Al Davis, Kevin Zepper to read at Marshall Festival

Alan Davis, English, and Kevin Zepper, Corrick Center for General Education, will read their work at the Marshall Festival ‘10, a literary gathering of Midwest writers. The four-day celebration takes place October 28-31. This event is sponsored by Southwest State University and held on campus. Davis’ third collection of short stories, So Bravely Vegetative, won the Prize Americana for Fiction […]

New Rivers Press holds book sale Sept. 29

New Rivers Press, along with the students of the Practicum in Publishing, are holding a BOOK SALE on Wednesday, September 29 from 9am-6pm in the CMU. All books were published by New Rivers Press, located on the MSUM campus, and prices will range from $1.00-$3.00! Also, if you stop by from 11am-1pm (or until supplies last) with every book purchase […]

MFA reading Sept. 30

The campus is invited to listen to students and an alumnus from MSUM’s Master of Fine Arts in creative writing program read from their work on Thursday, Sept. 30 at 8 p.m. at The Spirit Room, 111 Broadway, Fargo, N.D. This is the first in a series of three fall semester readings at The Spirit Room. The reading will feature […]

Graphic design students win American Inhouse Design Awards

Two cover designs for New Rivers Press have been selected as winners in the 2010 American Inhouse Design Awards by Graphic Design USA. From more than 4,000 entries only a selective 15% were recognized with Awards Certificate of Excellence. The American Inhouse Design Awards is the original and premier showcase for outstanding work by inhouse designers. Click headline for details.

English majors to present at Northern Plains Conference

Three English Literature majors will be presenting papers at the Northern Plains
Conference on Early British Literature April 23-24 at the University of Mary, Bismarck, N.D. The following students will constitute the session: The Future of the Organization I: Undergraduate Panel. The presenters are: Vanessa Perkins: “Women and Revenge in Titus Andronicus”; Rachael Johnson: “Milton’s Tree of Knowledge as Highest Providence”; and Adam Heidebrink: “Gulliver and the Quest for Freedom.” This is the third year Stephen Hamrick, English, has taken an MSUM undergraduate panel to present work at this regional conference.