St. Cloud State University

St. Cloud State University

Former names	Third State Normal School (1869–1873) State Normal School at St. Cloud (1873-1921) St. Cloud State Teachers College (1921–1957) St. Cloud State College (1957–1975)
Type	Public university
Established	1869
Parent institution	Minnesota State system
Endowment	$30.3 million (2019) [1]
Budget	$223 million (2019) [2]
President	Larry Dietz (interim) [3]
Academic staff	783
Administrative staff	773
Students	10,401 [4]
Undergraduates	8,581
Postgraduates	1,820
Location	St. Cloud , Minnesota , United States 45°33′0″N94°9′0″W / 45.55000°N 94.15000°W / 45.55000; -94.15000
Campus	Urban 100 acres (40 ha) campus
Colors	Spirit red, Black and White [5]
Nickname	Huskies
Sporting affiliations	NCAA Division II – NSIC NCAA Division I - NCHC NCAA Division I - WCHA
Mascot	Blizzard T. Husky
Website	stcloudstate.edu [6]

St. Cloud State University (SCSU) is a public university in St. Cloud, Minnesota, United States. Founded in 1869, the university is one of the largest institutions in the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system. ^[7] Its enrollment in 2024 was over 10,000 students ^[8] and it has over 132,000 alumni. ^[9]

History

Old Main Building and Stearns House, St. Cloud State University, 1874

St. Cloud State opened in 1869 as Third State Normal School. The school was one building, the Stearns House, a renovated hotel purchased by the state Legislature for $3,000. The five-member faculty was headed by Principal Ira Moore. Of the 50 original students, 40 were women. As the number of female students increased and Old Main opened in early 1874, Stearns House was completely transformed into a women's dormitory in 1874; male students later organized a boarding club where they located a house near campus, overseen by a matron. ^[10]

In 1898, the school offered a junior college curriculum. In 1914, the school dropped its secondary education program. The Legislature authorized a name change in 1921 to St. Cloud State Teachers College. In 1957, the word "Teachers" was dropped. The first bachelor's degrees were awarded in 1925. Master's degree programs were first offered in 1953.^{[ citation needed ]}

In 1975, St. Cloud State became a university comprising five colleges and a graduate school. ^[11] In 1987, men's hockey became an NCAA Division I program. Two years later, the team moved into a new two-rink arena called today the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center (. ^[12]

Applied doctoral degrees were first offered in 2007. ^[13]

Previous school names

• Third State Normal School 1869–1873
• State Normal School at St. Cloud 1873–1921
• St. Cloud State Teachers College 1921–1957
• St. Cloud State College 1957–1975
• St. Cloud State University 1975–present

Academics

Academic rankings
Regional
U.S. News & World Report [14]	86
National
Forbes [15]	583

The university offers over 200 majors, minors, and pre-professional programs in six colleges and schools. ^[16]

SCSU is the only Minnesota university that offers an Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) accredited manufacturing engineering program. It also provides ABET-accredited electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, and computer science programs. ^[17] The Master of engineering management is the only Minnesota program certified by the American Society of Engineering Management. ^[18]

The School of Graduate Studies offers more than 60 graduate programs and certificates, including specialist, Master of Arts, Master of Business Administration, Master of Engineering Management, Master of Music and Master of Science. Ed.D. doctoral degrees are offered in Higher Education Administration and Educational Administration and Leadership. ^[19]

Colleges and schools

St. Cloud State offers more than 200 undergraduate programs, more than 60 graduate programs, and three doctoral programs of study in seven colleges and schools.

The Miller Center delivers library and information technology services.

• College of Science and Engineering ^[20]
• College of Liberal Arts ^[21]
• College of Education and Learning Design, ^[22] NCATE accredited.
• College of Health and Wellness Professions ^[23]
• Herberger Business School, ^[24] AACSB accredited.
• School of Computing, Engineering, and Environment ^[25]
• School of Arts ^[26]

Student organizations

Student body composition as of May 2, 2022

Race and ethnicity [27]	Total
White	64%	64
Black	10%	10
Foreign national	10%	10
Asian	7%	7
Hispanic	5%	5
Other [a]	4%	4
Economic diversity
Low-income [b]	38%	38
Affluent [c]	62%	62

At the start of each academic year, students are invited to "Mainstreet," a showcase for student organizations, campus services, and community connections. ^[28] Students are encouraged to participate in its more than 250 student organizations, including the Investment Club, which runs a student-managed investment portfolio. ^[29]

Students can join one of nine Greek houses. ^[30]

Sororities	Fraternities
Delta Phi Epsilon Delta Zeta Kappa Phi Omega	Delta Sigma Phi Acacia Tau Kappa Epsilon Phi Beta Sigma

Student media

KVSC 88.1 FM is an educational public radio station licensed to SCSU. The station started on May 10, 1967, and expanded broadcasting times in September 1994. ^[31] Among other things, KVSC hosts a 50-hour trivia contest, ^[32] which dates to 1980, and community events, such as Granite City Radio Theatre. ^[33]

UTVS is the school's broadcast television station, airing student-produced content on Charter Channel 180 24/7. The station has a variety of shows, including "Husky Mag", "Crunch Time", "Husky Tonight", "Monday Night Live", "The Culture", "UTVS News En Espanol", "Faking News", and its flagship broadcast, "UTVS News". Husky Productions, responsible for broadcasting hockey games at the HBNHC, also sometimes airs on UTVS.

