RCTC Nursing Program Earns Top Test Scores

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Rochester Community & Technical College Volume 84 - Issue 8 -SUMMER 2016
By Anne Miller
Managing Editor
anne.miller4630@mb.rctc.edu
The RCTC Student Senate
elected Sofia Alston for student
president for the 2016-2017 school
year.
Not only is Alston involved
with RCTC’s student government
as Student Senate secretary and
interning for the Minnesota State College Student
Association, she also serves in the United States Army
Reserve, where she holds the rank of Specialist. She
recently graduated from the United States Army Air-
borne School at Fort Benning, Georgia.
Alston ran unopposed in the April 5 election. Al-
though she is glad that she was elected, she does wish
she had an opponent. She believes that there should be
more options for the students to choose from.
Having already been a part of the student govern-
ment, Alston understands how the administration and
institution works, and it has helped her understand
politics better both in her classes and in the world.
“With classes, when I take government and things
like that, it just starts to click a little bit more, just
having that experience within the Institution,” Alston
said. “It’s more like a real-life experience of what we
discuss in government.”
Alston is eager to start working with the institution
and students in the fall. She has many plans for next
year.
“My plan is to mainly get more students involved
with the Senate,” Alston said. “Maybe not having
them attend the meetings, but just knowing that they
have a strong Senate at the school. Knowing who their
president is, who the executive members are, so that if
they see them and they just have a question they can
ask them. They don’t necessarily have to walk all they
way up to the fourth floor.”
Alston wants to have a bigger presence on campus.
“I just want to actually know that I’m helping the
students,” she said.
Alston will be the first African-American female
student president at RCTC. When this was mentioned
to her, she acknowledged the precedent but said, “I
don’t think it was an issue, me being African-Ameri-
can at all, which I think is a great thing.”
She went on to say that race and gender aren’t fac-
tors for the student president or any student leader.
“RCTC is a very welcoming and all-encompassing
environment,” Alston said.
Alston wants all students to feel they can approach
their Senate representatives on any issue.
“Come talk to us,” she said. “We are really inviting,
and I really just want to help out the students, and I
want them to know that there is someone there looking
out for them.”
‘Come
talk to us’
Sofia Alston
By Rachel Halverson
Editor in Chief
rachel.halverson2679@mb.rctc.edu
Dr. Mary Davenport was announced RCTC’s new interim president in
the college atrium on May 18.
Joyce Helens has been RCTC’s interim president since January after
President Leslie McClellon resigned. Helens was unable to attend the an-
nouncement but sent her well wishes to the staff in an email.
“I cannot think of a better president for RCTC at this time than Dr.
Mary Davenport,” Helens said. “Rochester will appreciate her understand-
ing of the college’s leadership role in the community, and faculty and staff
will appreciate her ability to lead by example.”
Davenport, who has been vice president of academic and student affairs
at Riverland Community College since 2012, has served in Minnesota in
higher education for 28 years.
“I’m really, truly honored to be here and to help deliver the community
college mission to the greater Rochester area,” Davenport said after being
introduced by Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Trustee Duane
Benson.
At Chancellor Rosenstone’s suggestion for a longer interim president,
Davenport will be interim president at RCTC for two years, while a new
search for a more permanent president is conducted. She officially starts
her new job on July 1, a full month after the summer session starts.
Davenport finished her introduction speech with a bright outlook.
“I look forward to getting out into the community and to build new and
strengthen existing partnerships and to be an integral part of the rich heri-
tage of Rochester Community and Technical College as we begin our next
100 years,” she said.
Page 15: Chancellor declares failed presidential search
‘Really, truly honored to be here’
Echo Photo by Rachel Halverson
Dr. Mary Davenport was introduced as RCTC’s
interim president on May 18. She begins her
appointment on July 1.
Photo courtesy of RCTC Marketing Department
A century of graduates
A total of 1,040 students graduated May 12 during Rochester Community and Technical College’s 100th commencement.
183 of those students graduated with high honors and 135 with honors. Keynote speakers included 2011 graduate
Robert Butler and 2014 graduate Ashley Jagodzinski. See more graduation coverage on Page 10.
MnSCU chancellor appoints
Davenport as interim president
Senate president wants
all to know ‘someone is
there, looking out for you’
Film features
RCTC students
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This group was among the 143 participants for the American Foundation for Suicide
Prevention’s Out of the Darkness Campus Walk.
Photos courtesy of American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
By Betty Truitt
Staff Writer
elizabeth.truitt6915@mb.rctc.edu
The American Foundation for
Suicide Prevention’s “Out of the
Darkness Campus Walk” was held
April 30 at the RCTC Field House.
For the first campus walk last
year, $5,000 was raised. This
year’s goal was to raise $7,000.
Instead, there could be more
than $15,000 donations accepted
through June 30.
There were a total of 143 walk-
ers and four dogs present, with one
group of walkers that released but-
terflies. Along with the walk, there
were presentations by the Roches-
ter VFW Post 1215 and U.S. Army
Sergeant Boyles.
The walk had five sponsors:
Rochester Community and Techni-
cal College, Great Harvest Bakery,
Common Ground, Health Source,
and Gingerbread Bakery. The
walk had business donations from
Trader Joe’s and Kwik Trip
There were 14 planning com-
mittees and 34 volunteers, includ-
ing Byron National Honor Society
students, as well as Kate Wallace,
Cara Fox, Courtney Thoreson, and
Greg Mosier from RCTC.
Walk brings suicide ‘out of the darkness’
Echo staff report
Rochester Community and Tech-
nical College’s nursing program is
celebrating its results on the National
Council Licensure Examination.
Students in the first quarter of 2016
scored with a 94.87 percent pass rate
for students taking the test for the first
time. The national average for similar
associate-degree nursing programs is
81 percent.
The test, administered by the
National Council of State Board of
Nursing, tests student aptitude on
management of care; safety and infec-
tion control; health promotion and
maintenance; psycho-social integrity;
basic care and comfort; pharmacologi-
cal and parental therapies; reduction
of risk potential; and physiological
adaption, according to an RCTC news
release.
