With the event kicking off in the Beaux Arts Ballroom, an opening ceremony laid the groundwork for the rest of the day as themes of creativity, innovation and inspiration permeated the campus.
“We want the Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge back,” Fairbanks said. “It was taken away from us in the 1930s." White Earth also wants the 160,000-acre White Earth Forest.
The bill for 2024-25 will fund the Office of Higher Education, the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, the University of Minnesota campuses, the Mayo Clinic Medical School, and Minnesota’s Tribal Colleges.