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College of Individualized Studies presents:

CIS Coffee Break

  • From Tuesday, January 13 through Tuesday, May 5
  • Saint John’s Hall
    Second Floor College of Individualized Studies Student Lounge
    405 Maria Avenue, Saint Paul

CIS COFFEE BREAK – SPRING 2026
Coffee • Conversation • Community

Tuesdays, 11 a.m.—12:30 p.m.
CIS Student Lounge—St. John’s Hall, 2nd Floor
Saint Paul Campus, 700 East Seventh Street

Why Attend Coffee Break?
Relax, recharge, and connect with CIS students, alumni, faculty, and staff. Enjoy coffee, snacks, and student-led topics that spark ideas, build community, and address loneliness and isolation.

March 10 Spring Break—no classes or coffee break

March 17 event theme for Coffee Break 9:

  • Guest – Shawn Keller ’25
  • The Non-Traditional Path: Bridging Diverse Experiences and the CIS Degree—Join CIS alumnus Shawn Keller for a candid conversation on turning diverse career experience into a cohesive CIS degree. Through story and dialogue, explore how work, prior learning, and intentional course choices can shape a purposeful academic path—and come together in the Capstone.

**Come for the coffee. Stay for the community. **