Dorothy Dodds passed away Saturday, Dec. 15. Service will be held Saturday, Dec. 22 at the First Presbyterian Church in Moorhead. Time is yet to be determined. Dodds taught kindergarten at the Moorhead State Campus School from 1949 until the school closed in 1972. She taught in Minnesota State University Moorhead’s education department until her retirement in 1986. Dodds developed […]
In July a family of 3 (soon to be 4) lost their lives to a drunk driving accident near Jamestown, N.D. Allison Mickelson-Deutscher, her husband Aaron, daughter Brielle and unborn child were killed instantly. Allison was a graduate of MSUM and a vivacious member of the F-M community. A group of their family and friends is planning a memorial run […]
Students gather in Minnesota State University Moorhead’s campus mall Friday night in memory of the victims of the Newtown, Conn., elementary school shooting earlier that day. About 30 students were at the candlelight vigil, which was organized by MSUM freshmen Valli Fjelde and LaTesha Frazier. They lined the campus mall with candles. Charly Haley / The Forum
Konrad Czynski, Philosophy, with Maestro Stephen Simon and Bonnie Simon published their 10th CD in the Maestro Classics “Stories in Music” series. This is Saint-Saëns’ “Carnival of the Animals” with humorous (even nonsensical) verses written by Ogden Nash in 1950 for the conductor André Kostelanetz. Czynski narrates the whimsical poems evoking comical aspects of a variety of creatures, including Pianists!
Sculpture artist Naomi Schliesman’s, Art & Design, work is featured in an exhibition at the Kaddatz Galleries in Fergus Fall until Jan. 4. The gallery is located at 111 West Lincoln Ave. Schliesman’s exhibit caught the attention of MPR’s “Art Hounds.” Read the Art Hounds post