News » Points of Pride Students http://news.mnstate.edu News @ Minnesota State University Moorhead Fri, 24 May 2013 13:41:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Three MSUM mass communication students are honored nationally http://news.mnstate.edu/2013/05/three-msum-mass-communication-students-are-honored-nationally/ http://news.mnstate.edu/2013/05/three-msum-mass-communication-students-are-honored-nationally/#comments Thu, 23 May 2013 03:10:41 +0000 weatheco http://news.mnstate.edu/?p=23056

Lane Zyvoloski

Three Minnesota State University Moorhead mass communication majors, Lane Zyvoloski, Sauk Rapids, Minn., Bryce Haugen, Moorhead, Minn., and Kaitlyn Teske, Fargo, N.D., were honored

nationally by the Society of Professional

Journalist’s 2012 Mark of Excellence Awards.

Senior, Zyvoloski, won a national award for Online Feature Reporting from a medium-sized school for her “Being Queen: Life in Drag” story she wrote for the MSUM blog “Doing it Downtown.”

“I am humbled and extremely thankful to the people who made this possible,” Zyvoloski said. “The drag queens allowed me into their lives and they didn’t have to. My professor helped me edit and edit again and again and I couldn’t have done this without her.”

Bryce Haugen

Haugen, a senior, was a national finalist for Breaking News Reporting from a medium-sized school for his “Sanford gives $2 million to Dragon Athletics” article he wrote for “The Advocate,” MSUM’s student-produced newspaper. The national winner from this category was a student from the Ivy League school, Brown University.

“It’s validating to know that reporting work done at MSUM can get acknowledged at this level of competition,” Haugen said. “This is the most exciting thing that has happened to me so far in my reporting career.”

Kaitlyn Teske

Teske, a 2012 graduate, was a national winner for Feature Photography from a medium-sized school for her “Kaffestua: Sunburg Man Serves Authentic Norwegian Food” photo story that was published in MSUM’s “Horizonlines.org” “To Be Different” edition.

“I think the hands on approach that MSUM gives to its mass communication students really helped me blossom as a photographer,” Teske said. “Guidance from the photo professors and being able to work on projects like “Horionlines.org” gave me the opportunity to explore projects like this that I otherwise probably wouldn’t have found.”

SPJ’s Mark of Excellence awards honor the best in student journalism. Judges were directed to choose only the entries that they felt were worthy of a national award. If the judges determined that none of the entries met the level of excellence, than no award was given.

]]> http://news.mnstate.edu/2013/05/three-msum-mass-communication-students-are-honored-nationally/feed/ 0 MSUM graduate credits teachers with boost to academic excellence http://news.mnstate.edu/2013/05/msum-graduate-credits-teachers-with-boost-to-academic-excellence/ http://news.mnstate.edu/2013/05/msum-graduate-credits-teachers-with-boost-to-academic-excellence/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 03:05:17 +0000 weatheco http://news.mnstate.edu/?p=22960

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/

]]> http://news.mnstate.edu/2013/05/msum-graduate-credits-teachers-with-boost-to-academic-excellence/feed/ 0 MSUM is turning musician’s dreams into reality http://news.mnstate.edu/2013/05/msum-is-turning-musicians-dreams-into-reality/ http://news.mnstate.edu/2013/05/msum-is-turning-musicians-dreams-into-reality/#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 03:10:04 +0000 weatheco http://news.mnstate.edu/?p=22882 By: Kay Cooley, WDAY

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.

]]> http://news.mnstate.edu/2013/05/msum-is-turning-musicians-dreams-into-reality/feed/ 0 CSIS students take second place at MICS Programming Contest http://news.mnstate.edu/2013/05/csis-students-take-second-place-at-mics-programming-contest/ http://news.mnstate.edu/2013/05/csis-students-take-second-place-at-mics-programming-contest/#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 03:08:34 +0000 weatheco http://news.mnstate.edu/?p=22876 Several Computer Science students attended the Midwest Instruction and Computing Symposium held at the University of Wisconsin, La Crosse. While there they competed against 45 teams from universities across the Upper Midwest and Northern Plains states. The teams were given seven difficult problems and three hours in which to solve them. The team of Ashraf Kamel, Joseph Nosie, and Dan Stueve placed second in the event by developing correct solutions to six of the problems. Jessie Deters, Sri Kadimisetty, and Jake Vanhorn also competed.

