Student Success

Four UMD graduates in caps and gowns have fun hanging out on the rocks along Chester Creek in Duluth.

Authentic connection

Dallas Fix found fulfillment at UMD through authentic connections with classmates and community.

Five UMD students gather around a small table, collaboratively working on laptops in a bright, naturally lit atrium.

Return on mentorship

Preston Jorland formed a mentorship program to prepare finance students for future success.

A portrait of Ella Wightman in a striped shirt sitting at a table in a brightly lit wood-paneled library study space.

Fueling a spark

Ella Wightman makes a difference through grassroots community change.

UMD students visit Lot D on the Duluth waterfront, with a concrete silo and the Aerial Lift Bridge in the background.

Framing the future of Duluth: The city as canvas

From safer crosswalks to waterfront revitalization, students in the University of Minnesota Duluth’s "City as a Work of Art" course are turning classroom designs into real-world community impact.

A person painting on a canvas by a window, surrounded by art supplies and finished artworks.

Code and creativity

How blending art and computer science helped one student imagine a different future.

A person with a headset sits at a control desk, overlooking a hockey arena.

Smooth operator

How one student’s lifelong love of hockey led her from on-ice competition to game-day operations.

An environmental portrait of Shelbie Vandersteen, wearing a sweater in front of a lab setting

Redefining recovery

Internship bridges the gap between public health research and compassionate community care.

Ashlie Staebell guides a yoga pose, turning to touch a shoulder during an adapted yoga class with Northland Adaptive.

Staying true

UMD student Ashlie Staebell goes beyond the classroom to help her community.

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