Dragons in the news

Take a look at the news stories featuring MSUM in the past several weeks. Stories are presented in chronological order. ‘Searching for Life in the Universe’ topic of talk, InForum: “Minnesota State University Moorhead will host American Astronomical Society Shapley lecturer, Terry Oswalt from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, for a free public talk on ‘Searching for Life in the Universe: Where is Everyone?’ […]

Haglin receives grant for mobile papermaking studio

West Central Initiative and Springboard for the Arts have teamed up to commission a new mobile artist tool that will be available for community events and businesses in West Central Initiative starting this summer. The project, “Paper Plains,” is being created by Moorhead artist Anna Haglin (MSUM School of Art professor) and Minneapolis artist James Kleiner, who were selected through […]

MSUM Giving Day a huge success

For MSUM’s first 24-hour giving day on April 30, goals were greatly surpassed. At the beginning of the event, MSUM was hoping to raise $100,000 and have 430 people give by midnight. Thanks to the generosity of Dragon supporters and their help in spreading the word, more than 614 donors saw #MSUMGivingDay messages and made gifts, raising $138,906 for MSUM […]

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. […]