McLeod County Veteran Services reports that scholarships are available for spouses of soldiers and veterans.
The McLeod County Police and Peace Officers Association is offering a scholarship for students enrolled in law enforcement or a related field.
Admissions representatives from Ridgewater College in Hutchinson will present free information sessions on Minnesota’s Post Secondary Enrollment Options program here and in Litchfield.
Ridgewater College’s Customized Training and Continuing Education department is offering a seminar for first responders helping them understand the effects of trauma on children.
Ridgewater College, a community and technical school with campuses in both Hutchinson and Willmar, will host a team representing the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools on Feb. 18–20.
To expand access, increase technology skills, provide exciting and inspiring course content, and maximize efficiency and use of taxpayer resources, Governor Tim Pawlenty and Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) Board of Trustees Chair David Olson today announced a goal to have 25 percent of all MnSCU credits earned through online courses by 2015.
By Janene Hodges Gilman, University of Minnesota Extension
One of the last things any parent and student wants to hear is that college costs are raising. College tuition can be an overwhelming expense. The sooner you start preparing for it, the easier it will be when the time arrives. What are the benefits of higher education for your children? What are the real costs of getting a degree?
Ridgewater College’s Center for Customized and Continuing Education Child Development program has scheduled an introductory course on equine-assisted therapy. The course is set for 7 to 9 p.m. Monday, Oct. 6, on the Hutchinson campus.
Ridgewater College’s Center for Customized and Continuing Education Child Development program is offering a seminar next month on emotional behavioral disorders.
The seminar, which takes place from 7 to 9 p.m., Oct. 23, at the Hutchinson campus, will help participants understand children’s mental health disorders and their impact on learning and functioning.
Andrew Nordin started his art education with an associate of arts degree from what is today’s Ridgewater College’s Willmar campus. He was planning on a career in graphic arts.
By the time he graduated from St. Cloud State University in 1995 with a bachelor’s degree in fine arts, the painting courses he thought would enhance his graphic design interests had become his focus.

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