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• University of Minnesota to host Coatings Short Course

  - 2008-05-01

  The Department of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science at the University of Minnesota is sponsoring a Coatings Process Fundamentals Short Course on June 3-5, 2008, at the East Bank Minneapolis Campus in Minneapolis, MN. This course will provide coating engineers and others with an understand in of the principles...

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• Putting his Beste foot forward

  - 2007-09-10

  At 20, East Grand Forks' Nick Beste already owns a few businesses expected to bring in more than $6 million this year.While his business endeavors are more diverse now, Beste started with just the Beste Co., which distributed Village Hot Sauce outside of the Red River Valley. Now, Beste Co....

  Tags: food, Manufacturing, Minneapolis, Minnesota, University of Minnesota

• Minnesota PRSA Classics Awards Honor Top PR Achievements from 2006

  - 2007-03-16

  Novartis Animal Health and Exponent Public Relations win Best of Show for "Pet-ometers on the Path to Play More" campaign MINNEAPOLIS -- Tonight, the Minnesota chapter, Public Relations Society of America PRSA, celebrated the best public relations campaigns of 2006 during the 29th annual Minnesota PRSA Classics Awards, held...

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• IN MEMORIAM: ASABE Fellow Arnold M. Flikke

  - 2007-02-01

  ASABE Fellow Arnold M. Flikke of Minneapolis, Minn., died Jan 10, 2007. Flikke was professor emeritus and former head of the Agricultural and Biological Engineering Department at the University of Minnesota. He was known for his work in the application of electricity and other forms of energy to agricultural operations...

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• Vitamins linked to teen health

  - 2007-01-08

  MINNEAPOLIS -- Adolescents who take multivitamin supplements also tend to follow more healthful dietary and lifestyle behaviors, according to a recent study conducted by the University of Minnesota. Researchers looked at the use of multivitamins among 2,761 teenagers in the 12th grade who participated in the Child and Adolescent...

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• Thomas A. Hall of Streamwood.(Obituaries)(Obituary)

  - 2006-09-29

  Thomas A. Hall of Streamwood A memorial service for Thomas A. Hall 73, formerly of Inverness/Palatine will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, at Ahlgrim & Sons Funeral and Cremation Services, 330 W. Golf Road, Schaumburg. Born March 8, 1933, in Minneapolis,...

  Tags: Leadership, MARKETING, Minneapolis, Schaumburg, University of Minnesota

• Minnesota Law Enforcement Hosts First Ever Capitol Mile Run; Event Will Open 2006 Special Olympics Minnesota Summer Games

  - 2006-06-21

  MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., June 21 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The 2006 Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics will culminate June 22 in the first ever Capitol Mile run. Ceremonies start at 4 p.m. at the State Capitol in St. Paul and will include the Minneapolis and St. Paul police chiefs along...

  Tags: athlete, Games, INTERNET, Minneapolis, University of Minnesota

• Just in time for Palm Sunday

  - 2006-02-17

  MINNEAPOLIS -- A University of Minnesota center is helping U.S. church congregations meet their liturgical need for palm fronds in a way that's economically just and environmentally sound. Eco-Palms, a fair-trade project of the school's Center for Integrated Natural Resources and Agricultural Management, arranges for palm harvesters to be paid...

  Tags: Benefits, JIT, Minneapolis, Palm Inc., Quality, U.S., University of Minnesota

• Fulbright Significantly Expands Minneapolis Office By Adding Five Corporate Attorneys

  - 2006-01-19

  MINNEAPOLIS -- The international law firm of Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. announces that partners Joseph Kinning, Girard Miller and Jeffrey Saunders, counsel Amy Dahl and senior associate Rebecca Sandberg have joined the Minneapolis office in the firm's Corporate Department. Miller, Saunders and Sandberg join the firm from Lindquist & Vennum...

  Tags: attorney, FINANCE, Investment, lawyer, Litigation, M&A, Minneapolis, U.S., University of Minnesota

• TCF to expand in booming southwestern United States

  - 2005-12-01

  Timothy Meyer has been appointed president of TCF Bank Arizona, a new wholly-owned national bank charter, announced Wayzata, Minn.-based TCF Financial Corporation. The company recently unveiled plans to open several consumer loan production offices in the Phoenix metropolitan area during 2006 with construction of traditional retail branches to begin later...

  Tags: bank, Banking, Minneapolis, officer, University of Minnesota