MW Pipestone ranks among top colleges
WORTHINGTON -- A national publication has ranked six two-year colleges in the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system among the top 50 community colleges in the country. The annual ranking of "America's Best Colleges" was published in the September/October issue of Washington Monthly magazine, which has been ranking community colleges since 2007.
Minnesota West Community and Technical College, Pipestone campus, ranked No. 30 on the list of Top Community Colleges in the country.
The rankings are based on data provided by the Community College Survey of Student Engagement, established by the Community College Leadership Program at The University of Texas at Austin, and graduation data from the U.S. Department of Education. Student engagement data comes from surveys of students at 650 community colleges.
Local woman studies at BWCA
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ORANGE CITY, Iowa -- Laura Huls, Worthington, a freshman at Northwestern College, Orange City, recently participated in a program called Portage.
The Portage experience focused on experiential learning in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Students canoed and camped in the area for a week and completed service work at the Grand Portage Ojibwe Indian Reservation on Lake Superior.
