUTS!; BOOM!; NANOVATION!; Do Something Now!; Be a Person of Impact!; and most recently, CAUSE! A Business Strategy for Standing Out in a Sea of Sameness. Her articles and interviews on leadership, innovation, engagement, and the SheEconomy have been published in the The Wall Street Journal, Businessweek, Investor’s Business Daily, Dubai’s CapitalME, India’s Management Next, India’s Business Standard, India’s Economic Times, and India’s Financial Times.

Freiberg earned a doctorate in leadership from the University of San Diego, a master’s degree in communication from San Diego State University, and a bachelor’s degree in communication from the University of New Hampshire.

At the Hendrickson Forum, Freiberg will discuss how organizations can harness innovation in a new way. Focusing on three critical roles for organizational success (notice, lead, and disrupt), Freiberg’s keynote will empower attendees to take on these roles and begin taking advantage of opportunities to transform new ideas into real solutions.

Freiberg will join a distinguished roster of former speakers: Zanny Minton Beddoes, Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr., Admiral James Stavridis, Sheila Bair, Ian Bremmer, Sue Gardner, Jacqueline Novogratz, Dr. Marcelo Suárez-Orozco, Prime Minister John Howard, and John Micklethwait. While the topics have varied by year, themes have centered on ethical business leadership in our increasingly global economy.

Saint Mary’s University will proudly present this year’s medal to Rhoda Olsen, vice chair of the Great Clips, Inc. Board of Directors. Olsen has demonstrated great commitment to and has been an outstanding leader in the Minneapolis community.

A 100-percent-franchised company with more than 4,100 salons across North America, Great Clips — under Olsen’s leadership — maintained a clear goal: customer-centered service, offering a great haircut at a great price. With extended hours and an innovative mobile app, Olsen made getting quality haircuts even more convenient for her customers.

Olsen joined Great Clips in 1984. She became CEO in 2011 and grew the chain from 1,000 locations to more than 4,000. She also pushed the business to embrace technology such as online check-in for customers. The Business Journal named Olsen its Executive of the Year in 2015. She is also a former trustee of the university.

The Hendrickson Forum is a luncheon event, held this year on Tuesday, April 24, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. Check-in and networking begin at 11 a.m. at the Saint Mary’s University Center on the Twin Cities Campus on Park Avenue in Minneapolis. The event is open to the public and general admission tickets are $50 per person, which includes lunch. Advance registration is required. More information and online registration is available at: www.smumn.edu/HendricksonForum.

In Winona, the event will be live-streamed in the Science and Learning Center auditorium. Doors will open at 11 a.m., and the program begins at 11:30 a.m. The live-streaming is open to all staff, faculty, student, and Winona community members.

As part of our annual Founders’ Day celebration March 13, Saint Mary’s broke ground on Brother William Hall, a 112-bed, three-story residence hall for first-year students, to be completed in 2019. Brother William Hall will be located on the northeast corner of the Winona Campus; the building will be attached to Pines Hall, which was renamed Bishops Hall on Founders’ Day in commemoration of the Diocese of Winona and most particularly its bishops, who are and have always been great supporters of Saint Mary’s. The new residence hall is made possible by anonymous donors in honor of Brother William’s legacy as president of Saint Mary’s. It will help provide a transformational residential life experience on campus and help attract new students.

Caption: Breaking ground on Brother William Hall are, from left: Owen Warneke, lead architect, OWA Architects; Heidi Ledermann ’19, vice president for student life, Saint Mary’s Student Senate; Mary Ann (Wera) Remick CST’64, chair, Saint Mary’s Board of Trustees; Brother William Mann, president, Saint Mary’s University; Mary Burrichter, trustee, Saint Mary’s University; Oscar Castro ’18, president, Saint Mary’s Student Senate; and Willy Dickenson, vice president, Schwab LLC Construction Services.