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Hamline is the first school in Minnesota to join the Start by Believing campaign, in partnership with Ramsey County. Start by Believing is a public awareness campaign aimed at ending the cycle of silence in cases of sexual assault.

Hamline’s Adult Basic Education Teaching and Learning Advancement System (ATLAS) housed in the School of Education, was selected as one of four 2017 Literacy Leadership awardees by the National Coalition for Literacy (NCL).

Following convocation, President Fayneese Miller shares a message to reinforce an important part of her remarks about undocumented students being a valuable part of the Hamline community.

Hamline University remains a top-ranked university in its class according to U.S. News & World Report’s America’s Best Colleges 2018 edition. Hamline ranked sixteenth among 162 institutions in the Best Regional Colleges ‘Midwest’ category. In addition, Hamline once again made the Best Value list, the top Minnesota university on that list in the Midwest category, and the list of A+ Schools for B Students. 

Hamline University welcomes the Class of 2021 of over 530 students from around the United States and the world.

Hamline continues its commitment to lawfully supporting students who are in the DACA program, or who may be undocumented, in their pursuit of higher education.

Again this year, Washington Monthly ranked Hamline first in Minnesota and 26th nationwide in its Master’s Universities category for 2017.

Hamline Initiative for Professional and Academic Liaisons (HIPAL) enables student to start preparing for professional careers during their first year at Hamline with specialized career development resources.

Hamline was again named a "Best Midwestern" School by Princeton Review; rankings reflect academic strength, institutional data, reputation, and student input.

Hamline University is ready to tell its story in a more compelling way with the launch of a bold, new brand campaign. The We Take The Lead campaign is part of a strategy to raise awareness of the university and strengthen its reputation worldwide.

The Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) has chosen Hamline University as one of the nation’s first Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation (TRHT) Campus Center sites. Hamline was the only Minnesota institution chosen for the honor. The grant will engage and empower campus and community stakeholders to advance justice and build equitable communities.

Fall-like weather didn’t cool the turnout of Piper pride at the last Hamline University Night of the season at the Saint Paul Saints baseball game.

Hamline's Master of Arts in Education: Natural Science and Environmental Education has been selected to join the United Nations Global University Partnership on Environment for Sustainability (GUPES). The partnership works toward an enhanced environmental sustainability in universities around the world.

Hamline alumni are playing a large role in the Minnesota Fringe Festival this year. Not only are students and alumni creating performances for this 11-day art festival, but this year will also be the first festival with alumna Dawn Bentley ’95 MBA ’14 MNM ’14 as the executive director.

For the tenth straight year, Forbes magazine has ranked Hamline among its 2017 “America’s Top Colleges.”

TPT television recently featured President Fayneese Miller and Professor Máel Embser-Herbert on its weekly program "Almanac" to discuss highlights of this year's Summer of Justice series of community forums that covered different subjects of race and justice.  

Hamline has earned another national recognition for providing one of the best college educations for the dollar and career opportunities. Money magazine again ranked Hamline on its “Best Colleges for Your Money 2017" study. 

Congratulations to Jeff Hamiel, DPA ’07 and former Hamline trustee, for being inducted into the Minnesota Business Hall of Fame by the Twin Cities Business magazine.

Hamline University's Master of Arts in Education: Natural Science and Environmental Education program has been accredited by the NAAEE as a Distinguished College and University Program.

Retiring professionals and corporate executives now have a new career path to consider--complete with a bonus package of giving back to their communities--thanks to the launch of a new Encore Fellowship Program led by Jim Scheibel through Hamline University that pairs their skills and experience with local nonprofits in need of their talents.

President Fayneese Miller, along with three other university presidents, has been elected as executive committee officer by The New American Colleges and Universities (NAC&U) board of directors.

Mary-Clare Couillard, a Hamline softball player, has been nominated for the 2017 NCAA Woman of the Year Award.

Celebrating its 10th year, the MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults (MFAC) boasts an impressive number of award-winning alumni and faculty who are among the most influential writers of young people’s literature in the country.

