University News

As part of St. Cloud State University’s Husky Healthcare Heroes campaign, below are submissions that have been made recognizing Huskies throughout the state, country and world who continue to work in keeping people healthy and safe in their communities. Randi Kucala “I would like to recognize Georgian Gross. She has been with St. Cloud State University for 45 or ...

St. Cloud State President Robbyn Wacker and Student Government President Surkhel Yousafzai share their tips for staying safe this Spring Break by testing before and after travel or choosing to take a staycation. Here is the full set of travel-related tips from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:  Test no more than 3 days before If you test ...

Do you prefer to Tweet, Snap, Like or Pin? Or, is it all about Instagram? No matter what you’re using, St. Cloud State University wants to know! Learning how students consume media helps us better communicate to the St. Cloud State community.  St. Cloud State University is working with Interact Communications to conduct research on the ...

St. Cloud State University continues to have a hand in assisting the response to the COVID-19 pandemic both in the community and beyond. To try and recognize and spotlight numerous students, alumni and faculty members serving on the front lines and in other facets to assist healthcare workers, St. Cloud State is calling for submissions to ...

St. Cloud State University’s Fall 2020 graduates gathered March 12 to celebrate accomplishments in a series Commencement ceremonies scheduled throughout the day.  Graduates in their caps and gowns streamed through the sidewalks of the spring break campus Friday as they arrived to celebrate their graduation in physically-distanced commencement ceremonies that included plenty of applause and cheers.  This ...

St. Cloud State University’s official Fall 2020 Commencement is not until March 12, but that’s not stopping celebrations from occurring virtually now. This December, 1,070 students from 29 countries and 18 U.S. states are earning degrees from St. Cloud State. The degree earners include 51 associate degree students, 798 undergraduate students, 222 graduate students and 9 ...

St. Cloud State University has been recognized for having some of the top programs in the country by Intelligent, a trusted resource for higher education and degree rankings. Intelligent ranks St. Cloud State’s Applied Clinical Research No. 7 in the nation for “Best Masters in Clinical Research Degree Program.” The Applied Clinical Research program is the only clinical ...

“Valise” is a new exhibit by Twin Cities artist Alec Soth in the Kiehle Gallery through March 25. The experimental exhibition, “Valise”, mixes found pictures collected by Soth with his own photographs as a means to meditate on time, chance and stories. Large scale pigment prints hang directly on the gallery walls, the largest being a ...

The Fighting Saints Battalion is the 2020 winner of the 3rd Army ROTC Brigade, MacArthur Award – a top national honor for ROTC units based on academic success, military proficiency and meeting commissioning goals. The Fighting Saints Battalion Ranger Challenge 5 and 9 person teams are honored at the Camp Ripley challenge event in October The Fighting Saints Battalion is ...

Filmmaker Desiree Akhavan is screening her film “The Miseducation of Cameron Post” at 2 p.m. March 22 in the Miller Center Auditorium and on Zoom as part of her residency with the College of Liberal Arts.  A question and answer session will follow the screening.  Akhavan is a writer director and actress based in New York City and London ...

Poet and author Danez Smith is doing a reading and question and answer session at 4 p.m. March 17 virtually as part of their residency with the College of Liberal Arts.  Admission to the virtual reading is free. RSVP for the webinar. Smith is a Black, Queer, Poz writer and performer from St. Paul and the author of “Don’t ...

The notes, personal papers and journals of Minnesota archaeologist Douglas Birk are now open to researchers thanks to a new finding aid. A finding aid is a primary reference tool researchers use to explore and get access to archival collections. It provides context a researcher needs to interpret the collection and describes the layout and arrangement ...

New pathway to DNP will focus on underserved communities while meeting state’s current workforce needs DNP Collaboration Announcement (PDF) Apply to the St. Cloud Cohort Request information  Dec. 10 Information Session Jan. 14 Information Session St. Cloud State University and the University of Minnesota School of Nursing announced a Doctor of Nursing Practice educational degree collaboration designed to improve access to ...

St. Cloud State University has earned the 2021 Military Friendly® Top 10 School designation and is ranked No. 4 in the Large Public category, up two spots from 2020. St. Cloud State exceeded Military Friendly standards on every measure. As a Top 10 school, St. Cloud State is among the Top 10 in our scoring category with an ...

Astrophysicist, artist and professor Dr. Annette Lee earned the 2021 AAAS Early Career Award for Public Engagement in Science for her collaborative, culturally relevant and community-focused projects grounded in indigenous knowledge of the stars. Since 2010, the American Association for the Advancement of Science has presented the award annually to honor early-career scientists or engineers who have demonstrated ...

Answering the call from CentraCare Health and other clinics throughout the state, St. Cloud State University nursing faculty members signed up to assist in administering COVID-19 vaccines, including working over winter break and the holiday season, passing up time they would usually spend with family during that time. R. Amy Hillerend-Listerud “It felt like a way to give something ...

The University Chronicle earned nine awards at the annual Minnesota Newspaper Association’s College Better Newspaper Contest Jan. 28.  The award ceremony was held virtually via Zoom with winners being celebrated via YouTube. Student journalists submitted 315 submissions from colleges throughout the state. These submissions included articles, stories and photos. The College Better Newspaper Contest is a subset of the association’s ...

St. Cloud State Campus Recreation has put together two exercise series geared toward women this February. The Women on Weights (WOW) program is a women’s weightlifting program guided by a female student worker in the Fitness Center. The goal of the program is to assist women in improving posture, increasing strength, losing body mass and improving confidence with ...

The 42nd Annual Trivia Weekend presented by KVSC 88.1FM at St. Cloud State University will monopolize the nostalgic memories and gaming experiences the weekend of Feb. 12-14. Each year, different theme is selected by KVSC to pay homage to popular cultural phenomena. This year’s trivia theme is “Trivia 2021: Trivia At Play”. Trivia 2021 will ...

By Rene Kaluza You might be able to learn from the past or even visit it, but you can’t live there. Students, staff and faculty have seen the future during COVID’s occupation of the campus, and they will likely want more, according to King Banaian, dean of the School of Public Affairs. He points to the simple principle ...