Criminal Justice Professor Jillian Peterson spoke with Angela Davis on Minnesota Public Radio about what the research says about having police officers in schools.

A number of Hamline University students earned academic recognitions for work during the spring semester.

As a liberal arts institution that values civic engagement, Hamline University embraces a diversity of viewpoints and experiences among its students, faculty and alumni. In the wake of the Memorial Day officer-involved killing of George Floyd, Pipers donated, volunteered, marched, and protested. Some have also taken the lead in the media.

The U.S. Department of State announced the selection of Professor Betsy Parrish for a six-month virtual English Language Specialist project on developing handbooks for establishing Communities of Practice in Vietnam with the National Foreign Language Project of the Vietnamese Ministry of Education and Training.

Read Dr. David Everett's invited commentary on "Higher Education’s Role in Promoting Racial Healing and the Power of Wonder" published by the American Association of Colleges and Universities.

Professor Mike Reynold offers his hot take on literature and crises. He also suggests a few pandemic-worthy books for our reading pleasure.

This spring Kaori Kenmotsu and the dance ensemble embraced the challenge of taking an embodied physical art form into a digital space. In collaboration with seniors Jackson Cobb and Helen Maclay, they created a piece called “In Transition” that is now available to view online.

Members of the Hamline Track and Field and Cross Country teams ran backward and uphill to raise over $600 for The Link, a shelter for youth run by alumna Beth Holger ‘98 Master of Nonprofit Management ‘04. 

This year, the “Honors Convocation” was renamed: “The Awards and Honors Ceremony.” Like other similar celebrations of students’ successes in the spring of 2020, it was online. It was recorded and is now available for viewing.

Staff from residential life collaborated with the student programming board to make life more bearable for students living on campus during the Minnesota Stay Home Order.

Hunter Holten, a rising junior majoring in Computational Data Science, is the first Hamline University student to receive a Science, Mathematics and Research for Transformation (SMART) scholarship from the Department of Defense (DOD).

Molly Isaacson analyzes data for the Office of Institutional Effectiveness. During Minnesota’s Stay at Home Order, she’s been crunching numbers at home but has still found time to assist the Red Cross by donating blood.

Dealing with the impacts of COVID-19 is a marathon, not a sprint. And while it is important to practice the social distancing that will keep many more people safe and healthy, it is also important to realize the toll this situation places on our mental health.

Professor Serena King is teaching Hybrid General Psychology, Cross-Cultural Psychology and Applied Health Psychology this semester. She recently took time from her schedule to offer her take on the enormous impact that the COVID-19 pandemic is having on the field of psychology and people's mental health.

Sheila O'Connor was named the recipient of 2020 Minnesota Book Award in the Novel & Short Story category for her book Evidence of V: A Novel in Fragments, Facts, and Fictions. O'Connor also won the Minnesota Book Award in this category in 2004 for her novel Where No Gods Came. 

Sophie Warrick’s work for the New Student Programs (NSP) office earned her a professional leadership award from the regional chapter of the Association for Orientation, Transition, and Retention in Higher Education.

Kate Meyer of the Global Engagement Center turned her energy from keeping Pipers safe while abroad to sewing face masks that will keep communities safer during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Hamline School of Business’s Sonal Gerten offered a quick take on what marketers can expect moving forward.

Education Minnesota announced ten finalists for Minnesota Teacher of the Year and three are graduates of Hamline University.

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed all aspects of our community. Hamline University School of Business professor Jeannie Fox offered a quick take on what nonprofit professionals can expect moving forward.

First-year Hamline University student Emily Hilderbrand received the Presidents’ Student Leadership Award from Campus Compact. The award recognizes an individual student or a student organization that models a deep commitment to civic responsibility and leadership.

Leaders from Hamline’s Wesley Center offer words of wisdom and support as significant holidays are celebrated by those of the Christian, Jewish and Muslim religions this April.

Dieu Do, a junior, has been named a Newman Civic Fellow by Campus Compact, a Boston-based non-profit organization working to advance the public purposes of higher education.

