MSUM alumni win Webby award for Yearbook Yourself website

A team that includes three graduates from Minnesota State University Moorhead has won a 2010 Webby Award and a Webby People’s Voice Award. Bridget Charon, Andrew Charon and Barrett Haroldson worked on the popular YearbookYourself.com website. The site, which allows users to insert their own faces into old yearbook photos, earned both the critical and popular nods in the Webby’s “Best Use of Social Media” category. Read the full story at inforum: http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/277544/group/homepage/

Three MSUM alums could win Webby

Three Minnesota State University Moorhead alums are part of a team that’s in the running for what’s been called the Internet’s highest honor, and they got there by cramming millions of people’s faces into old yearbook photos. Read Shane Mercer’s full Forum story at http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/276508/ Readers can vote for YearbookYourself.com by visiting www.collemcvoy.com/webbyawards. Voting is open until April 29.

Physics grad to speak on geothermal and other renewable energy resources

Heather Sanden, a 2008 MSUM physics graduate, will speak about the complex relationship between energy use and its impact on the environment in a talk titled “Energy and Physics around the World: Geothermal and other renewable energy resources from Iceland to Moorhead” Tuesday, April 6 at 7:30 p.m. in the Science Lab Building 118. The talk is free and open to the public. Click headline for more information.

And the winners are…

The fourth and final week of incentive prize drawings for Campus Campaign is complete and the winners are: Deb Lewis-Two tickets to May 15th Battle at the Border 5 & Two Buffet Tickets to Dakota Magic Casino; Randy Cagle-Two tickets to July 29th Darius Rucker Concert & Two Buffet Tickets to Dakota Magic Casino; Donna Hartmann-Turner- Ramada Plaza & Suites hotel room; and Shirley Johnson-Alumni Foundation gym bag, water bottle and a Santa Lucia gift certificate for a free Spaghetti Dinner. Click headline for more information.