A documentary about three underprivileged New York City teenagers was produced in part by MSUM Speech alum Jill Angelo, ‘97. The documentary was praised in an Oct. 11 issue of The New York Times for offering “more substantive insights into pressing issues of public education and urban poverty than many political commentators muster in a career.” The film opened Oct. […]
After 48 hours of writing, shooting, editing and delivering a short film, a team of MSUM film students won best picture at the Cinethusiasts 48-Hour Film Competition held on MSUM’s campus last weekend. Friday at 7 p.m. teams across the country were given a character and occupation, prop, line of dialogue and a genre. “We had to have a detective/cop […]
Donna Bruns Stockrahm, Biosciences, received the Mother Clarissa Dillhoff Award for Distinguished Achievement in Mentoring at Marian University’s (Indianapolis, Ind.) distinguished alumni awards dinner Oct. 7. The award is given to an individual who has demonstrated the spirit of mentoring by providing guidance, support, encouragement and leadership to students, faculty, staff or to individuals in the broader community; and contributed […]
Nobel Ang, Philosophy, presented a paper titled “An Akratically Intentional Account of Procrastination” at the Iowa Philosophical Society’s 68th Annual Conference at St. Ambrose University in Davenport, Iowa, Oct. 22. He will also present this paper at the 63rd Annual Northwest Philosophy Conference being held in Portland, Ore., Nov. 4-5.
Sean Taylor, History, presented at a conference Oct. 29 in Dramen, Norway. His topic, “Critical thinking in the classroom, a lost art in American schools,” was presented at Contemporary Challenges in the US and the UK: The American Studies Association of Norway and British Politics Society. Taylor is in Norway this year as a Fulbright scholar, teaching American history to […]