Terrorist mindset topic of MSUM discussion Friday
MSUM will host a 9/11 panel discussion on “Understanding the Terrorist Mindset” from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Friday in Weld Hall Glasrud Auditorium at MSUM. Click link to read more.
Sept. 23 Faculty Development Book Talk: “The Last Lecture” by Randy Pausch
(The first 28 faculty to email Steve Grineski, grineski@mnstate.edu, with their campus mailing address and agree to attend the event will receive a free copy of the book.) “A lot of professors give talks titled, “The Last Lecture.” Professors are asked to consider their demise and to ruminate on what matters most to them. And while they speak, audiences can’t help but mull the same question: What wisdom would we impart to the world if we know it was our last chance? And so begins Randy Pausch’s National Bestseller “The Last Lecture.” Click the link to read more.
Schwartz heads library board
Larry Schwartz, Library, will be serving as president of the West Fargo Public Library board for the next year. He has been a board member since 2008.
DragonFest is Sept. 16
The 10th annual celebration of DragonFest will take place on Wednesday, Sept. 16 from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Join the campus community on the mall for a fun-filled day of inflatable games, caricatures, student organizations booths and more. The event is free!
Best-selling poet featured in MSUM’s McGrath Visiting Writers Series Sept. 17
Best-selling poet Todd Bass will talk on the writer’s craft at 4 p.m. and read from his work at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 17 in MSUM’s Comstock Memorial Union room 101 as a feature of MSUM’s Tom McGrath Visiting Writers Series. It’s free and open to the public. Click link to read more.