Distinguished Alumni

Mark W. McGinnis
Professor Emeritus Mark W. McGinnis recently retired after serving the NSU art Department for 30 years. A nationally recognized educator, artist and writer, Mark and wife “Sam” now live in Hot Springs, SD.

E-mail: mark.sam.mcginnis@gmail.com

Bryan Entzel
Bryan is a graduate of the NSU Art Department program in Advertising Design. He was an art director for Best Buy, and he is currently working as a Senior Designer for Baker Associates of Minneapolis, MN.

Office: (952) 475-4218
Cell: (612) 281-2368

Cody Tesnow
Cody is a graduate of the NSU Art Department program in Advertising Design. He is currently working as a Creative Director in Minneapolis, MN.

Cody Tesnow was born at 5:15am, May 2nd, 1979, in St. Ignatius, Montana. He grew up in Montana, Wyoming and South Dakota. When he was ten, he saw a production of Ruddigore, and knew what he wanted to be when he grew up - a wicked baron. After finding all of these positions filled, he decided he would rather play one on TV.

Since then, he has been in 44 stage productions, 4 full-length films, and 9 short films. He also dabbles in stand-up, radio, writing, cooking, ceramics and whatever else tickles his fancy on any given day. A beautiful daughter, a beautiful girlfriend and an addiction to watching movies and drooling about cars he can't have.

Cody has a B.F.A. in Advertising Design, is an Art Director by day, resides in Minneapolis, MN, and is pretty sure Billy Bob Thorton has seen him naked.

He is, by his own admission, a egomaniacal elitist hedonistic heathen who should be stricken from the record and the country and maybe the planet. But not until after he gets to be an evil baron. He also would like to see Paris.

Website: www.codytesnow.com

Matt Daigle
Matt is a graduate of the NSU Art Department program in Advertising Design. He is currently working as a Free-Lance Designer & Illustrator in Sioux Fall, SD.

Website: www.mattdaigle.com

Jaime Kreager
Jaime is a graduate of the NSU Art Department program in Advertising Design. She is currently working as a Free-Lance Artist & designer in Rapid City, SD.

E-mail: jkdesign@rushmore.com

Ann Lentz
Ann is a graduate of the NSU Art Department program in Fine Art & Advertising Design. She is currently completing her MFA graduate studies in Painting at the University of South Dakota. Ann and her husband John live in Kimball, SD.

Matt Klundt
Matt is a graduate of the NSU Art Department program in Multi0-Media Graphic Design. He is currently working as a web designer for McQuillen Design Associates of Aberdeen, SD.

E-mail: matt@mcquillendesign.com

Sarah Ernhart
Sarah is a graduate of the NSU Art Department program in Fine Art & Advertising Design. She operates her own design & photography business, Katzen Creative, Inc. in Aberdeen, SD.

Website: www.katzencreative.com & www.sarahbethphotography.com

Ben Victor
Ben Victor is a graduate of the NSU Art Department program in Fine Art. Ben’s focus at NSU was in sculpture and he is currently working as a full-time artist. Ben holds the distinction of being the youngest artist in the nation to have a figurative sculpture in our nation’s capital Statuary Hall. He has completed a number of private and public commissions nationwide.

Lindsey Berg
Lindsey Berg graduated from NSU in December 2005 with a B.S.Ed in Art Education. In 2006, she moved to Fort Dodge, IA to teach elementary art and currently teaches at two schools housing grades PreK-4. Lindsey is proud to be a teacher and loves being around "crazy little people" every day.

E-mail: lberg@fort-dodge.k12.ia.us