Name: John Hall Profession: Professor of Spanish No. of years at MSUM: 23 facebook.com/MSUMoorhead Q: Why did you choose to teach Spanish as a profession? A: When I was 9 years old, my dad, who was a Spanish professor, applied with the government to be the director of a Binational Center, which is like a small embassy in South America. […]
Brian Wisenden, Biosciences, is this year’s Dille speaker. His talk is entitled “Minnows and Cichlids and Worms! Oh My! The Behavioral ecology of predator avoidance as uncovered by undergraduate researchers”. The talk is Wednesday, Sept. 18 from 7 to 8 p.m. SL 118. The talk is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be provided.
The winner of the Idaho Prize for Poetry 2013—selected by final judge, Sam Hamill—is THE GOLD SHOP OF BA-‘ALI by Yahya Frederickson, professor of English at MSU Moorhead. He will receive $1,000 plus publication by Lost Horse Press. The annual prize is given for a poetry collection. www.losthorsepress.org/2013-idaho-prize-for-poetry
1 of 3 Minnesota universities, only Tri-College University The Society of Actuaries has categorized the Actuarial Program in the Department of Mathematics as an Advanced Undergraduate Program. MSUM is the one of the three universities in Minnesota that has such advanced program, and only one in the Tri-College area. Visit the Society of Actuaries website more information. An actuary is […]
Interested in American Sign Language (ASL)? The first meeting of ASL Club is Wednesday, Sept. 18 from 8:15 p.m. – 9 p.m. in CMU 214. The purpose of ASL Club is to introduce students to ASL and Deaf culture. Though ASL Club is not a class, we serve as a resource for students who are taking ASL classes at MSUM. […]