The Legacy of Project E-Quality: Reception and Panel Discussion Nov. 9

Moorhead State College (now known as MSUM) launched Project E-Quality in 1968, which ran through 1972, in response to the civil rights struggles of the 1960s. Under the leadership of MSC President John J. Neumaier (1959-1968), a committed supporter of the civil rights movement, approximately fifty minority students were recruited to the program. The panel discussants are among the first […]

Dr. Theodore Gracyk Wins Outstanding Monograph Prize

The American Society for Aesthetics announces that the 2023 Prize for Outstanding Monograph has been awarded to Dr. Theodore Gracyk, professor in the History, Languages & Humanities Department, for Making Meaning in Popular Song: Philosophical Essays (Bloomsbury, 2022). From Carly Simon to Pink Floyd, Dr. Gracyk explores meaning in popular music. The book’s thesis is that songs do not have determinate […]

Film screening and discussion: “Mission of Joy” How to Find Joy – Combatting the Winter Blues

You are invited to a Film screening and discussion of “Mission Joy: Finding Happiness in Troubled Times.” Friday, February 3 at 3:30 p.m. in CMU 205. This film features two international icons: His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who unite to combine ancient wisdom with cutting-edge neuroscience to share things that are proven to bring us more […]