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For more information, please contact [email protected]. university chronicle ‘IT’S ABOUT TIME’ FOR NEW Information wants to be free CHANGES TO TRIVIA page 5 February 2020 Edition Publication 95 Vol. 5 St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, MN www.universitychron.com universitychron @UniversityChron Wacker calls for change at St. Cloud State Regional comprehensives traditionally By Tony Langfellow have a wide range of educational Editor-In-Chief opportunities and educate students all the same without personalized, individual support within their programs, Wacker St. Cloud State University said. St. Cloud State is not the only President Robbyn Wacker has a plan regional comprehensive university in the for the future of the university and country that is failing to bring in students. said SCSU needs to change now to “Regional comprehensives are get enrollment up. struggling across the country, it’s not just “We have to be known for us,” Wacker said. “It’s challenging the something,” Wacker said. “We have regional comprehensives’ purpose and to be able to elevate our distinctions very existence in a shrinking and rapidly so that we can be competitive against changing higher education industry.” every other university in the state, With the current design of regional in the Midwest and frankly, in the comprehensives, students are finding country.” other educational opportunities that offer Wacker spoke for about an hour the same thing for a more affordable addressing how the university needs price, which is why Wacker is pushing to find its niche during an assembly for SCSU to be different. in the Atwood Memorial Center “What makes us different? What we ballroom in front of St. Cloud State’s are going to do is … create a new regional faculty in early January. comprehensive university at St. Cloud “Universities that are distinct State,” she said. “We’re gonna define it, are known for something, so what we’re gonna shape it, and we’re going to we’re going to do is … build on roll it out so we can create a distinctive our strengths and we’re going to difference among universities with whom be recognized as a leader in four we compete.” academic areas,” Wacker said One of the first steps Wacker said during her Spring 2020 Convocation SCSU needs to take is to have a better presentation. reach in recruiting students from not only The four academic areas the nearby, but across the country and even President wants to strengthen President Robbyn Wacker held the spring convocation in the Atwood Memorial Center Ballroom internationally. at SCSU are health, leadership, and spoke about what needs to be changed at St. Cloud State. Photo credit: University Communi- She said the only way to do that is for education, and engineering and cations. St. Cloud State to become known for the applied science. For health, SCSU programs it has to offer, and to expand on needs to provide clinical services for key to improving the school. The most recent gift to the She said there are many different the high quality programs it already has. the community and giving students “It’s about what are our strengths? university was $1.5 million from reasons for this, including a decline “We need to strengthen our position hands on learning, Wacker said. What do we do well and what is the CentraCare to institute a Graduate in high school population, increasing in humanities, the arts and the social With leadership, it means marketplace asking for?” Craft said. Nursing Program along with creating competition between other colleges sciences for the 21st Century. We will providing specific skills that assist “We know that healthcare is one the Center for Health Outcomes and and universities, and providing an not walk away from our commitment to students in global and domestic of those areas that just continues to Policy Research (CHOPR) at SCSU. overall better digital experience, provide a liberal education and liberal arts businesses. Under education, Wacker grow for a variety of reasons.” “Health is one of those things that among other reasons. for our students … A lot of universities are said it is important to have professors St. Cloud State’s health programs really touches everyone’s lives at “It’s time to imagine a new St. moving away from professional degrees, that can provide a fair education; and received three different bonds and some point,” Craft said. “So how can Cloud State, it’s time to focus on we will not do that,” Wacker said. for engineering and applied science, gifts in 2018 and 2019. In the fall of we not make that a strength? How the changes that will make our As a new regional comprehensive, St. Cloud State needs to prepare its 2018, the nursing program received can we not build upon what we’re challenges turn into opportunities St. Cloud State will be comprised of students to help the needs of the a $1 million gift from Jim and Ann already doing well at and expand into and build on our strengths,” she said. individualized student support, nationally world. Marie Maciej. those areas that are going to create “We have to push our boundaries recognized programs, liberal arts SCSU Health and Human During the summer of 2019, our future workforce and support our and take control of our future.” education for a new era, applied research, Services Dean Shonda Craft said SCSU renovated the once shuttered society going forward?” St. Cloud State is known as a with the changes Wacker is trying Eastman Hall with an $18.6 million Wacker acknowledged that St. regional comprehensive university, to push to reimagine St. Cloud bond from the state legislature and Cloud State’s enrollment has been which means it was established to See More CHANGE AT SCSU on State to have it stand out from other turned it into the Center for Health dropping over the years and is serve the local community along Page 2 universities, building off of health is and Wellness Innovation. losing students to other schools. with the region it is in. Wacker protects twitter after receiving criticism privacy and safety in a menu and shows a public relations video for the When Twitter users protect their being protected, leaving the SCSU check a box to protect your tweets. By Mark Wasson university of her standing in front of tweets, their tweets are only available community in the dark about Wacker’s Wacker and the university’s Staff Writer a recently installed statue in Husky to followers which the account activities on Twitter, SCSU Executive administration have faced criticism for Plaza on the SCSU campus asking holder has to approve. Director of Marketing and University their lack of transparency regarding what’s missing on campus, with Protected accounts also do not Communications Adam Hammer said St. Cloud State University their multiple cuts to programs and Wacker answering her own question allow for other users to retweet any in an email, “the setting change was an President Robbyn Wacker protected faculty that students utilize, including that it’s the SCSU community. content the protected account posts. accident and [the account] is now set her Twitter account after facing Wacker’s tendency to notify affected However, after a handful of Followers are still able to back to public.” online criticism for her decision to faculty, staff and students on short people replied that a football team screenshot the protected account’s According to a Twitter help page, cut the SCSU football program this notice. past semester. was missing from SCSU’s campus, tweets. protecting your entire twitter account is Wacker protected her Twitter When reached for comment a three step process requiring a user to Wacker’s tweet from early January, See More TWITTER on Page 3 account. about the President’s account go into their account settings, select GAME CONTEST also Esports coming to St. Miracle on Ice: a ! look back, 40 years see page 11 inside: Cloud State later page 14 page 15 Designed by Caitlyn Jordan university chronicle Page 2, NEWS February 2020 Edition www.universitychron.com St. Cloud council votes, parking rates to increase April 1 By Tim Speier “I don’t get any complaints about the cost of parking, I get complaints Investigative Reporter that there’s not enough parking,” Goerger said. Parking downtown will soon With close to 20 years since the require a larger stack of quarters as last price increase on the parking the St. Cloud City Council voted meters, and almost 11 years since the in early December to increase the permit price increased, the need for parking rates downtown. an increase in these rates comes from In their first meeting of the new the city’s budget. year, little time was wasted trying to St. Cloud’s parking budget is set get the parking budget back in the up on an enterprise fund that was black. These changes will affect all meant to be “self sustaining and pay city parking downtown including the for themselves as they go,” Goerger ramps, all 723 parking meters, and mentioned when asked as to the the parking permits.