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SMSU to Add Club Shooting Sports in 2020-21
Published: 01-10-2020
Southwest Minnesota State University will add club shooting sports beginning in the 2020-21 academic year. The team will compete in the Minnesota C...
SMSU to Offer 10 Degrees Totally Online Starting in Fall Semester 2020
Published: 01-05-2020
Southwest Minnesota State University (SMSU) will offer 10 degrees totally online starting in the fall semester 2020, the university announced. Pres...
Club Hockey Coming to Southwest Minnesota State University
Published: 01-08-2020
Southwest Minnesota state University will field a men's club hockey team beginning in the 2020-21 academic year. The Mustangs will join the ranks o...
LATEST NEWS
MLK Commemoration Program Jan. 20 at SMSU
Published 01-13-2020
Southwest Minnesota State University will commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on Monday, Jan. 20 with an event entitled “Now is the Needed Time,” from 6:30-8:30 p.m. in Charter Hall 201 on campus.
SMSU Athletics to Add Esports in 2020-21
Published 12-11-2019
Southwest Minnesota State University Director of Athletics Chris Hmielewski announced has announced that the university will officially sponsor varsity Esports beginning with the 2020-21 academic year.
Secondary Education Students Get Taste of Teaching at MHS
Published 12-11-2019
A group of 26 Southwest Minnesota State University Secondary Education students recently took on the role of teachers at many classrooms at Marshall High School (MHS).
Alumna Molly Wiste is Middle School Art Teacher of the Year
Published 11-26-2019
Molly Wiste, who earned her Master’s in Education from SMSU in 2011, has been named the state Middle School Art Teacher of the Year by Art Educators Minnesota.
Virtual Reality Enhances Ag Programs; More VR Projects to Come
Published 11-26-2019
Virtual reality now allows SMSU ag students to be right on the farm, seeing for themselves, through technology, how successful ag operations work.
SMSU Ranked 6th Nationally in ‘30 Lowest Out-of-State Tuition Colleges and Universities’
Published 11-21-2019
Southwest Minnesota State University is ranked 6th nationally in the “30 Lowest Out-of-State Tuition Colleges and Universities” for 2020 by Online-Bachelor-Degrees.com.
FEATURED VIDEOS
Happy Holidays from the SMSU Family
Monday 12/23/19
Happy Holidays from President Kumara Jayasuriya and the SMSU Family
President's Welcome
Monday 08/26/19
A welcome message from Southwest Minnesota State University President Kumara Jayasuriya to SMSU students, staff & faculty as the 2019-20 academic year is here!
SMSU Hosts Ulster University Students
Monday 08/12/19
In accordance with its cultural immersion program, SMSU recently hosted five students from Ulster University — a multi-campus university located in Northern Ireland.
MUSTANGS MAKING A DIFFERENCE
Marianne Zarzana Prepares for New Chapter
Published 12-10-2019
"The plan was to stay at SMSU for three years," said Marianne Zarzana. The three turned into 30. And before you knew it, she is looking at retirement, and planning a major move with her husband, Jim, to South Bend, Indiana. "What kept us here? That's complicated, but I could not be more grateful....
