Healing through Writing: A Poet’s Perspective

Kevin Zepper, professor of English at MSUM, will be speaking and presenting poetry at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Fargo-Moorhead Sunday, June 23, at 11 a.m. Located at 121 9th St. S in Fargo. Healing through Writing: A Poet’s Perspective In many instances, the act of writing is connected to the spiritual aspects of release, surrender, and healing.

Employee Excellence Award Winners

The Employee Excellence Awards luncheon was held May 16 in the CMU Ballroom. Employees are nominated by their peers for recognition in five categories. This year’s award winners include: Excellence in Service to Students: Becky Boyle Jones Excellence in Service to the Community: Shireen Alemadi Excellence in Service to the University: Classified Staff of the Livingston Lord Library: Christy Boyer, […]

Grineski presents paper at international conference

Steve Grineski, School of Teaching and Learning, presented a paper at the 15th Annual International Conference on Research in Education, sponsored by the Athens Institute for Education and Research, and held in Athens, Greece. The paper was titled, “We were pretty darn good”: A social history of the preparation of rural school teachers, 1900-1950.

Dr. Yahya Frederickson is recipient of LRAC/McKnight Fellowship Literary/Performance Grant

This year’s recipient of the LRAC/McKnight Fellowship Literary/Performance Grant is poet and writer, Dr. Yahya Frederickson, MSUM English Department. By providing him with the uninterrupted time to write and revise, the LRAC/McKnight Fellowship will allow him to move closer to completion of four poetry manuscripts, a memoir, and possibly coordinate another Arabic poetry translation project.