While Pipers stay home to help slow the spread of COVID-19, Hamline Exercise Science professors Lisa Ferguson-Stegall and Jen Robb encourage physical exercise to boost immune function, improve cognition, maintain fitness and support mental health.

Hamline University has implemented two significant changes to its admissions policies. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Hamline University has moved the enrollment decision day from May 1, 2020 to June 1, 2020. The second change is that Hamline University will not require the ACT or SAT for admission.

On March 1, 2020, the Hamline University Board of Trustees unanimously passed a resolution officially welcoming people of all sexual orientations, gender identities, and gender expressions, formally affiliating the university with Reconciling Ministries Network (RMN).

The theatre department had a strong showing at the 2020 Region 5 Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival in January. Hamline students and recent alumni received seven honors for productions in the Anne Simely Theatre over the last year.

A new initiative has been funded as part of Hamline’s Take the Lead Campaign. The Hamline Leadership Scholars Program was created with the goal of increasing student retention and graduation outcomes.

Student leaders discussed the future of Hamline University with trustees at the “100 Who Influence” Luncheon, an event dedicated to giving students an opportunity to speak directly with institutional decision-makers.

For the second time in two years, a team of MBA students from the Hamline School of Business finished second in the Association for Corporate Growth regional competition for its prestigious ACG Cup. The event was held on Thursday, February 13 at the Carlson School of Management.

For the second consecutive year, and for the third time in the last four years, five writers connected to Hamline's creative writing programs have been named finalists for the Minnesota Book Awards.

Genesis Begins Again by Alicia D. Williams, MFAC alumna ‘16 receives a Newbery Honor, the Coretta Scott King Award, and is a finalist for the William C. Morris Award.

Kris Norman-Major, professor and director of public administration programs in the Hamline School of Business, has been awarded the Joan Fiss Bishop Award by the American Society for Public Administration, Section on Women in Public Administration.

Assistant Professor Valentine Cadieux, who also directs Environmental Studies and Sustainability at Hamline, is part of a team that created The Holding Shanty for the Art Shanty Projects, a three-week winter public art event that runs Saturdays and Sundays through February 9, 2020 on Bde Unma/Lake Harriet.

President Miller, Associate Vice President of Marketing and Communications Lynn Farmer and HUSC Vice President Dieu Do participated in Martin Luther King, Jr. Day programming that was broadcast nationally from the Minneapolis Television Network studios.

The Hamline Undergraduate Student Congress (HUSC) had a busy fall semester, making policy changes that will impact the campus community in many ways.

Hamline University’s School of Education Center for Excellence in Urban Teaching (CEUT) was one of five Minnesota institutions to receive a 2020 grant as part of Minnesota’s Collaborative Urban and Greater Minnesota Educators of Color (CUGMEC) program.

Spotlight story on Taylor Anderson, HSE alumna and recent graduate of the Administrative Licensure program.

Ten Pipers will be spending 3 weeks of J-Term in Thailand where they’ll report and produce environmental stories with the help of prominent and experienced journalism mentors.

Calonna Carlisle, Mariana Cervantes, and Evelyn Humphrey are the latest Pipers to be named to Minnesota Governor Walz’s Young Women’s Cabinet. Senior Raie Gessesse was previously appointed and remains a member. 

Associate Dean of Students Javier Gutierrez, Ed.D. recently received the Robert E. Mosier Professional Enrichment Award from the Upper Midwest Region Association of University Housing Officers (UMR-ACUHO).

Senior Nicholas Jenkins jump-started a career in community leadership with his recent appointment by Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan to the Governor’s Council on the Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday for 2020.

“Humanize My Hoodie”, a movement led by Hamline University adjunct instructor Jason Sole and his collaborator Andre Wright, recently released their biggest project to date: The “Humanize My Hoodie Book” and the “Road to New York Fashion Week Documentary.”

Shadowrise, the debut poetry collection from MFA alum Mary Harpin, is out now from Dos Madres Press.

