As part of the Distinguished Alumni Program,
Bradley J. Schmidt, senior vice president of transmission
and distribution services for Cass County
Electric Cooperative in Kindred, N.D., will deliver
a presentation titled "They Taught Us Much More
than E=MC2," on Wednesday, April 16, at
3:30 p.m. in the Memorial Union Hidatsa room.
A reception will follow the presentation, which is
free and open to the public.
Schmidt was named this year's distinguished alumnus for the College of Engineering and Architecture. He has spent the past 28 years with Cass County Electric Cooperative's holding positions as electric use specialist, staff engineer, manager of engineering and director of engineering and operations. He has been senior vice president for 11 years.
He maintains a strong relationship with NDSU by serving on the electrical and computer engineering department advisory board and as a lecturer in the agricultural and biosystems engineering department teaching post-harvest technology.
For more information, contact Nancy Rossland at 1-7994 or nancy.rossland@ndsu.edu.
Helen L. Merkle, certified executive chef, will deliver a presentation
titled "Current Trends for Guest Expectations," on
Thursday, April 17, from 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. in FLC 124.
The presentation is free and open to the public.
Merkle was named this year's distinguished alumna for the College of Human Development and Education. She is certified through the American Culinary Federation and is executive chef and culinary team leader of the Westfield Group in Cleveland.
She was accepted as the first female member of the Honorable Order of the Golden Toque in July 2007, which is the highest acclaimed recognition a chef can receive in America. She joins 99 other chefs who have earned this career achievement. The Golden Toque was originally founded in France and brought to this country by chef Pierre Berard in 1961.
For more information, contact Nancy Gress at 1-8216 or nancy.gress@ndsu.edu.
This is the second year of the Distinguished Alumni Program, which provides an opportunity to educate students by introducing them to successful alumni and a chance to recognize and honor outstanding alumni.