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Minnesota State College Southeast Recognized For Excellence in Student Voter Registration and Turnout During the 2022 Midterm Elections
ALL IN Awards Day honored college for excellence in nonpartisan student voter engagement and campus turnout in the 2022 Midterm Elections
Washington, DC (September 10, 2024) -- Today, the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge (ALL IN) recognized Minnesota State College Southeast for its nonpartisan democratic engagement efforts that fostered high levels of student voter engagement in the 2022 midterm elections.
Minnesota State College Southeast received the Silver Seal award, reflecting its commitment to ensuring that nonpartisan democratic engagement is a defining feature of campus life.
The ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge empowers colleges and universities to achieve excellence in nonpartisan student democratic engagement. Minnesota State College Southeast was recognized alongside more than 500 campuses using data from the National Study of Learning, Voting, and Engagement (NSLVE) out of Tufts University, which found that colleges and universities had the second-highest voter turnout among students in a midterm election since NSLVE began measuring this data.
"The ALL IN Awards were created to celebrate nonpartisan democratic engagement and the outstanding campus voter registration and turnout rates achieved by our ALL IN campuses," said Jennifer Domagal-Goldman, Executive Director of the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge. "ALL IN is proud to celebrate and honor top-performing campuses, like Minnesota State College Southeast, who demonstrate that nonpartisan student voter engagement is possible and effective."
Tracy Rahim, Student Life Coordinator at Minnesota State College Southeast, is working on a number of initiatives this fall to further increase student involvement in the 2024 election.
"We have planned voter registration and get-out-the-vote events on the Winona and Red Wing campuses," she said. "We are grateful to be collaborating with the League of Women Voters in both communities to promote National Voter Registration Day and Vote Early Day. We are building on the momentum from 2022 to ensure our campus communities are ready to make an even bigger impact this fall."
More than 1,060 institutions enrolling more than 10 million students participate in the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge, which supports colleges and universities in achieving excellence in nonpartisan student voter engagement.
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ABOUT ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge:
The ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge (ALL IN) is a national nonpartisan initiative of Civic Nation, a 501(c)(3) organization. The ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge strives to change civic culture and institutionalize democratic engagement activities and programs on college campuses, making voter participation a defining feature of campus life.
ALL IN, in collaboration with over 1,050 higher education institutions, seeks to make participation in local, state, and federal elections a social norm; substantially increase the number of college students who are democratically engaged on an ongoing basis, during and between elections, and not just at the polls, and; make educating for democratic engagement on college campuses an accepted and expected part of the culture and curriculum so that students graduate with the knowledge, skills, behaviors, and values needed to be an informed and active citizen. For more information, go to: https://allinchallenge.org/
About Minnesota State College Southeast
Located in the historic river towns of Red Wing and Winona, Minnesota State College Southeast is a community and technical college that provides a flexible, affordable, inclusive, and equitable college environment and offers a clear sense of direction to all students. College faculty and staff genuinely care about students' end goals, whether that be earning an academic award, transferring to university to complete a bachelor's degree, or attaining career skills. Minnesota State College Southeast is a member of the Minnesota State system.