Winter 2009-10
Wesleyan Today is published twice a year, in winter and summer. If you would like to receive a copy, contact Lori Essig at loessig@dwu.edu or 605-995-2614.

A Life Worth Serving: Small-Town Boy Becomes Man of the World

Last year, Derik Fossum packed his bags and set off for what anyone might deem an adventure. What he wasn’t counting on was that his experiences would reshape the person he is and influence the man he will become.
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Field Experience: Students get involved in research project

Dr. Brian Patrick’s ecology class participates in a North American pilot study to examine the efficacy of a simple trap design to monitor yellowjackets, hornets, and bees, including native and honey bees.
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Telling a Story – A Professor’s Journey to Writing 125 Years of History

Jim McLaird ’62, HD’05, professor emeritus of history, has discovered numerous new facets to the history of Dakota Wesleyan University by researching the college years from a student’s perspective. His research and writing have been ongoing for more than a year to create a coffee-table tale of DWU history, experiences and photographs.

Women's Soccer: A Hollywood Ending

The greatest sports movies ever made all seem to follow the same formula. “Hoosiers,” “Rocky,” “Major League” and “The Mighty Ducks” all stuck to a similar script. A loveable underdog struggles from the start, but eventually it turns a corner and starts showing signs of improvement. DWU women’s soccer joined a class of legendary stories when they rose up to take the championship this fall.

Face Value: Robert Parkinson

Robert Parkinson belongs to a treasured few. At 101 years old, the 1933 graduate is one of Dakota Wesleyan University’s oldest living alums. It’s not often someone lives for more than 10 decades, remembering World War I and II, women’s suffrage, The Great Depression, civil rights, Watergate and everything in between and since.
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