MSUM benefactor Russell Gerdin dies

MSUM alum and generous benefactor Russell Gerdin died Oct. 14. He was 70. The Russell and Ann Gerdin Wellness Center was named in his honor. A story on the Gerdins and their gift to the university was featured in the Winter 2010 Alumnews, available for viewing at the publications webpage. The Press-Citizen has a story on Russ Gerdin on their […]

Social Work alum receives Housing & Redevelopment award

Kasye Sherva graduated in Spring 2009 from the School of Social Work and is employed at Fargo Housing and Redevelopment Authority (FHRA), where she is the assistant manager of the Resident Opportunity for Self-sufficiency Program (ROSS). Kasye was recently awarded the 2010 Mountain Plains National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials award for her innovative way of making a difference […]

Alumni premiere feature film at Fargo Theatre

MSUM Film Studies alumni Andrew Neill, Eric Carlson, and Marcus Mann will premiere their feature film debut Limpwings at the Fargo Theatre Saturday, October 15 at 9:30 p.m. The screening is free and open to the public. Neill directed, Carlson shot and edited, and Mann wrote the film. Limpwings is a comedy about a directionless college senior who suddenly acquires stigmata […]

WGS faculty, students & alumni presented at regional conference

Alumni Natassja Gunasena and Jamie Holding Eagle, and Women’s and Gender Studies student Deepa Trivedi and faculty members Linda Fuselier, Claudia Murphy and Kandace Creel Falcon, presented their work on Women Scientists in the History of Western Science, Women of Color Feminists using Social Media, and Food Politics at the Red River Women’s Studies Conference Oct. 7 at NDSU. MSUM hosts […]

Alumnus to deliver distinguished alumni lecture Sept. 22

Jim Benedict, vice president of research and development at Cerapedics Inc., in Denver, Colo., will deliver a Minnesota State University Moorhead Distinguished Alumni Lecture Thursday, Sept. 22 at 3 p.m. in the Science Lab room 118 on the MSUM campus. It is a part of the university’s homecoming week activities. The talk and reception following are free and open to […]