By: Meghan Feir For a writer, few things are more thrilling than having your work, your art published. English professors are not beyond this excitement, so when Dr. Yahya Frederickson’s poetry collection, The Gold Shop of Ba-‘Ali, was chosen as the first-place winner of Lost Horse Press’ Idaho Prize for Poetry 2013 contest, it was the proverbial icing on an […]
Provost Anne Blackhurst presented faculty with an initial prioritization of academic units Nov. 20 for review and response. The list was prepared using quantifiable measures including the number of majors within each program. Faculty are being asked to respond by Nov. 26 with additional information including program history, quality, and strategic opportunities. Based on these additional factors, a revised list […]
MSUM’s Combined Charities Campaign ends Friday, Nov. 22, 2013. In order to have your donation included in this year’s total, all pledges must be received in Human Resources by 4 p.m. Friday. To date, 142 MSUM employees have donated $31,388 towards this year’s $50,000 goal. The State currently shows 2,247 state employees pledging a total of $858,315 towards their $1 […]
Strategic workgroups recommend significant collaboration among colleges and universities The Board of Trustees of Minnesota State Colleges and Universities today voted to adopt a set of recommendations that call for the 31 colleges and universities to significantly increase collaboration to improve access, increase affordability and better serve students.
Dr. Daniel Mahraun, Assistant Professor of Music and Director of Choral Activities, has been invited to present at the biennial conference of the North Central Division of the American Choral Directors Association, in Des Moines in March 2014. His interest session, “‘What Language Shall I Borrow…?: Singing In Translation,” focuses on the issues involved in selecting an English translation for […]