THE LORAS COLLEGE MAGAZINE | VOL. 59 | NO. 1 | WINTER 2010

Breyan Strickler,
Ph.D., assistant
professor of English,
Maggie Baker,
service learning
coordinator, and
Jordan DeGree from
the Dubuque Art Center co-facilitated
the training session, Structuring
Volunteer Projects/Service-Learning
Requirements for Millennial Students,
and Developing Service-Learning
Community Partnerships with colleagues
from Coe College at the 2010
Iowa Nonprofit Summit held in Ames,
Iowa, Nov. 15-16. The workshop incorporated
two presentations focused on
Don Ulrich (’58)
Eldon Herrig (’49)
developing service-learning partnerships
and research findings on how to structure
volunteer/service-learning placements
for millennial students.
Dedra Tentis, Ph.D.,
associate professor
of criminal justice
and Lieutenant
Colonel in the United
States Air Force, was
awarded the Air
Force Commendation Medal for
Outstanding Achievement from May -
September 2010, while deployed to the
Middle East as the Inspector General of
the largest deployed Air Force Wing.
Ulrich Joins Board of Regents,
Herrig Thanked for Service
Loras College welcomed Don Ulrich (’58) to
the Board of Regents at the fall board meeting
in October while saying farewell and thank
you to Eldon Herrig (’49) for eight years of
dedicated service.
Ulrich received his bachelor’s degree in English
from Loras College in 1958, then attended
Drake University to earn his master’s degree
and became a high school English teacher.
He eventually left teaching to work for The
Coca-Cola Company as a route driver and, over
the course of 20 years, worked his way up to
the position of the company’s vice president.
Ulrich has served as chairman of Arizona State
University Foundation and chairman of the
1999 Capital Campaign Committee, where
he raised more than $600 million for the
program. He partnered in the development of
Waste Not, a program to help feed the hungry
in metropolitan Phoenix, worked on a documentary
in Africa titled, Food for the Hungry,
and volunteered a year reorganizing the Arizona
government through the Office for Excellence
Institutional News | Spring 2011
Nancy Zachar Fett,
L.M.S.W. (’90),
associate professor
of social work,
presented, “The
Nuts and Bolts of
Integrating
Community Partners into Course
Preparation,” at the Baccalaureate
Program Directors Conference in
February in Cincinnati, Ohio. �
in Government, which he originated. He has
also served as a board member for a variety of
organizations.
“Loras College is honored to welcome Mr.
Ulrich to the Board. He is committed to the
growth and ongoing success of the College,”
noted President Jim Collins (’84). “Further, he
will provide Loras with the expertise and vision
to advance our strategic initiatives.”
Herrig, who served on the board since October
2002, was voted to emeritus status at the spring
2011 meeting. He is the founder of Herrig &
Herrig Financial Services, Inc., and served 50
years in the insurance industry. Herrig has
generously shared his time, talents and financial
resources with several organizations in the
Dubuque community, including: Dubuque
Community Schools, Archdiocese of Dubuque,
Convention and Visitors Center of Dubuque,
United Way, Catholic Charities and St. Mark’s
Community Center. He also received numerous
awards and was named the Telegraph Herald’s
First Citizen in 1995. �
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