In June 1969, a small group of people, led by Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera, fought back against police harassment at the Stonewall Inn in New York City. Their act of defiance led to two nights of riots and protests, and thus began the fight for LGBTQ equality in the United States.
The first campus LGBTQ center opened in 1971 at the University of Michigan, and it took another six years for the second university LGBTQ center to be established at Minnesota State University Mankato. Following the murder of University of Wyoming student Matthew Shepard in 1988, there was an increase in the number of LGBTQ centers on college campuses across the United States.
Crookston area student graduates and Dean’s list recipients
Times Report
Students named to Spring Semester 2021 Dean s List at UMN Crookston
Students named to the spring semester 2021 Dean s List were announced recently by the Office of the Registrar. The U of M Crookston is one of the most respected career-oriented, technology-based universities in the nation.
To qualify for a place on the Dean s List, students must complete 12 or more letter-graded (A-F) credits while attaining a 3.66 grade point average. The Crookston campus is the online leader in the University of Minnesota system and the only campus providing every full-time student with a laptop computer.
8 students earn scholarships at annual Moe123 Awards ceremony
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Eight Osseo students were awarded with scholarships Saturday during the third annual Moe123 Scholarship Awards.
(FOX 9) - A group of Osseo students were awarded scholarships Saturday during the third annual Moe123 Scholarship Awards held in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota.
Each of the eight high school seniors earned a $5,000 scholarship for college tuition and expenses - the largest group of scholars yet.
Moe123 was founded by the Sarim family of Brooklyn Park after losing their son and brother, Mostafa, unexpectedly to flu complications in 2018. Mostafa was an alumnus of Park Center Senior High School in Brooklyn Park and graduated from Minnesota State University Mankato in 1998. After his death, the Sarim family discovered that he had kept nearly all of his awards, certificates, and school assignments in pristine condition, so the family decided to build a scholarship fund in his name.