News Archive

Last Tuesday, faculty and staff elected eight seniors to membership in the SSM Chapter of the Cum Laude Society, the ceremony and celebration of which took place over Zoom.

Jonah Kagen ’18, an alum of both the Boys Soccer and Engineering Centers of Excellence, is reaching new heights of Instagram and TikTok fame for another passion of his: music. While Jonah is currently a psychology major at Cornell University and continues to enjoy playing a key role on the Men’s Soccer team, he’s taken advantage of the solitude of the pandemic to continue pursuing his passion for creating music.

Hannah Ray ’21, a senior in SSM’s Vocal Performance Program Center of Excellence, recently took first place in the vocal category of the Northern State University Department of Music’s 2021 Friends of the Arts/NSU Young Artist Competition. She was also chosen as a finalist for Luther College’s Outstanding Dorian Soloists Virtual Recital.

SSM’s own Father Henry Doyle, Institutional Advancement and Alumni Relations and Outreach, and Lotte Aga ’22 were invited to speak at the Faribault Diversity Coalition’s (FDC) 7^th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast, which took place virtually at 9 a.m. on Monday, January 18^th, Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

Ao (Amber) Lu ’21, a member of the BioScience Center of Excellence, has published her paper entitled, “The Silent Majority – Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and South Asia Phenotype,” in the journal of the Conference of Artificial Intelligence and Healthcare.

‘Tis the season of giving, and the members of our Shattuck-St. Mary’s family gave wholeheartedly this year as the School held several annual fundraisers for the wider Faribault community.

Last month The Hollywood Reporter announced its annual list, “35 Under 35 Rising Executives,” which recognizes standout up-and-comers in the entertainment industry. Shattuck-St. Mary’s 2005 alum, John Agbaje, is among the list’s impressive players, which includes agents, managers, lawyers, and executives.

It was an exciting week for Shattuck-St. Mary’s alumni when it was announced that not one but two of our female alumni had achieved Forbes “30 Under 30” recognition in two of the 20 different categories. Grace Paulsen ’09 was featured in the “Energy” category, while Kelly Kiewel ’10 was featured in the “Games” category.

While some may have said her hockey career was over when she tore her ACL, MCL, PCL, and meniscus at the age of 15, Shattuck-St. Mary’s Hockey alum Noëlle Needham ’04 has surely proved naysayers wrong. After a successful prep and collegiate playing career, and an entrepreneurial spirit creating opportunities for young female hockey players, she now has her sights set on becoming the first female General Manager in NHL history.

This past summer marked the 10-year anniversary of the Shattuck-St. Mary’s BioScience Center of Excellence, and while we couldn’t celebrate and reunite exactly how we wanted to at the time, our current BioScience students and alumni have no shortage of important work to highlight.

On Wednesday, Nov. 11, 19 Shattuck-St. Mary’s student-athletes made their commitment to play their respective sports at the next level as they signed their NCAA National Letters of Intent to play at the Division I or II levels.

Claire Wisdo ’27, an avid mountain-biker with the Cannon Valley Composite Mountain Bike Team, has received the Racer with Heart Award for the 2020 Minnesota High School Cycling League season.

After historic voter turnout and one of the most intense and in some cases still undecided election nights we’ve ever seen, Shattuck-St. Mary’s School alum Esther Agbaje ’03, a member of our Board of Trustees, has won her campaign to represent House District 59B in the Minnesota state legislature.

Shattuck-St. Mary’s own Pete Schleif, Director of the Vocal Performance Program Center of Excellence, was recently featured on KYMN’s “Musician Talk,” in which Northfield artist Pauline Jennings interviews local musicians.

Though the usual pomp and circumstance of a filled arena and big, bold displays had to be done in a more creative way this year due to COVID-19, the 2020 NHL Draft still held a great amount of excitement for 217 young men looking to take one step closer to the NHL, including four former Shattuck-St. Mary’s Sabres.

Lotte Aga ’22, a student in Shattuck-St. Mary’s The Major Center of Excellence program, has partnered with the Faribault Diversity Coalition (FDC) to help prepare for this October’s International Festival. Lotte, who moved to Faribault with her family from Belgium last fall, was contacted by newly appointed FDC Project Manager, Peter van Sluis, for help.

Last week, Faribault’s River Bend Nature Center (RBNC) celebrated its 39^th Annual Fundraising Event, called Ramble Week, which was filled with virtual and socially distanced in-person events and several testimonials from Shattuck-St. Mary’s School community members.

Four of this year’s seniors have been named National Merit Commended students by the National Merit® Scholarship Program.