University News

April 11, 2013
Photo gallery: NCAA Frozen Four Red Carpet

The Huskies arrive on the red carpet for the NCAA Frozen Four in Pittsburgh. Click here to view game event photos.  

April 10, 2013
Photo gallery: Frozen Four Pep Fest

St. Cloud State Husky fans gather to send the team off to Pittsburgh, Pa. for the NCAA Frozen Four. Follow their journey.

April 5, 2013
Celebrate Husky Hockey history in the making

The St. Cloud State University men’s hockey team makes its first appearance at the NCAA Frozen Four on April 11 with a 7 p.m. (CT) first-round showdown against the Quinnipiac Bobcats at the Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh, Pa. The finals take place April 13. For information on traveling to the game, fan get-togethers in Pittsburgh, viewing ...

April 2, 2013

St. Cloud State University students will attempt to set a Guinness World Record for the most people howling on April 26. More world records Here are some other “world’s largest” Guinness World Records set by U.S. universities: Largest game of dodgeball – University of California Largest glowstick design – University of Pittsburgh Largest showball – University of Massachusetts Dartmouth ...

April 1, 2013
Husky Hockey is Frozen Four bound

Fans were waiting at the St. Cloud Regional Airport on March 31 when the men’s Husky Hockey team arrived after defeating Miami 4-1 in Ohio to advance to the school’s first ever Frozen Four. Video by Athletic Media Relations For weeks Robert Giles Motzko ’89 talked publicly about the selfless, dedicated, complaint-free nature of his men’s ...

March 21, 2013

When the Men’s Husky Hockey team claimed a share of the MacNaughton Cup, fans and alumni throughout the country took to the web to declare their pride in their team. Check out what they had to say:

March 20, 2013

Want more alumni and university news between print editions of Outlook magazine? Outlook is expanding with a new website. “The new site adds improved functionality and expanded offerings, while bringing in elements of the look and feel of the new main stcloudstate.edu site,” said Adam Hammer, Outlook managing editor. “We hope this new Outlook site will ...

March 18, 2013
Hockey celebrates MacNaughton Cup, Final Five berth  <img style='padding: 0px 10px 0px 15px; text-align: right; vertical-align: text-top;' alt='Distinctions' src='https://outlook.stcloudstate.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/redleaf_micro.png' />

It is a Saturday night script to remember at St. Cloud State. Men’s Husky Hockey defeats University of Alaska Anchorage 5-1 March 16 at the National Hockey and Event Center (NHEC) to advance to the WCHA Final Five tournament and a top-seed chance at winning the Broadmoor Trophy in St. Paul. Senior men’s hockey captain Ben Hanowski, ...

March 15, 2013
University to invest $4.8 mllion in HD

St. Cloud State is investing $4.8 million in broadcasting upgrades to enhance its journalism, production and strategic communications offerings, expand student learning opportunities and improve brand promotion. University officials describe a complete overhaul of TV cable and broadcast delivery systems, resulting in digital, high-definition broadcasts from “many venues on campus.” Related links View President Potter’s message to campus: ...

February 26, 2013
Simon Award recognizes comprehensive internationalization <img style='padding: 0px 10px 0px 15px; text-align: right; vertical-align: text-top;' alt='Distinctions' src='https://outlook.stcloudstate.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/redleaf_micro.png' />

St. Cloud State University is being recognized for its excellence in integrating international education across all aspects the university with a 2013 Simon Award for Comprehensive Internationalization. Presented by NAFSA: Association of International Educators, the Simon Award is named after the late Senator Paul Simon of Illinois who was a strong supporter of international education and ...

January 14, 2013
Huskies in the news: Locks of Love

A group of six St. Cloud State University men’s hockey players are going with the “flow” this season and letting their hair grow out. The end result will be a hair donation to the Locks of Love program when they reach the proper length of 10 inches in a pony tail. Locks of Love provides supplies for hairpieces and wigs ...

January 14, 2013
HEED award recognizes diversity and inclusion <img style='padding: 0px 10px 0px 15px; text-align: right; vertical-align: text-top;' alt='Distinctions' src='https://outlook.stcloudstate.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/redleaf_micro.png' />

St. Cloud State University is recognized for its commitment to diversity and inclusion in the December issue of Insight Into Diversity magazine. St. Cloud State is honored along with 47 other Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) award recipients for its ongoing efforts to include all aspects of diversity such as gender, race, ethnicity, veterans, people with disabilities and members of the LGBT community. Other Minnesota ...

January 14, 2013
Photo gallery: WPA wall dedication event

A crowd of about 100 onlookers watched Oct. 30 as master mason Brian Kostreba mortared into place a granite sign that reads “WPA 1936” as the final element of a two-month, $200,000 restoration project to help preserve St. Cloud State’s First Avenue Walls.

January 14, 2013
WPA wall restored and dedicated

  A crowd of about 100 onlookers watched Oct. 30 as master mason Brian Kostreba mortared into place a granite sign that reads “WPA 1936” as the final element of a two-month, $200,000 restoration project to help preserve St. Cloud State’s First Avenue Walls. Related links View a photo gallery from the WPA Wall dedication event. Built by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), ...

January 14, 2013

Thanks to Super Storm Sandy the St. Cloud State women’s hockey team members were beneficiaries of an extended stay in Providence, R.I. The Huskies played Providence College in a non-conference series and were scheduled to leave Oct. 29. As the team loaded the bus for Boston’s Logan Airport, they learned it had been closed and all flights cancelled. The teams spent the ...

January 14, 2013

Video from UTVS Watch coverage of former President Bill Clinton’s visit courtesy of UTVS. A line of about 4,000 campus and community members snaked through Atwood Memorial Center and past the Miller Center just days before the November election to see former President Bill Clinton speak on behalf of President Barack Obama’s Minnesota campaign. The grassroots gathering was the first time a ...

January 14, 2013
Weems is quick to make her voice heard

To listen to Director of Athletics Heather Weems speak is to hear her passion for the student athlete experience. Since stepping into her new role six months ago at St. Cloud State, Weems’ days and evenings have been filled with meetings from greeting her coaches and staff to introductory sessions with individual teams, campus and community members and booster groups. Weems began her journey to athletics director as ...

January 14, 2013
Douglas H. Vinzant named vice president

President Earl H. Potter III named Douglas H. Vinzant, a veteran administrator, as the next vice president for finance and administration. Vinzant replaces Steve Ludwig who retired in June after 25 years of service with seven years as vice president. Len Sippel has filled the vice president position as an interim. Vinzant has more than 25 years of experience in public higher education leading budget, strategic planning, administration and finance, and information technology operations at ...

January 14, 2013
Education Prof Kathy Johnson attends CGI <img style='padding: 0px 10px 0px 15px; text-align: right; vertical-align: text-top;' alt='Distinctions' src='https://outlook.stcloudstate.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/redleaf_micro.png' />

Kathy Johnson, associate professor in the Department of Special Education, recently accompanied Zhao Chin Li, known to many as Angel, to the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) annual meeting in New York City. They attended the CGI meeting on behalf of Ginkgo Academy Partnership, a P-16 community initiative among Minnetonka Schools, St. Cloud State, Yangshuo Mountain Retreat creator Chris Barclay and others who ...

January 14, 2013

Shawn Jarvis, professor of German and chair of the foreign languages department, has compiled a 368-page hardcover book of 19th century fairy tales written by German women writers. “In the Realm of Wishes” (“Im Reich der Wünsche”) is a collection of tales with classic motifs. “The history of the German fairy tale is being rewritten in this anthology,” according to ...

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