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SMSU to have Trans Day of Visibility events

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Southwest Minnesota State University is hosting a series of events for Trans Day of Visibility. The events are today and Thursday. The programs are focused on empowering and celebrating LGBTQIA+ students as well as creating safe and inclusive environments for students to live and learn. Diversity, equity, and inclusion educator and motivational speaker, Tarrence Robertson will lead two sessions today, one for faculty and staff, and the other for students. His talk will provide practical solutions to celebrate trans visibility, awareness, and support LGBTQIA+ students. The faculty and ...

SMSU will host ‘Prairies, Potholes and Streams’ U of M Extension Minnesota Master Naturalist Class

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The campus of Southwest Minnesota State University is the host site for “Prairies, Potholes and Streams in Southwest Minnesota,” a Minnesota Master Naturalist Class from the University of Minnesota Extension. Instructors for the class are Marshall residents, Candace and Will Thomas. The class will be on Tuesdays and Thursdays beginning April 9 and continuing through May 9, from 6-8:30 p.m., for a total of 12 evening sessions plus two all-day Saturday field trips on April 20 and May 5. The cost of the class is $295 and includes course manuals and supplies. “We are excited to ...

Marshall students earn recognition at Minnesota Business Professionals of America conference

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Fifty students from Marshall participated in the annual Minnesota Business Professionals of America (BPA) State Leadership Conference March 14-16, at the Minneapolis Hyatt Regency with more than 1,100 members competing. During the school year, 1,800 Minnesota BPA student members took part in the organization’s competitive events program, allowing them to compete in nearly 70 events focused in the areas of finance, business administration, management information systems, digital communication anddesign, and management, marketing and communication. The competitions are designed to ...

Faith Briefs for March 22

Faith

Prayer walk at St. Matthew Lutheran Church St. Matthew Lutheran Church (ELCA) in Wabasso is having a prayer walk during Holy Week (March 24-30) throughout the church. There will be 14 prayer stations designed to bring you (and your family) into the Good Friday story. This experience is meant to focus on Jesus’ story to the cross, and help center us on Jesus’ passion, pain, and care. It is an interactive, self-guided, meditative experience for all. The walk will be open 24/7, but only from March 24-30. All ages and denominations are welcome to participate. Movie at Bethel ...

Faith Forum

Faith

Jesus Christ’s reality To the editor: As Easter approaches, two beliefs about Jesus Christ are at the forefront. First, that He was born, died and rose again the third day, or secondly, that everything written and spoken about Him is a fallacy. To those who doubt or just plain dismiss Christ’s reality, is there no correlation between how people collectively treated each other, when the vast majority accepted what’s written in the Holy Bible and attempted to follow those precepts? Is the continuing harshness we read and hear about currently, between human beings, just a ...

Faith Briefs for March 15

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Beginning Experience offers retreat, ‘Rebulding’ series Divorced, Separated, Widowed — Beginning Experience of SW MN/Marshall, a peer ministry support group, is offering a Weekend Retreat that provides an opportunity to help close the door gently on the past and move on with renewed hope and purpose. It will be held at Shetek Lutheran Ministries on April 12th-14. Deadline to register is April 5. Email swmnbe@gmail.com or call/text: Tim L.: 507-530-6379, MaryAnn S: 507-828-2866, or Jean: 507-220-0668 The “Rebuilding” Series is also open for registration. This series runs ...