Huskies in the news

StCtransparent Watch, listen and read about St. Cloud State University in the news and celebrate the great work that makes St. Cloud State newsworthy.

 

St. Cloud State hockey team stranded in blizzard at county jail hours after winning Penrose Cup

The St. Cloud State University Men’s Hockey Team went from raising the Penrose Cup Saturday night to spending Sunday in jail.

St. Cloud's newest road is named Mni Sota Makoce Street. What does it mean?

American Indian Center Director Jim Knutson-Kolodzne explains the meaning of St. Cloud’s newest street name Mni Sota Makoce.

SCSU focused on creative thinking

President Robbyn Wacker and Dean Mark Springer talk critical thinking and creativity with WJON.

SCSU, GREAT collaboration addresses autism spectrum, sensory difficulties

Inside the Performing Arts Center at St. Cloud State University, a “Curious Incident” is unfolding.

Herb Brooks' legacy still impacting St. Cloud St. men's hockey team

St. Cloud St. men’s hockey was last year’s top seed in the NCAA Tournament. Then head coach Bob Motzko left for the Gophers. The new coach was left with a lot of talent, and he got some support from another former Huskies coach.

New medical device 'Veinplicity' to be tested in Minnesota

St. Cloud State faculty member Mary Kay Sobcinski is helping manage the clinical trials for Veinplicity at Mayo Clinic, Regions Hospital in St. Paul and Midwest Immunology in Plymouth. 

SCSU's Davis is Minnesota's all-time leading scorer

Here’s a good trivia question, who is the all-time leading men’s college basketball scorer in Minnesota across all Division I, II, and III programs? The answer is St. Cloud State University’s own Gage Davis.

St. Cloud's 50-hour trivia weekend marathon hits its stride in 40th year

Question: What event is 50 hours long, yields a ceiling-high stack of empty pizza boxes and brings the St. Cloud area together for a marathon of random knowledge and excitement? Answer: Trivia weekend at St. Cloud State University, of course! 

SCSU at 150: KVSC Trivia Weekend a 40-year tradition

Tom Steman and Jo McMullin-Boyer sat down with WJON to talk about KVSC Trivia weekend and it’s place in the university’s 150 year history.

St. Cloud's Symphony Orchestra to salute SCSU's 150th birthday

The St. Cloud Symphony Orchestra will honor St. Cloud State University’s 150th birthday at their next concert.

Minnesota author channels Rosie the Riveter to inspire kids with Somali refugee story

Story time felt a bit like a motivational speech for Habso Mohamud as she opened her book and read aloud to dozens of antsy toddlers and children.

Fed's Bullard: 'Restrictive' US policy is likely curbing inflation

The U.S. Federal Reserve’s interest rate increase in December likely tipped monetary policy into a restrictive setting that may be pushing the economy farther from one of the Fed’s key goals, James Bullard ’84, president of the St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank, said on Thursday.

St. Cloud State grad and entrepreneur: Gig economy growing

Mynul Khan lost his first job after graduating from St. Cloud State University due to the Great Recession. Next, he launched a business that grew to employ hundreds of people.

What police can fix when responding to sexual assault

Abby Honold spoke to a Women on Wednesday crowd at St. Cloud State on efforts to better train police on how to speak to victims of sexual assault.

Rabbi: Internet, social media plays role in rising anti-semitism

An Oscar and Emmy-winning Rabbi, writer and filmmaker stopped by St. Cloud State University to discuss anti-semitism Tuesday.

KVSC Radio 50-Hour Trivia Weekend

Trivia Weekend at St. Cloud State University is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year. It is the campus radio station’s biggest event of the year.

The School of Public Affairs sponsored a pop-up seminar on the turmoil in Venezuela Monday. Economics professor Mónica García-Pérez and political science professor Edward Greaves presented. Venezuela has made headlines with political unrest, a humanitarian crisis, mass migration out of the country, and civilian demonstrations. García-Pérez gave the students, faculty and community members in attendance a historical, ...

More women rising to top posts in Minnesota higher education

Women earn more degrees than male students nationwide, but women are not running colleges and universities at the same rate as men. And yet Minnesota State has promoted more women to college president than the national average. 

SCSU continues to be a top school for veterans

St. Cloud State University is once again getting recognition for being a great school for veterans to attend.

SCSU honored as school for veterans

A local university has been honored as one of the top places for military veterans to further their education.

SCSU hosting NARCAN training as part of Opioid Awareness Week

For the first time since World War I, life expectancy in the United States is on the decline and the CDC says the opioid epidemic is playing a large role.

MLK Day of Service

Hundreds of people packed into the River’s Edge Convention Center for the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast and Day of Service in St. Cloud.

'Martin Luther King Jr. would not approve of this moment,' says St. Cloud guest speaker

Martin Luther King Jr. was talking about gun control and police brutality in the last months of his life, Wil Haygood told a crowd of more than 800 in St. Cloud Monday. 

'March on': WomensWave speakers tell St. Cloud crowd to keep fighting for equality, justice

“March on!” Debra Leigh ended the WomensWave St. Cloud rally Saturday afternoon with those words. 

The Lunar Eclipse and Supermoon: How to Watch It Tonight

Professor and indigenous astronomy expert Annette Lee contributes to a New York Times story on the January Lunar Eclipse.

 
 
 
Note: Some links to older news articles found in search may not work because of external news outlets’ auto archiving systems.