Plains Art Museum features MSUM Art Faculty, Alumni & Students at Annual Gala: Wonderland

The 2025 Plains Art Museum Gala: Wonderland on May 3rd from 7PM-Midnight features the regional leadership and impact of MSUM’s School of Art faculty, alumni and students by featuring 15 artists in it’s event and exhibition. The Faculty featured include: Zhimi Guan, Brad Bachmeier and Laura Youngbird. Featured Alumni include: Trudy Stubson, Naomi Schliesman, Amber Parsons, Dennis Krull, Ellen Diederich, […]

Delta Zeta Hosts “Hope for Tomorrow” Fundraiser to Support Childhood Safety and Healing

The Delta Zeta chapter at Minnesota State University Moorhead is hosting a family-friendly fundraiser titled Hope for Tomorrow on Friday, May 3, from 2–7 p.m. at the MSUM Campus Mall. The event aims to raise funds and awareness for The Painted Turtle and the Jacob Wetterling Resource Center—two organizations dedicated to supporting children’s health, safety, and healing. The event will […]

MSUM alum mentors future Dragon educator

Alumna and veteran teacher Sara Kubicek is shaping the next generation of educators by welcoming student teachers into her classroom. Fatima Alshahmani, a Moorhead elementary inclusive education major, is gaining invaluable hands-on classroom experience and inspirational mentorship. “Watching and learning have their place, but engaging with kids one-on-one and building relationships is key,” Sara says. Minnesota State Moorhead’s rigorous teacher […]

Two Dragons invest in the future as financial advisors

 Before they joined Prairiewood Wealth Management, finance graduates Parker Jacobs ’23 and Josiah Behm ’24 were building their portfolios here at MSUM. “Almost all of the classes I took correlated to what we do here,” Parker said, emphasizing courses like tax and principles of investment. Similarly, Josiah felt that the practical learning he gained from projects and assignments at MSUM […]

Art Alumni Mickey Smith Exhibition Touring Internationally

US + NZ: On Tour / Morphologies Exhibition + Publication MSUM Art Alumni Mickey Smith’s Morphologies exhibition is touring nationally and internationally. In light of growing threats to US libraries, the show feels more timely by the day… After opening at Law Warschaw Gallery in St. Paul (2024), the exhibition is now touring—currently at Plains Art Museum in Fargo, with […]