‘Zoinks!’: MSUM professor brings science to life with spot-on impressions

By Michael McGurran, InforumJuly 08, 2025 MOORHEAD — He’s part professor, part performer. Whether it slithers, swims or squawks, Jon Bell-Clement is all in. By day, he teaches zoology and biology classes at Minnesota State University Moorhead. But online, he’s “Jon BC” — blending his lifelong love of animals with spot-on impressions to make science anything but boring. From “SpongeBob” to” […]

Summer 2025 School Psych Residency Week in the Books!

The last week of June all the first and second year School Psychology graduate students were on campus for a busy “Residency Week” of learning, fun, more learning, and more fun. This residency week allows our in-person and remote students to get to know each other in person. It also allows our second years to spend time mentoring the first […]

Biology alumnus elected to prestigious National Academy of Sciences

Dr. Rodney Tweten (’76) was elected to the National Academy of Sciences for his groundbreaking career in microbiology. His decades of research on bacterial toxins has help advanced medicine, vaccine development, and even cancer treatment approaches. And it all began with a lab key and some unforgettable professors in King Hall. “I’m just a detective at heart and can’t bear […]

MSUM students are digging up the past at Clay County ghost town

By Drew BergJune 27, 2025 HAWLEY, Minn. — Just four miles northeast of Hawley, the remnants of a once-bustling railroad town are resurfacing, thanks to a summer archaeological dig by Minnesota State University Moorhead students. Winnipeg Junction, established in 1887, was a small town built at the crossing of Northern Pacific’s east-west route and a line heading north into Canada. When […]

Congratulations to Dean’s List students for Spring 2025

We love celebrating student accomplishments. Congratulations to the students named to the Minnesota State Moorhead Spring 2025 Dean’s List! We are full of #DragonPride! We invite you to listen to a special thank you message from each of your academic deans. College of Science, Health and the Environment College of Arts & Humanities College of Education & Human Services College […]