Illustrative career: Conference for children’s book illustrators, writers provides inspiration for local artists

By MeLissa Kossick / The Arts Partnership on Sep 14, 2015 at 6:00 a.m. FARGO – Authors only tell half of the story, says illustrator Elise Parsley. “Children’s picture books are unique in that a reader wouldn’t understand the entire story by only reading the text; similarly, a reader wouldn’t understand the whole story through just the pictures,” says the […]

Gustad Named Controller of MSUM Alumni Foundation

Carol Gustad has been named controller of the Minnesota State University Moorhead Alumni Foundation, where she will direct all accounting and finance functions and maintain financial records and fiscal controls. Gustad has more than 20 years experience in financial accounting and finance, and most recently was the chief financial officer of the NDSU Development Foundation.

Joerger will return to roots for MSUM coaching clinic

By Mike Bialka / Forum News Service on Sep 10, 2015 at 1:04 a.m. MOORHEAD – When you have one of the 30 more stressful jobs in the National Basketball Association, the sport can virtually consume a coach’s life 24/7/365. A grueling 82-game regular season is followed by an exhausting postseason that can stretch from mid-April to the end of […]

MSUM alumnus Todd James Steinke passed away suddenly

Todd James Steinke passed away suddenly and unexpectedly Saturday, September 5, 2015 at Cable Lake in Mentor, MN. surrounded by family and dear friends. Services will be held Friday, September 11, 2015 at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, with a public Visitation from 12:00-3:00. A Celebration of Life will immediately follow at 3:00 p.m. Todd was born October 13, 1967 in Grand […]

MSUM alumnus brings back Surge

Remember ’90s soda Surge? Meet the Fargo man who helped bring it back By Ryan Johnson on Sep 8, 2015 at 6:05 a.m. FARGO — Matt Winans is an insurgent of the citrus kind. The Fargo man didn’t mean to start a beverage revolution. But over the course of seven years, he helped convince Coca-Cola to bring back Surge more […]