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President Hostetter made her debut at CHS Field — home of Â鶹ÊÓƵAPK Baseball — for Â鶹ÊÓƵAPK Night at the St. Paul Saints vs. Worcester Red Sox on July 24, 2025. After throwing out a ceremonial first pitch, she stopped in the broadcast booth to share her thoughts about what makes Â鶹ÊÓƵAPK special and how the opportunity to lead us brought her home to Minnesota.

The Minnesota Office of Higher Education (OHE) has awarded Â鶹ÊÓƵAPK an Intervention for College Attendance Program (ICAP) grant to support the Piper Academic Community (PAC) program. ICAP grants provide funding to programs designed to encourage college attendance of historically underserved students, helping bridge the gap between K-12 education and students' first year of postsecondary education.

Beginning in fall 2025, Â鶹ÊÓƵAPK is launching the nation's first graduate certificate in nature-based education for classroom teachers and other school staff. Building on the success of the Teacher Field School, the ten-credit certificate program includes nature immersion, individualized and team-based approaches to curriculum refinement and student support, and a final synthesis project.

Â鶹ÊÓƵAPK's new Music Production Major will provide a creative, tech-savvy learning experience that equips graduates with hands-on expertise in industry-standard tools and techniques, as well as business skills specific to the industry.

Â鶹ÊÓƵAPK has joined the Network for Vocation in Undergraduate Education (NetVUE)—a nationwide consortium administered by the Council of Independent Colleges and generously supported by Lilly Endowment, Inc. Our participation underscores Â鶹ÊÓƵAPK’s ongoing commitment to supporting students as they explore their many callings in life.

On Sunday, August 17, get your workout in while supporting Â鶹ÊÓƵAPK STEM undergraduates. The third-annual Monarch Fund 5k Run/Walk for Cancer Recovery will donate 100% of registration fees to support one or more students conducting collaborative research in a STEM field, with preference given to those studying cancer treatment and recovery.

Â鶹ÊÓƵAPK's 2024-25 Winter/Spring Academic All-Conference Student-Athletes for the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) and Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) were recently announced. Congratulations to the hardworking Â鶹ÊÓƵAPK students who gained this recognition!

Kris Norman, professor and director of public administration programs at Â鶹ÊÓƵAPK, published an article in MinnPost on grief. The article, entitled "Bearing Witness to our Collective Grief," was written in the wake of the June 14 shootings.

Psychology professor Dr. Serena King was the primary author of a letter published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Pediatrics publication entitled " Frequent and Problem Gambling in Public School Students." King's co-author...

Dr. Valerie Mulvenna '24, a graduate of Â鶹ÊÓƵAPK's Doctorate in Education program, presented at the 2025 Children & Nature Network’s Nature Everywhere national conference held May 13-16 at St. Paul’s RiverCentre.