In addition to the contest, the students attended several technical presentations and discussions. One of these was given by CSIS professor Michael Haugrud on his experience using Microsoft Team Foundation Service to oversee large-scale student software engineering projects.

]]> http://news.mnstate.edu/2013/05/csis-students-take-second-place-at-mics-programming-contest/feed/ 0 An Evening of Dance http://news.mnstate.edu/2013/05/an-evening-of-dance/ http://news.mnstate.edu/2013/05/an-evening-of-dance/#comments Fri, 10 May 2013 03:09:23 +0000 weatheco http://news.mnstate.edu/?p=22804 Don’t miss a dynamic dance concert featuring the work of student dancers and choreographers. Several dance styles will be featured, including hip-hop, modern, lyrical, musical theatre styles and tap. The performance takes place this Saturday in Hansen Theatre at 7:30 p.m. Free admission!

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

]]> http://news.mnstate.edu/2013/05/an-evening-of-dance/feed/ 0 Biochemistry and Biotechnology students and faculty present at the National Experimental Biology Meeting http://news.mnstate.edu/2013/05/biochemistry-and-biotechnology-students-and-faculty-present-at-the-national-experimental-biology-meeting/ http://news.mnstate.edu/2013/05/biochemistry-and-biotechnology-students-and-faculty-present-at-the-national-experimental-biology-meeting/#comments Thu, 09 May 2013 03:09:53 +0000 weatheco http://news.mnstate.edu/?p=22755 MSUM Biochemistry and Biotechnology majors Nick Berthelsen, Alex Novak, and Harrison Pantera attended the National Experimental Biology Meeting in Boston. MSUM faculty members Mark Wallert, Biosciences, and Joseph Provost, Chemistry, also attended the meeting. All three students participated in the American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) Undergraduate Poster Competition along with presenting their work in the regular poster sessions at the meeting. Wallert gave an oral and poster presentation on the MSUM Biochemistry and Biotechnology Industry Certificate program as part of the ASBMB Education and Professional Development Program.

]]> http://news.mnstate.edu/2013/05/biochemistry-and-biotechnology-students-and-faculty-present-at-the-national-experimental-biology-meeting/feed/ 0 Psi-Chi inducted 14 new members http://news.mnstate.edu/2013/05/psi-chi-inducted-14-new-members/ http://news.mnstate.edu/2013/05/psi-chi-inducted-14-new-members/#comments Thu, 09 May 2013 03:07:42 +0000 weatheco http://news.mnstate.edu/?p=22743 Psi Chi, the International Honor Society for Psychology, inducted 14 new members into the MSUM chapter on May 6. The new members are: Danielle Bany, Megan Boeddeker, Amanda Heitkamp, Miranda Horst, Kelsey Ihringer, Katherine Johanson, Samantha Kallberg, Catherine Kippley, Emily Lyons, Courtney Messinger, Jesse Olson, Jessica Sand, Emily Steinle, and Madhuri Tiwari.

]]> http://news.mnstate.edu/2013/05/psi-chi-inducted-14-new-members/feed/ 0 Geology students present paper at the annual meeting of the North Central Section of the Geological Society of America http://news.mnstate.edu/2013/05/geology-students-present-paper-at-the-annual-meeting-of-the-north-central-section-of-the-geological-society-of-america/ http://news.mnstate.edu/2013/05/geology-students-present-paper-at-the-annual-meeting-of-the-north-central-section-of-the-geological-society-of-america/#comments Tue, 07 May 2013 03:06:27 +0000 weatheco http://news.mnstate.edu/?p=22668 Geoscience students Stephen Kunz, Adam Marks, Jon Sands, and their advisor Dr. Karl W. Leonard presented the paper “Sequence Stratigraphy of the Tyler Formation (Lower Pennsylvanian/Morrowan) in the Williston Basin, North Dakota” at the annual North Central Section of GSA meeting in Kalamazoo, Michigan on May 3. 