Student governance

Student government plays an advisory role in campus governance and a management role in distributing student fee dollars to student organizations and campus units. It allocates funding for athletics, technology, and student legal services. The student government president meets regularly with the university president.

Students vote on leadership positions, senator positions, and advisory resolutions. In 2020, the president and vice president were Surkhel Yousafzai and Betty Asefaw. ^[34]

Students pay a $0.61 per credit fee to fund Students United, a student-led, nonprofit advocacy organization for Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System students.

Presidents

Ira Moore, St. Cloud State University president from 1869 to 1874

• 1869–1875 Ira Moore
• 1875–1881 David L. Kiehle
• 1881–1884 Jerome Allen
• 1884–1890 Thomas J. Gray
• 1890–1895 Joseph Carhart
• 1895–1902 George R. Kleeberger
• 1902–1915 Waite A. Shoemaker
• 1915–1916 Isabel Lawrence, interim
• 1916–1927 Joseph C. Brown
• 1927–1943 George A. Selke
• 1943–1947 Dudley S. Brainard
• 1947–1952 John W. Headley
• 1952–1965 George F. Budd
• 1965–1971 Robert H. Wick
• 1971–1981 Charles J. Graham
• 1981–1982 Lowell R. Gillette, interim
• 1982–1992 Brendan J. MacDonald
• 1992–1995 Robert O. Bess, interim
• 1995–1999 Bruce F. Grube
• 1999–2000 Suzanne R. Williams, interim
• 2000–2007 Roy H. Saigo
• 2007–2016 Earl H. Potter III
• 2016–2018 Ashish Vaidya, interim
• 2018–2024 Robbyn Wacker
• 2024–Present Larry Dietz, interim

Athletics

Main article: St. Cloud State Huskies

SCSU has 19 NCAA Division II teams and is a member of the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference. The team name is the Huskies, and it is represented by Blizzard, the mascot. ^[35]

In 2014, the university updated its secondary logo, which features a Husky dog face. ^[36] In December 2019 SCSU announced it was discontinuing the men's football team and men's and women's golf. To remain in compliance with Title IX, the university is adding a men's soccer team.^{[ citation needed ]}

Ice hockey

Main articles: St. Cloud State Huskies men's ice hockey and St. Cloud State Huskies women's ice hockey

Herb Brooks National Hockey Center at One Herb Brooks Plaza

Men's and women's ice hockey teams compete in NCAA Division I. Men's Hockey is in the NCHC, and Women's Hockey is in the WCHA.

In the 1986–87 season, Herb Brooks, the 1980 USA men's Olympic hockey coach, became the coach of the Huskies and helped men's hockey attain NCAA Division I status. That season, he led the Huskies to a 25–10–1 record and a third-place trophy at the NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Championship. ^[37] He also guided efforts to build the two-rink arena, Herb Brooks National Hockey Center, that now bears his name. ^[38] In 2001, the men's team won the WCHA post-season tournament, symbolized by the Broadmoor Trophy. ^[39]

In 1998, the university added a women's hockey team at the NCAA Division I level. ^[40]

Men's Huskies Hockey has earned 19 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship appearances. The team advanced to the 2013 Frozen Four. ^[41] The 2012–13 team's co-captain Drew LeBlanc was named WCHA Player of the Year and earned numerous national honors, including the Hobey Baker Award, the most prestigious award in men's college hockey. ^[42] The 2013 team also earned a share of the WCHA league title and the MacNaughton Cup. ^[43] The 2014 team earned the Penrose Cup, the league title trophy for the inaugural season of the NCHC. ^[44] In 2016 the team won the NCHC post-season tournament, the Frozen Faceoff. ^[45] In 2018, the team won the NCHC regular-season title, the Penrose Cup, with a 16-4-4 record. ^[46]

Wrestling

Huskies Wrestling won the NCAA Wrestling Championship in 2020, ^[47] 2019, ^[48] 2018, ^[49] 2016 ^[50] and 2015 ^[51] and placed second in 2017, 2013, 2012, and 2011.

