Alex Friedrich
The vote came the same day the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities chairman renewed a call for mediation between Chancellor Steven Rosenstone, faculty unions and even students. Read more →
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Tag: Bemidji State University
Just came across this nice Vine video — a 360-degree shot of snow on the Bemidji State campus. It is the first one I’ve seen in Minnesota, but if you have seen others, send them in. Time to get in to the spirit — or at least get used to it. Update: I may have Read more →
We’ve heard a lot recently about the pressure the University of Minnesota is under to raise its tuition for out-of-state students. But here U.S. News & World Report points to Bemidji State University as the campus with the lowest price for non-Minnesotans. According to the MnSCU website, it’s one of about two dozen MnSCU campuses Read more →
“I’m in the middle of stuff here in Bemidji.” — Bemidji State University / Northwest Technical College President Richard Hanson to a question on whether he’d apply for the chancellorship of the North Dakota University System despite being nominated, The Bemidji Pioneer reports. Hanson had a tough first year on the job, facing protests after Read more →
“I feared that people would just use the shotgun approach with applications, but it appears students did carefully look at options of college.” — Harry Cottrell, dean of students at Northwest Technical College, on how students took advantage of waived application fees during last month’s Minnesota College Application Week, and yet didn’t use the waiver as a Read more →
“In the beginning there was a lot of frustrations with it and a lot of confusion. Students didn’t think they were informed enough about it. They didn’t understand what it meant. (Now) more students are passing along the word that this might be a good idea for college student. They can go to health services Read more →
mwp_42 via Flickr How many students would leave? Bemidji State English professor Brian Donovan tells visiting legislators that cuts to programs will cause students to go out of state for college — just as his son left Bemidji for the University of Wisconsin after Bemidji’s art program was reduced: “That’s one thing we’re calling the Read more →
SuperFantastic via Flickr Not here Bemidji State University is now tobacco-free, The Bemidji Pioneer reports. BSU President Richard Hanson approved the ban this week after a campus survey found 93 percent of those polled considered second-hand smoke a health hazard and 77 percent said they were exposed to second-hand smoke at the university. BSUSA Student Read more →
This is apparently a spoof of Jay-Z and Alicia Keys’ “Empire State of Mind.” Keep workin’ that Paul Bunyan, yo.
Earlier this month, Sen. Claire Robling (R-Jordan) asked students in a Senate higher education committee hearing why the average student debt was so high: “If you had $26,000 debt, you completely financed tuition payment with loans, and that just seems unusual to me. Yes you have living expenses, but many students get family help, there’s Read more →