Chancellor update on Minnesota State strategic realignment   

In a memo to Leadership Council, Chancellor Scott Olson shared updates on Minnesota State’s strategic realignment initiative and other systemwide priorities. Read the full October 26 memo attached.    January board update: The Chancellor will bring initial ideas, scenarios, and impact analysis to the January 2027 board meeting. The board will discuss this during the spring semester, with recommendations on a […]

Neurodiversity and the student experience: Fostering understanding, inclusion and belonging

Wednesday, November 4 | 2 to 3 p.m. | Virtual | Webinar registration Kristin Vickers, professor of psychology at Mayo Clinic with a specialty board certification in clinical health psychology, will facilitate a Minnesota State webinar on neurodiversity. It’s free to all Minnesota State staff and faculty. Neurodivergent students bring diverse strengths, perspectives, and ways of learning to higher education. […]

Moorhead Launches Student-Run Tech Agency

Inaugural initiative pairs local small businesses and nonprofits with supervised student teams for web, data, IT, and other projects. Minnesota State Moorhead’s Computer Science and Information Systems Department is officially launching Dragon Ember Solutions, a new student-run technical agency that partners regional small businesses and nonprofit organizations with upcoming student teams. As the program kicks off its inaugural term, Dragon […]

Oct. 22 town hall slides, recording are available online

A recording and slides of the Oct. 22, 2026, town hall are available on President Downs’ webpage under Campus Updates.  Employees must be logged into myMSUM to see the links. In case you missed it: Did you know? Attendees learned that students who were admitted to Moorhead but did not attend here enrolled at these universities instead: NDSU, Mankato, UND, […]

Nominate someone to compete in Squid Games!

Squid Games is back on campus! On November 13th at 7-9pm in the CMU Ballroom, the games will commence! The winner could win a PS5 or a 75 inch smart TV! All contestants have to be nominated in order to play. Nominate a friend with this link https://mnstate.campusgroups.com/dragonentertainmentgroup/survey?survey_uid=45cb4b9a-ca89-11f1-9661-0affcb663c2b Nominations close on November 10th, so act now!