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”.

]]> http://news.mnstate.edu/2013/05/geology-students-present-paper-at-the-annual-meeting-of-the-north-central-section-of-the-geological-society-of-america/feed/ 0 Mass Communications students win multiple awards in regional contests http://news.mnstate.edu/2013/05/mass-communications-students-win-multiple-awards-in-regional-contests-2/ http://news.mnstate.edu/2013/05/mass-communications-students-win-multiple-awards-in-regional-contests-2/#comments Thu, 02 May 2013 03:12:10 +0000 weatheco http://news.mnstate.edu/?p=22575

left to right: Kyle Wahlberg, Stian Michalsen, Macy Egeland, Ezra Van Den Einde, Carly Lehmkuhl, Kenny Buck, Rebecca Lebak, Collin Boyles, Chelsey Smith

Campus News Wins NATAS Award in College Newscast Category, wins most of the SPJ Awards

Campus News, MSUM’s student produced newscast, took home a Crystal Pillar Award in the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Upper Midwest Chapter Student Awards of Excellence in the newscast category. Campus News was the only newscast honored with a Crystal Pillar out of six nominees from five different schools. The NATAS-Upper Midwest region includes Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa and western Wisconsin.

Two students also won Crystal Pillars for individual news stories. LaurelLee Loftsgard won in the Light News category for “Toy Train Collectors” and Robert Swansen won in the photographer category for “The Advocate.” Recipients were announced at a ceremony on Sunday at the Theaters at Mall of America.

Campus News also won numerous awards over the weekend at the Midwest Journalism Conference in Minneapolis. In the Society for Professional Journalists (SPJ) Mark of Excellence Awards, MSUM students took home first place in both the Television Breaking News Reporting and Television Feature Photography categories. First place winners in each category advance to the national round of judging. Campus News also won second place in the newscast category. In all, MSUM students won 11 awards in the television categories, the most of any school in the contest. SPJ Region 6 includes the states of Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.

Campus News also took home several Eric Sevareid Awards, which are given out each year by the Northwest Broadcast News Association. LaurelLee Loftsgard won first place in the Student Photojournalism category for her “Toy Train Collectors” story. The Campus News Sportscast also won an Award of Merit in the college sportscast category. The NBNA region includes the states of North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Nebraska, Wisconsin, and Iowa.

Campus News airs weekly on Prairie Public Television at 7:00 AM during the spring semester and is repeated on the cable access channels in both Fargo and Moorhead.

Watch the award-winning newscast.

“Toy Train Collectors”

“Dairy Farming” Wins Best Documentary Award

“Dairy Farming,” a 2012 television documentary produced in the broadcast documentary class at MSUM and broadcast on Prairie Public Television, won first place in the student documentary category in the Northwest Broadcast News Association’s Eric Sevareid Awards. The documentary takes a look at the rewards and struggles the come with a life devoted to dairy farming.

“Dairy Farming”

“Doing It Downtown” Named Best Online Student Publication by SPJ

“Doing It Downtown,” the mass communications department’s newest student publication, won first place for Best Independent Online Student Publication in the Society for Professional Journalists (SPJ) Mark of Excellence Awards. The multimedia blog-style magazine is published daily during Dr. Deneen Gilmour’s MC 405/Writing for the Web class. Student editor is Meredith Wathne.

Lane Zyvoloski won first place for Online Feature Reporting for her photo-and-word essay, “Being Queen: My Life in Drag,” which looks at a group of young Fargo-Moorhead men who become drag queens on certain Saturday nights.

“Doing It Downtown” came to life four years ago as downtown Fargo-Moorhead morphed from a place where pesky panhandlers hung out to a place where nightclubs, coffee houses and a vibrant music scene flourished. The publication brings fresh content to new readers using Pinterest, SoundCloud, Facebook, Twitter and Storify.

