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As she prepares for retirement, Vice Chancellor Lisa Erwin continues to put students first.
![Uyen Nguyen, a 2024 UMD grad, speaks to the audience at the 2024 commencement..](/sites/news.d.umn.edu/files/styles/article_lists/public/2024-05/web20240504_20240504_commencement_am045_04338.jpg?itok=YK1-5P02)
LSBE grad and Student Body President shares her journey with graduating class.
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Meet Kinga Balint Langel, associate professor of special education
![Charles Nies stands in the Kathryn A. Martin Library in front of study tables and tall columns.](/sites/news.d.umn.edu/files/styles/article_lists/public/2024-05/20240507_chancellor_nies-appointment-materials030_06545.jpg?itok=xZ7JcEZj)
New leader for University of Minnesota Duluth campus to begin this summer.
![Patricia Wendinger and her family](/sites/news.d.umn.edu/files/styles/article_lists/public/2024-04/25th_wedding_anniversary_family_picture.jpeg?itok=nmxk2dTW)
Meet Patricia Wendinger, an instructor in the Department of Applied Human Sciences