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Sammy Gutierrez is from Riverside, California, and because part of her family is from Michoacán, Mexico, she grew up in a Spanish speaking household with her three sisters. Gutierrez played softball throughout her childhood, and started playing tennis in high school. Sammy was recruited to play softball for UMN Crookston, but after switching her sp

University of Minnesota Crookston’s maintenance carpenter, Vern Shafer, has a knack for repurposing things and after seven years on campus, he’s still turning heads with his projects. Among his most popular pieces of art are wood tables he created using the former bleachers of Lysaker Gymnasium. The tables can be seen in the Leadership Room on the

Sarah Velasquez is from Chino, California, where she grew up with her sister, Amanda, and parents, Tony and Maria Velasquez. She played softball throughout her childhood, and played four years of varsity softball and tennis in high school.

The University of Minnesota Crookston campus offers many beautiful things for students and staff to admire. Did you know one of those things is a banana tree? The root stock of the campus tree is around 116 years old; that’s older than sliced bread! Inside the campus greenhouse is where the banana tree lives, a place where students can watch it gro

University of Minnesota Crookston students involved with the Multicultural International Club participated in the annual Chalk It Up art event in downtown Crookston September 10 and won first place in the student art contest sponsored by Crookston Rotary Club. Students earned a $350 cash prize for their artwork on 2nd St.