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St. Cloud State University firmly etched 2012-13 into the men’s Husky Hockey record books with a season that included four historic firsts for the University. Related links » More about Huskies in the Frozen Four » Drew LeBlanc Husky career highlights The Huskies posted a 4-2 victory over Wisconsin in Madison on March 8, earning St. Cloud State a share ...

The phrase student-athlete rang true throughout 2012-13 as St. Cloud State student-athletes excelled in intercollegiate competition and academics. Several student-athletes won National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) Division II individual national championships and were named to Capital One Academic All-America teams. To top it all off, seven Husky teams won conference titles. Senior Shamus O’Grady, Coon Rapids, led ...

Hundreds of faculty, staff, legislators, administrators, community members and prospective students and their families attend the ribbon cutting and grand opening celebration for the Integrated Science and Engineering Laboratory Facility (ISELF).

Sunny skies brought thousands to campus for the 40th annual Lemonade Concert and Art Fair featuring more than 250 art vendors and musicians including the St. Cloud Symphony Orchestra. The event also kicked off the city’s Granite City Days events and marked the start of the summer edition of the university’s Celebrate! St. Cloud State ...

With degrees in hand, about 1,200 students participated in Spring Commencement 2013 in Halenbeck Hall and are now ready to take the next step. Some may even be going to work for the world’s largest companies that actively recruit St. Cloud State students including Wells Fargo, Target, ING Direct, U.S. Bank and the U.S. government.  

  St. Cloud State and eight of its students earned advertising honors at the Central Minnesota ADDY Awards ceremony at the Paramount Theatre in St. Cloud. The University’s television campaign won two professional-level gold ADDY Awards with its 60- and 90-second video profiles. The videos use the tagline “You’ll think. You’ll do. You’ll make a difference at St. ...

St. Cloud State student media racked up more than 30 awards already this year for their efforts in 2012 and 2013. Student media awards lists UTVS TV KVSC 88.1 FM University Chronicle UTVS campus television station manager and Husky Productions producer, Matt Szymanski, Sauk Rapids, won a Best of Festival Award and $1,000 from the Broadcast Education Association (BEA) Festival ...

In just a few days in April, St. Cloud State University’s UTVS Television earned more than 25 awards from the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ), Northwest Broadcast News Association (NBNA), Broadcast Education Association (BEA) and the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences’ (NATAS) Upper Midwest Chapter. Included among the awards were 15 first place honors ...

KVSC 88.1 FM recorded six first place Associated Press awards and five honorable mentions at the Midwest Journalism Conference in April. “We did well in various aspects of the awards,” said Amelia Rowland, KVSC news director, who received three Associated Press awards. “Our staff works very hard throughout the year and to be recognized for our ...

The University Chronicle, the student-run newspaper of St. Cloud State University, received 19 awards during this year’s Minnesota Newspaper Associate College Better Newspaper contest on Jan. 24. The College Better Newspaper contest recognizes the best work being done in college publications throughout the state during the past year. It is the companion contest to the Better ...

College graduates will see more opportunities for employment in 2013, according to the ninth annual MN College Job Outlook survey. Related links View the MN College Job Outlook summary. Half the employers surveyed plan to increase their hiring, which is up from 36.4 percent in 2012 and is the highest since 2007. Industries most likely to increase hiring ...

More than 80 St. Cloud State plungers braved the frigid waters of Pleasant Lake in February for the annual Polar Bear Plunge to raise money for Special Olympics. Organizations representing the university included the Herberger School of Business, the Swimming & Diving Team, Delta Sigma Phi, Lawrence Hall/International Students and more. Air temperatures were about 10 degrees ...

St. Cloud State started 2013 with the appointment of Henry May as the new chief information officer (CIO) and Mark Vargas as dean of Learning Resource Services (LRS). May comes to the University from the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development, where he has been CIO since 2008. May has 24 years of information technology ...

St. Cloud State physicist John Harlander is on a team chosen to study Earth’s atmosphere, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) officials announced Friday. The Ionospheric Connection (ICON) team will develop instruments for an Explorer satellite mission to be launched in 2017 from Goddard Space Flight Center, northeast of Washington D.C. ICON is led by research physicist Thomas Immel of ...

University President Earl H. Potter III attended President Barack Obama’s State of the Union Address in Washington, D.C., on an invitation from Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.). Potter has been a vocal supporter of easing work-visa restrictions for international students, most notably supporting the proposed Immigration Innovation (I2) Act of 2013. Sen. Klobuchar is one of four sponsors ...

Creative, innovative faculty and staff are involved in important work that is making broader and deeper internationalization of St. Cloud State a reality. Here are just a few good examples of faculty initiatives and activities that are strengthening the university’s global focus. Communication Studies Professor Eddah Mutua has worked on issues involving post-genocide Rwanda, using a ...

St. Cloud State has received its second military-friendly school designation for 2013, this time from Military Advanced Education, a journal of higher learning published 10 times a year for members of America’s armed forces. Related links View the 2013 Guide to Military-Friendly Colleges & Universities. The 2013 Guide to Military-Friendly Colleges & Universities, published by KMI Media Group, ...

About 300 people gathered on the Atwood Mall on April 26 to attempt to set the Guinness World Record for the most people howling. The Husky Howl, put on by the Department of Campus Involvement to help foster Husky spirit among students on campus, was the first attempt anywhere to set a record for the most ...

Watch a video recap of the 2012-13 men’s Husky Hockey season, courtesy of Husky Productions.

St. Cloud State officials and a representative of the Herb Brooks family today announced that St. Cloud State’s hockey arena is renamed the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center. “Herb created connections between people and ideas,” said President Earl H. Potter III at an April 17 press conference. “And St. Cloud State is a place that connects ...