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Saturday, July 05, 2008 YouthAngela McDermott of Austin, MN is Miss Minnesota 2008. McDermott was crowned during the final night of competition for the Miss Minnesota Scholarship Program, and competed as Miss Twin Cities. The competition was held at the Eden Prairie Performing Arts Center. More Bethel University's College of Adult & Professional Studies will begin offering general studies college courses for adults in the Frogtown-Summit/University (FSU) neighborhood beginning fall 2008. Meeting one evening per week at the ModelCities Brownstone Building, 849 University Avenue West, these courses allow adult students to continue working while earning college credit. Courses are designed specifically for adults, with grading based primarily on papers, projects, and presentations. Bethel also offers a grant for residents of FSU. More Minneapolis has nine Gates Scholars Four Patrick Henry High School students and three Roosevelt High School students have received Gates Millennium Scholarships this spring. Each school had more Gates winners than any other high school in Minnesota More Admission Possible seniors setting the pace in college scholarship awards Low-income seniors participating in Admission Possible's programming in the Greater Twin Cities are winning national and local scholarships at rates higher than even last year's successful Admission Possible seniors. Already, Admission Possible seniors are averaging 5.5 private scholarship applications per student, and more than 150 scholarships have been awarded to Admission Possible seniors this year, including the nationally recognized Gates Millennium and Horatio Alger Scholarships. More U of M Lavender House recruits students for second year Lavender House, a Living and Learning Community at the University of Minnesota, recently celebrated a successful first year and is seeking more students for its second year. More BJ Reed Award presented to founders of the Loring School 'KIDS Cook' Schoolyard Garden Minneapolis Public Schools Volunteer Services are pleased to announce the recipients of its 2008 Betty Jane Reed Award for outstanding volunteer service to the students of Minneapolis. This is the 20th year of this recognition of volunteer achievement in the schools. This year the award was presented to two remarkable contributors, Susan Breedlove of Patrick Henry High School and the founders of the Loring School "KIDS Cook Schoolyard Garden," Robin Krause, Starla Krause and Susan Telleen More |
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