Wellstone International High School is joining the Minneapolis College campus community beginning fall semester 2022. The move will enable Wellstone students to readily access Postsecondary Education Options (PSEO) courses and seamlessly matriculate to the College upon graduation.

Wellstone International High School, part of the Minneapolis Public Schools system, serves more than 200 multilingual and international students ages 17-21. Wellstone students earn college credits while completing their high school pathway.

Minneapolis College has just completed its four-year Assurance Review with the Higher Learning Commission (HLC). The College was rated as meeting all criteria for accreditation with no monitoring or conditions. This successful review was the result of an effort coordinated by Institutional Effectiveness over the past 2 years that involved more than 60 contributors from divisions across the College.

Minneapolis College provides access to the transformative power of education in a diverse and dynamic downtown environment. Continuing Education and Workforce Development extends the College’s many resources, including faculty, facilities, and its mission.

When the local protests over the murder of George Floyd began in May of 2020, it quickly inspired a global protest movement against police brutality and racial inequality. Aurora Adams was inspired to take to the streets alongside individuals who shared similar values to help people who were organizing for change. Adams engaged her first responder skills, developed during her enlistment in the National Guard, to provide emergency care for individuals who were harmed by CS Gas, rubber bullets and generalized violence. 

A Minneapolis College Foundation and New Dawn Theater collaboration.

June 17, 18, 23 and 24 at 7 p.m.
June 18 and 25 at 2 p.m.
Whitney Fine Arts Theater
Free and open to the public.
June 16 opening night is by invitation only.

Minneapolis College, Minnesota Department of Corrections (MnDOC), Lino Lakes Correctional Facility and Stillwater Correctional Facility joined in a partnership in 2021 to provide eligible incarcerated students the opportunity to achieve a two-year Associate of Arts degree at no cost.

Two Minneapolis College faculty members were among eight individuals to be recognized by the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities with Awards for Excellence. Lisa Bergin, philosophy faculty member, and Kleber Ortiz, education faculty member, were named Educators of the Year.

The past two years have been challenging for all Human Resource professionals and as a result, many all-stars have emerged. Yet every once in a while, there is an individual so deserving of this type of award, not simply because of the way they managed a crisis, championed a major strategic initiative or exceeded metrics, but how they go above and beyond to demonstrate the kind of ethical, compassionate and experienced leadership we all strive to achieve.

When it comes to training the next generation of smart home professionals, learning on the latest technologies makes all the difference.

In January of 2003, Karen Beltran Lopez arrived in Minnesota from Mexico at the age of nine. She didn’t know the language, was experiencing immense culture shock and was nervous to attend school. It would take more than three years of ESL courses to become fluent. Learning languages, however, quickly became a passion and after mastering reading, writing and comprehension in English, Karen Beltran Lopez began studying German, ultimately reaching a conversational level of knowledge before graduating high school.