Saint Cloud State University offers over 200 academic programs, has a nationally recognized honors program, and is the 2nd largest University in the State of Minnesota.
St. Cloud State University started in 1869 in the Stearns House, a renovated hotel, under the name Third State Normal School. In 1921 the school changed its name to St. Cloud State Teachers College, until 1957 when the college dropped the word teachers from it's name. The college became a University in 1975 with its programs in Business, Education, Fine Arts and Humanities, Science and Engineering, Social Sciences, and the School of Graduate Studies.
Today Saint Cloud State University is the educational choice for over 17,000 students. Beginning next week the south side of St. Cloud will be full of new residents and very active as the students will be returning for the 2010-2011 school year beginning on August 23.
On the weekend of September 24 through the 26th Saint Cloud State University will hold its Family weekend. I strongly suggest if you are planning on checking out the University that you print out a copy of the SCSU map, and if you do not have a place already lined up to park that you use the convenient 4th Avenue parking ramp.
The Atwood Memorial Center (AMC) has a full recreational center in the lower level called the Underground. The center is a very popular hang out for students complete with a bowling alley, billiards area, a full food court ( Burger King, Pizza Hut, Subway,) plus a Caribou Coffee, Bagel Shop, and Convenience Store and plenty of lounge and study area.
When I attended my favorite part of the University was the Aero Club. SCSU offers a 4 year degree in Aviation Tech and The Aero Club has its own fleet of small planes at the St. Cloud Regional Airport, and this is where I spent my free time as a student. Well, not quite free!
Aside being a good school, Saint Cloud State University has many other benefits to the St. Cloud community. All of the students who come here each year eager to learn also contribute to the overall financial health of the area. They go out to eat, to the movies, and they rent homes during their stay. We have quite a large number of rental properties that have good solid rental histories on the south side of town. This also has a positive effect on the rentals in other areas of town as well, as they are, generally speaking filled with non-student renters. We gladly welcome the students at SCSU each year, knowing that for the first week traffic will be a little slower along the bridge at University Drive and that there might be a few confused u-turns made as they learn their way around. We are happy to have such a highly accredited University in our midst and appreciate its contributions to our way of life here in St. Cloud MN.
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