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By Vince Tuss

December 28, 2019 at 10:12PM
Two out of three students in the first-year class at Augsburg University in Minneapolis this fall were people of color. The class was the biggest ever at the 150-year-old school and represented the success of a shift in enrollment strategy to pursue students from the fastest-growing segments of the population.
Two out of three students in the first-year class at Augsburg University in Minneapolis this fall were people of color. The class was the biggest ever at the 150-year-old school and represented the success of a shift in enrollment strategy to pursue students from the fastest-growing segments of the population. (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

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Bruce Hansen, mayor, and Kathy Jensen, city clerk, stand above the parking bays in the new fire station in Clarks Grove, Minnesota. The previous fire station was heavily damaged by a tornado in March 2017. The town of about 700 relied on frugal financial management to afford the new station.
Bruce Hansen, mayor, and Kathy Jensen, city clerk, stand above the parking bays in the new fire station in Clarks Grove, Minnesota. The previous fire station was heavily damaged by a tornado in March 2017. The town of about 700 relied on frugal financial management to afford the new station. (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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Vince Tuss

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Vince Tuss is a producer working on the StarTribune.com home page most evenings. Before that, he was a copy editor and a night police reporter.

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