College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University

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The College of Saint Benedict opened in 1913, with six students enrolled, and grew out of St. Benedict's Academy, which was founded by Saint Benedict's Monastery in 1889. The Benedictine community incorporated CSB in 1961.{{Cite web|url = http://www.csbsju.edu/csb-archives/csbhistory|title = A Brief History of the College of Saint Benedict|date = 2001|access-date = 2016-02-01|website = CSB Archives|last = Renner, OSB|first = Emmanuel}}

In addition to its undergraduate offerings, CSB offers three graduate nursing tracks{{Cite web |title=Achieve the Highest Level of Nursing Education |url=https://www.csbsju.edu/graduate-nursing-programs/ |access-date=2024-09-12 |website=Graduate Nursing |language=en-US}} that confer Doctor of Nursing and Master of Science in Nursing degrees.

Saint John's University is the oldest continuously operating institution of higher learning in Minnesota. It was founded in 1857 by the Benedictine monks of Saint John's Abbey. The Benedictine community incorporated SJU in 2012.

In addition to its undergraduate offerings, SJU includes Saint John's School of Theology and Seminary{{cite web|url=http://www.csbsju.edu/sot|title=Saint John's School of Theology and Seminary – School of Theology and Seminary|work=csbsju.edu|access-date=January 23, 2017}} (SOT), a graduate school that confers Master of Divinity and master of arts degrees and also prepares seminarians for the priesthood.

Minnesota Public Radio began on January 22, 1967, when KSJR signed on from the campus of Saint John's University. The station's director of broadcasting was SJU alumnus Bill Kling.

SJU has produced its own coarse-grained bread, Johnnie Bread, since 1856, and used the proceeds to fund projects such as the Abbey Church.{{cite web|url=http://www.csbsju.edu/academics|title=Academics – CSB/SJU|work=csbsju.edu|access-date=January 24, 2017}}

Saint John's University operated St. John's Indian Industrial School, a Native American residential school from 1885 to 1896. In 1888, Indigenous residential school students represented 47 percent of the university's student population.{{Cite web |title=Interactive Digital Map of Indian Boarding Schools |url=https://boardingschoolhealing.org/digitalmap/ |access-date=2024-06-06 |website=The National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Land Acknowledgement |url=https://www.csbsju.edu/sustainability/about-the-sustainability-office/land-acknowledgement |access-date=2024-06-06 |website=College of Saint Benedict & Saint John's University |language=en}}

Starting in 1955, CSB and SJU began offering joint evening classes, where men and women attend classes together on both campuses. They began sharing a common academic program in the 1960s, and a classes now are co-educational and taught by a shared faculty of approximately 300 professors, mostly full-time, permanent appointees. About 3,000 students are enrolled in CSB and SJU.

Prior to 2022, the two institutions were led by separate presidents. Brian J. Bruess became the first person to serve as president of both the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University on July 1, 2022, succeeding transitional presidents Laurie Hamen and James Mullen.{{cite web|url=https://www.sctimes.com/story/news/2022/03/15/csb-and-sju-name-brian-bruess-new-president/7047746001/|title=CSB and SJU name Brian Bruess as new president - St. Cloud Times|access-date=2023-12-25}}

Ninety percent of CSB and SJU graduates finish in four years, 95% of CSB and SJU students receive financial aid, and 95% of CSB and SJU alums rate their college experience as good or excellent.{{Cite web|title = Admission & Financial Aid – CSB/SJU|url = http://csbsju.edu/admission|website = csbsju.edu|access-date = 2016-02-02}}

