Come cheer on our women’s basketball team as they take on the NDSU Bison at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 3 at the Bison Sports Arena. A pre-game social will be held from 5-6:30 p.m. at Buffalo Wild Wings, 1515 19th Avenue North, Fargo. Cost is $10 and includes game ticket. Complimentary appetizers will be available to all our guests who purchase tickets through the Alumni Office and join us for the social. Click the headline for ticket details.
Show your Dragon spirit and come cheer on the Dragons men’s basketball team as they take on the U of M Gophers Monday, Nov. 9 at at Williams Sports Arena. Join us for a Dragon Alumni & Friends Social before the game. Food, cash bar and camaraderie are on the schedule for the evening! For more information visit http://alumni.mnstate.edu/events/event_details.asp?id=61464 For tickets, call 1-877-270-2586 or 218-477-2143.
Dr. Cynthia Norton, professor of biology and women’s studies at St. Catherine University in St. Paul, will provide the keynote address at the 9th Annual Red River Women’s Studies Conference set for Friday, Nov. 6, on the Minnesota State University Moorhead campus. The title of her talk is “Intersections of Science and Gender: Possibilities for Collaboration and Transformation.” Click the headline to read more.
The next faculty development book talk on “A whole new mind: Why right-brainers will rule the future” has been rescheduled to Thursday, Nov. 19 at noon in CMU 214. Daniel Pink’s New York Times and Business Week Bestseller is sure to create a lively discussion for students and faculty alike. Chris Malone from the Psychology Department and Alison Turen from the Counseling Center will lead the discussion. Free books as always–email Steve Grineski and agree to attend the event. Click headline to read more.
On Wednesday, Nov. 4 and Thursday, Nov. 5, the Library will be selling children’s picture books appropriate for preschoolers through 6th graders. All books were published in 2008 and are in excellent condition. The sale will be held in the Library Circulation lobby from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Books will be bargained price at $6.00 each or two for $10.00. Proceeds from the sale will help support the Library’s Comstock Reading Aloud Initiative. For further information, contact Korella Selzler (selzler@mnstate.edu).