Giving
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When I was a child, stories were a form of escapism from poverty and loneliness. Now stories have become a place to preserve culture and a medium for humanizing marginalized voices; they remain a place of joy. If stories keep history and ourselves alive, they need a home, too.MFA candidate May Lee-Yang
Be part of history
One of the University’s architectural treasures, Pillsbury Hall stands as an enduring link to its nineteenth-century origins on the Minneapolis campus. It has been transformed to serve the needs of University of Minnesota students and faculty for generations to come.
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Invest in English at Minnesota
The Department of English teaches 6,000 students a year, including nearly 500 majors and minors and 110 graduate students.