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| Motto: | A Tradition of Excellence and Opportunity |
| Established: | 1869 |
| Type: | Public |
| President: | Dr. Earl H. Potter III |
| Faculty: | 730 |
| Undergraduates: | 15,614 |
| Postgraduates: | 1,559 |
| Location: | St. Cloud, Minnesota, United States |
| Campus: | Urban |
| Colors: | Cardinal red and black |
| Mascot: | Blizzard the Husky |
| Website: | www.stcloudstate.edu |
St. Cloud State University (SCSU) is a four year university and part of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) system, located in St. Cloud, Minnesota on the banks of the Mississippi River. Currently, there are close to 17,000 students enrolled, making it the 2nd largest university in Minnesota. St. Cloud State University is located in St. Cloud, Minnesota, with a metropolitan area of 150,000 people.
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The university was created as a Normal school, then developed college level programs for teachers. It has since grown and now awards bachelors degrees in over 60 programs, including anthropology, aviation, biology, business, chemistry, computer engineering, computer science, criminal justice, education, electrical engineering, film studies, mathematics, meteorology, music, physics, social science, and theatre. The university awards Masters degrees in over 40 programs, including music, electrical engineering, mathematics, mechanical engineering, and applied statistics.[1] The university, along with Minnesota State University, Mankato, will be the first colleges in MnSCU to offer PhD programs.[citation needed].
The University maintains an overseas facility at Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, England, and offers numerous other study-abroad program locations around the world.
The university currently sponsors 21 Division II teams and is a member of the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference. The St. Cloud State's men'a and women's hockey teams also compete in Division I for ice hockey as a member of the WCHA division. Their mascot is the Husky.
A total of 20 former St. Cloud State hockey players have gone on to play professionally in the NHL. Hockey Hall of Famer Frank Brimsek played for the Huskies in 1933-34 before going on to a sterling professional career with the Boston Bruins and Chicago from 1938-50. He helped Boston win two Stanley Cup titles and he is a member of both the international and United State Hockey Hall of Fames.
Other former SCSU players to skate in the NHL include Sam LoPresti, Len Esau, Steve Martinson, Tyler Arnason, Casey Borer, Tim Conboy, Matt Cullen, Jeff Finger, Bret Hedican, Joe Jensen, Fred Knipscheer, Ryan Malone, Joe Motzko, Mark Parrish, Duvie Westcott, Mark Hartigan, Andreas Nodl, Nate Raduns and Andrew Gordon. In recent years, Matt Cullen and Bret Hedican helped Carolina win the Stanley Cup in 2006, while Mark Hartigan and Joe Motzko were with Anaheim when the Ducks won the Stanley Cup in 2007. Hartigan was later a member of the Detroit Red Wings during their Stanley Cup championship season in 2008.
The SCSU men's hockey program made the move to the NCAA Division I level in 1987-88, and it joined the always rugged WCHA in 1990-91. The Huskies play all of their home games in the National Hockey Center (5,371 capacity), which was opened on Dec. 16, 1989. The SCSU women's hockey team began its first season of intercollegiate competition in 1998-99.
Former SCSU football player Todd Bouman is a veteran quarterback in the NFL. He has played for Minnesota, New Orleans, Green Bay, Jacksonville and most recently with the Baltimore Ravens in 2008. Other former SCSU players to play professional football in the NFL include Keith Nord (Minnesota), Ben Nelson (Minnesota), Jeff Hazuga (Minnesota), Harry Jackson (Green Bay), John Kimbrough (Buffalo, New England and Oakland). Of note, Ben Nelson was named the 2006 Arena Football League Rookie of the Year while playing for the San Jose SaberCats.
SCSU women's basketball player Erika Quigley was named the NCAA Division II Player of the Year in 2007.
