The Minnesota Archaeological Society will present demonstrations, displays and activities — including a small excavation — During Archaeology Day, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday in the Mille Lacs Kathio State Park picnic area.
Many Minnesota students, higher education workers, lawmakers and political parties say the costs of attending colleges and universities is too high.
But the range of potential solutions can be as diverse as the course catalog at St. Cloud State University.
The institution hosted a roundtable discussion Thursday in Atwood Memorial Center. House Minority Leader Paul Thissen, a Minneapolis Democrat, organized the meeting — one of a handful at campuses in the state.
St. Cloud State Dean, School of Public Affairs and Economist King Banaian joined me on WJON today. He talked about his recent findings of the state economy based on regions in the state.
Two St. Cloud-area residents have been honored for their work with veterans.
Shelby Marie Hadley of Rice and James Tuorila of St. Cloud were among 25 Minnesota veterans honored with the 2015 Veterans’ Voices Award from the Minnesota Humanities Center.
As a teenager, Josh Savage was a handy kid who helped out at his dad’s South Side plumbing business.
Twenty years later, Savage, 37, is a college graduate. And the owner with his wife, Sheree, of Uptown Plumbing, now located in north Minneapolis.
The history museum partnered with the archaeology program at St. Cloud State University to host an Archaeology I.D. event, in which people could bring artifacts found in their yards or elsewhere and learn where they came from.
Study after study shows there is a college-wage premium. And, the new College Scorecard from the U.S. Department of Education shows St. Cloud State is a great educational value.
A new administrator has been hired to lead Morris Area Elementary School: Shane Monson ‘95 is the new principal, scheduled to start just a few days after his students. Monson’s first official day with the district will be on Monday, September 14, but he joined Morris faculty and staff for the first day of school on Tuesday, Sept. 8.
The show’s choreographer, Debra Leigh (SCSU anti-racism educator), agreed that the themes of “Ragtime” resonate now, but she said it’s also interesting to compare “what’s different, and why is it different and how is it different, and what are the lessons that have been learned and what are the lessons that still need to be learned.”
Jeffrey Bleam (St. Cloud State theatre professor) had a suggestion ready when Pioneer Place on Fifth Artistic Director Jay Terry asked what show he would like to direct for the venue. It was “Pump Boys and Dinettes,” a show Bleam watched when he was 16.
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