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WJON: St. Cloud State takes first in cyber defense competition
St. Cloud Times: First SCSU graduate in PWHL could give Minnesota a repeat championship
WJON: SCSU Dance Team members reflect on 7th National Championship
St. Cloud Live: Polar plunge campaign supporting Special Olympics Minnesota expands to SCSU
WJON: No. 1-ranked SCSU wrestlers seeking sixth national championship
St. Cloud Times: SCSU, city jointly hosting Martin Luther King Jr. Day events

WJON — Larry Dietz says he’ll be getting together with faculty and staff to talk about priorities for the spring semester next week. Part of what will be discussed next week includes giving an update on the goals set prior to the school year in regards to the 4 R’s. Dietz says they are retention, ...
St. Cloud Times — The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development gave Pinnacle Climate Technologies $50,000 to work in partnership with St. Cloud State University.
WJON — St. Cloud State University has added a new partner to its transfer EDVANTAGE program.
KNSI — St. Cloud State University has been awarded $50,000 in grants for the Minnesota Office of Higher Education’s statewide Hunger Free Campus initiative.
WJON — St. Cloud State fall enrollment numbers are showing an increase of approximately 100 students and are currently sitting at 10,164 for the 30-day count for fall semester.
Star Tribune — Superintendent Laurie Putnam, who has been at the helm of St. Cloud’s increasingly diverse school district since 2022, has been named the 2025 Minnesota Superintendent of the Year. The honor, recently announced by the Minnesota Association of School Administrators, puts Putnam in play for the national title, as well.
St. Cloud Live — The St. Cloud State volleyball team moved up to No. 3 in this week’s American Volleyball Coaches Association NCAA Division II poll, tying the program’s highest ranking.
KNSI — Huskies past and present will come together to celebrate the pageantry of Homecoming at St. Cloud State University this weekend. Saturday is capped off with the second game of a weekend men’s hockey series versus Augustana. SCSU is off to a great start to the season and nationally ranked. The Husky Fest tailgate runs ...
WJON — St. Cloud State University is now offering four technology-based boot camps. SCSU has teamed up with Upright Education to offer camps in Software Development, UX/UI Design, Data Analytics, and Digital Marketing.
St. Cloud Live — Mayoral candidates Anderson and Conway met at SCSU’s Ritsche Auditorium for a debate sponsored by St. Cloud LIVE and KVSC Radio. Grace “Gracie J” Jacobson of KVSC Radio and reporter Trent Abrego of St. Cloud LIVE moderated the event and asked the candidates questions submitted by the public. About 200 people attended ...
KNSI — St. Cloud State University and St. Cloud Technical & Community College have joined the statewide trend with increased enrollment this year. SCSU saw a 1% increase in its headcount, with a student population of just over 10,000.
St. Cloud Live — Biology colleagues Matt Davis and Jen Lamb published a study that found that salamanders and other amphibians can glow. They advised the Netflix documentary crew to help make their research more accessible to the general public.
St. Cloud Live — The reigning NCAA Division II player of the year wasn’t satisfied with nationally ranked Huskies bowing out in the first round of the NCAA Tournament last November.
WJON — St. Cloud State University has earned a stop on the Forbes list of America’s Top Colleges for 2024. The list recognizes the top 500 colleges and universities across the country based on factors such as student success, return on investment, and alumni salaries and influence. SCSU is the only school in the Minnesota State ...

St. Cloud Times — The St. Cloud State Faculty Association is giving Interim President Larry Dietz positive remarks, saying it looks forward to working with the St. Cloud newcomer. Faculty Association President Mumbi Mwangi, Ph.D., told the St. Cloud Times things are off to a good start because Dietz is bringing an open mind to ...
KNSI — St. Cloud State University and the City of St. Cloud once again invite globetrotters to journey across the world without ever leaving central Minnesota. The show is September 30th at 7:00 p.m. at the Paramount Center for the Arts. Tickets are free for SCSU students, and admission for the general public is $6 once ...
WCCO — More than 350 people over the last year have enrolled in St. Cloud State University’s cannabis certificate programs, the first school in Minnesota to offer courses like it in the state in wake of marijuana legalization last year.

WJON — Dietz says SCSU is focusing on what he calls the 4 ‘R’s’ which is retention of students, faculty and staff, recruitment, revenue generation, and relationships. He says those 4 “R’s” are his focus for the next year.
St. Cloud Live — After toppling defending Division II national champion Cal State Los Angeles over the weekend, the St. Cloud State volleyball team rose up in the American Volleyball Coaches Association Top 25 poll on Tuesday, Sept. 10. The Huskies (3-1) are tied for seventh in the latest poll with Southwest Minnesota State (4-0).
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