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When he was alive, he was a scoundrel, a varmint, a no good lowdown hellraiser who went around robbin' banks and shootin' people.
He got in with the worst of 'em — Jesse James and the Younger brothers. But when that famous meeting of the posse and the outlaws took place near Madelia, he went down shooting, in a gunfight famous for stopping a notorious group of Old West hoodlums.
His name was Charley Pitts, and if you can believe the loosely documented history, his may be the bones that have resided in the basement of the Northfield Historical Society Museum since 1981.
Professor Emerita Betty Goff has created a $100,000 geography endowment to honor her late husband, Geography Professor Emeritus Dr. James F. Goff.
The endowment, to the Department of Geography, will fund Geography graduate student research fellowships. The late Professor Goff had no financial support when performing his own graduate research, and his wife felt that funding for the students to whom he devoted his career would be a fitting tribute.
The MBA program is listed as one of the nation's best in Princeton Review's 2008 business school guidebook.
The New York–based education services company lists the College of Business MBA among the nation's "Best 290 Business Schools" in its recently published business edition. The listing is based on surveys of 19,000 students attending the 290 schools, and on school–reported data.
"Best 290 Business Schools" includes two-page profiles of each school or program, with information about academics, student life and admissions, and ratings for academics, selectivity and career placement services.
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Tom Maltman was 29 years old before he heard about the Dakota Conflict in southern Minnesota that culminated with the execution of 38 Native Americans in 1862.
He was teaching language arts at a middle school in southern California when he came across a picture book about pioneer life in Minnesota that included the conflict. And suddenly, he felt like he had been told a tremendous secret.
"I had never heard of this history, of the war or the hangings," Maltman said. "It was all new to me. And all I could think about was how had this become such a huge secret to the whole nation."
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Each year, the College of Graduate Studies and Research awards 43.5 University Graduate Assistantships (UGA) based on a university-wide application process. Requests for UGA positions for the 2008-2009 academic year are due in the College Deans' offices by November 9, 2007. College Deans will forward requests to the College of Graduate Studies and Research by November 14, 2007 and allocations will be announced by November 21, 2007. This application process pertains only to the 43.5 University Graduate Assistantships awarded by the College of Graduate Studies and Research; guidelines and deadlines for other graduate assistantships (e.g., those awarded by College Deans, Financial Aid, Institutional Diversity) will be announced elsewhere. Please note that this year’s application deadline is several weeks earlier than in previous years. This change is in direct response to requests from graduate program faculty, many of whom are already recruiting students for fall 2008 admission. Guidelines for University Graduate Assistantship requests are available on the College of Graduate Studies and Research website.
The violent thunderstorms that have rolled across Minnesota have been a treasure trove of information for a group of researchers hunkered over computer monitors in a basement room at Minnesota State University. Through a high-powered, light-sensitive camera mounted on the roof of Armstrong Hall, graduate student Josh Jans and others train the camera on the strongest storm fronts. Their goal is to capture images—usually hundreds of miles away—of bright, powerful bursts of light above the clouds that last just a fraction of a second. They are one of six sites in the country working on the project for the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (the Star Wars program).
Starting this year, the College of Graduate Studies and Research will provide financial assistance to partially reimburse students for expenses related to completing a thesis. Stipends of up to $250 to support research related expense are available each semester; however, funding is available on a limited basis. This financial support is currently available only to students completing a thesis as the program capstone project. Appropriate use of these funds might include the purchase of consumable supplies, specialized tools, or an instrument to facilitate data collection. Funding proposals that may result in long-term, multiple uses within the department or that may eventually add to university or departmental libraries are encouraged. Deadlines to request funding are October 1 and February 1. Students may apply as many times as they wish; however, a student may receive funding from this initiative only once. The application is available on the Graduate Studies web site.
Two Minnesota State Mankato students—Erin Rahman of Hopkins, Minnesota, and James Livermont of Rochester, Minnesota—have been awarded Fulbright U.S. Student scholarships.
The 2007-2008 Fulbright awards were announced recently by the United States Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.
Rahman, a senior, will study political science in Bangladesh. She is majoring in Spanish and international relations.
Livermont, a graduate student, will teach English as a second language and study French linguistics in Belgium. He is focusing on teaching English as a second language.
