Walz ends college as must for many state jobs
ST. AUL, Minn. – Governor Tim Walz eliminated a college degree a requirement for [...]
UM inks new St. Cloud med school details
New med school home. On CentraCare campus in former hospital administration building. Now a [...]
Ukrainian refugee author to speak at WSU
WINONA, Minn. – Author Lev Golinkin, whose memoir fleeing Soviet Ukraine in the 1990s [...]
Search chair for new WSU leader from Southwest State
WINONA, Minn. – The search for a new president of Winona State University will [...]
UW campus shutters or disguises diversity projects
WHITEWATER, Wis. – The chancellor at University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Corey King, has stricken the [...]
Reza illusion show set for 560-seat WSU venue
WINONA, Minn. – The Kryzsko Ballroom at Winona State University will be configured to [...]
WSU’s enrollment close to steadying itself
WINONA, Minn. – Enrollment at Winona State slipped slightly this fall but appears to [...]
UM confirms massive campus data breach
MINNEAPOLIS – The University of Minnesota now has acknowledged that it has been investigating [...]
State university profs OK 10% pay increase
WINONA, Minn. -- Faculty at the MinnState university system have approved a contract for [...]
Illusionist Reza due at WSU: Will he bring chopper too?
Ripley’s updated: Believe it or not. Show set for October 6 at Kryzsko Commons [...]
Attorney general issues alert on college loans
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Companies that have dangled settlement services for borrowers with college [...]
Iowa state colleges see data bright side
DES MOINES, Iowa -- All three Iowa public universities have stabilized their enrollments after [...]
Southeast College looks to its own for new executive
WINONA, Minn. – A 25-year veteran at Minnesota State College Southeast, Lisa Pozanc, has [...]
Southeast College enrollment climbs: Free tuition a draw
WINONA Minn. – An early tally shows Minnesota State College Southeast with enrollment up [...]
Rochester college plans $13 million vocational project
ROCHESTER, Minn. – Rochester Community and Technical College has begun designing major upgrades for [...]
On-site enrollment up at Rochester college
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Rochester Community and Technical College has 419 more enrolled students this [...]
Clairvoyance reigns at WSU: “Channel the Flannel”
Somewhere a pot of gold. Under a dark and ominous sky at the Winona [...]
WSU fall entertainment starter: Second City
Rotating cast. Chicago-based troupe typically has a cast of six on the road. College [...]
Five campuses in region rate high in Pride index
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Five Upper Midwest universities scored perfect 5.0s in the latest annual [...]
First SMU enrollment check: Way, way up
WINONA, Minn. – The enrollment losses in the Saint Mary’s University undergrad Winona campus [...]
SMU budget chief resigns; to Twin Cities arts job
WINONA, Minn. – The financial vice president at Saint Mary’s University for 12 years, [...]
Back-to-campus busy at WSU but not rowdy
WINONA, Minn. – The campus at Winona State has been repopulating for fall semester. [...]
Tentative accord averts MinnState employee strike
ST. PAUL, Minn. – A strike by campus managers at the seven MinnState university [...]
Frosh arriving at WSU: “Bye, mom, bye dad”
Autumn exuberance. Student dorm proctors, whose job is leadership and discipline in the dorms, [...]
An unhappy purple wave marches at Winona State
Salaries among contract issues. About 300 Winona Sate people. mostly members of the State [...]
WSU j-grad named a Hearst Fellow
PHOENIX, Ariz. – A 2015 Winona State University journalism grad, Jordan Gerard, has been [...]
Profs’ pending back-to-back pay hikes – 5% and 5.3%
WINONA, Minn. – Negotiators for MinnState universities and the faculty union have reached a [...]
WSU retiree pens 400-page novel
ROCHESTER, Minn. – A retired Winona State University advertising prof, Ron Elcombe, wrote a [...]
WSU president bids campus farewell
WINONA, Minn. – The outgoing Scott Olson, known for a sense of humor in [...]
