2003 news releases
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December 31,
2003 - Hibbing Community College joins Northeast Higher
Education District
December
31, 2003 - Training for Minnesota's dislocated workers jumps
in 2003
December
31, 2003 - New brochure about health care education available
from Minnesota State Colleges and Universities
December
18, 2003 - News Release from ACTE. Clifford Vrieze earns
ACTE Teacher of the Year Award
December
18, 2003 - Interim president named for Alexandria Technical
College
December 18, 2003 - More financial aid for lower-income and part-time
students advocated by Minnesota State Colleges and Universities
trustees
December
10, 2003 - Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Trustee
Dusek appointed to National Committee
December
10, 2003 - National Guard troops in Bosnia earn college
credit online
October
27, 2003 - Acting president for Alexandria Technical College
named as search begins to replace Shellito
October 22,
2003 - Minnesota State Colleges and Universities enrollment
increases for fifth consecutive year
September 30,
2003 - Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Trustee
Mary Choate reappointed to Association of Community College
Trustees Board
September 29,
2003 - Erickson to complete 2,300-mile bicycle tour to raise
awareness of the needs of part-time students
September
8, 2003 - Minnesota State Colleges and Universities awards
grants for diversity and anti-racism projects
September
3, 2003 - Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System
purchases downtown Minneapolis property to expand higher education
offerings
August
28, 2003 - New 14-day application deadlines to apply for
financial aid
August 21,
2003 - Robert Erickson's bike trip itinerary
August
21, 2003 - Former Trustee bikes for bucks for part-time
college students
July 31, 2003
- Governor Pawlenty appoints Tyler Despins to the Minnesota
State Colleges and Universities Board of Trustees
July 16,
2003 - Board of Trustees elects officers
July 16, 2003 - Minnesota State Colleges and Universities approves tuition increase
July 11, 2003 - Unique
collaboration offers online college courses to National Guard
troops overseas
July 3, 2003 - U.S. Department
of Education determines some Metropolitan State University students
were ineligible to receive financial aid
June 18, 2003 - Chancellor
McCormick's contract extended two years by Minnesota State Colleges
and Universities Board of Trustees
June 18, 2003 - Douglas Allen
appointed as president of Ridgewater College
June 18, 2003 - Minnesota
State Colleges and Universities Board of Trustees approves new
college name
June 18, 2003 - New gun regulations
for campuses adopted by Minnesota State Colleges and Universities
Board of Trustees
June 18, 2003 - Request
for $275 million in building, remodeling projects approved by
Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Board
June 16, 2003 - Douglas Allen
recommended as president of Ridgewater College
June 13, 2003 - Students
at Minnesota State Colleges and Universities to pay 12.6 percent
more in tuition and fees under proposed increases
May 30, 2003 - Legislature
approves $59.7 million bonding request for Minnesota State Colleges
and Universities
May 21, 2003 - Terrence Leas
chosen as president of Riverland Community College
May 21, 2003 - Name changes
approved for Southwest State University and Anoka-Hennepin Technical
College
May 19, 2003 - Terrence Leas
recommended for president of Riverland Community College
May 14, 2003 - New online
portfolios available for students, teachers and residents through
Minnesota State Colleges and Universities
May 8, 2003 - Three
finalists recommended for Ridgewater College presidency
April 22, 2003 - Four
finalists recommended for Riverland Community College presidency
April 22, 2003 - Minnesota
State Colleges and Universities presents 2002-2003 Academic
and Student Affairs Awards
March 26, 2003 - Minnesota
State Colleges and Universities Board Chair Mary Choate appointed
to national college board
January 29, 2003 - Minnesota
State Colleges and Universities Prepare Bonding Request
January 23, 2003 - Tentative
Settlements Approved in Class-Action Lawsuits
January 23, 2003
- Reorganization of the state colleges and universities in northwestern
Minnesota gains permanent status - Minnesota State Colleges
and Universities trustees approve streamlined structure
January 6, 2003 - Jacquart
Recognized at ACTE Annual Convention