Huskies in the news

WJON — St. Cloud State University is reporting the first increase in enrollment since 2015. Officials at SCSU reported the fall enrollment for the 2023-2024 school year at 10,134 students, a 7.7% increase in the full-time enrollment of both undergraduate and graduate students. Read More...

KNSI — The Herberger Business School at St. Cloud State University has been awarded the prestigious 2023 Innovation in Business Education Award. The accolade highlights the school’s dedication to pioneering approaches for its Masters in Business Administration program. The campus was honored by the MidAmerican Business Dean’s Association. Read More...

KNSI — St. Cloud State University has been named by the Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation, in partnership with the Department of Defense’s Manufacturing Capability Expansion and Investment Prioritization office, as one of two schools in the state chosen as a new machine tool workforce development center via the America’s Cutting Edge, or ACE, ...

WJON — St. Cloud State University President Dr. Robbyn Wacker says the University is always looking at ways to adjust what they do to get students excited and engaged in what they are doing. Wacker and SCSU’s Dr. Jennifer Cavalli joined Jay Caldwell on WJON.  Cavalli is leading the Honors College program at SCSU. She explains ...

KSTP — He worked with Mickey Mouse and Bugs Bunny. Ralph Heimdahl was born in Willmar in 1909 and attended St. Cloud State University when it was a teacher’s college. “I think Ralph has sort of been forgotten a bit,” SCSU Archivist Tom Steman said. After graduation, Heimdahl won a contest to work at Walt Disney Studios ...

ST. CLOUD LIVE — The Huskies have come so far that they’re ranked No. 7 nationally in the first American Volleyball Coaches Association Division II poll of the season. It’s St. Cloud State’s 16th consecutive week in the top 10 dating back to the 2021 season. That high of a ranking was unthinkable for the ...

KNSI — The co-founder and CEO of St. Cloud-based startup Impaks is getting national attention. Clare Richards is being honored as one of the 2023 Junior Chamber International USA Ten Outstanding Young Americans. Impaks creates customized, pre-packaged school supply kits tailored to each school and grade, offering a one stop shop experience for parents and teachers, ...

WCCO — Those eager to cash in on a budding marijuana industry in Minnesota or cultivate plants of their own can turn to St. Cloud State University this fall to learn how. The university is the first state school to offer such classes, which are part of a 24-week, non-credit certificate program. It’s a partnership with ...

KNSI — A St. Cloud State University graduate was the anthem singer at Saturday’s Vikings preseason game, and she brought the house down, both in person and online. Paige Jaeger received a degree in 2020 and is now a technical director at U.S. Bank. The Vikings released a video on TikTok and Instagram showing Jaeger belting ...

ST. CLOUD LIVE — Phillip Klaphake isn’t sure if anyone knows what he did on the football field in college. But he definitely remembers. The Sauk Rapids activities director and head football coach was a semifinalist for the Harlon Hill Trophy during his junior year playing quarterback for St. Cloud State and was a finalist for ...

ST. CLOUD LIVE — When Kelsey Bean started selling candy and ice cream at The Chocolate Ox in downtown Nisswa as a high school sophomore, she had no idea that it would one day become her career. “This was technically my first job I ever had,” Bean said on a nice summer morning while sitting ...

STAR TRIBUNE — That bright aura that emanated so strongly from McMullen-Boyer never dulled nor dimmed in her 30 years at the station, despite dealing with terminal cancer the past few years. She retired in April and died at her home July 12 at the age of 54. McMullen-Boyer grew up in St. Cloud, where her ...

KNSI — St. Cloud State University has set the dates for its 2023 Homecoming festivities. The three-day campus-wide celebration will take place from October 5th through the 7th. The Gala: A Celebration of Our Community will be held Friday night at the Atwood Memorial Center. An event is being planned for the SCSU community garden ...

ST. CLOUD TIMES — As a regional university we are proud to celebrate being an integral part of Central Minnesota. When I speak around the region and ask folks to raise their hands if they are alumni, there are always several Huskies in the group and they speak proudly of their university and their time ...

ST. CLOUD LIVE — It seems like there isn’t a job that Holly Schreiner hasn’t had in the St. Cloud State athletic department. Schreiner was named the school’s full-time athletic director on May 10, 2023, after a year as the interim. She has worked in the St. Cloud State athletic department for 18 years, but ...

KNSI — St. Cloud State University faculty and students are part of a group preparing to study the effects of solar eclipses on the upper reaches of the atmosphere. Assistant Professor Rachel Humphrey says experts from across the country will be looking to see what data is gathered by the project. So far, the group ...

WJON — A new partnership will give clinical research students at St. Cloud State University hands-on experience with cutting-edge technology. SCSU has partnered with Veeva Systems, a California-based software company, to provide the Veeva Vault eTMF program to students at SCSU’s Applied Clinical Research Program in Plymouth, Minnesota. Read More...

WJON — For the fourth year in a row, St. Cloud State University has been recognized as one of the best schools to transfer to. Phi Theta Kappa’s Transfer Honor Roll looks at 40 metrics, like admission practices, college cost, and financial aid. SCSU is the only public institution in Minnesota, and one of 208 colleges ...

KNSI — St. Cloud State University has been awarded two grants to provide updated training to workers from central Minnesota companies. The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development awarded $50,000 to the university to help Pinnacle Climate Technologies and $216,000 to assist Landwehr Construction Inc. The training will be conducted through SCSU’s Minnesota Job Skills ...

WJON — It’s been a tradition on the St. Cloud State University campus for five decades now. This is the 50th annual Lemonade Concert and Art Fair. The event runs Thursday, June 22nd from 11:00 a.m. until 8:30 p.m. From 1974 through 1998 it was held in July or August, but it has been in late ...

WJON — St. Cloud State University unveiled a new, state-of-the-art, autism research center. The Linda (’74) and Richard Offerdahl Autism Discovery Center at SCSU will provide students an opportunity to work directly with patients to discover the best treatment options. Read More...

ST. CLOUD LIVE — St. Cloud State University has appointed Abbey Zink to the position of provost and vice president for academic affairs, according to a news release. The university announced the appointment on Monday, April 17. Zink will begin her duties on July 1. Read More...

WJON— After meeting with early childhood educators, a math professor at St. Cloud State University has developed a first-of-its-kind library of activity kits to promote learning math concepts at home. Dr. Melissa Hanzsek-Brill created a line of kits called PAKCAT, or Parents and Kids Counting A Lot Together, in cooperation with the St. Cloud Area ...

ST. CLOUD LIVE — If you visit the St. Cloud State University campus these days, you might discover some dark but very lively rooms: gathering spaces for students to participate in esports. The university is going all in on esports, President Robbyn R. Wacker said on Monday, April 3, at the launch of the school’s new ...

WJON — The Minnesota House at the State Legislature passed a two-year tuition freeze at all state colleges and universities (the Minnesota State system) — a key feature of a four-billion-dollar higher education budget for the next two years that the Minnesota House passed late Wednesday. St. Cloud State University President Dr. Robbyn ...