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November 21, 2025

First Dragon Lair Business Plan Pitch Competition a Success

Minnesota State Moorhead hosted the first Dragon Lair Business Plan Pitch Competition on Thursday, November 20, bringing together ten pitches from student entrepreneurs. More than a dozen majors were represented, with presenters representing business administration, marketing, art education, computer science, photojournalism and more. Students presented their business ideas in six minute pitches followed by four minutes of questions from a […]

College of Business, Analytics & Communication
November 21, 2025

RN to BSN Program Earns Top Honors in Minnesota

EduMed.org has recognized Minnesota State Moorhead’s RN to BSN program as the number one online RN to BSN bridge program in Minnesota and the number two online nursing program in the state. These rankings emphasize programs that balance academic quality and strong support for working nurses. This acknowledgment reflects the work of our faculty and staff who design learning experiences […]

Employee News
November 13, 2025

Minnesota State Moorhead Oceanarium publishes its first research paper on Ocean Literacy

The MSUM Oceanarium offers a summer program as part of College for Kids called Junior Aquarist Camp for Kids (JACK). Biology (EEB) majors Katie Hanson and Amber Sullivan developed and assessed the effectiveness of curricula based on the seven principles of Ocean Literacy (https://oceanliteracy.unesco.org/). The resulting manuscript based on that work has been accepted for publication in Current, the peer-reviewed journal […]

Academics
November 12, 2025

Commercial Music Major competes at national competition

Commercial Music and drumset performer Josiah Campos competed this past weekend in Pittsburgh, PA as a part of the national “Crash the Decks:  Drummer vs DJ” competition with local DJ Anthony Peralta.  After winning the Northern region competition in Fargo in September, the duo received an official invitation to compete at the national competition.  Although they did not win (the […]

Employee News
November 12, 2025

Sara Schultz, Planetarium, Invited to Present at annual “Best Of Nerd Nite Fargo”

Dr. Sara Schultz, Planetarium Director, has been invited to do an encore presentation of her March 2025 Nerd Nite talk: Fire in the Mountains: A Dragon’s Journey Through Chile at the Annual Best Of Nerd Nite.  The presentation focuses on Schultz’s 2024 trip through Chile as an Astronomy in Chile Education Ambassador Program participant.   Schultz was awarded a full-ride fellowship through the […]

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