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Searching for some way to help, a St. Paul woman tutors a Ukrainian man in...
Sue Christianson watched in shock and heartbreak as Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, and she wondered what she could do to help. Christianson, of St. Paul, was looking for a way to donate money online...
View ArticlePresident of Gustavus Adolphus College announces 2025 retirement
Gustavus Adolphus College will seek a new president after Rebecca Bergman announced her plans to retire next year. Bergman will step down in the summer of 2025 after 11 years in the position. The first...
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Stillwater Area Public Schools taps former St. Paul, Rochester administrator...
Efe Agbamu has been selected as the assistant superintendent for Stillwater Area Public Schools, pending school board approval. She will begin her new role on July 1. Efe Agbamu (Courtesy of Stillwater...
View ArticleMinnesota schools face shortfalls despite recent boost in state aid
Last year, Democratic-Farmer-Labor majorities in the Minnesota Legislature passed what they billed as historic funding for K-12 education. School districts across the state saw a total of $2.2 billion...
View ArticleIt began with defiance at Columbia. Now students nationwide are upping their...
By NICK PERRY and KAREN MATTHEWS (Associated Press) NEW YORK (AP) — What began last week when Columbia University students refused to end their protest against Israel’s war with Hamas had turned into a...
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Na Eng, award-winning journalist, is first Asian-American inducted into...
Na Eng, an award-winning journalist and humanitarian, was inducted into the Johnson High School Hall of Fame on April 15. The ceremony marked a historic moment as Eng became the first Asian-American...
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Activist Brittany Packnett Cunningham to speak at Minneapolis Teach for...
Teach for America Twin Cities will host a nationally acclaimed activist at its Diversity, Equity and Inclusion event this week. Brittany Packnett Cunningham, an activist, speaker and member of former...
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‘So much to see right in our back yard’: Longtime St. Paul tour guide leads...
Sandy Mansee’s tour groups have been to Bayfield, Chicago, St. Louis, Fargo and Sioux Falls. They’ve toured the Field of Dreams in Dyersville, Iowa; Ulysses S. Grant’s house in Galena, Ill.; the Spam...
View Article7 Minnesotans accused in scheme to defraud pandemic food program go on trial
By STEVE KARNOWSKI (Associated Press) MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Seven people went on trial Monday for what federal prosecutors have called a massive scheme to exploit lax rules during the COVID-19 pandemic...
View ArticleLakeville teachers authorize strike amid impasse over job transfers
Lakeville teachers have voted to go on strike after months of negotiations with the school district failed to result in a new contract. Teachers in the district want pay raises, benefit increases, and...
View ArticleColumbia University threatens to expel student protesters occupying an...
NEW YORK — Dozens of protesters took over a building at Columbia University in New York early Tuesday, barricading entrances and unfurling a Palestinian flag from a window in the latest escalation of...
View ArticleMore Republican states challenge new Title IX rules protecting LGBTQ+ students
By COLLIN BINKLEY (AP Education Writer) WASHINGTON (AP) — Another six Republican states are piling on to challenge the Biden administration’s newly expanded campus sexual assault rules, saying they...
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Police clear pro-Palestinian protesters from Columbia University’s Hamilton...
NEW YORK — Police cleared 30 to 40 people from inside Columbia University’s Hamilton Hall late Tuesday after pro-Palestinian protesters occupied the administration building in New York earlier in the...
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Minnesota college students use encampments, protests to pressure universities...
Theology student June Gromis entered Hamline University’s Old Main administrative building around 1 p.m. last Friday on a mission to shut it down. Gromis and five other student protesters occupied the...
View ArticleUMN officials reach agreement with protesters to end encampment on Northrop Mall
University of Minnesota officials have reached a settlement with pro-Palestinian protesters that will end the encampment on Northrop Mall. As a result the U reopened buildings on the mall Thursday and...
View ArticleAt least 2,000 people arrested at pro-Palestinian protests on US campuses, AP...
By RYAN PEARSON, ETHAN SWOPE, JAKE OFFENHARTZ and JOSEPH B. FREDERICK (Associated Press) LOS ANGELES (AP) — At least 200 people were arrested at UCLA Thursday, bringing the nationwide total of arrests...
View ArticleStriking deals to end campus protests, some colleges invite discussion of...
By KATHLEEN FOODY, MIKE CATALINI, KAREN MATTHEWS and MICHAEL HILL (Associated Press) NEW YORK (AP) — Anti-war demonstrations ceased this week at a small number of U.S. universities after school leaders...
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Analysis: Trump lurches into vacuum created by Biden’s days of silence on...
By John T. Bennett, CQ-Roll Call WASHINGTON — Protests on college campuses related to the Israel-Hamas war and humanitarian crisis inside Gaza that turned violent this week handed President Joe Biden a...
View ArticleStillwater Middle School students win national award for light-pollution project
A group of 31 sixth graders from Stillwater Middle School wanted to help migrating birds in the St. Croix River Valley. About 80 percent of migrating birds do so at night, using the stars and moon for...
View ArticleColumbia University cancels main commencement after weeks of pro-Palestinian...
By KAREN MATTHEWS (Associated Press) NEW YORK (AP) — Columbia University canceled its large university-wide commencement ceremony Monday following weeks of pro-Palestinian protests that have roiled its...
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