CSB and SJU have produced four Rhodes Scholars{{Cite web |title=Rhodes Scholars (CSB and SJU) |url=https://www.csbsju.edu/csb-archives/csbhistory/csbawardsofthecollege/studentawards/rhodes-scholars-csb-and-sju/ |access-date=2024-09-12 |website=CSB Archives |language=en-US}} and nine Truman Scholars.{{Cite web |date=2022-04-14 |title=Sydney Walker becomes 6th Truman Scholar in CSB history |url=https://www.csbsju.edu/news/sydney-walker-truman-scholar/ |access-date=2024-09-12 |website=College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University |language=en-US}} CSB and SJU are also a consistent producer of Fulbright scholarship winners. From 2013 to 2020, 39 students from CSB/SJU received Fulbright Scholarships.{{Cite web|title=Five CSB graduates to go abroad after earning Fulbright awards from two organizations|url=https://www.csbsju.edu/news/fulbrights-2020|access-date=2020-09-30|website=College of Saint Benedict & Saint John's University|language=en}} CSB/SJU has also been recently recognized as a top producer of Peace Corps volunteers.{{Cite web|title = Office of the President – CSB/SJU|url = http://www.csbsju.edu/about/college-of-saint-benedict/office-of-the-president|website = www.csbsju.edu|access-date = 2016-02-02}}

The most popular majors at CSB, by 2021 graduates, were:{{cite web |url=https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?q=benedict&s=all&id=174747#programs |website=nces.ed.gov |publisher=U.S. Dept of Education |title=College of St. Benedict |access-date=February 3, 2023}}

::Psychology (54)

::Biology/Biological Sciences (48)

::Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse (46)

::Elementary Education and Teaching (42)

::Accounting (29)

::Speech Communication and Rhetoric (29)

The most popular undergraduate majors at SJU, by 2021 graduates, were:{{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?q=John&s=MN&id=174792#programs|website=nces.ed.gov |publisher=U.S. Dept of Education |title=Saint John's University |access-date=February 3, 2023}}

::Business Administration and Management, General (64)

::Accounting (52)

::Computer Science (33)

::Biology/Biological Sciences (27)

::Speech Communication and Rhetoric (25)

::Economics (24)

::Psychology (23)

85% of CSB and SJU professors are full-time, the student-to-faculty ratio is 12:1, and the average class size is 19.{{Cite web|url=http://www.csbsju.edu/admission|title=Admission & Financial Aid – CSB/SJU|website=www.csbsju.edu|access-date=2016-04-08}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.csbsju.edu/academics|title=Academics – CSB/SJU|website=www.csbsju.edu|access-date=2016-04-08}}

Phi Beta Kappa is the nation's oldest academic honor society. CSB/SJU's Phi Beta Kappa chapter, Theta of Minnesota, was established in 2009.{{Cite web|url = http://csbsju.edu/pbk|title = Phi Beta Kappa at CSB/SJU|access-date = 2016-02-01}}

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CSB and SJU have achieved national recognition for strength in study abroad and international education opportunities. The Institute of International Education ranks CSB and SJU among the top baccalaureate institutions in the nation for the number of students who study abroad.{{Cite web|title = 2012–13 {{!}} Leading Institutions by Undergraduate Participation and Institutional Type {{!}} U.S. Study Abroad {{!}} Open Doors Data|url = http://www.iie.org/Research-and-Publications/Open-Doors/Data/US-Study-Abroad/Leading-Institutions-by-Undergraduate-Participation/2012-13|website = www.iie.org|access-date = 2016-02-02}} According to Open Doors 2018, CSB and SJU ranked second in the nation among undergraduate institutions for participation in semester-long study abroad programs.{{Cite web|title=Global education receives high marks for CSB, SJU|url=https://www.csbsju.edu/news/open-doors-2018|access-date=2020-09-30|website=College of Saint Benedict & Saint John's University|language=en}} There are 17 semester-long study abroad sites available on six different continents. These destinations include: Austria, Chile, China, France, Germany, Greece/Italy, Japan, London, Australia, Guatemala, South Africa, Spain, Northern Ireland and multiple cities in Republic of Ireland.{{Cite web|url=https://www.csbsju.edu/global/find-an-education-abroad-program/semester-programs|title=Semester Programs – CSB/SJU|website=www.csbsju.edu|language=en|access-date=2017-04-25}}

