Bret Salter ’17 began advocating for Indigenous representation as an anthropology student at Moorhead. Today, Salter curates Indigenous art at the Plains Art Museum, fostering learning and connection for all who visit. His path was shaped by hands-on opportunities and dedicated faculty mentorship that reached far beyond the classroom. “Whatever class I took, or whatever idea I had next, professors […]
Current and former members of the MSUM archaeology program will be represented in the upcoming 2026 edition of The Minnesota Archaeologist (Vol. 83), published by the Minnesota Archaeological Society. Co-authors include retired MSUM faculty members Mike Michlovic, George Holley, and alumni Abraham Ledezma, Craig M. Picka, and Jackson S. Carr.
Join the MSUM Astronomy Club and the Fargo-Moorhead Astronomy Club for an evening of looking through telescopes and binoculars in the night sky, 8:30 – 10:30PM at the MSUM Regional Science Center (directions). If you have a telescope and want to set it up (or need help setting it up) please arrive a little earlier — 7:45 or 8 — […]
Over the summer, geology students trekked out to Cañon City, Colorado for an exciting and challenging field course. Students learned how to describe and measure rock units in the field, create geologic maps based on the field data they collected, construct stratigraphic columns by hand, and to avoid getting poked by numerous cacti. Students worked in teams to unravel the […]
Students in Dr. Abshire’s GEOS 102: Geology in the National Parks recently traded the classroom for one of our nation’s finest parks, enjoying a full day of experiential learning in the field. Joining them were four Environmental Geology majors from Dr. Abshire’s GEOS 340 course. The group explored several trails throughout the day, taking in remarkable wildlife sightings including bison, […]