The asteroid 14825 Fieber-Beyer was named for Dr. Sherry Fieber-Beyer by the International Astronomical Union in mid-July. Dr. Fieber-Beyer, who graduated from MSUM with a B.A. in Physics with Emphasis in Astronomy, is currently a postdoctoral research at the University of North Dakota, where she obtained her Masters and Ph.D. While at MSUM she did research on main belt asteroids […]
Dr. Swaggert and Dr. Coquyt presented at the University of Northwestern on July 30th. Their session was titled, “Building Community and Relationships in the Online Classroom.” Their session focused on teaching strategies and techniques online educators can use to enhance student engagement, collaboration and relationship building. Creating authentic learning experiences, personal and timely feedback, asynchronous and synchronous teaching strategies and […]
A memorial service for Cedric O’Driscoll Worman will be held on Saturday, Aug. 16 at 2 p.m. at “The Cottage” on the campus of Francis Marion University in Florence, South Carolina. Cedric, age 41, passed away on July 21, 2014 at Duke Medical Center following a brief illness. There are also plans for a memorial service in Moorhead this fall. […]
The MSUM Marketing and Communications Office, with assistance from the Information Technology Department, has installed a webcam facing the center of the campus mall, providing viewers live streaming video 24/7. Live Feed Still Image/Refresh
John Buncher, Matt Craig, Steve Lindaas and Ananda Shastri, all of the Department of Physics and Astronomy, attended the American Association of Physics Teachers conference last week. Matt Craig presented a poster titled “Agile Development of a Python-based Image Analysis Tool” on his work developing a collaborative tool using iPython notebooks. Ananda Shastri presented his talk “Structured Progression in a […]