Professor emeritus James Kaplan publishes book

Dr. James M. Kaplan, professor emeritus at MSUM, has published a book about Birger Sandzén, a Swedish immigrant artist who came to America in 1894. In Birger Sandzén on Art, Music and Transcendence, published by Nordic Studies Press, Kaplan describes a brief cultural Camelot in America when immigrant artists, musicians and authors, nourished by the culture of the Old World, […]

Minnesota State University Moorhead Community College Arts Symposium

The Department of Art & Design in conjunction with the Minnesota State Community College art programs proudly presents the Minnesota State University Moorhead Community College Arts Symposium.  The three-day event (October 18-20, 2010) brings together Minnesota community college art students and MSUM art students to participate in hands-on workshops, demonstrations and lectures.  Twenty guest artists/lecturers from around the country, along […]

Proclamation declared!

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 […]

Gov. Pawlenty reappoints Humphers-Ginther to Minnesota Board on Aging

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 […]