place_of_birth patricia hampl
The University ___MASK27___ Minnesota Twin Cities ( Minnesota ; locally known as the U ___MASK27___ M or simply the U ) is a public research university in ___MASK82___ and ___MASK51___ , Minnesota . The ___MASK82___ and St . Paul campuses are approximately apart , and the ___MASK51___ campus is actually in neighboring Falcon Heights . It is the oldest and largest campus within the University ___MASK27___ Minnesota system and has the sixth - largest main campus student body in the United States , with 51 , 147 students in 2013  14 . The university is organized into 19 colleges and schools , with sister campuses in Crookston , Duluth , Morris , and Rochester . UMN is categorized as an R1 Doctoral University with the highest research activity in the Carnegie Classification ___MASK27___ Institutions ___MASK27___ Higher Education . ___MASK82___ is the county seat of Hennepin County , and larger of the Twin Cities , the 16th - largest metropolitan area in the United States , containing about 3 . 5 million residents . As of 2015 , ___MASK82___ is the largest city in the state of Minnesota and 46th - largest in the United States with a population of 410 , 939 . ___MASK82___ and ___MASK51___ anchor the second - largest economic center in the Midwest , after Chicago . A county seat is an administrative ___MASK70___ , seat of government , or capital city of a county or civil parish . The term is used in the United States , Canada , Romania , ___MASK21___ and Taiwan . In the United Kingdom and Ireland , county towns have a similar function . ___MASK51___ ( abbreviated St . Paul ) is the capital and second - most populous city of the U . S . state of Minnesota . As of 2015 , the city ' s estimated population was 300 , 851 . ___MASK51___ is the county seat of Ramsey County , the smallest and most densely populated county in Minnesota . The city lies mostly on the east bank of the Mississippi River in the area surrounding its point of confluence with the Minnesota River , and adjoins Minneapolis , the state ' s largest city . Known as the " Twin Cities ", the two form the core of Minneapolis  ___MASK51___ , the 16th - largest metropolitan area in the United States , with about 3 . 52 million residents . Patricia Hampl ( born March 12 , 1946 ) is an American memoirist , writer , lecturer , and educator . She is a recipient ___MASK27___ the prestigious Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship , teaches in the MFA program at the University ___MASK27___ Minnesota at ___MASK82___ and is one ___MASK27___ the founding members ___MASK27___ the Loft Literary Center . ___MASK93___ ( or ), officially the City ___MASK27___ ___MASK93___ , is the third - most populous city in the United States , and the fifth - most populous city in North America . With over 2 . 7 million residents , it is the most populous city in the state ___MASK27___ Illinois and the Midwestern United States , and the county seat ___MASK27___ Cook County . The ___MASK93___ metropolitan area , often referred to as Chicagoland , has nearly 10 million people and is the third - largest in the U . S . ___MASK44___ ( locally ) is a state in the midwestern and northern regions ___MASK27___ the United States . ___MASK44___ was admitted as the 32nd U . S . state on May 11 , 1858 , created from the eastern half ___MASK27___ the ___MASK44___ Territory . The state has a large number ___MASK27___ lakes , and is known by the slogan " Land ___MASK27___ 10 , 000 Lakes ". Its official motto is " L ' Étoile du Nord " ( French : " Star ___MASK27___ the North "). ___MASK44___ is the 12th largest in area and the 21st most populous ___MASK27___ the U . S . states ; nearly 60 percent ___MASK27___ its residents live in the ___MASK82___  ___MASK51___ metropolitan area ( known as the " Twin Cities "), the center ___MASK27___ transportation , business , industry , education , and government and home to an internationally known arts community . The remainder ___MASK27___ the state consists ___MASK27___ western prairies now given over to intensive agriculture ; deciduous forests in the southeast , now partially cleared , farmed and settled ; and the less populated North Woods , used for mining , forestry , and recreation . ___MASK44___ is known for its progressive political orientation and its high rate ___MASK27___ civic participation and voter turnout . Until European settlement , ___MASK44___ was inhabited by the Dakota and Ojibwe / Anishinaabe . During the 19th and early 20th centuries , the large majority ___MASK27___ the European settlers emigrated from Scandinavia and Germany , and the state remains a center ___MASK27___ Scandinavian American and German American culture . In recent decades , immigration from Asia , the Horn ___MASK27___ Africa , and Latin America has broadened its historic demographic and cultural composition . ___MASK44___ ' s standard ___MASK27___ living index is among the highest in the United States , and the state is also among the best - educated and wealthiest in the nation . The ___MASK40___ Classification ___MASK27___ Institutions ___MASK27___ Higher Education is a framework for classifying colleges and universities in the United States . The framework primarily serves educational and research purposes , where it is often important to identify groups ___MASK27___ roughly comparable institutions . The classification includes all accredited , degree - granting colleges and universities in the United States that are represented in the National ___MASK70___ for Education Statistics Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System ( IPEDS ). The University ___MASK27___ Minnesota system is a university system with several coordinate campuses spread throughout the U . S . state ___MASK27___ Minnesota . There are five primary campuses in the Twin Cities , Duluth , Crookston , Morris , and Rochester . A campus was open in Waseca , but was closed and converted into a federal prison for women . The university also operates several research facilities around the state , including some large tracts ___MASK27___ land . The University ___MASK27___ Minnesota Twin Cities and the Crookston , Duluth , and Morris coordinate campuses are accredited by the Higher Learning Commission ( HLC ) ___MASK27___ the North Central Association ___MASK27___ Colleges and Schools . The other public system ___MASK27___ higher education in the state is the larger Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System ( MnSCU ).