University Chronicle

The fifth annual Anti-Racist Pedagogy Across the Curriculum workshop for higher education teachers is open for registration.

The workshop, which is scheduled as a split-session workshop, will take place May 15-17 in Atwood and May 20-23 in 51B.

Registration is open to all MnSCU teaching faculty, as well as other higher education institutions.

The goal of the workshop, as stated on SCSU’s website, is “to understand how race, racism, and privilege frame our professional lives and contexts and how racism manifests in our classrooms.”

Week one of the workshop, which will be in the Glacier Room of Atwood, focuses on the historical and contextual work on dismantling racism.

It was the perfect way for SCSU senior Shamus O’Grady to go out.

On Nov. 9 in Birmingham, Ala., the Coon Rapids native won the NCAA Division II Individual title at 184-pounds with a 12-2 major decision over Quachita Baptist’s Dallas Smith.

The new champion finished the season with a 40-1 overall record, tying the school record for most wins. He was also named the tournament’s most outstanding wrestler.

The most impressive win for O’Grady came in the semifinals when he took down Travis McKillop of Pitt-Johnstown by a score of 6-4. Going into the match, McKillop was predicted to win the D2 Most Dominating Wrestler Award.

The Earth Day Run will return to SCSU on April 19-20. The event, titled Scheels Earth Day Half Marathon, is central Minnesota’s largest running event, with an expected 4,500 runners, volunteers and spectators to participate.

SCSU’s annual five-race weekend is being sponsored by Scheels. Other sponsors include BLEND, Coborn’s, St. Cloud Subaru, St. Cloud Times, Noodles & Company, Wild Country 99, House of Pizza, Franklin Outdoor Advertising, Capital One and Bernick’s.

There will be five races runners can register to participate in, a 1K, 5K Corporate Challenge, 5k, Half Marathon Relay and Half Marathon.

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SCSU’s economic impact is $529 million and 6,579 jobs, according to a study commissioned by MnSCU.

The study estimates the combined economic impact of the SCSU and St. Cloud Tech on the regional economy to be $640 million and 8,061 jobs.

The results of the study suggest that for every $100 produced in the region, $4 are related to SCSU – whether directly or indirectly.

“In addition to focusing on the success of our students on a global scale, St. Cloud State plays a vital role in supporting our state and regional economy on many levels,” said President Earl H. Potter III in a news release.

A heartbreaking last-second loss ended the weekend and the NSIC playoffs for the SCSU women’s basketball team.

The final score against Winona State (21-10) was 47-45. Just seven seconds earlier, the Huskies (19-9)  had the lead at 45-44.

Senior guard Nicole Anderson spent 38 minutes on the court and earned 12 points, making half of her field goal attempts and earning 9 rebounds.

Game-high points and rebounds went to Winona players Becca Friestleben, getting 15 points, and Michelle Tobin and Abby Bush, earning 11 and 10 rebounds, respectively.

The Huskies ended the game ahead in percentage-made field goals and 3-pointers.

The dean of the College of Science and Engineering is resigning, effective June 1.

David DeGroote has served SCSU as a faculty member and chair of the Department of Biological Sciences, in addition to his work as dean.

He started as a faculty member at SCSU in 1985 and served in that role until he took over as the chair of the Department of Biological Sciences in 1996. In 2003, DeGroote became the dean of the College of Science and Engineering and will finish his time at SCSU with that title.

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Strike, dance, sing. The SCSU Women’s Center encouraged students to do it all to end violence against women and girls.

In this year’s V-Day celebration, the spotlight campaign was One Billion Rising, a global event aimed at getting one billion women dancing on Feb. 14.

According to reports, one in three women worldwide will be beaten or raped in her lifetime.

The One Billion Rising website says, “One billion women violated is an atrocity. One billion women dancing is a revolution.”

In honor of V-Day at SCSU, the Women’s Center dedicated its weekly Women on Wednesday presentation to showing the film “Until the Violence Stops”.

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SCSU will invest in a high definition future, and changes could take place as early as September.

The university announced that it will invest $4.8 million in broadcasting upgrades, according to the university website.

The funds will be used to complete an overhaul of TV cable and broadcast delivery systems, resulting in digital, high-definition broadcasts from “many venues on campus,” the release said. The university currently utilizes an analog system.

As the result of extensive study by a broad-based Media/Broadcasting Work Group and campus-wide cost savings and carryover funds, the money was saved.

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A two minute stretch of four-on-four hockey proved to be the difference in the Huskies 4-2 loss at the hands of the number-one-ranked team in the nation, University of Minnesota Golden Gophers.

SCSU’s much-anticipated series against the Gophers opened to a standing-room-only crowd Friday night at the NHEC.

The Huskies, sitting atop the WCHA, hosted the Gophers, who began the series five points behind the Huskies and in third place, for the final games between the two schools where points are on the line.

A special election will be held on Feb. 12 to fill the House District 14A seat, which was left vacant after the resignation of former Rep. Steve Gottwalt (R-St. Cloud).

District 19A was also left vacant after a resignation by Rep. Terry Morrow, DFL-St. Peter.

Gov. Dayton issued Writs of Special Election to fill vacancies in Legislative Districts 14A and 19A.

Three candidates are vying for the seat that represents the eastern part of Stearns County, including much of St. Cloud.