Freebies from the Library

Livingston Lord Library has two items to give away to anyone interested. The first is a children’s book published in 1962 titled Let’s Find Out about Indians. It shows how Native Americans were depicted at that time period. The second items are 16mm. color films of the Apollo 11 moon landing. Contact Carol Sibley if you are interested in these items, sibley@mnstate.edu

Forum editorial: Justified optimism at MSUM

Given Minnesota’s higher education woes, it would be understandable if the emotional climate at Minnesota State University Moorhead were bleak. But it’s not, in large part because of the focused, responsive and open leadership of President Edna Szymanski and her administrative team. In an era of budget-cutting bad news, the latest good news for MSUM is that enrollment projections are […]

Contents of 1915 MSUM time capsule help ‘fill in a few gaps’

A 95-year-old time capsule opened Tuesday provides a link to a part of Minnesota State University Moorhead’s past that was destroyed in a 1930 fire. University archivist Terry Shoptaugh said there was no record of the time capsule in Weld Hall, likely because President Frank Weld’s papers were destroyed in the fire of Old Main. Shoptaugh opened it Tuesday in front of about 200 people and found well-preserved photographs, course catalogs, a diploma and other documents from 1915 and earlier. Click headline to read more.