Huskies in the news

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. 

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

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

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.

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

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

On the third anniversary of the National Women’s March in Washington D.C., St. Cloud decided to hold its own.

A St. Cloud State University student group is helping people who are in need of winter gear this season.

A professor that dedicated over 50 years to St. Cloud State University has passed away and his legacy will forever be ingrained on campus.

More than 700 people filled Halenbeck Hall at St. Cloud State University last January to honor the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.

The longest-serving faculty member at St. Cloud State University, assistant professor Gerald Mertens, died Friday, Jan. 11, according to a post by SCSU Archives.

St. Cloud State University is planning on creating a new gathering place on campus. “Husky Plaza” will be built just to the north of Centennial Hall.

It’s time to dust off your protest signs or make new ones if you’ve got something to say at this year’s Women’s March. 

A massive Twin Cities Business story about economic development in St. Cloud includes mentions of numerous St. Cloud State folk, including Spring Hill Capital’s Brian Schoenborn ’92, Patti Gartland ’80 of the Greater St. Cloud Development Corporation, and Copper Pony’s Brandon L. Johnson ’01 ’10 and Josh Hoffman ’08.

It’s been a magical first season in charge so far for St. Cloud State men’s hockey coach Brett Larson.

St. Cloud State senior men’s basketball player Gage Davis is now the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference’s all-time leading scorer with 1,542 points in 71 conference games played.

St. Cloud State University is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year. Once a month SCSU Archivist Tom Stemen comes on the News @ Noon Show to talk about the history of the campus. Tuesday he focused on minorities.

Would you attend “Trivia University?” That’s the theme of the 40th annual Trivia Weekend at St. Cloud State University, taking place Feb. 15-17. 

A St. Cloud State University graduate has been appointed as a judge in Mille Lacs County.

A group of St. Cloud natives and St. Cloud State University alumni are launching an app they hope will change the way people do online dating and how couples come up with new date night ideas.

Immigration will be the featured topic at this year’s Winter Institute at St. Cloud State University in February. 

More than 1,000 students are expected to turn their tassels from right to left this month.

Francis Sadler ’17 is going on a 4,000-mile bike ride to raise money and awareness for cancer through the Maryland-based Ulman Foundation this summer.