Governor Dayton Announces Appointments to Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Board of Trustees

Alumnus Judge George Soule is reappointed Governor Mark Dayton announced the appointments of six individuals to fill vacancies on the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Board of Trustees. The 15-member Board is responsible for governing Minnesota State’s system planning, academic programs, fiscal management, personnel, admissions requirements, tuition and fees, and rules and regulations. Among the appointments is the reappointment of […]

Arnar serves as guest professor at summer institute

Anna Sigrídur Arnar, School of Art, recently served as a guest professor at a summer institute sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities. The institute was titled “The Book: Material Histories and Digital Futures” and it was held in the Publication Center at the Salt Lake City Community College with twenty-eight seminar participants and five guest faculty. Arnar presented […]

A Silent Cinema Tribute to Dave Knudtson

Monday, July 9 | 7:30 p.m. | Glasrud Auditorium MSUM’s School of Media Arts & Design and the Red River Chapter of the American Theatre Organ Society presents an evening of silent comedy shorts in honor of Dave Knutson, Monday, July 9, at 7:30 p.m. in Glasrud Auditorium. The films will be accompanied by live pipe-organ music in honor of […]

SoMAD film alumni featured in HPR cover story

The High Plains Reader recently featured two LA-based SoMAD Film alumni, Chris Haskell ’09 and Brent Rockswold ’06 in their cover story “The Dream Factory.” Both Chris and Brent work for trailer houses in Los Angeles, designing and editing motion picture trailers that promote some of the biggest film franchises in Hollywood including, Star Wars, Star Trek, Marvel Cinematic Universe […]