Minnesota State, the state’s largest highest education system that runs seven state universities and 26 community and technical colleges, is closing in on hiring a new chancellor. Dr. Devinder Malhotra, the current chancellor is scheduled to retire this summer.
The system announced Dr. Tonjanita (Tonja) Johnson and Dr. Scott Olson as the two finalists that were scheduled to come to...
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Innovative program aims to evaluate impact of helping Minnesotans get back to work after injury or illness
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As a longtime restaurant manager, Victor Obisakin knows what it’s like to stay busy on your feet. Anyone who works in the industry knows that there’s an art to managing staff and customers while addressing unexpected issues – all of which happens at a rapid pace.
For Victor, his world changed in ways he did not expect when he broke...
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Books for Africa celebrates 35 years of promoting literacy
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Books for Africa (BFA), the world’s largest shipper of donated books to Africa held its annual spring luncheon on Friday to celebrate 35 years of fighting illiteracy in the continent. The event, which was themed “Reading for All,” was held at The Town and Country Club in St Paul and was attended by various dignitaries, including Gov. Tim Walz...
Restaurant owner Abdirahman Kahin, after being named Minnesota’s Small Business Person of the Year last month, told Mshale in an interview “I am looking forward to competing at the national level and win it all.” He did exactly that today after SBA Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman, announced him as the national winner at the annual National Small Business Week...
Entertainment
Bassekou Kouyate and Ngoni Ba bring back magical sounds of Mali to Minneapolis, with a few surprises
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Over 200 people sat in the audience welcoming waves of Malian music wash over them. Bassekou Kouyaté and Ngoni Ba played on the Cedar Cultural Center’s stage Saturday evening, April 22nd in Minneapolis delivering the magical sounds.
All of the instruments were of the centuries-old traditional style including two ngonis, a calabash, a tama also known as a talking drum,...
Congresswoman Ilhan Omar on Wednesday said she will support President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign, after the president announced on Tuesday that he is running for a second term.
"This is a very dangerous moment for our country and the president (Biden) that is leading us has done a great job and we need to coalesce behind him," Omar told MSNBC's...
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden rolled out the first ad of his 2024 reelection campaign on Wednesday, casting himself as a warrior in defense of freedom, but immediately found himself grappling with questions about his advanced age and droopy poll numbers.
At an afternoon news conference with South Korea’s president, Biden swatted away questions about his 42% job approval...
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Harry Belafonte, activist and entertainer, dies at 96
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NEW YORK (AP) — Harry Belafonte, the civil rights and entertainment giant who began as a groundbreaking actor and singer and became an activist, humanitarian and conscience of the world, has died. He was 96.
Belafonte died Tuesday of congestive heart failure at his New York home, his wife Pamela by his side, said publicist Ken Sunshine.
With his glowing, handsome...
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US Embassy in Sudan closed indefinitely as special forces evacuate American diplomats
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American special forces, numbering just over 100, flew into Sudan from Djibouti Saturday morning at 9 a.m. Eastern to evacuate American diplomats and their dependents, as fighting intensified between the two sides led by Gen. Abdel Fattah Burhan, head of the armed forces, and Gen. Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, the leader of a paramilitary group known as the Rapid Support...
Fighting in Sudan between forces loyal to two top generals has put that nation at risk of collapse and could have consequences far beyond its borders.
Both sides have tens of thousands of fighters, foreign backers, mineral riches and other resources that could insulate them from sanctions. It’s a recipe for the kind of prolonged conflict that has devastated other...