Chancellor recommends Darrel Huish as vice chancellor for information Technology

Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Chancellor James H. McCormick said today he will recommend that the Board of Trustees appoint Darrel Huish as vice chancellor and chief information officer for the system. Huish has been vice chancellor and chief information officer for Maricopa Community Colleges in Tempe, Ariz., since 2004. From 1996 to 2004, he was assistant vice provost for information technology at Arizona State University. Click headline for more information.

Open Forum on Master Facility Planning

Please mark your calendar and plan to attend an Open Forum on MSUM Master Facility Planning being held Thursday, January 21, 2010 (6:30 p.m. in CMU 101). Your participation in the planning Forum will help the University generate a conceptual approach/graphic vision for the whole campus’ open spaces and edges. Our consultants, The Cuningham Group, will bring a summary planning information gathered to date. Small group and large group activities will be used to shape priorities and develop concepts that will help guide future long term development: building locations, internal relocations, and landscaping projects. Your input is very important to the success of Master Facility Planning. Refreshments will be served. We hope to see you there if you’re able to attend. Please share your thoughts and ideas by visiting http://www.mnstate.edu/plans/facility/

Faculty Development book talk Jan. 21

Looking for an interesting book? Check out Thomas Friedman’s Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why we need a green revolution and how it can renew America and then join us for discussion at noon Thursday, Jan. 21 in CMU 227. Denny Jacobs and Tim Decker, Corrick Center, and Brian Smith, School for Teaching and Learning, will lead the discussion about Friedman’s provocative look at American society. Click headline for more information.

MSUM art exhibit features Garrett Hansen

A Minnesota State University Moorhead art exhibit featuring the works of Garrett Hansen In China will show through Feb. 10 in the Roland Dille Center for the Arts gallery. An artist’s reception will be held Thursday, Jan. 28 from 4 to 6 p.m. in the gallery foyer. He will present a lecture from 6 to 7 p.m. in the Center for Business room 101. Both events are free and open to the public. For more information, click headline.

MSUM Planetarium showing “Bear Tales” through March 8

The Minnesota State University Moorhead Planetarium will show “Bear Tales” Sundays at 2 p.m. and Mondays at 7 p.m. Jan. 17 through March 8. This year, astronomers are celebrating the anniversary of that event by inviting everyone to look through a telescope. “Bear Tales” follows two young astronomers at a star party as they learn how telescopes work, the history of telescopes, and the major discoveries made by these instruments. Click headline for details.