Hamline's Master of Nonprofit Management Program has earned membership to the Nonprofit Academic Centers Council (NACC).

The Center for Justice and Law at Hamline University is hosting the third discussion in the "Summer of Justice" series on Tuesday, August 22.

Join us in congratulating the 540 undergraduate students and 517 graduate students who walked across the stage at commencement on Saturday.

At the 2017 Commencement ceremony on May 20, Hamline will honor two distinguished individuals who have devoted their careers to fighting for equality and the rights of others. The 2017 honorary degree recipients are former Ambassador James C. Hormel who will receive the honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree at the undergraduate ceremony, and Sharon P. Robinson, president and CEO of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, who will receive the honorary Doctor of Humane Letters at the graduate ceremony.

Hamline University and Hamline political science professor David Schultz, noted expert on elections, politics, and public policy, announced the selection of Red Wing, Minnesota and Willmar, Minnesota as the first two Minnesota cities which will host a unique new effort called Community Assemblies.

The Oracle, Hamline University's student-run newspaper since 1888, won three first-place awards at the 2017 Associated Collegiate Press (ACP) Best of the Midwest College Journalism Convention.

Making Waves, the Hamline University social justice theatre troupe, has been working with the Saint Paul Police Department to train the officers in de-escalation. The new project has been covered by the Star Tribune, Pioneer Press, City Pages, Minnesota News Network, and KARE 11.

Join the Chemistry Department on Friday, April 21 at 12:45 p.m. to hear Guest Lecturer Prashant V. Kamat at the 18th annual 3M/Ronald A. Mitsch Lecture in Chemistry titled, “Meeting the Clean Energy Demand with Nanotechnology.”

Join Hamline School of Business on Friday, April 21 for the fifth annual Community Economic Development Symposium, Itasca to the Bayou - Economic Development along the Mississippi. This day-long event is a powerful convergence of experts who have enacted real change along America's most prominent riverfront. Please register online.

A group of 36 Hamline students are in Memphis, Tennessee to present their collaborative research at the 31st annual National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR). Students present original research with topics spanning across a variety of disciplines and programs, from social justice to business, and biology to history.

Minnesota Campus Compact has announced Hamline's winners of the Presidents' Student Leadership Award, Presidents' Civic Engagement Award, and Presidents' Community Partner Award. These awards recognize effective leaders in the development of campus-community partnerships. Hamline's award winners are Farhiya Ali, the Sexual Violence Prevention Task Force, and Tom Fitzpatrick.

Hamline University is honored to announce that Conner Suddick, a second year legal studies and social justice double major, was named a 2017 Newman Civic Fellow. The Fellowship is presented by Campus Compact, a national coalition of 1,000 colleges and universities dedicated to advancing the public purposes of higher education.

Six different groups of Hamline students traveled across the country during spring break for the Wesley Center's signature Catalyst Alternative Spring Break Trips. The Hamline community can read about the students' experiences on the Catalyst blog. Catalyst is designed to provide students with an opportunity to learn about social justice, reflect on their roles in the community, and contribute via service over spring break.

WCCO TV and KARE 11 TV recently produced feature stories about Hamline's historic standing as the birthplace of intercollegiate basketball. Only four years after basketball was invented, Hamline hosted the first basketball game between two college teams. See the full story online.

While Hamline is recognized as Minnesota's first university, it was also among the first co-educational institutions in the nation. Read about the accomplishments of some of Hamline's earliest female graduates.

The Center for Global Environmental Education (CGEE) in the School of Education was awarded a second grant of $457,000 from the Minnesota Department of Education's Math and Science Partnership Program to continue its innovate work in science teacher training. This brings the total grant amount for this two-phase project to $907,000.

The vision of an institution where pioneers could pursue higher education in the Minnesota Territory was initially realized on March 3, 1854 when Hamline's official charter was signed. Hamline University is considered Minnesota's first university, was one of the first co-educational institutions in the country, and conferred the first bachelor's and master's degrees in the state. Those were earned by two women, Emily and Elizabeth Sorin.

