• Chip timing will be used this year.
• Prizes for top 3 finishers in 5K and 10K races.
• Recognition for top finishers in age divisions.
• Door prize chances for all participants.

Online registration will cease at midnight, Wednesday, May 29.

The first 350 registrants will receive a high quality Brooks running shirt.
For more information about the Trail Run and to register, visit our website at:

www.mnstate.edu/trailrun

Onsite race day registration fee is $30.

Packet pickup will be at Beyond Running in downtown Fargo Thursday, May 30 and Friday, May 31 from 10 a.m. – 7 p.m. each day or on site the day of the race.

If you have any questions please contact scicentr@mnstate.edu.

The Minnesota State University-Moorhead Planetarium is hosting an event for intergalactic hitchhikers at 7 p.m. for Towel Day, May 25.

Towel Day (towelday.org) is an annual memorial day for fans of Douglas Adams, author of the sci-fi comedy series, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Since towels are “about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have,” planetarium visitors are encouraged to bring their towels to receive a discount and participate in a contest for the coolest towel.

Solar System Ambassador Scarlet Gray Bernard will present a (Hitchhiker’s) Guide to the Galaxy in the planetarium, guiding guests on a tour of our place in the galaxy, discussing how we know what we know, and enhancing the presentation with the wit of Douglas Adams.

Besides a guide to the galaxy and a coolest towel contest, visitors are encouraged to compose some very painful poetry if they want to participate in a Vogon poetry contest, and to brace themselves for a Total Perspective Vortex to see “how vastly, hugely, mindbogglingly big [space] is.”

The planetarium has an admission rate of $2 per person, $1 per hitchhiker with a towel. Babel fish will be provided. More information can be found on the planetarium’s Facebook page, www.facebook.com/msumplanetarium.

The Solar System Ambassadors Program of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory offers information and excitement about real missions that explore our solar system. Volunteer ambassadors in communities throughout the country are selected by JPL based on their backgrounds and on their plans for public outreach activities. JPL provides ambassadors with educational materials and training. However, the opinions of Ambassadors are not necessarily those of NASA or JPL. Further information about the Solar System Ambassadors Program is available at http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/ambassador. JPL is a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, Calif.

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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More dates for Star Party on the Prairie:

Friday, June 14, 9-11 p.m.
Sunday, July 14, 2-4 p.m. (solar astronomy)
Friday, August 16, 8:30-10:30 p.m.
Friday, September 13, 8-10 p.m.

The Regional Science Center is located 16 miles east of Moorhead, off Highway 10, adjacent to the Buffalo River State Park. This event is free and open to the public.

Finalists are then judged on a presentation of their work at during a session sponsored by the Water and Electrolyte section at the national meeting. This is the second time Zimmerman has been a finalist for the award. Zimmerman graduated from MSUM in 2010 with a major in Biochemistry and Biotechnology.

Gunstad is an associate professor in the Department of Psychology at Kent State University.

Gunstad is the only MSUM Psychology alum to win the Paterson Award for the top Psychology Undergraduate in the State of Minnesota in the last 30+ years.

John Gunstad Memo05-2013

Leonard and his students have been examining core samples and fossils from the Tyler Formation from the subsurface of western North Dakota to determine variations in rock types and fossil assemblages in response to global climate change over 300 million years ago. This study may have economic implications since the Tyler is often referred to as the “Baby Bakken”.

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We are so fortunate to have worked with Doug and wish him all the best!

Professor Stephen DeLoach, co-head of IPE for the last 15 years, recently sent a letter commenting on MSU Moorhead Economics students’ research presentations at the IPE sessions. DeLoach writes, “I have personally observed the quality and professionalism of (MSU Moorhead) students and can testify to the impressive work they continue to do.”

DeLoach continues, “Minnesota State (University Moorhead) students are always among the most well prepared of the students to attend our conference. Moreover, the quality of their research is consistently high.”

To conclude, DeLoach said, “Since 2002, when they started coming, 548 different students have participated in the conference, from 60 different colleges and universities. While most of these students hail from more prestigious schools with arguably better academic credentials, the students from Minnesota State (University Moorhead) are routinely among the best at the conference. This is a strong testament to the dedication and hard work of its faculty.”

The Tri-College NEW Leadership Development Institute provides leadership training, inspiration, and support for women who do not have extensive leadership experience. Each year approximately 40-50 women are selected to participate in the five-day program aimed at promoting public and community leadership among women of diverse backgrounds who reside in the Upper Midwest.

The 2013 Tri-College NEW Leadership Development Institute will take place June 5-9 at MSUM. For information, contact Dr. Deborah White, Institute Coordinator, at 218.477.2041 or whitede@mnstate.edu or visit www.tri-college.org/new_leadership_institute/.

Susie Hamilton, mathematics education major, and Brandi Franck, recent graduate in mathematics education, also co-presented a session “Preparing for Student Teaching and the MN Teacher Licensure Exam” at the MCTM April 2013 conference.

Donovan Donarski‎ – President
Courtney Constantini‎ – Vice President
Clarice Wallert‎ – Secretary
Erin Trisko‎ and Brittany Stuart‎ – Historians
Nancy Stenger – Treasurer

Great leadership for a great year of events and meetings!

Fulghesu presented joint work with student Seth Meyer on Generalized Peano Functions.