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On Tuesday June 20, 2017, starting at 9 a.m., there will be planned IT Maintenance. We will be upgrading one of our database servers. The down time of each application may vary as we move the applications to the new environment. This planned maintenance will affect the following applications.

• Accessibility Services
• Alumni SOS form
• Bookstore Fin Aid Changing
• Bookstore Course Schedule
• Budget Requests
• Career Services and Academic Success Request System
• Chemical Inventory Manager
• Chemistry Exit Survey
• CIBS – Dragon Consulting Student Application
• Clearinghouse
• College for Kids
• Data Warehouse Security Requests
• Dean’s List/Graduation List
• DIARY/Cooperating Teacher Survey
• Directory Manager
• Distance Dragon Card
• Dragon Card
• DragonFire membership tracking
• Driver License Verification
• Event Attendance
• Film equipment Checkout
• Financial Aid Scholarship Manager
• Hendrix Immunization Form
• Housing forms
• HR forms
• IT application Inventory
• IT forms
• IT person Verify
• ITS forms
• Key/Card forms
• KMSC song log
• MSUM mobile app
• Name Badge Ordering Form
• Nursing Online Application
• Online Course Evaluations
• Paralegal Internship Manager
• Parking Permit Request
• Positive Pay
• Retiree Directory Manager
• Scholarship Listing
• SCJ Camera Checkout
• Security Photos and New Prox Cards
• SPA – Events Form
• Transcript Requesting
• Wellness Center
• Work orders (Housing and Main)

Wednesday, May 3 | 2-4 p.m. | Hagen Hall Library 104

Please join the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry as they wish Dr. Asoka Marasinghe a happy and joyous retirement.
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By Lexi Byler, MSUM Marketing Intern

MSU Moorhead’s Robert Noyce Grant Project gives current students majoring in science or mathematics, or community members who’ve received a STEM degree, the opportunity to earn a teaching license free of cost. This semester, MSUM awarded four student scholarships to David Cord, Christian Larson, Brooke Mayer and Jennifer Williams. Read the rest of this entry →

Michael Osterholm

Author of Deadliest Enemy: Our War Against Killer Germs

Michael Osterholm, an internationally recognized expert in infectious disease epidemiology and director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, will present a free, public talk on “Deadliest Enemy: Our War Against Killer Germs,” Thursday, March 23 at 7 p.m. in MSUM’s Langseth Hall room 104.

Osterholm is co-author with Mark Olshaker of the book of the same title, “Deadliest Enemy: Our War Against Killer Germs,” to be released March 14, 2017. Read the rest of this entry →

Please join us in congratulating this year’s Dille Fund for Excellence Grant recipients:  Read the rest of this entry →

Please join us in welcoming the following new employees to Minnesota State University Moorhead. Make sure to stop by their departments to say hello and let them know it’s a GREAT day to be a Dragon!

October 10, 2016

• Anthony Quinn – College Laboratory Services Specialist, Chemistry Department

October 17, 2016

• Leslie Pladson – Adjunct, Health and Physical Education Department
• Nate Hendrickson – Adjunct, Health and Physical Education Department
• Sharon Nelson – Adjunct, School of Teaching and Learning
• John Tufte – Adjunct, Educational Leadership

October 24, 2016

• Sylvette Lopez-Ruth – Admissions Representative, Admissions

Friday, Oct. 14 | 3 p.m. | Hagen 104

Strong Summer Research Scholars will be recognized at a symposium on Friday, Oct. 14 at 3 p.m. in Hagen 104. Student Researchers and faculty mentors will be honored. Posters highlighting their summer research projects will be displayed.  Read the rest of this entry →

Monday, Oct. 10 | 2 p.m. | Langseth 102  Read the rest of this entry →

The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry has seminars on Sept. 16 and Sept. 23.  Read the rest of this entry →

Please join us in welcoming the following new employees to Minnesota State University Moorhead!  Make sure to stop by their departments to say hello and let them know it’s a GREAT day to be a Dragon!

August 22, 2016

• Bakhtiyor Rasulev – Adjunct, Chemistry Department

August 25, 2016

• Mara Morken Fogarty – Campus Visit Coordinator, Admissions

MSUM Couple Continues Education at Stanford University

By Danielle Rebel

It took traveling nearly 7,700 miles from Ethiopia to Minnesota for Iwnetim (Tim) Abate, 2015 (Physics), and Loza Tadesse, 2016 (Chemistry), to meet. Read the rest of this entry →

Friday, April 29 | 1:30-3 p.m. | Langseth Hall 102 Read the rest of this entry →

Dr. Jeff Bodwin, a finalist for the Interim Dean of the College of Science, Health, and the Environment, will hold his open forum today at 12 p.m. in CMU 203.

Dr. Jeff Bodwin is Professor of Chemistry and Chair of the Department of Chemistry at Minnesota State University Moorhead. He has been at MSUM since 2003. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. Dr. Bodwin served as Acting Dean of the College of Science, Health, and the Environment at MSUM from for the 2014-2015. He serves on numerous high-profile committees, including the University Planning and Budget Committee.

Dr. Bodwin’s CV is attached.

INFORUM, By Tu-Uyen Tran

MOORHEAD—When Mike Michlovic arrived at Minnesota State University Moorhead to start a field anthropology program, he said he was told to not bother digging in the Red River Valley because there’s nothing here.

Forty years and a dozen archaeological sites later, he and his students have discovered much about the life of the ancient American Indians who lived here thousands of years ago.

As Michlovic tells it, that was all by necessity. Read the rest of this entry →

At the 2105 national meeting of the American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, the Cancer Theme was entitled “Cancer: The War at 44 and Warburg at 90.” Biochemistry and Molecular Biology major Scott Buchholz was honored as having one of four posters recognized as Outstanding Posters in cancer research. Scott’s project was entitled, “The Impact of Calcineurin B Homologous Protein Isoform 2 Expression on Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Cell Function under Hypoxic Conditions.” Scott’s research partner at MSUM is Biochemistry and Biotechnology major, Shelby Sieverding. The research was conducted in Dr. Mark Wallert’s laboratory.

At the 2015 national meeting of the American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, junior Biochemistry and Biotechnology major Molly Strong was inducted into ΧΩΛ, the ASBMB Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Honors Society. Honor Society membership requires excellence in academics, undergraduate research, and scientific outreach. Molly is the first MSUM student to receive this honor. Molly does her research in the laboratory of Dr. Mark Wallert.

Dr. Mark Wallert, Chemistry and Biochemistry, and six MSUM Biosciences and Chemistry & Biochemistry students, presented at the 2015 American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) March 28-April 1. Wallert served as a theme organizer for the ASBMB Education and Professional Development theme for the meeting and gave an invited talk entitled, “Diversifying training options for undergraduate and graduate students to support industry careers.” The students participating in the meeting and the titles of their presentations: Read the rest of this entry →

On Feb. 21, 2015, Vijay C. Antharam was awarded a provisional United States patent Serial No. 62/118,848 Materials and Methods for Reducing Cholesterol. He was a semi-finalist at the OneStart OxBridge Biotech Start-up competition held on Feb. 20-21 in San Francisco, Cal. He presented his work to a panel of biotechnology representatives and venture capitalists. Read the rest of this entry →

Dr. Lahti and his research student Isaac will make a series of three related presentations at the Minnesota Conference on Science Education on Friday, February 20th. Read the rest of this entry →

Can’t attend commencement? Watch the ceremony live.

Minnesota State University Moorhead will award degrees to 362 students during its fall commencement program Thursday, Dec. 18 at 1 p.m. in the university’s Nemzek Fieldhouse. Read the rest of this entry →