Physics Teacher Mentoring

MSUM is a satellite host for GO4ST8 Physics, a physics teacher mentoring organization in Minnesota. Steve Lindaas, Physics and Astronomy, has been facilitating virtual connectivity between participants since Spring of 2020.  There are now four in-person sites around the state that are virtually connected.  Last Saturday the GO4ST8 Physics workshop was on PV=nRT, the ideal gas law.  Steve was a […]

2nd Annual Thanks-for-Giving Stock the Dragon Pantry Donation Drive

The Psychology Club and Psi Chi are sponsoring the 2nd Annual Thanks-for-Giving Stock the Dragon Pantry Donation Drive Monday, November 14 – Friday, November 18. Please consider donating non-perishable food items (canned fruits, canned vegetable, soups, condiments, boxed meals, cereals, baking mixes, baby food, etc.) and personal hygiene items (shampoo, conditioner, lotions, toothpaste/brushes/floss, toilet paper, dish or laundry detergent, etc.). […]

Physics and Astronomy students present research at national meeting

Department of Physics and Astronomy students Mara DeRung, Tanner Weyer, and Emily Watson presented an electronic poster at the 111th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Variable Star Observers. They presented the work they did this past summer automating MSUM’s Paul P. Feder Observatory and observing exoplanets and variable stars.  The students are shown below with AAVSO Executive Director […]