The University of Minnesota Waseca (UMW) was a two-year technical college specializing in agriculture and located in Waseca, in the

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. A part of the

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, it operated from 1971 to 1992 and served nearly 20,000 students during that time. Their mascot was "Ramus" the ram. It maintained a college cable-FM radio station with the call letters KUMW. Its campus was previously an agricultural boarding high school known as the Southern School of Agriculture.

History

Southern experiment station

The University of Minnesota has existed at this location since 1912.Southern Research and Outreach Center History
- University of Minnesota The university purchased 246 acres south and west of the city of Waseca.

Southern School of Agriculture

The Southern School of Agriculture was a boarding school for students who were primarily from farm families. It opened in 1953. The school term went for six months to allow time for students to participate in spring planting and fall harvesting.

Correctional Institution (present use)

After the closing of UMW, part of the campus was converted into a

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, which currently houses only females. This institution once housed former

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. The remainder continues to operate as the

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's Southern Research and Outreach Center.

References

External links

UMW/SSA Alumni Association

"A Death in the Family" - Minnesota Daily article about UMW closing
{{University of Minnesota system Universities and colleges established in 1971 Educational institutions disestablished in 1992 Defunct universities and colleges in Minnesota