Basketball

From 1982–90, Women's Huskies Basketball dominated the North Central Conference, compiling a 179-58 record in that timespan and advancing three times to the NCAA Women's Division II Basketball Tournament quarterfinals. ^[52] SCSU won the NSIC Championship in 2020, winning the title for the second time in program history and the first time since 2009. ^[53]

Men's Huskies basketball, created in 1901, made 10 NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Tournament appearances. The Huskies advanced to a 2010 semifinal, losing 76–70 to Indiana University of Pennsylvania. They finished 29–6 that season. ^{[54] [55]}

Notable alumni and non-graduates

• Grayce Kaneda Uyehara – national director of the Japanese American Citizens League Legislative Education Committee during lobbying efforts for the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, which issued an apology for Japanese-American internment during World War II and paid reparations to surviving former internees. ^[56]
• John Stumpf – former Chairman, CEO and president of Wells Fargo & Company ^[57]
• James B. Bullard – President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis
• Christine L. Clouser – American virologist
• Clarence L. Gunter - Businessman and Minnesota state representative
• Bonnie Henrickson – women's basketball coach at University of California, Santa Barbara ^[58]
• Jim Graves – founder, chairman and CEO of Graves Hospitality Corporation ^[59]
• David Frederickson – Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Agriculture ^[60]
• Jodi Huisentruit – television news anchor who went missing in Iowa June 27, 1995
• Dorothy Houston Jacobson – Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, 1964–1969
• Haley Kalil – Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue model and Miss Minnesota USA
• Leo Kottke – Grammy-nominated finger-style acoustic guitar virtuoso with a four-decade recording career
• Warren Limmer – A Minnesota politician and member of the Minnesota Senate representing the 34th District, which includes portions of Hennepin County in the northwestern Twin Cities metropolitan area. Limmer previously served in the Minnesota House of Representatives.
• Win Borden - Minnesota State Senator, Senate 1971–72 (District 53); Senate 1973–78 (District 13) ^[61]
• H. Timothy ("Tim") Vakoc – first U.S. military chaplain to die from wounds received in the Iraq War. ^[62]
• Terrence "Lee" Zehrer – American entrepreneur and internet pioneer. Founder of one of the first online dating services, Kiss.com.
• Richard Dean Anderson – actor (MacGyver)
• Dan Bakkedahl – actor (The Heat, Legit)
• John Hawkes – Oscar-nominated film and television actor ^[63]
• Billy Flynn – film and television actor ^[64]
• Jim Pehler - Minnesota state legislator and educator ^[65]
• Fannie Almara Quain – first woman born in North Dakota to earn a doctor of medicine degree ^[66]
• Loreen Olson - professor in the Communications Studies Department at University of North Carolina at Greensboro specializing in family communication. ^[67]
• Paul Babitzke - professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at Pennsylvania State University.

Notable athletes

• Tyler Arnason – professional hockey player ^[68]
• Jonny Brodzinski – professional hockey player
• William Borgen - professional hockey player
• Todd Bouman – professional baseball player ^[69]
• Logan Clark – wrestler and mixed martial artist ^[70]
• Matt Cullen, professional hockey player
• Jim Eisenreich – professional baseball player ^[71]
• Nic Dowd – professional hockey player
• Ben Nelson – professional football player ^[72]
• Van Nelson – 1968 Olympic track and field athlete
• Jeff Finger – professional hockey player
• Kevin Gravel – professional hockey player
• Jessica Kresa – professional wrestler
• Andrew Gordon – professional hockey player ^[73]
• Ben Hanowski – professional hockey player
• Mark Hartigan – professional hockey player ^[74]
• Bret Hedican – professional hockey player ^[75]
• Lawrence Heinemi – professional wrestler
• Nick Jensen – professional hockey player
• Drew LeBlanc – professional hockey player
• Matt Hendricks – professional hockey player
• Bob Kronenberg – professional football player
• Charlie Lindgren – professional hockey player
• Ryan Malone – professional hockey player ^[76]
• Steve Martinson – professional hockey player, coach, and manager
• Heather Miller-Koch – Olympic track and field athlete, heptathlon
• Bob Motzko – college hockey coach ^[77]
• Joe Motzko – professional hockey player
• Andreas Nödl – professional hockey player ^[78]
• Keith Nord – professional football player
• Mark Parrish – professional hockey player ^[79]

Notable faculty and staff

• Mildred L. Batchelder – namesake of the ALA award given to the publisher of a translated children's book. ^[80]
• Herb Brooks – former St. Cloud State and U.S. Olympic men's hockey coach.
• Bruce Hyde – cast member of the original Star Trek TV series.
• Jim Pehler – Former Minnesota House of Representatives member for 18 years. ^[81]

See also

• List of colleges and universities in Minnesota

Notes

1. Other consists of Multiracial Americans & those who prefer to not say.
2. The percentage of students who received an income-based federal Pell grant intended for low-income students.
3. The percentage of students who are a part of the American middle class at the bare minimum.

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External links

• Official website
• St. Cloud State Athletics website