The test is given to RN and LPN
students. Scores from spring semester
will be released this summer.
RCTC nursing program earns top test scores
RCTC distributes emergency grants
Echo staff report
Rochester Community and Tech-
nical College launched the Student
Emergency Grant program in March
and has awarded $10,000 to low-
income students to help with financial
emergencies.
Students can apply for small grants
to help cover expenses that are beyond
their means — with the goal of allow-
ing them to stay focused on academic
pursuits, despite any personal financial
emergencies. So far, RCTC has given
22 awards and met with more than 60
individuals about the grants.
“The student request for emergency
assistance has been extremely high,
and the type of emergency situations
and unforeseen expenses has varied
considerably,” said RCTC counselor
Becky Smith.
The program, in its pilot year, is
funded through a Dash emergency
grant from the Great Lakes Higher Ed-
ucation Guaranty Corp. The program
will start again in the fall semester,
and will be offered in the spring and
fall semesters only — not in the sum-
mer — from 2016 through 2018.
Qualified expenses are paid within
48 hours of an approved application
and are available in amounts up to
$500.
To serve greater numbers of
students throughout the Great Lakes
grant period and beyond, RCTC will
contribute matching funds during the
2016-2017 and 2017-2018 academic
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Echo staff report
The fourth annual RCTC Shakespeare Festival gave
everyone on campus the inspiration to party like it’s
1564.
Student Life and the Goddard Library sponsored
bardalicious activities from April 13-19:
• The Minnesota SkyVault Company performed
Shakespeare on the third floor of the College Center.
• A performance of spoken word, poetry and music
featured Bob Sanborn, Colby Ruport, and students
from the Introduction to Creative Writing class.
• Doug Scholz-Carlson of the Great River Shake-
speare Festival gave a presentation on Shakespearean
stage combat.
• The Photographic Lighting Techniques class set up
a “Lighting Shakespeare” exhibition on the third floor
of the Atrium.
• A sonnet-writing workshop awarded $50, $25 and
$10 gift certificates to the top three submissions. Here
are the award-winning sonnets:
First Place: “Untitled”
by Elsa Hennessy-Barnes
Your sweet nothings whispered
upon my ear,
Are declarations of stupidity
that burst and spread beyond that
hemisphere,
So even Martians know absur-
dity;
As shouted from your lips time
after time
Till all are
deaf and most
wish you were
dumb.
Oh, how I
wish instead to
see a mime
Whose lack
of voice is fun
and frolicsome.
I much pre-
fer my solitude and thoughts
That give me freedom to express
myself,
And rid myself of noose with
tightened knots.
Choose queendom-leave sweet
nothings on the shelf!
I’ll be my own white knight and
not a bride;
To battle!, with you on the other
side.
Second place: “Summer”
by Jacob Langmade
Summer is when you kick back
and relax
No schoolwork worries to bother
me now
I need not fret about tomorrows
facts
A carefree summer is to what I
vow
Our trip to
the North Shore
is coming soon
Cliff jumping
with cousins off
the high rocks
Sweet lemon-
ade stands start-
ing first of June
Cool and
refreshing no watching the clocks
My longboard and I surf the
open streets
I carve and cruise to my warm
weather songs
Let’s get the grill out and chill in
our seats
The burgers are done, “Quick
pass me the tongs”
But reality hits, summers now
done
School starts in a week, which
means no more fun
Third place: “Blue Jay”
by Laura Noga”
In the woods rings out a familiar
call
To escape the danger, creatures
scatter
One animal will know that
above all
To get food, you need to cause
a clatter
The nuts, the ripe fruits and ber-
ries, the seeds
The bird screamed until all fled
the woods
He feels no shame for these
dubious deeds
And reaps his counterfeit for-
estly goods
Nearby, a squirrel begins to
notice this plan
And ignores the bird and his
warning shout
“A hoax!” he explains to his
squirrelly clan
“There is no danger here without
a doubt.”
The bird who cried wolf looks
on with despair
No longer will it’s deceitful cries
scare.
‘Let’s be red with mirth’
Hennessy-Barnes
Langmade
Photo by Kristen Brown
RCTC celebrates 4th annual Shakespeare Festival
Bob Sanborn, Colby Ruport and Ellen Thomes perform during the
RCTC Shakespeare Festival.

By Anne Miller
Managing Editor
anne.miller4630@mb.rctc.edu
This year I participated in applying for scholarships through
RCTC’s Foundation.
On March 31, I found out that I won the Art + Design Dr. Young
Juhn Art History Scholarship. I was very grateful, but it caught me by
surprise. Then on April 15, I found out that I won the David and Sue
Dripps Scholarship.
I have never gone to RCTC’s Scholarship Awards Ceremony
before, so I didn’t know what to expect. The paper work for the cer-
emony was due on April 22, just a week after finding out. However,
all the Art and Design Scholarship recipients were not notified of the
ceremony until the evening of April 21, 4:18 p.m. to be exact. On the
paper work, which was really an RSVP, it asked if you would be at-
tending the ceremony, and if so how, many guests would be attending
with you. After filling out all the paper work and getting lost finding
the Foundation office, I was ready for the night to come.
April 26 came up fast, and it was time to get ready. Recipients
were to show up 20 minutes early for their session for check in. When
I walked in, there was no order what so ever. It started out as one
clumped group and turned into just one line. After we all had been
standing there for a while, we were finally beginning the process of
checking in. Little did any of us know that there was actually sup-
posed to be three lines, ordered by last name. Vice President Steve
Schmall told us that there were three lines, but he didn’t seem 100
percent confident. We were all confused and didn’t know where these
lines were. One person in line behind me commented that there should
have been signs saying which line was what. I definitely agree with
that.
Once we got to the front of the check in line, we received a folder
with our stuff and one card that we needed to write our names on
phonetically for our presenter. On these cards, it says what scholar-
ship you are receiving. After checking in, we were able to go sit at our
assigned tables. Right after the ceremony started, someone from the
check in table came over to me to give me another phonetic card to
write my name on since I was receiving more than one scholarship. I
feel like this should have been done right away, or that the other one
should have been in my folder.
