Graduate student Walid Issa has a mighty dream to create economic and social platforms for global coexistence — a dream fueled by challenging life experiences and powerful learning opportunities. Seeking avenues to world peace — particularly in the Middle East — has been an elusive goal for many. Issa just might have the street cred
Sue McLean’s impact on the Twin Cities music scene continues to reverberate in big events launched and musicians championed. The 1973 graduate’s 2011 Pollstar ranking was 97th in the world with 126,000 tickets sold for 130 shows and nearly $3.7 million grossed. She booked acts ranging from Johnny Cash, Al Green, Etta James and Tony
Atwood Memorial Center Director Margaret Vos may have retired this summer, but the energy, warmth and style she invested during her 27-year St. Cloud State career will continue to reverberate in the walls of Atwood and the careers of students who followed in her footsteps. Related links Faculty and staff at St. Cloud State make
At spring semester’s end, students in Mark Voigt’s environmental technology class carried the black walnut grandfather clock they’d crafted across campus and placed it in a niche outside Atwood Memorial Center’s Alumni Room. It was a perfect fit. The handsome piece of furniture and class service learning project was a welcome gift for Atwood, the
The Institute of International Education (IIE) has honored St. Cloud State with the 2013 Heiskell Award for Best Practices in International Partnerships — recognition of the university’s 11-year-old multidimensional partnership with the Universidad de Concepción in Concepción, Chile. “The awards showcase the most innovative and successful models for internationalizing the campus, study abroad and international
Special education professor Kathy Johnson is an example of St. Cloud State’s numerous faculty members whose innovative efforts are expanding St. Cloud State’s internationalization and the university’s reach across the globe. Related links Learn more about Angel’s story. Along with fellow School of Education faculty Ming Chi Own and Martin Lo, Johnson teamed with St.
The 19 eager St. Cloud kindergartners in Congyu (Chris) Zhang’s classroom are among the newest students in the Guang Ming Academy, a Chinese immersion program that owes much of its success to advocacy and support of St. Cloud State School of Education faculty and the university’s Chinese students who are at the core of
An education-abroad experience leaves a student forever changed, with new insight and understanding of the world and the people in it. For students reconnecting with their heritage along the way, a visit to a foreign land can become a powerful milestone. A high percentage of participants in St. Cloud State’s South Africa and Laos/Thailand/Malaysia study
With wheels-on-the-ground training for nearly 38,000 private and professional drivers each year, the Minnesota Highway Safety and Research Center (MHSRC) carries out its mission to reduce traffic accidents and the human trauma they cause. In 1974 the St. Cloud State facility, then known as the Minnesota Highway Safety Center, opened and quickly became the state’s premier provider of advanced training skills
When freshman Darryl Howard arrived on campus from Tampa, Fla., last summer for the 25th annual Advanced Preparation Program class, he had a unique advantage over other classmates newly far from home. His mother, an alumnus of the acclaimed program that is one of many St. Cloud State resources to support student success, had clued him in on the advantages his APP
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