Students can now log in and Engage
Screen shot taken from the new Engage webpage. Engage allows immediate and easy access to Metro State events, organizations and news.

Students can now log in and Engage

Metro State student clubs and organizations have a new communications hub on the Engage website.

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‘Somalis + Minnesota’ exhibit brings students closer to culture
Luqman Mohamed leads a tour of the Minnesota History Center exhibit “Somalis + Minnesota” for Metro State’s Somali Student Association on April 23, 2019. (Scott Lindell / The Metropolitan)

‘Somalis + Minnesota’ exhibit brings students closer to culture

Student shares knowledge gained as intern for the "Somalis + Minnesota" exhibit at the Minnesota History Center.

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Signs of change: Social work students march to Minnesota Capitol
Metro State student Rachel Sell displays her poster supporting HF 1500, the driver’s license for all bill at a Social Work Student Association meeting on March 30, 2019. She planned to carry it to Social Work Day at the Minnesota State Capitol on April 8. Photo by Scott Lindell / The Metropolitan

Signs of change: Social work students march to Minnesota Capitol

“Go further in your advocacy" was the message social work students heard as they prepared to lobby legislators on April 8.

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Feeling frazzled? Nursing students say self-care is solution
Nursing major Justin Ransom offers a hand massage to a student at the Self-Care Event in Student Center 101 on April 1, 2019. Ransom said hand massages alleviate stress, improve circulation and induce relaxation. (Scott Lindell / The Metropolitan)

Feeling frazzled? Nursing students say self-care is solution

In the final frantic weeks of spring semester, nursing majors hope fellow Metro State students don’t forget one critical thing—their health.

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Pride and purpose link Lavender Bridge students
Casey Landrum, left, and Jay Olivares at a Lavender Bridge meeting on Jan. 16, 2019. Club members meet in the Women’s and LGBTQ+ Resource Center in Founders Hall, room 140. (Scott Lindell / The Metropolitan)

Pride and purpose link Lavender Bridge students

LGBTQ+ students build inclusive, all-embracing, celebratory club on campus.

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‘Let us be amazing’: Workshop series helps students step up as leaders
Students and staff gather around Professor Raj Sethuraju, center, at his “Step In, Step Out, Step Up” leadership workshop in the Student Center on Nov. 14, 2018. (Scott Lindell / The Metropolitan)

‘Let us be amazing’: Workshop series helps students step up as leaders

“We don’t have to be CEOs to make a difference.” That was the message of Professor Raj Sethuraju at a leadership development workshop for Metro State students.

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Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist to headline Metro State’s Career Ideas Festival
George Anders, author and editor-at-large at LinkedIn, is the keynote speaker for Metro State’s Career Ideas Festival on March 29, 2019. The first 100 people to register and attend the event will receive a free copy of his most recent book “You Can Do Anything.” It was published in 2017 by Little, Brown and Company. Photo courtesy of George Anders / georgeandersbooks.com

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist to headline Metro State’s Career Ideas Festival

Keynote speaker will uplift liberal arts education at Metro State's Career Ideas Festival on March 29.

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Speaker series lets students set sights on UX careers
Designers of smartphones, tablets and computers employ the principles of user experience, or UX. A new speaker series at Metro State will bring Twin Cities-area UX professionals to campus. Photo credit: Canva

Speaker series lets students set sights on UX careers

A new speaker series is bringing user experience professionals into Metro State classrooms.

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Scares, spooks and skeletons at Metro State’s scientific Halloween
Michael Ayako,left, Dr. Kate Ries and Kathy Montz demonstrate the pH scale using everyday household items at the College of Sciences Spooky Science Halloween in the Science Education Center, Oct. 31, 2018. Photo by Scott Lindell

Scares, spooks and skeletons at Metro State’s scientific Halloween

Metro State made kids into mad scientists at Spooky Science Halloween on Oct. 31, 2018.

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