It’s time for scholarship recipients to go up on stage to receive their
awards. With RSVPs having to be in on the 22nd, they have had two
to three days to know who RSVP’d and who didn’t. The usher told
me and Rachel Halverson to go up for our scholarship awards. We get
in line behind the regular Art + Design Scholarship recipients. I hand
my name card to the guy who is giving them to the presenter, which
happened to be Greg Mosier for this set. There is a lady reading off
the scholarship names and descriptions. Instead of stopping and call-
ing ours separately like it should have been, we were included in the
calling for the regular Art + Design. After I got off stage, I had to go
right back in line due to my next scholarship being so close. I get back
in line and the woman naming the scholarships read off the Dr. Young
Juhn scholarship, and since no one was there to receive the awards,
because we already went through, she commented, “Oh, I guess they
aren’t here.”
Throughout the rest of the ceremony there were major mishaps for
scholarship recipients, especially for those that received two schol-
arships in a row. This was partly due to the phonetic card issues of
only receiving one right away, and due to the fact that the presenters
couldn’t read the name of the scholarship on those cards. To me this
ceremony felt like a jumbled mess. During the closing remarks it was
stated that all recipients received a phone call saying that we won the
scholarships. That was untrue as all of us received emails.
After the ceremony was done, I talked with one of my fellow Phi
Theta Kappa members about the ceremony. They went to last year’s
and said that this one was better. I was shocked. We also got on the
topic of how Roxy Roadway at the Foundation is really the only
person to get everything ready for the ceremony. I definitely give her
props for being able to get everything that she does done. I just wish
everyone else that was a part of the hosting of the ceremony could
have done a better job than they did. They could have also acknowl-
edged Roxy as well.
I just hope that the second session for the ceremony went better
than the first.
4 OPINION
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Graphics Manager
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Sports Editor
Ben Miller
Photo Editor
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Arts/Entertainment Editor
Jonathan Knecht
Business Manager/
Advertising Sales
Luke Buehler
Staff Writers
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Ellen Corbett
Zechariah Sindt
Betty Truitt
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By Luke Buehler
Business Manager/Advertising Sales
luke.buehler7156@mb.rctc.edu
On April 7, seven people got into a van
at 4:30 am outside East Hall to embark on a
journey to Washington, D.C., that they would
never forget.
Phi Theta Kappa adviser Jamie Mahl-
berg, and six PTK officers/members, myself
included, began our descent to Washington
D.C. to attend the Phi Theta Kappa interna-
tional conference called NerdNation. It was
held at the Gaylord Convention Center in
National Harbor, Maryland, right across the
river from Washington, D.C.
There we attended the first general ses-
sion, the vice presidential/presidential caucus
for the nation’s four divisions, and educa-
tional forums. We listened to a recorded
message from Dr. Jill Biden, Vice President
Joe Biden’s wife, about Heads Up America
and President Barack Obama’s plan to make
two-year colleges free for students all across
America. It spurred an array of mixed opin-
ions afterwards.
The convention went on with multiple ed-
ucational forums, all of which were complete
with high quality learning material worth
our attention to say the least. On Saturday,
April 9, the convention came to an end with
the fourth and last general session. The new
vice presidents were inducted, as well as the
new student international President Andrew
Porter. We were also able to listen to Dr.
Lynn Tincher-Ladner give a final address to
the room of 4,000-plus PTK members about
what it takes to become successful.
On Sunday, April 10, when we began
our journey home, TSA workers at Reagan
International Airport in Washington, D.C., in-
formed me and fellow PTK member, Rachel
Boegel, that we could not bring water bottles
full of water onto a plane. Apparently it’s a
safety hazard. Go figure!
Thus ended our truly fulfilling trip to
NerdNation in Washington, D.C.
A legion of nerds descends on D.C.
Mishaps ruin scholarship ceremony
RCTC’s Phi Theta Kappa members were among the 4,000 attending NerdNation.
Photo courtesy of Phi Theta Kappa

OPINION 5
By Jonathan Knecht
Arts & Entertainment Editor
jonathan.knecht3387@mb.rctc.edu
This election year has been pretty close to
revolutionary.
The tension, the amount of money invest-
ed, the candidates themselves, everything
thus far has been so different from previ-
ous years. The excitement of this political
process is what prompted me to get more
involved in the Democratic Party than I ever
thought I would.
It all started with caucus night here in
Minnesota, when I volunteered to represent
my township as a delegate at the Wabasha
County convention. It was there that I got
the chance to be elected as a county delegate
to go on to the state convention, which takes
place on June 4.
The weekend of April 30, however, I also
had the opportunity to take part in the con-
vention for Congressional District 2, giving
me further insight into the inner workings of
the party. At this CD2 convention, I was able
to interact with many other young delegates
and participants who, like myself, become
involved in politics because of the events in
the past year. Many of these younger attend-
ees were Bernie Sanders supporters such as
myself, although Hillary Clinton supporters
also attended in strong numbers, allowing
me to converse with them and hear their
views on the political situation.
During the convention, which took place
over almost five hours, we heard speeches
from party members looking to run for
the DFL chair and individuals running to
represent their senate districts in the state
legislature. Congressional District 2 also
unanimously endorsed Angie Craig for
Congress.
Being a part of these processes within
the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party made
me see why it is so important for millenni-
als such as myself to get more involved in
politics. I learned so many new things in just
one day about how things transpire behind
the scenes and how the youth of our country
will eventually have to step up and become
a part of these political events or they will
have no say in their futures.
I look forward to representing Wabasha
County at the state convention and doing my
part to make sure our voices as millennials
are not shut out of politics, and that those
who represent us take us seriously.
We can’t be heard
if we’re not involved
By Rachel Halverson
Editor in Chief
rachel.halverson2679@mb.rctc.edu
As the semester comes to
a close, I am left feeling both
relieved that I’m finally done, and
sad because I won’t be coming
back.
After two years of being a
student at RCTC, I will finally be
receiving my photography cer-
tificate. I am ecstatic that my hard
work has paid off!
