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Mama Sharon: The model of caring

Posted: April 14, 2022
You first notice the bulletin board inside Sharon Van Leer’s new office at Mitchell Hamline. Family photos include great-grandson and NBA rookie Jalen Suggs, along with some of the 36 foster children she’s raised. The remaining photos are of former students, though Van Leer quickly adds they also count as family. “You’d be surprised how …

Mama Sharon: The model of caring

Mitchell Hamline hosts community remembrance honoring George Floyd

Posted: May 26, 2021
A vigil to honor the life of George Floyd drew about 200 people to campus Tuesday evening. Members of the Mitchell Hamline community as well as the public at large gathered on the front lawn to mark the one-year anniversary of Floyd’s murder at the hands of police. The event began at 8 pm, the …

Mitchell Hamline hosts community remembrance honoring George Floyd

First anniversary of George Floyd’s death: Is this the turning point?

Posted: May 24, 2021
Commentary by Rick Petry During the last year-and-a-half, the world has been turned upside down and shaken hard like a snow globe, and then turned upside down and shaken again. And again. And again. But unlike the snow globe which settles down after a few minutes, our world has faced wave upon wave associated with …

First anniversary of George Floyd’s death: Is this the turning point?

Michael Birchard named first vice president for diversity, equity, and inclusion

Posted: May 18, 2021
President and Dean Anthony Niedwiecki has announced the appointment of Michael Birchard to be Mitchell Hamline’s inaugural vice president for diversity, equity, and inclusion. “Michael was universally praised by those who interviewed him over the past few weeks,” noted Niedwiecki, in an email to faculty and staff. “He is one of the top DEI leaders …

Michael Birchard named first vice president for diversity, equity, and inclusion

Joint statement from Mitchell Hamline School of Law on Daunte Wright

Posted: April 12, 2021
The following is a letter sent to the Mitchell Hamline community on Monday by the undersigned leaders below:   Dear students, staff, and faculty: Daunte Wright should be alive. Yesterday he was killed at the hands of local law enforcement in our community. The tragedy of another Black man killed at the hands of police …

Joint statement from Mitchell Hamline School of Law on Daunte Wright