Points of Pride Faculty/Staff

June 17, 2025

Dr. David Wolff presented at the 2025 Hormel Foundation Gifted and Talented Symposium

Dr. David Wolff, Assistant Professor of Elementary Inclusive Education in the School of Teaching and Learning presented at the annual Hormel Foundation Gifted and Talented Symposium on June 10, 11, and 12, 2025. Dr. Wolff presented two breakout sessions, each spanning three consecutive days, titled: Embracing Slow Science: Cultivating Deep Learning in Science Classrooms and From Surviving to Thriving: Addressing […]

Employee News

May 13, 2025

Moorhead Music faculty to perform with the Central Lakes Symphony Orchestra

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 […]

College of Arts & Humanities

May 7, 2025

Dr. Josh Behl selected to be on the Project Management Institute’s Standards Consensus Committee

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.

Academics

May 5, 2025

Professor and alum Yahya Frederickson publishes new poetry collection set in Morocco

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 […]

Alumni

April 29, 2025

Ok-Hee Lee: YWCA Woman of the Year in Education

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 […]