In a quiet corner of rural Minnesota, archaeology students excavated old saloon sites and trash pits to uncover forgotten artifacts that date back more than a century. Led by Dr. Amanda Butler, the Fieldwork in Archaeology course give students hands-on training, public engagement, and research opportunities to prepare them for a meaningful career in archaeology and beyond. “As long as […]
As part of a campus-wide initiative, the AI faculty fellow team invites you to take part in a brief (≈10-minute) survey on artificial intelligence (AI) in higher education. Whether you use AI regularly or not at all, your insights will help us better understand how faculty and staff are experiencing and responding to AI across teaching, research, advising, and administration. […]
Archaeology student scholars win the Council for Minnesota Archaeology Undergraduate Poster Prize for their poster presentation on the importance of community collaboration. Their poster, titled “Teamwork Makes the Dream Work: The Importance of Collaboration Between Archaeologists and Indigenous Communities,” details collaborative and volunteer work completed at the request of the Tribal Historic Preservation Office of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe.
Nora Simondet and Dr. Wooyang Kim of the Paseka School of Business received the Best Conference Paper Award (1st Place in Undergraduate Student Research) at the 2025 Tourism, Hospitality, and Event Conference for Researchers, Educators, Practitioners, and Students (THEREPS)—a leading international conference in the hospitality and tourism discipline—held in New York City on April 11–12. The student research competition featured […]
The SPARQ competition gives students an opportunity to develop a novel hypothesis to an open question asked by a regional employer. Each individual of the winning team nets a $100 gift card of their choosing. Participants in the competition will explore primary literature to develop a hypothesis and rationale to address the question selected, as well as how to experimentally […]