CSB and SJU enroll approximately 250 students from 50 countries and offer 200 undergraduate courses that have a global focus. In 2012, CSB and SJU received the Senator Paul Simon Award for Comprehensive Internationalization.{{Cite web|title = Simon Award for Campus Internationalization: Selected Institutions {{!}} NAFSA|url = http://www.nafsa.org/Explore_International_Education/Impact/Awards/Senator_Paul_Simon_Award/Simon_Award_for_Campus_Internationalization__Selected_Institutions/|website = www.nafsa.org|access-date = 2016-02-02}}

In 2017, an anonymous donor provided a $10-million gift to create the Center for Ethical Leadership in Action at the College of Saint Benedict. This gift is now used to fund student experiences and research as well as provide financial assistance for students completing unpaid internships.{{Cite web|url=http://www.csbsju.edu/news/csbgift|title=$10 million gift to the College of Saint Benedict to create Center for Ethical Leadership in Action – CSB/SJU|website=www.csbsju.edu|language=en|access-date=2017-04-02}}

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The campuses are located on {{convert|3500|acre|ha}} of forests, prairies, and lakes. Since CSB and SJU are located about three and a half miles apart, a regular inter-campus bus service{{Cite web|url=https://www.csbsju.edu/transportation|title=Transportation|website=College of Saint Benedict & Saint John's University}} known as "The Link" connects the campuses.

Marcel Breuer, renowned Brutalist architect, designed several buildings on the Saint John's campus in the 1960s, including the Saint John's Abbey Church and bell banner; Alcuin Library; Peter Engel Science Center; the Ecumenical Institute, and Saints Thomas, Bernard, Boniface, and Patrick Residence Halls.{{Cite web|url = http://www.marcelbreuer.org/At.SJ.html|title = Breuer at Saint John's|access-date = 2016-02-01}}

The central cores of the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University are both listed as historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places.{{Cite book|title = National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota: A Guide|last = Nord|first = Mary Ann|publisher = Minnesota Historical Society Press|year = 2003|isbn = 0873514483|pages = [https://archive.org/details/nationalregister0000nord/page/246 246]|url-access = registration|url = https://archive.org/details/nationalregister0000nord/page/246}}{{Cite web|url = http://www.csbsju.edu/sju-archives/sjuhistory/sjubuildings/sju-buildings-on-the-national-register|title = SJU Buildings on the National Register|access-date = 2016-02-01|website = SJU Archives}}

The campus area first appeared as a census-designated place (CDP) in the 2020 Census with a population of 1,585.{{Cite web |title=St. John's University CDP, Minnesota |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US2757094 |access-date=March 13, 2022 |website=United States Census Bureau}}

CSB and SJU were listed in "The Princeton Review's Guide to 361 Green Colleges: 2016 Edition" as an institution that "demonstrates notable commitments to sustainability in their academic offerings, campus infrastructure, activities and career preparation."{{Cite web|url=https://www.princetonreview.com/college-rankings/green-guide/green-colleges-by-location|title=Guide to 361 Green Colleges: By Country, State or Province {{!}} Green Guide {{!}} College Rankings {{!}} The Princeton Review|website=www.princetonreview.com|language=en|access-date=2017-05-04}} The campuses each have their own sustainability office to foster a strong culture of sustainability among the students and the broader community. The institutions signed the American College and University Presidents' Climate Commitment (ACUPCC) in 2007, which formalized their goal of achieving carbon neutrality by 2035. Dramatic steps have been taken by CSB/SJU to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In the most recent report, Saint John's reported a 56 per cent reduction in emissions since 2008 levels.{{cite web|url=http://www.csbsju.edu/sju-sustainability|title=Saint John's Office of Sustainability|publisher=CSB{{!}}SJU|access-date=20 November 2014}} Both institutions also complete STARS reports on sustainability and are signatories of the Catholic Climate Covenant.{{Cite web|url=https://catholicclimatecovenant.org/|title=Catholic Climate Covenant|website=Catholic Climate Covenant|language=en|access-date=2020-04-21}}