For the second year in a row, a team of five students from the Hamline University's School of Business placed in the top 10% of world-wide MBA teams competing in a Capstone computer-simulation game produced by Capsim Corporation of Chicago.

More than one-hundred students from Mounds View and Irondale high schools came to Hamline on February 17 for Education Matters, an event aimed at sparking interest in teaching and educational careers among students of color. The students at the event are aspiring teachers, members of the Educators Rising chapters, members of Students Together Respecting the Importance and Purpose of Education in Schools (STRIPES), or students from diverse student organizations in the schools. 

Hamline University President Fayneese Miller was recently named to the Amherst H. Wilder Foundation Board of Directors. She joins 11 other board members comprising the governing board of the foundation. President Miller also recently joined the Board of Directors for Twin Cities Public Television. 

The university received a generous $1.4 million endowed gift from Hamline alumnus Robert Green '57, MALS '96. The gift will establish the Robert E. Green Distinguished Professorship in Computational Science Fund to help prepare future Hamline students to meet the challenges of rapidly-evolving technology.

Hamline MBA students recently advanced to the regional division of the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) Cup. Hamline students, many of whom are working full-time as they pursue their graduate degree, went head-to-head with full-time MBA students to place third in the regional competition, beating out the team from Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota.

Hamline's public administration programs build on an impressive track record of more than 30 years of preparing dedicated public servants who make important decisions that influence all areas of the sector: public safety, transportation, education, utilities, food safety, public health, and environmental control. Recently, the success of public administration and criminal justice alumni in the public safety sector has been particularly evident on the statewide and even international stage.  

The Hamline Midway area is now home to a new, arts immersive community gathering space: Can Can Wonderland thanks to the creativity and innovation of Hamline School of Business Master of Public Administration (MPA) alumna Jennifer Pennington.

Jack Serier '90 is the new sheriff of Ramsey County, Minnesota. Sheriff Serier replaces another Hamline alumnus, Sheriff Matt Bostrom DPA '03, who recently announced he would retire in order to continue his research about police hiring practices at the University of Oxford.

Hamline is known as the birthplace of intercollegiate basketball, and the university recently celebrated a significant milestone in that history with the marking of the 80th anniversary of Hamline's basketball facility, now known as Hutton Arena.

Juan Grimaldo graduated from Hamline in 1990 with a double major in communication studies and French and later returned to Hamline to earn his Master of Arts in Management. His career has been diverse in terms of work and geography, and he is currently the senior press information specialist for the U.S. embassy in Bogota.

Former Hamline President Charles Graham passed away after a brief illness on Friday, December 23 in Minneapolis. Graham was a distinguished university educator and administrator in Minnesota and Wisconsin who served as the 16th president of Hamline from 1981-1987.

On December 13, student projects from the fall semester were showcased through Open Studios hosted by the Digital Media Arts and the Studio Arts departments.

2016 marks the 20th anniversary of Hamline’s Commitment to Community (C2C), a university-wide diversity initiatives committee of students, faculty, and staff, whose mission is to foster diversity awareness, knowledge, and understanding through discussion, dialogue, and community building.

Ramsey County Sheriff Matt Bostrom DPA '03 has announced that he will retire from the Sheriff's Office and intensify his current research on character-based police selection at the University of Oxford.

Senior Sarah Bliese was featured on FOX9 to talk about her research on pharmaceutical tests and her experience at Hamline as a first-generation college student.

Two teams of Hamline business students showed their data mining and analytics prowess at the “Dive into Water” Data Competition Event this November. The event brought together nearly 40 teams of undergraduate and graduate students from 25 schools to wrestle with a real-world data set and research problem and then present their findings to a panel of judges.

Due to a generous gift from physics professor Jerry Artz in honor of his parents, the Wesley and Lorene Artz Cognitive Neuroscience Research Center will give psychology students the opportunity to dive into the hands-on research.

Hamline University has launched a Center for Justice and Law.

Over the course of the presidential race, from the primaries up until election night, Hamline professors have been giving their expert analysis on news. Recount the highlights of their interviews through the election cycle.

