The St. Cloud State University Accounting department held its annual Meet the Firms event virtually this September. The event brought together students at all levels of the Accounting program to meet with potential employers in a risk-free environment with a total focus on learning about the profession. In all 232 students and 21 firms participated in ...
St. Cloud State University students participated in the Minnesota statewide CCDC competition Feb. 6. They finished in fifth place out of 13 teams. The St. Cloud State students gave a team effort and showed dedication. All team members prepared for the event since September 2020. The competition was held remotely due to COVID-19, so St. Cloud State ...
St. Cloud State University President Robbyn Wacker, Dean of the College of Education and Learning Design Jennifer Mueller and other St. Cloud State colleagues welcomed representatives from the Minnesota House Capital Investment Committee to St. Cloud State’s Education Building on Sept. 23 as part of their Capital Investment Tour, a multi-day tour of campuses within ...
Ron and Bonnie Swenson Ron Swenson passed away Aug. 27, 2021, after a two-week battle with COVID-19. His wife, Bonnie, said Ron was sick for a week before being in the ICU for another week. The couple are St. Cloud State University alumni — Ron having graduated in 1969 with a degree in industrial engineering and Bonnie ...
Since arriving at St. Cloud State University to become an assistant professor of College Counseling and Student Development in 2019, Dr. Aeriel A. Ashlee has been dedicated to helping facilitate various events and prioritize work surrounding diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) at St. Cloud State. As outlined and highlighted within President Robbyn Wacker’s It’s Time initiative, St. Cloud State is working to prioritize the advancement of DEI and engage ...
Belinda Lee ’16 ’20 is serving as a U.S. State Department Youth Ambassador and is one of 75 USA Pavilion Youth Ambassadors representing the United States at the World’s Fair, Expo 2020 Dubai. She was chosen through a highly competitive nationwide process. The participating youth ambassadors are from 46 states, studying at 78 U.S. universities ...
Students considering their higher education options can apply for admission to St. Cloud State University without paying an undergraduate application fee for all of October as part of Minnesota State Week and College Knowledge Month promotions. Minnesota State Week is a promotion intended to drive student awareness and virtual and in-person campus visits, as appropriate. This ...
St. Cloud State University has been recognized for its honorable commitment to engaged, experiential education by Colleges of Distinction, a one-of-a-kind guide for college-bound students. As an institution whose primary goals are based on student success and satisfaction, St. Cloud State is now designated as one of the renowned Colleges of Distinction. Colleges of Distinction boasts its ...
The College of Education and Learning Design celebrated St. Cloud State University’s founding with a Founder’s Day Picnic Sept. 15. The college celebrated it’s new name and mission by unveiling a new sign showcasing the college’s committment to designing education for the future. St. Cloud State University was founded Sept. 15, 1869, when students attended the first ...
The American Indian Center held a New Year Celebration this Sept. 9 to celebrate the new year and to culturally acknowledge the Minnesota tribal nation flags coming to campus. The event also unveiled and celebrated the new AIC mural designed by artists Sarah Agaton Howes and Holly Young that decorates the American Indian Center, 219 Atwood Memorial Center. St. ...
With a garden comes risk. The elements are a constant factor – pests, drought, and even human error. There is also the potential of great reward. This summer, the St. Cloud Rotary Community Outpost (COP House) dug in and added a community garden as one of their many ways of connecting and engaging with the community. Nick Hainlin in St. ...
The St. Cloud State University Veterans Resource Center, Student Veterans Organization and Fighting Saints Battalion ROTC sponsored the 2021 Patriot Day Flag Raising on Sept. 10, observing and reflecting on the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Student Veterans Organization Interim President Nelia Peterson addressed the crowd during the flag raising, with St. Cloud Mayor Dave Kleis also making remarks and St. ...
Every year, students around the globe take part in the 2021 MATE ROV Competition, a world competition where teams of students build Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROV’s) to perform tasks underwater and engage with a global community of learners. In early August, the competition was held virtually while challenging students to tackle problems that impact the entire world. ...
St. Cloud State University Campus Involvement celebrated 50 years of involvement fairs this September with an in-person and online Mainstreet events. Mainstreet involvement fair is held at the beginning of each fall semester to help students connect with more than 200 groups and organizations on campus. Student organizations promote their groups and recruit members.
A new exhibition of faculty art work opens Sept. 2 at the Kiehle Gallery in the Kiehle Visual Arts Center at St. Cloud State University. Faculty Exhibition I runs through Sept. 30 and features the creative research of eight faculty members representing a diverse range of materials through which the artists ask questions about the human ...
English classes teach classics and culture. They take students into a deeper look at a time and place by studying the words that make up novels and poetry. St. Cloud State University professor Dr. Michael Dando does that by exploring the modern poetry of Hip Hop in his Honors course “Hip Hop Cultural Studies”. Hip Hop ...
St. Cloud State University is hosting the “The Bias Inside Us” Aug. 21-Sept. 19 and is offering a speaker series to continue conversations sparked by the exhibit. The speaker series features Dr. Corey Yeager and Dr. Tessa Charlesworth who will explore the impact and science of bias. Charlesworth will speak in a virtual event on “The ...
St. Cloud State University celebrated the opening of “The Bias Inside Us” in the Atwood Memorial Center Gallery Aug. 22. “The Bias Inside Us” is a community engagement project from the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES) that raises awareness about the social science and psychology of implicit bias, the impact of this bias and what ...
College is about finding your path and yourself and incoming and transfer students heard from a group of six St. Cloud State students Saturday who shared their stories and gave advice about how those in the audience could find their own path. Each student stood up in front of a packed Ritsche Auditorium to share a ...
Composer Scott L. Miller’s SonAR II, a “soundwalk” app is now available and offering users an immersive audio experience at Minnehaha Regional Park in Minneapolis. Miller composed new music using the environmental sounds of Minnehaha Falls and the surrounding park as inspiration for the public to interactively experience while on a self-guided walk through the park. The SonAR ...