Corrick Spirit and Vision Award
2009 Recipient of The Delmar G. Corrick Spirit and Vision Award Ryan Jackson
Ryan Jackson is an Assistant Professor of Music/Technology at Minnesota State University Moorhead. In addition, Jackson owns Rj Ryan Productions, where he engineers and composes individual artist projects and custom musical compositions. He also offers acoustical and technological consulting and installation for local and regional organizations, as well as professional audio facilities.
Past and current clients of Jackson's include EMI-Capitol Records, Island Def Jam, HBO, MTV, ESPN, DreamWorks, Twentieth Century Fox News, and Microsoft, among many others.
Jackson earned a Master of Liberal Arts with an emphasis in Music Technology. His thesis was titled "The Musical Landscape—Technology's Effect on Past and Current Trends."
Jackson graduated from MSUM with a Bachelor of Arts, with an emphasis in audio engineering, keyboard, and vocal performance. He was admitted to MSUM via the Corrick Center, which was then called the New Center for Multidisciplinary Studies.
Jackson has been the recipient of eight "Addy" and "Tele" awards from the National Federation of Advertising Addy and Tele. The Addy award is the world's largest advertising competition.
MOSAIC WEB COORDINATOR TO GET MSUM’S CORRICK SPIRIT AWARD
Derek Holmquist, a 2004 MSUM graduate who’s now the Web coordinator for The Mosaic Company, one of the world’s leading producers of commercial grade fertilizers for the global agriculture industry, has been named the recipient of the 12th annual Delmar G. Corrick Spirit and Vision Award.
It’s presented by the faculty of Minnesota State University Moorhead’s Corrick Center for General Education to a graduate who exemplifies the spirit of Corrick, who retired in 1997 after 21 years at the university, 16 of them as director of the New Center.
Corrick’s egalitarian vision of higher education and his belief in the potential of the human spirit prompted the New Center to create an award in his honor.
The New Center is an alternative entry program at MSUM, established for students who don’t meet the university’s requirements for admission, but show promise to succeed in college.
An award ceremony honoring Holmquist is scheduled at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 24 in MSUM’s Weld Hall Glasrud Auditorium.
Mosaic is a Fortune 500 company that’s the world’s leading producer of potash and phosphate crop nutrients and employs 7,400 people worldwide. Holmquist joined the company, headquartered in Plymouth, Minn., last year. As the company’s Web coordinator, he leads a worldwide team in overseeing the company’s international public and employee Web sites.
Before Mosaic, Holmquist worked two years as the webmaster for Grace McNamara, Inc., in White Bear Lake, Minn., a magazine publisher that also produces educational seminars, conferences and trade shows.
After graduating from MSUM with a graphic communications degree, Holmquist designed Web sites for a few small companies and then took a temporary job with The Forum Communications Company’s Web site.
“This was my first real crack at a big kid job, but unfortunately I was fired after three months,” he said. “But I used the feedback I got from The Forum to my advantage. It was a blessing in disguise because I’ve conquered all the negatives they presented to me that day.”
Holmquist, a 1999 Fargo South High School graduate and the son of Wayne Jr. (Buzz) and Sue Holmquist, came to MSUM’s Corrick Center after being rejected for admission by NDSU.
“I was a major underachiever in high school,” he said. “But I had three close, confidant teachers at Fargo South who always looked out for me: Leslie Geidt, Mark Balluff and Laurie Schlenker. They directed me to MSUM’s Corrick Center. And I have to thank my advisor at MSUM, Jarilynn Gess, and the rest of the professors who connected with me. They helped right the ship, so to speak.”
2007
ROSE BAKKE TO RECEIVE CORRICK SPIRIT AND VISION AWARD WEDNESDAY
Rose Bakke, director of Prospect Research for the university’s Alumni Foundation, has been named the 2006 recipient of the Delmar Corrick Spirit And Vision Award.
It’s presented annually by the faculty of MSUM’s Corrick Center for General Education to a graduate who exemplifies the spirit of Corrick, who retired in 1997 after 21 years at the university, 16 of them as director of the New Center.
