Tribal chairwoman among appointees to MnSCU board of trustees

By Forum News Service on Aug 22, 2014 at 9:42 a.m. ST. PAUL – The chairwoman of the White Earth Reservation is among six appointees to the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities board of trustees. Gov. Mark Dayton announced the appointments Thursday. Erma Vizenor has worked her entire career in education on the White Earth Reservation in northwest Minnesota, where […]

MSUM alums find work at Medora

By Meghan Feir When many people think of North Dakotan terrain, they often forget about the landscape surrounding Medora. Nestled in the heart of the badlands, the little village is the summer home of tourists and performers alike. A breathtaking view, flat, farm country is replaced with canyons and buttes painted in red and purple. For three MSUM alums, living […]

Asteroid named for MSUM Alumnus Sherry Fieber-Beyer

The asteroid 14825 Fieber-Beyer was named for Dr. Sherry Fieber-Beyer by the International Astronomical Union in mid-July. Dr. Fieber-Beyer, who graduated from MSUM with a B.A. in Physics with Emphasis in Astronomy, is currently a postdoctoral research at the University of North Dakota, where she obtained her Masters and Ph.D. While at MSUM she did research on main belt asteroids […]

Alumni from Cinema Arts & Digital Technology sweep the competition at Minneapolis 48 Hour Film Project

Several alumni from Cinema Arts & Digital Technology swept the competition at the Minneapolis 48 Hour Film Project earlier this month. Andrew Neill, Eric Carlson, Marcus Mann, Sam Johnson, and Craig Larson created Keeping Up with the Cloneses, which won awards for Best Film, Best Sound Design, Best Writing, Best Actress and Audience Favorite. The 48HFP took place in June. […]

Dragons’ football glory days chronicled

By Eric Peterson Moorhead – Larry Scott remembers a time when the Minnesota State Moorhead football team won games at places like South Dakota State and regularly made the playoffs. The former MSUM sports information director wanted to make sure those glory days weren’t forgotten. “I kind of felt this need to chronicle those years and kind of preserve them if […]