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From a Gustavus press release: Man With Computer Implanted in His Head to Speak at Gustavus Today
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Minn. students eating more locally grown produce

Minnesota students are eating more fresh, locally grown produce in school lunches this year.

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What must the U do to get 1 percent of its state money?

Several on the U’s Board of Regents seem irritated with the legislature’s demand that it give the U 1 percent of its funding only after the U meets three of the following five performance goals:  (1) increase the amount of institutional financial aid so that it is greater in fiscal year 2012 than in fiscal…
by Alex Friedrich

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Kaler's thing for Dairy Queen

Kaler's thing for Dairy Queen

While discussing his tour of the state during his presidential report, University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler caused a few chuckles with this: “Along the way, besides chatting with hundreds of Minnesotans, I have had the pleasure of communicating with a series of (mostly) friendly counter clerks at Dairy Queen. Thankfully, Dairy Queen is a…
by Alex Friedrich

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Kaler on the search for a new provost

Tom Sullivan, as you may remember, is on his way out. “Our search for a new Provost is moving along quickly. We have a robust and impressive pool of candidates that we are bringing to campus over the next two weeks. As you all know, in these searches it can be terribly difficult to balance…
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Why the U is becoming tougher to get into

Here’s what University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler says about this year’s freshman class: “Our incoming Class of 2015 on the Twin Cities campus is, by all measures, the best qualified group of freshmen in U history. 40,000 applicants. 5,378 enrolled. Highest ACT scores ever. Most National Merit Scholars ever, and, we believe, the most…
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What the Univ. of minnesota wants to build

University of Minnesota regents are looking at this list of priority construction projects as part of its 6-year “capital improvement plan” and request to the 2012 legislature for $409 million, about $269 million of which would come from the state, and $140 million of the U itself: Higher Education Asset Preservation and Replacement (HEAPR) —…
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Report: U is monitoring coaches' phone calls

I don’t know how sports oversight works — and I’m assuming this is standard — but I found it interesting: From a legal report to the Regents: A significant achievement for the Athletic Compliance Office during the 2010-11 academic year was the purof a recruiting phone call monitoring software program, which has provided a more…
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Univ. of Minnesota: Classes getting crowded, hard to schedule

Univ. of Minnesota: Classes getting crowded, hard to schedule

University of Minnesota sophomore Matt Forstie echoes what U officials are now saying — that udget cuts are producing bigger classes and making it harder for students to find the classes they need: “For instance, Principles of Economics right now is almost completely full, there might be a few seats open. Same thing with classes…
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