Saint John's Abbey Energy Farm. The Saint John's Abbey is well known for having one of the largest solar fields in the state.{{cite news|url=http://www.mprnews.org/story/2009/10/07/solar-farm-um|title=St. John's Abbey gets Upper Midwest's largest solar farm|last1=Espinoza|first1=Ambar|date=7 October 2009|access-date=20 November 2014|publisher=Minnesota Public Radio News}} The original 3.9-acre facility was built in 2009, and its tracking panels provide the university with about 4% of its annual energy needs and up to 20% of its real-time needs in peak conditions. In 2014, the Solar Farm was expanded to include 616 additional fixed panels.{{cite news|url=http://www.sctimes.com/story/news/local/2014/11/14/expanded-solar-farm-st-johns-offers-science-lesson/19046845/|title=Expanded solar farm at St. John's offers science lesson|last1=Marohn|first1=Kirsti|date=14 November 2014|access-date=20 November 2014|publisher=St. Cloud Times}}"What's New in Saint John's Sustainability: January 2016 Sustainability Newsletter." Saint John's Sustainability Office. These new panels will allow the Solar Farm to produce more than 600 kilowatts of electricity—enough energy to power up to 30% of the SJU campus in peak conditions, and 6% of its energy annually. This project creates a research opportunity for students and others to compare the performance differences between the two types of panels.{{Cite web|url=http://www.csbsju.edu/sju-sustainability/what-were-doing/renewable-energy|title=Renewable Energy – CSB/SJU|website=www.csbsju.edu|access-date=2016-02-11}}

Fine Arts Programming is a department of CSB and SJU that presents professional performances and art exhibitions from a range of national and international artists, and also supports and enhances the academic mission of CSB-SJU through its programming, resources, and personnel. Events take place in either the Benedicta Arts Center, a performing and visual arts center located on the CSB campus, or the Stephen B. Humphrey Theater or Alice R. Rogers Gallery and Target Gallery in the Art Center at SJU.{{Cite web|url=http://www.csbsju.edu/fine-arts/plan-your-visit/parking-and-directions|title=Parking & Directions – CSB/SJU|website=www.csbsju.edu|language=en|access-date=2017-05-04}}

The Benedicta Arts Center is home to Escher Auditorium, Gorecki Family Theater, Colman Black Box Theater, Darnall Amphitheater, Helgeson Dance Studio, Gorecki Gallery & Gallery Lounge, the BAC Box Office, and classroom and rehearsal spaces, faculty and staff offices, and other music, theater, and art-related spaces.{{Cite web|url=http://www.csbsju.edu/fine-arts/venues|title=Venues – CSB/SJU|website=www.csbsju.edu|language=en|access-date=2017-05-04}}

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Both the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University are residential liberal arts colleges that require students to live on-campus for four years.{{Cite web|url=http://www.csbsju.edu/sju-residential-life-and-housing/sju-residency-requirement|title=Saint John's University Residency Requirement – CSB/SJU|website=www.csbsju.edu|language=en|access-date=2018-07-06}}

The College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University both consistently rank among the top 100 liberal arts colleges in the country. In 2017, U.S. News & World Report ranked St. John's University as tied for the 77th-best liberal arts college in the United States,{{Cite web|url = https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/st-johns-university-minnesota-2379|title = U.S. News Best Colleges Rankings – St. John's University|access-date = 2017-05-07|website = U.S. News & World Report}} and College of St. Benedict as tied for the 87th-best liberal arts college in the United States.{{Cite web|url = https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/college-of-st-benedict-2341 | title= U.S. News Best Colleges Rankings – College of St. Benedict|access-date = 2017-05-07|website = U.S. News & World Report}}

