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Join the Dragon Leadership Program! The Dragon Leadership Program (DLP) is a free, campus wide co-curricular program designed to develop leadership skills and prepare you for your professional career. Visit www.mnstate.edu/osa/dragon-leadership for a list of requirements. You must be graduating Spring 2019 or later to participate in this two-year program. Students that complete the requirements get a medal that can be worn at graduation. The application form can be found on the website and is due Friday, September 29.

Friday, Sept. 29 | 1-2 p.m. | CMU 203

Do you advise a MSUM Student Organization but have questions about your role, expectations or processes involving the student organization? Join Steve Fox and Sandy Schob on September 29 in CMU 203 from 1-2 p.m. We will be covering lots of topics that are of special interest to student organizations and the faculty and staff who help support them. If you have questions, please contact Steve Fox at fox@mnstate.edu.

Monday, Sept. 25 | 6-7 p.m. | CMU 205

Mandatory student organization treasurer training will cover topics such as: locating organization account number, how to reimburse members, how to request funds for special travel or events. Please RSVP for a session. One opportunity remains. Learn more in the attached document.

Monday, Sept. 18 | 5-5:30 p.m. | Rock Wall

The first climbing club meeting will be Monday, Sept. 18 at 5 p.m. in the rock wall at the Wellness Center on campus. At this meeting we will cover everything you will need to know about our club: expectations, trips, competitions, and so much more.  Read the rest of this entry →

Are you looking to develop your leadership skills, get involved on campus, and develop the skills employers seek? Are you already involved on campus and want to talk about the skills you have learned with future employers? Are you a sophomore or junior that will be graduating Spring 2019 or later? Join the Dragon Leadership Program! Visit mnstate.edu/osa/dragon-leadership and learn more about the Dragon Leadership Program at our upcoming information sessions: September 19 at 8 p.m. in CMU 214 or September 25 at 8 p.m. in CMU 214.

Thursday, Sept. 14 | 4:30-5:45 p.m. | CMU 203

Attention Student Organization Officers! The last scheduled student organization officers meeting option for student organizations to attend is today, Thursday, Sept. 14 from 4:30-5:45 p.m. in CMU 203! Important updates impacting student organizations, resources our office can provide, the annual registration process (due September 18), and expectations for how to use your organization’s DragonCentral page will be shared.

Wednesday, Sept. 13 | 10:30 a.m. – 3 p.m. | Campus Mall

Did you miss this year’s Sidewalk Café? Are you still looking for organizations to get involved with or to get connected with local businesses and non-profits? Check out DragonFest in the campus mall on Wednesday, Sept. 13 from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Don’t miss out on free food, MSUM swag, balloon animals, caricatures, and body paint all happening during DragonFest. Stop by tables in between classes and enjoy music in the campus mall, find an organization to join, meet up with friends, and experience the fun at DragonFest!  Read the rest of this entry →

Tuesday, Sept. 12 | 6:30-8 p.m. | Library Porch

Are you interested in learning about the Dragon Leadership Program? Join us in the Library Porch on September 12th at 6:30pm for an information session and fall kick-off for prospective and current students in the program.

Learn about how the DLP helps and gives you the opportunity to develop self-confidence, practice delegating, get connected with the campus, identify your strengths, and more!  Read the rest of this entry →

MSUM’s Sustainable Students Association (SSA) will be hosting a plastic bag recycling competition on campus beginning Sept. 18. They will be collecting plastic bags for six months, with a goal of collecting 500 pounds—or approximately 40,500 plastic bags.

If MSUM reaches its goal, the university will receive a free bench made of recycled plastic, in addition to helping save the environment!

Accepted materials include:  Read the rest of this entry →

Attention Student Organization Officers! This week there are three options for student organizations to attend the officers’ meeting! Important updates impacting student organizations, resources our office can provide, the annual registration process (due September 18), and expectations for how to use your organization’s DragonCentral page will be shared. The information will be the same for each session; your organization only needs to attend one session. Please RSVP on DragonCentral to let us know you’re coming!  Read the rest of this entry →

Friday, Sept. 8 | 8-10 p.m. | Hansen Theatre

Want to win $200? Dragon Entertainment Group is bringing ThinkFast Trivia to Hansen Theatre so you can show you knowledge, wit, reflexes, and maybe even a few dance moves! Grab your friends or come as a team of one, either way everyone will have a chance at winning great prizes!

Wednesday, Sept. 6 | 7 p.m. | CMU 205

A special invitation to the LGBTQ community at MSUM. Lutheran Campus Ministry has a special guest speaker for worship next Wednesday, Sept. 6. Pastor Joe Larson, the first openly gay Lutheran pastor to serve in North Dakota, will be joining us to share his faith story. Pastor Joe serves St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in Fargo, and lives in Moorhead with his husband Charley. Pastor Joe will talk about his journey as a gay Christian man called into the ordained ministry. There will be a time for questions and answers at the end of his talk. All are welcome. Worship on Sept. 6 is held at 7 p.m. in Room 205 of the CMU. Hope you can make it.