Hamline alumnus John A. Downing ‘73 has been elected a 2019 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science for his contributions to water health.

Hamline University’s Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation Campus Center (TRHT) took its unifying mission to Washington D.C. in October.

The Minnesota State Arts Board announced the winners of its 2020 Artist Initiative Grants and six of the grantees are part of the Hamline Creative Writing Programs.

Hamline alumnus Dr. Robert Mikulak ‘64 was one of three recipients of the Hague Award from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) during the first day of the Twenty-Fourth Conference of the States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention.

Hamline students were key team members on the publically released mass shooter database, the most comprehensive database of mass shooters in the United States.

On Saturday, November 9, Hamline juniors Andrew Argeros and Lindsey Hawk with their teammate Lindsay Steiger, a senior, successfully competed and won second place in the fourth-annual MinneMUDAC Student Data Science Challenge.

The Violence Project, a nonpartisan think tank led by Jillian Peterson of Hamline University and James Densley of Metropolitan State University, have publicly released the largest, most comprehensive database of mass shooters in the United States.

Hamline University named David Chun to the role of Chief Information Officer (CIO), a leadership position at the Associate Vice President level.

Hamline students' participation rate was 63.3 percent in the 2018 midterm election and as a result the the university was awarded a platinum seal for having the overall highest voting rate among peer institutions nationwide.

Hamline University School of Business has expanded the successful Master of Nonprofit Management (MNM) program by offering a new online hybrid option. The new program is currently enrolling and classes will begin in January 2020.

Two MFAC faculty’s middle grade novels and one MFAC alum young adult novel have been chosen as Publisher Weekly’s Best Books of 2019! 

Earlier this month, Hamline alumni Michael Abata ‘05 and Brent Reykdal ‘08 gathered with other Target representatives to officially unveil the new soccer mini-pitch constructed in Hamline Park.

During National Transfer Student Week from October 21-25, Hamline will celebrate the students who have chosen this institution to complete their college journey.

Each fall, the Hamline community comes together for Homecoming, a week packed with festivities and celebration. As midterms approach, here’s a recap of some of the fun on campus during the week of October 7.

The School of Business celebrated the new Wells Fargo Finance and Analytics Room with a ribbon cutting event.

MFAC faculty Laura Ruby takes her place on the 2019 National Book Awards Shortlist for Young People's Literature with her newest novel Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All. 

Events will be held to celebrate the release of Evidence of V: a Novel of Fragments, Facts, and Fictions by creative writing professor Sheila O'Connor on Oct. 26 and Nov. 3.

Four Alumni of Hamline's MFA in creative writing program earn fellowships in the prestigious Loft Mentor Series.

Hamline's Free Store was featured in the Star Tribune along with several students and VISTA staff person Emma Kiley. The newspaper's editorial board followed up with "kudos" to Hamline for the sustainability initiative.

Hamline's Muslim Student Association co-leader Halima Ahmed participated in a roundtable conversation broadcast on NPR via the program 1A.

Hamline’s undergraduate researchers left their labs and laptops behind to present their work to the community during the annual fall interdisciplinary research symposium.

Hamline’s Undergraduate Student Congress is coming up with new ways to engage students on and off campus for the 2019-2020 school year.

During Convocation in the Walker Fieldhouse on Thursday, September 5, 2019, President Fayneese Miller welcomed 109 transfer and 549 first-year students to the campus community.

Team members at the Hamline Elementary-Hamline University Collaborative Learning University School won a grant for a new makerspace.

Two Hamline students have received the Eddie Phillips Scholarship for African-American Men.

Over the summer, two Hamline students practiced ancient skills in a modern lab to better understand the past.

Teachers from all over the United States converged on the local waterways for a three-day education STEM intensive hosted by Hamline's Center for Global Environmental Education.

Mai Nhia Xiong Chan and the admission team have developed a winning approach to enrollment.

Research by a team of students led by Leif Hembre, Ph.D. a Hamline Biology professor, showed that a moratorium on trout stocking improved water quality in a local lake.

