Campus news
January, 2012
- Senior Police Officer Aaron Cawthorne, a 2007 graduate of Concordia University, St. Paul, was honored with the Medal of Valor for his role in the rescue of three young people from a burning SUV last summer. Cawthorne was one of six officers honored on Dec. 14, 2011, by the Des Moines, Iowa Police Department.
- Chandra Mehrotra, dean of special projects at The College of St. Scholastica, was honored by the Gerontological Society of America for mentoring minority researchers in the field of aging. He was also the subject of an extensive interview about distance learning in The Human Factor, a leading HR magazine of Asia.
- Augsburg College's Harry Boyte will serve as coordinator of the American Commonwealth Project, a nationwide initiative with the White House and U.S. Department of Education, to foster citizenship and citizen engagement. Learn more and join the effort.
- The 225,000-square-foot Anderson Student Center at the University of St. Thomas opened its doors on Jan. 17. Its completion caps a multi-building construction project resulting in part from a $60 million gift from Lee and Penny Anderson. The new facility features dining, retail, meeting and recreation spaces.
- The latest Macalester College video featuring President Brian Rosenberg playing the part of Scrooge has received coverage from the Star Tribune, MPR, The Chronicle of Higher Education, and The Washington Post. Also, Garrison Keillor is bringing his bookstore to Macalester. The student newspaper broke the story.
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