Huskies in the news

School of Public Affairs Dean King Banaian joins Jay Caldwell on WJON to talk about how gas prices are set, the longevity of malls and the effect of Amazon on brick and mortar retailers.

St. Cloud State University is sharing $7 million grant to help create the “National Center for Autonomous Technologies”.

St. Cloud State Community Garden volunteers, including Assistant Professor Ann Finan, find benefits in unwanted weeds.

Huskies Hockey alumni Matt Cullen announces his retirement from the NHL.

As construction goes forward on a new plaza at St. Cloud State University, there are high hopes the public space will bear new traditions among the Husky community. 

Work is underway on a new plaza at St. Cloud State University in honor of the school’s 150-year anniversary.

St. Cloud State University continues to celebrate its 150th anniversary. Once a month archivist Tom Steman comes on the News @ Noon Show to talk about the school’s history.

Graduate student Monica Bugbee is among three interns at the Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum this summer working in the curation department.

Northland Community and Technical College has been awarded a $7 million National Science Foundation grant to form the National Center for Autonomous Technologies at NCTC’s Thief River Falls campus partnering with St. Cloud State University and others to educate and promote autonomous technologies throughout the United States.

Canoise performed an outdoor concert at Anton’s Restaurant in Waite Park.

Annie Deckert ’05 returns to her hometown of Fergus Falls to be close to family and assume executive directorship of the Greater Fergus Falls Corporation.

A group of educators from around the state recently set out to learn about Native American culture and history from those who have lived it through the Native Studies Summer Workshop for Educators through St. Cloud State.

Professor Bel Kambach reflects on her liver transplant one year later.

Kelsey Leeson ’17, was announced as the new Alaska Nanooks swimming assistant coach on Monday.  

Nancy Dyson ’88 and her partner Jason Jacques have started Shower the People an outreach effort in Central Minnesota that gives homeless men and women a place to shower in a retrofitted 15-passenger van.

Last fall, when St. Cloud Mayor Dave Kleis dedicated Talahi Woods — 25 acres of forest added to Riverside Park in southeast St. Cloud — he stumbled upon a historic marker honoring American explorer Zebulon Pike. 

St. Cloud State University is going ahead with efforts to attract a wider range of students, a recent plan to reverse declining enrollment. But some student activists say a newly announced tuition hike isn’t going to help.

Mass Communications recent graduate Mitch Abraham recounts his recent study abroad trip to Denmark in his new job at the Hutchinson Leader.

Former St. Cloud State University swimming standout and one-time College of St. Benedict’s coach Jordan Wolfrum has been named head coach of the UCLA women’s swim team.

Herberger Business School is among 40 schools whose accreditation in business has been extended by AACSB International this June. 

After a little weather delay, the 46th annual Lemonade Concert and Art Fair got underway Thursday afternoon on the St. Cloud State University campus.

Fairmount Elementary School teachers studying for English language learners (ELL) licenses at St. Cloud State University are among teachers offering a summer language immersion program at Fairmont Elementary School.

After 11 seasons in the NHL, Matt Hendricks retires from playing and is taking on a new role as assistant director of player development for the Minnesota Wild.

After over 60 members of the Belle Plaine baseball community and other friends and family members wrote letters on his behalf, Belle Plaine baseball pillar Dave “Greek” Wagner will be inducted into the Minnesota Baseball Association Hall of Fame in St. Cloud on September 21.

St. Cloud will host a ribbon cutting ceremony for a historic marker honoring the first people to live in what is now Central Minnesota.