Building Rural Resilience
Rallying after a crisis, getting kids ready for kindergarten, and raising up the next generation of great Minnesota leaders. A round-up of coverage for the Initiative Foundation.
Mother of Invention
With a hard-to-get beauty patent, alumna Gwen Jimmere is taking her line of natural hair products from the kitchen sink to the global market. From the Winter 2016 edition of Kent State magazine Gwen Jimmere ’03, MA ’08, recently became the first African-American woman...
Agile and Able
Cultivating the next generation of leaders in Central Minnesota. The latest from I.Q. Magazine
Minding the Gap
“The old saw about manufacturing being ‘dark, dirty, and dangerous’ just isn’t the case anymore. I think the next generation is starting to see this isn’t your grandfather’s factory job.”
The Everywhere Economy
Have broadband, word travels. The latest cover story for I.Q. magazine.
New Vistas
President Johnson promised VISTA workers, “Your pay will be low; the conditions of your labor will often be difficult. But you will have the satisfaction of leading a great national effort.” Fifty years later, here’s a look at how VISTAs are investing in central Minnesota.