20th Anniversary Tree Dedication Ceremony - Wadena Campus

September 25, 2023
Noon - 1 PM
Add to Calendar 2023-09-25 12:00:00 2023-09-25 13:00:00 20th Anniversary Tree Dedication Ceremony - Wadena Campus Join us to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of Minnesota State Community and Technical College! M State is marking the milestone with special activities, commemorative publications and celebratory events – including public tours and Tree Dedication Ceremonies this fall at each of the college’s four campuses in Detroit Lakes, Fergus Falls, Moorhead and Wadena. The tree dedication ceremonies will each feature a brief talk by M State President Carrie Brimhall along with the local community mayor and a local M State alum. A commemorative tree will be planted outside the main building of each campus, and snacks and beverages will be served. The M State-Wadena Tree Dedication Ceremony will be held Monday, September 25 at noon in the East/West Commons area (W2 entrance). Wadena Mayor George Deiss will be a featured local speaker, along with Astera Health VP/Chief Ambulatory Officer Medley Shamp, who is a 2015 graduate of M State’s LPN nursing program. All are welcome. M State came into being in July 2003 upon a vote of approval by the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system, which had previously decided to create the new multicampus two-year college by merging three former Northwest Regional Technical College campuses (in Detroit Lakes, Moorhead and Wadena) with the community college in Fergus Falls. For more information about the anniversary, visit minnesota.edu/20. M State M State America/Chicago public

Join us to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of Minnesota State Community and Technical College!

M State is marking the milestone with special activities, commemorative publications and celebratory events – including public tours and Tree Dedication Ceremonies this fall at each of the college’s four campuses in Detroit Lakes, Fergus Falls, Moorhead and Wadena.

The tree dedication ceremonies will each feature a brief talk by M State President Carrie Brimhall along with the local community mayor and a local M State alum. A commemorative tree will be planted outside the main building of each campus, and snacks and beverages will be served.

The M State-Wadena Tree Dedication Ceremony will be held Monday, September 25 at noon in the East/West Commons area (W2 entrance). Wadena Mayor George Deiss will be a featured local speaker, along with Astera Health VP/Chief Ambulatory Officer Medley Shamp, who is a 2015 graduate of M State’s LPN nursing program.

All are welcome.

M State came into being in July 2003 upon a vote of approval by the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system, which had previously decided to create the new multicampus two-year college by merging three former Northwest Regional Technical College campuses (in Detroit Lakes, Moorhead and Wadena) with the community college in Fergus Falls.

For more information about the anniversary, visit minnesota.edu/20.