As articulated by President Gabel this morning, yesterday's violence at the U.S. Capitol is not acceptable.

Every student at the University of Minnesota Crookston campus has a unique story of how they got here, and their stories are what weave the history of this campus in northwestern Minnesota.

Students on the campus of the University of Minnesota Crookston are actively engaged in hands-on learning throughout the year.

Greetings from the University of Minnesota Crookston! Last week, some of our students departed campus, returning home for Thanksgiving. All students will wrap up their fall semester entirely online.

UMC Teambackers honored three individuals with awards for 2020. The Teambacker Faculty/Staff Fan of the Year Award was presented to Lyle Westrom, while the Teambacker Community Fan of the Year was awarded to Dale Knotek.

In the coming days we will be celebrating Veteran’s Day. If you know a Veteran or an active military duty person, please relay thanks to them.

The University of Minnesota Crookston received $1.35 million dollars of High Education Asset Preservation and Replacement (HEAPR) funding in a capital investment bonding bill signed Wednesday by Governor Tim Walz.

Vinayak Sharma, a native from New Delhi, India, never truly saw himself pursuing his undergraduate career in the United States.

Shane Mendez is a proud family man, a current graduate student, and a police officer in the city of Crookston, Minn. When he has free time he spends it with his wife and three children. He’s also a ferocious reader, plays the guitar and the drums, and loves taking long walks on the beach when he’s not in Crookston. Mendez sees every day as a success and an adventure. As someone who grew up from a troubled home, he is continuously grateful to be alive and to see where the adventure of life will take him next. Crookston is where Mendez grew up. As a young man, he decided to travel around the world for a whole decade and spent four years on the island of Crete in Greece. Some of that time traveling was spent in the U.S. Navy as a military police officer. Upon returning home, Mendez decided to attend UMN Crookston to earn his Bachelor of Science degree in law enforcement aviation.

Karen Good was a member of the last high school class to graduate from the Northwest School of Agriculture (NWSA) in 1968. She was an enrolled member of the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians and lived too far from the public school in the area to ride the school bus. To resolve this, the Red Lake School Board paid the tuition for Good to attend the NWSA. Since her time in Crookston, she graduated from college and spent many years working in Native schools as an educator. She wore many hats as an administrator, dean, teacher, and counselor while also working on the Red Lake and White Earth Reservations and helping with curriculum for the Minneapolis Science Department.

Jennifer Lax is a senior majoring in criminal justice and communication. She is a member of both the cross country and women’s basketball teams and is in the Criminal Justice Club. In her free time she loves to fish, hunt, snowboard, golf, read, and play video games on occasion. Lax was pleasantly surprised by the amount of sports, clubs, and activities available on campus despite the small size. She feels there is always something to keep her busy.