Huskies in the news

Jordan Smith, the former St. Cloud State All-American outfielder is back at Double-A Akron (Ohio) in the Cleveland Indians organization.

Carolyn R. Williams, Ph.D., associate dean for multicultural affairs and STEM initiatives at St. Cloud State University, was invited to Washington, D.C., to hear congressional briefings and exhibit at STEM On the Hill Day along with a host of science and engineering societies from around the country.

Paddling instruction, life jackets and phone apps. They can help keep you safe on the water — if you remember, use them or keep them dry.

Kleis announced during the 45-minute speech a plan to reopen Friedrich Park in east St. Cloud. The park–in east St. Cloud–was closed in the mid 1970s for safety reasons.

The city is looking at a land-swap deal with St. Cloud State University. The university is interested in some city-owned land to use for parking.

In Nigeria, politicians have been known to nurture and prepare their sons and daughters to occupy political offices. In the running, Babajide Obanikoro.

Warnings about anonymous applications and social media are common, and advice rarely promotes facing the ugly problems. Nhu Le, a junior at St. Cloud State, has received stereotypical slander and other negative messages on OkCupid.

Cindy Nagel, a full-time archaeologist in Iowa City, is studying the site as part of her master’s thesis for St. Cloud State University in Minnesota.

St. Cloud State University and William Mitchell College of Law recently announced the agreement, which will allow undergraduates to skip their fourth year.

Four anglers from St. Cloud State University’s Husky Bass Fishing Club are headed to Missouri this week for some pre-fishing before Saturday’s Fishing League Worldwide College Fishing tournament at Table Rock Lake.

St. Cloud State’s Heidi Hahn earned the Minnesota Administrators for Special Education’s 2015 New Special Education Leader Award.

St. Cloud State University will present student-directed one-act plays this week to open the 2015 Festival of Student Work.

When it was time to decide where she wanted to attend college, Alexie Portz didn’t have to look far. All she had to do was look to her family.

In 1858, the Minnesota Legislature authorized funds to create three state normal schools. During the decade that followed, colleges were established in Winona in 1860, in Mankato in 1868 and in St. Cloud in 1869. Until 1873, the St. Cloud college was called Third State Normal School. Today it is St. Cloud State University.

Want to name an exoplanet? Make an internationally recognized mark in space with 16 characters or less? Through its association with the International Astronomical Union, the St. Cloud State University planetarium gets to submit one proposal — an opportunity it’s extended to the community.

Art, science and culture will combine in “Native Skywatchers — Earth Sky Connections,” a series of 12 free art workshops and classes led by four artists with Native American heritage.

Minneapolis’s Four Humors Theater company is bringing “Four Humor Lolita: A Three Man Show” to St. Cloud.

Back in mid-January, a new radio station began broadcasting from the hallowed basement of Stewart Hall at St. Cloud State University.

St. Cloud State standout Jonny Brodzinski — Los Angeles’ fifth-round pick at the 2013 NHL Entry Draft — has decided to forgo his senior season and turn pro.

Bob Motzko has a contract that will keep him as St. Cloud State men’s head hockey coach until 2021.

Writers, prospective writers, educators and more will again gather for the annual June 15-18 at St. Cloud State University’s Mississippi River Creative Writing Workshop.

There’s one role Professor Bruce Hyde played almost 50 years ago that cemented his place in pop culture history.

South Junior High School is teaming up with the Conflict Resolution Center and a St. Cloud State University professor and students to start a pilot mediation program. The voluntary program will work with students to come up with mutually accepted resolutions and build or rebuild relationships.

Most days, one can find Cold Spring native John Decker ’76 behind the pages of a newspaper. But instead of combing through it for the latest news, he is looking for important events to help him chronicle the history of Stearns County.

Training will allow Somali elders to mediate disputes within and beyond their communities. Organizers think it’s one way to resolve conflicts and structural problems, like those that emerged at Technical High School two weeks ago.