On an outdoor deck in Golden Valley, five Parkinson’s patients sit in a circle holding bunches of dill. They discuss the changing seasons, the birds, the vegetables they’ve been eating at home. It might not seem revolutionary, but here at Struthers Parkinson’s Center, these outdoor sessions are a unique part of patient care.

We have already had 90 degrees Fahrenheit days in Minnesota. Students have abandoned their final projects and instead flock to Lake Johanna to tan with their friends. Once the awe of sitting at the beach again wears off, the 2025 Arts and Culture class has some suggestions for soaking up the sun this summer.

“The whole point is that someday, if my student is starting a new job at Target and in the next cubicle over [there] is someone they happen to find out is Muslim; they are able to develop a better relationship with that colleague,” Poppinga said. “They are going to come at it from a place of curiosity and not from a place of either fear or from a place of misinformation.”Poppinga is not looking to convert students — rather create a space for them to expand their knowledge, empathy, and learn how...

Bethel University Freshman Halle Bluhm has already saved lives as a CNA before beginning her nursing education and career.

I turned my head toward the car driving down the street next to the front entrance of Kordiak park where we played catch. I looked back toward my dad. BOOM — softball to my left eye. Six years later and my left cheekbone still has a bump because of the likely fracture that happened that day.

Jaedyn Richards had nowhere to go. If he didn’t find a place to live by the end of the week, he’d be living out of his 2005 red Honda Civic. With two weeks left in the Bethel school year, Richards didn’t have a job, didn’t have a home and didn’t have any savings. Life crumbled around him, and he could do nothing to stop it.

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