Alex FriedrichYou can read the full story here. And you can get my first impressions the morning of my visit here.
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When the first graduates of the University of Minnesota-Rochester receive their diplomas Saturday, they’ll leave a campus that’s still figuring things out. Instructors are still experimenting with the curriculum and how best to teach it. Students are still trying to build a social life and an identity within the city. And every once in a Read more →
Remember when I joked during my visit last week that the University of Minnesota – Rochester had no intercollegiate sports program — but had a mascot that had no name? The Raptor finally got one:
I couldn’t get this out of my head during my visit yesterday
So let me get this straight: The University of Minnesota – Rochester has no sports teams. But it does have a mascot. It’s a Raptor. But it doesn’t have a name. OK. (UMR officials say they’ve been going through a selection process — and will reveal a name May 14. I can only imagine what Read more →
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.
University of Minnesota – Rochester Chancellor Stephen Lehmkuhle talks up the explosive growth of the campus — and the support it’ll need: “If we continue with our growth pattern, so the next year we’re going to have 150 freshman, the following year 200 freshman, when we get out about 5-6 years we’ll have about a Read more →