University News

Laura Kalambokidis, Minnesota’s State Economist and head of the Economic Analysis unit at Minnesota Management and Budget (MMB), will join local and regional economists for an in-depth Economic Outlook panel Feb. 4. St. Cloud State University’s Winter Institute has been a leading conference on economics, business conditions and economics education for nearly six decades. Due to ...

St. Cloud State University is partnering with the Career Leadership Collective, a higher education solutions group, to conduct a national online survey that offers 2010 and 2015 alumni an opportunity to share their experiences and help their fellow Huskies. The National Alumni Career Mobility Survey (NACM) is available to alumni who graduated with a bachelor’s degree ...

Nearly 500 different scholarships, apply by March 15 A one-stop website, Huskies Scholarships is accepting applications through March 15 for nearly 500 different scholarships funded by alumni and friends of the university. The site also has links to 17 national scholarship-search tools and nearly 50 external scholarship opportunities. The scholarships have a wide range of criteria such ...

The annual St. Cloud Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration is turning into a three-day celebration recognizing neighborhood connections and honoring humanitarians. “MLK Everyday: Neighbors Serving Neighbors” honors the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. and is celebrating the good work neighbors can do to help one another. The weekend starts off at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Jan. ...

St. Cloud State University welcomed students, faculty and staff back for spring semester with a convocation address recognizing the challenges facing our nation and the struggles students are having amid the pandemic and fight for racial justice. In his welcome address, Provost Dan Gregory spoke about how St. Cloud State University is establishing a competitive ...

The world is changing. Today there are more people older than 65 than under the age of 5 living in the world today. Dr. Phyllis Greenberg and Dr. Rona Karasik This is a positive statistic, says Dr. Phyllis Greenberg, professor in the St. Cloud State University Department of Gerontology. People are living longer and healthier lives and are ...

Two of the College of Science and Engineering’s -80 Centigrade (-112 Fahrenheit) freezers are helping CentraCare Health clinics prepare for the COVID-19 vaccines. The university lent two of its freezers to CentraCare to help with storage of the Pfizer vaccine, an mRNA vaccine that needs to be kept ultra cold to remain stable. At St. Cloud State ...

St. Cloud State University is launching its third doctoral degree in Fall 2021 with the launch of a Doctorate of Psychology in Applied Behavior Analysis. This is a first of its kind degree focusing on preparing students to be clinicians and clinic managers. The program will equip graduates with research-based practices in Applied Behavior Analysis, while ...

Necessary Trouble is a student designed project in respect of George Floyd and in response to 400 years of racial oppression. The video is a collage of student submissions from the College of Liberal Arts and School of the Arts organized by students in CMST 210 Performance and Everyday Life and CMST 410 Contemporary Issues ...

The St. Cloud State University Foundation and the Admissions Office recently collaborated in outfitting University Ambassadors in Admissions with new SCSU branded uniforms. It’s all part of an effort to further professionalize student employees and create a great first impression for prospective students and their families. The new uniforms, which include polo T-shirts, quarter-zip pullovers and jackets, feature the University’s ...

St. Cloud State University and the SCSU Alumni Association invites all alumni and friends to utilize some services available to help give back to St. Cloud State.  At no extra cost to users, with each purchase through Amazon Smile and Shutterfly, a portion of those purchases will go towards benefiting and supporting programs and events for St. Cloud ...

St. Cloud State University Medical Clinic administered its first COVID-19 vaccines on campus April 14. St. Cloud State Medical Clinic staff administered Moderna vaccine to students and employees alongside Nursing faculty and students. St. Cloud State and the campus Medical Clinic has been partnering with Stearns County since the pandemic began to plan and advocate for safety ...

After greeting her patient, Nursing Lab Coordinator Jan Richardson steps up to the patient and asks: “How much do you exercise?” He responds: “Once or twice a week I try to go for a long walk, but recently it’s hard.” Richardson responds with concern and care as she makes notes in her chart. Richardson’s patient isn’t alive, but ...

Spending their entire lives together, three sets of identical twins found their way to St. Cloud State to pursue careers in law enforcement. Identical twins are a rare occurrence. Seeing identical twins around the campus of St. Cloud State University campus, even rarer. For the past year, the Department of Criminal Justice has three sets in the ...

A recent poll conducted by researchers at St. Cloud State University suggests former Vice President Joe Biden is leading in Minnesota with 53 percent of the vote; President Donald Trump polling at 38 percent in the sample.  The study indicates a win for Democratic Sen. Tina Smith against her opponent Republican Jason Lewis, with Smith leading ...

Track and Field Competition returned back to the Indoor Track Nov. 14 but, this time “for fun” and with club sport teams. The event was hosted by Campus Recreation and the St. Cloud State Running Club. Awesome prizes were donated from Chick-Fil-A Crossroads Center and Jimmy Johns in downtown St. Cloud. Two University Running Clubs, St. Cloud State University ...

St. Cloud State University took second in the Sales Management Case Competition at the International Collegiate Sales Competition’s Collegiate World Cup of Sales Nov. 11-14 hosted virtually by Florida State University. Noah Pearson Bryana Lommel The St. Cloud State team defeated teams from around the world en route to the final round. The International Collegiate Sales Competition designed ...

The university mourns the loss of Dr. Carrie Ann Luetters Holmes (1969-2020), who passed away suddenly Friday, Oct. 30. Dr. Carrie Holmes Dr. Holmes worked as a physician in the St. Cloud State Medical Clinic since August and embraced the support she gave our students in the challenging environment of a pandemic. Carrie joined the campus community ...

St. Cloud State University students, faculty and staff participated in several programs on Veterans Day, a day where we come together to honor and say thank you to the veterans who have served in the United States military.  The St. Cloud State Veterans Resource Center, in partnership with the St. Cloud State Student Veterans Organization and ...

The St. Cloud State University Rehabilitation and Addiction Counseling (RAC) graduate program has earned a five-year $1.1 million federal Rehabilitation Long-Term Training grant for training rehabilitation and addiction counselors. The grant from the Rehabilitation Services Administration’s Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services of the U.S. Department of Education will provide tuition assistance and professional development stipends to ...