University News

Ahead of the 2024 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Celebration in January, an annual event hosted by St. Cloud State University and the City of St. Cloud, submissions are being accepted for the 2024 MLK T-Shirt Art Contest. Submissions are due by 11:59 p.m. Oct. 2 and must be completed electronically.

The St. Cloud State University’s Veterans Resource Center and Student Veterans Organization sponsored and organized the 2023 Patriot Day Flag Raising on Sept. 11, observing and reflecting on the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Marking the 22nd anniversary of events that occurred on Sept. 11, those assembled outside the Administrative Services Building took a moment of silence to remember ...

St. Cloud State University’s Department of English and Creative Writing program is partnering with area institutions to welcome three renowned poets to campus in September. turing poets Ilya Kaminsky, Valzhyna Mort and Nikola Madzirov. The event is a partnership between SCSU, the Literary Arts Institute of the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University, ...

The St. Cloud State University Department of Accounting held its annual Meet the Firms in the Atwood Memorial Center on Sept. 7, building off a record-setting attendance record that was set last year. Meet the Firms, which saw a record of more 175 students attend on campus in 2022, brings together students at all levels of SCSU’s Accounting ...

St. Cloud State University students connected with about 180 organizations and programs spread throughout campus on Sept. 6 during Mainstreet 2023, SCSU’s annual fall student involvement fair organized by the Department of Campus Involvement.

St. Cloud State University campus dining options have seen a massive overhaul for the 2023-24 school year, including a new name: Huskies Dining. The rebrand from Chartwells to Huskies Dining highlights the connection between dining and St. Cloud State University, aiming to become more recognizable for students, faculty and staff.

A St. Cloud State University alumnus has earned two awards for his outstanding leadership, dedication and community involvement in the education field. Mark Tinsley ’10 was recently named the 2023-24 Minnesota Art Educator of the Year and the K-12 Art Educator of the Year by Art Educators of Minnesota (AEM), which annually recognizes art educators across ...

A new exhibit “The Rest is For You” by Sam Johnson opens Sept. 5 in the Kiehle Gallery on the St. Cloud State University campus. The exhibit runs through Sept. 21 and features traditional wood-fired ceramics as well as related two dimensional works on paper and granite.

St. Cloud State University will offer new online certificate programs this fall in cannabis education, the first of its kind in Minnesota. SCSU’s Professional and Continuing Education (PACE) division is partnering with California-based cannabis education company Green Flower to deliver the content. These non-credit certificate programs are available to anyone over the age of 18.

Dan Seeger has been named the Station Manager of KSVC at St. Cloud State University and began in his role on Aug. 16.

A St. Cloud State University student and alumna earned national recognition over the summer for their work publishing or broadcasting during 2022. Aiden Farrell and Nyah Adams, both Mass Communications students who took part in UTVS and Husky Productions at SCSU, were among 61 students from 37 universities across the United States and Canada to be recognized ...

In June, two St. Cloud State University STEM Education students were invited to attend and present their research at the 2023 National Science Foundation (NSF) NOYCE Summit. Students Janey Peterson and Owen Lewis attended the summit, which is an annual event held in Washington, D.C. for recipients of NSF NOYCE Scholarships.

St. Cloud State University welcomed incoming undergraduate students to campus for the start of the 2023-24 academic year during Huskies First Four on Aug. 17-20. Huskies First Four is a four-day experience that annually serves as a welcome and orientation to SCSU for new incoming students before the start of fall semester.

St. Cloud State University welcomed faculty and staff back for the start of fall semester and the start of the new school year on Aug. 15 with a convocation address recapping all that took place over the last year, recognizing the challenges, successes and accomplishments achieved throughout campus, and looking forward to the year ahead ...

Davidson (Dave) Blanchard has been appointed as Director of Online and Distance Learning (SCSU Online) in Academic Affairs following a competitive nationwide search that attracted a talented pool of applicants. A longtime Husky, Dave is very familiar to the campus community, having previously served as Interim Director of SCSU Online and a faculty member in the ...

The St. Cloud State University Library, along with Great River Regional Library and other area institutions, are partnering with the Stearns History Museum to offer SCSU students and employees with a new opportunity to obtain a free week-long museum access pass. The libraries at SCSU, St. Cloud Technical & Community College and the College of Saint ...

In July, St. Cloud State University hosted a group of 22 black youth from the St. Cloud area community for an immersive multi-day team building, experiential learning and recreational trip that included on-campus workshops and a trip to Wisconsin Dells. The event was a community collaboration between SCSU, American Association of University Women (AAUW), D-Blake Center ...

St. Cloud State University and SCSU’s Department of Sports Facilities and Campus Recreation invites Huskies and supporters near and far to take part in the Paws on the Pavement 5K during Homecoming 2023 at SCSU. Students, teams, organizations, clubs, residence halls, alumni, faculty, staff and community members are welcome to join in one of the ...

St. Cloud State University is gearing up for Huskies First Four to welcome our incoming undergraduate students on Aug. 17-20 with four days of activities to meet new friends, get to know campus and start to explore what life as a Husky is like. Huskies First Four is a four-day experience that annually serves as a welcome ...

Katrina Schiller was the first of her family of five to not initially attend St. Cloud State University. But while attending the University of Minnesota her first few years of college, she knew something was missing. “I really wanted that sense of community I’d feel at SCSU,” Schiller said. “I knew they have a great (psychology) ...