“Doing It Downtown”

Lane Zyvoloski’s awards winning story.

Horizonlins.org Honored by NBNA and SPJ

Horizonlines.org received an Award of Merit in the student website category in the Northwest Broadcast News Association’s (NBNA) Eric Sevareid Awards and took second in the Society for Professional Journalists (SPJ) Mark of Excellence Awards for Best Independent Online Student Publication. Kaitlyn Teske, who took photos for horizonlines, also took home two awards for her work on the online magazine, including first place in the Feature Photography category.

Horizonlines.org is an online magazine produced each spring by the students in MSUM’s Journalism Workshop class. The winning issue is titled “To Be Different.” Students interviewed and photographed families, couples, and individuals who have unique stories to tell, including a Vietnam war veteran, a lesbian couple, and a Special Olympics competitor.

Horizonlines.org

Northwest Broadcast News Association Eric Sevareid Awards MSUM Winners

Documentary/Special
1st – Documentary Class, “Dairy Farming”

Photojournalism
1st – LaurelLee Loftsgard, “Toy Train Collectors”
Award of Merit – Robert Swansen, “The Advocate”

Sportscast/Program
Award of Merit – Campus News Sportscast from 4-30-11

Website
Award of Merit – www.horizonlines.org

Spot News
Award of Merit – Kim Kressin, “New Year’s Fire”

General Reporting
Award of Merit – Kristin Kirtz, “Sweet Study”

left to right: Kayla Van Eps, Jessica Fleming, Ezra Van Den Einde, Lane Zyvoloski, Meredith Wathne, Breann Lenzmeier

Society for Professional Journalists MSUM Winners

Best Independent Online Student Publication
1st: Doing It Downtown
2nd: Horizonlines.org

Online Feature Reporting
1st: Doing It Downtown – Lane Zyvoloski
2nd: Doing It Downtown – Meghan Feir
3rd: Doing It Downtown – Jasmine Maki and Lane Zyvoloski

Feature Photography
1st: Horizonlines.org – Kaitlyn Teske
2nd: Horizonlines.org – Kaitlyn Teske

Breaking News Reporting
1st: Advocate – Bryce Haugen

Feature Writing
1st: Advocate – Jasmine Maki
2nd: Advocate – Becki DeGeest

General News Photography
1st: Advocate – Lane Zyvoloski
2nd: Advocate – Jessica Fleming

General News Reporting
1st: Advocate – Charly Haley
2nd: Advocate – Meredith Wathne
3rd: Advocate – Kayla Van Eps

Best All-Around Television Newscast
2nd: Campus News

Television Feature Photography
1st: “The Advocate” – Robert Swansen
2nd: “Toothpick Bridge Competition” – Robert Swansen

Television News Photography
2nd: “MSUM Cancer Research” – Megan Havig
3rd: “EMT Class at M-State” – Kristi Larson

Television Breaking News Reporting
1st: “Apartment Fire” – Kim Kressin

Television General News Reporting
2nd: “The Study Drug” – Zach Denzer

Television Feature Reporting
2nd: “Pow-wow at NDSU” – Zach Denzer

Television Sports Photography
2nd: “Dragon Dribblers” – Garrett Matteson and Andreas Foreid

National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Upper Midwest Chapter Student Awards of Excellence

Newscast:
Campus News

Photography:
“The Advocate” – Robert Swansen

Light News:
“Toy Train Collectors” – LaurelLee Loftsgard

]]> http://news.mnstate.edu/2013/05/mass-communications-students-win-multiple-awards-in-regional-contests-2/feed/ 0 Economics students among the best in the nation http://news.mnstate.edu/2013/05/economics-students-among-the-best-in-the-nation/ http://news.mnstate.edu/2013/05/economics-students-among-the-best-in-the-nation/#comments Thu, 02 May 2013 03:10:42 +0000 weatheco http://news.mnstate.edu/?p=22569 Since 2002, twenty-six economics majors have presented papers at the Issues in Political Economy (IPE) undergraduate research sessions hosted by the Eastern Economics Association. The IPE sessions attract students from all over the country and from institutions including the likes of MIT, Smith College, Colby College, and the College of Wooster, to name a few.

