More than 400 students graduate Thursday

The Fall Semester commencement ceremony takes place Thursday, Dec. 16 at 2 p.m. in Nemzek Fieldhouse. 408 students have applied for graduation; more than 280 are expected to participate in the ceremony. Live streaming video of the commencement ceremony can be viewed at www.mnstate.edu/dragonradio. Alumna Margie Bailly will be the commencement speaker. Bailly is currently Executive Director of the Fargo […]

MSUM aims to boost its graduation rates after low mark

By Amy Dalyrymple The Forum Edna Szymanski takes it personally if a student doesn’t graduate. The Minnesota State University Moorhead president appointed a task force to find out why the university’s graduation rate is lower than the rate at similar schools. And now she wants to use that data to start fixing it. The university task force on retention and […]