MSUM students Mara DeRung and Emily Watson submitted observations of an exoplanet transit to NASA’s TESS mission as part of the ground follow-up group. A transit occurs when a planet orbiting another star passes in front of the star, briefly dimming its light. The green line in the graph below shows the tiny dip in brightness of the star as […]
MSUM College for Kids & Teens was awarded a $5,000 grant funded by the FM Area Foundation to support student scholarships for MSUM Youth Camps in 2022. The grant will fund partial and full, need-based scholarships for students in K-12 attending summer camps offered by MSUM Community Engagement. Camps offered this summer include College for Kids & Teens (ages 6-18) […]
Scrubs Camp will return to MSUM this week with sessions for students entering grades 10-12 interested in exploring healthcare careers. The camp begins Monday, June 27 and runs through Thursday, June 30 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The four-day camp lets students explore nursing, microbiology, athletic training, mental health, speech language and hearing sciences and other topics as they […]
College for Kids & Teens participants in the Archeology & Geoscience of a Ghost Town course had the opportunity to join MSUM Anthropology & Geoscience faculty & students at a local, active archaeological site! The experience led by Dr. Amanda Butler & Karl Leonard provided a one of a kind experience to area high schoolers. Archaeologists are uncovering history in […]
MSUM College for Kids & Teens received a $5,000 grant to provide funding for Youth Scholarships from the Lake Region Arts Council (LRAC) for summer 2022. These funds will be utilized to provide need based scholarships to area youth who are interested in taking summer courses in the arts. College for Kids & Teens is a summer day camp program […]