Deans’ Lecture: All of the Good Metaphors for a Title were Taken: The Great Plains and/in Fiction

Larry Schwartz, Librarian, presents a Deans’ Lecture on “All of the Good Metaphors for a Title were Taken: The Great Plains and/in Fiction” at 3:00 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 17 in the Comstock Memorial Union 203. The body of Great Plains and Canadian prairie fiction is large but, outside of a number of acknowledged classics, not widely known – much like the region itself. This lecture will survey some of the known and some of the unknown works that typify the Plains. All are welcome to attend.

Don Clark participating in invitational exhibition

Don Clark, Professor, Art & Design, is participating in the invitational exhibition “Beyond Pixeltorialism, Digital Imaging in the 21st Century” at the Robert T. Wright Community Gallery of Art, College of Lake County in Grayslake, Illinois from February 26-April 11, 2010. He is showing work from his Quarry series. Click headline to see a picture from the Quarry series.

Don Clark receives honorable mention in international competition

International Photography Competition. Two of his images will be exhibited at the Photo Marketing Association Imaging 2010 Convention in Anaheim, CA February 21-23, 2010. His work will be included in two 2010 PIEA International Traveling Photo Exhibitions that will tour major conventions, schools, colleges and museums for three years in the USA, United Kingdom, Australia, South Africa and Canada. The top prize-winning images will be published in Photo Marketing Magazine. Click to see a Clark image and for a list of the winners on PIEA home page gallery.

Council on Staff Affairs scholarships application deadline is March 5

For 26 years, the Council on Staff Affairs (CSA) (made up of MSUM classified staff members) has worked to raise scholarship money for classified staff members and their families. We have awarded 265 scholarships totaling over $95,880 since 1980. This year’s application deadline is March 5, 2010. Please check our website http://www.mnstate.edu/csa/scholarships.cfm for scholarship rules and application forms.