Metropolitan State University News

Two Minnesota Senate committees will be holding "listening sessions" in the community about the Metro Gang Strike Force.

The Fergus Falls City Council has not ruled out a possible library partnership with M State, though some local officials question whether a shared facility is a feasible option.

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Preview day at Metropolitan State University is all about education.

President Obama yesterday nominated Assistant Minneapolis Police Chief Sharon Lubinski for U.S. Marshal .

Braving the Saturday morning snow, a few dozen runners gathered at Centaurus High School in Lafayette to participate in a five-mile walk and run down the Coal Creek Trail to raise funds and awareness for domestic violence prevention.

Hydrant flushing will take place in Sandwich on Wednesday and Thursday. It was announced at a recent Sandwich City Council meeting.

Although she's been doing the job since July, Sue K. Hammersmith will be officially inaugurated Friday as the sixth president of Metropolitan State University.

Metropolitan State University will inaugurate Sue Hammersmith as its sixth president on Friday.

Metropolitan State University: What: Sue K. Hammersmith will be inaugurated as the sixth president of Metropolitan State University during a ceremony on Friday, October 2, 2009.

With Dakota County Sheriff Don Gudmundson choosing not to seek a fifth term in 2010, his second-in-command has decided to run for the seat.

Olson, Minneapolis, promoted Jennifer Gove to group account director. ASSOCIATIONS Eagan Rotary Club installed for 2009-2010: Leif Hagen of Hagen Financial Network as president, John Rhody of Northstar Imaging Services as president-elect; Scott Swenson of Home Federal Savings Bank as secretary; Bill Gleason of Gleason Dale & Associates as ...

Graduating students at the University of Wisconsin-Stout will be donning caps and gowns made from plastic bottles as they receive their diplomas at the end of this year.

One of the largest unions at the Minnesota State Colleges and University system is protesting the system's decision to award performance bonuses to school presidents at a time when clerical workers, landscapers and janitors are being let go.

Tell us about your responsibilities. I am responsible for managing and maintaining the operation of Courage Center's physician practice Rehabilitation Medicine Associates.

This spring, I wrote a story for the Star Tribune's Generation Debt series about the burden that excessive student debt places on college graduates, especially in this economy.

To no one's surprise, tuition will rise this year at Minnesota's 32 state universities and community and technical colleges.

EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Lucy Bradley-Springer, PhD, RN, ACRN, FAAN Associate Professor University of Colorado School of Medicine Denver, CO Principal Investigator and Director Mountain Plains AIDS Education and Training Center Aurora, CO CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Cade Fields-Gardner, MS, RD, LD, CD Director of Services TCE Consulting Group, Inc Cary, IL ...

At its June 17 meeting, the Board of Trustees of the Montclair Art Museum named seven new members.

MinnPost thanks these generous donors of $25,000 or more: MAJOR FOUNDATIONS John S. and James L. A A Knight Foundation Blandin Foundation McKnight Foundation Minneapolis Foundation Otto Bremer Foundation INDIVIDUALS & FAMILY FOUNDATIONS Sage & John Cowles David & Vicki Cox Toby & Mae Dayton Sam & Stacey Heins Joel & Laurie Kramer Lee Lynch & Terry ...

Simple words spoken by a man well acquainted with the pain surrounding children waiting to be adopted.