2020 Spring Semester Scholarships

1/03/2020
Congratulations to the 21 students who received scholarships for the 2020 Spring Semester!
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Mark M. Welter World Citizen Award Recipients

12/02/2019
Congratulations to all students nominated for the Mark M. Welter World Citizen Award!
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ALL IN Challenge Awards

11/21/2019
LeadMN Executive Director Mike Dean was honored in Washington, D.C. with the ALL IN Campus Democracy Champion Award!
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All In Campus Democracy Challenge

Funding for basic needs and tuition freeze

11/21/2019
LeadMN writes a letter to the Board of Trustees with recommendations for the 2020 supplemental budget.
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Supplemental Budget

The Democracy Cup, Youth Voting, and Civic Engagement

11/12/2019
On November 6, 2019, LeadMN was joined by Secretary of State Steve Simon and Director of Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE), Kei Kawashima-Ginsberg to introduce the 2018 State of Student Voting Report and present the Democracy Cup!
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Democracy Cup Winner

State of Student Voting

11/06/2019
The numbers are in and college students flooded the polls in the 2018 elections!
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State of Student Voting Report

The Census Game

11/05/2019
At the Minnesota Student Leadership Summit in October, 200 students worked to create campus action plans to compete for grants related to census awareness and participation.
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Census Game

Kristina's Student Story

10/31/2019
Kristina Bratsch discusses her struggles with food insecurity, mental health, and balancing school, work, and life.
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Kristina

President Oballa Speaks About Equity 2030 to Board of Trustees

10/22/2019
On Tuesday, October 15, 2019, President Oballa met with the Board of Trustees to share student concerns.
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BoT

LeadMN Urges Senate to Protect Pell in Spending Bill

10/09/2019
LeadMN and over 60 other organizations oppose the $1.3 billion rescission from the Pell reserve fund proposed by Senate appropriators in a moving letter.
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