Name badge orders
For your convenience, a name badge order form is available. Please follow this procedure for ordering: http://appserv.mnstate.edu/instrmedia/name_badge.htm Using this form will allow faster processing of your order. Thank you!
Appreciation Luncheon Friday, January 8
Mark Your Calendars! Thank YOU for all you do to make our campus a special place! President Edna requests the pleasure of your company at this year’s Holiday Appreciation Luncheon on Friday, January 8, 2010. Lunch will be served from 11:30 am to 1 pm in Kise Commons. Planning and serving for this event is provided by the President’s Cabinet, the Campus Services Unit of TOCAR, and Sodexho. We thank them for their efforts with this program. Click link to read more.
Mixed blood Theatre performs Dr. King’s Dream Jan. 13
The Umoja Student Association is hosting an educational event in remembrance of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. for the contributions that he has given to the concept of equality for all. The Mixed Blood Theatre will perform Dr. King’s Dream, A community celebration Wednesday, January 13 at 3 p.m. in the CMU Ballroom. It’s free and open to the public. A reception with light refreshments will follow. Click headline to read more.
10 to Watch in 2010: Szymanski guides MSUM through budget crunch
In her 1½ years as president of Minnesota State University Moorhead, Edna Szymanski has demonstrated the people skills of the counselor she once was, a CFO’s eye for the bottom line and a four-star general’s gift for strategizing. Oh, and the enthusiasm of a hockey mom. Read Tammy Swift’s full story at http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/264407/
Recent deaths
Erna Marie Swisher, age 89, passed away on Sunday, December 27, 2009, in Elim Home, Fargo. Erna started work at Moorhead State College in 1973 in Academic Affairs and then Continuing Education until her retirement in 1987. The funeral was Jan. 4, with arrangements by Hanson-Runsvold Funeral Home, Fargo. Kenneth Bladow, MSUM Assistant Professor of Health & Physical Education (Emeritus-1991), passed away December 23, 2009, at the age of 78, at his home in Moorhead. The funeral was Dec. 30 at the Korsmo Funeral Chapel, Moorhead.