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From small-town farming in Iowa to psychiatry in Minneapolis, Mark Holub’s rural upbringing led him on a surprise journey.

Whenever anyone had a question about art in her high school, in the small town of Reedsburg, Wisconsin, teachers and students always called on Rachel Anderson.

Transitioning to college is easier with a community. For Kegan Zimmermann, Minnesota Future Farmers of America (MN FFA) made all

Juston Bents grew up in Worthington, Minnesota, a town of 13,000 where farming, fishing and forestry are top industries. But Bents wanted more than farms.

Allison Bitz can’t forget the day in 2002 when she sat at her dormitory desk in Niedhardt Hall at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln.

By Katie Gans and Michael Haubner Ashton Burke came to the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities in the fall

Allie Doty grew up in St. Charles, Minnesota, a small town of about 3,000 where, she said, most people either become farmers or nurses. But she decided to become a fashion designer.

Loren Dauer is a conservative Republican, but he struggles with how to embrace policies that offer much-needed assistance to farms like his family’s.

The University of Minnesota is comprised of 14 percent rural students — 4,000 students coming from Greater Minnesota. While that

As a freshman, Emily Clarke’s fellow honors students asked her to explain how, exactly, she’d gotten into the University of