Annual Family History Workshop Oct. 2 at MSUM

Decoding the Maze is the theme for the 35th Annual Family History Workshop to be held Saturday, October 2 Minnesota State University Moorhead. The 2010 Family History Workshop features Stephen Morse the creator of the One-Step Website for which he has received both the Lifetime Achievement Award and the Outstanding Contribution Award from the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies, Award of Merit from the National Genealogical Society, first-ever Excellence Award from the Association of Professional Genealogists, and two awards that he cannot pronounce from Polish genealogical societies. Click headline to read more.

Federal Legislative Update for July 8, 2010

Chris Halling, system director for student financial aid, has prepared an update regarding the changes to federal financial aid programs. One of those changes includes direct lending. All new student loans for loan periods beginning after July 1, 2010 are being made through the Federal Direct Loan Program. Halling reports that the transition seems to have been relatively simple since most of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities institutions have already been making Direct Loans and have offered assistance to those who are new to the program. It remains unclear until the start of fall semester if the U.S. Department of Education will be able to handle the increased volume. Click headline to read more.

MnSCU Foundation partnered with MSUM

The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Foundation is partnered with Minnesota State University Moorhead to ensure students have the resources to pursue and complete their post-secondary programs.  The Trustee Emeritus Robert Erickson Part-Time Student Scholarship fund was created to provide scholarship support to working adult students attending a college or university within the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system.  With […]

Request Your D2L or Moodle Courses for Fall Semester 2010

Please follow the steps below to request your D2L or Moodle courses for Fall Semester 2010. Remember that ALL faculty need to follow the steps below if they plan to use Desire2Learn or Moodle for their Fall 2010 courses. Please remember to allow UP TO 5 business DAYS for your course to be created. ALL USERS:  You can now use […]