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A woman wearing glasses and a dark blue shirt gestures with a pen over a clipboard in a classroom setting.

Named 2025 Missouri Teacher of the Year, Jennifer Jones ’01 says the professors at UMN Morris modeled the kind of teaching she still strives for. 

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Savana Hauck '27 and McKenna Potter ‘27 scanned more than 700 new items from the National Archives to be added to the UMN Morris Archives. 

A group of people, some sitting, some standing, singing and some drumming, gather outdoors around a large drum.

Powwow has been an important part of life growing up for student Rizal Agaton-Howes '29. Having a deep love of the cultural activity, he started UMN Morris’ first student drum group last fall.

Circular emblem with "PHI THETA KAPPA HONOR SOCIETY" around the top edge. In the center, a torch emblem with the letters "ΦΘΚ" is depicted above the text "TRANSFER HONOR ROLL" and the year "2026" at the bottom.

For a third year, UMN Morris has been named to the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society Transfer Honor Roll. 

A smiling person holds up a homemade craft project resembling a small robot or vehicle, made from a white box with three blue decorative circles on the front, a white paper tube on top, and sparkly pink pipe cleaners.

The first ever astrophysics summer camp at the University of Minnesota Morris was held in June. 

A man with a mustache and a close-cropped haircut wearing a light beige quarter-zip sweater over a white collared shirt and a dark red tie. Behind him, the American flag is visible.

Nate Wood ’08 is the principal at West Central Area Secondary School in Barrett and was appointed last fall to the Minnesota Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board. A graduate of the secondary education program, he appreciates the support system he had at UMN Morris and the well-rounded college experience.

Rita Erickson with head tilted smiling

Through her pre-LADC internship at an addiction treatment center, Rita Erickson ‘26 is gaining the confidence she’ll need to work as an addictions counselor after she graduates with a degree in psychology. 

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Thanks to a grant from the Institute on the Environment, UMN Morris Assistant Professor Wenkai Guan is leading a national, interdisciplinary research team working on a tool to better understand and monitor the impacts of AI infrastructure on both water quantity and water quality.

Woman in a maroon polo shirt with university logo smiles in front of solar panels and grazing cows on a sunny day.

A solid liberal arts education combined with a love of animals and the outdoors put Kirsten Sharpe Moser ’14 on the pathway to a career as a dairy researcher.

Side-by-side headshots of two smiling men; the man on the left is wearing a black suit and tie, and the man on the right is wearing a light blue button-down shirt.

Jon Dalager ’79 and Gabe Desrosiers ’05 have been selected as the 2026 UMMAA Distinguished Alumni Award recipients.