MSUM Alumnus’ Choir Spreads Hope Through Song

By Meghan Feir Walker As a choral director for the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) on Sigonella Naval Air Station outside of Catania, Sicily, Italy, Antone Leustek ’02 (music education) has a unique opportunity in his field of music education. His students are comprised of seventh through 12th graders, a mixture of children from American military and NATO families. Since the coronavirus took the […]

Alumnus Bob Indihar named executive director of MREA

MSUM alumnus Bob Indihar has been named the next executive director to lead the Minnesota Rural Education Association (MREA). He holds a specialist degree and a master’s in educational administration from MSUM and a superintendent degree from St. Mary’s University. Indihar started his career teaching math and science at the secondary level in Detroit Lakes. He became the principal of Moose […]

Art Education community outreach featured in Area Woman Magazine

The April/May issue of AW Magazine’s “Art That Moves” article features an interactive hallway mural project recently completed at Deer Creek Elementary School in West Fargo. The project features a collaboration with Lindsay Opp, the school’s Art teacher (and MSUM alumna) working with 12 current School of Art students and faculty who volunteered over 100 hours to make the project […]