MSUM Systemwide Security Updates during Winter Break

Information Technology will be performing security updates to servers, networks and wireless beginning Dec. 19, 2022. Starting Monday, December 19 at 9 a.m. and ending January 5, 2023, server, wireless and network security updates will be applied to all systems. There will be intermittent interruptions to these services during this time. Any extended outages will be scheduled outside normal business […]

MSUM expects more than 400 students to graduate Dec. 15

Minnesota State University Moorhead will award degrees to more than 400 students during its fall commencement program Thursday, Dec. 15, in the university’s Nemzek Fieldhouse. The 1 p.m. ceremony includes 310 undergraduates  and 123 graduate students.  Amy Iler, host, producer and brand manager with KFGO Radio, will be the commencement speaker. She earned her degree in communication studies and spent several […]

Physics and Astronomy faculty member recognized for work with variable star organization

Dr. Matt Craig, Department of Physics and Astronomy, was recognized for his work with the American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAAVSO) at its 111th Annual Meeting in early November. The citation recognized Dr. Craig for “his valuable volunteer contributions to the AAVSO and the variable star community through his work on re-writing and modernizing the AAVSO Variable Star Plotter […]

Student submits data to NASA project

Physics and Astronomy student Emily Watson submitted measurements of an exoplanet, a planet around a star far from Earth, to NASA’s TESS mission as part of its ground-based follow-up observers program.  Emily took the data using MSUM’s Paul P. Feder Observatory at the MSUM Regional Science Center, operating the observatory remotely over Thanksgiving break. She observed the star dimming briefly […]

Register for Summer Session

Do more in your off-season by registering for summer session today. Summer courses can help you graduate sooner, lighten your load in the fall and spring, make up a class or even add a certificate. Courses are offered in three-, four-, five-, six- and eight-week sessions from May 17 through July 28. Flexible summer housing is available if you want […]