Greetings from the University of Minnesota Crookston. It’s already that time of year where we’re preparing to wrap up the spring semester and celebrate those receiving their degrees. Approximately 365 students are eligible for graduation and stem from eight countries and 28 states. Of those graduates, 249 are online learners and 15 are international students. Their hard work and commitment has paid off, and our dedicated faculty and staff, and myself, are very proud of their accomplishments.
As mentioned earlier this year, U of M Crookston showed another increase in enrollment and our strategic marketing and recruitment efforts have assisted in setting us apart. With campaigns for brand awareness, audience segmentation, and demographic targeting of on-campus, online, and transfer students, plus niche audiences, those strategies are paying off. Our Admissions department says applications for the 2025-2026 school year are up and retention of our current students is running well. We hope you see and appreciate our determination to show the region and the world that Crookston is the University of Minnesota campus for them.
This month, after nearly two years of preparation, we hosted the Higher Learning Commission as we are up for our 10-year reaffirmation of accreditation. Fulfilling the obligations of this process was a cross-campus effort and our campus community did a stellar job. A special thank you to the community members who were able to come to campus and interact with the commission and contribute to the process as well.
In the past couple of weeks, we’ve held two student awards ceremonies and two concerts and honored Students of the Year, plus student-athletes of the year. Each campus department and athletics were able to lift up students who have excelled with a number of awards, both academic and activity focused. Make sure to check out the long list of awardees in our campus news.
Our spring sports teams are on the back end of their seasons and a number of accolades have risen to the top. Golden Eagle Softball had success this year with the most wins in program history, most conference wins in program history, the longest winning streak in the NSIC (in program history), and the most home wins in program history. Tennis clinched their second-straight NSIC Tournament appearance and finished their season in Sioux Falls this past weekend. Women’s golf competed in the NSIC Championships in Smithville, Missouri this weekend and had standout performances this year with individual tournament wins and top ranks. Baseball had a recent series sweep at home with St. Cloud State, a recent sweep against Bemidji State, and will have a doubleheader in Bismarck this week. Our trap team is currently in second place in the USA College Clay Target League for the spring season. Men’s golf recently finished fifth as a team at the NSIC Championships and had a player place fifth to earn All-NSIC Tournament Team honors.
We hope you have a great summer and can join us for a number of events on campus. For those of you with school-age children, make sure to check out our summer camp offerings. Go Golden Eagles!
Chancellor Mary Holz-Clause
