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Student Life and Leadership Development advisors Heather Lou and Philip Fuehrer (center left), attend the first full meeting of the Metropolitan State University Student Association (MSUSA) on Sept. 6. From Aug. 15-31, MSUSA held elections between 16 candidates, and the 14 students who wanted a seat obtained one, according to Hamisha Alkamooneh, president of the student governing organization.
Student Life and Leadership Development advisors Heather Lou and Philip Fuehrer (center left), attend the first full meeting of the Metropolitan State University Student Association (MSUSA) on Sept. 6. From Aug. 15-31, MSUSA held elections between 16 candidates, and the 14 students who wanted a seat obtained one, according to Hamisha Alkamooneh, president of the student governing organization.
Metropolitan State University Student Association (MSUSA) Finance Director Jessica Maistrovich addresses the first full meeting of the new student governing body on Sept. 6 in the Student Center. The 14 newly elected student representatives joined the six seated MSUSA members, who make up the executive council.
Metropolitan State University Student Association (MSUSA) Finance Director Jessica Maistrovich addresses the first full meeting of the new student governing body on Sept. 6 in the Student Center. The 14 newly elected student representatives joined the six seated MSUSA members, who make up the executive council.
Kenosha Davenport, executive director of the Sexual Violence Center, addresses the crowd during the Healing from the Inside Out: Centering Our Voices to End Violence against Black Women conference on June 19. The event was held on Metropolitan State Univeristy’s St. Paul campus in the New Main Great Hall. It attracted about 35 community members, largely women of color, to discuss some of the most common forms of violence that black women encounter. (Mandy Hathaway / The Metropolitan)
Kenosha Davenport, executive director of the Sexual Violence Center, addresses the crowd during the Healing from the Inside Out: Centering Our Voices to End Violence against Black Women conference on June 19. The event was held on Metropolitan State Univeristy’s St. Paul campus in the New Main Great Hall. It attracted about 35 community members, largely women of color, to discuss some of the most common forms of violence that black women encounter. (Mandy Hathaway / The Metropolitan)
Artika Roller (left), community relations manager for child well-being with Hennepin County, moderates a discussion with panelists CeMarr Peterson, Safe Harbor division director with the Link; Tiffany Turner-Allen, director of Blacktivism the Collective; Dr. Joi Lewis, founder and CEO of Joi Unlimited, a coaching and counseling service; Lavon Morris-Grant, founder and executive director of MACOSH Healing Network; and Kenosha Davenport, executive director of the Sexual Violence Center. The panel discussion was part of the Healing from the Inside Out conference and addressed issues of violence against black women. (Mandy Hathaway / The Metropolitan)
Artika Roller (left), community relations manager for child well-being with Hennepin County, moderates a discussion with panelists CeMarr Peterson, Safe Harbor division director with the Link; Tiffany Turner-Allen, director of Blacktivism the Collective; Dr. Joi Lewis, founder and CEO of Joi Unlimited, a coaching and counseling service; Lavon Morris-Grant, founder and executive director of MACOSH Healing Network; and Kenosha Davenport, executive director of the Sexual Violence Center. The panel discussion was part of the Healing from the Inside Out conference and addressed issues of violence against black women. (Mandy Hathaway / The Metropolitan)
Author, life coach and consultant Dr. Joi Lewis discusses the healing powers of “ugly crying” during the panel discussion on dealing with and healing from trauma. Lewis’ work and words focus on self-care, restorative justice, and healing from trauma and violence. (Mandy Hathaway / The Metropolitan)
Author, life coach and consultant Dr. Joi Lewis discusses the healing powers of “ugly crying” during the panel discussion on dealing with and healing from trauma. Lewis’ work and words focus on self-care, restorative justice, and healing from trauma and violence. (Mandy Hathaway / The Metropolitan)
Metro State alumni and graduate student Charisma Smith performs two original spoken word pieces ‘Hood Rat’ and ‘The Summary’ as part of the Healing from the Inside Out conference on June 19. While the pieces highlight how common sexual exploitation can be in the African American community, Smith says her goal is to say “this what we survived not where we thrive” and hopes that her writing, like her work, will help other women to find their “foundation of resilience.” (Mandy Hathaway / The Metropolitan)
Metro State alumni and graduate student Charisma Smith performs two original spoken word pieces ‘Hood Rat’ and ‘The Summary’ as part of the Healing from the Inside Out conference on June 19. While the pieces highlight how common sexual exploitation can be in the African American community, Smith says her goal is to say “this what we survived not where we thrive” and hopes that her writing, like her work, will help other women to find their “foundation of resilience.” (Mandy Hathaway / The Metropolitan)