Thanks to the overwhelming support across campus and from alumni and friends across the country, Power of One Day was a tremendous success. With gifts from 609 donors, we blew past our goal of 550 donors and had a 19% increase in the number of donors from last year. The gifts are still being tallied, but the office of Annual Giving Programs wants to convey deep gratitude for the generosity and enthusiasm for this big day. Thank you!

Imagine being hospitalized, but knowing that the standard antibiotic the doctor gives you might not work because the drug hasn't been properly stored or the medicine is falsified. It's a very real problem in developing countries, but Hamline undergraduate chemistry student Sarah Bliese is at the forefront of trying to change that.

With presidential candidates campaigning in swing states, political science professor David Schultz spoke live in Ohio on CNN with Carol Costello.

President Fayneese Miller has issued a 'register to vote' challenge from Hamline to other local Minnesota private colleges. If Hamline has the most Minnesota student voter registrations, President Miller will donate an additional $5,000 to Hamline student scholarships.

Hamline University was named to the 2015 President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, the highest federal recognition that an institution can receive for its commitment to community, service-learning, and civic engagement. Hamline is the only institution in the state of Minnesota that was recognized in all four honor roll categories.

A class called Special Topics: Campaign Management, taught by Professor David Schultz and Karla Bigham, was featured on KARE 11 as an innovative way to teach students about careers in politics.

The 2016 Women in Public Service Conference, hosted by Hamline's Center for Public Administration and Leadership, is now sold out. However, there is a waiting list for Hamline faculty, students, and staff. 

A $1.5 million grant from the United States Department of Education will bolster the already impressive work the Hamline School of Education undertakes to train all teachers to work with English learners with the the English Learners in the Mainstream (ELM) Project.

MFA in Writing for Children & Young Adults faculty Gene Luen Yang wins a MacArthur Fellowship for his work as a graphic novelist and cartoonist.

Hamline students secured an impressive array of summer internships in fields from law and criminal justice, to biochemistry and business.

At about 550 student strong, Hamline welcomes the Class of 2020. Read more about our new undergraduate class here.

Thirteen-year old Aurora Seger of Saint Paul now has a whole team of Pipers on her side as she deals with congenital muscular dystrophy, a genetic degenerative disease. Aurora became an honorary member of the Hamline University Women's Soccer team on Friday, September 2.

Hamline University was awarded a grant to lead an effort designed to bring about lasting change surrounding issues on race, equity, justice, and inclusion in Minnesota.

Hamline University is delighted to announce that The Princeton Review has named it as one of the best colleges and universities in the Midwest in its annual rankings.

Washington Monthly ranks Hamline first in Minnesota and 27th nationwide in its Master's Universities category for 2016. Hamline also named to the Best Bang for the Buck- Midwest Colleges list.

As one of the first co-educational universities in the country, early alumnae of Hamline used their education to become leaders in the American woman suffrage movement.

Hamline University is again among the top colleges in the nation according to the latest rankings by Forbes.com. Rankings are based on graduation rate, academic success, student debt, student satisfaction, and post-graduation success.

At Hamline, student research happens all year long across all areas of study. Under the guidance of their professors, students undertake these collaborative research projects by first determining what specific topic and question they would like to examine in-depth. The result is a fascinating array of questions and discoveries that lead to students being chosen to present their work at national conferences.

Five of the twelve writers selected for the 2016-17 Loft Literary Center Mentor Series hail from Hamline: Stephanie Chrismon, MFA '14; Lorissa Gottschalk, MFA '09; Erin Sharkey, MFA '15; Anthony Ceballos, BFA '15; and Trisha Collopy, current MFA.

Five of the largest windows in Hamline Church United Methodist are memorials to early Hamline University faculty and staff. The windows were exclusively hand-carved and made for the Hamline Church.

Kyle Bozentko, CLA 2007, executive director of the Jefferson Center, will partner with Professor David Schultz in utilizing an investment of nearly $750,000 from the Joyce Foundation and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation for the Minnesota Community Assemblies Project.

Nou Ly’s past of being an English language learner struggling through school has done anything but slow her down; in fact, it’s motivated a career as an ESL teacher.

