MSUM art exhibit open through March 12

A Minnesota State University Moorhead student art exhibit featuring a variety of media will be on display through March 12 in the Roland Dille Center for the Arts gallery. A reception for the artists will be held from 4-6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 18 in the gallery. It’s free and open to the public. Click headline for gallery hours and to see who is exhibiting.

Level II Anti-Racism Training Opportunity at MSUM

The MSUM TOCAR Initiative, (Training Our Campuses Against Racism) is sponsoring a two-and-half-day in-depth Anti-Racism Training to be held on the MSUM campus March 4-6. This training will engage participants in discussions of: definitions of racism, particularly understanding institutional and systemic racism; disadvantage, power, and privilege issues related to racism; anti-racist/multicultural organizational development; and strategies to promote organizational development and change. Click headline for more information.

Pan African Night Feb. 19

Everyone is invited to a night of fun and cultural entertainment featuring dance performances, full color dresses, music and appetizing free gourmet African food. PAN AFRICAN NIGHT—Friday, Feb. 19 from 6:30-9 p.m. in the CMU—takes you on a cultural journey to the mysterious African continent with a cultural twist featuring performers. Free admission.

Feb. 16 honors lecture focuses on science of optics

The MSUM Honors Program is proud to present University of Arizona Professor Charles M. Falco as the featured speaker of the 2010 Honors Program Focus Forum Tuesday, Feb. 16 at 7:30 p.m. in Science Lab 104. His talk, “The Science of Optics; The History of Art,” is free and open to the public. Falco is a nationally recognized speaker who will visit classes, meet with students and deliver talks during his MSUM visit. Click headline to read more.