Three St. Joseph students were recently named to the spring semester dean’s list at the University of Minnesota-Morris.
They are the following: Kathryn Evenson, Andrew Kroska and Maryanna Kroska.
Students must achieve a minimum 3.66 grade-point average to qualify for the honor.
Leela Cofell, daughter of Monica and David Cofell, both of St. Joseph, was recently named to the spring dean’s list at St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minn. Students must attain a minimum 3.75 grade-point average to qualify for this honor.
Fifteen St. Joseph students recently graduated from St. Cloud State University.
They and their majors are as follows: Jean Ambrose, bachelor’s degree in management, cum laude; Chelsea Christman, bachelor’s degree in English, summa cum laude; Amber Dao, bachelor’s degree in global studies; Emily Eggert, bachelor’s degree in nursing, magna cum laude; Brett Eisenschenk, bachelor’s degree in elementary/K-6 education, magna cum laude; Christina Hazen, master’s degree in applied behavior analysis; Brady Hedlund, bachelor’s degree in management; Brandon Karnik, bachelor’s degree in athletic training; April Legatt, bachelor’s degree in music, magna cum laude; Nathan Miller, master’s degree in special education; Daniel Pfannenstein, associate’s degree in liberal arts and sciences; Danny Ratliff, bachelor’s degree in earth sciences; JaNaye Rennie, bachelor’s degree in community psychology, cum laude; William Spaniol, bachelor’s degree in business economics; Brad Terwey, bachelor’s degrees in geology and hydrology.
Two St. Joseph businesses were each recently named one of the Top 150 Workplaces in Minnesota by the Star Tribune. The Top Workplaces special section was published in the Star Tribune on Sunday, June 14. The report can also be found at StarTribune.com/topworkplaces2015.
They are the following: Brenny Transportation Inc., who was ranked 16th on the small company list, and Central Minnesota Credit Union. This is the third time in four years Brenny Transportation Inc. has been named a Top Workplace; they were named one of the Top 100 Workplaces in 2012, 2013 and 2014.
“Acknowledgment as being one of the Top Workplaces is a humbling experience,” said CMCU CEO Rick Odenthal. “Our team members deserve the recognition, as they are centered on our continued success day in and day out.”
Produced by the same team that compiles the 24-year-old Star Tribune 100 report of the best-performing public companies in Minnesota, Top Workplaces recognizes the most progressive companies in Minnesota based on employee opinions measuring engagement, organizational health and satisfaction. The analysis included responses from more than 69,100 employees at Minnesota public, private and nonprofit organizations.
The results of the Star Tribune Top Workplaces are based on survey information collected by WorkplaceDynamics, an independent company specializing in employee engagement and retention.
Star Tribune Publisher Michael J. Klingensmith said, “The companies in the Star Tribune Top 150 Workplaces deserve high praise for creating the very best work environments in the state of Minnesota. My congratulations to each of these exceptional companies.”
To qualify for the Star Tribune Top Workplaces, a company must have more than 50 employees in Minnesota. More than 2,100 companies were invited to participate. Rankings were composite scores calculated purely on the basis of employee responses.
Shelby Pederson, daughter of Bob Pederson, of St. Joseph, recently graduated with a degree in sales, marketing, and business management from the St. Cloud Technical & Community College. This past year, as a member of DECA, she received a first place at the state/collegiate conference in business-to-business marketing and second place in professional sales. This qualified her for the national conference in Orlando, where she took second place in business-to-business marketing, competing against 76 teams from 50 states and five countries. Shelby was hired by Marco and is currently working in the Twin Cities.