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Bozeman, MT
Montana State University
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Campus, community partnership a boon to holiday giving
Morris Sun Tribune
Morris, MN
'Tis the season for generosity and with the holiday season comes a renewed sense of commitment to help others and a heightened awareness of the civic engagement opportunities that surround us.
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Minnesota governments unite to lock in fuel prices
by CHRIS HAVENS, KEVIN GILES and KATIE HUMPHREY, Star Tribune
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
Following a year in which fuel prices reached historic highs, more than 30 metro-area cities, counties, school districts
and state agencies have banded together to purchase more than 5 million gallons of fuel next year in a move that will lock in lower prices and reduce their fuel bills by hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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FARGO, N.D.
North Dakota State University is working to make room for more students to live on campus instead of in motels.
A record freshman enrollment of 2,661 students - up nearly 23
percent from last fall and more demand for campus housing from upperclassmen has led to a housing squeeze.
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Dawn Crim named new special assistant for community relations by Brian Mattmiller, University of Wisconsin-Madison News.
Madison, WI
Dawn Crim has been selected from a national search process to lead community relations initiatives for the University of Wisconsin-Madison, effective Jan. 1, 2009, Chancellor Carolyn "Biddy" Martin announced today.
"Dawn has done an excellent job as acting director in building and maintaining UW-Madison's many diverse relationships with surrounding communities, and her energy and talent will continue to serve both the region and university well," says Martin.
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Mississippi Magnolia University. Mississippi Heritage
University. Mississippi University at The W. Eudora Welty University.
One of those - or about 150 others submitted in recent weeks -
could be the new name of the Mississippi University for Women
in Columbus.
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North Dakota State looking to provide more campus housing
