NEW Leadership Institute receives Bush grant

Tri-College National Education for Women’s (NEW) Leadership Development Institute, coordinated by Dr. Deborah White, MSUM Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, has been awarded a two-year, $40,000 Bush Foundation Leadership Network grant. NEW Leadership is a non-partisan intensive 5-day residential program designed to provide leadership training, inspiration, and support for women. “Our goal is to increase the number of women, […]

MSUM Dining $250 Visa gift card giveaway

Take part in MSUM Dining’s $250 Visa gift card giveaway. How to enter: Spend $5 (before taxes) or more at any of our Union City Café locations between 10/2/14 and 10/31/14 (Locations include Pizza Hut Express, Union City Express, Hot Spot & Grill 155). Write your name & contact info on the back of your receipt and submit it into […]

Brown named interim Chief Human Resources Officer

Donna Brown will assume the duties of interim chief human resources officer on Wednesday, Oct. 8.  She will also continue her responsibilities as chief diversity officer and Affirmative Action officer.  Andrea Kubat, who has been serving as MSUM’s interim CHRO, is returning to her MnSCU duties in St. Paul and her last day here will be Oct. 7. “I want […]

Steve Hoffbeck delivers program on WWII experiences

Steve Hoffbeck, History Department, delivered a public program on “The Home Front In Minnesota During World War II” at the Fergus Falls Public Library September 30th. Professor Hoffbeck examined Minnesota’s experiences in W.W. II, including the Norwegian Battalion and combat; making ammunition at Twin Cities ordnance plants; rationing gasoline, silk, and sugar; of blackouts; and the pathos of war, featuring […]