SCSU's Nate Jimmerson won the NCAA Division II men's one- and three-meter diving titles in 2008. Former SCSU athlete Mary Ahlin won the NCAA Division II titles in women's one- and three-meter diving in 1998 and 1999, while Sarah Loquai won the NCAA Division II women's one-meter diving in 1997.
The St. Cloud State softball team placed third in the nation at the NCAA Division II softball championships in 2004.
St. Cloud State University was a charter member of the Northern Intercollegiate Conference (which has since become known as the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference) in 1932, St. Cloud State competed as a member of the North Central Conference at the NCAA Division II level from 1982 to 2008. The North Central Conference disbanded at the end of the 2007-08 academic year, and St. Cloud State's NCAA Division II sports once again became members of the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference in 2008-09.
The main athletic facilities at St. Cloud State University include Husky Stadium (football and soccer), Halenbeck Hall (indoor track and field, swimming and diving, volleyball, wrestling and basketball), the National Hockey Center (ice hockey), Selke Field (softball) and Joe Faber Field (baseball).
The school operates a radio station, KVSC 88.1 FM. Students also publish a newspaper, the University Chronicle. Students also run a television station known as UTVS, which recently won first place for best student news and productions from the Society of Professional Journalists, as well as honorable mention at a New York competition in 2004.
In the 1986-1987 season, Herb Brooks, the 1980 USA men's Olympic hockey coach, became the coach of the Huskies and helped SCSU hockey team achieve Division I status. He also helped lead efforts to build the National Hockey Center. A small street near the National Hockey Center was named for Brooks shortly after his death.[2]
In 1988, minor riots erupted over two days at the university during their homecoming week. According the university's communications director, students were throwing empty beer cans into the Sousaphones as the band marched along the parade route. Police, state patrol and neighboring law enforcement officers used tear gas to deal with a crowd estimated at 1,500, many of them students. There were 50 arrests. As a result, the university canceled homecoming parades. Several minor injuries were reported, and furniture and cars were burned. Subsequently, homecoming week was scheduled later in the year in the hope that the cold would reduce the risk of drunken misbehavior.[3][4] As a result, the city of St. Cloud instituted an ordinance requiring residents to obtain a permit to possess a beer keg.[5]
SCSU was mentioned in an episode of Penn & Teller: Bullshit!. Penn and Teller used the school as an example of the prevalence of unnecessary political correctness in the American college system.[6]
In December 2002, retired professor Myrtle “Buster” Cooper and associate professor of teacher development Michael Davis [7] mailed a series of letters to Twin Cities high schools and churches describing St. Cloud as a "community with a long and sordid record of racism" and advising minority students to not attend the university. One of the authors was a former professor who had previously sued the university for racial discrimination, harassment and reprisal when he was not given tenure. A federal court ruling noted the plaintiff had signed a contract agreeing to complete his PhD and that the university had extended his employment five years and provided two paid leaves of absence in support of that goal. The lawsuit was dismissed. [8] The same individual has written numerous articles in a Minneapolis black weekly paper, referring to St. Cloud as "White Cloud".[9]
In February 2002, a report issued by a regional office of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) found that faculty and staff they interviewed at St. Cloud State University believe that systemic sexism, racism, and antiSemitism exist at St. Cloud, and that the university is a difficult place for anyone who has a perspective outside of "mainstream white, Christian thinking." The regional EEOC report concluded that the university "suffers from a severe lack of credibility with regard to diversity issues."[10]
The University's Affirmative Action Officer, a black woman, replied by describing the EEOC comments as "an unwarranted attack on her office". She also questioned the diversity of the witnesses interviewed for the report, stating "at no time has the AAO evaded the task of ensuring equal employment opportunity."[11]
In late 2007, St. Cloud State was one of a list of U.S. colleges where vandals drew swastikas on campus property. The symbols were found in toilet stalls in the student center and a residence hall bathroom mirror and white board. The university issued a series of "safety alerts" and described the vandalism in terms ranging from "hate crime" to "bias-motivated property damage". [12]
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