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Print, Photographic

1988

University of Minnesota Technical College, Waseca, University of Minnesota, Waseca, UMW Students. Homecoming Candidates 1988. Material: paper. Size: 5" x 7". Description: black and white photograph of UMW Homecoming candidates sitting with the UMW Homecoming Queen and Homecoming King. Caption on back: "Snow week is the highlight of winter quarter. The week is filled with contests and activities. Last years royal court included (standing left to right: Dan Matchey, Whitehall, WI; Tom Schmidt, Elgin; John Trio, Mapleton; Brian Thalmann, Plato. Seated left to right: Gina Young, Duluth; Theresa Hoen, Norwood; Queen Michelle Malecha, Faribault; King Jon Ortloff, Glencoe; Angie Erickson, Emmons; Amy Hoscheit, Caledonia."

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).