Looking back, I can definitely
say that I never thought I would be
where I am now, namely the editor
in chief of this paper. My first
semester here, I was shy and curi-
ous, and trying to figure out what
in the world I was doing. Since I
was homeschooled, I had never
been exposed to a public school
type setting, and it was a bit of a
culture shock to me.
However, by my second
semester, I was getting to know
other people who were studying
photography and were in other Art
+ Design majors. One such person
I had the pleasure of meeting was
Kyong Juhn, a fellow photography
classmate. She was also the previ-
ous graphics manager of this paper.
It was because of her prompting
that I finally got up the courage
to actually walk into that strange
room with glass windows that I
was always walking past, and meet
the people who seemed to spend all
their time in there.
After one conversation with
Dwight Boyum, I became the
Echo’s photo editor.
I have always had a love for
writing, so when it was apparent
that there was need for more writ-
ers at the Echo, I volunteered to
write a few articles in addition to
my photo editor job. By the end of
my third semester, I was enjoying
myself very much.
It was then that my fellow edi-
tors, Zech Sindt, Jennifer Rogers,
Ben Haney, and Ellen Corbett
decided to move on. Some of them
graduated, and others were taking
a heavier class load and wouldn’t
have the time to continue as edi-
tors.
“Do you want the editor-in-chief
position, Rachel?” I remember
Zech Sindt, the previous editor in
chief asking me.
I was extremely surprised, but
after thinking for a while on it, I
accepted.
It has just been this last semes-
ter that I’ve been in charge of the
paper, and there have been several
times when I was absolutely sick
and tired of it. But there are other
times when I couldn’t help but love
it. In the end, I am so glad I had the
opportunity to step up and have a
job like this.
As I leave, I am hoping that
whoever gets to be the next editor
in chief has as much fun as I did,
and when it gets frustrating, just
smile and think about how cool it’ll
look on your resume.
I would like to thank several
people for helping me get to where
I am now.
Dwight Boyum, the faculty
adviser, for being patient with
me when I was completely new
to newspaper layout; Zech Sindt,
for taking time to help me out
with a few of the harder articles,
even though he has only one class
on campus now; Anne and Ben
Miller, my managing editor and
then my Graphics Manager/Sports
Editor, for putting up with my
sometimes-bossiness and several
times-software ineptness; Caleb
Davis and Jonathan Knecht, the
Photo Editor and then the Arts and
Entertainment editors, for helping
with the photos and several other
articles that I never would have had
the time to write; and Ellen Corbett
who, even though she was no lon-
ger an editor, still wrote at least one
article for the paper per edition.
It’s you guys who made the
frustrating part of this job more
bearable, and I hope that wherever
you are headed, you are successful
and enjoy yourselves to the fullest.
Art + Design instructor Suzanne
Szucs congratulates Rachel
Halverson at graduation.
Millennials made up a significant portion of the 2,600 people who attended a campaign
rally for Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders on Feb. 26 at Mayo Civic
Center.
Photo courtesy of Ken Klotzbach of the Rochester Post-Bulletin
Off to new adventures while
fondly remembering the past

6 ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT
The RCTC Art Club took a trip on April 15 to visit FOCI Minnesota Center for Glass Arts and
Highpoint Center for Printmaking in Minneapolis. Students were able to watch a demo on how a
glass platter is made at FOCI, and then they were able to participate in a printing workshop at High-
point. Excepting lunch, the trip was free to any student who wished to go, and it was an excused
absence from classes.
Art+Design field trip
Ellen Corbett and Jacob Halverson contemplate paint colors.
The hot glass warps decoratively in the last steps of making the platter.
Students listen as the glass-blowing process is explained. Applying wet newspaper to the hot glass helps shape it.
Elyse Lodermeier works on a print.
Echo Photos by Rachel Halverson

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Staff Writer
ellen.corbett2829@mb.rctc.edu
There is a new Facebook
page to feature the students,
staff and faculty at RCTC.
“Humans of RCTC,” much
like the popular project “Hu-
mans of New York,” tries to
capture the variety of people
who attend and work at RCTC.
Sarah Flatness, who is the
person in
charge of
the page,
said that
Kate Wal-
lace from
the RCTC
marketing
department
approached
her with the
idea.
“I think it’s a really cool
project … you can make it as
serious or funny as you want,”
Flatness said.
Since the start of the page
in early April, there have been
about 15 people featured. Flat-
ness reports that it is a more
challenging project than initially
thought.
“When I approach people,
most people are more reserved
about it,” Flatness says.
She thinks it’s because of
fear of judgment online.
Though this is a new project
this spring semester, there is a
chance it might not continue
in the fall. Flatness is graduat-
ing, and so far no one has come
forward to continue the project.
She’s thinking about continuing
it at Winona State, but if no one
picks it up, Humans of RCTC
will be done after a few short
weeks.
“Lots of people don’t interact
with each other like they should,
and you get to learn interesting
things about the people around
you!”
Meet the human
behind ‘Humans
of RCTC’ project
Photo courtesy of Humans
of RCTC Facebook Page
Photo courtesy of Solid Ground Studios
Sarah Flatness
Jonathan Bocinsky and Anna Versemann co-star in “A Heart Under Shadow,” which premieres 7 p.m.
Friday, June 24, at Rochester Assembly of God Church, 4240 18th Ave. NW.
Film intends ‘to bring hope to the hopeless’
Echo staff report
“A Heart Under Shadow,” a locally produced film
that features seven current and former RCTC students,
will premiere 7 p.m. Friday, June 24, at Rochester
Assembly of God Church.
Among the RCTC students who served on the
cast and crew are Caleb Davis, Josiah Jones, Daniel
Reichmann, Elaina Hagstrom and Abigail Furutani.
Director and producer Aaron Potter, who attended
RCTC as a Post-Secondary Enrollment Options student
before enrolling at Liberty University, says this project
is the biggest undertaking Solid Ground Studios, a
production company dedicated to
Christian films, has faced.
The film tells the story of Cassi,
a young woman who is mistrustful
of men because of abuse by her
father.
“‘A Heart Under Shadow is not
just any story,” Potter said. “While
showing the bondage of fear, it also
reveals the key to freedom. This
film is not just about a good story or
cool cinematography. The film was
created to bring hope to the hopeless.”
