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Susan Beasy Latto, slatto@d.umn.edu
315 Darland Administration Bldg.
1049 University Drive
Duluth, MN 55812
(218) 726-8830 Cell: (218) 348-5688
Fax: (218) 726-7413
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH
December 16, 2003
Contact:
Susan Beasy Latto, Director of
Public Relations (218) 726-8830
Betsy Albert-Peacock, Instructor, Department of Education (218) 726-8135
Paul Deputy, Dean, College of Education and Human Service Professions
(218) 726-6537
UMD Students Ship 48 Boxes
of School Supplies to Bosnia
UMD Student Sgt. Kris Rosendahl Brings an Early Christmas to Children with the
Help of Fellow Students
University of Minnesota Duluth (UMD) secondary education student Kris Rosendahl is currently serving as a sergeant in the National Guard in Bosnia. Part of his job entails working with the schools in the area, most of which have no supplies and still show the effects of war.
Recently, Kris contacted his former UMD academic advisor Lisa Reeves, to see if there was anyone he could contact to get some school supplies sent to him for the children. The response from UMD students, faculty, and community members was overwhelming.
Betsy Albert-Peacock, instructor in the Department of Education, took the challenge to heart. Her UMD students collected supplies, earned money, packed boxes and loaded trucks. When all was said and done, there were 48 boxes of school supplies and nearly $600 sent over to Kris. He responded, saying, "I am overcome with pride." He added, "Every time I am asked where I get all of my stuff, I say, 'My fellow students up at UMD care enough about the word around them to give me a hand!'"