Metropolitan State Receives Insight Into Diversity 2021 Higher Education Excellence In Diversity (HEED) Award
Saint Paul, Minnesota Sept. 21, 2021 — Today, Metropolitan State University received the 2021 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the oldest and largest diversity-focused publication in higher education. As a recipient of the annual HEED Award — a national honor recognizing U.S. colleges and universities that demonstrate an outstanding commitment to diversity and inclusion —…
Metropolitan State joins the Nursing Climate Challenge
Preparing nurses to care for patients and communities in a changing climate is our priority at Metropolitan State University. The administration in the College of Nursing and Health Sciences announces the signing of a partnership with the Nurses Climate Challenge to educate the university’s nursing students on the health impacts of climate change.
“This partnership brings environmental health education with a focus on the hazards and…
President Ginny Arthur elected Board Chair of Comunidades Latinas Unidas en Servicio (CLUES)
Metropolitan State University President Virginia “Ginny” Arthur has been elected Board Chair of the Comunidades Latinas Unidas en Servicio (CLUES).
CLUES is Minnesota’s largest Latino-led nonprofit organization, founded in 1981 by and for Latinos. Its purpose is to ensure the advancement of social and economic equity and wellbeing for Latinos in Minnesota. CLUES has offices on the East Side of Saint Paul, Lake Street in Minneapolis,…
$1.48M AANAPI Grant helps Metropolitan State serve ‘Asian Minnesotan’ students
Saint Paul, Minnesota— Metropolitan State University is pleased to announce it has been recognized for its commitment to equity and inclusion with an award from the U.S. Department of Education. The university is recognized as an Asian American Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institution and is the only four-year institution in the Minnesota State system to receive this grant.
Metropolitan State recognizes the…
President Ginny Arthur is re-elected to Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities executive committee
Saint Paul, Minnesota—Metropolitan State University President Ginny Arthur has been re-elected to the Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities (CUMU) executive committee.
Elections were conducted virtually on Oct. 27, 2020 during the CUMU president’s council meeting. Members of the executive committee are presidents and…
Metropolitan State renews scholarship with Consulate of Mexico in Saint Paul
Saint Paul, Minnesota— Metropolitan State University and the Consulate of Mexico in Saint Paul signed a memorandum today continuing a scholarship sponsored by the Institute of Mexicans Abroad (IME) Fellowship Program.
The memorandum was signed by Metropolitan State President Virginia “Ginny” Arthur and Head Consul Gerardo Guerrero Gomez of the Consulate of Mexico in Saint Paul, Aug. 20 at the Consulate of Mexica in Saint Paul.…
Board of Trustees Educators of the Year Awards recognize two Metropolitan State employees
ST. PAUL, Minn., April 22, 2020 – The Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities today recognized eight individuals with Awards for Excellence. These awards are conferred annually to college and university teaching faculty and university administrative service faculty to acknowledge and provide systemwide recognition for consistently superior professional achievement and to encourage the ongoing…
The Metropolitan State Foundation Board welcomes new member, Jeanette Augustson
Saint Paul, Minn.— Metropolitan State University welcomes Jeanette Augustson to the Metropolitan State Foundation Board of Trustees.
Augustson is the Executive Director of Operations for the HealthPartners Institute. She helps lead research and clinical education teams across HealthPartners, the largest consumer-governed, nonprofit health care organization in the nation. Augustson holds a…
Leslee LeRoux named new member of Metropolitan State Foundation Board
Saint Paul, Minn.— Metropolitan State University has named a new member, Leslee LeRoux, to the Metropolitan State Foundation Board of Trustees.
Leslee LeRoux is the Vice President of Marketing and Business Development at TKDA, an engineering, architecture and planning firm that has been serving public and private clients for more than 109 years from its headquarters in downtown Saint Paul…
Grant will support Metropolitan State’s School of Urban Education to recruit and support teacher candidates
Saint Paul, Minn.— The School of Urban Education (UED) at Metropolitan State University has been awarded a Collaborative Urban and Greater Minnesota Educators of Color (CUGMEC) Grant from the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board (PELSB).
The total grant award in the amount of $406,000 will be used to recruit and raise the number of teacher candidates who are of color or who are American Indian into the…