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October 09, 2008

Improving Minnesota's Workforce

Minnesota's demographics are rapidly changing and its workforce is increasingly hiring workers who speak English as a second language. These professionals face many barriers to be effective employees. To overcome these challenges, University of Minnesota director of Continuing Professional Education's Tom Norman and his colleagues are now offering a set of innovative workplace language improvement programs. Program info

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October 02, 2008

U of M, Morris: Powering Itself

It's an ambitious goal for an entire college community: to achieve energy self-sufficiency by 2010. But with its new biomass power plant and other green energy sources, that's exactly what the University of Minnesota, Morris is trying to do. Troy Goodnough, the campus sustainability coordinator explains the project.

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September 25, 2008

Take Control While Wall Street Doesn't

With Wall Street crippled, the housing market in shambles and the cost of living rising, American families are facing some uncertainty and need thriftier ways to manage their finances. University of Minnesota family social science associate professor Catherine Solheim says an effective first step is to get creative and budget with help from regular old envelopes.

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