MSUM College for Kids receives grants from Fargo-Moorhead Area Foundation and Lake Region Arts Council

Moorhead, Minn., June 4, 2014…Minnesota State University Moorhead’s College for Kids received a grant from the Fargo-Moorhead Area Foundation for $2,000. The grant will be used for need-based scholarships to help cover the cost of classes for students. College for Kids also received $2,000 from the Lake Region Arts Council.  The grant will be used to provide support for supplies […]

Club Baseball Team Places Nationally

MSUM Dragon Baseball Club attends Division II World Series By Danielle Rebel It was a year of firsts for the MSUM Dragon Baseball Club. The Dragons made it to the National Club Baseball Association (NCBA) Division II World Series after placing first in the District V Tournament. According to the Week 24 Division II National Poll, the Dragons were ranked […]

Student journalists, broadcasters bring home honors

Fifteen students and two mass communications classes took home 25 awards at the 2014 North Dakota Professional Communicators (NDPC) College Communications Contest, held on May 9. The NDPC contest is devoted to the advancement of student communicators by recognizing their work in communications throughout the year. A total of 85 awards were presented in 34 categories. MSUM student winners:

Presidential, a poem written by Mark Vinz for Roland Dille

Presidential Written by English Professor Emeritus Mark Vinz for Roland Dille’s funeral Sorting through old files today I came across a letter dated over thirty years ago, an apology you didn’t need to make but always did, for those who were slow to understand, who made demands, who had yet to know your door was always open, even for those […]

Dr. Dille contemplates girls’ names

The following poem was read at President Dille’s funeral, May 31, 2014, by Rev. Mary Suomala Folkerds. He gave it to her this past year. An Old Man Contemplates the Names of the Dassel-Cokato Girl Scouts By Roland Dille, 2013 Tasha and Bria, Skyler and Ashleigh, Hathaway, Lexie, Ashton, and Kelseigh, Courtney, Kyline, Serena, and Tanna, Trenda, Aleyah, Aspen, Breanna, Michayla, […]