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Wednesday, July 23, 2025
Happy Wednesday, or just Wednesday if this Wednesday is not happy for you. Regardless, it is Wednesday and this newsletter is in your inbox, so take a scroll and read some articles. It could make your day better…or worse. Read and find out.
Stay golden,
Alexis Letang | Editor-in-Chief| [email protected]
Top Story
Eight of 12 regent seats remain filled. Photo courtesy of University Public Relations
Four vacant Board of Regents seats to be filled by Tim Walz
by Isabella Morden Wheeldon | Published July 22, 2025
There are four vacant seats on the Board of Regents as of July 1, due to a deadlocked legislative process. These vacancies are now to be filled by Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, according to the Board of Regents website.
A year before a new regent is selected, the Regent Candidate Advisory Council, a group made up of legislators and community members, releases a regent candidate application. RCAC interviews a wide variety of candidates, with the average interview process reviewing 20 candidates, according to Regent Robyn Gulley.
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News
 | Federal cuts push UMN to lay off SNAP-Ed educatorsBy Hannah Reynolds | University of Minnesota Extension laid off 60 full-time Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education educators in early July, effectively ending the program following federal cuts. |
Sports
 | The sisters competing for the GophersBy Megan Davis | The Gophers women’s basketball team added two new sisters for the upcoming season, graduate student Tracey Bershers and incoming freshman Zoey Bershers. |
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