A couple of years ago I worked with the Center for Small Towns at University of Minnesota, Morris (UMM) and Minnesota Rural Partners on the Minnesota Rural Summit. I have to say that the students that I encountered there were some of the most competent people I have ever met. Also, and I know this is really off topic, but one of our most favorite babysitters went to UMM.

That’s a longish lead in to help announce the Small Town Faculty and Student Fellows Program. Here’s the announcement I got from them earlier today:

Here is the RFP for the Connecting Students and Communities program for a Free UMM Student Assistance. If you know about projects that can benefit from a UMM student assistant in the 12 west central Minnesota counties — Big Stone, Chippewa, Douglas, Grant, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Pope, Renville, Stevens, Swift, Traverse, and Yellow Medicine encourage them to apply. Applications are due November 7th.

You can learn more from their web site. And here’s an application.