CSB and SJU are two of the nation's best colleges for students seeking great academics, outstanding career preparation, and generous financial aid, according to The Princeton Review{{'}}s book Colleges That Pay You Back: The 200 Best Value Colleges and What It Takes to Get In – 2015 Edition.{{Cite web|url = http://www.csbsju.edu/news/princeton-review|title = CSB/SJU featured in Princeton Review book 'Colleges That Pay You Back: 2015 Edition'|access-date = 2016-02-01|website = Community Newsroom}}

CSB and SJU were rated very highly in MONEY{{'}}s list of Best Liberal Arts Colleges for 2016 (SJU was No. 3, while CSB was No. 11) and lower as Best Colleges overall (SJU was No. 25, while CSB was No. 47). In the Best Colleges list, CSB and SJU were the only two institutions in Minnesota ranked in the top 50.{{Cite web|url=http://new.time.com/money/best-colleges/rankings/best-colleges/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160711211842/http://new.time.com/money/best-colleges/rankings/best-colleges/|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 11, 2016|title=MONEY's 2016 Best Value Colleges Ranking|access-date=2016-07-11}}{{Cite web|url=http://new.time.com/money/best-colleges/rankings/best-liberal-arts-colleges/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160714130136/http://new.time.com/money/best-colleges/rankings/best-liberal-arts-colleges/|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 14, 2016|title=The 50 Best Liberal Arts Colleges in the U.S.|access-date=2016-07-14}} They also rated well in MONEY{{'}}s 2015 lists.{{Cite web|url = http://csbsju.edu/news/money-mag-rankings-15|title = CSB, SJU both ranked highly in Money Magazine's list of top colleges for 2015–16|website = Community Newsroom}}

The Saint John's Senate (SJS) is SJU's elected student government, and the Saint Ben's Senate (SBS) is CSB's elected student government.

The Senates, while individually governing in the interest of their own student body, work closely together with students, faculty, staff, and university administrators to enhance all aspects of student life.

All student media are run independently of the CSB and SJU administration.

• The Record: The official SJU newspaper since 1888, The Record also became the official newspaper of CSB in 2001. Its coverage is exclusively focused on CSB/SJU related news and sports. It also features an opinion section, with articles sourced via submissions from students, faculty, and community members. The newspaper is published weekly during the fall and spring semesters and has been recognized among the best weekly college newspapers in Minnesota and the U.S. The Record is a member of the Associated Collegiate Press (ACP) and the Minnesota Newspaper Association, and has won awards from each body for its work. Most recently, it took home second place accolades for General Excellence at the 2019 ACP "Best of the Midwest" awards.{{Cite web|url=http://studentpress.org/acp/2019/02/17/2019-best-of-the-midwest-best-of-show-results/|title=ACP – 2019 Best of the Midwest Best of Show Results|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-13}} All content is written, edited, and designed by student volunteers. All back issues of CSB newspapers are available through Vivarium,{{cite web |url=http://www.hmml.org/Vivarium/csbsju_newspapers.htm |title=Vivarium Search | CSB/SJU Newspapers |access-date=2010-04-13 |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100522231351/http://www.hmml.org/Vivarium/csbsju_newspapers.htm |archive-date=May 22, 2010 |df=mdy-all }} the CSB/SJU Digital Image Collection.
• Johnnie Bennie Media: Johnnie Bennie Media is "a student-run organization that strives to provide engaging learning opportunities for students at the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University while producing relevant media content for the campus communities. Johnnie Bennie Media's goal is to foster media literacy as part of the organization's partnership with Media Services and Clemens and Alcuin libraries."{{Cite web|url=http://www.csbsju.edu/news/jbmedia|title=One semester in the books for Johnnie Bennie Media: Organization combined four different media clubs at CSB/SJU – CSB/SJU|website=www.csbsju.edu|access-date=2016-07-13}} Alcuin Library's new Dietrich Reinhart Learning Commons features a state-of-the-art video studio, control room, and editing room. Johnnie Bennie Media combines four previously existing student clubs: Johnnie Bennie Campus News, KJNB Radio, Johnnie Bennie Productions, and the StreamTeam.
• Johnnie Bennie Campus News: Produces a weekly online video news show highlighting CSB/SJU events and information.
• KJNB: The official CSB/SJU student-run radio station allows students to host an hour-long talk and music-oriented shows. Broadcasts are streamed online, on closed-circuit campus TV Channel 8. When KJNB first started out in 1954 (as KSJU), it was a carrier-current AM station located in the basement of Mary Hall, which broadcast on FM from 1977 to 1988. In 2001, the studio moved to its current location in the lower level of Guild Hall. New automation software was recently purchased "to allow for operating, organizing, and scheduling the streaming audio content.
• Johnnie Bennie Productions: Creates online video programming that includes talk shows, short films, and documentaries.
• StreamTeam: A CSB/SJU group that provides live streaming of SJU athletic events."
• Extending the LINK: (ETL) is a non-profit student-founded and run documentary organization. Every year ETL identifies one under-reported global social justice issue to highlight in their documentary. In the process of filming, a small group of students from ETL travel to the international location to film in the country, and return to CSB and SJU to share their film.{{cite web|url=http://www.csbsju.edu/center-for-entrepreneurship/student-run-ventures/extendingthelink/what-we-do|title=What We Do|access-date=June 19, 2015}}

