Math is the weakest area. Most students take only one remedial course Forty percent of Minnesota’s recent public high school graduates who enrolled in public higher education in the state have taken at least one developmental or remedial course within two years after graduation, according to a new report issued today. That is up slightly from a report three years […]
Anna Arnar, Art & Design, has published an essay titled “Mallarmé, McLuhan and the Future of the Book” in a collaborative artist e-book orchestrated by multi-media artist Franck Ancel. The book is called Du LIVRE de Mallarmé au livre mal armé and was launched in Paris December 17, 2010 at the ArtistBook International event held at the Pompidou Center. Published […]
Carl Oltvedt, Art & Design, will be working on his “work in progress” painting in the gallery from 10 a.m. to noon on Wednesday, January 19; Monday, January 24; Wednesday, January 29; and Friday, January 31. His demonstrations, free and open to the public, are in connection with the MSUM Faculty Annual Exhibition. Stop by the gallery during those times […]
Kenyon Williams, Music, presented a lecture for the Fargo-Moorhead Area Music Club January 17. His presentation, entitled “The Man We Love to Hate: John Cage,” discussed the development of the Western percussion ensemble with a particular focus upon the influences of John Cage and the West Coast School of composers from 1938-1945. The lecture was presented as a form of […]
There is still room for last-minute additions to enroll in Tropical Field Biology (DC10). Students in this course study ecological, political and economic strategies for conservation of biodiversity using a 10-day trip to Costa Rica over March break as a case study. Contact: Brian Wisenden (wisenden@mnstate.edu).