A bold vision for the future

In his Moorhead Magazine letter to alumni, friends and the community, President Downs writes that he’s inspired by what our Dragon community has accomplished and even more excited about where we’re headed.   He writes: We are experiencing a surge of forward-thinking energy that is palpable across campus and throughout our extended Dragon community. Our momentum is resolute and purposeful; […]

Archaeology Alum Wins Paper Competition

Please join me in a hearty congratulations for Spring 2025 Anthropology graduate Reid Haugen, who has won the Jeanette E. Stephens Student Paper Award sponsored by the Illinois Archaeology Survey. His paper titled “Resistance Isn’t Always Futile: Electrical Resistivity at Historic Nauvoo” draws on geophysical methods, specifically electrical resistivity, to explore buried architectural features at a site of deep historical […]