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Hall of Fame Profile: Mark Staub B’88

WINONA, Minn. — If you ask Mark Staub B’88 what his most treasured memory of his time at Saint Mary’s was, he would undoubtedly say back-stopping Saint Mary’s run to the MIAC regular-season championship during his senior season. That memory could quite possibly be...

Hall of Fame Profile: Jen (Schipp) Stewart B’06

WINONA, Minn. — When Jenny (Schipp) Stewart B’06 graduated from North St. Paul High School, she wasn’t even sure if she wanted to play collegiate softball. And now, the hard-throwing right-hander — who was as much a threat at the plate as she was in the pitcher’s...

A calling to help youth spurs career change

Aleksa Khamda has worked in healthcare since 2014, serving as a medical technician while she was in the Air Force and most recently at Mayo Clinic as a medical administrator. She also has a bachelor’s degree in healthcare management. But an important part of her...

Hall of Fame Profile: Jenni (Gutterman) Becker B’06

WINONA, Minn. — Jennifer (Gutterman) Becker B’06 never paid any attention to her statistics during her playing days as a member of the Saint Mary’s University fastpitch softball team. Maybe she didn’t, but others certainly did, and those numbers were jaw-dropping — so...

Hall of Fame Profile: George Drouches B’78

WINONA, Minn. — Juggling the demands of being a student and an athlete is a daunting task for any college student-athlete. Throw in a second sport, and those demands more than double. To play two sports at the collegiate level is one thing — to excel at two sports at...

Noyce Scholar wants students to know math is not a barrier

Kelsey Philipsek remembers ending her first day of teaching middle school in tears — not because she was frustrated or overwhelmed but because of immense joy. For the first time in her professional life, she found where she felt she belonged. “It was truly the best...

Hall of Fame Profile: Bruna Bucciarelli B’76

WINONA, Minn. – It seems fitting that with the celebration of 50 years of Title IX, Bruna Bucciarelli B’76 Is among this year’s induction class into the Saint Mary’s University Sports Hall of Fame. After all, Bucciarelli was a true pioneer for women’s athletics at...

Nontraditional path to higher ed

Advanced degrees lead to career advances Growing up, Emy Johnson B’07, M’15 was taught by her mother that one can get by in life with “a little bit of grit, a whole lot of grace, and a whole lot of faith.” That determination launched Johnson, who now serves as the...

Compassionate care: Former patient studying to become PA

Britney Blacker ’23 can’t remember a time when she didn’t want to go into medicine. She has photos of herself, dressed in scrubs, at the age of 4. And when Blacker wasn’t dreaming of medicine, she was dreaming of softball. She chose to leave her hometown of Castle...

Faculty and staff are ‘all in’ for every student

Alex Zuzek B’18, M’22 wasn’t sure, at first, that he wanted to follow in the footsteps of his older sisters and study education at Saint Mary’s. But he’s glad he did. And by the time he was ready to enroll in an M.Ed program — largely because of his meaningful...