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March 5, 2010

2010 Campus Campaign Winners

And the winners are…The first week of incentive prize drawings for the Campus Campaign is complete and the winners are: Dawn Hammerschmidt—Two Season Tickets to 2010 Straw Hat Players & a gift certificate to Red Lobster; Margaret Potter—Two Tickets to the March 26 Jason Michael Carroll Concert & Two Buffett Tickets at Dakota Magic Casino; Annette Morrow—Gift certificate for Shooting Star Casino’s New Restaurant 2 One 8; and Brian Oxton—Ramada Plaza & Suites hotel room. Congratulations to the first round of winners! Click headline to read more about the Campus Campaign.

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March 1, 2010

Hendrickson to be enshrined at NCAA Wrestling Hall of Fame

n 2008, Menahga native Nate Hendrickson became one of the youngest inductees to the Dragon Athletics Hall of Fame at MSU Moorhead. His college wrestling accomplishments will soon be recognized again, when he is inducted into the NCAA Division II Wrestling Hall of Fame. Hendrickson was a junior at MSUM in 1997, when he won a Division II national title in the 167-pound weight class. He was undefeated that year at 33-0 and was named the NCAA Division II Wrestler of the Year. Click headline to read more.

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February 22, 2010

It’s All About the Students: 2010 Campus Campaign Underway!

Campus Campaign volunteers have their packet assignments and will be delivering your campaign packet soon! The goal of the 2010 Campus Campaign is $155,000. Last year, our overall participation was 47 percent and we raised more than $158,000. We hope to do even better this year! Participation really is the key to a successful campaign. If you have never participated in the campaign, try giving just a dollar or two each pay period and see how easy it is. Every gift matters and together we can accomplish great things for our students! Click headline to read more and see who the MSUM Campus Campaign volunteers are.

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February 22, 2010

Rainbow Dragon Center added to Campus Campaign

The Rainbow Dragon Center: Serving LGBTQIA has been added to the Campus Campaign: R741 Rainbow Dragon Center. The Rainbow Dragon Center is providing a welcoming and safe space for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning, queer, intersex, asexual (LGBTQIA) and allied collective community at MSUM. The center offers safe and supportive surroundings for learning about LGBTQIA issues; plus works toward reducing homophobia, heterosexism and genderism while fostering a campus environment of acceptance and understanding.

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February 22, 2010

Alumnus gives MSUM $866K

A Minnesota State University Moorhead alumnus who died last year has given more than $860,000 for student scholarships. Julien Burkness, a 1935 graduate who captained the university’s only undefeated football team, bequeathed $866,000 to MSUM for academic and athletic scholarships. The gift is among the top five largest donations MSUM has ever received, said Joan Justesen, vice president of the MSUM Alumni Foundation. The largest is $2 million. Read Amy Dalrymple’s full story at http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/269857/

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