Aaron Potter

8 SPORTS
By Benjamin Miller
Echo Sports Editor/Graphics Manager
benjamin.miller3947@mb.rctc.edu
Earlier this fall during what you could call the RCTC
Disc Golf Club’s regular season, it qualified for the National
Collegiate Disc Golf Championships.
After qualifying for nationals the team began the hard
task of raising enough money to even make the trip.
The National Collegiate Disc Golf Championship was
held April 13-16 in North Augusta, S.C. During this four-
day tournament, the teams played all four days in both
singles and doubles play. The entire team played extremely
well during the tournament. Just to show how well the
team played, in the collegiate rankings prior to the national
championship; RCTC was not ranked in the top 25. After the
tournament, they ended the year ranked 14th.
James Sandifer, the team’s captain, ended his singles play
with an eighth-place finish and was named to the second All-
American Team.
Sandifer is “one of the best disc golf players in Minne-
sota,” club adviser Richard Jordan said.
Disc Golf Club competes at national tournament
Photos courtesy of Disc Golf Club
Team captain James Sandifer placed eighth individually
and was named to the second All-American Team. RCTC’s Disc Golf Club is ranked 14th in the nation.
The Hippodrome Disc Golf Club course in North
Augusta, S.C., provided challenging woodland holes for
every team competing in the National Collegiate Disc
Golf Championships.
NDSU is recognized as one
of the nation’s top 108 public
and private universities by
the Carnegie Commission
on Higher Education.
14,516
students (fall 2015)
100
majors
800
faculty
17:1
student :faculty ratio
14
Division I athletic teams
ndsu.edu/visit

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The Yellowjackets softball team had a lot to celebrate this season, finishing second in Region 13A
while compiling a 33-17 regular-season record.
By Benjamin Miller
The Yellowjackets softball team had an ex-
tremely successful regular season going 33-17.
But the postseason ended a lot sooner than the
team had wanted it to, with a loss in the Region
13A championship to St. Cloud Technical College.
“We had a very successful
season despite placing second
in our region,” said Head Coach
Niki Peterson. “ St. Cloud is
a very solid team all the way
through their lineup, and as any
game works, we just didn’t get
the timely hits we needed to beat
them. If you take our preseason
games out of our record because
we don’t play any DIII competi-
tion, we were 29-6 versus DIII schools. Unfortu-
nately, five of those losses came by St. Cloud.”
Looking ahead to next year, Peterson is opti-
mistic.
“We have half of our team returning, including
some key players who could not play this season,”
she said.
All-MCAC Southern Division pitcher Quincy
Gross will be back. Also returning are infield-
ers McKayla Ahlrich, Shantel Loos, and Kayla
Branstad and outfielder Makayla Kaeppel. Catcher
Ashley Ibinger, infielder Sienna Chumas and
pitcher Taylor Erion, will be back after having to
sit out this season.
However, leaving the team after this season is a
“loaded sophomore class,” Peterson said.
“All-American centerfielder Christina Stanger
will be a huge hole to replace on and off the field.
Sammy Hogan and Haley Vanourney were also
key contributors to this season. Stanger, Hogan,
and Vanourney were the heart of this lineup. Paige
Gadient was a phenomenal
leadoff hitter, and her speed
was exceptional. Ashleigh
Dralle didn’t commit an error
at first base this year either.
This class will be missed.”
Regular season and post-
season awards are as follows:
Christina Stanger was
two-time All-Division, two-
time All-MCAC, All Region
tournament team, All-American (2014), MCAC
Player of the Week and NJCAA Player of the
Week. Haley Vanourney was All-Division, All
Region Tournament Team, MCAC Player of the
Week and NJCAA Player of the Week. Sammy
Hogan was All-Division, All-MCAC, All Region
Tournament Team, three-time MCAC Pitcher of
the week, two-time NJCAA Pitcher of the Week
and NJCAA Player of the Week. Hogan also led
the nation in strikeouts with 230. Quincy Gross
was All-Division, MCAC Pitcher of the Week and
NJCAA Pitcher of the Week.
Yellowjacket softball team
finishes second in Region 13A
Photos courtesy of RCTC Athletics
By Benjamin Miller
Austin Baab, a sophomore at RCTC was awarded the
distinct honor of Region XIII Player of the Year. He was also
awarded MCAC and Southern Division Player of the Year.
Baab, the starting third baseman for the Yellowjackets, had
a tremendous year at the plate. The Wabasha-Kellogg grad bat-
ted .445 with 12 home runs and 57 RBIs, which helped to lead
the team to a 22-17 overall record.
“This is a great honor for a great player,” said RCTC Head
Baseball Coach Steve Hucke. “Austin really worked hard this
year, and it paid off for him.”
Babb also was named to the All-State team and the All-Southern Division team.
Other Yellowjackets named to the All-State team include sophomores Dustin
Nelson from Mondovi, Wis., and Damon Nuss from Sumner, Iowa. Baab, Nelson
and Nuss were also named to the All-Southern Division team along with pitcher
Blake Stelzer of Lakeville.
“All of these players deserve the recognition that they received,” Hucke said.
“They are all a great group to coach and be around. Congratulations to all of them.”
Babb honored as Region XIII,
MCAC Player of the Year
By Benjamin Miller
Rochester Community and Techni-
cal College has named Eric Waldstein
as head football coach.
Waldstein comes
to RCTC after
spending two years
as the head football
coach at Atlantic
High School in
Iowa. Prior to that
position, Waldstein
spent 16 years as
a college football
coach at the NCAA DII, NCAA DIII,
NAIA and NJCAA levels.
“I am very excited to get back
to coaching college football,” said
Waldstein. “I miss the recruiting and
working with student-athletes who
are committed to their academics and
athletics.”
A native of northwest Iowa, Wald-
stein attended Buena Vista University
in Storm Lake. After being a two-year
starter, he transferred to Morningside
College in Sioux City, where he also
was a two-year starter. He graduated
with a bachelor’s degree in elementary
education.
