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The St. Cloud State University Library is one of 24 academic libraries from across Minnesota working together to ensure that nearly half a million scarcely-held books will remain available to Minnesotans for the foreseeable future. The Minnesota Shared Print Program is a collaborative effort to preserve valuable research and literary resources, and it offers many benefits ...

Bill Meissner, a St. Cloud State University faculty emeritus in the Department of English, recently published a new novel titled “The Wonders Of The Little World”. It is Meissner’s third novel and 12th book overall.

St. Cloud State University Esports has already seen several areas of success in the 2023-24 school year, including building new relationships on campus, creating traditions and recording impressive results in competition. Read up on some of their recent achievements!

Immersion Data Solutions (IDS) will be hosting Huskies Hack from Feb. 16-18 in ISELF, giving students the opportunity to get hands-on experience solving a real industry problem. Huskies Hack is a 48-hour hackathon where students will team up to address four real challenges from IDS. At the end of the event, student teams will deliver a ...

Watching “Wheel of Fortune” is a bit of a tradition for St. Cloud State University alumni Ashley and Chris Walker. Ashley Walker grew up watching the gameshow with her family, and the couple now watch it just about every weeknight with their daughters. “As our kids were getting older and wanting to watch TV a bunch, we ...

In a resounding triumph, the annual Diversity Job and Internship Fair emerged as a beacon of collaboration, inclusivity and unprecedented achievement on Jan. 26. The event, started in 2008, showcased for the 17th time the growing prowess of our University, as well as the invaluable partnerships that have propelled it to new heights.

St. Cloud Community and Technical College (SCTCC) was recently designated a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense (CAE-CD.) Brian Volkmuth and Ryan Salner lead the SCTCC effort to earn the certification. Both are recent graduates of the Masters of Information Assurance program at SCSU.

St. Cloud State University has been recognized as one of the top colleges or universities in the nation in 2024 for its graduate school programs by Money, a trusted resource that provides up-to-date news, educational resources and tools to help people create meaningful investments and lasting returns while setting them up for financial success. SCSU ...

St. Cloud State Campus Recreation has put together two exercise series geared toward women this February: Women only Weights and Women only Swim.

Huskies Scholarships are now open and accepting applications for the 2024-25 school year. Most scholarships have a deadline of March 24, 2024, though some vary. Last academic year, 745 St. Cloud State University students received scholarships totaling nearly $1.4 million through Huskies Scholarships.

St. Cloud State University celebrated the official launch of the SCSU Honors College on Jan. 30 with a program held in the Atwood Memorial Center Alumni Room. The SCSU and surrounding communities gathered to learn more about the direction of the Honors College, as well as top priorities for the upcoming year and how to become ...

St. Cloud State University has been recognized as one of the top institutions nationwide in 2024 for its online program offerings by BestColleges, a leading online resource for college planning and advice. SCSU was ranked second in the nation for Most Affordable Online Computer Science Program, noting SCSU’s convenient blend of foundational and specialized courses within ...

St. Cloud State University has been recognized as one of the top institutions in the nation in 2024 for online learning at the master’s degree level by OnlineMastersDegrees.org, a research-backed resource that helps students find scholarships, resources, financial aid, and connect with accredited colleges and universities across the country.

St. Cloud State University’s Multicultural Student Services, along with LeadMN, Minnesota State Office of Equity and Inclusion, and Minnesota State institutions, presented the 15th annual Power in Diversity Leadership Conference on Jan. 25-27 at SCSU. The 2024 Power in Diversity Leadership Conference featured the theme “Inclusive Innovation,” which centered the transformational impact diversity brings to an ...

St. Cloud State University students connected and interacted with over 130 of Minnesota’s largest employers on Jan. 26 during the 2024 Diversity Job and Internship Fair held throughout the first and second floors of the Atwood Memorial Center. Students had the ability to meet with some of the state’s largest business, technical, healthcare, government, non-profit and ...

Show your support for St. Cloud State University and the Minnesota Twins during SCSU Day at Target Field on Saturday, April 20 when the Minnesota Twins take on the Detroit Tigers at 1:10 p.m. in Minneapolis. This year, those who purchase tickets through the special package will receive a ticket to the game and a ...

St. Cloud State University’s Department of Music is hosting the MN Made New Music Festival on Jan. 25-26 in the Performing Arts Center on campus. The two-day festival is free and open to the public. This year’s ensemble-in-residence is 113, a collection of composers and performers of new music based in the Twin Cities that curates ...

SCSU students interacted with nearly 100 businesses and organizations spread throughout the Atwood Memorial Center Ballroom on Jan. 24 during the 2024 Winter Involvement Fair (Sidestreet). The Winter Involvement Fair, organized by the Department of Campus Involvement, is a one-stop-shop for students to learn about hundreds of involvement opportunities available at SCSU and how to find ...

St. Cloud State University will host Tech Savvy on Feb. 24, an event geared towards getting girls in grades 5-8 interested and excited about the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) career field. The one-day conference is organized by the American Association of University Women (AAUW). The sixth annual event begins at 8 a.m. on Feb. ...

A St. Cloud State University professor and former coach has been recognized for her work in helping break barriers in providing equity in sports for girls and women of all ages. Paula U’Ren, a professor and chairperson of SCSU’s Department of Kinesiology and former SCSU Softball head coach, was honored with the Breaking Barriers Award by ...