Abdul Wright, MAEd ’16, winner of the 2016 Minnesota Teacher of the Year Award, has a message for all students: you are more than good enough, and I believe in you.

As a young girl, MayKao Hang DPA ’14 helped fellow refugees navigate their new terrain. Now, as president of the Wilder Foundation, Hang is continuing that practice.”

Tim Houle DPA ’16 won the 2016 MCMA Dr. Robert A. Barrett Award for Management Excellence, and it is not difficult to see why.

One of the truths Kim Therres MPA ’00, winner of the APMP Assistant of the Year Award, knows is that assistants truly make the public administration world go ‘round.

Todd Prafke MPA ’15 spent his childhood on the back of a fire truck, watching his mom, the mayor, serve the city. Now he’s the public servant.

Kevin Frazell DPA ’03 was a pioneer of Hamline’s doctorate program; now he is pioneering the MCMA President’s Award.

The Hamline hockey teams have direct connections to the Olympics with a three-time medalist coaching the women's hockey team and an alumni family that has connections to the "Miracle on Ice."

Hamline University is thrilled to announce it has received grants from the Joyce Foundation and William and Flora Hewlett Foundation's Madison Initiative totaling nearly $500,000. The grants will be used to help fund the Community Assemblies (CA) project. Created by Hamline Political Science Professor David Schultz.

From political science to English, professors gave different perspectives in analyzing the 2016 Republican National Convention (RNC). The four-day convention is not only the time to select the official party nominee, professors agreed, but also sets the tone for the presidential race that follows.

Pokémon have taken over campus! Whether you just downloaded the Pokémon GO game, or you are a level 30 gym leader, the Hamline campus is a great place to catch Pokémon, restock your supplies, and battle at gyms.

Lynn Farmer has joined Hamline as the new assistant vice president of Marketing and Creative Services.

Hamline’s pre-medical program helped Dr. Scott White achieve his dream of becoming a medical doctor, but he never knew the path would hold so many unique and empowering experiences.

Professor Jenny Keil and Michael C. Brilley were recently elected to the Hamline University Board of Trustees. Brenda Edmondson Heim returns to the board following a year as an emeritus trustee.

Esteemed author Coe Booth has joined the MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults (MFAC) Program as a faculty member. Booth has published numerous books for adolescents including Tyrell, Bronxwood, and her latest novel, Kinda Like Brothers.

President Fayneese Miller, Professor Robin Parritz, and Professor Jillian Peterson gave their expert insights about how to talk about and recover from violence as a society.

Spending a career helping others find their careers is not for everyone, but for Tina Simonson, Master of Public Administration ’11, it is everything.

Criminology and Criminal Justice Professor Jillian Peterson was interviewed by KARE 11, FOX 9, KSTP, WCCO radio, and MN News Network about her research into how mass shootings can be prevented and how communities can heal after tragedies like the Orlando nightclub shooting.

2016 Hamline graduate Anthony Wolfe received one of only three undergraduate awards presented at the national American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) meeting this spring in Boston. ACSM is the premiere organization of exercise scientists and physiologists.

Professors Jean Strait, Jeanne Kosieradzki, and David Schultz share their insights on Hillary Clinton and her history-making primary wins.

The A Line, Metro Transit’s new bus rapid transit route, begins service along Snelling Avenue on Saturday, June 11. Hamline is an exclusive sponsor of the A Line, and with two stops right in front of the university, the bus route will be a valuable resource for students, faculty, staff, and the Hamline Midway community.

In ceremonies that featured long-held tradition, new additions, inspiring words, and some surprises, Hamline celebrated its Class of 2016. Watch video of our featured Commencement speakers and see the photo album from the day.

With so many books published by Hamline alumni, students, and faculty in the Creative Writing Programs this academic year, why not add one of these varied tales to your summer reading list?

Glenn G. Hardin, professor of practice in Hamline’s Forensic Science Department, was recently interviewed by KSTP-TV about what toxicology tests in the death of iconic musician Prince would likely reveal.