“Education is very important to me
and needs to be the top priority for our
student-athletes,” Waldstein said. “A
football career can be over in one play;
a college degree is for life. I want us
to be the model program for NJCAA
football on the field, in the classroom
and with the character and leadership
of our student-athletes.”
Waldstein began his coaching
career at Morningside as a graduate
assistant coach while working on his
master’s degree in physical education,
health and recreation from the Univer-
sity of South Dakota. After completing
his degree, he continued his coach-
ing career at South Dakota School of
Mines as the offensive coordinator.
He then went to Simpson College
and was part of the coaching staff that
helped the 2003 team finish second in
the Iowa Conference and earn a spot in
the NCAA DIII playoffs.
He also held coaching positions at
Carthage College in Wisconsin, Cor-
nell College in Iowa, Harper College
in Illinois and Presentation College in
South Dakota.
The Yellowjackets begin their
season on Aug. 27, when they travel
to Wahpeton, N.D., to take on North
Dakota State College of Science.
Eric Waldstein named
head football coach
Eric Waldstein
Austin Babb
Christina Stanger Sammy Hogan
Women’s basketball team signs 6 players
Echo staff report
Rochester Community and
Technical College signed six players
to join its women’s basketball team for
the 2016-17 season.
Mariah Jensen is a 5-foot-6-inch
guard from Granada Huntley East
Chain High School. Jalysa Cutting is
a 5-foot-7-inch guard from Plainview-
Elgin-Millville. Lexis Reilly is a
5-foot-5-inch guard from Rochester
Mayo. Anika Gardner is a 5-foot-8-
inch guard from St. Paul Central. Paige
Overgaard is a 5-foot-11-inch forward
from NRHEG High School. Shaadiqah
Maryam Ferguson is a 5-foot-10-inch
forward from Service High School in
Anchorage, Alaska.
RCTC has seven returning players
for the 2016-17 season. Among the
returning players are: Nathalie Ratliff,
All-Region, First All-MCAC and
First All-Southern Division and All-
Southern Division Defensive Team;
Jessica Foster, Second Team All-
MCAC, Second Team All-Southern
Division and All-Southern Division
Defensive Team; and Johanna
Bungum, Southern Division Honorable
Mention.
Echo staff report
Rochester Community and Technical College
has signed five softball players to letters of intent
for the 2017 season.
Amanda O’Connell is a catcher from Stewart-
ville. She was an all-conference selection in the
Hiawatha Valley League.
McKayla Swenson is a four-time letter winner
from Southland High School. Swenson, a native
of Rose Creek, was an all-conference infielder in
the Three Rivers Conference.
Naomi Nuss is a middle infielder from Sumner-
Fredricksburg High School in Sumner, Iowa. Nuss
is a three-year award winner in softball.
Lanie Logan is a centerfielder from Prentice
High School in Ogema, Wis. Logan was all-league
honorable mention in both her sophomore and
junior seasons.
5 incoming freshmen commit to RCTC for 2017 softball season

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Class of 2016
Echo Photos by Zech Sindt
Ellen Corbett graduated with high honors.
Chuck Blattner conducts as the band and choir perform “There Can be Miracles.”
The stage party stands at attention as Alyssa Deetz sings the national anthem.
Students file in and wait while the band plays “Pomp and Circumstance.”
Joe Schlichenmeyer, longtime employee of RCTC, graduated with
high honors in individualized studies of music, technology and
humanities after starting school 48 years earlier.

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Staff Writer
zechariah.sindt8464@mb.rctc.edu
The Echo’s former Managing Editor, Jennifer Rogers, is
now KSMQ’s new R-Town WalkAbout correspondent.
“I smile every time I see her in the Walkabout segment.
She is enthusiastic, has a great smile and makes explor-
ing Rochester fun,” said Stephanie Passingham, KSMQ’s
managing editor.
Rogers says this has been a wonderful opportunity.
“I love exploring Rochester and meeting really great
people in the community,” she said.
Passingham says KSMQ reached out through connections
in the Rochester area to identify candidates. Rogers came
highly recommended from two different sources.
“Jennifer’s personality and experience as a mass com-
munications student made her a good fit for the WalkAbout
segment. She brings her curiosity and enthusiasm to the
show,” Passingham said.
Rogers started working for KSMQ in April. “I met the
whole team on my first day, and I immediately liked every-
one there. They were all very welcoming.”
Passingham says KSMQ is in the midst of a 13-week
series. “We have had a great response to the show and look
forward to its continued success,” she said.
Rogers, who is originally from Chicago, says the R-
Town show is informative. “I always thought of Rochester
as being only about Mayo Clinic. Since I started doing the
WalkAbout, I’ve really started to realize how much there is
to our town.”
Rogers will graduate this summer with a mass communi-
cation degree and is planning to return to Chicago to further
her education.
“I will be taking a semester off, but then I’ll start apply-
ing at schools in Chicago to get going on my bachelor’s
degree,” she said.
Her ultimate goal is to produce her own shows. “I want
to be able to tell stories for people who are not able to tell
it themselves,” Rogers said. “I really admire Oprah. I used
to watch her every morning, and it is thanks to her that I got
the idea to go into mass communication. She is my inspira-
tion.”
R-Town can be seen at 8 p.m. Friday and 4:30 p.m. Sat-
urday and noon Sunday on Charter channel 779 and Dish/
DirectTV 15. They live tweet during the Friday night show.
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Exploring is in her job description
RCTC student Jennifer Rogers has been working
for KSMQ Public Television since April.
Photo courtesy of KSMQ Public Television
By Betty Truitt
Staff Writer
The April 27-28 blood drive did not have a very
large turnout originally, but organizers are thankful to
everyone who helped at the last minute.
There were 62 donors who attended the blood drive,
of which 16 were first-time donors. Sixty were credited
to RCTC, with one credited to Winona State University
and one credited to the other assurance group.
The people who donated blood at the drive will be
eligible to donate again on July 21.
The next Blood Drive at RCTC will be Oct 5-6.
Twelve donors were qualified for the “Sign Up &
Show Up” Raffle. The winner was Jesse Krusmark.
Spring blood
drive a success
By Betty Truitt
Staff Writer
The Food Shelf will be open during the summer.
