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Rep. Hodan Hassan, center, speaks at the Metropolitan State University Alumni Association’s “Breakfast at the Capitol” in the Minnesota Senate Building on Jan. 25, 2019. The event brings together legislators and Metro State supporters to discuss public policy. Hassan is a 2010 graduate of Metro State with a bachelor’s degree in social work. She was elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in 2018 to represent House District 62A in south Minneapolis. Sen. Sandy Pappas, right, hosts the annual breakfast. She is a Metro State alumna and has served as an adjunct faculty member. Since 1990, Pappas has represented Senate District 65 in St. Paul. Kent Whitworth, left, is director and CEO of the Minnesota Historical Society. (Eli Bartz / The Metropolitan)

Metro State alumni lead at the Legislature

Metro State alumni and legislators discussed common goals and the common good at a breakfast in the Minnesota Senate Building on Jan. 25, 2019. The event was organized by the Metropolitan State University Alumni Association.

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Read more about the article MCTC professor brings novel discussion to Metro State
Dr. Shannon Gibney’s writings await students attending her talk in the Metropolitan State University Student Center on Dec. 6, 2018. Gibney is the author of the young adult novel “Dream Country,” published in 2018 by Dutton Books. She contributed the short story “Lonestar” to “Sky Blue Water,” an anthology of children’s literature by Minnesota authors and published by the University of Minnesota Press. Photo by April Carlson

MCTC professor brings novel discussion to Metro State

Dr. Shannon Gibney discussed her young adult novel “Dream Country” with philosophy students at Metro State on Dec. 6, 2018.

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Read more about the article Q+A with President Arthur: This year’s priorities, prospects for new arts center
President Ginny Arthur at the awards ceremony for the Student Poster Conference in New Main Great Hall on Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2018. Photo by Eli Bartz

Q+A with President Arthur: This year’s priorities, prospects for new arts center

The Metropolitan met with President Ginny Arthur on Oct. 18, 2018 for an hourlong conversation about presidential priorities, strategic planning, and prospects for building a center for fine and performing arts in Brooklyn Park.

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Read more about the article 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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Read more about the article 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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