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LeadMN Celebrates Women's Equality Day

8/26/2021

The fight for equality that began ions ago opened up many opportunities for women including the pathway to college. Today you can find thousands of women across our 2 year colleges.

Pioneer Press: Minnesota State to require vaccines or weekly testing for athletes, students in college housing

8/19/2021

"Axel Kylander, president of LeadMN, the two-year college student association, wanted Malhotra to adopt a systemwide approach that relies on student-to-student outreach."

Pioneer Press: MN colleges yearn for ‘normal’ but pandemic leaves some precautions in place

8/16/2021

"LeadMN, the advocacy organization for students at the system’s two-year colleges, thinks that’s a mistake. They’ve urged Minnesota State to offer $250 scholarships to students who get vaccinated."

Star Tribune: Minnesota community colleges use federal COVID funds to pay off student debts

8/13/2021

At the urging of LeadMN, community colleges across the state have begun to use their federal stimulus dollars to forgive student debt to institutions. This will allow students to continue their education and not let the pandemic hold them back from continuing their education.

Celebrate National Voter Registration Day on September 28

8/11/2021

There are less than 50 days until National Vote Registration Day and you may be wondering to yourself – what are my campus plans for this fun holiday?

Federal Higher Education Policy Roundup

8/10/2021

Check out the latest higher education policy news from Washington D.C.

Cabinet Report - July

8/09/2021

Each month the cabinet shares some of the work they did each month.

Star Tribune: University of Minnesota, Minnesota State colleges to require masks for students, employees

8/03/2021

"The community college student association LeadMN asked Malhotra on Monday to develop vaccine outreach plans for each system college and university. LeadMN also urged the chancellor to use federal COVID-19 relief funds to pay students to promote vaccination to their peers, and to reward vaccinated students with a $250 scholarship."

Letter to Chancellor on Vaccine Education Campaign

8/02/2021

With the Delta variant ravaging communities with low vaccination rates, colleges and universities could be a ripe breeding ground for COVID-19 when students return in the fall. We urge you to immediately convene a system group to provide leadership to campuses in developing a back-to-school plan to boost vaccine participation of students.

Letter to Chancellor on American Rescue Plan Spending

7/30/2021

LeadMN President Axel Kylander sent a letter to the Chancellor urging him to make sure that campus spending of American Rescue Plan be used to support students.