MSUM Percussion Ensemble Performs in Crookston

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 […]

Plains Art Museum features MSUM Art Faculty, Alumni & Students at Annual Gala: Wonderland

The 2025 Plains Art Museum Gala: Wonderland on May 3rd from 7PM-Midnight features the regional leadership and impact of MSUM’s School of Art faculty, alumni and students by featuring 15 artists in it’s event and exhibition. The Faculty featured include: Zhimi Guan, Brad Bachmeier and Laura Youngbird. Featured Alumni include: Trudy Stubson, Naomi Schliesman, Amber Parsons, Dennis Krull, Ellen Diederich, […]

Jill Holmstrom, Heather Phillips are Moorhead’s Board of Trustees Award Nominees

Congratulations to Minnesota State Moorhead’s Dr. Jill Holmstrom and Heather Phillips on their nominations for the Board of Trustees (BOT) Awards for Excellence. The awards acknowledge and provide systemwide recognition for consistently superior commitment to student learning and to encourage the ongoing pursuit of excellence at the colleges and universities of Minnesota State. The 2025 Board of Trustees Awards ceremony […]

Dr. Julie Knutson and MSUM Health Major, Kiara M Olesch, Presented at SHAPE America National Convention Baltimore, MD April 5

Dr. Knutson along with Dr. Kristen Ford, Concordia and MSUM Health Education Major presented an engaging presentation inspired by THE FUSED Health Education Series, featured in JOPERD Mini Series Articles: THE FUSED Technique. THE= Teaching Health Education; FUSED= Functional [Data-Driven] information, Using HBOs &, Skill-based cues, Engaging teaching strategies for, Daily-application developing health literate K-12 students). Their session aimed to […]