The MSUM Honors Program is proud to present University of Arizona Professor Charles M. Falco as the featured speaker of the 2010 Honors Program Focus Forum Tuesday, Feb. 16 at 7:30 p.m. in Science Lab 104. His talk, “The Science of Optics; The History of Art,” is free and open to the public. Falco is a nationally recognized speaker who will visit classes, meet with students and deliver talks during his MSUM visit. Click headline to read more.
Please join the Honors Lecture Series in welcoming Dr. Christine Malone, MSUM. She will present a lecture entitled “How do Shared Sounds and Spellings Lead to False Memories” at 7 p.m. on January 26 in Science Lab 104.
Learning doesn’t just happen in the classroom. That’s the idea behind “learning communities” that are gaining popularity in area college residence halls.
The concept takes a slightly different form on each campus, but the programs all have similar goals: increasing student retention and success. At Minnesota State University Moorhead, first-year students living in learning communities take at least three of their fall semester classes together and live on the same floor of a residence hall. Click the link to read more of Amy Dalrymple’s article.