ST. PAUL, Minn. – The president of Minnesota State College Southeast, Marsha Danielson, has learned her punishment for overbilling the state for car expenses, seeking a gift from a state vendor, and insulting subordinates. She will keep her $188,000 job, but will:

> Reimburse the state $5,146 for 86 roundtrips between campuses for which she was already was receiving a travel allowance.

> Reimburse Xcel Energy $225 for free hockey tickets.

> Begin what are called“360 reviews,” in which Danielson seeks ongoing feedback from staff on her performance.

Winona campus.

Red Wing campus.

Already Danielson has apologized to her staff for diminutive nouns of direct address.

The state college’s chancellor, Dewinder Malhotra, meted out the reprimand and ordered the reimbursements after months of investigations, audits and deliberation. Malhotra said that he could not be unmindful of Danielson’s success at Southeast’s Winona and Red Wing campuses since he appointed her president in 2021. He noted that she had organized Winona industrialists to pick up full tuition and fees for Southeast students in job-oriented training.

Ethnic, gender slurs

Unmentioned jn the reprimand is a report that Danielson had called state colleges Chancellor Dewinder Malhotra a cheap skate for not picking up a lunch tab and attributed it his being India-born– a charge she denied. Danielson also denied mocking the accent of fellow college President Adenuga Atewologun, the Nigeria-born president of Riverland College in Austin. Daniel admitted, however, to callig staff members “hon,” “girlie” and ”babe” and other 1950-ish regionalisms and terms of endearment that have become offensive.

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