Minnesota State Moorhead Employee and Alumni Featured in “Three Ways Home” Photography Exhibition

Chris Franz, MSUM Associate Director of Experiential Learning & Assessment, is one of three photographers featured in Three Ways Home, a new exhibition opening at The Rourke Art Gallery + Museum in Moorhead. Franz is joined by fellow MSUM alumni Sarah Christianson and Lewis Ableidinger. The exhibition explores three different relationships to the idea of home. Franz spent ten years […]

High School Intern Launches Public Planetarium Show on NASA’s New Roman Space Telescope

This summer, Jacob Hammer, a junior in Fargo Public Schools, completed an internship with Sara Schultz at the Minnesota State Moorhead Planetarium, culminating in the creation and presentation of a public planetarium show about NASA’s newly launched Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. Throughout the internship, Hammer immersed himself in the science behind one of NASA’s most anticipated space missions while […]

Dr. Wooyang Kim appointed as Associate Editor of a Leading Marketing Journal

Dr. Wooyang Kim (Professor of Marketing, Paseka School of Business) has recently been appointed as Associate Editor of the Journal of International Consumer Marketing, published by Taylor & Francis (ABDC: B, Scimago: Q2, Acceptance rate: 5%). Dr. Kim has previously served the journal as a reviewer and Editorial Board member. In addition to his service to the Journal of International […]

Reaching for the Stars: MSUM Planetarium Director Shines in “Japan Meets LIPS” at Global Conference

Sara K. Schultz, Planetarium Director, brought a U.S. perspective to an international stage at the International Planetarium Society conference in the session “Japan Meets LIPS.” A regular contributor to and practitioner of the Live Interactive Planetarium Symposium (LIPS), Schultz represented American approaches to live, audience-driven planetarium programming, demonstrating techniques that prioritize real-time dialogue, adaptability, and immersive storytelling. Presenting to an […]