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Entrepreneurs and small business owners can receive valuable assistance through an opportunity offered by the Center for Rural Entrepreneurial Studies (CRES) at the University of Minnesota Crookston. CRES is seeking regional entrepreneurs and small business owners interested working with UMC students on a class project for their business.

Growing up on an Iowa farm the youngest of five taught University of Minnesota Crookston Chancellor Mary Holz-Clause that when the occasion calls for it you have to stand up for yourself. And, while it might have helped make her tougher growing up, it also taught her that much can be accomplished when you work together.

In high school, she and a friend declared a goal to study abroad in college. This spring, Senior Malena Rupprecht, an elementary education major from Thief River Falls, Minn., achieved that goal with a trip to Australia and New Zealand.

A gorgeous day made for some great golf at the University of Minnesota Crookston Teambackers Olsonawski Scholarship Golf Tournament held on Thursday, June 22, 2017, at Two River Golf Course in Hallock, Minn. It proved to be a record-setting day for the 16th annual golf tournament with 92 golfers participating and raising more than $6,000 in support of scholarships for student athletes.

The annual reunion of alumni from the Northwest School of Agriculture was held on Saturday, June 24, 2017, on the campus of the University of Minnesota Crookston. Highlighting the day was the Top Aggie awards program held during a luncheon in Bede Ballroom, Sargeant Student Center.