Corrick’s egalitarian vision of higher education and his belief in the potential of the human spirit prompted the New Center to create an award in his honor.
The Corrick Center is an alternative entry program at MSUM, established for students who don’t meet the university’s requirements for admission, but show promise to succeed in college.
Bakke enrolled at MSUM through the Corrick Center, eventually earning a degree in Mass Communications. She’s currently pursuing a master’s degree in liberal arts at the university.
Bakke began her career at MSUM in 1990 at the university bookstore, then moved to the Records and Admissions Offices. She served two years as an administrative assistant to the executive vice president in the MSUM Alumni Foundations office before being named director of Prospect Research.
Bakke will received her a award at the Corrick Center Celebration of Excellence at 3 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 20 in Science Lab Building104.
HOMELESS HEALTH SERVICES DIRECTOR HONORED WITH MSUM'S CORRICK SPIRIT AWARD
David Williams, program director for Homeless Health Services in Fargo, has been named the recipient of the fifth annual Delmar G. Corrick Spirit and Vision Award
It’s presented annually by the faculty of Minnesota State University Moorhead's New Center for Multidisciplinary Studies to a graduate who exemplifies the spirit of Corrick, who retired in 1997 after 21 years at the university, 16 of them as director of the New Center.
Corrick’s egalitarian vision of higher education and his belief in the potential of the human spirit prompted the New Center to create an award in his honor.
The New Center is an alternative entry program at MSUM, established for students who don’t meet the university’s requirements for admission, but show promise to succeed in college.
Williams, a Moorhead High School graduate, enrolled in MSUM's New Center in 1986 at the age of 37 after nearly two decades struggling with drug addiction and a life on the streets. He graduated in 1991 with a bachelor's degree in social work and secondary major criminal justice, and the next year joined the Homeless Health Services as a case manager. Seven years later, he was promoted to program director.
Homeless Health Services is a walk-in clinic at the Salvation Army, providing primary health care, case management, and outreach services to homeless people in Fargo and Moorhead.
Williams will be asked to accept the award on behalf of all students—past, present and future—who’ve been touched by Corrick’s vision and spirit.
Clinical psychologist Gets New Center’s Corrick spirit award
Wendy Pauluk a 1991 MSU graduate who’s now a psychologist at Montevista Hospital in Las Vegas has been named the recipient of the fourth annual Delmar G. Corrick Spirit and Vision Award
It’s presented annually by the faculty of MSU’s New Center for Multidisciplinary Studies to a graduate who exemplifies the spirit of Corrick, who retired in 1997 after 21 years at the university, 16 of them as director of the New Center.
Corrick’s egalitarian vision of higher education and his belief in the potential of the human spirit prompted the New Center to create an award in his honor.
The New Center is an alternative entry program at MSU, established for students who don’t meet the university’s requirements for admission, but show promise to succeed in college.
Pauluk, originally from Hankinson, N.D., entered the New Center in 1986 and graduated cum laude with an MSU psychology degree. She then earned both her master’s degree and doctorate in clinical psychology at the United States International University in San Diego. She and her husband Dan, also an MSU graduate, now live in Las Vegas with their two daughters.
Pauluk will be asked to accept the award on behalf of all students—past, present and future—who’ve been touched by Corrick’s vision and spirit.
Domestic abuse exec earns MSU’s vision & spirit award
Judy Anderson, executive director of the Committee Against Domestic Violence in Mankato, Minn., and a 1991 MSU graduate, has been named the recipient of the third annual “Delmar G. Corrick Spirit and Vision Award.”
The award is presented annually by the faculty of MSU’s New Center for Multidisciplinary Studies to a graduate who exemplifies the spirit of Corrick, who retired in 1997 after 21 years at the university, 16 of them as director of the New Center.
Corrick’s egalitarian vision of higher education and his belief in the potential of the human spirit prompted the New Center to create an award in his honor.
When Anderson was a teenager growing up in Moorhead, a neighbor sent his son outside and then killed his wife and daughters. The experience shaped Anderson’s education and career as an advocate for battered women.
