The English Department, McGrath Visiting Writers Series and the Film Studies Department announce a special performance of Joan Didion’s play —adapted from her memoir— The Year of Magical Thinking, presented by Theatre B and featuring Mary Cochran, on Thursday, April 22 from 4:30-6 p.m. in Weld Hall Glasrud Auditorium. Click headline for more information.
Donate used eyeglasses for a chance to win John Mayer tickets or a $50 gift card to the Bookstore! MSUM and Concordia are working together to collect as many pairs of eyeglasses as possible. All donations will be sent to children in rural China who do not have access to eye wear. The eyeglasses do not need to be a certain prescription or style. The glasses will be delivered to China by a group of Concordia nursing students this May. Click headline for details.
Draw a card at each department… your name and card will be recorded. Keep your card and proceed to the other departments. You do not have to walk to all seven departments at one time, walk on your breaks or lunch hour. Human Resources MUST be the last department you walk to –before 4:00 p.m. You will draw your last card, and submit your best hand. You will also be able to pick a tulip or a daisy for a chance to receive up to 3 more bonus cards! Click headline for details.
Local university offers four bachelor’s degree programs at schools in the population center.
An explosion in community college enrollment in the Twin Cities promises to bolster numbers for Minnesota State University Moorhead.
Jessica Endres, one of three MSUM Admissions counselors in the Twin Cities, said MSUM’s growing presence in the population center is bringing attention to Moorhead.
MSUM offers four bachelor’s degree programs at community colleges in the Twin Cities that are gaining in popularity. Read Amy Dalrymple’s full Forum story by clicking the headline.
Minnesota State University Moorhead will offer a Swedish language and culture course this fall for the first time in about 20 years. The course, taught by MSUM professor emeritus James Kaplan, will be open to MSUM students and community members.Kaplan, who retired in 2008 from MSUM as a French professor, lived and worked in Sweden and founded the Swedish Cultural Heritage Society of the Red River Valley. He was decorated by King Carl XVI Gustav of Sweden for his service to the Swedish American community. Click headline to read Amy Dalrymple’s full Forum story.