Metropolitan State University

Watch Larry Yazzie and the Native Pride Dancers performing in the Great Hall at Metropolitan State University!

St. Paul Homeless Connect Volunteer Group!

Tuesday, June 19
St. Paul RiverCentre
Noon - 4pm (carpool will be available from the St. Paul campus)

How to register:

Visit http://www.stpaulconnect.com/volunteers/volunteer-sign-up
Complete the form and select a (mandatory) training session
Register with Metropolitan State at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/stphomeless

Persons with a disability who need a reasonable accommodation to participate in this event must call Disa-bility Services at 651.793.1549 (voice) or 651.772.7687 (TTY) two weeks prior to event.

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Lecture by Candacy Taylor, “Counter Culture: The American Cofee Shop Waitress”
May 21 | 7pm
STP Library, Ecolab Room

Celebrate National Waitress Day at 7 p.m. on Monday, May 21, Library and Learning Center, Ecolab Room, with a special multimedia lecture by Candacy Taylor, author of Counter Culture: The American Coffee Shop Waitress, which profiles waitresses 50 and older who work in diners throughout the United States. Taylor, photographer, writer and former waitress, uses quotes, cultural criticism, photography and oral histories to document an overlooked group of working women who have brought meaning and culture to the American roadside dining experience.

This event is cosponsored by Metropolitan State’s Gender Studies Program and the Social Science Department.

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Multicultural Marketing Conference
May 23, 2012

FREE for Metro State students, alums, and other MnSCU partners!

This conference will focus on the U.S. Asian-American, U.S. Emerging African, LGBT and Hispanic-American markets.

These markets have a buying power of over two trillion dollars in 2012. This conference will explore the final results of the 2010 census and present a preview look at the multicultural populations in the United States. Experts from the multicultural world of advertising, marketing and research will present strategies, case studies, insights and proven techniques to help you reach these consumer segments. This is a “must” conference for companies and organizations looking to market to these new and fast growing consumer segments!

Multicultural marketing is the key to growing your U.S. market share in 2012 and beyond. Multicultural markets buying power in Minnesota is 10 billion dollars!

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Governor Dayton orders flags flown at half-staff in honor of Army Sergeant Nicholas M. Dickhut.

In honor and remembrance of Army Sergeant Nicholas M. Dickhut, Governor Mark Dayton has ordered all U.S. flags and Minnesota flags to be flown at half-staff at all state and federal buildings in the State of Minnesota, from sunrise until sunset on Tuesday, May 8, 2012, the day of Sergeant Dickhut’s interment.

Sergeant Nicholas M. Dickhut was 23 years old and a 2007 graduate of Stewartville High School. He enlisted in the United States Army in 2008, stationed first at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Tacoma, Washington, and served his first deployment in Iraq. Requesting a second deployment, he deployed to Afghanistan in December of 2011.

Sergeant Nicholas M. Dickhut gave the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom and died a hero on Monday, April 30, 2012, in Zharay, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, after sustaining wounds while engaged in combat, earning the Bronze Star and Purple Heart.

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