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MSU student dies in car accident
A Minnesota State student who was preparing to transfer to the University of Wisconsin-River Falls died last week from injuries received in a May 21 car accident.
Tyler Bunne, 20, was one of five people involved in an early-morning one-car accident after the driver of the vehicle lost control and crashed into a tree near LeRoy, Minn.…
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Lowest tuition increase of decade passed
Next fall the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system will experience the lowest tuition increase in a decade.
MnSCU's Board of Trustees recently approved the budget that will lead to a tuition increase of three percent for students attending state universities and two percent for community and technical college students during the 2008-2009 school year.…
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In pursuit of peaceMSU grad to serve in Mongolia as part of Peace Corps
Tysen Dauer seems to have a unique definition of the term "summer vacation." The 21-year-old Minnesota State graduate spent the summer of 2006 studying Greek at Colombia University in New York. During the summer of 2007, he contemplated contemporary German philosophy at the University of Tubingen in Germany.…
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'Aluminum assassins' strike MSU
Psychology professor Andi Lassiter and others were in for quite the surprise when they walked into the Minnesota State Pyschology Office at the Wiecking Center May 7.
The entire office had been wrapped in tinfoil - everything from walls and furniture to computers, coffee mugs and lamp shades.…
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Nursing a causeTaylor family gives $7 million to fund nursing institute, endowed chair
It seems Christmas has come early for Minnesota State's nursing department.
The department recently received a pledged $7 million donation from Glen and Becky Taylor to aid in the creation of a nursing institute for family and society and doctoral fellowships in nursing.…
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Bullying for big kidsMSU's workplace bullying survey shows mixed results
For many, the word "bullying" brings to mind images of a cackling chubby kid holding a boy upside down and shaking milk money out of his pockets, but there is more to it than that. The issue of bullying between adults in the workplace was recently addressed in a Minnesota State workplace bullying survey.…
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