Rasmussen College to host Career and Networking Fair August 19

Rasmussen College will host a free Career and Networking Fair for residents of the surrounding communities at its local campuses on August 19, 2010. Companies from a variety of industries will be present and looking to fill positions with qualified candidates. Interested parties are encouraged to attend to gain a competitive edge in the job [...]

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Rasmussen College named one of the 100 Top Workplaces in the Twin Cities area

Rasmussen, Inc. was recently named one of the 100 Top Workplaces in the Twin Cities area by the Minneapolis Star Tribune in partnership with research firm WorkplaceDynamics. The top 100 companies in the Minneapolis/St Paul area were evaluated and chosen solely through responses to an employee survey completed by an impressive 33,193 professionals. Rasmussen is [...]

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Rasmussen Brooklyn Park to open new School of Technology and Design center in fall 2010

Rasmussen College is expanding its Brooklyn Park campus with a new center designed to house its School of Technology and Design. Scheduled to open fall 2010, the 11,000 square foot facility will feature state-of-the-art technology and additional space to meet the needs of growing demand and technological advancements in the rapidly expanding field of technology [...]

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Rasmussen College Eden Prairie welcomes new hires to School of Technology and Design

The Rasmussen College School of Technology and Design welcomes two new faculty members to its campus in Eden Prairie, Minn. Information systems management program instructor Peter Haakonson and multimedia technologies program instructor Anand Hurkadli bring extensive industry experience to the increasingly popular programs offered through the School of Technology and Design, which focuses on  degrees [...]

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Rasmussen Law Enforcement students and alumni volunteer time to partner with in-service paramedics

Recently, Rasmussen College’s Law Enforcement Program developed a training partnership with Ridgeview Medical Center, where policing students were able to participate in scenario-based training for in-service paramedics. This training was designed to test the medics’ critical thinking and decision-making skills in the most realistic environment possible, and the students – interacting as police officers, victims, [...]

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Rasmussen College announces first round of 110th Anniversary Scholarship recipients

Rasmussen College is proud to announce the first recipients of the Rasmussen College 110th Anniversary Scholarship. Twenty-five prospective Rasmussen College students have a chance to receive award amounts to help further their education. The winners include the following: Tammy Maus, Green Bay Campus – Associate’s in Human Services ($5,000 scholarship) Brandi Ausk, Brooklyn Park Campus [...]

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Rasmussen College participates in Susan G. Komen for the Cure at Mall of America

On May 9, 2010, Rasmussen College took part in the Susan G. Komen for the Cure event held at the Mall of America. 50,000 people participated in the 5k run/walk event. Team Rasmussen had 54 participants spread between the two events, and raised more than $1,800 for Susan G. Komen for the Cure. According to [...]

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Rasmussen Allied Health students partake in HIV/AIDS awareness

On Friday, May 14th, the Allied Health students from the Anatomy and Physiology course at the Rasmussen College Eden Prairie Campus delivered presentations on HIV/AIDS to students at the Loring Nicollet Alternative High School in Minneapolis. This was a culmination of weeks of research and sharing of knowledge to more than 50 high school students.  [...]

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Rasmussen College Dean of Faculty encourages online educators to use social media

Brooks Doherty, the Dean of Faculty at the Rasmussen College Brooklyn Park campus, was featured in Converge Magazine for covering social networking as a DIY study space. Doherty expresses the difficulty of teaching, retaining and graduating students in an increasingly online community. At the best, he says, students feel interconnected and continue until graduation. At [...]

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Rasmussen College presents “The Dining Room”

The Brooklyn Park Campus, in collaboration with the Maple Grove Arts Council, Osseo Senior High, and the Yellow Tree Theater, staged its first theater production coordinated by General Education Coordinator, Kari Nollendorfs. The Dining Room, by playwright A.R. Gurney, was performed at the Yellow Tree Theater in Osseo, MN. The Brooklyn Park summer production is [...]

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