Room number CC406 (above the cafeteria) is the
location. The hours are Tuesdays and Wednesdays 11
a.m. until 4 p.m.
If you have any questions, call Scott Krook at 285-
7206 or Courtney Thoreson at 285-7204.
Food Shelf open for summer

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By Faith Boyum
Staff Writer
faith.boyum5336@mb.rctc.edu
Ashley Harding had always
wanted to earn the Stars and
Stripes award from the first time
she saw other American Heritage
Girls achieve it.
The Stars
and Stripes
Award, the
equivalent
of the Boy
Scout’s Eagle
rank, is a huge
undertaking
that includes
planning and
implement-
ing your own
service project that will benefit the
community.
Harding, a Post-Secondary En-
rollment Options student at RCTC,
tore down a garage and built a shed
for Chosen Generation Parish, a
Nigerian church in Rochester, for
her project.
“I do like construction and
deconstruction,” Harding said.
It took three days to complete,
which was one day less than
she had expected, because she
received a lot of volunteer help.
Her volunteers consisted of other
members from American Heritage
Girls troops, her cross-country
teammates and actors from Words
Players, a local youth theater
troupe. Among the adult volunteers
were her grandfather Roland Burt,
Pastor Tope Dosumu of Chosen
Generation Parish and Diane
Reichmann, one of the adult lead-
ers in AHG.
About a dozen volunteers were
American Heritage girls, five were
from Words Players and the major-
ity were from her high school
cross-country team. In addition,
three people from the church vol-
unteered as well. In all, more than
40 people helped tear down the garage and construct the shed.
“She did an excellent job of
communicating to find out exactly
what (the church) needed, then
consulted with an expert to make
sure her plans were feasible and
safe,” said Reichmann, who helped
advise Harding on the project.
The project for benefiting
Chosen Generation started because
Harding’s grandfather is friends
with Pastor Dosumu, and Hard-
ing became aware of the different
needs for the church. Harding
opted to dismantle the garage.
The actual work days went
smoothly, but Harding said that
planning was the hardest part
because she needed to know how
much of each supply was neces-
sary. She said that preparation
alone took about 40 hours.
Though the project itself took
three days, the paperwork was ex-
tensive. She wrote two papers that
were 19 pages each, detailing the
steps and analyzing what worked
and what didn’t go well.
In managing money for the
project, Harding was given a
budget by the church because they
had agreed to pay the costs. To
defray her costs, Harding found
discounted deals on supplies such
as wood for constructing the shed
and using a skid loader from some-
one who was willing to donate
time and equipment. Also, some
parents hauled away the rubble of
the demolished garage, which cut
down the price as well.
Her advice for someone earning
a Stars and Stripes award or plan-
ning a similar project would be
this: Start early, and set your own
deadlines.
The Stars and Stripes Award
is the highest honor an American
Heritage Girl can earn, and Hard-
ing was determined to do just that.
She said, “I like always doing
the highest achievable thing in
each activity I do.”
Service project is constructive use of student’s time
Ashley Harding recruited more than 40 people to help her tear down a garage and build a shed for
Chosen Generation Parish in Rochester, a project that took three days. For her efforts, Harding earned
the Stars and Stripes Award, the highest honor in American Heritage Girls.
Ashley Harding
Photo courtesy of Ashley Harding

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The newly formed StarCraft II Club held their first tournament on the third floor of the college in the cafeteria on May 10.
They collaborated with the Music Tech Club to work with equipment and lights to put together a fun experience.
The winners of the tournament were able to win pre-paid Visa gift cards. Jason Hays, username BlazinBlind, won first place; Joe
Halverson, username Abdichar, won second place; and Jacob Halverson, username Xerxes, won third.
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Center
becomes
Command
Center
StarCraft II is a real-time strategy game.
Jason Hays opts to use his own
computer.
Collin Jorissen won fourth place in the
tournament.
Students watching discuss the game and snack on free pizza.
The three winners strike victory poses.
StarCraft II Club members left to right: James Jacoby, Colin Jorissen, Jason Hays, Jacob Halverson
and Joe Halverson.
James Jacoby observes as Jacob and Joe Halverson provide a commentary for the game.
Echo Photos by Rachel Halverson

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Photo courtesy of Rochester Post-Bulletin
Lucy’s Tacos at the intersection of U.S. Highway 14 and Marion Road Southeast is one of the
nearest food truck to RCTC’s two campuses.
Food trucks a trendy dining option
By Jonathan Knecht
Arts & Entertainment Editor
jonathan.knecht3387@mb.rctc.edu
There’s no denying the rising popularity of food
trucks in the United States.
Even our small city of Rochester has begun to
warm up to the idea. In recent weeks, there have
been many discussions and public forums on the
subject, and although the public is still somewhat
undecided, the Rochester City Council has now
introduced an ordinance amendment allowing the
operation of food trucks and non-motorized food
trailers downtown.
With their access to the large consumer base
downtown, including the lunch and nightlife
crowds, the next logical step for food truck opera-
tors in coming years would be RCTC. Every time a
business like Opa! Opa! is hired to cater a student
event here, the response is overwhelmingly posi-
tive, and if there was a way for them to set up a
food truck near the University Center, they would
have a constant stream of hungry students ready to
spend their money.
By Betty Truitt
Staff Writer
The Spring Egg Hunt was a success.
A total of 100 plastic eggs were placed throughout the two campuses,
including University Center Rochester, the field house and Heintz Center.
There were five eggs containing a gift notice for the bookstore. Four
eggs with the prize notice were turned in. The undiscovered egg was in
the Field House.
The winners were Jesse Krusmark, Joseph Ruemping, Jay Rizzo and
Kathy Richardson.
Prizes were eggs-actly placed

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By Benjamin Miller
Sports Editor/Graphics Manager
Benjamin.miller3947@mb.rctc.edu
During this spring semester, RCTC has
been in a time of transition and flux, as the
campus has been without a standing presi-
dent since the resignation of President Leslie
McClellon.
