Stefan’s Dream finishes 1st in KVSC trivia weekend
Stefan’s Dream XVI: Stefan, Warrior Princess finished first in KVSC 88.1 FM’s “Game of Trivia: Quest for Futile Facts.”
Huskies in the news
Answer SCSU’s challenges with innovation, big ideas
St. Cloud State University faces some big challenges. Top of the list: years of declining enrollment and a $9.5 million general fund budget deficit for 2015. More importantly, the university is in the midst of a new reality. The same new reality faced by all of higher education.
Tech grads open Grand Marais brewery
he craft beer craze has hit the north woods. Mike (St. Cloud State alumnus) and Sue Prom opened Voyageur Brewing Co. in Grand Marais on Thursday. The brewery debuted with an IPA, a brown ale, a porter and a Belgian Wit.
St. Cloud State training future government cyber defenders
St. Cloud State University has earned a $2.78 million scholarship award to train government cybersecurity professionals. The Scholarship for Service is from the National Science Foundation and the Department of Homeland Security.
St. Cloud State to host Winter Institute on economics
Reaching out to the community is one of the main goals for event organizers behind the 53rd annual economics Winter Institute at St. Cloud State University.
Bettendorf booted from ‘Worst Cooks’
Sarah Bettendorf turned in her apron on the Food Network show “Worst Cooks in America.” The 33-year-old Apollo High School and St. Cloud State University graduate was one of the final four contestants on the sixth season of the reality cooking show that started with 14 contestants.
SCSU cheer team finds friendship on the ice
Twice a week, the women of the St. Cloud State University men’s hockey cheer team work into the night to perfect their routine. From 9-11 p.m., the squad of 13 owns the primary rink at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center. The sound of blades on ice is drowned out by the coach who, like a metronome, counts a beat of eight as the woman flip, toss and glide across the open ice.
Shrinking budgets, enrollment impact SCSU’s future
New post-recession realities means St. Cloud State University has to rethink how it operates. Declining enrollment, empty buildings and budget deficits have the university looking for ways to strengthen and grow in the future. The university hopes that through innovation it will better serve changing student demands and put itself in a healthier financial situation.
Today’s small grocery stores have a new face and focus
Chukwunyere Ugochukwu, an associate professor of planning and community development at St. Cloud State University, said with Central Minnesota’s changing demographics, it’s not surprising to see more stores that focus on a particular culture or geographical region.
Community Priorities project drives improvements
Editorial by President Earl H. Potter III as one of several facilitators of the Greater St. Cloud Community Priorities who have shared their views on their respective priorities in Sunday Times Opinion sections.
