D2L Brightspace upgrade May 29-30

14-hour downtime anticipated D2L Brightspace will be unavailable to all users (including faculty and students) this coming weekend for a SHORTER time period than originally announced. The NEW times are provided below. Downtime Begins: Friday, May 29 – 10:00 p.m. Downtime Ends: Saturday, May 30 – 12:00 noon

Minnesota’s Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund providing support to projects around the state for 25th year

$46.3 million secured for 65 environmental projects from state lottery-generated fund, including MSUM’s Prairie and Riparian Restoration and Monitoring project (St. Paul, MN, May 27, 2015) – $46.3 million from Minnesota’s Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund (“Trust Fund”) has been appropriated to 65 individual projects around the state. The bill containing the appropriations, which passed the Minnesota Legislature with […]

Weight Watchers at Work program open to MSUM staff and faculty

The MSCTC-Moorhead Weight Watchers at Work program is also open to MSUM staff and faculty who are interested. Weight Watchers at Work MSCTC-Moorhead Campus C-203 Begins Monday, June 1 – Weigh-ins begin at 4:30 p.m. – Meeting at 5 p.m. Cost – $156 for 12 weeks – to be paid by Friday, May 29. Questions:  Penny.Brynildson@minnesota.edu or 218-299-6914.

Math titan earns accolades for teaching, caring at Tech

MSC alumnus, Robert Boatz, makes a difference in St. Cloud school district  Glimpse at Robert Boatz during a Technical High School sports timeout, and you might see the math teacher reading a book in the stands. It’s an example of “Mick,” as students and colleagues call him, sending a positive message to kids, according to a St. Cloud school board […]