An MSUM student art exhibit will be on display April 29-May 13 in the Roland Dille Center for the Arts gallery. The exhibit is in partial fulfillment of students’ bachelor of fine arts degrees. A reception for the artists will be held from 4-6 p.m. Thursday, May 6 in the gallery. It’s free and open to the public. Click headline for details and to view some of the student artwork.
MSU Moorhead will host the fifth annual conference of Midwest Association for Information Systems (MWAIS) May 21-22, and will also host the Healthcare Service Management and Modeling workshop on May 21. The MWAIS conference is set to provide an excellent platform and forum for researchers, visionaries, practitioners, and doctoral students to share their ideas, present their research and chart the future course of technology in emerging domains of business. The Healthcare Service Management and Modeling workshop will feature invited speakers, panels, and research presentations from academics and various sectors representing the healthcare industry. Click headline for details.
The Write Site will close for the semester on May 4. Appointments are still available during day and evening times on Monday and Tuesday of next week; if you would like to schedule a meeting with a Write Site consultant, please visit http://www.mnstate.edu/write. The Write Site will be open during the summer session. Hours will be posted soon on Dragon Digest and on the Write Site website.
Did you know that the Counseling Center will be open during summer sessions? Lora Bertelsen, Ph.D., licensed psychologist and Sarah Szerlong, UND doctoral level intern, will be available during all summer sessions. We will offer individual and group counseling opportunities for students who are enrolled for summer classes and students enrolled for both Spring and Fall 2010. Also, faculty, staff, students and parents will have access to counselors over the summer for consultation. Click headline for more information.
TIAA-CREF has just launched Raise the Rate – exclusively on our Facebook page – to solicit groundbreaking ideas to help increase the U.S. Personal Savings Rate from the current 4% to 10% over the next two years. As you are aware, most developed nations have a much higher savings rate than the U.S. With this knowledge, TIAA-CREF is challenging the best and brightest students and faculty on campuses across the country – and everyone on every Main Street, U.S.A. – to devise an innovative solution to put this country out front in terms of saving for the future. Click headline for details.