Abdul Wright, a graduate student in the Hamline School of Education, was named the 2016 Minnesota Teacher of the Year.

How can you fulfill your career appetite? Thang Nguyen MBA ’11 does it by constantly searching out new opportunities—including earning his MBA at Hamline.

Professor and author of Until There is Justice, a new biography about Anna Arnold Hedgeman (Hamline Class of 1922), will be the 2016 Commencement speaker. Jennifer Scanlon is a women’s studies professor and interim dean for academic affairs at Bowdoin College.

The Hamline community and their families are warmly invited to a free university-wide spring celebration at CHS Field in downtown Saint Paul on Friday, May 6 at 4 p.m. Enjoy food, music, and some surprises as we cheer on our Pipers at the best field in the MIAC!

Hamline School of Education alumna, adjunct faculty member, and Minnesota Teacher of the Year Dr. Amy Hewett-Olatunde EdD '15 was in Washington D.C. this week to meet with President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden as part of National Teacher Appreciation Week 2016. 

Hamline University student workers come together every April to compete for university-wide bragging rights in a series of inter-office games.

Two students in the College of Liberal Arts, Emily Stein and Maggie Knorr, are awarded Fulbright Scholarships.

Since winning the Minnesota Teacher of the Year Award in 2015, ESL advocate Amy Hewett-Olatunde, MAEd '02 EdD '15 has used her nationally recognized powers for good.

As a Native American woman, Jessica Buckless, MAT '16 recognizes the importance of promoting and supporting diversity, and she has taken that mission into her classroom.

Hamline student reporters show you the Minneapolis campus, cover the annual Spring Leadership Training, talk with Hamline’s new head football coach, and fill you in on the [Un]Making a Murderer event.

The Bureau of Justice Assistance selected Professors Shelly Schaefer and Sarah Greenman of Hamline’s Department of Criminal Justice and Forensic Science to be the research team for a Byrne Criminal Justice Innovation Program Planning Grant.

KSTP-TV aired a story about how Hamline supports first-generation students which featured undergraduate Nadia Al-Mosawi who will be the first in her family to graduate from college in May.

Three Hamline Doctorate of Public Administration (DPA) students are among those honored as recipients of the 2016 Bush Fellowships: Carmeann Daisy Foster, Giovanni Veliz, and Hamse Warfa.

Hamline University is honored to announce that Wuang Yang, a junior in the College of Liberal Arts, was chosen as a 2016 Newman Civic Fellow Award recipient.

A freelance writer inexperienced in farming and 2,000 chickens walked into a coop; out comes Lucie Amundsen' MFA ’14 with her nonfiction debut, Locally Laid.

Hamline University will host distinguished philosopher Dr. Linda Martín Alcoff as the featured speaker for the 32nd annual Hanna Lectures on Wednesday, April 13, 2016 at 8 p.m. and Thursday, April 14, 2016 at 11:30 a.m.

President Fayneese Miller was on Minnesota Public Radio's (MPR) educators' roundtable talking about challenges and solutions in higher education.

After life took an unexpected turn, Jayne Harris MBA ’08 graduated from the first cohort of the Master of Business Administration program and joined the Women in Philanthropy Advisory Council.

Hamline University Athletics is pleased to announce that Charles “Chip” Taylor, Jr. is the new head football coach for the Pipers.

Watch the latest episode of the student-produced Piper Report for highlights from Winter Wonderjam, an introduction to the new lacrosse team, analysis of the 2016 presidential election, and a look at Black History Month events.

Hamline’s Bullying Prevention Certificate is the first of its kind in the Midwest and one of the only programs of its kind in the country. The School of Education launched the graduate program in response to Minnesota’s 2014 Safe and Supportive Schools Act and the national Safe Schools Improvement Act. The latter requires schools to adopt a code to prohibit bullying, report all harassment, and report all bullying to the U.S Department of Education.

President Fayneese Miller was featured as a Minnesotan to Meet on WCCO-TV's morning show on Tuesday, February 23.