Vendors display beautiful cultural wares and services. In addition to speakers, a panel discussion, drummers and a spoken word performance, the conference also provided small business owners the opportunity to connect with attendees. The bright displays drew in guests and speakers alike. (Mandy Hathaway / The Metropolitan)
Vendors display beautiful cultural wares and services. In addition to speakers, a panel discussion, drummers and a spoken word performance, the conference also provided small business owners the opportunity to connect with attendees. The bright displays drew in guests and speakers alike. (Mandy Hathaway / The Metropolitan)
Minnesota Opera teaching artist Victoria Pace reads and sings to toddlers and preschoolers at the Dayton’s Bluff Library on May 23, 2019. Pace shared the book “Westward Ho, Carlotta!” by Candace Fleming as part of the “Stories Sing!” program. (April Carlson / The Metropolitan)
Minnesota Opera teaching artist Victoria Pace reads and sings to toddlers and preschoolers at the Dayton’s Bluff Library on May 23, 2019. Pace shared the book “Westward Ho, Carlotta!” by Candace Fleming as part of the “Stories Sing!” program. (April Carlson / The Metropolitan)
During a “Kaleidoscope: Performing Arts for the Very Young” event, Emma plays the xylophone in the Dayton’s Bluff Library children’s section on May 23, 2019. Emma’s mom, a resident of Minneapolis, regularly attends storytime events with her two daughters at various metro area libraries. (April Carlson / The Metropolitan)
During a “Kaleidoscope: Performing Arts for the Very Young” event, Emma plays the xylophone in the Dayton’s Bluff Library children’s section on May 23, 2019. Emma’s mom, a resident of Minneapolis, regularly attends storytime events with her two daughters at various metro area libraries. (April Carlson / The Metropolitan)
Charlie Stately hoists a lodge pole with the canvas for a tipi on New Main’s front lawn on May 23, 2019. The tipi raising opened American Indian Heritage Month activities on Metro State’s St. Paul campus. Stately owns Woodland Indian Crafts at the Minneapolis American Indian Center. For the last decade, he has shared his tipis and expertise with the university community. (April Carlson / The Metropolitan)
Charlie Stately hoists a lodge pole with the canvas for a tipi on New Main’s front lawn on May 23, 2019. The tipi raising opened American Indian Heritage Month activities on Metro State’s St. Paul campus. Stately owns Woodland Indian Crafts at the Minneapolis American Indian Center. For the last decade, he has shared his tipis and expertise with the university community. (April Carlson / The Metropolitan)
Admissions counselor Sonya Hernandez secures the tipi canvas above the entrance using lacing pins. Event attendees were invited to help Stately raise the tipi. (April Carlson / The Metropolitan)
Admissions counselor Sonya Hernandez secures the tipi canvas above the entrance using lacing pins. Event attendees were invited to help Stately raise the tipi. (April Carlson / The Metropolitan)
Stately, left, speaks to Metro State community members, including President Ginny Arthur, far right. (April Carlson / The Metropolitan)
Stately, left, speaks to Metro State community members, including President Ginny Arthur, far right. (April Carlson / The Metropolitan)
(L-R) College of Community Studies and Public Affairs advisor Jill Wilkie, academic advisor Pauline Danforth, Stately, student Britany Austin and David Isham, student success coordinator. (April Carlson / The Metropolitan)
(L-R) College of Community Studies and Public Affairs advisor Jill Wilkie, academic advisor Pauline Danforth, Stately, student Britany Austin and David Isham, student success coordinator. (April Carlson / The Metropolitan)
Tish Jones, right, addresses the semifinalists of the BeHeard Youth Poetry Slam competition on March 8 at Metropolitan State University. Jones is executive director of TruArtSpeaks, an organization dedicated to empowering youth voices through hip-hop culture, education, literacy and outreach. The nonprofit organizes the annual competition for high school students from around the Twin Cities region. Students performed original poems and were assessed by a panel of judges. The poets who advanced at this stage went on to compete in the finals on March 30 at Steppingstone Theatre in St. Paul. (April Carlson / The Metropolitan)
Tish Jones, right, addresses the semifinalists of the BeHeard Youth Poetry Slam competition on March 8 at Metropolitan State University. Jones is executive director of TruArtSpeaks, an organization dedicated to empowering youth voices through hip-hop culture, education, literacy and outreach. The nonprofit organizes the annual competition for high school students from around the Twin Cities region. Students performed original poems and were assessed by a panel of judges. The poets who advanced at this stage went on to compete in the finals on March 30 at Steppingstone Theatre in St. Paul. (April Carlson / The Metropolitan)
