Minnesota State University, Mankato has the second oldest LGBT resource center for students in the nation. Originally named the "Alternative Lifestyles Office", the center was founded by Mankato alumnus James Chalgren in 1977. The center is located in the Centennial Student Union and is an independent office within the university's division of ...

Toponymie. Le mot Minnesota vient de « mní sóta », nom donné au fleuve Minnesota en Lakota, tribu Sioux. Mní (parfois mini, ou minne) peut être traduit comme l'eau. Mní sóta est alors traduit comme « l'eau de couleur de ciel ». Beaucoup d'endroits dans l'état contiennent le mot de la langue lakota pour l'eau, tels que des chutes de Minnehaha (la chute d'eau), Minneiska (en) …

The Minnesota State High School League conducts championships for high school sports in Minnesota. Here is a list of past winter sports champions. ... (Mankato, Minnesota) J/F II 1995: Montevideo High School: A (H/P) Totino-Grace High School: ... Minneapolis Marshall-University High School: A Bloomington Jefferson High School: AA 1977:

The oldest known human remains in Minnesota, dating back about 9,000 years ago, were discovered near Browns Valley in 1933. "Browns Valley Man" was found with tools of the Clovis and Folsom types. Some of the earliest evidence of a sustained presence in the area comes from a site known as Bradbury Brook near Mille Lacs Lake which was used around 7500 BC. [failed …

The University of Minnesota, formally the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, (UMN, the U of M, or Minnesota) is a public land-grant research university in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States.The Twin Cities campus comprises locations in Minneapolis and Falcon Heights, a suburb of St. Paul, approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) apart.

In 1971 the Jay C. Hormel Nature Center, a 500-acre nature preserve also including the 60-acre Hormel Arboretum, was purchased from Geordie Hormel with a state grant. In 1973 the city opened Riverside Arena, the city's first indoor ice arena, now home to a variety of ice activities including the Austin Bruins junior hockey team.. In August 1985, 1,500 Hormel meatpackers …

Rochester is a city in the U.S. state of Minnesota and the county seat of Olmsted County.Located on rolling bluffs on the Zumbro River's south fork in Southeast Minnesota, the city is the home and birthplace of the renowned Mayo Clinic.. According to the 2020 census, the city had a population of 121,395, making it Minnesota's third-largest city. The Rochester …

Ramsey County is a county located in the U.S. state of Minnesota.As of the 2020 census, the population was 552,352, making it the second-most populous county in Minnesota. Its county seat and largest city is Saint Paul, the state capital and the twin city of Minneapolis. The county was founded in 1849 and is named for Alexander Ramsey, the first governor of the Minnesota …

Minnesota besitzt 66 Staatsparks, 57 Staatswälder mit einer Fläche von etwa 16.000 km² und zahlreiche Naturschutzgebiete. Der erste Staatspark, der Itasca State Park, wurde 1891 gegründet.Auf 22.200 km² Fläche erstrecken sich die beiden Nationalwälder Chippewa National Forest und Superior National Forest.Im Superior National Forest, an der nordöstlichen Grenze …

The Minnesota Golden Gophers (commonly shortened to Gophers) are the college sports teams of the University of Minnesota.The university fields a total of 25 (12 men's, 13 women's) teams in both men's and women's sports and competes in the Big Ten Conference.. The Gophers women's ice hockey team is a six-time NCAA champion and seven-time national champion.