The University of Minnesota Crookston is excited to announce alumnus Wemimo Abbey 2013, recently featured in the New York Times for work related to his multimillion dollar company, will be the keynote speaker for both commencements Saturday, May 8.
Last month, University of Minnesota President Joan Gabel announced regarding fall 2021, "with optimism and caution, the University plans to return to a pre-pandemic environment in teaching, research, service, and other facets of in-person and on-campus life" (click here to read the press release). This decision reflects current trends suggesting
The University of Minnesota Crookston’s Student Chapter of The Wildlife Society along with faculty, staff and other students cleared over 35 acres of bushland habitat in the Palmville Wildlife Management Area (WMA) in Roseau County last month.
The Minnesota Thoroughbred industry foals out between 150-200 foals each year across the state of Minnesota. These foals become a part of an industry that brings $409 million in economic impact to the State of Minnesota, per a 2017 University of Minnesota economic impact report.
Hands-on learning is typical at the University of Minnesota Crookston, more so in March as students majoring in animal and equine science are in the heart of caring for newborns in several barns. It's lambing, kidding, calving, and foaling season on campus and Animal and Equine Science faculty, staff and students are busy providing support for both
Chancellor Mary Holz-Clause has agreed to assume the role of Acting Executive Chancellor for the University of Minnesota Crookston and Morris campuses for a two-year term to support Acting Chancellor Janet Ericksen of Morris starting this summer.
Untamed wilderness. Imagine soaring through the skies and patrolling the roads amidst the beautiful diverse mix of scenery, tundra and grand mountain peaks. This is what University of Minnesota Crookston alumnus Brian Lemay 2018 experiences daily. Lemay is a wildlife trooper for the Alaska State Troopers.
“For me, that is exactly what UMN Crookston became,” said UMN Crookston Eleora DeMuth, an agricultural education and communications double major. “It was a platform for me to be able to open up and experience who I was and what my identity was and who I could become during college and beyond.”
He said he didn’t see himself farming. “I grew up a little north and east of Crookston, I never knew agriculture would be part of my career path, Proulx said.” Rob Proulx, Ph.D, University of Minnesota Crookston, agronomy lecturer, started his undergraduate studies as a business major and transferred to UMN Crookston earning his bachelor’s degree
Today the University of Minnesota Crookston and the University of Minnesota Morris announced a collaboration in the area of admissions. This collaboration will strengthen each campus’s enrollment in person and online while allowing them both to provide more effective and efficient recruitment operations.