Nursing student crowned Miss Minnesota 2025

Please join us in congratulating Emma Vrieze, a Nursing major and Psychology minor, on being crowned Miss Minnesota 2025! Emma represented Miss Glacial Waters in the statewide competition held June 20. She earned a $10,000 educational scholarship along with the crown. Her community service initiative, Swim With Knowledge: Water Safety, reflects her lifelong commitment to safe swimming and public education. […]

Flying Toward Her Future: Student pilot pursues criminal justice

Meet Muna Ibrahim — student pilot, criminal justice major at Minnesota State Moorhead, and aspiring Federal Air Marshal. Before beginning her college journey, Muna earned her student pilot license.    “The sky represents freedom for me. Everything in the sky is free. That’s what made me want to become a pilot,” says Muna. Born in Somalia and raised in Kenya, […]

MSUM professor co-creates national health education resource 

Dr. Julie Knutson, Minnesota State Moorhead health education coordinator, is reshaping the way health educators teach. Dr. Knutson and Dr. Kristen Ford from Concordia College created THE FUSED Toolbox, the first centralized website offering teaching resources for K–12 health education.  THE FUSED is an ever-growing project that aims to close the gap between content knowledge and practical skill application in […]