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The University of Minnesota Crookston invites community members to become a part of the Community Host Program. The Office of Student & Family Experience will be sponsoring its second year of the program designed to facilitate informal friendships between U of M Crookston students and members of the Crookston community.

Fall semester classes begin Tuesday, August 21, 2018, at the University of Minnesota Crookston but the campus is already buzzing with the return of student-athletes for the beginning of their fall practice schedule.

The University of Minnesota Crookston has again been named one of the best colleges in the Midwest according to The Princeton Review, a nationally known education services company. The U of M Crookston is one of 160 institutions The Princeton Review recommends in its "Best Midwestern" section of its website feature, "2019 Best Regional Colleges," that posted August 7, 2018, on PrincetonReview.com.

University Relations will host the annual Ox Cart Days Ice Cream Social on Wednesday, August 15, from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Peterson Gazebo on the Campus Mall (rain site: Northern Lights Lounge, Sargeant Student Center).

The University of Minnesota Crookston Teambacker Golf Classic Altru Cup was held Friday, July 20, 2018, at Minakwa Golf Course in Crookston, Minn. The 28th annual golf scramble raised more than $12,000 for the Bill & Mary Tyrrell Scholarship which benefits U of M Crookston student-athletes.