The Hamline men's basketball team has been named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Academic Team Excellence unit announced July 11. To qualify, a team must have a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 or higher for the 2018-19 season.

Quite a number, 58 to be exact, HU student-athletes have been named to the MIAC Winter-Spring Academic All-Conference team.

Women's basketball standout Reilly Geistfeld has been named to the roster of D-3 Team USA, which will play four games in Brazil next month.

Two teams from the School of Business upheld Hamline's track record of success in the Manhattan College Business Analytics Competition.

A record number of Hamline's lacrosse players (14) were named to the 2019 Midwest Women's Lacrosse Conference All-Academic Team (MWLC). To qualify, athletes must have a cumulative GPA of 3.30 or higher.

Hamline Elementary School has a new tagline -- Collaborative Learning University School -- that reflects a deepening educational partnership with Hamline University.

Hamline MFAC Alumna Blair Thornburgh Receives Multiple Starred Reviews for her new YA novel Ordinary Girls. 

Families and friends gathered in locations throughout campus to celebrate the 2019 Hamline University graduates.

Jessica Davis had planned to pursue an MD. Instead, she opted for an MAT at Hamline after deciding to be a high school math teacher.

Honor societies are part of the Hamline experience. Phi Beta Kappa inducts members with a ceremony steeped in history that venerates scholarship and friendship.

 MFA Alum Joe Horton and CWP Faculty Richard Pelster-Wiebe have been selected for the Jerome Hill Artist Fellowship Program. The Jerome Foundation seeks to contribute to a dynamic and evolving culture by supporting the creation, development, and production of new works by early career/emerging artists.

The end of the spring semester is a time to recognize student accomplishments. On Monday, April 29, twenty-two seniors who completed the Hamline University Honors program received their due.

The new anthology Under Purple Skies: The Minneapolis Anthology, edited by Frank Burnes from Belt Publishing features short stories by six Hamline University affiliated writers.

Raie Gessesse is Hamline’s first woman of color and first first-generation student to be named a Truman Scholar. She was one of 62 outstanding students chosen from an application pool of 840 from across the United States.

A team of Hamline MBA students came in second in the regional Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) Cup competition held at the University of St. Thomas’ Minneapolis campus in February.

MFA Faculty Angela Pelster-Weibe will moderate a reading and interview hosted by Coffee House Press The reading will be at the American Swedish Institute in the Folke Bernadotte Conference Room on Wednesday, April 24 at 7:00 p.m.

Hamline community members headed to the capitol on Thursday, March 14 in their work to end hunger in Minnesota.

MFA alum Rosemary Ann Davis was featured in a recent article by the Pioneer Press.

Jeff Fink, a Lecturer in the School of Education, has published a book titled,"Responding to Student Behavior: Preparing for Teaching."

Hamline student and advocate “takes the lead” in more ways than one.

BFA/MFA faculty member Angela Pelster-Wiebe's essay “The Trial” has been published in the 2018/19 Winter Edition of Ploughshares.

If My Body Could Speak, the second poetry collection from Blythe Baird (BFA ‘18), is out this month from Button Poetry.

Homecoming, the podcast that inspired the hit Amazon Prime Original TV show, has a companion novella with its second season––written by BFA/MFA faculty member John Brandon.

Three Hamline University Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing for Children and Young Adults (MFAC) faculty members won national book awards for their works of fiction at the recent American Library Association (ALA) Midwinter Conference in Seattle.

Twenty-seven Hamline scholar athletes named to MIAC All-Conference team.

Angela Conley’s approach to public service makes her a new voice on the Hennepin County Board of Commissioners for more reasons than one.

Hamline’s Better Together (Interfaith Action Group) has been working on a project with NCJW (National Council for Jewish Women) and Reimagining (Women’s Christian Group) on a Multifaith Menstrual Justice Project since July 2018.

CWP faculty member John Brandon’s novel Arkansas has been adapted into a film of the same name, directed by Clark Duke and filmed in Alabama.

