Southern MN AHEC Program Coordinator Wendy Foley visited with the Organizational Learning Team from Avera Marshall Regional Medical Center in Marshall, MN.

The Avera Marshall Regional Medical Center has been active in hosting University of Minnesota Academic Health Center students in clinical experiences and rotations. The Organizational Learning Team works with Southern MN AHEC and partners in the Academic Health Center to establish appropriate experiences for students.

To date, students from the Medical School, the Clinical Laboratory Sciences program, and the College of Pharmacy have been engaged at the facility.

Seventy-five families from around the state, one from each participating county, have been named a "2011 Farm Family of the Year" by the University of Minnesota.

Families from all six MN AHEC regions have been recognized. The full list of honorees was announced this week.

For more than 20 years, the Farm Family Recognition Program has honored farm families from throughout Minnesota for their contributions to the agriculture industry and their local communities. All of the honored farm families have made significant contributions to Minnesota agriculture and their communities.

The formal 2011 Farm Family Recognition program will take place on Thursday, August 4th beginning at 1:30 p.m. at Farmfest in Redwood Falls, MN.

The Daily Journal in Fergus Falls featured an article on the Right Side Up in Otter Tail County interprofessional team on July 10, 2011. The article features the team's 2011 Rural Health Team Award, presented by the Minnesota Rural Health Association during 2011 Minnesota Rural Health Conference in Duluth, MN.

A 2011 graduate of the University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy, Nathan Chandler, PharmD, has been featured in a piece by the Academic Health Center titled, A promise kept to Minnesota's rural residents.

Chandler has chosen to practice in Grand Marais, MN, in Cook County. He completed some of his clinical rotations in Grand Rapids, MN with support from MN AHEC.