5th Annual MSUM Invitational Orchestra Festival Oct. 12-13

MSU Moorhead offers the fifth annual Invitational Orchestra Festival for Middle and High School Orchestras on Monday, October 12 and Tuesday, October 13. Performances and clinics will take place in the Roland Dille Center for the Arts Hansen Theatre. This year’s event features 13 school orchestras involving over 750 string students. In addition to seven Fargo-Moorhead area schools, groups from Crookston, New Brighton, Champlin, Woodbury, and Minneapolis will participate. Click the headline to read more.

Professional Development Day is Oct. 13

The Office of Academic Affairs and the Faculty Development Committee are sponsoring a Professional Development Day on Tuesday, Oct. 13. The workshop is designed to provide opportunities to learn about campus initiatives, increase responsiveness to students, to continue the conversation on Dr. Maryellen Weimer’s August presentation, and network with peers on a variety of topics. Click the headline to read more.

Art & Design Field Trip Oct. 23

The 2009 Department of Art & Design annual fall field trip to Minneapolis to experience Art of Louvre at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, Haegue Yang: Integrity of the Insider at the Walker Art Center, and Minneapolis Sculpture Garden is on Friday, October 23. Click headline to read more.

MSU Moorhead hosts campus visit days

MSUM expects more than 600 guests during its Preview Days on Thursday, Oct. 15, Friday, Oct. 16 and again Friday, Oct. 23 in the Comstock Memorial Union. Sessions begin at 8:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. each day. Check in begins one half hour prior. Interested students can tour campus, talk to students, faculty and campus representatives, learn about academic majors and student services, and have refreshments in the student union. Click the headline to read more.