Anderson entered MSU as a New Center student in 1983, earning a degree in sociology with a gender studies emphasis. Today she oversees a $1 million budget for Mankato’s Committee Against Domestic Abuse and supervises a staff of 35. The program includes a shelter for battered women and their children along with health, intervention and legal services.
Before settling in Mankato, Anderson received a master’s degree in sociology from North Dakota State University, interned at the Fargo Rape and Abuse Crisis Center and worked as a legal advocate for Thief River Falls’ Violence Intervention Project.
The New Center is an alternative entry program at MSU. Founded in 1972, it was established for students who don’t meet the university’s requirements for admission, but show promise to succeed in college.
Anderson will be asked to accept the award on behalf of all students—past, present and future—who’ve been touched by Corrick’s vision and spirit.
KYLE WARD HONORED WITH MSUM'S CORRICK SPIRIT AWARD
Kyle Ward, an assistant professor of history and political science at Vincennes (Ind.) University, has been named the recipient of the sixth annual Delmar G. Corrick Spirit and Vision Award
It’s presented annually by the faculty of Minnesota State University Moorhead's New Center for Multidisciplinary Studies to a graduate who exemplifies the spirit of Corrick, who retired in 1997 after 21 years at the university, 16 of them as director of the New Center.
Corrick’s egalitarian vision of higher education and his belief in the potential of the human spirit prompted the New Center to create an award in his honor.
The New Center is an alternative entry program at MSUM, established for students who don’t meet the university’s requirements for admission, but show promise to succeed in college.
Ward, 33, is originally from Clarissa, Minn., entering MSUM through the New Center because, as he says, “I had a sub-par high school GPA and the New Center was the only program willing to give me a chance at college.”
He went on to earn an undergraduate degree in social science education in 1992 and after five years of teaching at Royalton High School, earned another degree from MSUM, this time in history. After finishing his master’s degree at St. Cloud State University, Ward taught at Inver Hills Community College and a private Twin Cities college preparatory school before joining the faculty at Vincennes University.
Ward published his first book two years ago, “In the Shadow of Glory, “ about the 13th Minnesota Regiment in the Spanish-American and Philippine-American Wars. His second book, “In The Eye of the Beholder: Foreign Perspectives of American History,” is expected to be published next fall, the result of a research project in conjunction with the UNESCO-funded Eckert Institute in Germany.
PPB COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER RECEIVES CORRICK SPIRIT AWARD
Marie Lucero, communications manager for Prairie Public Broadcasting, has been named the recipient of MSU Moorhead’s seventh annual Delmar G. Corrick Spirit and Vision Award.
It’s presented annually by the faculty of the MSU Moorhead’s Corrick Center to a graduate who exemplifies the spirit of Delmar G. Corrick, who retired in 1997 after 21 years at the university, 16 of them as director of the New Center.
Corrick’s egalitarian vision of higher education and his belief in the potential of the human spirit prompted the center to create an award in his honor.
The Corrick Center is an alternative entry program at MSUM, established for students who don’t meet the university’s requirements for admission, but show promise to succeed in college.
Lucero, a 1998 MSUM English/mass communications graduate, enrolled in the Corrick Center 15 years after graduating from Fargo South. She previously worked as a bank branch manager and later sold mutual funds for a New York-based company in Denver before she married and started raising two daughters.
She said enrolling at MSUM through the Corrick Center gave her a needed adjustment period to get back into the discipline of studying and provided a small college family atmosphere that helped ease her into student life.
Lucero has been Prairie Public Broadcasting's communication manager for nearly eight years creating promotional campaigns, leading community engagement activities, and writing the television and radio network's monthly member magazines, CEO newsletters and annual reports.
She also write and edits for "Area Woman" magazine and the Lake Aggasiz Arts Council "Art Forum," edits graduate disquisitions for the NDSU graduate programs office, and edits scholarly journal articles for the NDSU Transportation Institute.
She lives in Moorhead with her daughters Emily, a sophomore at MSUM, and Kate, who will become an MSUM freshman in 2009.
She will receive the Corrick Award at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 26 in King Hall Auditorium.
