2018 Archives

June 11, 2018

Paper by Dr. Hanson, Olson accepted for publication in Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance

Dr. Thomas Hanson and recent graduate Peter Olson (Dec. 2017; finance major) had a paper titled “Financial Literacy and Family Communication Patterns” accepted for publication in the Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance. The research was conducted as part of the Honors Apprentice program at MSUM and was presented at the Student Academic Conference. The abstract is available at this […]

Alumni

June 7, 2018

Hacker indicted on federal charges

A hacker who accessed private, non-sensitive data from an MSUM server one year ago has been indicted on federal charges. At the time, MSUM’s IT team took the server offline and notified those who were affected. There have been no reports that the stolen information was used. Read the full story on inforum.com.

Employee News

June 7, 2018

Geoscience professors attend Drone Focus Conference

Geoscience professors Karl Leonard and David Kramar attended the 2018 Drone Focus Conference in Fargo, ND on May 30 and 31. The conference included talks by government officials emphasizing the new opportunities for UAS technologies on the northern plains, and workshops on the applications of unmanned aviation systems. Kramar and Leonard are currently conducting student-directed research using UAS at the […]

Anthropology & Earth Science

June 6, 2018

Janet Sundquist Named Director of the Academic Support Center

Janet Sundquist has accepted the position of Director of the Academic Support Center and will report directly to the Associate Vice President for Student Success, Michael Harwood. “The primary goal of this search was to find a candidate who had a wealth of working knowledge surrounding academic support at a collegiate level and who strongly presented our core values of […]

Academic Success Center

June 6, 2018

Comstock-Gág Read Aloud Book Awards Committee members needed

The Livingston Lord Library’s Curriculum Materials Center is looking for community members who are interested in serving on our 2018-2019 Comstock-Gág Read Aloud Book Awards Committee. Committee work includes screening new picture books, attending two committee meetings, and in April ultimately selecting the best read aloud picture books for ages toddler-8 and ages 9-12 published in the United States in […]