Audience members listen to a poet during the BeHeard Youth Poetry Slam. Finalists go on to represent Minnesota at the Brave New Voices International Youth Poetry Slam Festival in Las Vegas this summer. (April Carlson / The Metropolitan)
Audience members listen to a poet during the BeHeard Youth Poetry Slam. Finalists go on to represent Minnesota at the Brave New Voices International Youth Poetry Slam Festival in Las Vegas this summer. (April Carlson / The Metropolitan)
High school poets listen to comments and feedback from the judges following the BeHeard Youth Poetry Slam competition. (April Carlson / The Metropolitan)
High school poets listen to comments and feedback from the judges following the BeHeard Youth Poetry Slam competition. (April Carlson / The Metropolitan)
Ya-Hsin Hsueh, left, Chin-Yu Yu and Huei-Cin Chen take selfies in their caps and gowns outside New Main on the St. Paul campus on Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019. The three business administration majors graduate at the end of spring semester and will walk in the commencement exercises at the Minneapolis Convention Center on April 27. They attended the Grad Expo in the Great Hall to purchase their regalia. (Photo by Margot M. Barry / The Metropolitan)
Ya-Hsin Hsueh, left, Chin-Yu Yu and Huei-Cin Chen take selfies in their caps and gowns outside New Main on the St. Paul campus on Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019. The three business administration majors graduate at the end of spring semester and will walk in the commencement exercises at the Minneapolis Convention Center on April 27. They attended the Grad Expo in the Great Hall to purchase their regalia. (Photo by Margot M. Barry / The Metropolitan)
Participants color magical beasts, foreground, while others construct bowtruckles from green pipe cleaners at “Beastly Reads,” a Harry Potter-themed event at the Metropolitan State University Library and Learning Center on Saturday, Dec. 1, 2018. (Photo by J.D. Ganfield / The Metropolitan)
Participants color magical beasts, foreground, while others construct bowtruckles from green pipe cleaners at “Beastly Reads,” a Harry Potter-themed event at the Metropolitan State University Library and Learning Center on Saturday, Dec. 1, 2018. (Photo by J.D. Ganfield / The Metropolitan)
More than 100 people attended the opening night reception of the 2019 Student Salon in the Gordon Parks Gallery on March 21. The show features the work of seven studio arts majors and two individualized studies majors. (Photo by Kathryn Ganfield / The Metropolitan)
More than 100 people attended the opening night reception of the 2019 Student Salon in the Gordon Parks Gallery on March 21. The show features the work of seven studio arts majors and two individualized studies majors. (Photo by Kathryn Ganfield / The Metropolitan)
Dawn Cramer’s paper flowers in the 2019 Student Salon in the Gordon Parks Gallery, Metropolitan State University Library and Learning Center, 645 E. Seventh St., St. Paul. Her work is also on view in “Botanicals” through March 30 at the St. Croix Galleries of ArtReach St. Croix, 224 N. Fourth St., Stillwater. (Photo by Kathryn Ganfield / The Metropolitan)
Dawn Cramer’s paper flowers in the 2019 Student Salon in the Gordon Parks Gallery, Metropolitan State University Library and Learning Center, 645 E. Seventh St., St. Paul. Her work is also on view in “Botanicals” through March 30 at the St. Croix Galleries of ArtReach St. Croix, 224 N. Fourth St., Stillwater. (Photo by Kathryn Ganfield / The Metropolitan)
Maurice Manton, left, and Anna Pladson read copies of The Metropolitan in a scene from “Alienation,” a winter 2018 production of Metro State’s theater department. (Photo by Matt Benyo)
Maurice Manton, left, and Anna Pladson read copies of The Metropolitan in a scene from “Alienation,” a winter 2018 production of Metro State’s theater department. (Photo by Matt Benyo)

Student Life

MSUSA candidate statements

April Carlson August 23, 2019

Want to cast a ballot for the new slate of student representatives? Here’s who’s running.

A&E

Art in the Hollow celebrates 10th anniversary

The only art festival on St. Paul’s East Side drew 80 artists and performers on June 1. Organizers of Art in the Hollow estimate that 2,000-plus people attended the event in Swede Hollow Park, near Metro State’s St. Paul campus.

Mandy Hathaway June 7, 2019

TECH

Select Slack to simplify group projects

Sandip Rai May 31, 2019

Ghosting group members. Forgotten files. Unfair shares of the workload. Group projects can be tough to take! Tech columnist suggests the Slack app may be the key to keeping your group on task.

Put your portfolio online

Sandip Rai February 1, 2019

Employers expect online—not paper—portfolios. Our tech columnist gives you all the options for creating your own portfolio website.

Level up your skills with Lynda

Sandip Rai November 1, 2018

Want to brush up on skills and strengths before you enter the workforce? Metro State offers free acess to Lynda.com video tutorials.

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