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Summit asks area businesses to make wellness a priority

A St. Cloud-area health movement is asking businesses to put wellness on the front burner for the next six years. That pitch came Thursday at the Workplace Well-Being Summit, sponsored by the Greater St. Cloud Development Corp., CentraCare Health and St. Cloud State University.

Interested In Mushing? Jack Christopher Will Give You A Ride

His love of mushing stems from his love of huskies. “I was a senior at St. Cloud State when I picked up my first husky, which was a Samoyed,” he said. “Most of my first huskies were rescues.”

KVSC program sheds light on 1920 Duluth lynchings

A relatively little-known case — despite critical acclaim for Fedo’s book — is about to get more exposure. St. Cloud State University’s KVSC 88.1 FM will air a docudrama Sunday called “Trial by Mob: The Duluth Lynchings.” Fedo wrote the script for the hourlong program.

Largest VEX U robotics qualifier coming soon to SCSU

On Saturday, like a certain cereal-seeking rabbit, St. Cloud State University students will try to prove some things aren’t just for kids. The school will host a robotics competition, a VEX U regional qualifier, starting at 10 a.m. It will bring college teams from around Minnesota and a few other Midwest states to Halenbeck Hall ...

Ranked Choice Voting isn't likely to confuse anyone

… Four years earlier, a St. Cloud State University study reported that 97 percent of voters of color found using a ranked ballot simple — compared to a still-impressive 94 percent of white voters.

Team of the Week: St. Cloud State

St. Cloud State has overcome an uneven start to the season to surge back into the meat of the Pairwise and the league standings.

Fashion show promotes positive body image

Fashion shows aren’t stereotypically the place to find diverse body shapes and positive body images. The Delta Phi Epsilon sorority at St. Cloud State University aims to change that.

Letter: Do more to help homeless youth

This is part of an assignment for SW 642-Advanced Policy Practice course students who were challenged to write and publish their policy advocacy themes concerning burning issues affecting our community and state.

Bike to Winnipeg? In the winter? Why not

Spring break starts for St. Cloud State University students Quentin Super and Ryan Brandenburg on March 6, and they’ve got big plans. But theirs don’t involve Florida, or Mexico, or anyplace with a beach or warm weather. They’re going on a four-day bike ride. From St. Cloud to Winnipeg, Manitoba, 396 miles away — to ...

NSA, DHS again honor SCSU computer security program

Two federal government agencies have again recognized St. Cloud State University for its information assurance programs.

GSDC offers workplace wellness training at summit

The Greater St. Cloud Development Corp. is teaming up with CentraCare Health and St. Cloud State University to give businesses a chance to learn about employee wellness.

A closer look at the Beaver Islands

Some of the islands are owned by St. Cloud State University. The school (when it was known as St. Cloud Teacher’s College) purchased the title to the islands in 1934.

SCSU institute spreads understanding of Chinese culture

Story includes photo gallery and video from the Chinese New Year celebration at St. Cloud State.

Boon or bust, HD Radio alters Minnesota airwaves

The St. Cloud State University-hosted station began broadcasting HD Radio signals last spring, boosted by a relationship with a transmitter manufacturer, Gray said.

Deters determined to expand fitness company

Fitness instructor and Determined Fitness owner Dayna Deters ’08 is planning on stepping up her game in 2015 after a very successful 2014.

SCSU surveys Minnesotans’ views on immigration

St. Cloud State University conducted a survey last fall asking over 500 randomly-selected landlines and cell phones in Minnesota about their views on immigration.

Marathon St. Cloud quiz is no trivial matter

The books were lined up, the laptops plugged in. Several team members had donned white sweatbands. Just before 5 p.m., someone upped the volume on the radio: “It’s starting!” “Please give us the name of the alum and his father …”

Experts provide economic outlook in St. Cloud

The American economy is currently climbing out of a recession and experts from around the upper Midwest are in St. Cloud this week to provide an outlook for the next year.

SCSU economist Banaian predicts sluggish 2015

The nation may be out of the recession, but according to the St. Cloud State University Winter Institute’s Economic Outlook, 2015 is expected to be rather sluggish.

Stefan’s Dream finishes 1st in KVSC trivia weekend

Stefan’s Dream XVI: Stefan, Warrior Princess finished first in KVSC 88.1 FM’s “Game of Trivia: Quest for Futile Facts.”

Answer SCSU's challenges with innovation, big ideas

St. Cloud State University faces some big challenges. Top of the list: years of declining enrollment and a $9.5 million general fund budget deficit for 2015. More importantly, the university is in the midst of a new reality. The same new reality faced by all of higher education.

Tech grads open Grand Marais brewery

he craft beer craze has hit the north woods. Mike (St. Cloud State alumnus) and Sue Prom opened Voyageur Brewing Co. in Grand Marais on Thursday. The brewery debuted with an IPA, a brown ale, a porter and a Belgian Wit.

St. Cloud State training future government cyber defenders

St. Cloud State University has earned a $2.78 million scholarship award to train government cybersecurity professionals. The Scholarship for Service is from the National Science Foundation and the Department of Homeland Security.

St. Cloud State to host Winter Institute on economics

Reaching out to the community is one of the main goals for event organizers behind the 53rd annual economics Winter Institute at St. Cloud State University.

Bettendorf booted from 'Worst Cooks'

Sarah Bettendorf turned in her apron on the Food Network show “Worst Cooks in America.” The 33-year-old Apollo High School and St. Cloud State University graduate was one of the final four contestants on the sixth season of the reality cooking show that started with 14 contestants.

 
 
 
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