The Saint John's Bible is an entirely handwritten and illuminated Bible, believed to be the first handwritten and illuminated Bible commissioned by a monastery since the invention of the printing press. It is viewable in The Saint John's Bible Gallery in Alcuin Library and is cared for by the Hill Museum & Manuscript Library (HMML), an independent nonprofit located on the campus of Saint John's.

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The College of Saint Benedict (CSB) and Saint John's University (SJU) are members of the Division III level of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), competing in the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC).{{cite web|title=College of St. Benedict Blazers|url=http://www.csbblazers.com/index.aspx?tab=csbblazers.com|publisher=College of St. Benedict|access-date=February 14, 2013}} Their athletic teams are respectively known as the Bennies and the Johnnies.

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• Rick Bell: former Minnesota Vikings running back
• Roger E. Birk: ('52) former Chairman & CEO of Merrill Lynch Fenner & Smith (1981-1985), President of the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae), 1987-1992
• Tom Burnett: hero of United Airlines Flight 93 during the September 11, 2001 attacks; attended SJU for two years, but did not graduate
• Michael Crouser: fine art and commercial photographer
• Edward Devitt ('34): U.S. Congressman 1947–49 and U.S. District Court Judge
• David Durenberger: former U.S. Senator
• Canning Fok: Deputy Chairman, CK Hutchison Holdings Limited, Hong Kong
• Connor Franta: vlogger, Internet personality, writer and entrepreneur; attended SJU for two years, but did not graduate
• Jon Hassler: novelist
• Patrick Hicks ('92): novelist, poet
• Vedie Himsl ('38): baseball player and coach{{cite web|title=Notable Alumni in? Athletics|publisher=Saint John's University|access-date=August 20, 2011|url=http://www.csbsju.edu/sjualum/Notable/Athletics.htm}}
• Mark Kennedy: former U.S. Congressman and university president{{cite web |url=https://president.cu.edu/past-presidents/mark-kennedy |title=Mark Kennedy (2019 to 2021) |work=University of Colorado}}
• Michael King ('13): handball player, US Olympic Handball team{{cite web|title=USA MNT Releases Roster for Pan-American Games Qualifier|publisher=USA Team Handball|access-date=August 29, 2018|url=https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Team-Handball/News/2018/August/27/USA-MNT-Release-Roster-for-Pan-American-Games-Qualifier|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181006035101/https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Team-Handball/News/2018/August/27/USA-MNT-Release-Roster-for-Pan-American-Games-Qualifier|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 6, 2018}}
• Bill Kling: co-founder and president of American Public Media
• John Knauf: justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court (attended but graduated elsewhere){{cite web |title=John Knauf |url=https://www.ndcourts.gov/john-knauf |website=www.ndcourts.gov |access-date=7 October 2022}}
• Franklin J. Knoll, Minnesota state legislator, lawyer, and judge