Attention Student Organization Officers! Wednesday, Sept. 6 from 4:30-5:45 p.m. in CMU 203 is the first of four options for student organizations to attend the upcoming officers’ meeting! Important updates impacting student organizations, resources our office can provide, the annual registration process (Due September 18), and expectations for how to use your organization’s DragonCentral page will be shared. The information will be the same for each session; your organization only needs to attend one session. Please RSVP on DragonCentral to let us know you’re coming!  Read the rest of this entry →

Student Organizations: Please mark your calendars for upcoming Student Organization Officer and Treasurer Meetings, as well as complete the Annual Student Organization Registration Process.  Read the rest of this entry →

Tuesday, Aug. 29 | 7 p.m. | CMU 214

The Sustainable Students Association will be holding its first meeting of the semester on Tuesday, Aug. 29 at 7 p.m. in CMU 214.

There will be free snacks!

The Sustainable Students Association is the main environmental club on campus. We host events such as, park clean-ups, nature walks, and earth day. Please come and learn more about us at our first meeting.

Wednesday, Aug. 23 | 5-7 p.m. | American Indian Center (Comstock Memorial Union 115)

The American Indian Student Association (AISA) invites you to the Welcome Social where you can connect with friends, student leaders, staff and faculty. All are welcome!

There are two great events are happening in Moorhead on Thursday, Sept. 7. The MSUM Dragons home opener Football game and the MBA Bridge Bash. There will be plenty of time to check out both events!

Join the MSUM Dragons at Nemzek to cheer on the Football team during the home opener. Kickoff is at 7 p.m. with tailgating before the game! During the game the GO! TEAM will have different giveaways, games and prizes.

Then, join the Moorhead Business Association in welcoming students back for another exciting school year.

On Thursday, Sept. 7 from 5-10 p.m. come to the 1st Ave North Bridge for the Moorhead Business Association’s Bridge Bash to rock out with TWO live bands (The Shuttles and Brat Pack Radio), eat fancy food truck cuisine, meet other people from the community, and have a blast!  Read the rest of this entry →

Qualifies as nationwide superior chapter

The Minnesota State University Moorhead Financial Management Association (FMA) chapter recently received three prestigious awards from Financial Management Association International.

The MSUM FMA chapter qualified as a superior chapter for its programming and activities last year. The award goes to less than 10 percent of chapters in the country.

Joe Tjosvold, FMA president for 2016-2017, was named one of six nationwide FMA Collegiate Fellows for exemplary leadership and service.

MSUM FMA advisor Tom Hanson was named a Superior Faculty Advisor, an award that goes to only five honorees nationwide.

MSUM was the only chapter in the country to win all three awards this year, and perhaps one of the only to do so in the past 20 years.

Congratulations to all!

DragonCentral has been updated and now has a new look that is more mobile device friendly. Check it out at www.mnstate.edu/dragoncentral!

Our service provider will continue to push out updates as they work to refine this new user experience. All information and functions should have remained, but will be located in a different spot. Some items to note:

1. The primary web address to promote DragonCentral is www.mnstate.edu/dragoncentral. This will automatically redirect you to the actual website homepage, which has now changed. Please update your bookmarks and website references to the new website address structure, https://mnstate.campuslabs.com/engage/.
2. The site now has an “Explore” section, geared for those looking to explore how to get involved, and a “Manage” section, geared for those who manage a page/events/etc. For those that manage a page, to make updates, add events, update roster information, create forms, etc., you will now do this through the “Manage” or “Action Center” portion of the site. To switch to the “Manage” section, click on the ::: icon in the top right and select “Manage.” You can then click on or search for your organization and you’ll find a left menu bar (swipe right on a mobile device) with the different areas for you to manage, including adding events, news, documents, roster updates, etc. See attached document for a visual.
3. If you click on your picture or the round circle with your initial on the top right (or swipe left on a mobile device), you’ll see the menu bar that used to be under the “My Involvement” section. This section includes a listing of organization involvement, the ability to log service hours, the ability to add experiences, and the ability to print off one’s Involvement Report. This is also where you will find the Sign-Out button.
4. To completely sign-out of the site, please make sure you close your browser after clicking the sign-out button.

Our service provider is working to fix glitches in the site following the update. If you have questions please contact Steve Fox (fox@mnstate.edu) in the Office of Student Activities, CMU 113.

DragonCentral will be unavailable on the morning of Wednesday, July 5, 2017 due to a software update. This update includes a new design, making the website responsive when used on a mobile device and the creation of an action center, where those users that manage an organization’s page will now make updates. The same information and features will continue to exist on the site, but may be located or accessed in a different way. After the update, more information will be sent out and users will see a brief tutorial when they first log-in. Please contact Steve Fox, fox@mnstate.edu, in the Office of Student Activities, CMU 113, with any questions or concerns.

Did you know? You can also download Corq, DragonCentral’s event app, on your mobile device to see upcoming events listed in DragonCentral and the ability to add events to your calendar.