Mahraun will sing the title track of the CD, “A Toast To Prohibition” by Irving Berlin. Mahraun was full-time member of Rose when they premiered and toured the state with this program of music from the 19th-century temperance movement, the campaigns for and against the 18th Amendment, and jazz and blues from the Prohibition era.

The CD will be released in January 2014 with a series of concerts at the Minnesota History Center in St. Paul.

https://www.roseensemble.org/shows/toast-prohibition-songs-temperance-and-temptation

Get your registration in before this course is advertised to the greater F-M area!

There will be a 4-day course offered this summer (July 15 – 18). The class will meet from 5 to 7:45 p.m. The course costs $129.00. You will receive more details once your registration is processed. Print out the attached registration form and submit with payment. Any questions call Shireen Alemadi at 218.477.2579.

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Joshua Gates will graduate from Minnesota State University Moorhead with cum laude honors, a summer internship at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, and a scholarship and stipend that put him on track for a master’s degree. Dave Wallis / The Forum

By: Helmut Schmidt, INFORUM

MOORHEAD – In just a few short years, the arc of Joshua Gates’ academic life has gone from meh to marvelous.

Gates’ identity at Mayville (N.D.) High School was as a football, basketball, track and baseball standout. But that didn’t transfer to the classroom.

He had a 2.5 grade-point average and was 47th out of a graduating class of 54 in 2009, he said. His college placement test scores were borderline.

Most subjects were tedious to Gates, but he loved history and has wanted to work in museums since he was a child – perhaps even the Smithsonian Institution, he told people.

His teachers told him he might teach history in a middle school or high school. His father pointed him to the military.

“I thought I could do better. I thought I could do more,” Gates said.

Turns out, he did.

Today, Gates will graduate from Minnesota State University Moorhead rocking a 3.5 GPA and a political science degree with a coaching minor.

His summer will be spent as an intern in the curatorial office of the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C.

And he scored a generous scholarship and stipend at the University of Delaware that puts him on track for a master’s degree.

“I am ready” for the next step, Gates said. “It’s been a good four years, but a long four years.”

Gates said an MSUM academic bootstrap program at the now-closed Corrick Center got him on track for success.

A series of teachers also encouraged him and got him to embrace the life of the mind.

He credits his adviser Margaret Sankey, who was also one of his principal history instructors, with keeping him focused.

“Once I had him in class, I could see how interested he was in research,” Sankey said.

“I have no doubt that any museum that gets Josh will get someone 200 percent engaged,” she said. “I can’t wait to see what he’s going to do.”

Gates worked several jobs to help pay his way through school.

On campus, he worked at the Academic Support Center, and did tutoring and peer advising.

Off campus, he worked as a cleaning specialist for Servicemaster, and at the Moorhead Sports Center as a Zamboni ice-surfacing machine driver.

“I wanted an education, so I paid for it,” he said. “I got used to six hours of sleep.”

He said he had to become very good at time management and self-motivation to keep up with his studies. He deliberately kept a rein on his social life.

“I had to prove to myself that I could do better without sports,” he said. “At the college, I just woke up, so to speak. “

This fall, he’ll attend the University of Delaware in Newark and pursue a master’s in historic preservation with certificates in museum studies and public history.

He’s been awarded a 90 percent scholarship and an annual research stipend of more than $16,000.

Eventually, he said he’d like to try for a doctorate.

Earlier this week, as the sun beat down on the campus quadrangle and the buds on the trees were leafing out, he looked out over the scene from the steps of MacLean Hall.

“I just loved the environment, the encouragement, the relationships” with teachers, he said. “I’ll greatly miss them, but it’s also time for the next chapter.

“I’ll miss this whole place, really,” he said.

MSUM’s commencement ceremonies are at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. today in the Alex Nemzek Fieldhouse.

The 10 a.m. ceremony will include graduates from the College of Social and Natural Sciences and the College of Business and Industry.

The 2 p.m. ceremony will include graduates from the College of Education and Human Services and the College of Arts and Humanities.

http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/400100/

Watch the video here.

Fargo, ND (WDAY TV)-- Most musicians hoping to make it big can only dream of one day signing with a record label. But a student run group at MSUM is turning that dream into a reality for local musicians. Behind the books and hours of studying.

Fargo, ND (WDAY TV)– Most musicians hoping to make it big can only dream of one day signing with a record label. But a student run group at MSUM is turning that dream into a reality for local musicians. Behind the books and hours of studying.

