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October 15, 2025

Sara Schultz Awarded Prestigious Mentor Award by Great Lakes Planetarium Association

Dr. Sara Schultz, Planetarium Director, was recently awarded the prestigious Great Lakes Planetarium Association (GLPA) Mentor Award while attending the GLPA/WAC annual conference last week. The Mentor Award celebrates the recipient’s outstanding contributions to the development and growth of the next generation of planetarium professionals. To qualify for this award, the individual has been a current or former member of […]

College of Science, Health & the Environment
October 13, 2025

Kyja K-Nelson to lead Moorhead’s new Honors College

Award-winning educator and filmmaker Kyja Kristjansson-Nelson is the inaugural Dean of the highly anticipated Honors College. Launching in Fall 2026, the Honors College is designed for students who seek intellectual challenge, meaningful engagement, and boundless opportunity. More than an academic program, it is a community of scholars driven by curiosity, ambition, and a commitment to excellence.  “Faculty create the environment, and I’m […]

College of Arts & Humanities
October 2, 2025

Bachmeier headlines MN Region 5 Service Cooperative Kickoff

Art Education Program Director, Brad Bachmeier, headlined the Sourcewell Region 5 Service Cooperative Arts Professional Development day in Staples, MN on Sep. 30. Professor Bachmeier presented three professional development sessions, ranging from Creative careers and emerging opportunities for student vocations to career transitions for educators. Bachmeier also presented on utilizing Social-Emotional Learning strategies for creating engaging and relevant curricula in […]

Academics
September 2, 2025

Dr. Wooyang Kim Publishes Multiple Studies in Leading Journals and Conference

Dr. Wooyang Kim, Professor of Marketing at the Paseka School of Business (PSB), recently published three scholarly articles in peer-reviewed journals and presented two conference papers during the summer of 2025. His research contributions demonstrate continued productivity that supports both the reputation of PSB and its AACSB accreditation standards. These publications reflect collaborations with colleagues from institutions across the United […]

Employee News
August 14, 2025

Moorhead’s Julia Poplin redesigns learning with AI

Through its new Institute of Applied AI, Moorhead is reshaping the way professors teach and students learn. Dr. Julia Poplin, one of five AI Faculty Fellows, is using AI to re-create project-based assignments, increase critical thinking, and remove learning barriers. “We’re not waiting to be told how AI fits in higher education,” Julia says. “We’re building it from the inside […]

College of Business, Analytics & Communication
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