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.

MFAC faculty Anne Ursu’s newest novel The Lost Girl is set to be Adapted into Series Produced by Drew Barrymore

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 grad Keenan Daoudi will use the university’s 57th Fulbright Award in Algeria -- to teach English and increase cultural understanding.

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.

Dr. David Everett, Associate Vice President of Inclusive Excellence, has been awarded a grant of $25,000 from the St. Paul and Minnesota Community Foundations to work in collaboration with several community partners to tackle the issue of changing racial narratives in media.

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.

Professor of Biology, Leif Hembre, presented a research seminar titled "Neo- and paleo-limnological investigation of the effects of rainbow trout stocking on zooplankton community composition & lake water quality" at Saint Olaf College on Monday, October 29.

Dr. Jillian Peterson, assistant professor of criminology and criminal justice and director of the Center for Justice and Law at Hamline, has been awarded a two-year grant of $300,000 from the U.S. Department of Justice to analyze the causes of mass shootings and to explore ways of preventing such tragedies in the future.

Professor of Practice Jim Scheibel spoke and moderated a panel on "Nuclear Asia: Prospects for Peace" at the Midwest Conference on Asian Affair held at Metropolitan State University on October 20, 2018.

On October 17, English Learners in the Mainstream (ELM) Director Amy Stolpestad and School of Education faculty Michelle Benegas gave two international teacher professional development sessions for American English, a program of the US Department of State.

A new podcast, The Dream, explores the world of multilevel marketing and pyramid schemes from multiple perspectives. Episode 6 features discussions with associate professor Stacie Bosley, whose research speaks to cognitive biases and information issues in this industry.

Professor of Communication Studies Suda Ishida and students from her Media in Global Perspective class attended a talk on "South Africa's Fragile Democracy" by former U.S. Ambassador to Liberia Linda Thomas-Greenfield.

John Mazis, History CLA, was a guest of the radio show "AKPOAMA" in Volos, Greece. He was interviewed about his book on Ion Dragoumis, his upcoming participation in a documentary on Dragoumis, and his work in progress.

Assistant Professor of Environmental Education Patty Born published an article titled, "Use of Children’s Literature to Support an Emerging Curriculum Model of Education for Sustainable Development for Young Learners" in the Journal of Education for Sustainable Development.

Professor of Religion Mark Berkson gave a series of talks on Cannabis in the World's Religions at the New West Summit in Oakland, California on October 11-13.

Jermaine Singleton, professor of English, published a review essay, “Mourning, Melancholia, and Race Now,” in the journal Contemporary Political Theory.

Hamline faculty Dave Ryan (DMA), Allison Baker (Studio Arts), and Josh Gumiela (DMA) will exhibit new work in a show called Obscure Origins from October 11-27, at the Carnegie Art Center in Mankato, MN.

Hamline University School of Business students Montgomery (Monty) Stenroos and Paige Natzke have each received $1,000 scholarships from local data science and analytics nonprofit organization MinneAnalytics.  

Rebecca Neal, an associate professor and Director of the Center for Excellence in Urban Teaching, recently published three articles addressing issues of educational equity.

The Provost's Office would like to announce the formation of the Center for Academic Success and Achievement (CASA) as part of an expansion of student success efforts at Hamline University. CASA will provide students with the academic advising, academic skills support, tutoring, and resources needed to successfully manage the college experience and maximize student involvement in their own learning and development.

Dr. Colleen Bell, professor of Women's Studies, and Dr. Shelly Schaefer, professor of Criminal Justice and Forensic Science, have been awarded a grant of $5,000 from the Minnesota Department of Corrections to support an innovative course offered this semester that allows Hamline students and residents of Minnesota Correctional Facility at Shakopee to study together.

Professor of Religion Mark Berkson gave a talk at Veg Fest on Sunday, September 16, at Harriet Island Park in St. Paul. The topic was "Religious and Non-Religious Approaches to Helping Animals."

Professor and Emma K. and Carl R. N. Malmstrom Endowed Chair in Physics Lifeng Dong organized and chaired the 2018 Academic Conference on Nanoscale Energy and Devices held in Qingdao, China from August 18–20.

BFA/MFA faculty member Angela Pelster-Wiebe has published a new essay, "White Artists Need to Start Addressing White Supremacy in Their Work," at Literary Hub.

Deanna Thompson, professor of religion, was interviewed by the Midway Monitor about her recently published book, "Glimpsing Resurrection: Cancer, Trauma, and Ministry."

Nothing Stopped Sophie: The Story of Unshakable Mathematician Sophie Germain, written by alumna Cheryl Bardoe (MFAC ‘10), is out now from Little, Brown Books for Young Readers.

Professor Andrew Wykes from the Studio Arts and Art History Department will be featured in the film "Painting The Place Between," on Saturday, September 22 from 1-7 p.m.

Professor Andrew Wykes from the Studio Arts and Art History Department is awarded the 2018 American Art Award 1st place in the landscape painting category for his painting, "Killara Bay, Mayo, Ireland." The painting is 24" x 100" with the media acrylic on canvas.