Governor Pawlenty proclaims October 2010 as “Minnesota Charities Campaign Month”! Read more at: http://www.mmb.state.mn.us/multisites/charities/doc/endorse/proclamation.pdf Contributions to this campaign from state employees help bring hope for a brighter future to thousands of individuals each year. Please consider making your donation today! To date, 100 MSUM employees have donated a total of $20,571 (32.5% of this year’s $63,000 goal) to this year’s MSUM Combined […]
Sue Humphers-Ginther, Professor of Sociology and Coordinator of the Gerontology major, was reappointed by Governor Pawlenty to a second four-year term on the Minnesota Board on Aging. First established in 1956, the MBA is a pioneer in the field of aging policy, information, and assistance. The MBA administers approximately $30 million annually in Older Americans Act funds and works closely […]
Musicologist Wendy Heller, Princeton University, will present an Honors Lecture titled “Taming the Epic Hero: Jason and Medea in 17th-Century Venice,” Thursday, Oct. 21 at 7:30 p.m. in CB 111. Heller specializes in the study of 17th- and 18th-century music from interdisciplinary perspectives, with particular emphasis on gender and sexuality, art history, and the classical tradition. The winner of numerous awards and fellowships from such organizations […]
Department of Homeland Security representative Chuck Pratt will be at MSUM Wednesday, October 20 from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. in CMU 214 to answer questions from faculty, students and alumni. This will cover questions pertaining to visas, application for H-1B, H-1B denials, OPT, CPT, permanent residence, F-2 visa changing to F-1, spouses going to college, what is next after H-1B […]
The Dragon Entertainment Group is sponsoring a food drive October 25-29 to benefit The Great Plains Food Bank. To collect as many canned food items as we can we are going to hold a campus-wide departmental competition. Winner will be recognized on The Group website and will receive a commemorative plaque. To sign up your department for the competition please […]