Strike by managers looms at WSU, other campuses
MINNEAPOLIS – The Teamsters union reported that its members at MinnState universities, including Winona [...]
Video: Southeast College welders at work
WINONA, Minn. – A 25-miute video featuring the national machining competition won by a [...]
Cotter assumes control of SMU arts conservatory
Learning dance. Most classes are by age groups. Enrollment open to whole community. Private [...]
SMU ends arts conservatory in curriculum do-over
WINONA, Minn. – The shrinking of arts curriculums at Saint Mary’s University has taken [...]
Higher-ed consensus: Court hurts cultural diversity
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision to strike down race-inclusive [...]
Contract signed, sealed, delivered for interim WSU chief
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The MinnState college system is paying the new interim Winona [...]
Interim WSU president named: Ken Janz
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The MinnState governing board named Ken Janz as interim president [...]
Bishop added to SMU fiduciary board
WINONA, Minn. -- Saint Mary’s University announced the appointment of the recently installed bishop [...]
Southeast College honor students from 25 states
WINONA, Minn. – The geographic diversity of the Southeast State College enrollment shows in [...]
Three inside candidates for WSU interim president
WINONA, Minn. – Three Winona State executives who expressed interest in serving as interim [...]
WSU lands funds toward new class structure
ST. PAUL, Minn. – A proposed state-of-art Winona State University classroom building received $4.8 [...]
Winona college machining team takes national title
GREENVILLE, S.C. – A four-student advanced manufacturing team from Minnesota State College Southeast won [...]
President to unhappy profs: Let’s restart
THIEF RIVER FALLS, Minn. – The beleagured president of Northland College, whose faculty has [...]
Legislators nod yes to free college tuition
ST. PAUL, Minn. – A joint Senate-House committee has agreed to free tuition at [...]
What next for Winona State leadership?
WINONA Minn. -- The pending departure of Scott Olson as president of Winona State [...]
Policing prof leads Southeast graduation procession
WINONA, Minn. – The criminal justice professor who recently was declared the 2023 outstanding [...]
New MinnState chief plans statewide “listening tour”
Watch that odometer spin. Olson plans to hit the ground running – and the [...]
Profs ask Northland College president to leave
THIEF RIVER FALLS, Minn. -- Faculty at Northland Community and Technical College have asked [...]
Almanac: Scott Olson legacy at WSU
At Winona State Olson struggled with year after year of enrollment losses – down [...]
Accreditors OK Southeast College nursing degree
WINONA, Minn. -- The new nursing program at Minnesota State College Southeast has earned [...]
Quest for interim UM president narrows
MINNEAPOLIS – Four finalists have been named to become the University of Minnesota’s interim [...]
Faculty union blasts “secrecy” in St. Cloud layoffs
WINONA, Minn. – The statewide MinnState college faculty union accused the president of St. [...]
Listen for the gong: WSU graduation Friday
WINONA, Minn. -- In full academic regalia, 953 students will stride across an elevated [...]
Southeast College apparently a hoax target
WINONA, Minn. – A lockdown at Minnesota State College Southeast began with a report [...]
MinnState profs on chancellor choice: Either fine
WINONA, Minn. – The MinnState faculty union is pleased with the finalists for the [...]
WSU president makes final cut for chancellor
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The president of Winona State University the past 11 years, [...]
SMU to graduate a smaller class
WINONA, Minn. – Saint Mary’s University will honor 230 graduates Saturday at its spring [...]
St. Cloud State retrenches: 24 profs shown door
ST. CLOUD, Minn. -- The president of St. Cloud State, Robbyn Wacker, proposed firing [...]
SMU musician couple retiring with alumni reunion
WINONA, Minn. – After 30 years of making music at Saint Mary’s University, Eric [...]
WSU on verge of deleting programs
WINONA, Minn. – After years of budget-trimming, Winona State now is near a “breaking [...]
Lecturer with bubbles, message due at WSU
WINONA, Minn. – The regional representative of the World Peace Prayer Society, Melvin Giles, [...]