One highlight of the sixth-annual Greater St. Cloud Community Pillars Forum Feb. 26 was the release of results of the Central Minnesota Community Foundation’s 2015 survey on social capital.
The majority of Minnesotans know someone with a disability and believe the 26-year-old Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) has been beneficial, according to findings by the Fall 2015 SCSU Statewide Survey.
The highlight of the session will be the release of survey results measuring social capital, the strength of those relationships. Such community engagement is one of the nine community pillars to be discussed Friday. These new results, compiled in the fall by the St. Cloud State University organization SCSU Survey, will be a good indicator of the direction social capital is heading amid the area’s fast-growing, rapidly changing demographics.
Jeff Tate ’97 ’98 recalls his memories of his favorite North Stars player in conjunction with the North Starts/Wild alumni game.
Sixty-six percent of respondents on a 2004 social capital survey said people could be trusted. That number dropped to 55 percent in 2010. Has the level of trust among Central Minnesotans continued to decline?
After a survey revealed people think Waite Park lacks a distinct identity, city officials presented myriad city projects and plans for the coming years.
Being the son of a state trooper had its benefits for young Rodmen Smith ’94, the new boss of the enforcement division at the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR).
Stephen Philion, sociology professor, contributed to a MPR News story about challenges Muslims face praying in the workplace.
Alumnus Tou Xiong ’12 is sworn in as the first Hmong and Millennial on the Maplewood City Council.
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