Emma Lundgren, a first-year medical student at the University of Minnesota Medical School CentraCare Regional Campus in St. Cloud, was recently recognized as the recipient of the 2025 CentraCare Foundation Scholarship for Rural Medicine.
Read MoreAlleviating Student Food Insecurity in Central Minnesota
When Feeding Area Children Together (FACT) Director and Co-Founder Sara Greenberg-Hassan’s son asked if taking food from a school cafeteria trash can was stealing, she wasn’t expecting to take on a new role as community problem-solver. The mom of four was seven months pregnant with her youngest child then. But during the ensuing conversation, Greenberg-Hassan’s children began sharing stories of classmates who went to the nurse’s office every Monday morning with empty, aching tummies or those who nervously wondered if there would be enough food left for them by the time they got to the end of the cafeteria serving line. The family conversation about food insecurity and the realities of kids not having enough to eat made everyone think. Greenberg-Hassan’s second grader asked, “What will we do about this?” His question haunted the young mother as she wondered what some of her kids’ peers were experiencing and what her role was in helping them.
Read MoreLISTENING, HEARING, CREATING CHANGE →
On Tuesday, August 15, over 131 attendees from Central Minnesota filled the Cascade Room in St. Cloud State University’s Atwood Ballroom. Dr. Michael Rodriquez, dean of the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Minnesota, researches how social and cultural conditions influence learning and development. As he gazed at the crowd from the podium at the front of the room, he declared, “I hope we hear our students, because we have a lot to do.”
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