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March 27, 2020

Wisenden publishes paper in international peer-reviewed journal

Brian Wisenden, Biosciences Department, published a paper in the international peer-reviewed Wilson Journal of Ornithology on signal evolution in red-winged blackbirds. Collaborators on this project were Muir Eaton from Drake University and 23 undergraduates who comprised the summer field courses in Animal Behavior (Wisenden) and Field Ornithology (Eaton) at the Itasca Biological Field Station, University of Minnesota. Open-ended inquiry-based pedagogy […]

Biosciences
March 27, 2020

Academic advising began March 23

Academic advising for spring semester began this week. Contact your academic advisor to schedule a time to meet, discuss your next semester, and to obtain your access code to register for classes. Unsure who your academic advisor is? Follow the instructions below to find out: Log in to eServices with your Star ID and password From the left menu, select […]

Academic Success Center
March 27, 2020

Moving Classes Online and Copyright

Normally, online classes would be subject to the TEACH Act rather than fair use, but in the case of moving face-to-face courses online, using fair use should be acceptable. For spring 2020, if you are moving a face-to-face course to online, continue using fair use and weighing your use against the four factors as you would with any face-to-face course. […]

Academics
March 26, 2020

MSUM DECA team excels at state competition

MSUM’s DECA team did an amazing job at the state competition. They placed in 28 of 33 competitions: 14 first-place awards, six second-place awards and eight third-place awards. In addition, more than 30 students qualified for the DECA International Career Development Conference, which was unfortunately canceled in light of events. Student awards Rebecca Rage – Grand Forks, ND Business Research – First […]

Points of Pride
March 26, 2020

Continuity of Instruction Faculty Training Sessions

The Office of Online Learning is offering multiple live, web-based sessions to support faculty as they prepare to teach classes online during times of disruption to the regular teaching schedule. Each session will be hosted live on Zoom at the dates and times listed below and will be recorded for additional viewing purposes. Click on each topic below for more […]

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