The Helen Roberti Charitable Trust has granted MSUM scholarship funds for American Indian students acquiring graduate and undergraduate degrees in such fields as law, medicine, education and other advanced degree vocations (All majors will be considered). Application Deadline: Monday, Feb. 22, 2010. Click headline for more information and for the application.
V-Day Minnesota State University Moorhead 2010 will present a benefit production of Eve Ensler’s The Vagina Monologues Sunday, Feb. 14 at 9 p.m. in the Center for the Arts Hansen Theatre. For tickets, $3 single or $5 couple, contact the MSUM Box Office, 477-2271. More than 40 women from MSUM will participate in the production. Sponsored by MSUM Theatre Arts Department/Blackfriars, the benefit hopes to raise awareness to stop violence against women and girls and raise funds for our beneficiary—the Rape and Abuse Crisis Center of Fargo/Moorhead. Click headline to learn more.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of The Village Family Service Center is holding their signature fundraising event, Bowl For Kid’s Sake! It is a great way to help kids right here in the Fargo-Moorhead community and to have fun at the same time! Click headline to read more.
Writing a Better Grant Application Webinar will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, February 12. You may register to watch this webinar on your computer by e-mailing grants@mnhs.org. “Writing a Better Grant Application” is a new webinar being offered by the Minnesota Historical and Cultural Grants staff. Learn to write strong project descriptions, establish compelling need and rationale, craft meaningful measurable outcomes, and articulate enduring value and sustainability in order to increase your project’s competitiveness. The presentation is about an hour long, followed by time to ask general questions or questions about your project. Click headline for details.
Gary Nickell, Psychology Department, had two chapters published in a new book titled Food processing: Methods, Techniques and Trends. The chapters, “Eliciting food production workers’ beliefs about factors that contribute to potential contamination” and “Food processing workers can be the first line of defense against intentional contamination,” were both co-authored with Verlin Hinsz from the Psychology Department at NDSU.