Minnesota State Colleges and Universi-
ties Chancellor Steven Rosenstone appoint-
ed St. Cloud Technical College’s President
Joyce Helens as RCTC’s interim President
for this semester, while a search committee
was to be created to find a new president.
Helens chaired the search committee,
which was made up of 13 members includ-
ing administration, all of the different unions
at school, student and community members.
The committee began its process before the
semester even began by creating a profile of
what the school wanted
for a new president and
sending that information
off to the consulting firm
to help find suitable candi-
dates for the committee to
look at. After the consult-
ing firm created a pool of
candidates for the search
committee, they were able
to actually start doing their
job and trying to find the
best candidates out of that pool.
The committee had about a month to
review candidates and choose those that
they thought to be a strong choice for RCTC
and move onto their initial interview stage.
After the initial interview stage, the com-
mittee shrinks the pool of candidates down
again before moving onto what the Helens
called the “Airport Interviews.” This is the
longest and probably
most difficult stage for
the committee. They
are called the airport
interviews because the
committee is brought
up to a hotel next to the
Minneapolis-St. Paul
International Airport,
and they stay there for
two days, flying in can-
didates to meet with
the committee for interviews and then flying
them back home.
After the interviews, both Helens and stu-
dent committee member Sarah Flatness both
confirmed in interviews that the committee
had selected a pool of candidates; exact
numbers were not given due to confidential-
ity, and those names were then sent off to
Rosenstone. Helens said she was proud of
the work that the committee did and thought
that they had put together a strong group
of candidates. And stated, “I, along with
the rest of the committee, was disappointed
when Chancellor Rosenstone said that the
search had failed.”
So why did the search fail when the com-
mittee thought that they had done a good job
and provided the chancellor with a strong
group of candidates?
“Despite best efforts, the search process
has not yet identified a pool of candidates of
sufficient quality from which to forward to
the campus and eventually to recommend to
the board for appointment,” Rosenstone said
in a email sent to staff and faculty members.
So the question becomes, why did Rosen-
stone say that there was not a sufficient pool
of candidates, when the search committee
said they felt confident in the search and the
names that they sent.
Chancellor declares failed presidential search
Echo staff report
Rochester Community and Technical
College has appointed Michael Anthony as
the next Vice President of Student Affairs
and Enrollment Management.
Anthony comes to RCTC from Oakton
Community College in Des Plaines, Ill.,
where he served as the Assistant Vice Presi-
dent for Student Affairs and Chief Diversity
Officer.
“Dr. Anthony’s leadership and dedication
to student success will assist RCTC to move
to its next level of excellence in serving stu-
dents,” said Interim President Joyce Helens.
Anthony earned his Ph.D. in Educational
Leadership and Organizational Development
from the University of Louisville where he
also worked for 10 years in various areas,
including housing and residence life, student
leadership and service learning, international
service learning and multicultural affairs.
While at the University of Louisville,
he also led the state association for student
affairs professionals and has been involved
within the student affairs profession since
then. Anthony is published in the area of Af-
rican American male success in college and
in leadership pedagogy. He also has adjunct
faculty appointments at Loyola University
Chicago and the University of Louisville.
The Vice President of Student Affairs
and Enrollment Management is the chief
student affairs officer with responsibility for
the college’s student services areas, includ-
ing admissions, financial aid, student life,
student conduct, security and athletics.
Anthony earned his Bachelor of Science
degree in Business Management/Marketing
from North Carolina State University and
his Master of Arts in Higher Education from
the University of Louisville.
Anthony’s first day on campus will be
July 5.
Helens Rosenstone
RCTC appoints Anthony as vice president of student affairs
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16 COMMUNITY
By Faith Boyum
Staff Writer
faith.boyum5336@mb.rctc.edu
Former RCTC student Kohl Hanson has been
elected Student Senate President at the University of
Northwestern in St. Paul where he currently attends.
“I really enjoy the job,” said Hanson, who trans-
ferred in 2015 to Northwestern, where he is majoring
in pastoral ministry.
He first became involved with student government
in 2014 when the RCTC Disc Golf Club needed a
Student Senate representative. Though it was a new
experience, Hanson liked being able to help make
decisions and learning what other clubs were doing.
Hanson chose to run for president of the Student
Senate at Northwestern because he knew how much
he enjoyed being part of the student government from
his experience at RCTC. He believes RCTC prepared
him for it and that the position was a good way to use
his talents.
“Kohl was an exemplary representative of the stu-
dents while he was with the RCTC Student Senate,”
said RCTC Student Senate President Michael Wenzel.
“I’m always proud to see our student leaders move on
into new and exciting leadership roles.”
As president of the student government, Hanson
has one main goal for the University of Northwestern.
He plans to create a place for students to hang out
between classes in the academic area. Northwestern
students have communicated this need, Hanson said,
and he sees it as a reasonable project.
Over the next year, Hanson also wants to make
clear to students why the Senate exists and what it is
doing because students are not always aware of the
Senate’s function. And without students’ support, he
said, the Senate cannot effectively do its job.
Hanson sees the role of student government as
being an advocate for the concerns of students. While
there are differences between RCTC, a public school
with 6,000 students, and Northwestern, a private uni-
versity of 3,400 students, the role of student govern-
ment is much the same. The Senate helps the admin-
istration and staff identify the students’ needs and
think of solutions. If students clearly back the Senate,
Hanson said, university administrators will find it
easier to take the Senate’s requests more seriously.
Hanson encourages anyone with an interest in
student government to get involved. It gives you good
experience and benefits the school, he said, adding
that diversity among the governing body helps reach a
wider range of students.
Hanson sees student government as about meeting
people’s needs, not attending a lot of dry meetings.
“Some people think it’s boring, but I think it’s re-
ally fun,” Hanson said.
Alum becomes student
president at Northwestern
Kohl Hanson says his experience as an RCTC student senator
prepared him to be student senate president at the University of
Northwestern.
Photo courtesy of the University of Northwestern
“Kohl was an exemplary representative
of the students while he was with the RCTC
Student Senate. I’m always proud to see our
student leaders move on into new and excit-
ing leadership roles. ”
— Michael Wenzel,
RCTC Student Senate president
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