Fall+08+Student+Teachers


 * Mogard, Michael || [[image:Picture_27.jpg width="127" height="98" caption="Michael Mogard"]] || I am Michael Mogard. I grew up in Brookings. While I have been in school, I have worked as a playground supevisor, at an after-school program, and spent my summers working at a youth camp in Minnesota. In May I got married to Kate, who is a Kindergarten teacher in Brookings. ||
 * Pidde, Nikki || [[image:Picture_23.jpg width="128" height="101" caption="Nikki Pidde"]] || Hi I'm Nikki Pidde and I am originally from Freeman, SD. I attended SDSU for three years and attended DSU for one and a half years. I will graduate from SDSU and DSU in December with degrees in Early Childhood Education and Elementary Education. My mom is a second grade teacher in Freeman and I have decided to follow in her footsteps. During my college years I was involved in the SDSU women's choir, SDSU admissions ambassadors, the First Lutheran church choir & bell choir, AEYC, and Campus Crusades. I spent my summer working at Meadow Creek Golf Course in Volga. I am currently living in Sioux Falls. This semester I am student teaching in Mrs. Poppe's 4th grade classroom at Lennox Elementary. ||
 * Erler, Vanessa || [[image:Picture_24.jpg width="132" height="103" caption="Vanessa Erler"]] || I am Vanessa Erler. I am from West Concord, Minnesota which is 5 hours from Madison between Owatonna and Rochester MN. I first went to SDSU and decided that I wanted to persue a degree in Elementary Education, and of course SDSU did not have that as a major. So I decided that I would do the Early Childhood Education degree at SDSU and then do the Co-op program with DSU to get my Elementary Education Degree. I attended DSU all of last year, am now student teaching and then will graduate this December from SDSU with my ECE degree and from DSU with my Eled degree. While I have been at school I have worked at SDSU with the Kindergarten Out of School Time program as a head teacher. In the summers I have also worked with children for the last seven years as a lifeguard, swimming lessons teacher, and swim team coach. This last summer I also had the opportunity to be a head teacher at our local "Cobra Kids" which is the schools after school program during the summer. All of this has given me some great experiences and I love working with children and people in general. This semester I will e student teaching in Mr. Bill Diercks 3rd grade classroom at Hillcrest Elementary in Brookings. ||
 * Rozier, Danylle || [[image:Picture_59.jpg width="133" height="108" caption="Danylle Rozier"]] || I went to high school in Burke, S.D. I attended SDSU from 94-99 and graduated with a degree in journalism and a minor in criminal justice. I worked as the editor of the //Baltic Beacon// and //Dell Rapids Tribune// from 99 to 04. This summer, I worked as an instructor with SDSUs Upward Bound summer program. I taught three classes to high school students - two journalism and one current events. It was a blast. I learned a lot, especially since I haven't had a lot of experience with that age group. All of the students were low-income/at-risk students. It was very interesting working with them. It opened my eyes to a lot of issues that I had never considered before. I also got to teach two workshops to high school students through SDSU's Journalism Institute and Daktronics. The workshops were on journalism and the workplace. Specifically, how journalism skills apply to Daktronics. I work at Dak in all the spare time I have. :) This semester I'm student teaching at Medary in Brookings, 4th grade, with Mary Ruane. ||
 * Sundermann, Kathryn || [[image:Picture_61.jpg width="134" height="104" caption="Kate Sundermann"]] || I am Katie Sundermann. I grew up in Parker, SD and graduated from Parker High School. I decided I wanted to get away so I went to college at Southwest Minnesota State University in Marshall, MN. After two years, I wanted to come back closer to home, so I transferred to Dakota State University. My original major was Mathematics Education, but after three semesters I changed my major to Elementary Education with a Mathematics Minor. I am much happier with Elementary Education. I will graduate in December with these degrees. This last summer I was a nanny for two children, one boy and one girl, ages 8 and 10. I learned a lot about myself through this job. I will be student teaching at West Central Middle School in the 7th grade with Mrs. Pat Reiners. I married Adam in April and currently reside in Humboldt. ||
 * Fiegen, Tim || [[image:Picture_26.jpg width="93" height="72" caption="Dr. Tim Fiegen"]] || I am Dr. Tim Fiegen, and I will be the instructor for the class. I live in Sioux Falls and this is my 11th year with DSU. I have [|two boys], Alex & Jackson, and a wife of 22 years, [|Kristie Fiegen]. ||