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Giving graduates a leg up
A concerted effort to help 2010 grads find jobs is happening at all 17 Minnesota's Private Colleges this spring. We share examples from three of our institutions. Read the story. |
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Pell Grant changes good for Minnesota students
Minnesota’s share of Pell Grant-eligible students remains strong and is helping keep college affordable for low-income students. Read the story. |
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Fact you can use
Our institutions award 30% of all baccalaureate degrees in Minnesota, including 39% of health profession degrees, 49% of physical science degrees and 43% of foreign language degrees. More degree facts |
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Campus News
- One of every 35 people on earth is on the move. What are international business and political leaders learning about immigration? Find out at Forum 2010, April 28. “Global Migration: Best Practices for Business and Society in a Changing World,” Hendrickson Institute for Ethical Leadership, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota.
- Gustavus Adolphus College will hold a ceremonial groundbreaking at the future site of a new state-of-the-art academic building on April 16. Departments that will be housed in the new building include Communication Studies, Economics and Management and History. The College intends to have the building achieve at least Gold LEED Certification.
- St. Olaf College students Maria Ward ’12 and Madeline Buck ’11 have been named Smaby Peace Scholars — a program that focuses on justice, democracy and human rights. The two will attend the Oslo International Summer School this year alongside eight other students selected by the Nobel Peace Prize Forum Consortium.
- The College of St. Scholastica is one of three partners in the Key Health Alliance, which has been awarded $19 million in federal stimulus funds. The group will promote meaningful use of health information technology, especially the electronic health record, among priority primary care providers in Minnesota and North Dakota.
- Several Hamline University student groups including MPIRG, Student Congress, Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship, College Democrats and College Republicans arranged a non-partisan gubernatorial forum on April 15. Nine candidates attended, including some front-runners. “Students Decide: What’s Your Vision for Minnesota?” focused on students’ questions collected from drop boxes around campus.
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Briefs
- Former MPCC president David B. Laird, Jr., is a recipient of a 2010 Hubert H. Humphrey Public Leadership Award. The award, given for significant contributions to the common good through public leadership and service, will be presented April 21.
- Six competitively selected Phillips Scholars will receive more than $16,000 in scholarships and stipends over the next two years to design and implement a Minnesota-focused service project. The 2010-12 scholars are Marisol Campusano, Augsburg College; Marcie Flygare, Bethany Lutheran College; Jacqueline Carlson, College of Saint Benedict; Irma Marquez, Gustavus Adolphus College; Jake Branchaud-Linsk, Hamline University; and Bryant Ortega, University of St. Thomas.
- This year’s recipients of $10,000 scholarships from the Minnesota High Tech Foundation are Kelsey Larson from the College of Saint Benedict, Kurtis Nusbaum of Saint John’s University and Katie Peske of Concordia College. The scholarships support undergraduate students pursuing careers in STEM or STEM teaching at Minnesota institutions.
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