Students at St. Cloud State University gain hands on experience in a summer archeology class. KVSC sent reporter Donny Daubanton to capture the sounds, methods, and discoveries of a summer 2006 dig in front of Shoemaker Hall. This eldest dormitory on campus (built in 1915) flanks the Mississippi River and is a known home of […]

This episode is the 18th Link in the Unbroken Chain.  The American troops are nearby as heard through machine gun fire and bombs.  But on April 20, 1945, the Nazis order all remaining prisoners out of the barracks. Henry was put on a death march with all his fellow inmates. American liberators find those still […]

In April 2006 St. Cloud State University hosted an amazing exhibit and performance from the famed Tibetan Loseling monks of the Drepung Monestary. Atwood Memorial Center’s (student union) art gallery was a four-day home for the monks as they created a mandala sand painting. Students, faculty and community members were entranced by their intricate work […]

Henry is liberated and left wondering who is left in his family. There was no mode of transportation available as it nearly all forms were destroyed in the war.  He runs into trouble with Soviets on his attempt to return to Berlin—including forced labor again.

Finally, Henry is back in Berlin only to discover the family’s apartment has been given to Nazi party loyalists. He reunites with some family and tried to adjust to his freedom. We learn the details of Henry’s emigration to the United States and the splendid news of his wife and new family. Acknowledgements: Henry Oertelt […]

Bobby Goepfert owned a .927 save rate in the 2006-07 season (best in the WCHA) and a 2.24 goals against average. His talent between the pipes dazzled fans with 30-plus saves in 16 games – including a team RECORD 67 saves in SCSU’s triple OT win over Minnesota Duluth on March 11, 2007. 2007 graduate […]

Is St. Cloud State University’s image as a party school based on reality and facts or myth and perception? In this podcast, KVSC’s Adam Sebestyen and Jon Mortensen ponder this with poignant questions to students and campus leaders such as President Earl Potter, Dr. Robert Reff of the UChoose program, and Director of the Center […]