The Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities recognized faculty with Awards for Excellence at an awards ceremony on April 16.
Faculty Recognized at the 2025 Board of Trustees Awards for Excellence
Minnesota State featured in the 2024 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report
Minnesota State was featured in the 2024 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report: Cybersecurity and Privacy Edition for work on Generative Artificial Intelligence Guidelines.
Minnesota State initiatives featured in the 2023 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report
Several initiatives from across Minnesota State were featured in the 2023 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report | Teaching and Learning Edition. The EDUCAUSE Horizon Report identifies key trends, and emerging technologies and... Continue Reading →
36 Faculty Recognized at the 2023 Board of Trustees Awards for Excellence
The Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities recognized 36 faculty with Awards for Excellence at an awards ceremony on April 19. These awards are conferred annually... Continue Reading →
System Director for Career and Technical Education: Karl Ohrn
Karl Ohrn has accepted the position of System Director for Career and Technical Education (CTE) with Minnesota State, effective December 7, 2022. In this capacity, he will also serve as the... Continue Reading →
OER Advocate Profile | Young Seob Son
Young Seob Son is a Business Administration faculty at Bemidji State University who participated in the fall 2020 OER Learning Circle cohort.
OER Advocate Profile | H. Giovanni Antunez
H. Giovanni Antunez is an Epidemiology and Public Health faculty at St. Cloud State University who participated in the fall 2020 OER Learning Circle cohort.
Minnesota State IT Center of Excellence Wins D2L Innovation Award
Recognizing Leaders in Digital Learning Toronto (June 17, 2021) Global learning technology leader, D2L, announced the recipients of D2L’s Excellence Awards, which celebrate inspiration and innovation in digital education and... Continue Reading →
Shannon Jesme Named Interim President of Northland Community and Technical College
ST. PAUL, Minn., Nov. 18, 2020 – The Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities has named Shannon Jesme to serve as interim president of Northland Community... Continue Reading →
Welcome Equity and Inclusion Coordinators
Educational Innovations and the Office of Equity and Inclusion have identified three Equity and Inclusion Coordinators who over the 2020-2021 academic year will assist in aligning, developing, and implementing a... Continue Reading →
Educational Development Digest | August 2019
News & Events New Digest Title and Schedule If you read the Faculty Development Digest in the past, you’ll notice that the digest has a new name, the Educational Development... Continue Reading →
Minnesota State Recognized at National Conference
Minnesota State recognized at National Conference with exceptional statewide coordination for Positive Student Outcomes Award. The group on stage, receiving the award during "The Sourcies". This year at the CollegeSource... Continue Reading →
Jeffery Williamson to Serve as Interim President of North Hennepin Community College
ST. PAUL, Minn., June 19, 2019 – The Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities has named Jeffery Williamson to serve as interim president of North Hennepin Community College.... Continue Reading →
Michael Raich to Serve as Interim President of the Northeast Higher Education District
ST. PAUL, Minn., June 19, 2019 – The Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities has named Michael Raich to serve as interim president of the Northeast Higher Education... Continue Reading →
Deidra Peaslee to Serve as Interim President of Saint Paul College
ST. PAUL, Minn., June 19, 2019 – The Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities has named Deidra Peaslee to serve as interim president of Saint Paul College. The... Continue Reading →
2019 Board of Trustees Awards Presented
The Board of Trustees of Minnesota State recognized seven individuals with Awards for Excellence last month. These awards are conferred annually to college and university teaching faculty and university administrative... Continue Reading →
Press Releases: Minnesota State
Yesterday, April 17, 2019, saw a number of Press Releases from Minnesota State. Please view the below links to read more about each one: Minnesota State Extends Contract for Chancellor... Continue Reading →
STAR Symposium Committee Receives Overall Excellence Award
The STAR Symposium Committee, led by Beth McMahon (Northland Community College) and Robin O’Callaghan (formerly Winona State University), received an "Overall-in-All" Excellence Award at the 2018 Minnesota eLearning Summit. The... Continue Reading →
System OER Faculty Development Project Receives 2018 Impact Excellence Award
Congratulations to Karen Pikula, Psychology Faculty at Central Lakes College/OER Faculty Development Coordinator (Educational Innovations, system office) and Kimberly Johnson, Director for Faculty and Instructional Development (Educational Innovations, system office)... Continue Reading →
Welcome Project Manager Michael Olesen to ASA
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Michael Olesen as the Project Manager for Educational Innovations, Academic and Student Affairs, system office. In this role, Michael will have ongoing... Continue Reading →
An interview with Shelli Sowles, Career and College Readiness Specialist
It’s Career and Technical Education (CTE) Month in Minnesota. No better way to start it off than talking to Shelli Sowles, the 2017 National Career Guidance Award winner selected by... Continue Reading →
Devinder Malhotra Named Interim Chancellor of Minnesota State
Malhotra to serve while the search for permanent chancellor continues The Board of Trustees of Minnesota State Colleges and Universities has voted unanimously to name Devinder Malhotra to serve as... Continue Reading →
Staffing Announcement – DARS/Transferology Services and Support Analyst
Welcome Miranda Evans, DARS/Transferology Services & Support Analyst We are pleased to announce the appointment of Miranda Evans, DARS/Transferology Services & Support Analyst in the Educational Innovations Unit of Academic... Continue Reading →
41 Faculty Honored by Board of Trustees
On April 20, 2016, the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Board of Trustees recognized 41 outstanding teaching and administrative service faculty from 28 colleges and universities around the state at... Continue Reading →
MnSCU’s Anderson Celebrates Mentors and Career and Technical Education
Minnesota Career & Technical Education recently asked Ron Anderson, Vice Chancellor for Academic and Student Affairs, to reflect on CTE’s contributions to the state. Anderson speaks about the success of... Continue Reading →
Local Leaders Working to Increase Diversity in Minnesota Teachers
Local education leaders say teacher diversity in Minnesota schools is a real problem. Now, there's a new statewide goal to create more opportunities for teachers of color. The Asian heritage... Continue Reading →
New Trustee to Metropolitan State Foundation Board
Metropolitan State University has named a new member to the Metropolitan State Foundation Board of Trustees. Greg Lais, founder and executive director of Wilderness Inquiry, will serve a three-year appointment.... Continue Reading →
Ode to CIP Codes by Brenda Lyseng
The "Ode to CIP Codes" was written by Brenda Lyseng, Academic Dean, Century College. Down, down, down I go The rabbit hole of CIP codes - How many tunnels? What... Continue Reading →
MnSCU Presents at China Education Conference
A team of system faculty and administrators recently took part in the China Annual Conference for International Education. The team consisted of Holly Shi from Winona State University, Betty Strehlow... Continue Reading →
2015 DARS/Transferology User Conference Concluded
Wow! 88 participants attended this year’s conference held at the Cragun’s Resort and Hotel on Gull Lake in Brainerd on September 29 and 30, 2015. Kim Lynch, Senior System Director... Continue Reading →
