Request your Summer 2018 D2L Brightspace Course Shells

Beginning Wednesday, March 14, instructors can request their Summer 2018 course shells using the D2L Brightspace Request Form (https://my.mnstate.edu/ITS/Forms/RequestD2LShell). IMPORTANT DATES: Summer 18 shells can be requested March 14-April 26. On April 27, all unrequested summer sections will be created as single section course shells. Fall 18 shells can be requested April 27-August 7. On August 8, all unrequested fall […]

Bioscience faculty, student researchers attend, present at Annual Meeting of the Minnesota Chapter of The Wildlife Society

Bioscience faculty members Chris Merkord, Michael Aho, and Donna Bruns Stockrahm attended the Annual Meeting of the Minnesota Chapter of The Wildlife Society (TWS) on Feb 12-14, 2018 in St. Cloud, Minn. Seventeen Bioscience research students and members of the MSUM student chapter of TWS also attended the conference and 16 of them presented 7 different posters of their research. Two […]

Group Projects in an Online Environment

Wednesday, March 21 | 1:30 p.m. | Library 124 There’s just a few days left to register for the workshop on Group Projects in an Online Environment with Nancy Stock, Jane Melander, and Julie Zaloudek! Group projects are incredibly valuable for students, but are plagued with problems such as inconsistent effort, questions about fairness, interpersonal problems, communication challenges, and scheduling […]

Short-term study abroad course proposals

Faculty interested in leading a short-term study abroad course in 2019 are invited to submit proposals. Information about the process is available on the MSUM webpage: https://www.mnstate.edu/studyabroad/facultyresources/. Note that the access to this information is not available through the Study Abroad webpage, but rather through the “myMSUM” Faculty and Staff portal; click on “Study Abroad” under “Academic Resources.” Short-term faculty-led […]

FDC director search: Apply to be the next director of the Faculty Development Center

Applications due on or before March 16 The current Director of Faculty Development’s term will be ending soon, so we are looking for a new individual to direct the center. Please consider this opportunity to help lead faculty development efforts at MSUM. The Faculty Development Center provides a wide array of programming and opportunities for faculty development. We look forward […]