Rebooted, rebranded, revitalized: Health and wellness club becomes THEM
Student organization gets new name and leadership.
Students attend QPR suicide prevention training in the Student Center, St. Paul campus, on Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2018.
Photo by Elizabeth Todd
Campus workshops teach suicide prevention skills
QPR trainings show students how to recognize warning signs and intervene.
First-Generation College Student Organization members (L-R) Mai Yang, Wendy Vang Roberts, and Winnie Nyange plan future events at their club meeting on Feb. 14 in room L118 of Founders Hall.
Photo by Scott Lindell
First-generation students form friendly club
First-generation college students come up against many challenges, but now they have another source of support on campus.
Marcia Ballinger is the featured speaker at the 2018 Metro State Career Ideas Festival. She is co-founder of Ballinger Leafblad, a St. Paul executive search firm.
Photo courtesy of Marcia Ballinger
Networking expert headlines Career Ideas Festival
Minnesota recruiter will reveal nine networking mistakes and how to avoid them.
Metro State screenwriting students Jauston Campbell, Andrew Mueller, Sam Stiegelmeier and Adam Moyer in California for Steve Kaplan's Comedy Intensive, a two-day comedy writing workshop held Feb. 24-25, 2018.
Photo courtesy of Adam Moyer
Witty writers wing it: Screenwriting students fly to Los Angeles for comedy workshop
Professional development opportunity funded by student fees committee.
Images by Jen Zwick/Flickr; Graphic by Dominique Hlavac
ASL club builds campus awareness of deaf culture
Improving the bond between deaf and hearing people on campus is the aim of Metro State’s State’s American Sign Language (ASL) Student Organization.
Photo by Robert Occhialini, Flickr Creative Common
Commentary: Student says ‘hear, hear’ for Shakespeare
On our first day of class, we went around and did the usual introductions: name, major, and why we were taking LIT 377 Shakespeare. Many of my fellow students said they put off taking the class until their very last semester.
Pamela Fergus, some of
her students in PSYC 212, and Nutrition Services staff pose for photos at J.J. Hill Montessori in St. Paul on Oct. 13, 2017. The
class presented a check for $10,000 to the school to pay off more than a year’s worth of student lunch debt. Photo by Kathryn Ganfield.
‘Philando Feeds the Children’ distributes first funds to J.J. Hill Elementary
Psychology students raise $94,000 to eliminate lunch debt for St. Paul schools.
Photo by Scott Lindell
Beat back writer’s block at the Writing Center
Metro State students have reams of writing assignments every semester. And the checklist for a quality paper is daunting: correct punctuation, proper grammar, flawless citations and clear writing. Luckily, there’s help to be had on campus.
Human Subjects Review Board protects research participants
Before an experiment can be conducted on human beings at Metro State, it must pass muster with the Human Subjects Review Board (HSRB).The HSRB is responsible for reviewing research proposals from faculty and students.