MSUM education alum named 2013 North Dakota Teacher of the Year

Andrea Noonan, English Teacher Education, 2004, was named the 2013 North Dakota Teacher of the Year. By: Helmut Schmidt, INFORUM WEST FARGO – Andrea Noonan, an eighth-grade language arts teacher from Cheney Middle School, is North Dakota’s 2013 Teacher of the Year. Noonan was honored Wednesday at the middle school in a ceremony presided over by Gov. Jack Dalrymple. “This […]

Thom Tammaro’s poem to be read on “The Writer’s Almanac”

Listen to Garrison Keillor read Thom Tammaro’s (English, MFA Program) poem, “Closing the Cabin,” on Keillor’s popular radio program “The Writer’s Almanac” on Friday, September 14. Local listeners can tune in to “The Writer’s Almanac” at KCCM 91.1 at 6:14 a.m. and 6:14 p.m. and KDSU-FM 91.9 at 2:54 p.m. “The Writer’s Almanac” is a daily radio and on-line program […]

First McGrath Visiting Writers Series of the season is Sept. 10

Jennifer Karmin has published, performed, exhibited, taught, and experimented with language across the U.S., Japan, Kenya, and Europe. Her multidisciplinary projects have been presented at festivals, artist-run spaces, and on city streets. Some of her work includes 4000 Words 4000 Dead, Revolutionary Optimism, and Utopic Monster Theory. Jennifer is the author of the text-sound epic Aaaaaaaaaaalice (Flim Forum Press, 2010), […]

Novel by John Early is available through Amazon

A new novel by John Early, English, is available from Amazon for the Kindle reader. The Little Lame Balloon Men tells the story of “Two men and a woman struggling with the consequences of silence. Emsland, a chemist and a teacher, has lost his wife, and too many of the words in his world no longer make sense. He responds […]