Hamline Initiative for Professional and Academic Liaisons (HIPAL), a new and unique program at Hamline, provides professional development opportunities for undergraduate students studying in the sciences.

For the third year in a row, Hamline University was named a Military Friendly School by Victory Media. Hamline earned this accolade through its notable support of military service members and their spouses.

Dr. Vera Vogelsang-Coombs, the founding director of Hamline’s Master of Arts in Public Administration (MPA) Program, passed away in early February at age 65.

Hamline alumna Dawn Bentley ’95, MBA/Master of Nonprofit Management (MNM) ’14 recently added a new title to her resume, executive director of the local arts nonprofit Art Shanty Projects. Since Bentley’s involvement in Art Shanty Projects, the organization has become a contender for national and international awards and grants, and was recognized as one of 32 featured semifinalists for an International Award for Public Art.

Snow has fallen, the sun is high, and the first Piper Report of 2016 is posted and ready for your viewing pleasure.

On February 9, 1895, Hamline University hosted the first-ever intercollegiate basketball game in the country.

Deciding on a major can be a stressful prospect for undergraduate students, but Hamline has extraordinary resources, classes, faculty, and staff to help them through the process.

Hamline first-year student Farhiya Ali spoke to over 14,000 people at a rally for presidential candidate Bernie Sanders.

Hamline's Center for Global Environmental Education (CGEE) has been awarded a $450,000 grant from the Minnesota Department of Education's Math & Science Partnership program for Science and Engineering Practices to Classroom Implementation (SEPCI).

The historic changes in Cuba are leading to many firsts and Hamline is proud to be a part of an educational first in the country.

On Friday, January 22, 2016, Hamline School of Education partnered with the Minnesota Department of Education and PACER’s National Bullying Prevention Center to host the Minnesota Safe and Supportive Schools Conference.

Governor Mark Dayton recognizes the combination of Hamline University School of Law and William Mitchell College of Law by proclaiming January 20, 2016 as Mitchell Hamline School of Law Day.

Instructors in the Hamline Master of Fine Arts in Writing for Children and Young Adults (MFAC) program Matt de la Peña, Laura Ruby, and Gene Luen Yang have won some of the most coveted honors amongst writers of children’s books.

A self-proclaimed “park rat,” Boe Carlson MPA ’09 has what he calls the perfect job. As superintendent of Three Rivers Park District, Carlson oversees more than 2,000 employees and deals with everything from budgets and human resources to public safety.

Due to the frequent partnership between Hamline Athletics and the Special Olympics of Minnesota, Hamline was recognized as the featured Project Unify MN school for December.

President Fayneese Miller was recently honored with a 2016 Community Action Award in the education category.

The new Hamline University women’s lacrosse team will join the Midwest Women’s Lacrosse Conference starting in 2017. The Pipers will join fellow MIACer Augsburg in what will be a 12-team circuit.

Alumni Roger ‘57 and Marilyn ‘58 Appeldorn have announced that they will fund a new effort called the Appeldorn Family Endowed Fund for Innovation Studies to support and enhance offerings that educate students in the innovation process.

The latest Piper Report is about all the exciting events that happened on campus during the end of fall semester 2015 and preparing for what’s ahead.

Officials have signed the formal paperwork to create Mitchell Hamline School of Law. The combination brings together Hamline University School of Law and William Mitchell College of Law to create the largest independent law school in the region. 

Life Trustee Mrs. Darrel Alkire, who established the Howard and Darrel Alkire Chair in International Business and Economics at Hamline in 1991, passed away late last week at the age of 95.

Hamline Athletics Director Jason Verdugo had his head shaved by student athletes after the community exceeded the goal of raising $30,000 for Athletics on Power of One Day. Watch the video!

Hundreds of women gathered on Friday, November 13, for the fourth annual Hamline School of Business Women in Public Service (WIPS) Conference titled titled “Awaken the Force: Unleash Your Full Potential in Public Service.”

Hamline political science professor David Schultz announced the publication of his latest book, Presidential Swing States: Why Only Ten Matter. It is a first-of-its-kind book that explains why some states are more decisive and important in American presidential elections than others.