The North Dakota Art Education Association, a state affiliate of the National Art Education Association, completed its statewide election on May 15 and announced its new 12 member Board of Directors. Brad Bachmeier, elected as Higher Education Coordinator, had served as Executor of the new non-profit and also served on its founding board in 2019. The organization’s mission is to activate, inspire […]
MSUM faculty were awarded $19,561 (full funding) for their Minnesota Innovation Grant “Shark Tank” Presentation, “Finding Refuge: Using GIS Technology to unite natural, historical, cultural, and creative experiences in the Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge.” The Finding Refuge grant committee includes: Professor Travis Dolence (Distance Learning/Web Librarian), Professor Alex Fogarty (Graphic Communications), Professor Tonya “TJ” Hansen (Economics), Dr. David Kramer (Technical […]
The MSUM Department of Physics and Astronomy will have three faculty members present at the Spring MN American Association of Physics Teachers spring meeting this Saturday. Ananda Shastri will present about successfully “Adapting the single-photon interference experiment to an online lab format.” Juan Cabanela’s presentation is on “How to use an iPad as a virtual blackboard.” Steve Lindaas will be […]
Dragon staff member Karen Joan Kohoutek has published an essay titled “The Hand of the Invisible: On August Strindberg and the Weird” in the Spring 2020 issue of the journal “Wormwood.” This British publication focuses on critique of fantasy, supernatural, and decadent literature. A technician at the Livingston Lord Library, Kohoutek is also an alumni of MSUM’s MFA in Creative […]
Educational Leadership faculty Drs. Julie Swaggert, Ximena Suarez-Sousa, Boyd Bradbury, Mike Coquyt and Chris Mills submitted a survey to more than 1,000 Minnesota teachers in early April to assess a variety of areas related to moving to distance learning because of COVID-19. They answered questions about work-life balance, district support, concerns for students and families, and learning achievement. Their work […]