It's the gold rush of the new millenium. Only now, prospectors are hoping to mine tuition dollars.

Minnesota State University, Mankato is the latest to jump on the bandwagon of offering college classes in the Twin Cities suburbs.

Beginning Aug. 25, the school will begin offering bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Edina, according to a press release.

The new satellite school will be called "Minnesota State University Mankato at 7700 France."

Since graduating from Chaska High School in 2000, Nichole Klatt has immersed herself in science.

She is currently a doctoral student at the University of Pennsylvania, researching the human immunodeficiency virus, which results in AIDS.

She recently presented her research at one of the largest HIV conferences in the world.

Ten high school seniors from the metro area have been awarded the Chick Evans Caddie Scholarship, a full tuition and housing college scholarship (renewable for up to four years), for the 2008-09 academic year.

Of the 10, four are area students, and all caddied at Hazeltine National Golf Club, including Scott Cummings, Daniel Marquart and Daniel Palmer, all of Chanhassen, and Philip Dietel, of Chaska.

All attend Chaska High School, except Marquart, who is a Minnetonka High School student.