KAREN BRANDEN HONORED WITH MSUM'S CORRICK SPIRIT AWARD
Karen Branden, a Barnesville native who’s now an instructor of sociology at Bemidji State University, has been named the recipient of the sixth annual Delmar G. Corrick Spirit and Vision Award
It’s presented annually by the faculty of Minnesota State University Moorhead's New Center for Multidisciplinary Studies to a graduate who exemplifies the spirit of Corrick, who retired in 1997 after 21 years at the university, 16 of them as director of the New Center.
Corrick’s egalitarian vision of higher education and his belief in the potential of the human spirit prompted the New Center to create an award in his honor.
The New Center is an alternative entry program at MSUM, established for students who don’t meet the university’s requirements for admission, but show promise to succeed in college.
Branden, the daughter of Duane and Connie Branden of Barnesville, enrolled in the New Center in 1987 and graduated from MSUM in 1991 with a sociology degree. She later earned a masters degree in sociology from North Dakota State and last year finisher her doctorate in sociology at South Dakota State.
MSUM HONORS ALUM/PROF WITH CORRICK SPIRIT AWARD
Kevin Zepper, a former student and now a professor at MSUM’s newly named Corrick Center for General Education, is the recipient of the 9th annual Delmar G. Corrick Spirit and Vision Award
It’s presented by the faculty of MSUM’s Corrick Center for General Education (formerly The New Center for Multidisciplinary Studies) to a graduate who exemplifies the spirit of Corrick, who retired in 1997 after 21 years at the university, 16 of them as director of the New Center.
Corrick’s egalitarian vision of higher education and his belief in the potential of the human spirit prompted the New Center to create an award in his honor.
The New Center is an alternative entry program at MSUM, established for students who don’t meet the university’s requirements for admission, but show promise to succeed in college.
Zepper, a Moorhead native, said his grades were bad in high school, the only way he could enroll in a college was through MSUM’s Corrick Center. “I took advantage of the opportunity and it paid off,” he said.
Zepper went on to earn his undergraduate degree in English and his MFA in Creative Writing, both at MSUM. He taught English part time at Concordia College, MSUM and MSCT before joining the Corrick Center faculty three years ago.
He’s the author of poetry chapbook “The Fifth Ramone” (Dacotah Territories Press) His poetry and fiction have also been published in a variety of venues, including Black Bear Review, Dream International and Poetry Harbor.
His next chapbook, “(Suffering from) An Apartment Complex,” will be released in February by Plan B Press.
HOMELESS SHELTER DIRECTOR HONORED WITH MSUM'S CORRICK SPIRIT AWARD
Joy Marie Rice, shelter director for Churches United for the Homeless in Moorhead, has been named the recipient of the 8th annual Delmar G. Corrick Spirit and Vision Award
It’s presented by the faculty of Minnesota State University Moorhead's New Center for Multidisciplinary Studies to a graduate who exemplifies the spirit of Corrick, who retired in 1997 after 21 years at the university, 16 of them as director of the New Center.
Corrick’s egalitarian vision of higher education and his belief in the potential of the human spirit prompted the New Center to create an award in his honor.
The New Center is an alternative entry program at MSUM, established for students who don’t meet the university’s requirements for admission, but show promise to succeed in college.
Rice grew up in Ft. Wayne, Ind., and Hawley, Minn., dropping out of high school at the age of 16. After earning her high school diploma through the Job Corps, she joined the Air Force and specialized in avionics electronics.
Returning to Fargo after two and a half years in service, she tried enrolling in MSUM as a regular student. But because of her high school record, she was rejected and referred to the New Center.
“That’s when I blossomed,” said the 33-year-old single parent of two daughters. “My oldest child was 13 weeks old when I started taking classes.”
Rice graduated from MSUM in 1997 with a degree in criminal justice and found a job immediately as a counselor with the Catholic Charities Intensive Treatment unit in Fergus Falls. The next year she was named shelter director for Churches United for the Homeless, where she’s worked for the past six years.
Rice is a member of the Fargo Human Relations Commission, the F-M Homeless Coalition and the F-M Hunger Coalition.