Donor Stories

Learn how others have made an impact through their acts of giving to our organization and others.

Butch Johnson
Butch Johnson
Butch Johnson and his wife Billee Kraut understand the importance of education. The couple met years ago while teaching and education has always been...
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Gregg Lof
Gregg Lof
Gregg Lof has been in higher education his entire adult life. From starting off as a student at MSUM, to his current role at the largest university in...
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Ken Garland
Ken Garland
Ken Garland's love for education, especially mathematics, began in high school. Louella Powers, an outstanding math teacher at Mahnomen High School...
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Bob Bowlsby "Reaching a threshold of excellence"
Bob Bowlsby "Reaching a threshold of excellence"
Bob Bowlsby isn't exactly sure how he ended up at Minnesota State University Moorhead. He grew up over 500 miles away, in Waterloo, IA. After competing on his...
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Honoring a friend
Honoring a friend
Elementary Education majors Bobbi (Jarvis) Mason and Greta (Magnuson) Shawstad met by chance at MSUM in the 1960s, but their friendship became anything but...
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Jan Mahoney's Dragon pride runs deep
Jan Mahoney's Dragon pride runs deep
Though never a student at Minnesota State University Moorhead, Jan Mahoney quickly became a member of the Dragon family during her position as VP of...
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Joan Sprague
Joan Sprague
Joan Sprague had made something of herself. Born during the Great Depression, the second child of five, she worked to save enough money to pay for college on her...
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John and Sharon Haugo Video Bio
John and Sharon Haugo Video Bio
Six miles west of Waubon, Minnesota, John Haugo, a shy farm boy, attended a one-room schoolhouse before going to town school in fifth grade. The second oldest...
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Lois Cornell Selberg
Lois Cornell Selberg
Lois Cornell Selberg earned a bachelor's degree from Moorhead State Teacher's College and a master's degree from the University of Minnesota. In 1961, she joined...
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Giving a lasting gift
Giving a lasting gift
Mona Tedford Rindy ('87) has fond memories of attending Minnesota State University Moorhead. Her time here included great professors, a supportive...
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Rodney Paseka Video Bio
Rodney Paseka Video Bio
As a Georgetown, Minn., native, Rodney Paseka was a self-described free-range town kid who attended a two-room schoolhouse with six classmates. From grades...
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Susan Renaud "Giving back and making a difference"
Susan Renaud "Giving back and making a difference"
Susan Renaud always knew she wanted to work with people, and she knew she wanted to make a difference. Her parents had instilled the values of working hard...
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Leading by example
Leading by example
For Yvonne Condell, giving back is something she's always felt called to do. It's paying "civic rent" as she calls it, a way to make up for the resources she's used along...
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