‘Brave’ singer comes to MSUM’s Hansen Theatre

Julie Fowlis and her Scottish band perform Gaelic music Julie Fowlis sang the hit song “Touch the Sky” for the blockbuster 3-D Disney hit Brave a few years ago. It’s an inspiring, beautiful song, but when Fowlis performs at MSUM Thursday, Oct. 23, at 7:30 p.m., she’ll focus on music that inspired Scotland’s Parliament to name her the nation’s Gaelic […]

Dr. Laura Odom, Philosophy, to present colloquium Oct. 15

Dr. Laura Odom, Philosophy, is going to present her colloquium “The Multiple-Realizability Question for So-called Psychogenic Disorders” in MacLean Hall 273, Wednesday, October 15 at 4:30 pm. Her colloquium will make the second meeting of this year’s Philosophy Colloquium Series of the MSUM Philosophy Department. All are welcome. Refreshments will be served.

NEW Leadership Institute receives Bush grant

Tri-College National Education for Women’s (NEW) Leadership Development Institute, coordinated by Dr. Deborah White, MSUM Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, has been awarded a two-year, $40,000 Bush Foundation Leadership Network grant. NEW Leadership is a non-partisan intensive 5-day residential program designed to provide leadership training, inspiration, and support for women. “Our goal is to increase the number of women, […]

Steve Hoffbeck delivers program on WWII experiences

Steve Hoffbeck, History Department, delivered a public program on “The Home Front In Minnesota During World War II” at the Fergus Falls Public Library September 30th. Professor Hoffbeck examined Minnesota’s experiences in W.W. II, including the Norwegian Battalion and combat; making ammunition at Twin Cities ordnance plants; rationing gasoline, silk, and sugar; of blackouts; and the pathos of war, featuring […]

Art Boom: The Tri-College Art Faculty Show opens Oct. 9 at Plains Art Museum

Plains Art Museum spotlights the 24 full-time studio art instructors at Concordia College, Minnesota State University Moorhead, and North Dakota State University in Art Boom: The Tri-College Art Faculty Show. Each artist is displaying a group of works, and the show covers an array of styles and media, including painting, sculpture, drawing, printmaking, ceramics, mixed-media, photography, and installation art. “Art […]