Sheila “Charlie” Klauer, psychology graduate, is a nationally recognized transportation safety researcher and recipient of the MSUM Foundation’s 2025 Distinguished Alumni Award. Charlie has dedicated her career to understanding and mitigating risks for teen drivers, studying driver behavior, distraction, and real-time feedback systems to help reduce accidents and change the way teens drive. “I got a broad-spectrum education at MSUM […]
When Alyssa Goelzer came to MSUM, she wasn’t quite sure what she wanted to do, but was certain that she’d find a creative niche here. “I knew I wanted to do something creative. I just didn’t know what,” Alyssa says. It wasn’t until her second year that she shifted to photojournalism, and was able connect the projects in Chris Walker’s […]
Adjunct instructor in the School of Art, Carlos Rene Pacheco, and Dr. Basil Masri Zada, Assistant Professor of Instruction in Digital Art + Technology at Ohio University, teamed up to hold a roundtable discussion at the 2025 Ohio Museum Association conference on March 31st. Demystify AI: Practical Uses in Museums, Exhibits, Interactive Tours, and Education focused on how artificial intelligence […]
US + NZ: On Tour / Morphologies Exhibition + Publication MSUM Art Alumni Mickey Smith’s Morphologies exhibition is touring nationally and internationally. In light of growing threats to US libraries, the show feels more timely by the day… After opening at Law Warschaw Gallery in St. Paul (2024), the exhibition is now touring—currently at Plains Art Museum in Fargo, with […]
IFO is creating a new leadership position for equity caucuses on each campus. Release time is available (3-4 credits per year). One person will coordinate all four caucuses (Faculty of Color, Faculty with Disabilities, LGTBQ+, and Women). Note that coordination does not require membership in all four caucuses. The term is one year. Responsibilities: Support formation and sustaining of all […]