Huskies in the news

Readers may know that part of my work at St. Cloud State University includes a set of regional forecasts of economic performance. As such, often I am asked to comment on the state of the area economy.

Heidi Hahn ’07 ’13, of Brainerd Public Schools and Paul Bunyan Educational Cooperative, was named Educator of the Year for 2015 by the Brainerd Jaycees.

Opposing sides marched in front of Planned Parenthood in the continued battle between Pro-Life and Pro-Choice.

St. Cloud Times — Two of the St. Cloud State men’s hockey forwards are coming off junior hockey playoff titles and played key roles on their respective teams.

Doctoral student in educational administration and leadership Kelly Haws is doing her dissertation on the effects of dyslexia assistance while working as a special education instructor in the Sartell-Stephen school district and working with children in the Foundation for Success at All Saints Academy.

St. Cloud Times — A sidewalk on the East Side is set to host signs of support for Planned Parenthood.

Alumna Nia Primus is gardens supervisor at Munsinger Gardens and Clemens Gardens.

Eden Prairie School District Superintendent Curt Tryggestad ’89 ’15 has been named the 2015 Richard Green Scholar by the Minnesota Association of School Administrators (MASA).

Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma, Inc. welcomes attorneys Stephanie A. Hansen ’91 and Daniel A. Sanders to the McAlester Legal Aid office. Both are members of the Oklahoma Bar Association.

Crow River Media — Rep. Dean Urdahl, R-Acton Township, received last week the 2015 Distinguished Alumni Award from St. Cloud State University for his accomplishments since graduating SCSU in 1971.

The Minnesota Archaeological Society will present demonstrations, displays and activities — including a small excavation — During Archaeology Day, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday in the Mille Lacs Kathio State Park picnic area.

Many Minnesota students, higher education workers, lawmakers and political parties say the costs of attending colleges and universities is too high. But the range of potential solutions can be as diverse as the course catalog at St. Cloud State University. The institution hosted a roundtable discussion Thursday in Atwood Memorial Center. House Minority Leader Paul Thissen, a ...

St. Cloud State Dean, School of Public Affairs and Economist King Banaian joined me on WJON today. He talked about his recent findings of the state economy based on regions in the state.

Two St. Cloud-area residents have been honored for their work with veterans. Shelby Marie Hadley of Rice and James Tuorila of St. Cloud were among 25 Minnesota veterans honored with the 2015 Veterans’ Voices Award from the Minnesota Humanities Center.

As a teenager, Josh Savage was a handy kid who helped out at his dad’s South Side plumbing business. Twenty years later, Savage, 37, is a college graduate. And the owner with his wife, Sheree, of Uptown Plumbing, now located in north Minneapolis.

The history museum partnered with the archaeology program at St. Cloud State University to host an Archaeology I.D. event, in which people could bring artifacts found in their yards or elsewhere and learn where they came from.

A new administrator has been hired to lead Morris Area Elementary School: Shane Monson ‘95 is the new principal, scheduled to start just a few days after his students. Monson’s first official day with the district will be on Monday, September 14, but he joined Morris faculty and staff for the first day of school ...

The show’s choreographer, Debra Leigh (SCSU anti-racism educator), agreed that the themes of “Ragtime” resonate now, but she said it’s also interesting to compare “what’s different, and why is it different and how is it different, and what are the lessons that have been learned and what are the lessons that still need to be ...

Jeffrey Bleam (St. Cloud State theatre professor) had a suggestion ready when Pioneer Place on Fifth Artistic Director Jay Terry asked what show he would like to direct for the venue. It was “Pump Boys and Dinettes,” a show Bleam watched when he was 16.

Tracy Ore, a St. Cloud State University sociology professor, said it’s about much more than just making a different personal choice. It’s about structures. “If you want a healthy community, we need to do something,” she said.

St. Cloud Times Editorial Board — Everyone yelps for something to be done about crime on St. Cloud’s south side, especially in the campus area.

Some people were visiting George Friedrich Park for the first time Tuesday. Others were revisiting an area they’d frequented before, even in spite of the “no trespassing” signs that have been there since 1976. But all seemed happy the park was once again open to the public.

Just two and a half years after being acquired by Calgary Flames as part of the Jarome Iginla trade, 24-year-old forward Ben Hanowski has moved on from that franchise and the NHL.

Sara Olson has joined the Sioux City Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center/Betty Strong Encounter Center as History Education Coordinator. She received a Friends Fellowship and an archival assistantship for her graduate studies in Public History at St. Cloud State University.

Mille Lacs Messenger — Heather Sasse is the new full-time guidance counselor at Nay Ah Shing after completing her post master’s certificate in school counseling at St. Cloud State University.