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Barta ’18 Is A Fulbright Us Student, Communications And Marketing Oct 2018

Barta ’18 Is A Fulbright Us Student, Communications And Marketing

Campus News Archive

Alexa Barta ’18 earned a Fulbright U.S. Student Program award for 2018–19. A statistics and Spanish alumna, Barta will spend nine months teaching English in Brazil, beginning February 2019.


Umn Morris Students Give Back To Minnesota’S Small Towns, Communications And Marketing Oct 2018

Umn Morris Students Give Back To Minnesota’S Small Towns, Communications And Marketing

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The University of Minnesota Morris Center for Small Towns (CST) works with communities across Minnesota to provide local solutions to real challenges. As a entrypoint to the University, CST gives small towns access to the talent and resources and gives students chances to apply skills they learn in the classroom, to strengthen their connection to greater Minnesota, and to develop as professionals. This fall CST is connecting 28 students with 25 projects that impact Minnesotans all over the state.


“Apocalyptic Anxieties” Focus Of 2018 Lee Lecture, Communications And Marketing Sep 2018

“Apocalyptic Anxieties” Focus Of 2018 Lee Lecture, Communications And Marketing

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Sean Parson, associate professor of politics and international affairs and sustainable communities at Northern Arizona University delivered the 2018 Jooinn Lee Lecture Parson’s talk, “Apocalyptic Anxieties,” focused on apocalyptic anxieties regarding science fiction, climate change, and the politics of doom.


Armstrong ’11 Named 2018 Latterell Visiting Alumnus, Communications And Marketing Sep 2018

Armstrong ’11 Named 2018 Latterell Visiting Alumnus, Communications And Marketing

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The University of Minnesota Morris names Douglas Armstrong ’11, data scientist at Securian Financial, the 2018 Latterell Visiting Alumnus. In his lecture, “From Forensics To Insurance: Making Decisions With Data,” Armstrong will discuss some of the research he did while working toward his PhD


Center For Small Towns Seeks Community Project Proposals, Communications And Marketing Sep 2018

Center For Small Towns Seeks Community Project Proposals, Communications And Marketing

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The University of Minnesota Morris Center for Small Towns (CST) seeks applications for its Connecting Students and Communities program.


Journey Into The Unknown_ Theatre Discipline Announces 2018–19 Season, Communications And Marketing Sep 2018

Journey Into The Unknown_ Theatre Discipline Announces 2018–19 Season, Communications And Marketing

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The University of Minnesota Morris Theatre Discipline’s 2018–19 season features journeys into fantastical worlds. Audiences will follow a lonely woman’s trek to the afterlife and back, see two sisters immersed in the world of Dungeons & Dragons, and enjoy a new spin on L. Frank Baum’s classic tale of Dorothy in the Land of Oz.


Nyu Professor To Give 2018 Barber Lecture, Communications And Marketing Sep 2018

Nyu Professor To Give 2018 Barber Lecture, Communications And Marketing

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Sonya Posmentier, associate professor of English at New York University, will deliver the 2018 Barber Lecture on Thursday, October 11, at 7:30 p.m. in Edson Auditorium. Posmentier’s talk, “Black Reading: Lyrics Of The Color Line,” is free and open to the public.


Umn Morris To Celebrate Homecoming 2018, Communications And Marketing Sep 2018

Umn Morris To Celebrate Homecoming 2018, Communications And Marketing

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The University of Minnesota Morris invites alumni, students, faculty, staff, and community members to join in this year’s Homecoming celebration, September 21-23. Homecoming events include Cougar athletics, alumni reunions, music performances, and more.


Umn Morris Makes Us News Top-10 List 20 Years In A Row, Communications And Marketing Sep 2018

Umn Morris Makes Us News Top-10 List 20 Years In A Row, Communications And Marketing

Campus News Archive

Praised here for its diversity and value, the campus also earned high marks in the Wall Street Journal / Times Higher Education College Ranking 2019.


Umn Morris Welcomes Allan Kellehear As Its Distinguished Visiting Professor In The Liberal Arts, Communications And Marketing Sep 2018

Umn Morris Welcomes Allan Kellehear As Its Distinguished Visiting Professor In The Liberal Arts, Communications And Marketing

Campus News Archive

An expert in end-of-life care, Kellehear will teach a two-credit course and give two public lectures this fall.


Umn Morris Is One Of Sierra’S Top 40 Cool Schools 6 Years In A Row, Communications And Marketing Aug 2018

Umn Morris Is One Of Sierra’S Top 40 Cool Schools 6 Years In A Row, Communications And Marketing

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UMN Morris was ranked first in the state and 33rd in the nation.


2018–19 Performing Arts Series Opens With Nobuntu, Communications And Marketing Aug 2018

2018–19 Performing Arts Series Opens With Nobuntu, Communications And Marketing

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Umn Morris To Welcome Class Of 2022, Communications And Marketing Aug 2018

Umn Morris To Welcome Class Of 2022, Communications And Marketing

Campus News Archive

The University of Minnesota Morris will welcome new students to campus on Saturday, August 25.


Wcsa Aggies Support Edson Auditorium Reno, Communications And Marketing Aug 2018

Wcsa Aggies Support Edson Auditorium Reno, Communications And Marketing

Campus News Archive

Alumni of the school that preceded the University of Minnesota Morris make a gift to support student learning today.


Herbers Steps Down As Director Of Athletics, Communications And Marketing Aug 2018

Herbers Steps Down As Director Of Athletics, Communications And Marketing

Campus News Archive

Matt Johnson ’03 will serve as interim director of athletics for 2018-19.


