Last day to make Of-the-Year Award nominations
Today is the last day to nominate for Of-the-Year awards! Nominations are due today at 3 p.m. Do your part and nominate here: www.mnstate.edu/osa/leadership/recognition-opportunities.
Spanish major awarded Sigma Delta Pi’s Study Abroad Scholarship
Jenna Polley, a junior from Park Rapids, Minn., majoring in Spanish, was one of 11 recipients of the National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society, Sigma Delta Pi’s, study abroad scholarship for the summer of 2014. Polley was chosen from dozens of applicants from the more than 600 chapters of Sigma Delta Pi at Universities throughout the United States. Polley is the […]
Presidential search update
Following last week’s campus forums, the MSUM presidential search continues with interviews this week at the system office. The Board of Trustees is expected to select the next president at their April 23 meeting. Plans are being made for the Chancellor and a Trustee to introduce the new president to the campus and our community on Monday afternoon, April 28 […]
Brian Wisenden gave a seminar at the University of Wisconsin Eau Claire
Brian Wisenden, Biosciences, gave an invited departmental seminar at University of Wisconsin Eau Claire on April 3. The talk, based on research conducted by undergraduate biology majors at MSUM, was entitled “Scents of Danger: Chemically mediated predator-prey interactions in aquatic ecosystems.” http://web.mnstate.edu/wisenden
Philosophy Colloquium Series continues
Dr. Phil Mouch, Philosophy, is going to give his colloquium on Wednesday, April 23, at 4:20 p.m. in MacLean Hall 165. His topic is “The Myth of Self-Defense.” The following is a synopsis of his talk: Two things are very clear from any survey of the relevant moral literature: taking life is generally wrong, and taking a life in self-defense […]