Gymnast Meghan Webb garnered conference honors after the season-opening meet.

What's that tune? Kelly Krebs' song, played by Kathy Thomsen, won second place in the 2019 Song Slam.

Members of the Mock Trial program affirmed the benefits of strong arguments, preparation and teamwork when they shared their knowledge and experience with deaf and hearing impaired high school students.

Professor of Public Health Sciences Susi Keefe and six graduated Seniors will have their article "Hmong College Student Perceptions and Experiences with Mercury Containing Skin Lightening Products in St. Paul Minnesota" published in the Spring 2019 issue of the Hmong Studies Journal.

Wallace Swan, an adjunct instructor at Hamline, edited and wrote a significant part of the new “Routledge Handbook of LGBTQIA Administration and Policy.”

Assistant Professor in the School of Education Patty Born will travel to New York City to support teachers in understanding and implementing national science education standards.

Dr. Suda Ishida, professor of Communication Studies, has been awarded a grant of $2,000 from the Mansergh-Stuessey Fund of The Saint Paul Foundation to support a speakers' series focused on immigrant and refugee populations in the Twin Cities.

Lifeng Dong, professor and the Emma K. and Carl R. N. Malmstrom Endowed Chair in Physics, gave an invited presentation at the 2018 Electrochemistry Symposium in Minnesota. His talk “Design and Synthesis of Carbon-based Functional Materials for Energy Conversation and Storage” focused on how to develop new materials for next generation solar cells, fuel cells, batteries and supercapacitors.

On December 13, Rabbi Esther Adler, Associate Chaplain for Jewish Life offered a blessing along with Archbishop Bernard Hebda at the Catholic Charities annual Saint Nicholas fundraising dinner.

Professor Peterson's commentary on preventing school violence was published in the Star Tribune.

On Wednesday, December 12, Women's Hockey Coach Natalie Darwitz took her place in hockey history when she was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame.

Professor Deanna Thompson's new book is reviewed in the current issue of Christian Century.

Betsy Parrish, professor in second language teacher education, presented two sessions focused on implementing the English Language Proficiency Standards for Adult Education at the California TESOL Annual Conference in Anaheim, CA on Dec. 7-8.

Criminal Justice Professor Jillian Peterson gave a presentation during a meeting of the Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists at the University of Minnesota School of Journalism.

Carrie Schmitz, graduate of the Masters in the Arts of Literacy Education program, was honored at the MN Middle School Association's State Conference on December 7.

Adam King, a junior on the men's soccer team, was named to the United Soccer Coaches' North Region third team for the second consecutive season. He is the first Piper ever to be so honored by the USC twice.

Professor Zhenqin Zhang's book, "Intellectual Property Rights in China" has been published by the University of Pennsylvania Press.

Professor Katharine Bjork's most recent book, "Prairie Imperialists: The Indian Country Origins of American Empire" was published this month.

History Professor John Mazis presented the paper, “Greek Bulgarophobia as the Result of Bulgarian Success in Ottoman Macedonia 1903-1910” at the 50th conference of the Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies in Boston.

Patty Born Selly, a professor in the School of Education, helped to shape a statement on elementary science education by the National Science Teachers Association.

Associate Professor Stacie Bosley gave an invited presentation at the Federal Trade Commission's Consumer Protection Research Symposium on Friday, December 7.

Karen Heggernes, head coach of the Hamline women's lacrosse team, has received a one-year grant of $13,750 from the Kate Risley Foundation to support the team in 2019.

Aspiring teachers who received Hamline's Center for Excellence in Urban Teaching (CEUT) scholarships get a chance to help close the racial gap between students and teachers in Minnesota.

Molly Garin, a first-year forward for Hamline, was named to D3Hockey.com women's team of the week.

The Minnesota State Arts Board awarded Professor O'Connor a grant in support of her newest book.

Hamline's own Luke Trudell was named to the D3Football.com West Region team. Read more on the Hamline Athletics website.

