This month, the University of Minnesota – Rochester will graduate its first crop of students. I’m visiting the school to see how far it has come since its founding, and will post about that later in a story. But I hope to post on a few impressions I gather throughout the day, so stay tuned.
Here’s an email from University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler naming the deputy general counsel, Bill Donohue, to replace Mark Rotenberg as the U’s general counsel — essentially, its chief attorney. It sounds like an interim position of sorts. He’ll start serving later this month until the end of June 2015. At that point, Read more →
Emory University English professor Mark Bauerlein writes in the Star Tribune why the University of Minnesota is wrong to largely exclude classics from its “College in the Schools” program: The point here is not to censure the course for its contemporary, multiculturalist focus. Prof. McNaron and CIS have, in fact, developed machinery to ensure college-level Read more →
Another dining award for St. Olaf College — Its food has put the college on The 25 Healthiest Colleges in the U.S. list by Greatist.com, which also made USA Today. Although the ranking cited other colleges’ fitness facilities and initiatives, it was apparently the chow that earned Oles 23rd place: St. Olaf’s food service program Read more →
After a meeting with several Macalester College students this afternoon, President Brian Rosenberg has stuck to his decision not to cut ties with Wells Fargo, the college has confirmed. Leewana Thomas, a junior in American studies, said their occupation of the administration building has ended. She said students will gather over the weekend to figure Read more →
University of Minnesota regent Richard Beeson has just written me, chiming in on the issue of whether regents have spoken out enough on legislative budget cuts to the U: Regent Allen correctly points out that a Regent’s legislative time and presence can and should be measured in a number of ways. For myself, I have Read more →
Yesterday on the House floor, House higher-education committee Chairman Gene Pelowski (DFL-Winona) repeated an item of irritation for him: that University of Minnesota regents rarely if ever appeared before his committee in past years to protest budget cuts. In a recent discussion, I asked regent and former board chairman Clyde Allen what he thought of Read more →
Yesterday on the House floor, House higher-education committee Chairman Gene Pelowski (DFL-Winona) repeated an item of irritation for him: that University of Minnesota regents rarely if ever appeared before his committee in past years to protest budget cuts. In a recent discussion, I asked regent and former board chairman Clyde Allen what he thought of Read more →
Update: I got this response from Mac spokeswoman Barbara Laskin: At the 1 pm meeting tomorrow between Pres. Brian Rosenberg and the KWOC students, the topic of discussion will be the college’s relationship with Wells Fargo. Other than that, there is no predetermined agenda. I’ve got a call in to Macalester College for confirmation, but Read more →
It’s Day 2 of the Macalester College student sit-in of the lobby of President Brian Rosenberg’s office — protesting the college’s refusal to cut ties with Wells Fargo Bank over its house-foreclosure record. I contacted student Alexander Bartiromo again, who told me by email: We did indeed stay overnight, and it was honestly very relaxed. Read more →