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Jonathon Holland is a two-time alumnus of UMN Crookston. He first attended from 1987-89 while the institution was a two-year school. He chose UMN Crookston based on advice from his father, who said he should find a career that he loves to do so it wouldn’t feel like he was going to work every day.

Jennifer Lax is a senior majoring in criminal justice and communication. She is a member of both the cross country and women’s basketball teams and is in the Criminal Justice Club. In her free time she loves to fish, hunt, snowboard, golf, read, and play video games on occasion.

We are excited to announce that “We are Number 1,” according to the recent U.S. News & World Report. In the category “Midwest Top Public Regional Colleges for 2021 we secured the top ranking. Thanks to the hard work of our faculty and staff, the campus has ranked in the top four for 24-consecutive years. This type of success is no accident but is

Planning, preparation, and implementation of COVID-19 processes to #ProtectTheNest at the University of Minnesota Crookston are working well. “We are navigating this new reality, taking disappointments as they come, but celebrating the fact we are here on campus and so far it's going quite well,” commented Chancellor Holz-Clause.

The University of Minnesota Crookston has been ranked one of the best in the latest rankings from U.S.News released in early September. In the category Midwest Top Public Regional Colleges for 2020, the U of M Crookston ranked in the number one spot. The campus has ranked in the top four consecutively for 24 years.