Start of semester tasks for instructors

Instructors: Your D2L Brightspace shells for Summer 2019 have been created. If you do not see your course or need courses merged, please email support@mnstate.edu. For helpful tips on preparing for the new term, please refer to the following links:  Start of Semester Tasks Getting Started in D2L Brightspace Online Courses: Starting Well If you have questions, please contact the Office of Online Learning by emailing support@mnstate.edu or by phone at 218.477.2603 […]

MSUM expects 850 students to graduate May 17

MSUM will award degrees to about 850 students during its spring commencement program Friday, May 17 in the university’s Nemzek Fieldhouse. The 10 a.m. ceremony will include graduates from the College of Education and Human Services, the College of Science, Health and the Environment, and Graduate Studies. Monica Vega, a social work and psychology major from Ada, Minn., will be […]

OLC and QM accounts for faculty

MSUM is a subscribing member to both the Online Learning Consortium (OLC) and Quality Matters (QM). These national organizations provide tools and resources to improve the quality of online, hybrid and technology-enhanced education. In an ongoing effort to provide faculty with information about best practices, webinars, and initiatives, the Office of Online Learning would like to create accounts on your behalf for each of […]

Kupferman publishes chapter in ‘Innovations in Narrative and Metaphor’

David Kupferman, School of Teaching and Learning, recently published a chapter with his colleague Andrew Gibbons, Auckland University of Technology (New Zealand), in the edited book Innovations in Narrative and Metaphor. Kupferman’s chapter, titled “Flow My Tears, the Teacher Said: Science Fiction as Method,” offers an argument for science fiction as a critical tool for questions concerning education. Philip K. […]

Nominations still open for Dille Lecturer Award

Nominate your respected colleagues or favorite professors for the prestigious Dille Lecturer Award! Successful nominees will demonstrate how they transform the world by transforming students’ lives. Award nominees must be: tenured faculty members respected teachers and scholars respected for developing stimulating ideas dynamic communicators Deliver nominations to the Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs (Owens Hall 206) by […]