Watch President Downs video The system office requested that all colleges and universities submit a short video highlighting what makes our institutions unique for a joint board and leadership council study session on Jan. 27. The focus is on “Long-term Financial Sustainability/Institutional Financial Indicators.“ Presidents were asked to share unique strengths others can’t claim, not generic attributes such as “we […]
You’re Invited! Please register to attend the spring 2026 NextGen Town Hall with a focus on our digital transformation journey including the implementation of Workday Student and Student Worker functionality. This event is open to all faculty and staff across Minnesota State. The spring town hall will feature key remarks from Chancellor Scott Olson as well as information on project […]
ST. PAUL, Minn., October 30, 2025 – Minnesota State has named four finalists in the search for the next president of St. Cloud State University. The candidates are Matt Cecil, Lisa Foss, Rodney Hanley, and Gregory Tomso. The candidates were recommended by a search advisory committee that was comprised of students, faculty, staff, and community leaders, and was chaired by Kenneth […]
The latest edition to the Equity 2030 blog, titled Z-Degrees: Improving Access, and co-authored by Kim Lynch, Associate Vice Chancellor for Educational Development and Technology, and Michael Olesen, Interim System Director for Student Success Technologies, has been posted. You’ll find this post, and all past blog entries, at the main Equity 2030 Blog landing page. Please share within your networks and campus […]
6:00 PM Friday, 7/11/2025 until 6:00 PM Sunday, 7/13/2025 Data Center Move The system office will be relocating one of the enterprise data centers. Consequently, most services hosted by the enterprise will be impacted during this maintenance period. Action Required This downtime will impact several services and users. We strongly advise institutions to prepare for an extensive outage of enterprise services […]