Livingston Lord Library will celebrate National Library week with a lecture event featuring Greg Breining, Wednesday, April 14 at 4:30 p.m. in Science Lab 118. Breining will talk about his book, A Hard-Water World: Ice Fishing and Why We Do It. Refreshments will be served with a book signing to follow. Breining’s books will be available for purchase at the event. Click headline for more information.
The fourth and final week of incentive prize drawings for Campus Campaign is complete and the winners are: Deb Lewis-Two tickets to May 15th Battle at the Border 5 & Two Buffet Tickets to Dakota Magic Casino; Randy Cagle-Two tickets to July 29th Darius Rucker Concert & Two Buffet Tickets to Dakota Magic Casino; Donna Hartmann-Turner- Ramada Plaza & Suites hotel room; and Shirley Johnson-Alumni Foundation gym bag, water bottle and a Santa Lucia gift certificate for a free Spaghetti Dinner. Click headline for more information.
End the school year with a bang and get in shape for summer with our new instructors and lineup of new classes offered at the Wellness Center! Some of the NEW classes include: Upper Body & Guts—a new variation on the popular Butts & Guts that concentrates on the upper body and core using various equipment; Body Bar Tone—an overall toning class that utilizes the body bar and step to sculpt the entire body; Hip Hop—dance along with other cardio aerobic dance classes; and back by popular demand, Power Yoga—a great mind and body experience that will challenge you regardless of fitness experience. Click headline for more information.
A special APAC meeting has been called for March 30 to discuss the School of Teaching and Learning proposals. The agenda is posted at http://www.mnstate.edu/acadaff/APAC/2009-2010APAC/apacagendasminutes.htm Please note the location is CMU 227.
Rachel Coyne, author of the novel Whiskey Heart (New Rivers Press, 2009), will read from her work at 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 30 as a feature of MSUM’s Tom McGrath Visiting Writers Series. She’ll also give a talk on the writers’ craft at 4 p.m. that day. Both events will be held in Comstock Memorial Union 101. Click headline for more on Rachel Coyne and for links to an interview and a review of Whiskey Heart.