Education Dragon Stories

It’s not always easy to express yourself with words. Whether it’s frustration, anger, grief, or anxiety, these alumnae use art to draw out emotions some can’t describe, and help them paint a picture of what they’re feeling.

Student Leah Schmitt gives new students the inside scoop about what life is really like as an MSUM Dragon.

Jeff Hagen ’68 (art education) is impacting kids in the heart of the Appalachian Mountains by introducing art. He may also be inspiring future artists or entrepreneurs.

Brick by brick, piece by piece, and with the power of more than 315 children, parents, artists, volunteers and community members, Fargo unveiled its first large-scale public art project in August at Madison Skate and Bike Park.

MSUM alumni serve where they’re called—across the globe and in their own backyards.

At age 39, Sue (Peterson) Koesterman ’03 (philosophy) cashed in her 401K, quit her job, changed her family lifestyle, and began on her journey to answer her calling.

Unseen is dedicated to thwarting human trafficking and impacts lives around the world by partnering with organizations that directly rescue victims from the clutches of forced services and despair.

MSUM professors Dr. Mary Dosch and Dr. David Paul guided 12 MSUM students, all women, on a service learning trip to the Dominican Republic to work with young girls at the Mariposa Foundation.

Grit. Humility. Heart. These are the defining characteristics of the students who pass through our front gates and triumph in their entrepreneurial endeavors.

Dale Wolf ’85 (history) and Beth (Grabinger) Wolf ’84 (speech language hearing sciences) and ’85 (speech language pathology & audiology) are partners in life and in work.

Beth (Grabinger) Wolf ’84 and ’85 is not only an entrepreneur with her husband, Pastor Dale Wolf ’85, co-founders of Lighthouse Church, she is also an entrepreneur in her own right—as a self-employed speech therapist for the past 16 years.

MSUM Business Professors Ben Clapp and James Swenson theorize that while starting a business practice at a young age is a key indicator to future success, the trigger lies within one’s genetics.