For a week in November, Andrea Bell, modern languages (Spanish) was a guest of the Universidad Diego Portales (UDP) in Santiago, Chile, where she presented her work on transhumanism in Chilean science fiction.

Susi Keefe, professor of public health sciences, presented her research paper “I Don't Work: Defining Work and Entrepreneurship for Women in a Muslim Swahili Community in Coastal Tanzania,” on the panel: Rethinking Informality at the African Studies Association.

On Monday, November 26 eight Hamline students took a bus to the Sanneh Foundation's facilities where they helped to pack and organize nearly 9,000 donated goods.

Hamline students led by Hamline Mock Trial Coach Kelly Rodgers are collaborating with the Metro Deaf School (MDS) in St. Paul and the Minnesota State High School for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing in Faribault to conduct a Mock Trial.

Amy Bohman '95 will bring her teaching expertise and experience to Cambodia.

Rebecca Neal has served on Minnesota's Special Education Advisory Panel (SEAP) since 2015. She was recently elected to the position of SEAP Chair for the 2018-2019 academic year.

School of Education MAT graduate Katherine Little and Professor Betsy Parrish presented, "Putting our Heads Together: When Elementary and Adult Reading Instruction Meet" at the Minnesota English Learner Education (MELED) conference on November 17.

ATLAS Director Patsy Egan and Professor of Education Betsy Parrish presented their work, "Building Oral Language as a Bridge to Academic Writing" at the Minnesota English Learner Education (MELED) conference on November 17.

Professor Deanna Thompson delivered two presentations at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion in Denver Colorado during November.

Kim Hartung, associate professor and director of the administrative licensure program in the School of Education, presented her collaborative research this month at the University Council for Educational Administration (UCEA) national conference in Houston, TX. conference in Houston, TX.

Professor Jermaine Singleton recently presented, "The Theology of James Baldwin's Go Tell It on the Mountain" in contribution to St. John's Adult & Youth Faith Forum.

Hamline was the first university to host professional journalists from around the world as part of a new program sponsored by the U.S. State Department and Global Minnesota.

Professor of Sociology and Social Justice Valerie Chepp recently published an essay in "Core Concepts in Sociology,” a comprehensive guide to essential sociological concepts, featuring contributions from an international panel of leading figures in the field.

Professor and the Emma K. and Carl R. N. Malmstrom Endowed Chair in Physics Lifeng Dong recently co-authored five scientific articles in the field of fuel cells, waveguide, biosensors, supercapacitors, and photodetectors.

School of Business Professor of Practice Jim Scheibel presented at the SHIFT Fall Forum held at Minnesota State University Mankato at Edina on November 5.

Hamline University Mock Trial had seven teams compete in the St. Paul Trials hosted by Hamline on November 1-3.

Lifeng Dong, Professor and the Emma K. and Carl R. N. Malmstrom Endowed Chair in Physics, co-chaired and facilitated a Nanotechnology session as part of the 2018 Americas International Meeting on Electrochemistry and Solid State Science (AIMES), September 30 – October 4, in Cancun, Mexico.

Criminal Justice Professor Jillian Peterson and Hamline student Hannah Klumb spoke to reporters at about the mass shooter database study and what they are learning about prevention.

Assistant Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice Jillian Peterson gave a half-day invited symposium at the Minnesota School Mental Health Conference in Brainerd, Minnesota titled "Mass violence prevention: Evidence-based school strategies."

Assistant Professor, Advanced Learning Technologies in the School of Education Trish Harvey and Academic Technology Consultant Nicole Nelson recently presented at the Quality Matters Conference on Quality Assurance in Online Learning in St. Louis, MO.

Hamline Archaeology Records Specialist Kyle Knapp and Independent Historical Researcher and Recruiter Jeremy Jackson at Mitchell Hamline School of Law were featured in the Redwood Falls Gazette.

Hamline University students took the lead and collaborated with peers at area colleges to create a day-long sold-out social justice conference.

Professor Deanna Thompson gave the Reformation Lecture at Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd on Wednesday, October 31, 2018.