Lies a group thats turning the eyes, and ears, of everyone who stops to listen.

Rachael Goers- Undeclared Records President: “Our program and even just Undeclared Records is very unique. That’s actually why I chose to go to MSUM.”

Undeclared Records- It’s MSUM’s student run record label.

Giving these aspiring entertainers hands on experience, in the real world music industry.

Ryan Jackson- MSUM Associate Music Professor: “They need to be very well adjusted for what’s to come and I think we do that here very well.”

From rock to acoustic.

Eric Jensen- Undeclared Records Upcoming President: “I have been doing a lot of work in hip hop.”

Album art to promotions, they do it all.

Goers: “Everything is recorded by students, and all of our artists this year were students or have been students.”

Bringing sound straight from the studio.

To the soundboard, where the best of the best ultimately land a track on the album.

Jensen: “Really exciting being able to be a part of something that a lot of people would love to be a part of but don’t necessarily have the opportunity.”

Jackson: “When they come in the door they’re students. By the time they leave, they’re all my kids, and they’re all extremely well trained professionals.”

All with the heart and soul to take their talents to the next level.

Undeclared Records is made up of musicians in MSUM’s Music and Entertainment Industry Student Association. The label just released its fourth album.

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The Offutt Center for Business building is now 53,000 square feet and includes 14 classroom spaces with state-of-the-art learning technology and green technologies designed for saving energy.  The Bachmeier artwork is the focal point of the RDO Friends and Family Conference Room, an ultramodern space open to area businesses and organizations.

The April 27, 2013 grand opening was a special day in the history of Concordia College. Not only was the newly renovated Offutt School of Business officially dedicated, billionaire philanthropist and former Microsoft CEO Bill Gates was part of the dedication festivities.

Hansen Theatre
Saturday, May 11
7:30 p.m.
Free Admission

A reading will be held Thursday, May 9 in room 203 of the Comstock Memorial Union from 7-9 p.m.

Copies will be available for purchase.

The reading is free and open to the public.

A drama about an abduction in a prairie town, Heretics was developed with the support of grants from Lake Region Arts Council and the MSUM Peer Review Committee.

Holtan also serves as president of ND Professional Communicators.

Zepper, a Moorhead High graduate, told students that he became interested in writing in second grade.

“My parents read to me all the time, and the library became going to the toy store,” Zepper said.

He shared with students how his path to writing began early — checking out books from the bookmobile, listening to visiting writers in second grade, and wanting his own typewriter. He continued to write in junior high and took as many English classes as he could at Moorhead High, where he filled notebooks with his poetry.

Read more about Kevin’s visit to Moorhead High School.

A public reading from their thesis culminates a program of study (typically three-years of post-baccalaureate study) for all MFA students.

The MFA is a terminal degree—the highest degree in its field—allowing students to study the art and craft of writing, while preparing for careers in teaching and writing-related professions.

Now completing its 18th year, the MFA program has graduated more than 90 students. With its first two graduates in spring 1997, the MFA program has attracted students from California, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York, New Mexico, Michigan, Montana, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Utah, Wisconsin, as well as from Canada and Jamaica.

MSUM MFA graduates work as writers in various locales, including universities, hospitals, and corporations. MSUM MFA grads have gone on to earn MA and Ph.D. degrees; teach writing and literature and hold administrative positions in high schools, community colleges, technical colleges, and universities; work as writers and editors of magazines, newspapers, and publishing companies; manage web content and communications strategies for businesses and universities; direct Alumni Affairs for Teach for America; work in marketing, advertising, and public relations positions for private, public, and nonprofit agencies; direct study abroad programs; develop successful freelance writing businesses; and work as marketing directors for banks. Most public, private, and proprietary colleges, in the F-M area currently employ MSUM MFA graduates as writing specialists or administrators. Indeed, the MFA degree has proven to be a versatile degree.

Please join us in celebrating Allegra, Nathan, Jamee, John, Kathryn, and Whitney’s accomplishments!

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Both events are free and open to the public, and will include refreshments.

Saturday, May 4 at 7 p.m.
Gaede Stage, MSUM Center for the Arts

There will be performances of songs in English, French, Italian and German, as well as the World Premiering of a James F. Gurney original, The R.A. Rag!

With a mix of everything from serious to hilarious, it is sure to be a great time. And as a bonus, there will be hors d’oeuvre (cookies and other sweet treats) to follow.

This event is free and open to the public.

We hope to see you there!