78.08.2

Print, Photographic

1971

UMW Dedication Ribbon Cutting Ceremony. 10" W. x 8" L. Black and white photo. Ribbon cutting at UMW. Left to Right: Senator Paul Overgard, Manley Youngberg, ? , President Malcom Moos, Neil Sherburn, Provost Ed Frederick, Eugene Scheffert, Dr. Sherwood Berg. On back of photo: "Cutting the 'baling twine' ribbon at new college dedication U of M Waseca. Mac Moos and Neil Sherburn cutting, Rod Searle and Ed Frederick holding on. Background, Paul Overgard, Manley Youngberg, Eugene Scheffert and Woody Berg." Stamped on back: "Huneke Studio 207 N. State Photographers in Waseca, Minn 56093 Phone 507-835-3730."

In August 1912, the University of Minnesota’s Board of Regents purchased 246 acres of land half a mile to the south and west of Waseca on the edge of the city limits. The Southeast Demonstration Farm and Experiment Station began operations in 1913. In 1925, the Southeast Demonstration and Experiment Station became the Southeast Experiment Station. In 1941, with an additional land purchase, the station totaled 598 acres. Land was set aside for the Southern School of Agriculture (SSA) which admitted its first students in 1953. In 1969, the Southern School of Agriculture evolved into the University of Minnesota Technical College-Waseca then it was renamed as the University of Minnesota-Waseca (UMW), sharing land with the newly named Southern Experiment Station (SES). In 1992, UMW graduated its final class and then the UMW campus buildings were sold to the Federal Bureau of Prisons. In 1999, the Southern Experiment Station became the Southern Research and Outreach Center (SROC).