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.

Kyja Kristjansson-Nelson receives documentary filmmaking award

Film Studies Professor Kyja Kristjansson-Nelson was presented with the Award of Merit for Documentary Filmmaking at this year’s annual University Film and Video Association Conference. The Award of Merit is the association’s highest honor for artists, and is determined through a formal jury process. The award recognized her recent work, Sveit, a non-fiction video about memory, place and family history that K-Nelson produced in northern Iceland. Click headline to read more.