Spanish major awarded Sigma Delta Pi’s Study Abroad Scholarship

Jenna Polley, a junior from Park Rapids, Minn., majoring in Spanish, was one of 11 recipients of the National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society, Sigma Delta Pi’s, study abroad scholarship for the summer of 2014. Polley was chosen from dozens of applicants from the more than 600 chapters of Sigma Delta Pi at Universities throughout the United States. Polley is the […]

Philosophy Colloquium Series continues

Dr. Phil Mouch, Philosophy, is going to give his colloquium on Wednesday, April 23, at 4:20 p.m. in MacLean Hall 165. His topic is “The Myth of Self-Defense.” The following is a synopsis of his talk: Two things are very clear from any survey of the relevant moral literature: taking life is generally wrong, and taking a life in self-defense […]

Journalism students win multiple awards in regional contests

Three Campus News Stories Move On to National SPJ Contest Three stories from Campus News, MSUM’s student produced newscast, were named as winners in the Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence Awards. Stien Michalsen, a photographer for Campus News last spring, won in both the television news photography and the television sports photography categories. Collin Boyles, a 2013 graduate, […]

Horizonlines story selected for Oxford University Press publication

Oxford University Press has requested permission to use a portion of the story “Uncovering the history behind collecting” from volume 4 of Horizonline.org, Inside Collecting, for inclusion in an Oxford University Press publication. The text will be used as part of a language-learning exercise in a workbook titled Cambridge English First Masterclass Workbook by Simon Haines and Barbara Stewart. This […]

Summer Session Benefits

Summer classes ensure students stay on track Whether you take summer classes to get ahead, catch up or stay on track, Summer Session offers many benefits for current and new students. “I take summer classes to keep me on track to graduate by 2016,” said Erika Keller, an English Education major who said summer classes lighten her load during the […]