With the end of the 2017-2018 academic year, we, the SMSU campus committee members, wanted to take a walk down memory lane and list what we believe are 10 highlights from a very exciting and rewarding year…
Read moreWhat impacted students this legislative session?
The 2018 state legislative session wrapped up last week. While it was a shorter than usual session, it was still busy. Prior to the session starting, Students United Board of Directors, with the recommendations from the Delegates Assembly, approved their 2018 State Legislative Agenda. The agenda outlined the issue priorities the organization focused on for the legislative session…
Read moreCommittee Highlight | MSU, Mankato Committee Members Reflect on Their Year
Being college students means that we, as students, are in a very strange phase of our lives. Learning to balance academics, personal life, and any other extracurriculars and responsibilities we have. It’s a time of our lives that can be challenging and impactful at the same time…
Read moreAffordability with U.S. Senator Tina Smith
Friday, May 18, 2018 ten students participated in a round table discussion with U.S. Senator Tina Smith about the students' experiences with the high cost of college and the challenges they have paying for textbooks and other necessities…
Read moreSCSU | Letter writing campaign for textbook affordability
At the tail end of the fall semester, our campus committee set about sending letters to Congressman Tom Emmers, the U.S. representative for Minnesota's 6th Congressional district. Here is what our letter writing campaign was about…
Read moreStudent Feature | Meet Our New Events & Fundraising Intern Will Claussen
My name is Will Claussen and I am heading into my senior year at Winona State University with a major in Advertising and a minor in Professional Selling. I am both excited and honored to be working with Students United as the Events and Fundraising Intern…
Read more#TextbookBroke : Textbook prices have an impact on students
Nearly 100 students from all seven Minnesota State universities participated in a textbook campaign to bring awareness to textbook. Here are some of the reasons our students are so passionate about finding solutions to the rising cost of textbooks….
Read moreStudent Feature | MSUM’s New Student Bereavement Policy & The Role Students United Played
Life is very unpredictable, and when an unpredictable event occurs for college students, they want to know that their education will not suffer because of it. The new Student Bereavement policy at Minnesota State University Moorhead—which is planning on being implemented Fall 2018…
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