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St. Cloud State University’s former head athletic trainer Julie Alexander has been named a Breaking Barriers Award honoree by 2025 National Girls & Women in Sports Day-Minnesota.

St. Cloud State University recently took first place at the 2025 Minnesota State Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition (CCDC), held by the Minnesota State IT Center of Excellence. Ten teams from across Minnesota competed at Alexandria Technical and Community College on Jan. 25. SCSU advances to the Regional CCDC on March 14–15, which will be hosted by ...

Robert W. Galler, Jr is a resident of St. Cloud and a Professor of History at SCSU. The oral history research his students conduct in his History 141 course allow families to teach us important lessons. Each fall when I teach my U.S. history survey course (from the Civil War to the Present), my students conclude ...

The SCSU Dance Team won their seventh national championship at the Universal Dance Association (UDA) College Nationals on Jan. 19, taking first place in the Open Gameday category. The Huskies have a long-standing history of excellence competitively.

St. Cloud State University is offering faculty members hands-on opportunities to experiment with artificial intelligence (AI) tools and applications via a monthly “Faculty Focus on AI” series this spring. Sessions will be held in SCSU’s AI and Visualization Lab (ISELF Room 101) from 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. each month, beginning with an introduction event on ...

St. Cloud State University will host the 16th annual Power in Diversity Leadership Conference from Jan. 30 – Feb. 1. This year’s theme is “Empowering Self, Uplifting Community”. The event, held in partnership with the Minnesota State Office of Equity and Inclusion, provides attendees with interactive workshops and activities to help build leadership skills for career ...

St. Cloud State University alumna Carissa Baconguis has had a manuscript nominated as a finalist for a chapbook contest from Nine Syllables Press.

St. Cloud State University’s Recovery Resource Center has partnered with St. Cloud’s Recovery Community Network to provide every campus building with NARCAN, a naloxone nasal spray that can be a life-saving measure during an opioid overdose. By installing these emergency kits, SCSU is taking a proactive approach in light of the dangers opioid poisoning presents ...

The 2025 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Celebration will be held from Jan. 18-25 this year, providing and opportunity for the St. Cloud community to join together for the 13th consecutive year to honor Dr. King’s legacy. The annual celebration is made possible by St. Cloud State University partnering with the City of St. Cloud, ...

A recent St. Cloud State University graduate has had a piece of fiction nominated for The Pushcart Prize, a highly-competitive literary honor. Brianna Condon, who graduated this month with a BA in English Studies, authored an under-700 word flash fiction titled “Week Twenty-Nine”, which was published in the anthology “Tales from the Kitchen” earlier this month.

Trailblazing student journalists in fall of 1924 became part of an on-going campus enterprise that would launch hundreds of careers in media and related fields and provide professional-grade reporters and editors for newsrooms across the Midwest and beyond. What is now the University Chronicle has continued to be informative and thought-provoking, earning accolades and awards through ...

A partnership between St. Cloud State University and St. Cloud Technical and Community College has led to a successful DoD Cyber Service Academy (DoD CSA) grant application.

Mike Dando, associate professor of English, is mastering the trifecta of pop culture, civic engagement and literacy development in his community-based research. He is using comics and pop culture to connect with you and help them see themselves as assets to their community.

St. Cloud State University History professor Robert Galler recently published his first book, chronicling the transformation of an American Indian on-reservation religious school that evolved into a tribally run institution in the 1970s. “Taking Charge, Making Change: Native People and the Transition of Education from Stephan Mission to Crow Creek Tribal School” was published by the ...

Digital Forensics and Ethics (IA 681) students and guests recently had the opportunity to hear about the implications of digital forensics investigations from guest speaker, Andre Champagne. Andre has over 30 years of combined experience in IT, digital forensics, and investigations. Andre has worked for the Illinois Attorney General’s Office, Anoka County Sheriff’s Office, Wright ...

Kenzie Foley and SCSU Volleyball have set numerous program records during a historic 2024 season. They get to host an NCAA regional for the first time in program history this week, beginning Thursday in Halenbeck Hall. Foley and the Huskies have one thing in mind: continue extending their 23-match win streak and bring home a ...

St. Cloud State’s engineering management programs were recently recognized for their excellence at the 2024 American Society for Engineering Management (ASEM) International Annual Conference. The Master of Engineering Management (MEM) and Executive Master of Engineering Management (EMEM) programs were honored with the Founder’s Award, given to the top global engineering management program.

St. Cloud State University has been classified as one of the top destinations for international students at master’s-granting institutions by the International Institute of Education’s annual report. SCSU ranked 12th in the nation with 1,759 students, nearly 200 more enrolled students than in the 2022-23 academic year.

St. Cloud State student Kailee Roberts has been dramatically shaped by her time working for the on-campus Public Safety Department. And she now has a clear career direction she never could’ve anticipated. Since starting last January, Roberts has risen up from trainee all the way to staff sergeant, which is the highest rank a student ...

University Communications — Leadership from St. Cloud State University and North Hennepin Community College joined together on Nov. 15 to officially welcome NHCC as an EDVANTAGE partner, becoming the second two-year school in the Minnesota State system to ally with SCSU on their innovative program for transfer students.