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Ukrainian medical student training with U of M to bring help back to home country
MINNETONKA, Minn. — The University of Minnesota is helping train a Ukrainian medical student so she can go back to her country and assist in the war effort. Lisa Ishchenko is in the U.S. for the first time – away from her family, away from her life as a medical student, away from the war that still makes itself known daily in her home country of Ukraine."One of the biggest children's hospitals, not only in Ukraine but all of Europe, was destroyed by Russian rockets," Ishchenko said. "It's awful because I knew people who were working there and now many colleagues...
UMN Graduate Labor Union “frustrated” with lack Title IX negotiation progress
The University of Minnesota Board of Regents discussed proposed updates to Title IX policies as Graduate Labor Union (GLU) protesters picketed outside the Board’s July 12 meeting. The Board will take action on the proposed Title IX changes during its meeting on July 22, according to Board materials. Despite...
Opinion: Service jobs do not pay students to care completely
I am sure most people who work a service job have had a customer ask them to smile. To pay their way through college, many students fill summers and weekends during the school year with service jobs. On-campus jobs are great because most students are exempt from FICA taxes, but...
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