Languages Collaboration Press Release, Communications And Marketing Aug 2018

Languages Collaboration Press Release, Communications And Marketing

Campus News Archive

At the University of Minnesota, students learn a wide variety of world languages, and some of these languages are taught remotely by instructors from across the country. Technology allows people to communicate in multiple languages around the globe. Beginning fall 2018, it will also be used to bridge the three-hour divide between Minneapolis and Morris.


New Umn Morris Students Give Back In Day Of Service, Communications And Marketing Aug 2018

New Umn Morris Students Give Back In Day Of Service, Communications And Marketing

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Students in the University of Minnesota Morris Gateway and STELLAR programs will take part in a Day of Service on Friday, August 10. These first-year students will have a chance to get involved in and to serve the Morris community.


Carpenter Earns Research Infrastructure Investment Program Award, Communications And Marketing Aug 2018

Carpenter Earns Research Infrastructure Investment Program Award, Communications And Marketing

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The University of Minnesota Morris was awarded an Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR) Research Infrastructure Investment Program 2018 award. The award will allow the purchase of an NMR spectrometer that will help Morris scientists solve grand challenges.


Umn Morris Earns Nacubo’S First Excellence In Sustainability Award, Communications And Marketing Jul 2018

Umn Morris Earns Nacubo’S First Excellence In Sustainability Award, Communications And Marketing

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The National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO) has recognized the University of Minnesota Morris with a 2018 NACUBO Award. The campus earned one of NACUBO’s first Excellence in Sustainability Awards.


Umn Morris Students Fight “Fake News” Abroad, Communications And Marketing Jul 2018

Umn Morris Students Fight “Fake News” Abroad, Communications And Marketing

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University of Minnesota Morris students and faculty just returned from a study abroad course on media literacy and democracy. The course, in partnership with the Baltic International Summer School (BISS) and hosted by the Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences, taught students to analyze media messages and to be more aware of how disinformation is created and spread.


Umn Morris Offers Experiential Course On Indigenous Education, Communications And Marketing Jul 2018

Umn Morris Offers Experiential Course On Indigenous Education, Communications And Marketing

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This summer Associate Professor of English and Native American and Indigenous Studies Becca Gercken and Assistant Professor of History and Native American and Indigenous Studies Kevin Whalen '08 co-taught a new course on indigenous education, past and present, in the United States and Canada.


Western Interstate Commission For Higher Education Supports New Initiative At Umn Morris, Communications And Marketing Jul 2018

Western Interstate Commission For Higher Education Supports New Initiative At Umn Morris, Communications And Marketing

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The University of Minnesota Morris received a $10,000 award from the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE), with the support of Lumina Foundation. The grant will extend work on campus to close college attainment gaps for American Indian students.


Umn Morris Receives Stars Gold Rating For Sustainability Achievements, Communications And Marketing Jul 2018

Umn Morris Receives Stars Gold Rating For Sustainability Achievements, Communications And Marketing

Campus News Archive

The University of Minnesota, Morris has earned a STARS Gold rating from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) in recognition of its sustainability achievements. STARS, the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System, measures and encourages sustainability in all aspects of higher education.


Umn Morris Makes Fiske Guide To Colleges Eight Years In A Row, Communications And Marketing Jul 2018

Umn Morris Makes Fiske Guide To Colleges Eight Years In A Row, Communications And Marketing

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The guidebook praises the campus as a comprehensive liberal arts college.


Western Interstate Commission For Higher Education Supports New Initiative At Morris, Communications And Marketing Jul 2018

Western Interstate Commission For Higher Education Supports New Initiative At Morris, Communications And Marketing

Campus News Archive

The $10,000 planning grant will close attainment gaps for American Indian students.


Umn Morris To Take Part In First Statewide Solar Congress, Jenna Ray Jul 2018

Umn Morris To Take Part In First Statewide Solar Congress, Jenna Ray

Campus News Archive

Solar energy supporters from across Minnesota will gather Saturday, July 21, for the first annual Minnesota Solar Congress. Hosted by Solar United Neighbors, the Congress is a free daylong event filled with educational and social opportunities for solar enthusiasts.


Umn Morris Tabs Sussenguth As Next Cougar Volleyball Head Coach, Joe Tischler Jul 2018

Umn Morris Tabs Sussenguth As Next Cougar Volleyball Head Coach, Joe Tischler

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The University of Minnesota Morris announces the hiring of Joe Sussenguth as head coach of the Cougar volleyball program. Sussenguth brings a record of success in Minnesota volleyball to an NCAA Division III program ready for the next level of competition. He replaces Lauren Torvi who took the head coaching position at South Dakota School of Mines in Rapid City, South Dakota.


Puncky '73 And Mary Soehren Heppner '76 Commission Sculpture For Umn Morris, Jenna Ray Jun 2018

Puncky '73 And Mary Soehren Heppner '76 Commission Sculpture For Umn Morris, Jenna Ray

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Created by Duane "Dewey" Goodwin, the piece will honor the past, present, and future of Native peoples on these lands.


Wilmot ’19 Earns Fulbright Award, Communications And Marketing Jun 2018

Wilmot ’19 Earns Fulbright Award, Communications And Marketing

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Rayann Wilmot ’19 earned a Fulbright U.S. Student Program award for 2019–20. A sociology major and biology minor, she hopes to work in medicine one day.


Otto Bremer Trust Grant To Support Umn Morris Center For Small Towns, Jenna Ray Jun 2018

Otto Bremer Trust Grant To Support Umn Morris Center For Small Towns, Jenna Ray

Campus News Archive

The University of Minnesota Morris Center for Small Towns (CST) has been awarded an operating support grant for 2018-2019 by the Otto Bremer Trust. This award will help further CST’s work with small towns and community groups across Minnesota.