News Archives
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April 16, 2021Not one, not two, but three. Three is the magic number this year when it comes to current Minnesota State FFA Officers on the University of Minnesota Crookston campus. It seemed unthinkable. UMN Crookston is no stranger to having a state officer on-campus. Britton Fuglseth (reporter) did it in 2019-20. Eleora DeMuth (reporter) did it in 2017-18. James Mathiowetz (sentinel) is on campus now after serving in his role in 2018-19. But this year, UMN Crookston boasts the current Minnesota State FFA President Ben Olander, Treasurer Elaina Knott, and Sentinel Laney Swiers.
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April 15, 2021he University of Minnesota Crookston is excited to announce alumnus Wemimo Abbey 2013, recently featured in the New York Times for work related to his multimillion dollar company, will be the keynote speaker for both commencements Saturday, May 8.
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April 15, 2021When you think of horticulture, does your mind directly think plants or profession? UMN Crookston has been delivering degrees in horticulture for more than 35 years. Not only is there a diverse group of people who fill many roles in this profession, but there are varying degrees of perspective in the industry. Two individuals at different stages of their journey shared their insights, challenges, and opportunities regarding the same profession. One individual has years of experience under her belt and the other will soon be joining the horticulture workforce as he is graduating this spring. Both provide their view of the rewarding parts of the job down to the nitty gritty daily tasks.
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April 9, 2021The University of Minnesota Crookston has unveiled a new transformational campus alcohol policy. The policy is intended to be a comprehensive educational strategy informed by theory and research to help educate UMN Crookston students on how to make healthy decisions related to alcohol.
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April 8, 2021The University of Minnesota announced that all of its campuses (Crookston, Duluth, Morris, Rochester and the Twin Cities) are planning to return to fully on-campus operations this fall.
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April 5, 2021The University of Minnesota Crookston’s Student Chapter of The Wildlife Society along with faculty, staff and other students cleared over 35 acres of bushland habitat in the Palmville Wildlife Management Area (WMA) in Roseau County last month. “It’s the labs that provide the hands-on learning experience that convinced me to come to Crookston,” said David Dunblazier, senior, natural resources. As a natural resource student, Dunblazier said all of his classes have heavy lab components where students get to take what is learned in the classroom and actually experience it, while learning the skills they need in their career.
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March 31, 2021CROOKSTON, Minn. - The Minnesota Thoroughbred industry foals out between 150-200 foals each year across the state of Minnesota. These foals become a part of an industry that brings $409 million in economic impact to the State of Minnesota, per a 2017 University of Minnesota economic impact report.
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March 29, 2021Hands-on learning is typical at the University of Minnesota Crookston, more so in March as students majoring in animal and equine science are in the heart of caring for newborns in several barns. It's lambing, kidding, calving, and foaling season on campus and Animal and Equine Science faculty, staff and students are busy providing support for both the lambs, kids, calves, foals and mothers.
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March 23, 2021Changle Li, a transfer student from China and UMN Crookston graduate, recently discussed the numerous opportunities and “technical skills” that the University of Minnesota Crookston equipped him with, first with his positions at the United Nations International Institute of Global Health and then as a data analyst at Mitsubishi.
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March 19, 2021Marlee Steffes pursues her dream of being an optometrist as we will set off for Optometry School at the University of Indiana in August.
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March 19, 2021Psychiatric medication management services, through a collaborative agreement with the Northwest Mental Health Center (NWMHC) will begin March 23. “This agreement will ensure medications are properly prescribed and achieved through a planned, therapeutic outcome,” said Nurse Practitioner, Lizzie Murphy.
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March 18, 2021Chancellor Mary Holz-Clause has agreed to assume the role of Acting Executive Chancellor for the University of Minnesota Crookston and Morris campuses for a two-year term to support Acting Chancellor Janet Ericksen of Morris starting this summer.
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March 17, 2021“Right away, after stepping on campus, I felt like I had a second home,” Katie Humhej, UMN Crookston health science senior, British Columbia.
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March 15, 2021A community letter from Chancellor Mary Holz-Clause (March 15, 2021)
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March 9, 2021Five UMN Crookston students participated in the Candle Light Ski - Owl Prowl event at Rydell Wildlife National Refuge and Glacial Ridge Feb. 27th.
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March 8, 2021The equine arena in the University Teaching and Outreach Center (UTOC) on the University of Minnesota Crookston Campus will be named the Charles H. Casey Equine Arena in honor of the former Chancellor and U of M Regent.
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March 6, 2021CROOKSTON, Minn. - Untamed wilderness. Imagine soaring through the skies and patrolling the roads amidst the beautiful diverse mix of scenery, tundra and grand mountain peaks. This is what University of Minnesota Crookston alumnus Brian Lemay 2018 experiences daily. Lemay is a wildlife trooper for the Alaska State Troopers.
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March 4, 2021CROOKSTON, Minn. (March 4, 2021)- Mark your calendars for March 8, 15, 22 and 29 join virtually the 2021 International Dinner Series reimagined. This will be a free but engaging experience, meals from Ukraine, France, Rwanda and China. Register today to receive weekly recipes to pick up supplies at the grocery store and make these wonderful meals in your home. Each Monday, the 2021 Dinner Series will begin at 6pm via Zoom.
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March 3, 2021“For me, that is exactly what UMN Crookston became,” said UMN Crookston Eleora DeMuth, an agricultural education and communications double major. “It was a platform for me to be able to open up and experience who I was and what my identity was and who I could become during college and beyond.”
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March 2, 2021Sharon Neet, D.A., joined the University of Minnesota Crookston in the late 1990s, “just when UMC was shifting from a two-year to a four-year institution,” said Sharon Neet, D.A., UMN Crookston history professor, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Education department.
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February 24, 2021Anundson's Path to Current Role in Athletics at Black Hills State Paved at UMN Crookston
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February 23, 2021Independence. It was something taught by his parents to Jianglong Huang during his childhood in Guangzhou, China. They always wanted Jianglong to learn different languages and embrace different cultures from a young age. So when at an international high school one of his classmates recommended UMN Crookston, he jumped at the opportunity.
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February 19, 2021CROOKSTON, Minn. - He said he didn’t see himself farming. “I grew up a little north and east of Crookston, I never knew agriculture would be part of my career path, Proulx said.” Rob Proulx, Ph.D, University of Minnesota Crookston, agronomy lecturer, started his undergraduate studies as a business major and transferred to UMN Crookston earning his bachelor’s degree in agronomy and later a master’s degree from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus. “A couple years later I began pursuing a Ph.D. in earth systems science and policy.”
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February 18, 2021The University of Minnesota Crookston welcomes two new staff to campus.
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February 17, 2021CROOKSTON, Minn. (February 17, 2021) - UMN Crookston faculty, staff and students rang in the Year of the Ox at 8 a.m. last Friday over Zoom with our international and overseas partners including alumni, staff and partnering institutions in China. “It was a trip down Memory Lane for all staff and alumni,” said Rae French, International Programs and Learning Abroad Coordinator.