The Lyra Trio will be performing with the Central Lakes Symphony Orchestra this Saturday, May 17 at 7 p.m. in Alexandria, MN. Trio members Jane Linde Capistran (violin), Elise Buffat Nelson (cello) and Amy Mercer (piano) will be playing the Triple Concerto by Kevin Kaska, a three-movement work composed in 2001. Mercer and Buffat Nelson are part of the music […]
Dr. Behl was selected to be part of the PMI Standards Consensus Committee (SCC) for a three year term. This group comprises a diverse set of volunteer experts representing consultants, organization/professional, academic/training, and general interest sectors in project, program and portfolio management whose purpose is to provide approval of certain standards developed by PMI.
A new collection of poems by MSUM English professor and alum (’85) Yahya Frederickson is being published. The new chapbook, titled Khumásiyát: Poems from the Moroccan Desert, is a collection of poems inspired by the Imazighen (“Berber”) people and the Saharan landscape they inhabit. Frederickson was inspired to compose the collection while on sabbatical in 2023, during which he spent some […]
Dragons shined brightly at the annual celebration and recognition Thirty-seven area women, including those with Dragon connections, were recognized at last evening’s YWCA Women of the Year event. Dr. Ok-Hee Lee, Dean of the College of Education & Human Services, was named YWCA Woman of the Year in Education. This award honors an individual who is shaping the future as […]
Dr. Kenyon Williams completed a four-week residency at Crookston’s Highland Elementary School under the auspices of a Minnesota Regional Arts Grant teaching West African drumming and dance to 5th graders at the school. He was joined for the grand finale concert by members of the MSUM Percussion Ensemble, who performed side-by-side with the elementary students. The students engaged enthusiastically with […]