College for Kids & Teens participants in the Archeology & Geoscience of a Ghost Town course had the opportunity to join MSUM Anthropology & Geoscience faculty & students at a local, active archaeological site! The experience led by Dr. Amanda Butler & Karl Leonard provided a one of a kind experience to area high schoolers. Archaeologists are uncovering history in […]
I am happy to announce Dr. Erik Gooding is our new Director of the Honors Program and the Center for Engaged Learning. Erik is an anthropology professor in the Department of Anthropology and Earth Science. He will draw upon his experiences as a community engagement director for a local Indigenous non-profit, his recent four-year participation in a Bush Foundation Community […]
Please join faculty of Minnesota State University Moorhead and staff at Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge in the launch of our project, Wild Inspired. This event will take place on Sunday, June 13, from 1:00 to 4:00 PM. Visitors of the refuge will be instructed how to download the new “Wild Inspired” App, in Android or Apple formats for smartphones. Visitors […]
Last week a group of students and faculty from Minnesota State University Moorhead traveled to the Poverty Point World Heritage Site in northeast Louisiana. The main focus of their efforts was to examine places of interest identified during a 3D Ground Penetrating Radar survey of the site in November 2019. This project, led by Rinita Dalan (Anthropology and Earth Science), […]
Dr. George Holley and Jackson Carr presented papers at the Virtual Council for Minnesota Archaeology Meeting held on the 26th and 27th of February. Jackson won an award for the best undergraduate student presentation.