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Regional Spelling Bee results announced

The SWWC Service Cooperative’s Regional Spelling Bee was Feb. 4 at the Redwood Area Community Center in Redwood Falls. Thirty-two students from 27 school districts, who won at their local level, came together to compete for the top four places that advance to the Multi-Region State Spelling Bee. Scores from the written and oral rounds were combined in order to determine the top 15 students who compete in the afternoon spelldown. Due to tied scores, there were 16 spellers, who competed in the spelldown. Lydian Talsma from Edgerton and Toni Pritchard from Ortonville battled it out for ...

Campus Notes for Feb 12

Minnesota State College Southeast announces fall 2019 president’s list Minnesota State College Southeast in Red Wing and Winona, announce the president’s list for fall semester 2019. To be eligible for the president’s list, students must complete a minimum of 12 credits at MSC Southeast during an academic term and achieve a GPA of 3.5 or above. Marshall, Joshua Lawrenz. Wendland graduates from Rochester Community and Technical College Brooke Wendland of Balaton recently graduated from Rochester Community and Technical College at the end of fall semester 2019. Wendland ...

Education Briefs for Feb. 12

MPMA education foundation offers scholarships The Minnesota Precision Manufacturing Association’s Education Foundation is offering $2,000 scholarships to students of all ages with an interest in manufacturing so that they can get the training they need to become successful in the field. Applications must be submitted by April 15, and information about how to apply can be found at www.mpma.com. For more information, call 952-564-3041, or email office@mpma.com. True Light announces its second quarter honor roll True Light Christian School announces its second quarter honor roll ...

SMSU Briefs for Feb. 12

Three SMSU programs to be offered at Lake Superior College A trio of Southwest Minnesota State University academic programs will be offered on the campus of Lake Superior College (LSC) in Duluth starting in the fall semester, 2020. The programs are community psychology and health promotion, agriculture solutions, and marketing. Southwest Minnesota State University President Kumara Jayasuriya and Lake Superior College President Patricia Rogers finalized the agreement at a Feb. 4 signing ceremony on the LSC campus. It marks the first time that bachelor’s degrees have been offered ...

SMSU Briefs for Feb. 5

SMSU ranked 8th nationally for affordable online Master’s for Out-of-State Students Southwest Minnesota State University is ranked 8th in the nation for the Most Affordable Colleges for Online Master’s Degrees for Out-of-State Students by AffordableSchools.net. Twenty-five schools were ranked across the U.S., and SMSU was ranked eighth. It is also the top-ranked Minnesota university. Affordable Schools’ mission is to help students make smart higher education choices. Affordable Schools looks not only at the most affordable colleges, but provides profiles of affordable public ...

Campus Notes for Feb. 5

Local student earns academic honors fall 2019 St. Cloud Technical & Community College released its dean’s and president’s list for fall 2019. To be named to the president’s list, students must earn a grade-point average of 4.0. To be named to the dean’s list, students must earn a grade-point average of 3.5 to 3.99. Canby: Blake Mercer, dean’s list Blomme named to Marquette University’s fall 2019 dean’s list Sydney Blomme of Garvin has been named to the dean’s list for the fall 2019 semester at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Blomme is pursuing a ...