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From the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal:
Robbyn Wacker, the outgoing president of St. Cloud State University, is stepping down from the post two months earlier than expected, and ahead of expected budget cuts forecast by Minnesota education officials.
St. Cloud Live has a report on the departure of Wacker, St. Cloud State's president since 2018.
“He’s turned out to be an absolute dream — and here we are deep in the dream, staring the 150th Kentucky Derby in the face — and it’s just so surreal."