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.”

]]> http://news.mnstate.edu/2013/05/economics-students-among-the-best-in-the-nation/feed/ 0 Math education majors present with professor at conference http://news.mnstate.edu/2013/05/math-education-majors-present-with-professor-at-conference/ http://news.mnstate.edu/2013/05/math-education-majors-present-with-professor-at-conference/#comments Thu, 02 May 2013 03:08:27 +0000 weatheco http://news.mnstate.edu/?p=22562 Mathematics education majors Andria Kelly and Megan Nygaard presented with Professor Tim Harms a session titled “What’s wrong with these problems?” at the Minnesota Council of Teachers of Mathematics, MCTM, state conference April 2013.

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.

]]> http://news.mnstate.edu/2013/05/math-education-majors-present-with-professor-at-conference/feed/ 0 Sigma Lambda Chi volunteered at Project Community Connect http://news.mnstate.edu/2013/05/sigma-lambda-chi-volunteered-at-project-community-connect/ http://news.mnstate.edu/2013/05/sigma-lambda-chi-volunteered-at-project-community-connect/#comments Thu, 02 May 2013 03:05:52 +0000 weatheco http://news.mnstate.edu/?p=22546 For the second year, Sigma Lambda Chi has volunteer at Project Community Connect. This is just one more example of the dedicated CM students.

 

 

 

 

]]> http://news.mnstate.edu/2013/05/sigma-lambda-chi-volunteered-at-project-community-connect/feed/ 0 Math faculty attended Mathematical Association of America spring meeting http://news.mnstate.edu/2013/05/math-faculty-attended-mathematical-association-of-america-spring-meeting/ http://news.mnstate.edu/2013/05/math-faculty-attended-mathematical-association-of-america-spring-meeting/#comments Wed, 01 May 2013 03:09:41 +0000 weatheco http://news.mnstate.edu/?p=22509 Sayel Ali, Damiano Fulghesu, Justin James, and Wally Sizer, Mathematics, attended the spring section meeting of the Mathematical Association of America April 26-27 in St. Peter, Minn.

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

]]> http://news.mnstate.edu/2013/05/math-faculty-attended-mathematical-association-of-america-spring-meeting/feed/ 0 Art & Design invites public to Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition http://news.mnstate.edu/2013/04/art-design-invites-public-to-bachelor-of-fine-arts-exhibition/ http://news.mnstate.edu/2013/04/art-design-invites-public-to-bachelor-of-fine-arts-exhibition/#comments Tue, 30 Apr 2013 03:05:03 +0000 weatheco http://news.mnstate.edu/?p=22432 The Department of Art & Design at Minnesota State University Moorhead, invites the public to the reception for the Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition on Thursday, May 2 from 4 to 6 p.m. in the Roland Dille Center for Arts Gallery (CA 150). Artwork created by senior BFA candidates Katelyn Bladel, Elise Forer, Torey Garletz, Catherine Miller, Sam Norman, Jerica Olson, and Taylor Schultek will be on display April 29 to May 16.

Students are working towards fulfillment of requirements for the BFA in Art. Gallery hours are Monday-Friday 9 a.m.-9 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m.-3 p.m. May 17 the gallery will be open 11 a.m.-1 p.m. and 3:30-4:30 p.m.

