Engagement, Outreach & Service

Gift of Time

Have you heard that one of the greatest gifts you can give is your time? There are endless ways to do just that in Crookston and the surrounding area is by finding places to volunteer! We cannot think of a better way to engage and love Crookston.

Outreach and Engagements helps...

• Coordinate campus activities within the community at the University's leased space, The Nest on Broadway, in downtown Crookston.
• Coordinate and serve - Meals on Wheels, Scruffy Tails, Beyond the Yellow Ribbon, Jolt & Jive, Empower Crookston, North Country Food Bank.
• Lead the planning and promotion for large campus events open to the public such as building dedications, community collaborations, and campus events. Roger D. Moe Library dedication, Fred E. Wood Welcome Center dedication, Night to Unite - National Night Out, UMN Board of Regents visit, Welcome Back picnic.
• Lead and coordinate planning of U of M Crookston's activities for Region One FFA, Crookston’s annual Ox Cart Days celebration in August, including hosting the annual Ice Cream Social, Taste of Crookston, Veterans Recognition, Hugo's Cookout Fundraiser, and helping coordinate U of M Crookston’s participation in the Torchlight Parade.