• Tom Love: owner, founder, and chairman of Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores (did not graduate){{cite news|last1=May|first1=Bill|title=Diligence, Good Sites Give Love Midas Touch|url=https://www.questia.com/newspaper/1P2-5688737/diligence-good-sites-give-love-midas-touch|access-date=February 12, 2015|work=The Journal Record|date=July 1, 1995}}
• January Yusuf Makamba: Tanzanian CCM politician and Member of Parliament for Bumbuli constituency
• Eugene McCarthy ('35): politician, poet, and a long-time Congressman from Minnesota; served in the United States House of Representatives 1949–59 and the United States Senate 1959–71
• John McCutcheon: Grammy-winning folk musician
• Denis McDonough ('92): chief of staff to President Barack Obama. Incumbent United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs under President Joe Biden.
• John McDowell: National Football League player
• John McNally, a.k.a. "Johnny Blood": National Football League Hall of Famer
• Larry Millett: journalist and author
• Paul M. Nakasone ('86): U.S. Army general, commander, United States Army Cyber Command; director, National Security Agency
• Lino Rulli ('93): Emmy-winning producer and radio host (The Catholic Guy)[http://www.tmgspeakers.com/Speakers/Rulli Lino Rulli profile] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130216020627/http://www.tmgspeakers.com/Speakers/Rulli/ |date=February 16, 2013 }}, tmgspeakers.com; accessed April 26, 2015.
• Michael D. Ryan: U.S. Marine Corps lieutenant, recipient of two Purple Hearts and a Bronze Star, (Vietnam), Arizona state supreme court justice
• Richard Sabers ('60): South Dakota supreme court justice
• Matt Schnobrich: 2008 Summer Olympics bronze medalist in rowing
• George Sinner ('50): Governor of North Dakota 1985–92
• Erik Sommer ('00): contemporary artist
• Stephen Sommers: movie director
• Mark Vande Hei ('89): astronaut
• Jack Webb: television producer, star of Dragnet (franchise){{Clarify|reason=|date=March 2025}} {{Why|date=March 2025}}{{div col end}}

• Corie Barry ('97): CEO, Best Buy
• Kimberly M. Blaeser ('77): author; 2015-2016 Wisconsin Poet Laureate
• Elizabeth A. Hayden ('68): District Court Judge, Minnesota 1986–2009
• Baulu Kuan, OSB: Chinese-American artist and curator
• Ann Lenczewski: politician and former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (DFL)
• Michelle Macy ('99): marathon swimmer{{Cite web |title=Michelle Macy - Openwaterpedia |url=https://www.openwaterpedia.com/wiki/Michelle_Macy |access-date=2024-09-12 |website=www.openwaterpedia.com}}
• Mary Ellen Otremba: politician and former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (DFL)
• Michele Specht: actress and comedian
• Yuko Taniguchi ('98): poet and author{{cite web|url=https://r.umn.edu/academics-research/cli/faculty-staff/faculty/writing/yuko-taniguchi|title=Yuko Taniguchi, M.F.A.|date=July 10, 2014|publisher=r.umn.edu}}

• Miguel H. Díaz: theology professor, United States ambassador to the Holy See (2009–12)
• John Gagliardi: regents professor (1953–2018, died 2018) and football coach (1953–2012)
• Columba Stewart: executive director of Hill Museum & Manuscript Library, 2016 Guggenheim Fellowship awardee{{Cite web|url=http://www.hmml.org/news--media/father-columba-stewart-awarded-2016-guggenheim-fellowship|title=Father Columba Stewart awarded 2016 Guggenheim Fellowship|website=HMML|access-date=2016-04-08}}
• Axel Theimer: emeritus professor of music

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