]]> http://news.mnstate.edu/2013/04/art-design-invites-public-to-bachelor-of-fine-arts-exhibition/feed/ 0 Wisenden and students publish paper http://news.mnstate.edu/2013/04/wisenden-and-students-publish-paper/ http://news.mnstate.edu/2013/04/wisenden-and-students-publish-paper/#comments Fri, 26 Apr 2013 03:11:48 +0000 weatheco http://news.mnstate.edu/?p=22355 For the second time in the same week, Brian Wisenden, Biosciences Department, has published another research paper. Biosciences undergraduates Randy Sutrisno and Phillip Schotte conducted a test of phylogenetic differences in predators’ ability to mask or biochemically degrade the chemical alarm cues of their prey that eke out of the predator’s digestive system. The full citation for the paper is:
Sutrisno R, Schotte PM, Wisenden BD (2013) Chemical arms race between predator and prey: a test of predator digestive counter-measures against chemical labeling by dietary cues of prey. Journal of Freshwater Ecology.

]]> http://news.mnstate.edu/2013/04/wisenden-and-students-publish-paper/feed/ 0 25 students inducted into Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society http://news.mnstate.edu/2013/04/25-students-inducted-into-beta-gamma-sigma-honor-society/ http://news.mnstate.edu/2013/04/25-students-inducted-into-beta-gamma-sigma-honor-society/#comments Fri, 26 Apr 2013 03:11:36 +0000 weatheco http://news.mnstate.edu/?p=22361 MSUM achieved accreditation of its business programs by AACSB International in 2010 – The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. This is the most prestigious level of accreditation available to Business schools internationally. As a result of this achievement, the school was able to establish a chapter of the Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society in 2010.

On Friday, April 19 an induction ceremony was held for Twenty-Five MSU Moorhead students joining Beta Gamma Sigma. The School of Business at MSUM congratulates the 25 students so honored this year. They join an expanding worldwide network of more than 625,000 outstanding business professionals who have earned recognition through lifetime membership in Beta Gamma Sigma. This is a very selective honor as only students ranking in the top 10 percent of the baccalaureate and top 20 percent of graduate programs at schools accredited by AACSB International are eligible for this invitation.

The following is a list of the 2012-2013 class of new Beta Gamma Sigma members:

Fall 2012 Inductees:

MacKenzie Barry, Steven Conley, Nicholas Enger, Brenden Forte, Nadin Ibrahim, Nancy Iverson, Jeffrey Johnson, Kelsey Metz, Logan Romines, Bret Sheeley, Danielle Stiller,

Jacob Wallner

Spring 2013 Inductees:

Steven Boese, Yi-Hsun Chang, Chien-I Chao, Prabal Dangol, Austin Friesen, Christopher Kvale,

Alexander Nicolay, Dang Pham, Jodie Seelye, Lindsey Thomas, Lindsay Thompson,

Tyler Walsh, Morgan Zabel

In addition, Mark A. Anderson, CEO of Blackridge Financial, MSUM alum, and MSUM Adjunct Professor was inducted as the Chapter Honoree as a professional who has furthered the ideals of the Society through outstanding business and managerial leadership.  Kelsey Metz, a Business Administration major with an emphasis in Marketing, was selected as the Beta Gamma Sigma scholarship recipient for 2013-2014. Kelsey and Dang Pham, a Finance major, were both selected to attend the Beta Gamma Sigma Student Leadership Forum to be held in Tampa in early November, 2013.

]]> http://news.mnstate.edu/2013/04/25-students-inducted-into-beta-gamma-sigma-honor-society/feed/ 0 Psychology Departmental awards given to undergrad students http://news.mnstate.edu/2013/04/psychology-departmental-awards-given-to-undergrad-students/ http://news.mnstate.edu/2013/04/psychology-departmental-awards-given-to-undergrad-students/#comments Fri, 26 Apr 2013 03:09:37 +0000 weatheco http://news.mnstate.edu/?p=22349 The Psychology Department gave out four Departmental Awards to undergraduate students at both the junior and senior level to recognize their achievements. This spring, Bria Itzen was given the “Psychology Student Departmental Award” (junior psychology major), while Kelsey Ihringer was given the “Psychology Research Award” (junior psychology major). In the fall, Tiffany Zilka was given the “Psychology Departmental Award” (senior psychology major), while Dylan O’Brien was give the “Psychology Research Award” (senior psychology major) for demonstrated excellence in research activities.

