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Michael Skovera, biomedical sciences major, proposed to Kayla Huberty at center ice during Late Skate, sponsored by the University Program Board in the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center on Valentine’s Day — and she said yes. The couple met in high school, but didn’t start dating until April 2012 shortly after Skovera joined the Army National ...

Chad Robinson, a 2014 magna cum laude accounting graduate, is the collegian of the year for the national professional business fraternity, Delta Sigma Pi.

St. Cloud State University has again earned national recognition for the quality of its information assurance programming. The university has secured recertification as a National Center for Academic Excellence in Information Assurance/Cyber Defense from the National Security Agency (NSA) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The certification recognizes that the university offers courses that meet NSA ...

Theater students have taken inspiration from the 1950s TV era in their production of Thornton Wilder’s Pulitzer Prize winning play “The Skin of Our Teeth.” The play premieres at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 24 on the Performing Arts Center Stage, with performances running through March 1. Directed by professor Jeffrey Bleam, “The Skin of Our Teeth” tells the ...

University Chronicle writers brought home seven awards from the Minnesota Newspaper Association’s Better Newspaper Contest in January, including four first place honors.

Ryan Thielen’s first year out of college has led him to start his own business and onto the big screens at TCF Bank Stadium. Thielen ’14 majored in film studies and minored in marketing preparing him for both the artistic and business side of his career, he said. “I was able to experience both the artistic side ...

The second annual MNMade Festival celebrates handmade electronic music from Minnesota Feb. 19-21 with music, robots and a robot concert at St. Cloud State.

The 1920 lynching of three young black men in Duluth will be retold in a KVSC 88.1 FM radio drama airing noon March 1. A preview and free public discussion and program launch is at 7 p.m. Feb. 25 in the Atwood Memorial Center theater.

“Shades of Love” will celebrate black culture, community and love Feb. 14 in Atwood Memorial Center. The event hosted by the Council of African American Studies includes a dinner at 5 p.m. and a show at 6 p.m. in the Atwood Ballroom. “There are many stereotypes about blacks, and we want to educate people on our culture ...

Jane Olsen, director of the Women’s Center, has been reappointed by Gov. Mark Dayton to the Minnesota Commission on Judicial Selection.

More than 100 students from Nankai University Binhai College in Tianjin, China, are expected to arrive at St. Cloud State University in fall 2016 thanks to a unique partnership between the two universities. Students from Binhai College will spend two years studying in Tianjin and two years studying at St. Cloud State in order to earn ...

St. Cloud State’s Shoemaker Hall East and West renovation is the Minnesota Construction Association’s 2014 Project of the Year for its strong leadership, design and historical preservation. University partner Terra General Contractors of Rogers won the award for its work renovating the 100 year old residence hall, which houses 422 students. “St. Cloud State challenges all of ...

The annual Women on Wednesday speaker series looks to the future of feminist movements, activism, issues and the role of the Women’s Center at St. Cloud State University for spring semester. Related links Women on Wednesday speaker series The Women on Wednesday series kicks off at noon Feb. 4 in the Atwood Memorial Center theater with “What’s Next? ...

The St. Cloud State men’s hockey team found a way to sustain its offense on back-to-back nights and came away with an NCHC sweep of Colorado College on Saturday.

Hundreds of students from all over the upper Midwest – and a few from as far as Massachusetts – are on SCSU’s campus to build leadership skills at the sixth annual Power in Diversity Leadership Conference.

More than 500 students, faculty, staff and advisers from Minnesota State Colleges and Universities and other institutions gathered Jan. 29-Feb. 1 at St. Cloud State University for the annual Power in Diversity Leadership Conference. The conference featured  six keynote speakers, several presentations, workshops and discussions, and a Diversity Job and Internship Fair featuring 85 employers. 

Professor Katherine Pound has earned the $10,000 Hellervik Prize Faculty Research Award, for her research project on movement and the wearing down of boulders in streambeds.

What started as a few pointed workshops to give visiting students from the Universidad de Concepción, Chile, a chance to give a presentation has grown into an annual event that is providing a bridge between Latino families and Central Minnesota services. St. Cloud State University Continuing Studies organizes the annual Latino Health Fair each January. The annual ...

St. Cloud State has earned a $2.78 million Scholarship for Service Award for student scholarships to train future cybersecurity professionals. Related links Information technology security Information assurance The award from the National Science Foundation and the Department of Homeland Security certifies that St. Cloud State is a member of the CyberCorps Scholarship for Service Community, which is made up ...

The 1980 St. Cloud State baseball team won the NIC championship, split with major college powers Arkansas and Minnesota and was recorded in Huskies folklore as one of head coach Denny Lorsung’s best teams.