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Jazz students at Saint Mary’s University will swing into the holidays with their Red Bird Club show “Christmas in New Orleans” on Friday, Dec. 7, at 7:30 p.m. at the Valéncia Arts Center, 1164 W. Howard St.

The joyous and uplifting Christmas service of “Lessons and Carols” will be presented by the Saint Mary’s University Department of Music at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 8.

The Saint Mary’s Department of Theatre and Dance and the Minnesota Conservatory for the Arts (MCA) will present the Dance Repertory Company in “The Nutcracker” Wednesday through Sunday, Nov. 28-Dec. 2, at the Saint Mary’s Page Theatre.

With the acquisition of several new projects, Saint Mary’s GeoSpatial Services (GSS) is increasing invaluable student internship experiences while helping nationwide organizations make far-reaching ecological decisions. For example, in the largest single contract ever awarded to them ($1.7 million over four years), GSS will work with the federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM). The project will keep GSS staff and up to 30 student interns busy for several years.

Saint Mary’s junior Andrew Sandoz has been selected for the 2019 class of the Principal Community Scholars Program, a collaboration between Principal and Campus Compact that supports the leadership development of undergraduate students seeking a business or business-related degree.

Students interested in becoming a physician assistant (PA) are invited to apply for a new 3+2 PA Program, a collaborative effort between Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota and Mayo Clinic School of Health Sciences.

The Minnesota Conservatory for the Arts (MCA) will host its 10th biennial Sugar Plum Fairy Tea Party fundraiser Sunday, Nov. 18, at the Valéncia Arts Center.