]]> http://news.mnstate.edu/2013/04/psychology-departmental-awards-given-to-undergrad-students/feed/ 0 Student film accepted into International Shorts Program of the Albuquerque Film and Media Experience http://news.mnstate.edu/2013/04/student-film-accepted-into-international-shorts-program-of-the-albuquerque-film-and-media-experience/ http://news.mnstate.edu/2013/04/student-film-accepted-into-international-shorts-program-of-the-albuquerque-film-and-media-experience/#comments Thu, 25 Apr 2013 03:13:04 +0000 weatheco http://news.mnstate.edu/?p=22307 A short film created by five students in MSUM’s Cinema Arts & Digital Technologies Department was accepted into and screened at the International Shorts Program of the Albuquerque Film & Media Experience in Albuquerque, N. M. Guests at the festival included Robert Redford and Giancarlo Esposito, and competing films featured actors Morgan Freeman and Armand Assante. The students’ film, titled “Necropolis,” was one of four American films in the shorts category; six others were international films. “Necropolis” was also an official selection in the 2013 Maryland International Film Festival. The acceptance of the film to both festivals is especially notable because it was entered in the narrative short category, rather than the student category.

The film was completed for a final project in an Intermediate Filmmaking class taught by Tom Brandau. The students involved were Robert McDermott (writer/director), Chris Johnson (producer/sound), Christian Calabrese (cinematography), Adam Gawarecki  (lighting/grip) and Nate Bakke (assistant camera/editor).

]]> http://news.mnstate.edu/2013/04/student-film-accepted-into-international-shorts-program-of-the-albuquerque-film-and-media-experience/feed/ 0 English and Communication Arts major awarded Student Fulbright to Taiwan http://news.mnstate.edu/2013/04/english-and-communication-arts-major-awarded-student-fulbright-to-taiwan/ http://news.mnstate.edu/2013/04/english-and-communication-arts-major-awarded-student-fulbright-to-taiwan/#comments Thu, 25 Apr 2013 03:10:39 +0000 weatheco http://news.mnstate.edu/?p=22311 Kim Ehrlich, graduating this May with a double major in B.S. Communication Arts and Literature and B.A. English with Writing Emphasis, has just been awarded a Student Fulbright to Taiwan for 2013-14.  Excited and happy to be awarded such an honor, Ehrlich is enthusiastic about her “wonderful experiences in the MSUM English department faculty” both in her English Education classes and her Writing Emphasis classes. She felt she has “learned so much” and become “a better person” after having “learned to teach and write from some of the most hard-working, serious, intelligent yet funny and inspiring teachers on campus.”  

She is equally excited to be traveling to teach in Taiwan and looks forward to the experience and the travel.

]]> http://news.mnstate.edu/2013/04/english-and-communication-arts-major-awarded-student-fulbright-to-taiwan/feed/ 0 Biosciences professors and student have paper accepted for publication http://news.mnstate.edu/2013/04/biosciences-professors-and-student-have-paper-accepted-for-publication/ http://news.mnstate.edu/2013/04/biosciences-professors-and-student-have-paper-accepted-for-publication/#comments Thu, 25 Apr 2013 03:09:00 +0000 weatheco http://news.mnstate.edu/?p=22295 Shireen Alemadi, Brian Wisenden and undergraduate student Andrew Nelson (all Biosciences Department) have had a paper accepted for publication in the international peer-reviewed journal Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. The title of the paper is “Learned recognition of novel predator odour by convict cichlid embryos.” In this study, eggs of the cichlid fish were simultaneously exposed to the odor of a novel fish species and odor of chemical alarm cues of cichlid larvae. Later, after the eggs had hatched and grown for about a week as larvae, they showed antipredator behavioral responses to the novel odor while control larvae that did not experience the conditioning stimuli showed no response to novel odor.

This is the first demonstration of embryonic learning in a fish. Nelson is currently pursuing graduate studies in the Environmental and Conservation Sciences program at NDSU.

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